Chapter Summaries

Qu Jianlei’s group attacked Starfield’s branch on Fourth Star, then he completed the transfer of a heavily armored starship arranged through Old Lady Jia. The chapter ended when Xiao Hu reported that the military had sent four Supremes and two Battalion-level Warships to inspect Old Lady Jia’s manor.

• Fourth Boss proposed helping You You pursue the forces behind her imprisonment, and You You identified Starfield as the clearest lead.
• Qu Jianlei rejected Bentley’s suggestion to kill indiscriminately, but agreed to target Starfield’s people and implicate their families.
• On the fifth night, Qu Jianlei’s team wiped out Starfield’s branch on Fourth Star, killing an A-rank, more than twenty of his family members, and two military personnel.
• Qu Jianlei met a B-rank Awakened One and completed the transfer of a nearly new, heavily armored Armed Merchant Ship with an inspection-exemption pass.
• Fourth Boss told Qu Jianlei that Camille wanted to return one million in exchange for learning his identity, and Qu Jianlei refused.
• Xiao Hu reported that the military had sent four Supremes and two Battalion-level Warships to inspect Old Lady Jia’s manor.

Qu Jianlei learned that Old Lady Jia was facing four Supremes and two Battalion-Class Ships, so he gathered his group and left aboard a notorious Unlucky Starship. After a bombing crippled two energy routes in the Fourth Star military district, the four Supremes blamed You You’s allies and kept Jia Shuiqing under surveillance, but one Supreme sensed danger as they neared their residence.

• Qu Jianlei ordered Bentley and the others to prepare to leave after learning that the military had deployed four Supremes and two Battalion-Class Ships against Old Lady Jia.
• Fourth Boss returned after arranging for his trusted people to stay behind, and the group boarded an armed starship that Big Head Butterfly identified as the only still-operating Unlucky Starship on Fourth Star.
• Three days later, the starship emerged in the Second Star system as four explosions damaged two energy routes near the Fourth Star military district.
• The four Supremes confronting Jia Shuiqing concluded that You You and the Panda Team were behind the bombing and decided to keep the old lady under close watch instead of rushing to Fourth Star.
• After spending a day pressuring Jia Shuiqing, the four Supremes left with an elite military squad and a surveillance team, but one Supreme sensed danger when they were still three kilometers from their residence.

Paranoid ambushed four Supremes leaving Jia Shuiqing’s estate, badly injuring three before retreating. He invoked James’s long-buried history with Sophie to make the raid look like a personal revenge and divert suspicion from Jia Shuiqing.

• An Earth Attribute Supreme sensed danger, but Paranoid’s Golden Wheels sliced through two vehicles and severely injured three Supremes.
• Paranoid followed with a Mental Attack and a Supreme-level lightning strike, prompting the survivors to recognize the Panda Team’s methods.
• Paranoid retreated without killing anyone, claiming Sophie’s friend had come to greet James and promising to return.
• James denied knowing Sophie, but his hesitation made the other Supremes suspect that he was hiding a personal history.
• Qu Jianlei had learned James’s secret from the Space Pirates’ Archive Room and chose it as a false motive to confuse the enemy and draw attention away from Jia Shuiqing.

Qu Jianlei and Old Lady Jia evaded the military after the failed attempt to arrest her, while the injured Supremes refused to continue the operation without a clearer account of Sophie. The military later lost track of Jia Shuiqing, and Qu Jianlei kept watch over her estate as its soldiers debated searching it.

• The Earth Attribute Supreme and Water Attribute Supreme refused to pursue Jia Yongqing, and the Water Attribute Supreme warned James that he could be held responsible for concealing facts about Sophie.
• Qu Jianlei returned to Old Lady Jia's estate with his group and told Paranoid not to eliminate the military guards outside.
• Qu Jianlei met Old Lady Jia, who said she wanted to remain in the Hope Star Region, and they decided to wait before traveling to the Skyhook Star Region.
• The military surveillance squad discovered that Jia Shuiqing had vanished, but its superior warned the soldiers that the military would not take responsibility if they searched her estate.
• Qu Jianlei secretly watched the estate and resolved to punish anyone who searched it, while the military failed to find Jia Shuiqing over the next five days.

