Chapter Summaries

Qu Jianlei learned that the fleeing Heaven and Earth Treasure was a sealed trace of a Small Realm Consciousness and could attack only at the Nascent Soul Realm level. After Mu Guang traced the missing Black Colt Tower to retired academy dean Versailles, Nutrient Solution volunteered to handle him.

• Qu Jianlei questioned Golden Crow Third, and Guodong explained that the sealed entity was likely a Small Realm Consciousness rather than the World Consciousness.
• Qu Jianlei confirmed that the Heaven and Earth Treasure could unleash attacks no stronger than the Nascent Soul Realm and told Nutrient Solution that Black Colt Tower was a cultivation treasure.
• Mu Guang recognized the tower as a museum exhibit that had disappeared more than a hundred years earlier and agreed to investigate its whereabouts.
• After more than ten days, Mu Guang reported that Versailles had possessed the tower for over forty years and explained that his influence made him difficult to challenge.
• Qu Jianlei learned that Versailles had no obvious weaknesses, and Nutrient Solution appeared and offered to handle him.

Qu Jianlei's group learned that Versailles possessed the Black Colt Tower but refused to seize it or force a sale, while Bentley's patrols gathered extensive data on the Space Wave Point. The authorities later offered the group a chance to observe the point from about 1.5 million kilometers away if they accepted a dangerous month-long assignment, leaving the group to consider the terms.

• Nutrient Solution discovered that Supreme Versailles owned the Black Colt Tower, had once attempted to break through to Above Supreme, and refused to sell or lend it.
• Qu Jianlei rejected Nutrient Solution's suggestion to secretly seize the tower and decided to look for Versailles's weaknesses instead.
• Bentley returned from a month of patrols after repeatedly approaching the Space Wave Point, and Xiao Hu analyzed the collected data and predicted no major changes for two or three months.
• The authorities asked the Gustin Family's tenants to take a dangerous assignment in exchange for close-range observation of the Wave Point.
• Hua Xiezhi negotiated an observation window three to six months away, with the military setting the distance at around 1.5 million kilometers.

Qu Jianlei and his team accepted a classified military mission to watch for unusual people and events at a remote outpost, with the option to retreat rather than fight. After taking over the base and turning away several ships, they encountered a standard military warship that appeared mysteriously on the twenty-first day.

• Hua Xiezhi secured clearer mission terms and written promises, and Qu Jianlei’s group voted to accept the assignment while Bentley stayed behind with Silver Fir.
• Qu Jianlei, five Supremes, and Claire traveled with a military fleet to an abandoned outpost on a desolate planet and took over its automated base.
• Claire refused a military-affiliated starship’s request for supplies, citing authorization from the military.
• Claire drove off an interstellar rescue ship with warning fire after it repeatedly requested permission to land.
• After more than twenty days at the outpost, Qu Jianlei’s team saw a standard military warship appear mysteriously in space.

Qu Jianlei and the others grew suspicious when a Battalion-Class Ship arrived with an engineering unit, then watched the relay equipment fail in what appeared to be a staged accident. The chapter ended as three concealed Above Supremes revealed their presence and destroyed the guard room.

• Claire verified the Battalion-Class Ship's credentials and let its engineers land, while Qu Jianlei and the others discussed their suspicions.
• The engineers worked separately for two days, then the relay equipment was destroyed after a sudden series of failures cut off outside communications.
• The Battalion-Class Ship illuminated the site and its crew claimed the damage was an accident, but Qu Jianlei doubted their repair work and Claire refused to lend them equipment.
• Qu Jianlei sensed danger, and the group began putting on armor as Nutrient Solution identified three hidden Above Supremes, including one with the Wind Attribute.
• A burst of white light turned the guard room to dust.

Qu Jianlei’s group fought back against a surprise attack by a Battalion-Class Ship and its forces, but the enemy’s overwhelming firepower threatened to destroy the base. The chapter left Qu Jianlei reeling after the enemy’s Above Supreme targeted him with a Mental Attack.

• A Battalion-Class Ship fired a white-light attack at the guard room, and Qu Jianlei ordered the Supremes into battle formation.
• Claire cut the base lights and raised its protective shield while Qu Jianlei’s group moved into the courtyard and Xiao Hu took control of the automated weapons.
• Qu Jianlei’s group discovered two more Supremes and four Small Attack Ships, then attacked after the enemy’s Above Supreme called them rabble.
• The Five Elements Battle Array struck the Battalion-Class Ship, but its shield held, while the enemy ships and Engineers attacked the base’s defenses.
• Qu Jianlei realized the enemy was trying to destroy the base, and Big Head Butterfly warned the courtyard shield might fail within fifty to ninety seconds.
• The enemy’s Above Supreme launched a Mental Attack at Qu Jianlei, who endured it with help from the protective shield and Battle Formation.

