Chapter Summaries

Qu Jianlei’s group finished clearing the enemy ships, left the Black Zone, and returned to Zi Hong Star, where they acquired and modified a new Computer Group. After teleporting back toward Paradise, they narrowly missed Zhan Donglai, who arrived at Ping An headquarters hoping to speak with them.

• Bentley, Qinghu, Old Lady Jia, and Palamela’s group boarded the damaged merchant ships and killed the surviving crew, including two Supremes, while Xiao Hu quietly disabled the enemy systems.
• The group learned that the attack had been arranged by the Fourth Rank and Sixth Rank and found information about the Marquis’s Residence among the enemy materials.
• After the mining management starship escaped the Black Zone, Qu Jianlei declined Palamela’s invitation to explore the Maiden Star Region and asked him to look for a large Computer Group instead.
• The group reached Zi Hong Star, where Qu Jianlei guided Xiao Qin as she approached the A-rank threshold and waited for Zhan Donglai to arrange a Computer Group through Ping An.
• Qu Jianlei’s group received and modified the new Computer Group, then teleported toward Paradise; three days later, Zhan Donglai arrived at Ping An headquarters and learned they had already left.

Qu Jianlei and his companions fled the Tianpeng Star System after a military warning device exposed their presence, then reached the Hope Star Region and secretly landed Old Lady Jia aboard a passenger ship. On Second Star, Old Lady Jia told Qu Jianlei that Jiu Xian had been taken by the Abnormal Affairs Observation Group and revealed that Ke Ruian, a Divine Script Society member, had helped bring down Hoyer.

• Qu Jianlei diverted the Unlucky Starship and the 3344 Ship to the Hope Star Region after a military warning device alerted nearby patrol ships.
• Old Lady Jia secretly boarded a malfunctioning passenger ship, which later carried her to Hope Star and let her retrieve her Teleportation Array discs.
• Qu Jianlei spotted Sophia on Second Star, then learned from Old Lady Jia that Jiu Xian had been taken to the Abnormal Affairs Observation Group on Planet Three.
• Old Lady Jia told Qu Jianlei that Ke Ruian had been a leading force behind Hoyer's downfall and belonged to the Divine Script Society.

Qu Jianlei and his companions watched Second Star’s hunt for the criminal gang led by Blue Stone and Half-Tile, then learned that Ke Ruian would preside over the captured Supremes’ Public Trial. Qu Jianlei suspected the trial was not as straightforward as it seemed.

• Qu Jianlei’s group learned that Blue Stone and Half-Tile’s gang had fled to Second Star and targeted experts in Divine Script studies, so they hid in an empty house while the City Garrison searched the planet.
• The City Garrison and military raided three locations, captured Blue Stone and Half-Tile, killed or captured the rest of the gang, and rescued six hostages.
• Ke Ruian announced that the two Supremes would face a Public Trial at the Pioneering Memorial in Greenwater City’s Old District.
• Qu Jianlei and Qinghu discussed the extensive security planned for Ke Ruian, and Qu Jianlei suspected the Public Trial had a hidden complication.

Qu Jianlei and his companions watched a public trial from a distance as a planned prison break and the authorities’ response plunged Pioneering Memorial Square into chaos. The attackers targeted First Governor Ke Ruian with a lightning strike, but his defenses held as Qu Jianlei recognized the Panda Team’s arrival.

• Qu Jianlei refused to let his team approach the square, and they watched the trial from more than ten kilometers away.
• Old Lady Jia identified the rain clouds over the square as the work of a powerful Supreme.
• The military and City Garrison tried to inspect and divide the crowd, sparking clashes that escalated into gunfire and ability attacks.
• Attackers used Vine Binding Arts to surround the prisoners, then launched a coordinated attempt to break them out as the Special Operations Team intervened.
• A lightning strike hit Ke Ruian but failed to penetrate his armor, and someone announced that the Panda Team had come for him alone.

A chaotic attack erupted at the public execution, with Qinghu killing a man who tried to provoke Jia Shuiqing and Supremes launching a rescue attempt. The chapter ended as Half-Tile suddenly shattered Feng Tang’s armor while Feng Tang tried to free him.