Mars arrived on Second Star planning to capture Zi Jiuxian, while Qu Jianlei and the Old Lady prepared to meet aboard the Unlucky Starship. As Mars left the starport, Qu Jianlei’s group ambushed him with Gravity Art and repeated lightning strikes.

• Mars told Second Star’s military to watch Zi Jiuxian and planned to take her down after he arrived.
• Qu Jianlei agreed to meet the Old Lady, who said she would ride the Unlucky Starship with him.
• Big Head Butterfly discovered through the military network that Mars was coming to Second Star, and Qu Jianlei decided there was no need to detonate the military district’s explosives.
• Mars landed at a civilian starport aboard a disguised Armed Merchant Ship and left with soldiers posing as guards.
• As Mars approached the pickup vehicles, Gravity Art knocked everyone off balance, and he activated Wood Armor against the ambush.
• Repeated Supreme-level lightning strikes hit Mars, and he realized the attackers had more Electromagnetic Attribute Awakened Ones than he had expected.

Qu Jianlei, Bentley, and Paranoid killed Mars in a coordinated lightning ambush at Second Star’s spaceport, then escaped aboard the Unlucky Starship. The attack triggered a political crisis as officials and the military disputed how Mars’s arrival had been exposed, while his uncontrolled poison left hundreds affected.

• Mars realized three Electromagnetic Attribute Supremes were attacking and could not escape the successive area lightning spells that prevented his squad from helping him.
• Qu Jianlei killed Mars and took his head while Bentley cleaned the battlefield and Paranoid’s Supreme pressure hindered witnesses; the three attackers then fled with Old Lady Jia’s covert support.
• The Unlucky Starship departed, and Qu Jianlei revealed that an insider at the spaceport had helped ensure their escape; Big Head Butterfly took pride in its contribution.
• Second Star’s guards and officials arrived to investigate the spaceport attack, and Fifth Boss requested support from the Star Domain Government.
• Officials revealed that Mars’s uncontrolled poison had affected several hundred people and sent thousands more for emergency treatment, prompting Fifth Boss and the military to trade accusations over the information leak.

After surviving the attack on Mars, Qu Jianlei’s team reached its secret camp, where Fourth Boss and You You learned how the unusually powerful group operated. The team then traveled to Transit Star and began cultivating in the cold conditions at Qu Jianlei’s land.

• The Second Star military considered who had leaked Mars’s itinerary and suspected the Panda Team had attacked him because of its conflict with the Divine Script Society.
• Fourth Boss and You You traveled aboard the Unlucky Starship, where Fourth Boss questioned the team’s hierarchy and discovered that two more starships were traveling with them.
• The team reached its secret camp on an abandoned Mineral Star, where Fourth Boss saw its supplies and five starships and privately warned Qu Jianlei about the dangers of artificial intelligence.
• Qu Jianlei told Fourth Boss that the team’s two distinguished seniors would not interfere with operations, and You You learned that Qu Jianlei was responsible for earning money.
• After two days of rest, the team boarded No. 8384 and reached Transit Star, where the guards let them pass without checking their identities.
• Qu Jianlei brought the team to his land, where Old Lady and Paranoid opposed heating the underground cave, so everyone began cultivating in the cold.

Qu Jianlei’s group cultivated on Blue Elf Star while Hua Xiezhi advanced to A-grade, then headed to the starport to test Xiao Hu’s Qi Gathering Array calculations. There, Baron and Cartel confronted Qu Jianlei, tested his identity through hypnosis, and invited him to join their team, leaving Qu Jianlei wary and Sheriff caught between them.

• Qu Jianlei built Stone Houses and Gathering Spirit Arrays while Hua Xiezhi prepared to advance to A-grade, and the group later obtained Land Deeds after the City Garrison challenged their presence.
• Hua Xiezhi reached A-grade and stabilized her realm, while Xiao Hu completed calculations for an ordinary Qi Gathering Array.
• Qu Jianlei and the others ended their cultivation and went to the starport to verify Xiao Hu’s calculations, where they were asked to contact Sheriff.
• Qu Jianlei found Sheriff with Baron and Cartel, who questioned his origins and used hypnosis on him; Qu Jianlei broke free and accused Sheriff of surprising him.
• Baron offered Qu Jianlei one million silver notes as compensation and invited him to join the team, but Qu Jianlei rejected the offer and warned Baron not to try again.
• Sheriff learned Baron intended to recruit Qu Jianlei because his team had several Supremes, while Baron explained that he was investigating the Supreme who had slaughtered the Laival family.