Qu Jianlei’s forces struggled to destroy the Battalion-Class Ship while defending their base, and Xiao Hu shifted its attacks to inflict casualties on the enemy ships. The enemy Above Supreme unleashed Meteor Shower, shattered the base’s protective shields, and ordered his troops to close in and attack.

• Qu Jianlei ordered part of the base’s firepower redirected against the Engineers while the Battle Formation continued targeting the Battalion-Class Ship.
• Qu Jianlei weighed whether he had chosen the wrong target, but kept the attack focused on the ship as Xiao Hu began taking control of it.
• Xiao Hu changed its attack priorities and destroyed one of the Small Attack Ships, prompting the enemy Above Supreme to act.
• The Above Supreme cast Meteor Shower, breaking the courtyard’s protective shield and leaving the base exposed to bombardment.
• The Above Supreme ordered his forces to close in and attack without holding back.

As the enemy’s bombardment threatened Claire and the Five Elements Battle Array, Nutrient Solution revealed his strength and attacked the opposing Above Supreme with Mental Attacks. Paranoid copied the tactic and incapacitated the Wind Attribute Above Supreme, while First One’s failure to act left him suspicious.

• Above Supreme ordered his forces to intensify their attacks while the Battalion-Class Ship’s bombardment brought down the base buildings.
• Qu Jianlei grew anxious about Claire being buried in the basement and decided he could no longer hold back.
• Nutrient Solution unleashed his Coercive Pressure and repeatedly struck the opposing Above Supreme with Mental Attacks.
• Paranoid copied Nutrient Solution, hit the Wind Attribute Above Supreme with a Mental Attack, and sent him plunging toward the ground.
• Xiao Hu seized control of an Attack Ship as two more Attack Ships lost power, and Paranoid realized First One had not reacted to the battle.

First One unleashed a faint white light that sliced the enemy Battalion-Class Ship in two, stunning both sides and abruptly changing the battle. The ship plunged toward the ground as the battered Above Supreme struggled to understand what had happened.

• Paranoid watched First One while the Five Elements Battle Array charged another Yellow Light, which breached the Battalion-Class Ship’s defenses.
• First One fired a faint white light from his mouth, and Qinghu recognized it as his trump card as his vital essence, energy, and spirit sharply declined.
• The white light split the Battalion-Class Ship into two smooth halves, silencing most of its weapons as it began falling.
• Paranoid, Mu Guang, Nutrient Solution, and the enemy Above Supreme reacted with shock as they assessed the strike’s power.
• The enemy Above Supreme, still disoriented by Nutrient Solution’s Mental Attacks, sensed the battle had changed and vaguely perceived the ship falling in two halves.

After the Battalion-Class Ship was destroyed, Babus fled, and Qu Jianlei ordered the Five Elements Battle Array to disband and the others to finish the fight. Nutrient Solution pursued Babus, who then discovered that the Metal Attribute Supreme blocking his path was also an Above Supreme.

• Babus realized the battle had turned against his side and fled without warning his teammates.
• Qu Jianlei ordered the battle formation to disband, told Qinghu to protect Claire, and began recovering while the others cleaned up the battlefield.
• Nutrient Solution caught up with Babus and refused his offer to end the fight peacefully.
• Babus fled again, only to find the Metal Attribute Supreme from the Five Elements Battle Array blocking his path.
• Babus sensed that the Metal Attribute Supreme was an Above Supreme and realized he had provoked a force with at least two Above Supremes.

Paranoid and Nutrient Solution pursued Babus as he repeatedly used Mimicry Shadowing to escape, but Nutrient Solution identified the real target and kept catching up. Babus concluded that the enemy’s devastating strike had probably been unleashed by someone below Above Supreme who had overdrawn their Qi and Blood or potential.

• Paranoid struck Babus with Thunder Dragon, but Babus’s resistance and equipment let him withstand the attack and keep fleeing.
• Nutrient Solution fired Ion Fire, prompting Babus to create four apparent copies and scatter in different directions.
• Nutrient Solution explained that the copies were a trick of the eye, identified Babus’s real path, and continued the chase while Paranoid tracked them with Mental Strength.
• Babus repeatedly used Mimicry Shadowing, but Nutrient Solution kept finding him, draining Babus’s Inner Breath and forcing him to abandon hopes of shaking his pursuers.
• As he fled, Babus reasoned that the caster of the earlier Earth-shattering Strike was probably not Above Supreme and might have overdrawn their Qi and Blood or potential.

Nutrient Solution used the Soul Suppressing Bell to stun Babus as he fled into the sky, bringing him crashing down. Babus survived the fall and resisted Paranoid’s attacks, and the chapter ended as Nutrient Solution launched another attack.

