Chapter Summaries

Qu Jianlei and Digital Phantom received representatives of the Blade's Edge Awakened Ones United Association, who sought their help against an Alliance invasion. Digital Phantom agreed to investigate after receiving an artifact, which Qu Jianlei recognized as relatively complete, but they refused to explain what it was.

• Qu Jianlei rejected the visitors' appeal and Xiao Hu challenged their authority to speak for the Blade's Edge People.
• The visitors offered an artifact in exchange for Digital Phantom going to inspect the invasion, and the team agreed to take a look if the artifact was delivered first.
• Donald and Robert arrived at the Experimental Platform with two A-rank assistants and presented an antique-looking box to Jing Yuexin and the others.
• Qinghu opened the box, and Qu Jianlei confirmed through mental messages that its contents were an artifact and relatively complete.
• Donald asked what the artifact was, but Qu Jianlei gave no answer, and Nutrient Solution warned that some things were better left unsaid.

Qu Jianlei and his team tested the Ink Marker, a powerful magical artifact they had received from the Awakened One Association, then traveled to Snowfield Star to hunt Alliance spies. The Snowfield military welcomed them and claimed the mission as its own, while Qinghu left the arrangements to the United Association.

• Donald and Robert wondered whether Qu Jianlei's group understood the Ink Marker and hoped the artifact's reputation was deserved.
• Qu Jianlei explained that the artifact was an Ink Marker, and the team tested its ability to seal space and cut with ink lines.
• The team agreed to let someone else use the Ink Marker, then departed for Snowfield Star with the Awakened One Association's fleet.
• A military patrol thoroughly inspected the other starships, while treating Qu Jianlei's team politely.
• A Snowfield military fleet welcomed the group and asserted that finding Alliance spies was a military mission.
• Qinghu said the team had come at the United Association's invitation and directed the military to discuss arrangements with the association.

Digital Phantom arrived at Snowfield Star and carried out a planet-wide inspection for hidden Supremes and A-ranks, uncovering far more powerful Awakened Ones than expected. After the team exposed the threats and dealt with two resisting Supremes, Qinghu said they had no interest in the investigation’s follow-up and asked whether anything else required their help.

• Donald and the military discussed how to search for Alliance spies, and Qinghu offered to sense every Supreme and A-rank so they could be checked.
• After a day of preparations, Digital Phantom began the inspection, and its overwhelming Coercive Pressure alarmed residents and high-level Awakened Ones across Snowfield Star.
• Qu Jianlei and the others screened the planet twice in half a day, discovering five hidden Supremes and more than a hundred A-ranks.
• Nutrient Solution intensified her Coercive Pressure against a Supreme who had berated the inspecting soldiers, while Duo Gan knocked another resisting Supreme unconscious with a Mental Attack.
• Donald reported that one Supreme and around a dozen A-ranks were suspected of colluding with the Alliance, but Qinghu said the follow-up was not Digital Phantom’s concern.
• Donald admitted there was no other immediate work and remarked that the inspection had seemed too easy for the price paid.

Qinghu agreed to let the United Association present Digital Phantom as its backer, while warning that future help would still cost them. After returning to Celestial Hook, the team learned how far Xiao Hu’s avatar had advanced in casting spells and activating talismans, and Fourth Boss asked to revisit Pan Rock Star.

• Donald asked Digital Phantom to establish a contact point or nominal affiliation with the United Association so Blade Star could resist the coming invasion.
• After consulting First One, Qinghu agreed to the United Association’s request but said any future intervention would require payment.
• Digital Phantom’s Battalion-Class Ship circled Snowfield Star with the United Association’s starship, then seized the Experimental Platform and departed as locals and military officers debated what they had seen.
• Qu Jianlei and the team traveled to Celestial Hook, where they discussed Xiao Hu’s avatar learning to cast B-rank spells and activate B-rank talismans, with Xiao Hu aiming for A-rank talismans.
• After the team returned to Celestial Hook Star, Fourth Boss asked Qu Jianlei to let him revisit Pan Rock Star and experience the Sword Intent Meteor; he also reported that the mining-academy force was pressing to settle its magic-artifact obligation.

Fourth Boss led Digital Phantom to Pan Rock Star to temper his Mental Strength and pursue the magic artifact owed to them, while Qu Jianlei stayed behind to cultivate. After Fourth Boss impressed the military with his endurance, Digital Phantom refused to help the Energy Block Alliance until it delivered the artifact, and Xiang Xue rejected Leim’s request to delay their departure.

• Qu Jianlei stayed behind to consolidate his gains as Fourth Boss departed for Pan Rock Star with Bentley, Old Lady Jia, Mu Guang, Yi He True Monarch, and other team members.
• Fourth Boss endured a full day of the Sword Intent Meteor’s effects, astonishing the military with his Mental Strength, while the others tried sensing the sword intent or explored Pan Rock Star.
• Leim of the Energy Block Alliance asked Digital Phantom to complete a mission before receiving the magic artifact, but Zi Jiuxian insisted that they deliver it first.
• After Leim returned with news that an important negotiator would meet them, Xiang Xue refused to delay the team’s departure, and Leim offered information about the artifact.

Fourth Boss confronted Patrice, the military officer who had framed him at Zhenshan Fort, and the team pledged to settle the old score. After Yi He True Monarch explained that modern firearms could become artifacts, Hua Xiezhi began forming her core on a toxic planet and survived the tribulation lightning.

