Chapter Summaries

Qu Jianlei left his team to attend an Above Supreme auction and traveled with Nutrient Solution to Kunhai Star in the Pearl Star Region. They settled in ahead of the event as more and more Supremes arrived, leaving Qu Jianlei among a growing crowd of powerful strangers.

• Qu Jianlei rejected his team's objections and left alone after Qinghu returned unable to learn more about the auction.
• Nutrient Solution met Qu Jianlei and directed him toward the Pearl Star Region, where they planned to reach Kunhai Star.
• Qu Jianlei transported Nutrient Solution aboard the Unlucky Starship, and the two discussed the auction, Storm, and Nutrient Solution's amnesia.
• After jumping to Pearl, Qu Jianlei and Nutrient Solution used a coded signal and a Customs Enforcement Ship to enter Kunhai Star without being questioned.
• The two spent several days sightseeing and buying supplies while Qu Jianlei noticed that more than a hundred Supremes might have gathered on Kunhai.

Qu Jianlei intervened when two Supremes tried to bully Bai Jinhan into selling his Wind Stabilizing Pearl, then defeated them with Mental Attacks after the woman attacked him. He was about to kill the pair, but Nutrient Solution stopped him, warning against killing anyone in public.

• Qu Jianlei and Nutrient Solution came across two Supremes pressuring Bai Jinhan to sell his Wind Stabilizing Pearl for far less than its value while ignoring the woman's unpaid debt to him.
• Qu Jianlei challenged the woman after she threatened Bai Jinhan and insulted his home region, and she attacked him with three Ice Arrows.
• Qu Jianlei blocked the Ice Arrows and used Mental Attacks to knock the woman and her Earth Attribute companion unconscious.
• Qu Jianlei prepared to kill the two Supremes, but Nutrient Solution urged him not to kill anyone on the spot.

After a street fight on Kunhai Star prompted the auction to move to the dangerous Great Wave Star Region, Qu Jianlei and Nutrient Solution arrived on Dream Star to explore its treasure market. Qu Jianlei found old copper coins that interested him, but balked at the stall owner's demand for asset verification, and someone confronted them as they left.

• Qu Jianlei left the defeated woman alive, while Bai Jinhan took money and valuables from her to settle a debt; news of the fight spread across Kunhai Star.
• Nutrient Solution told Qu Jianlei that the Divine Script Treasure auction had been moved to the Great Wave Star Region, and they secured tickets there despite restricted flights.
• Qu Jianlei and Nutrient Solution reached Dream Star safely and learned that the auction was ten days away, with stalls open at Ten Thousand Treasures Plaza.
• After finding little of interest at the ordinary stalls, Qu Jianlei used Nutrient Solution's Pioneer Terminal to search for rare treasures and inspected independent stalls.
• Qu Jianlei spotted three rusted copper coins, including a Kaiyuan Tongbao, but refused to verify a hundred million in assets just to see them.
• A stall owner shouted at Qu Jianlei and Nutrient Solution, accusing them of asking prices without buying anything.

Qu Jianlei argued with Supreme Amolin over three copper coins that the Empire had mistaken for fate-related treasures, then received the location where Amolin had found them. While browsing independent stalls, Qu Jianlei spotted a broken sword with a Shenzhou-style guard, but its seller angrily refused to let him inspect the goods.

• Qu Jianlei recognized Amolin as the Grave Robber he had once helped and declined to fight after Amolin agreed not to involve their associates.
• Qu Jianlei explained that the copper coins were tools for divination, not treasures that controlled fate, and Amolin gave him the marked location where he had found them in the Maiden Star Region.
• Qu Jianlei continued browsing independent stalls and noticed a broken sword whose guard resembled a great roc or two dragon heads.
• Qu Jianlei asked the sword’s seller to let him inspect the goods, but the seller cursed at him and refused.

Qu Jianlei visited a Supreme’s stall to inspect a Broken Sword, but learned the seller had both an imitation and the original and demanded an exorbitant price. He left without buying anything and continued browsing before suddenly deciding to stop for the day.