• Babus tried to escape into space while Nutrient Solution and Paranoid pursued him.
• Nutrient Solution swallowed his last Ten Thousand Year Stone Marrow capsule and used the Soul Suppressing Bell, stunning Babus and knocking him out of the sky.
• Nutrient Solution and Paranoid reached Babus’s landing site, where Babus leaped from the crater and recovered from the fall.
• Paranoid fired three Golden Arrows, but Babus’s vest blocked them, and Babus judged that Paranoid’s attacks were only Supreme-level.
• Babus began Giant Transformation as Nutrient Solution attacked with Extreme Flame Fire Dragon Shroud.

Nutrient Solution struggled to restrain the giantified Babus with his Extreme Flame Fire Dragon Shroud, and Qu Jianlei arrived to help finish the fight. When Babus broke free and surrendered, Qu Jianlei fired his white-light attack through the center of Babus's brow.

• Nutrient Solution trapped Babus in the Extreme Flame Fire Dragon Shroud, but Babus kept growing and fighting against it.
• Paranoid asked if Nutrient Solution needed help, and Nutrient Solution said he wanted to kill Babus rather than capture him.
• Qu Jianlei arrived, and Nutrient Solution asked him to use his difficult-to-control attack against Babus.
• Nutrient Solution planned to expose Babus's head during one of his struggles so Qu Jianlei could strike, while warning him about Babus's virtual duplicates.
• Babus broke his head free and shouted that he surrendered, but Qu Jianlei launched a streak of white light that pierced Babus's brow.

Qu Jianlei, Paranoid, and Nutrient Solution defeated Babus by exploiting his weakened defenses and severing his neck. As they recovered, Nutrient Solution warned that Babus's headless body was still alive, possibly through more than its heart.

• Qu Jianlei pierced Babus's head with white light while Nutrient Solution held him in the blue light, and Babus begged for mercy and offered to reveal who had hired him.
• Paranoid shot Babus with Golden Arrows, discovering that Babus's defenses had weakened enough for the arrows to pierce his head.
• Paranoid followed with a Golden Wheel Slash that cut half of Babus's neck and left him unable to fight back.
• Nutrient Solution cut off Babus's head with a Flame Blade, but Babus's head continued to emit despair as his giant body shrank.
• Paranoid approached Babus's body to retrieve his vest, but Nutrient Solution warned him to put on his armor because the body was still alive.

Qu Jianlei, Nutrient Solution, and Paranoid killed Babus and returned to their ruined base, where they learned the prisoners had been sent by the Eighty-Seventh Army Group. The prisoners realized Babus was dead and their prospects were grim, while Qu Jianlei went to assess what could be repaired before the army group's starship arrived.

• Paranoid pierced Babus's heart with a Golden Arrow, and Nutrient Solution explained that he had killed Babus because he disliked Imperial Capital Academy.
• Qu Jianlei, Nutrient Solution, and Paranoid returned to the ruined base with Babus's head and body.
• Claire told them that she and the others had interrogated thirteen prisoners, who belonged to the Eighty-Seventh Army Group and had been sent to capture the team.
• The prisoners' A-rank assistant asked where Babus was, and Nutrient Solution tossed his head down before killing a B-rank prisoner who threatened them with Babus's backing.
• The prisoners lost hope after seeing Babus's head, and Qu Jianlei went to the defense center to inspect the base's backup power and possible repairs.

After the battle, Qu Jianlei questioned Nutrient Solution about his identity and learned that he was Xiao Jing, an old companion from Garbage Star. While the team recovered, the others discussed their magical artifacts and wondered how they would be distributed.

• Qu Jianlei checked the team's injuries, arranged Super Gathering Spirit Arrays for recovery, and asked Nutrient Solution to explain why he had joined them.
• Nutrient Solution said Rhine from the Haiyin family had been his assistant and revealed that he had known Qu Jianlei even before Rhine did.
• Nutrient Solution performed the Eight Section Brocade and recalled the lichen incident, convincing Qu Jianlei that he was Xiao Jing despite Hua Xiezhi having said Xiao Jing was dead.
• Qu Jianlei set up arrays for the team, including a separate Super Qi Gathering Array after Mu Guang struggled to adapt to the main array.
• Paranoid, Mu Yu, and Qinghu tried to listen to Qu Jianlei and Nutrient Solution but found a Defense Array blocking them.
• Paranoid mentioned taking a defensive magical-artifact vest from Babus, and Mu Yu said its distribution depended on Qu Jianlei.

Qu Jianlei learned that Nutrient Solution was Xiao Jing, his former First One, who had used Nirvana to advance Above Supreme and suffered severe memory loss. After learning that Xiao Jing’s actions cost him lifespan, Qu Jianlei gave him capsules to recover, and the group prepared for another battle.