Qu Jianlei avoided a confrontation with Baron, moved to Tianrui Star to build cultivation formations, and later learned Baron was pursuing a student whose family had been wiped out. The chapter left Paranoid suspecting that the family was the Laifaier Family.

• Qu Jianlei learned from Old Lady Jia that Baron was a ruthless Mental Attribute Supreme who had killed his family to attain Dao and was protected by the Empire for his research.
• Baron had people watch the 8384 Ship, so Qu Jianlei changed course from Tianbing Star to Tianrui Star and rented an estate to set up formations.
• Qu Jianlei spent half a month improving a Qi Gathering Array while the Hongjingtian Team cultivated at the estate.
• Supreme Qinghu visited on Rhine's behalf and told Paranoid that Baron wanted to stay at Birdsong Stream after one of his students' families had been wiped out.
• Qinghu explained that Baron's student had a remarkable bloodline and resembled one of his dead children, prompting Paranoid to ask whether the family was the Laifaier Family.

Paranoid questioned Qinghu about Baron’s threat to Birdsong Stream and learned that she suspected the Hongjingtian Team was building a formation. After Qinghu promised to find Baron’s location, Paranoid and Qu Jianlei agreed to let her keep her suspicions to herself, while Paranoid suggested recruiting her and hinted at new work for the team.

• Paranoid told Qinghu that Baron’s demand for Birdsong Stream warranted a response, and Qinghu agreed to pass the matter to Rhine and find Baron’s location.
• Paranoid told Qinghu that the team’s combat power exceeded her expectations, while Qinghu warned him that she suspected they were constructing a formation and asked about Ran Bingluan.
• Paranoid denied knowing about a formation and dismissed Qinghu’s theory, then asked her to purchase additional materials for the team.
• After Qinghu left, Paranoid told Qu Jianlei that she had uncovered their secret, and Qu Jianlei said they should both act as though nothing had happened.
• Paranoid suggested recruiting Qinghu, but Qu Jianlei said they would not actively pursue her; Old Lady Jia then asked about a new Supreme, and Paranoid said there was new work.

Baron publicized his intention to deal with the Hongjingtian Team, while Qu Jianlei chose to stay put and improve their formation. The team’s cultivation was disrupted when their landlord arrived under pressure from kidnappers demanding that he sell the estate to the planetary government.

• Old Lady Jia refused to leave the estate to hunt Baron, preferring to focus on recovering her body while the team waited for him to make a move.
• Baron learned the team was on Tianrui Star and, after Cartel warned him about the risks of acting openly, spread word that he wanted to deal with them.
• Qinghu informed Paranoid that Baron was seeking help against the team, and Qu Jianlei advised improving the formation rather than pursuing Baron.
• Three days later, the landlord told the team that kidnappers had taken his eldest son's family and demanded that he sell the estate to the planetary government.
• Xiao Qin refused to leave or accept a refund, and the landlord said he believed the kidnappers were targeting the team.

Xiao Qin and Qu Jianlei dealt with the landlord’s demands while tracing the people behind the kidnapping, discovering that the landlord’s son’s family had already been killed. Qu Jianlei identified Patrol second-in-command Harman as the mastermind and found explosives hidden beneath Harman’s bed, leaving him determined to capture Harman alive.

• Xiao Qin refused the landlord’s demand to reclaim the house, and Bentley severed his arm before warning him not to cause trouble.
• Xiao Qin told the landlord they would move in two days while Qu Jianlei used Xiao Hu to trace the kidnappers’ signals and confirm Baron was not involved.
• Qu Jianlei captured four members of the opposing team and learned through soul-searching that the kidnappers had killed the landlord’s son’s family on the day they were taken.
• Qu Jianlei learned that Patrol second-in-command Harman had masterminded the scheme and tracked him to Patrol headquarters.
• Qu Jianlei found explosives and suspicious powders beneath Harman’s bed and decided to capture him alive.