• Qu Jianlei went to the stall of a Supreme woman who had challenged him and inspected her Broken Sword and other unusual goods with his Mental Strength.
• Qu Jianlei accused the woman’s goods of having problems, and she admitted the Broken Sword was an imitation while offering it for one hundred million.
• The woman claimed the original Broken Sword was also in her hands and demanded one and a half billion, so Qu Jianlei and Nutrient Solution left without buying it.
• Nutrient Solution offered to ask around about damaged ancient weapons, and Qu Jianlei said he preferred sabers or heavy weapons to swords.
• After browsing online goods for over half an hour, Qu Jianlei handed Pioneer to Nutrient Solution and abruptly said they should stop for the day.

After Qu Jianlei escaped Yulia’s pursuit, he camped in the wilderness and waited for the people sent to capture him. When they threatened him with nonexistent space weapons, he realized they had no idea the military was mobilizing against a possible Dark Energy eruption.

• Qu Jianlei and Nutrient Solution left Ten Thousand Treasures Plaza, split up, and Nutrient Solution used a communicator to identify Yulia and order surveillance on Qu Jianlei.
• Qu Jianlei traveled to a mountain river, set up camp, and hid beneath the shadow of his parasol as night fell.
• A short, burly Above Supreme arrived with four A-ranks and a B-rank, claiming Yulia wanted Qu Jianlei brought back to discuss Broken Sword.
• Qu Jianlei challenged the group’s threats and asked whether they knew he had come to attend the auction.
• The short, burly man claimed space weapons had Qu Jianlei targeted, but Big Head Butterfly told Qu Jianlei the military was mobilizing against a possible Dark Energy eruption and that no such weapons were present.

Qu Jianlei fought off a team sent to kill him and discovered that their ambush included a sniper with prohibited laser cannons. He struck down the sniper and a hidden target near the river, then rushed toward the short, burly Supreme as the team’s Dark Attribute Awakened One tried to stop him.

• Qu Jianlei used Silver Snake Dance, revealing himself as an Electromagnetic Supreme and startling the short, burly Supreme and his squad.
• The squad defended against Qu Jianlei’s lightning while a concealed sniper fired a purple Laser Cannon at him; Qu Jianlei dodged and sensed three cannons positioned nearby.
• Qu Jianlei used two Falling Thunder Arts to strike the sniper, who fell from the sky, and a second hidden attacker near a river.
• The short, burly Supreme tried to negotiate, but Qu Jianlei charged toward the river and sent a third Falling Thunder Art at the downed figure he suspected was Yulia.
• A B-rank Dark Attribute Awakened One used Sight Deprivation on Qu Jianlei, but it failed to stop him.

Qu Jianlei killed Yulia and five other Inner Circle Awakened Ones while enduring their attacks and using Sight Deprivation to blind them. The short, burly Earth Attribute Supreme was left alone, shocked by how little Qu Jianlei’s combat momentum had faded.

• A short, burly Supreme’s Mental Attack rebounded against Qu Jianlei’s powerful mental defense, leaving the Supreme spitting blood.
• Qu Jianlei bypassed a forming rock wall, broke through Yulia’s talisman, and beheaded her with a third strike.
• Qu Jianlei used Sight Deprivation to blind the remaining fighters, while the short, burly Supreme tried to dispel the effect and attacked with tracking stone bullets.
• Qu Jianlei evaded the stone bullets and killed the Metal, Wood, Water, and other Rank A teammates in quick succession.
• The short, burly Supreme’s sight began to recover after Qu Jianlei killed all five teammates, and he was startled that Qu Jianlei’s momentum had not weakened.

Qu Jianlei defeated the Earth Attribute Supreme and prepared to kill Yulia, but Nutrient Solution asked him to spare her. Qu Jianlei let Nutrient Solution take responsibility for keeping Yulia, while remaining skeptical of the value of her supposed Above Supreme connection.