• Ke Ruian ordered his guards to attack the crowd, and the Supreme assistant began striking down attackers without killing them.
• After someone called out Jia Shuiqing, Qinghu used an iron rod and her improved Golden Arrow Art to kill the Rank C man who had shouted.
• Two Supremes joined the chaos: one attacked Ke Ruian as a decoy, while a Wood Attribute Supreme charged toward the restrained Blue Stone and Half-Tile.
• Bushang intervened to stop the Fire Attribute Supreme, while Qu Jianlei and Qinghu recognized the Wood Supreme’s unusual Wood Armor Calcification.
• Feng Tang reached Half-Tile and tried to remove his restraints, but Half-Tile shattered Feng Tang’s armor with a sudden palm strike.

Feng Tang Supreme tried to rescue Half-Tile, but his brother betrayed him and the Blood River Butcher arrived to crush the Rebel Alliance. As Feng Tang unleashed a desperate transformation and scattered storage devices containing Divine Script Art, Qu Jianlei ordered his team to seize the goods, while Old Lady Jia claimed the Butcher as her target.

• Half-Tile struck Feng Tang Supreme and urged him to surrender, while Bushang walked away after being insulted.
• Three Attack Ships revealed themselves as the Rebel Alliance’s extraction team and attacked government Supremes, but the Blood River Butcher froze the battlefield and two ships escaped.
• Feng Tang used Wood Giant Transformation and rampaged through the encirclement as the warships wore down his Inner Breath; the Fire Attribute Supreme surrendered.
• Feng Tang scattered storage devices and invoked Divine Script Art, prompting Qu Jianlei to order his team to seize them.
• Old Lady Jia chose to face the Blood River Butcher, and Qu Jianlei asked whether she knew him.

Old Lady Jia attacked the Fire Attribute Supreme while the Blood River Butcher controlled the square, triggering a confused clash in which the Fire Attribute Supreme struck the Earth Attribute Supreme and decided to defect again. Amid the chaos, an Electromagnetic Supreme assassinated Governor Ke Ruian and lightning struck his flying head.

• Old Lady Jia secretly took control of cold energy within the Blood River Butcher’s Element Field and sent Ice Arrows at the Fire Attribute Supreme, with one piercing his defenses.
• More than ten meteors targeted the Fire Attribute Supreme, and the government’s Earth Attribute Supreme tried to shield him before the Fire Attribute Supreme stabbed him with a Blazing Needle.
• The Fire Attribute Supreme dodged the meteors, claimed he had only pretended to surrender, and concluded that the government killed people who surrendered, while the Blood River Butcher called out Jia Shuiqing.
• A man’s voice answered the Blood River Butcher, then an Electromagnetic Art attack blinded Ke Ruian and the guards around him.
• An attacker used the confusion to sever Ke Ruian’s head, and a lightning bolt struck the head as the guards rushed to save him.

Qu Jianlei and his team killed Ke Ruian, then escaped as a powerful Electromagnetic Art attack disabled ships and ended the military’s attempt to control the plaza. The survivors debated who had unleashed the power, while Qu Jianlei apologized to Bentley for breaking the Thunder Goat Horn and explained how their roles had been divided.

• Qu Jianlei and Bentley assassinated Ke Ruian, and the team withdrew after Qu Jianlei unleashed Falling Thunder Art.
• The Assistant Supreme revealed Ke Ruian’s charred head as another wave of cold seized the Element Field, and Blood River Butcher failed to take control back.
• The military ordered everyone to surrender, but a massive lightning attack struck the plaza, disabled four or five Attack Ships, and silenced the Regiment-level Battleship.
• People left the plaza as Blood River Butcher rejected the idea that Jia Shuiqing or the Panda Team had caused the attack, while wondering who possessed such power.
• Qu Jianlei and the others hid more than two hundred kilometers from the plaza, and Qu Jianlei apologized to Bentley for the Thunder Goat Horn’s fragility.
• Qu Jianlei explained that Hua Xiezhi had been tasked with seizing the storage device during the confusion.