• Nutrient Solution told Qu Jianlei how he had attempted Nirvana, lost his memories, recovered with help, and searched for Qu Jianlei without revealing his identity.
• Qu Jianlei asked what backlash Nutrient Solution faced, and Nutrient Solution explained that his actions reduced his lifespan.
• Nutrient Solution traced his Nirvana inheritance to his former Master, who had passed down an incomplete Obsidian inheritance.
• Qu Jianlei urged Nutrient Solution to recover in the array and gave him two hundred capsules.
• Two days later, Mu Guang remarked on the tens of thousands of Energy Blocks the group spent each day while preparing for the next battle.

After revealing that Nutrient Solution was Jing Yuexin, one of the Empire’s fastest cultivators, Qu Jianlei’s group chose to fight the approaching Eighty-Seventh Army and destroyed two warships. On their return to Qingyuan Star, a patrol warship tried to detain them, but Mu Guang identified their connection to the Gustin Family and silenced its crew.

• Nutrient Solution revealed her real name as Jing Yuexin and explained that she ranked third in the Empire’s cultivation history, or fourth if Qu Jianlei was counted.
• Qu Jianlei and Nutrient Solution decided to fight the Eighty-Seventh Army, and the group used the 6503 Warship to destroy two Company-Class Warships.
• The group left for Qingyuan Star, traveling by warp before transferring to a Small Attack Ship for the final leg.
• A military patrol ordered Qu Jianlei’s group to stop for inspection, but Mu Guang refused and warned that they would fight back.
• Mu Guang named the Gustin Family’s estate, causing the patrol crew to fall silent.

Qu Jianlei’s group returned to Qingyuan Star, where the Gustin Family’s steward rebuffed the military’s questions and delivered their refusal to answer future conscriptions. After resting, they reunited with Jia Shuiqing, who spoke with Nutrient Solution about their cultivation paths.

• The military support warship backed off from forcing an inspection as the Gustin Family’s steward claimed the group’s fief rights and escorted the Attack Ship toward Qingyuan Star.
• The steward showed military visitors footage of the ambush and said a passing starship had gifted the group a Small Attack Ship because of their personal charm.
• The steward told the visitors that the group would no longer respond to military conscription, and the military left promising to investigate the incident.
• Qu Jianlei’s group rested for half a month, while Qinghu continued recovering from her injuries.
• Jia Shuiqing emerged from seclusion and told Nutrient Solution she had failed to advance, while Nutrient Solution encouraged her to learn from First One.

Nutrient Solution consulted Qu Jianlei about Sacrificial Refining the Soul Suppressing Bell, and they exchanged cultivation knowledge and materials. Meanwhile, the Qingyuan Military Region argued over the aftermath of the battle, while Qu Jianlei waited for Qinghu to recover and studied the Nirvana method to help Xiao Jing.

• Nutrient Solution invited Old Lady Jia to ask Qu Jianlei whether she could hear their discussion, but Jia left after Qu Jianlei told her to ask Nutrient Solution directly.
• Qu Jianlei and Nutrient Solution spent a day and night comparing their knowledge of Sacrificial Refining, and she agreed to organize her Nirvana cultivation method and share Divine Script materials.
• Nutrient Solution said she had few trusted subordinates and hinted that Imperial Capital Academy had betrayed her in the past; she also accepted responsibility for killing Babus.
• The Qingyuan Military Region split over whether to defend the Eighty-Seventh Army Group or appease the authorities, then received a rebuke from military headquarters urging it to investigate and prevent more combatants from defecting.
• Bentley urged Qu Jianlei to settle the military matter and claim their compensation, but Qu Jianlei chose to wait for Qinghu to recover and continued studying the materials Nutrient Solution had provided to help Xiao Jing.

Qu Jianlei studied Nutrient Solution’s cultivation technique and revised Old Lady Jia’s plan to advance to the Nascent Soul Realm. When Mu Guang offered a spiritual-energy-gathering treasure in exchange for access to the Gathering Spirit Array, Qu Jianlei agreed to examine it, leaving Bentley about to test the assembled array.

• Qu Jianlei suspected Nutrient Solution’s Nirvana cultivation technique was intended for nonhuman or demon-blooded cultivators, and she admitted her Master had omitted parts of it.
• After studying the technique for more than ten days, Qu Jianlei revised Old Lady Jia’s advancement plan, and she began studying the changes.
• Two months after returning to Qingyuan Star, Qu Jianlei learned Zi Hong Star wanted the Ping An Merchant Group to provide a Supreme; Nutrient Solution volunteered to handle the matter.
• Mu Guang asked to collect spiritual energy from the Gathering Spirit Array and offered a Divine Script System treasure that could gather and preserve it in exchange.
• Mu Guang’s associate delivered the modern modular array to the Gustin Family’s fief, and Mu Guang assembled it and asked Qu Jianlei to add spiritual energy.
• Bentley appeared beside Qu Jianlei and volunteered to activate the array himself.