Qu Jianlei and Old Lady Jia captured Harman and a B-rank Awakened One, only to discover that both had died from poison activated by damage to their Mental Strength. After disposing of the bodies, they returned to the estate, where Xiao Qin told the landlord that his son's family had been killed and buried.

• Qu Jianlei infiltrated Patrol headquarters, knocked out Harman and a B-rank Awakened One, and escaped with them while Old Lady Jia provided support.
• Old Lady Jia discovered that both captives were dead from a poison that attacked the brain after Mental Strength was damaged.
• Qu Jianlei learned from Fourth Boss that the poison could only be neutralized beforehand, then disposed of the four corpses in a garbage incinerator.
• Old Lady Jia planned to investigate the planet's Supremes and continue replacing her elemental Inner Breath with spiritual energy, but Qu Jianlei suggested she remain at the estate.
• Xiao Qin told the landlord that his son's family had been killed and buried, and warned him to explain how he learned the burial site.
• The landlord excavated the site himself, saw the bodies, and only then notified the City Garrison.

After the landlord found his murdered family, the City Garrison traced his recent contacts to Qu Jianlei and the Hongjingtian Team but backed off upon learning their identity. Meanwhile, Qu Jianlei and Old Lady Jia stayed at the estate as vast dark clouds gathered, and Hua Xiezhi asked whether the growing storm was enough.

• The landlord told the City Garrison that a dream had led him to his family's bodies and suspected the tenants had learned where they were buried from the kidnappers.
• The Patrol discovered that Harman and his three attendants had vanished, leaving headquarters unable to send officers to the scene.
• The City Garrison traced the landlord's movements to Qu Jianlei and the others, then stopped pursuing the lead after recognizing them as the Hongjingtian Team.
• Qu Jianlei and Old Lady Jia returned to the estate and decided to remain there while potential enemies watched from the shadows.
• Dark clouds slowly spread across Tianrui Star, growing to cover more than a hundred thousand square kilometers over two days.
• Hua Xiezhi asked whether the clouds were enough, and Old Lady Jia said she could still hold on.

Old Lady Jia built and maintained a vast system of dark clouds to accumulate Water Element, while Qu Jianlei completed a usable Qi Gathering Array. After Harman’s disappearance, a bomb and a timed message exposed clues linking him to an attempt to drive the Hongjingtian Team away, leaving the Patrol unable to pursue the matter without higher authority.

• Old Lady Jia controlled the Water Element for weeks, periodically resting and recovering while Qu Jianlei, Paranoid, and Xiang Xue took over when she grew fatigued.
• The dark clouds stabilized into a daily spell of rain, and Qu Jianlei completed an ordinary Qi Gathering Array for the group.
• Qu Jianlei asked Xiao Qin about news from Qinghu regarding Baron, and Xiao Qin explained that Baron moved often and was difficult to track.
• Patrol Headquarters found and detonated a Fire Explosion device in Harman’s lounge, then discovered toxic powder and suspected Harman had prepared it for suicide.
• The Patrol learned that Harman had deleted several surveillance records, while a timed message from a murdered middleman exposed the landlord’s kidnapping and its connection to the Hongjingtian Team.
• The Patrol submitted a report about Harman’s disappearance to the Planet Governor without mentioning the Hongjingtian Team, effectively asking higher authorities to take over.

Qu Jianlei learned that Chatel, a Supreme tied to the Department of Anomalous Affairs, was investigating cases connected to Hongjingtian and decided to stop him before he uncovered more. Qu Jianlei and Paranoid ambushed Chatel at night and knocked him unconscious with repeated Mental Attacks, leaving his fate unresolved.

• Old Lady Jia warned Qu Jianlei and Paranoid that Chatel had arrived on Tianrui Star and explained his Department of Anomalous Affairs ties.
• Chatel investigated the source of the Paraquat in Harman's possession, then used a government official's help to review City Garrison cases, including the landlord family's extermination.
• After Xiao Hu reported Chatel's movements, Qu Jianlei concluded Chatel was closing in on him and asked Paranoid to help deal with him.
• Qu Jianlei and Paranoid attacked Chatel under cover of rain, overcoming his Mental Attack protection with successive strikes.
• Chatel lost consciousness after realizing that two attackers were using Mental Attacks.