Qu Jianlei and his group escaped the warships surrounding them and examined the storage devices Feng Tang had scattered, finding forbidden Divine Script material and several valuable cultivation texts. They learned Feng Tang and Flame Gun had escaped, while the Empire’s enormous bounty and crackdown on them still paled beside the one on the Panda Team.

• Qu Jianlei used the Thunder Goat Horn to unleash Silver Snake Frenzy and help the group escape the warship encirclement, damaging the horn and accidentally burning Hua Xiezhi.
• Qinghu urged the group to investigate the commotion, and Hua Xiezhi suggested they inspect the storage devices they had collected.
• Qu Jianlei and the others examined the devices and found basic Divine Script research alongside scattered deciphered texts.
• Old Lady Jia warned that the spread of the material could alarm the Empire, especially because the devices contained secret Divine Script teachings.
• Qu Jianlei found several valuable cultivation articles, then learned that Feng Tang and Flame Gun had escaped together and were the targets of an immense manhunt.

After the authorities placed a massive bounty on Panda and the team, Old Lady Jia set a three-day limit for their escape from Second Star. Qu Jianlei created distractions to protect the others, and the chapter ended when Big Head Butterfly reported a discovery on Hua Xiezhi’s side.

• The authorities announced a bounty offering cultivation resources for Panda and the Panda Team, while listing Old Lady Jia as a suspected member of the group.
• Old Lady Jia decided the team would leave within three days because reinforcements could trap them across the star region.
• Qu Jianlei split the team up, gave them Qi Recovery Pills, and assigned Hua Xiezhi to guard the jump equipment after two days of searching.
• Qu Jianlei caused two disturbances and killed three A-ranks who had abused people during the search, drawing attention away from his companions.
• Qu Jianlei began gathering information about Ke Ruian’s plans, and Big Head Butterfly reported a discovery on Hua Xiezhi’s side.

Qu Jianlei returned to the Array Plate after Hua Xiezhi found two injured fugitive Supremes and a Rank A man hiding nearby. The man’s appearance and selfless behavior reminded Qu Jianlei and Hua Xiezhi of Xiao Jing, and Qu Jianlei ended the chapter asking whether he had helped anyone else before.

• Hua Xiezhi told Qu Jianlei that she had found Feng Tang and Flame Gun while following a Rank A Fire Attribute through the mountains.
• Qu Jianlei, Hua Xiezhi, and Old Lady Jia approached the group, and Qu Jianlei recognized that the Rank A resembled Xiao Jing.
• Old Lady Jia silently subdued Feng Tang and Flame Gun, while the Rank A remained conscious under restraints.
• The Rank A said he had amnesia, had no record in the Empire’s gene database, and had found and cared for the two Supremes without knowing they were wanted criminals.
• Qu Jianlei asked the Rank A whether he had helped anyone else before, thinking of Xiao Jing and Cracked.

Qu Jianlei’s group questioned an A-rank who revealed details about the Public Trial and agreed to take him and two unconscious Supremes off Second Star. Bentley later reported that Supreme Bushang’s defiance had sparked factional infighting on the planet.

• Qu Jianlei declined the bounty for the A-rank, but agreed to take him on after hearing his intelligence and Cleaners connections.
• The A-rank said Ke Ruian had arranged the Public Trial, that the accused Supremes had defected to the government, and that the government had used the event to pursue a rumored Divine Script Treasure.
• Qu Jianlei’s group agreed to take the A-rank and the two unconscious Supremes in Escape Pods, while Qinghu remarked that the A-rank seemed familiar and trustworthy.
• Bentley returned with news that internal strife had broken out on Second Star after Supreme Bushang criticized the Planet Governor and the Divine Script Society’s handling of Ke Ruian’s death.

Qu Jianlei and his companions fled Second Star for Tianbing Star, where they questioned the rescued Avengers Alliance Supremes, Flame Gun and Feng Tang. Flame Gun revealed that the Alliance had no magical-artifact crafting secret, then offered information about Jia Shuiqing’s missing relative, Zi Jiuxian.