• Qu Jianlei blinded the short, burly Supreme and overwhelmed him with repeated sledgehammer blows until his Rock Armor collapsed.
• The Supreme surrendered and offered to serve Qu Jianlei, but Qu Jianlei continued beating him until Nutrient Solution asked him to spare him.
• Nutrient Solution arrived and insisted that Qu Jianlei leave Yulia alive, even though Qu Jianlei had severed her head and she remained conscious.
• Qu Jianlei demanded a reason to spare Yulia, rejected the Broken Sword as insufficient compensation, and agreed to let Nutrient Solution keep her in custody.
• Nutrient Solution said Yulia might be useful at the auction and mentioned Above Supreme, while Qu Jianlei dismissed the claim with a laugh.

Qu Jianlei and Nutrient Solution left after capturing Yulia, then returned to Ten Thousand Treasures Market to collect her goods and browse for weapons. The chapter ended with Qu Jianlei confronting a seller who openly admitted that his fake artifact was meant for buyers who could not tell the difference.

• Nutrient Solution demanded that Yulia's family pay fifty billion in annual living expenses or choose a cheaper tier, then took Yulia and Qu Jianlei away before the City Garrison arrived.
• Nutrient Solution's associates collected Yulia's head and body, and Qu Jianlei learned that Yulia was a Supreme watched over by another Supreme.
• Qu Jianlei and Nutrient Solution returned to Ten Thousand Treasures Market, where Yulia's items were delivered as payment for goods valued at one billion.
• Qu Jianlei noticed that damaged ancient-looking weapons had appeared at several stalls and questioned Nutrient Solution about how quickly Supremes shared information.
• Qu Jianlei confronted a seller asking two hundred million for an obvious fake, and the seller said it was intended for buyers who could not recognize its quality.

Qu Jianlei searched Ten Thousand Treasures Plaza for useful goods, bought a damaged dagger, and later found an old Divine Script booklet. He hesitated over its one-billion price as a Fire Attribute Supreme offered to buy it instead.

• Qu Jianlei left a stall after Nutrient Solution warned him not to make a fuss over its attempt to provoke him.
• Qu Jianlei spent two hundred million on a damaged dagger after Nutrient Solution negotiated with the seller.
• Qu Jianlei returned to Ten Thousand Treasures Plaza the next day and found an old Divine Script booklet at a crowded independent shop.
• Qu Jianlei inspected the booklet’s first two pages and learned that the stall owner wanted one billion for it, with no bargaining.
• A Fire Attribute Supreme offered to take the booklet, and Qu Jianlei demanded to know his name.

Qu Jianlei lost a bidding war for a Divine Script booklet about Five Elements cultivation and Battle Formations, then planned to recover it himself. Nutrient Solution agreed to handle the aftermath and later chose not to interfere with the buyer’s fate.

• A Water Attribute Supreme outbid Nutrient Solution for the booklet, paying with Imperial Capital Energy Fund certificates after the stall owner demanded Unregistered Silver Notes.
• Qu Jianlei left Ten Thousand Treasures Plaza with Nutrient Solution and explained that the booklet could strengthen cultivation foundations and teach the principles of Five Elements Battle Formations.
• Nutrient Solution offered to commission someone to steal the booklet, but Qu Jianlei said he would handle it himself and asked for help covering the repercussions.
• Nutrient Solution agreed to make arrangements, then rode away and contacted someone to learn the buyer’s name.
• Nutrient Solution decided to leave the buyer alone and ordered that other prepared Divine Script manuals not be put on the market.

Qu Jianlei tracked the Supreme who had outbid him for the Divine Script tome to a villa in Red Pagoda and broke in under cover of rain. After knocking the man unconscious, he recovered the tome and discovered more than seven hundred million Silver Notes in the man’s Space Pouch, leaving him unsure whether to kill someone who had only won the auction by bidding higher.