Qu Jianlei and Paranoid killed Chatel after his mental armor failed, then waited out more than ten days before Qinghu arrived with supplies and news that Baron had gone into hiding. Qu Jianlei refused to leave Skyblade yet and said he would likely head for the Asteroid Belt.

• Qu Jianlei and Paranoid captured Chatel, learned his mind was too damaged for soul-searching, and killed him; Paranoid kept Chatel’s cracked mental armor.
• Old Lady Jia inspected Chatel’s Item-Storing Talisman, and Qu Jianlei and Paranoid chose to keep the arrays active and let their enemies make the next move.
• After more than ten rainy days, Qinghu arrived with supplies and asked to meet Qu Jianlei, who confirmed through his evasive reply that Chatel was dead.
• Qinghu told Qu Jianlei that Baron had gone into hiding, likely at the Department of Anomalous Affairs, and urged him not to challenge the department yet.
• Qu Jianlei declined to leave for the Maiden Star Region, asked Qinghu to deliver his requested materials, and said he would probably go to the Asteroid Belt.

Qu Jianlei prepared to leave Tianrui Star after Xiao Hu detected an evaluation of the 8384 Ship, and he led his team past the starport’s attempted departure delay. Baron’s agents arrived too late to stop them, leaving Baron’s plan to suppress Hongjingtian unresolved.

• Qu Jianlei had Xiao Hu use stolen computational power to establish surveillance across Tianrui Star, then received materials and a warning from Qinghu that the Asteroid Belt was under inspection.
• Xiao Hu alerted Qu Jianlei that the starport was secretly evaluating the 8384 Ship, and he gathered his team to depart.
• Qu Jianlei challenged the starport over the public channel and took off with the 8384 Ship despite its refusal, while the 3344 Ship and the Unlucky Starship followed at a distance.
• Two of Baron’s agents arrived three days later and learned that the Hongjingtian Team had already left Tianrui Star.
• Baron had ordered the evaluation to learn how to suppress Hongjingtian, and he considered calling in Supremes from the Department of Anomalous Affairs and the Divine Script Society or even the garrison.

Qu Jianlei’s group settled on Tianfeng Star, where they quietly cultivated for three months and completed a standard Gathering Spirit Array. They then planned to investigate the Celestial Hook Mystic Mansion, but Xiang Xue joined them at the last moment, claiming she had been inside before.

• Baron hid after learning Chatel had disappeared, while two scouts discovered the 8384 Ship had left Skyblade Star.
• Qu Jianlei’s group traveled to Tianfeng Star, used military passes to pass its strict inspections, and rented a surface courtyard.
• Qu Jianlei set up an array in the courtyard and released the Calculation Unit group, allowing them to cultivate undisturbed for three months.
• Qu Jianlei completed the 1.0 version of the Gathering Spirit Array and ordered Xiao Hu to monitor Tianfeng.
• Qu Jianlei, Paranoid, and Old Lady Jia agreed to investigate the Celestial Hook Mystic Mansion, with Bentley accompanying them and Fourth Boss left in charge.
• Xiang Xue entered their vehicle and insisted on joining because she had been inside the Celestial Hook Mystic Mansion.

Qu Jianlei’s group approached the Celestial Hook Mystic Mansion under cover of arriving interns, while Old Lady tried to create a distraction with Water Element. Her attempt triggered an alarm and sparked a confrontation between the guards and Glory Academy students, leaving the dispute unresolved after a marquis’s son challenged a Supreme to identify himself.

• Qu Jianlei’s group traveled toward the Mystic Mansion and learned from Xiao Hu that intern students would soon arrive.
• The group advanced cautiously as successive batches of interns reached the area, and Old Lady decided to cause a disturbance with Water Element.
• Old Lady’s manipulation triggered an alarm, prompting the guards to investigate the Water Attribute Awakened Ones among Glory Academy’s students, teachers, and guards.
• A Wood Attribute Supreme ordered everyone to follow the rules, and the students fell silent.
• A marquis’s son refused to yield and respectfully demanded the Supreme’s identity, invoking his family’s glory and dignity.