• Qu Jianlei led the group from Second Star to Tianbing Star, where they released the Hairless Freak, Flame Gun, and Feng Tang from the Escape Pods.
• Qu Jianlei warned Flame Gun after he probed the room’s Defense Array, and the Hairless Freak said he had joined Qu Jianlei’s group.
• Flame Gun and Feng Tang revealed their ties to the Avengers Alliance and said they knew nothing about Ke Ruian’s setup, while Flame Gun denied the Alliance possessed a secret art for crafting magical artifacts.
• Flame Gun said the Panda Team’s earlier appearance had been staged, though the group that appeared at the end might really have been the Panda Team.
• As Qu Jianlei’s group prepared to leave, Flame Gun offered information about Jia Shuiqing’s relative, Zi Jiuxian, who had disappeared after conducting research with the military on Planet Three.

Qu Jianlei's team investigated Zi Jiuxian's escape, learned Rhine would be away, and returned to Paradise Star with new techniques and a second computer group. After three months of cultivation, Qu Jianlei mastered placing and sensing Divine Sense Imprints and prepared to test whether the technique could fool Supremes.

• Qu Jianlei asked Nutrient Solution to investigate Zi Jiuxian and Rhine, and Nutrient Solution reported that Zi Jiuxian had escaped to Fourth Star while Rhine would be away for at least half a month.
• Hua Xiezhi confirmed Zi Jiuxian's situation through an Avengers Alliance contact point, and the team left Tianbing Star after Qu Jianlei gave Nutrient Solution a Pioneer.
• The team returned to Paradise Star, where Qu Jianlei shared The Art of Doppelganger and a storage device for everyone to study and activated a second Computer Group.
• Qu Jianlei and the others spent three months cultivating, and Qu Jianlei mastered placing Divine Sense Imprints and sensing their locations.
• Qu Jianlei tested the technique on Xiang Xue and Lao Ben, then prepared to discuss testing it against Supremes with his teammates.

Qu Jianlei continued testing his cultivation techniques and research on Homestead Star while avoiding military scrutiny and secretly sourcing materials. After receiving a message suggesting Zi Jiuxian had been found, he rushed to Paradise Star, where Paranoid warned that Empire Storm had arrived.

• Qu Jianlei tested a Mental Strength technique on Paranoid and Old Lady Jia, then resumed refining the Super Gathering Spirit Array.
• Big Head Butterfly reported that the military had discovered the Secret Chamber on Lost Star, so Qu Jianlei moved one Computer Group to Homestead Star.
• Qu Jianlei struggled with artifact refining and talisman experiments, relying on Xiao Hu and discreetly buying large quantities of Mutated Beast materials through Ironhide Snake and Old Lady Jia.
• A Pioneer package arrived with an encrypted message saying, “Fortunately, I did not fail in my mission,” leading Qu Jianlei to infer that Zi Jiuxian had been found and was likely safe.
• Paranoid called Qu Jianlei using Secret Code and requested a Near-Earth Jump to receive the group from Paradise Star.
• Paranoid told Qu Jianlei that Empire Storm, the Above Supreme they had encountered at the Energy Stone Mine, had arrived.

Qu Jianlei and Old Lady Jia traveled to Tianbing Star to find Zi Jiuxian, whom Nutrient Solution had secretly rescued. They reunited in an underground hideout, where Zi Jiuxian recounted her capture and escape, then remembered the mysterious woman who had found her while she was hiding.

• Paranoid said Empire Storm had likely targeted Tian Yin after learning about the Secret Chamber on Lost Star, so Qu Jianlei's team left Paradise Star and decided to travel to Tianbing Star.
• Qu Jianlei and Old Lady Jia visited Nutrient Solution, who led them to a concealed underground room in an abandoned factory.
• Old Lady Jia recognized the woman in the room as Zi Jiuxian, and Nutrient Solution confirmed that he had arranged her rescue.
• Zi Jiuxian explained that she had been ambushed near the military district, captured by the Avengers Alliance, and escaped before hiding from the government.
• Zi Jiuxian recalled that an ordinary-looking woman had appeared in her underground wooden hideout and called her by name.

After Old Lady Jia rescued Zi Jiuxian, Nutrient Solution refused to join Qu Jianlei’s team but accepted a favor from him. Zi Jiuxian chose to leave her old life behind and travel with the team, which arranged a remote temporary refuge on Tianbing Star through Rhine.