• Qu Jianlei learned that the Supreme had fled to Red Pagoda, and Nutrient Solution arranged an aerospacecraft to take him there.
• Qu Jianlei used his divine sense and Xiao Hu’s access to the villa’s security system to investigate the Supreme and learn that the Divine Script tome was in his Space Pouch.
• After overhearing the Supreme boast about outbidding him and learning he knew about Yulia, Qu Jianlei decided he could act without betraying his conscience.
• Qu Jianlei entered the villa at midnight and knocked the Supreme unconscious with a swift Wind Attribute movement technique.
• Qu Jianlei found the Divine Script tome and more than seven hundred million Unregistered Silver Notes in the Supreme’s Space Pouch, then wondered whether to kill him.

Qu Jianlei handed a captured Above Supreme and his securities to Nutrient Solution, then negotiated a two-billion deal for the codex’s deciphered version with a twenty-year confidentiality period. They returned to Ten Thousand Treasures Plaza, where Qu Jianlei was mocked for being publicly humiliated, just as intense energy fluctuations erupted nearby.

• Qu Jianlei decided not to kill the captured Above Supreme and handed him to Nutrient Solution to handle.
• Qu Jianlei and Nutrient Solution agreed that Nutrient Solution would exchange the captive’s two billion in bearer securities and split any ransom money evenly.
• Nutrient Solution offered two billion for Qu Jianlei’s deciphered codex, and Qu Jianlei agreed to keep the results confidential for twenty years.
• Qu Jianlei told Nutrient Solution he would still visit Ten Thousand Treasures Plaza, and they discussed the auction and its overlooked bargains.
• Qu Jianlei and Nutrient Solution returned to the plaza and found people mocking Qu Jianlei for being slapped with cash the previous day.
• Intense energy fluctuations erupted seven or eight kilometers away as Qu Jianlei and Nutrient Solution talked.

Qu Jianlei learned that Yuanyuan had come to Dream Star seeking information about Luo Hanshuang and the sword stolen from her, but he avoided revealing himself. As Yuanyuan was taken away by a Supreme, Qu Jianlei and Nutrient Solution continued through the Night Market, where Qu Jianlei described his connection to Luo Hanshuang as merely cooperative.

• Three Eyes fought a pair of Supremes blocking an intersection, and they withdrew after learning that an Above Supreme was watching.
• Qu Jianlei and Nutrient Solution left Ten Thousand Treasures Plaza and spotted Yuanyuan at the Night Market, but Qu Jianlei hid his identity.
• Yuanyuan told a female Supreme that Luo Hanshuang was safe but that her Celestial Hook Mystic Mansion sword had been stolen, and learned she could not enter the Main Auction House.
• A female Supreme restrained Yuanyuan and took her away, warning her to behave because they did not want to offend Qinghu.
• Nutrient Solution asked whether Qu Jianlei was worried about Luo Hanshuang, and Qu Jianlei said he owed her nothing beyond their cooperative relationship.

Qu Jianlei and Nutrient Solution intervened when a Wood Attribute Rank A and his injured sister were pursued over a mysterious treasure. After driving off a marquis family’s forces, they questioned the pair about the treasure and what they would offer for help.

• A Wood Attribute Rank A carrying his younger sister escaped a group of pursuers and asked Qu Jianlei for help.
• The pursuers claimed the pair had stolen a treasure, while the Wood Attribute man insisted it was his family heirloom and said they had injured his sister.
• Nutrient Solution rebuked a Water Attribute Rank A who tried to interfere, and Qu Jianlei scorned the Fire Attribute Supreme who demanded they control their companion.
• Two more Supremes appeared beside Qu Jianlei and Nutrient Solution, prompting the Fire Attribute Supreme to retreat with his group.
• The pursuers claimed the treasure belonged to the Divine Script Society, and Nutrient Solution asked the Wood Attribute Rank A what he would offer for their help.

Keros offered his family heirloom, a bronze figure inscribed with Divine Script, in exchange for protection and a fair purchase. Qu Jianlei identified its technique as the Mountain Shattering Art and agreed to buy it for two billion, while Keros prepared to make another request.