• Zi Jiuxian told Old Lady Jia how Nutrient Solution had saved her, and Nutrient Solution explained that he acted alone and had no connection to the Avengers Alliance.
• Nutrient Solution declined to join Qu Jianlei’s team, and Qu Jianlei agreed to owe him a favor; the team later recognized that Nutrient Solution had extraordinary resources and abilities.
• Zi Jiuxian decided she could not return to the academy and chose to adventure with Qu Jianlei’s team.
• Qu Jianlei learned that Rhine had appeared on Tianbing Star, and Qinghu arranged for the team to stay temporarily on a remote stretch of land she provided.
• Bentley questioned whether Rhine might betray them.

Qu Jianlei bought information from Nutrient Solution and learned that abnormal Space Ripples tied to his team's use of the Teleportation Array had drawn Empire Storm to Light Gauze Star. Nutrient Solution also explained the rare, dangerous nature of Above Supremes, leaving Qu Jianlei wondering whether the information broker was one himself.

• Qu Jianlei moved his group to the Haiyin Family's wasteland, established a formation and Computer Group, and later accepted Nutrient Solution's offer to sell information about Ke Ruian's accomplices.
• Qu Jianlei met Nutrient Solution at the Avengers Alliance contact point and paid for the information, then bought an explanation of why an Above Supreme had gone to the Warhammer Star Region.
• Nutrient Solution traced the matter to Tian Yin, abnormal Space Ripples over Light Gauze Star, and Empire Storm's search for a possible treasure; Qu Jianlei realized his team's Teleportation Array use might have triggered the ripples.
• Qu Jianlei asked how many Above Supremes the Empire had, and Nutrient Solution estimated there were no more than thirty, explaining that their breakthroughs were dangerous and impossible to reproduce reliably.
• Qu Jianlei grew suspicious of Nutrient Solution's extensive knowledge and asked whether he might be an Above Supreme himself.

Qu Jianlei learned that Nutrient Solution claimed to have information about a Divine Script inheritance containing ideas for advancing to Above Supreme, and paid him a deposit to obtain it. As Qu Jianlei worked with Old Lady Jia and Paranoid on cultivation research, he developed an initial version of Talisman Ink and then heard that Nutrient Solution was looking for him again.

• Nutrient Solution offered Qu Jianlei information about a hidden danger in the storm and ideas for reaching Above Supreme, claiming the ideas came from a Divine Script inheritance.
• Qu Jianlei paid Nutrient Solution a deposit of one hundred thousand drink tablets and agreed to wait for him to gather the information.
• Qu Jianlei returned to the polar region, examined Ke Ruian's storage device, and decided to prioritize investigating the path to Above Supreme rather than seeking immediate revenge.
• Qu Jianlei, Old Lady Jia, and Paranoid spent two months discussing the path to the Nascent Soul Realm.
• Qu Jianlei formulated an initial, imperfect version of Talisman Ink, and Big Head Butterfly told him that Nutrient Solution was looking for him.

Qu Jianlei met Nutrient Solution, who invited him to an auction involving Divine Script and organized by several Above Supremes. Though Qinghu warned that the trip was risky and the team was short on funds, Qu Jianlei agreed to prepare for it, suspecting the invitation might connect to their escape during the last Empire Storm.

• Old Lady Jia tried to discuss a flaw in Qu Jianlei’s Above Supreme analysis, but Qu Jianlei left with Qinghu to meet Nutrient Solution.
• Nutrient Solution told Qu Jianlei and Qinghu that a Divine Script auction would take place in about a month, with at least three or four Above Supremes overseeing it.
• Nutrient Solution explained that the auction would admit only qualified Supremes, required valuable assets for bidding, and would offer little assurance of safety after attendees left the venue.
• Qinghu offered to contribute bearer securities and said the team could raise more funds, but Nutrient Solution said he could take only Qu Jianlei.
• Qu Jianlei accepted the invitation despite Qinghu’s concerns and told Nutrient Solution he would prepare and make contact in a few days.
• Qu Jianlei told Qinghu he suspected the invitation could be a test by an Above Supreme connected to their departure during the last Empire Storm.