• Keros asked Nutrient Solution and Qu Jianlei to protect him and buy his heirloom as pursuers accused him of stealing it.
• Two supreme-level cultivators tried to inspect the Item-Storing Talisman, but Qu Jianlei repelled them with his Mental Strength.
• Qu Jianlei examined the One-Legged Bronze Man and found the Mountain Shattering Art and Mountain Shattering Fist inscribed on it.
• Keros demanded two billion, and the group returned to their courtyard, where a medical vehicle treated his injured sister, Korona.
• Qu Jianlei judged the technique useful to him despite its narrow value, and Nutrient Solution agreed to get the money for the purchase.
• Keros asked what the Divine Script technique was, and after Qu Jianlei warned him not to ask, Keros said he had another request.

Keros asked Qu Jianlei and Nutrient Solution to protect him and his sister after he sold the treasure, and they agreed. Qu Jianlei and Nutrient Solution then attended the auction at Triumphant Grand Plaza, where a Substitute Death Puppet left Qu Jianlei wondering what the main auction would offer.

• Keros told Qu Jianlei that he feared he and his sister would not survive long enough to spend the money from selling the treasure, and Nutrient Solution agreed to keep protecting them.
• Nutrient Solution paid Qu Jianlei, praised the cultivation technique he had acquired, and offered to help him afford items at the auction.
• Qu Jianlei and Nutrient Solution went to Triumphant Grand Plaza in disguises and surveyed its peripheral auction venues.
• Qu Jianlei saw Five Element Crystals and recognized that a cultivation technique being auctioned had been improved from his own work, but he decided not to interfere.
• At the cultivation resources auction, Qu Jianlei and the gathered Supremes learned that a Substitute Death Puppet with one remaining use was being sold as a peripheral item.

At the auction, Qu Jianlei watched an elderly Above Supreme explain why the twice-used Substitute Doll might not work reliably, and the doll sold for six billion. As Qu Jianlei and Nutrient Solution prepared to enter the Main Auction House, the Above Supreme who had insulted them demanded to buy their invitations, leaving the confrontation unresolved.

• An elderly Above Supreme appraised the Substitute Doll and warned that Awakened One energy had likely weakened its Divine Script System powers; it sold for six billion.
• Nutrient Solution explained that Divine Script artifacts often worked poorly for Awakened Ones, prompting another Above Supreme to confront him before leaving.
• Qu Jianlei watched the outer auction's treasures and decided not to bid, then waited until the Main Auction House's entrance crowd had thinned.
• The Above Supreme who had called Qu Jianlei and Nutrient Solution ridiculous demanded two hundred million for their invitations, while the guards refused to intervene.
• Nutrient Solution warned the man that forcibly buying their invitations could keep him from leaving, and the Above Supreme released a brief Coercive Pressure before glaring at Qu Jianlei.

Qu Jianlei and Nutrient Solution entered an auction after Nutrient Solution drove off an aggressive Supreme with help from two allies. They watched several Divine Script-related items sell, and Qu Jianlei grew interested in a damaged Wooden Umbrella bearing faint Divine Scripts as it appeared onstage.

• Nutrient Solution warned an attacking Supreme to leave, and two more Supremes arrived, forcing the attacker to flee before they pursued him.
• Qu Jianlei and Nutrient Solution presented their invitation, paid a deposit, and entered a luxurious private booth at the auction.
• They watched a defensive robe sell for 9.9 billion, while Nutrient Solution explained its limitations and mentioned that fragments of his memories had returned.
• Qu Jianlei bid on a Lightning Strike Talisman but stopped at three billion; it later sold for 7.2 billion.
• Qu Jianlei recognized a pill formula for Heart Stabilizing Pills in a black bottle but declined to bid heavily, and the item sold for 3.5 billion.
• A damaged Wooden Umbrella with faint Divine Scripts appeared, and Qu Jianlei told Nutrient Solution that its scripts interested him.