• Fourth Boss recognized Patrice as the mastermind who had framed him and revealed his identity as Zhenshan Fort before ending their call.
• Patrice learned that Zhenshan Fort was likely the Above Supreme associated with Digital Phantom and realized his own position was precarious.
• Qu Jianlei backed Old Lady Jia's decision to support Fourth Boss and promised the team would help him settle his grievance.
• Yi He True Monarch explained that modern objects such as firearms could be artifacts, then assessed the Great Seal, Soul Suppressing Bell, and Ink Marker.
• Hua Xiezhi prepared to break through, and Qu Jianlei, Bentley, Nutrient Solution, and others accompanied her to a toxic planet.
• Hua Xiezhi endured tribulation lightning and toxic energy, then regained control of her cultivation and preliminarily completed Core Formation.

Digital Phantom secured a Military Control Zone on Tianfeng Star for Yuanyuan’s advancement after Fourth Boss learned that Patrice’s associates were obstructing the application. Yuanyuan entered seclusion, while the team turned away visitors and killed later intruders who trespassed in the zone.

• Hua Xiezhi chose the Heaven and Earth Grinding Disc, and the group selected Tianfeng Star as the site for Yuanyuan’s advancement.
• After the military delayed their Military Control Zone application, Fourth Boss learned that Patrice’s associates were stalling it and went to the military headquarters with Jing Yuexin to secure approval overnight.
• The team set up in the mountains and began preparing a cultivation formation as visitors arrived to pay their respects.
• Qu Jianlei and Yi He True Monarch failed to find a way to conceal Yuanyuan’s lightning tribulation, and Yuanyuan entered seclusion.
• Fourth Boss barred visitors for three months, and the team captured the first two groups that tried to sneak into the zone before killing later intruders who resisted pursuit.

Yuanyuan completed her advancement under tribulation lightning, drawing the attention of the military and numerous Supremes, while Digital Phantom kept them at bay. After detecting a mysterious presence and clearing the area, the team prepared to leave Tianfeng Star as more Above Supreme figures headed their way.

• The Fourth Boss refused the military's request to observe and record Digital Phantom's drills, saying the restrictions were not aimed at the military.
• Yuanyuan's advancement triggered tribulation lightning, and Jing Yuexin and Yi He True Monarch blocked Supremes from approaching while the Fourth Boss warned that intruders would face no mercy.
• During Yuanyuan's recovery, Yi He True Monarch detected a concealed fluctuation that he suspected belonged to the Artifact Spirit of the Mystic Mansion, but it vanished before anyone could pursue it.
• Nutrient Solution urged Qu Jianlei's group to leave before Above Supreme figures arrived, and the team packed up after clearing away the residual spiritual energy.
• The Battalion-Class Ship ended military control and prepared to depart, but the Fourth Boss rejected the military district leader's request to wait for an incoming Above Supreme.
• Jing Yuexin demanded the names of the Above Supreme figures harboring crooked intentions, frightening the military district leader.

After Yuanyuan stabilized her realm, Qu Jianlei's group traveled to Home Star to lie low, but Paradise City Guard surrounded the ships gathered nearby and demanded to inspect the 1314 Ship. The chapter ended with the crew insisting the guards show their identification before boarding.

• Jing Yuexin challenged any Above Supreme who opposed Digital Phantom to prepare an artifact and then left Tianfeng Star as military control resumed.
• Yuanyuan's aura fluctuated during cultivation, and Qu Jianlei and Yi He True Monarch decided the Battalion-Class Ship should travel through space without jumping.
• The Battalion-Class Ship evaded most of its rotating pursuers, and Qu Jianlei's group eventually drove off the last one with warning shots.
• After Yuanyuan's realm stabilized, the group went to Home Star aboard the 1314 Ship and discussed whether she should choose Ink Marker or the Soul Refining Cover.
• Paradise City Guard surrounded the starships near Home Star and demanded to inspect the 1314 Ship, but Qu Jianlei's crew asked the guards to present their identification first.

City guards learned that the 1314 Ship carried three Supremes, while Xiao Hu intervened when a cargo ship sought refuge and offered astronomical wealth. The 1314 Ship agreed to help, and Fourth Boss challenged the guards to bring Ironhide Snake forward.

• Claire demanded credentials from three city guards who boarded the 1314 Ship, then drove them away after they felt the Supremes' Coercive Pressure.
• The guards' story spread, revealing that the 1314 Ship had a Core Circle pass and three Supremes aboard.
• A Rank A man aboard an encircled cargo ship learned about the Supremes and ordered the ship to charge toward the 1314 Ship for help.
• Xiao Hu used Instant Flash to seize the transmitter and threatened the pursuing guards after the cargo ship's crew offered astronomical wealth.
• Qu Jianlei allowed Xiao Hu to accept the plea for refuge but told it not to reveal Digital Phantom's identity.
• Fourth Boss confronted the guards and demanded that they call Ironhide Snake over.

Xiang Xue negotiated with Kabus over an undiscovered Energy Stone Mine in the Pearl Star Region, agreeing to help rescue his surviving family and discuss a share of the proceeds. She left Kabus waiting until the Digital Phantom appeared, proving the powerful force behind her group.

• Paranoid's claims about Guardian Supreme Ironhide Snake persuaded the City Guard to let the cargo ship pass, and the 1314 Ship escaped with it.
• Kabus told Xiang Xue that his uncle had discovered a mine with at least several hundred billion Energy Stones, but his niece alone knew its location.
• Kabus asked for his surviving family to be rescued and offered to accept mine shares instead of a relocation payment; Xiang Xue agreed to discuss shares and asked him to take them to his niece.
• Xiang Xue refused to reveal the group's identity immediately and told Kabus to ensure his companions kept their identities secret.
• After more than half a day, the Digital Phantom emerged from behind an asteroid, leaving Kabus stunned.

Kabus and Kajia joined forces with Digital Phantom, and Qu Jianlei’s group moved to secure Kajia’s family and establish a mining operation without exposing their connection. The chapter ended with Qu Jianlei explaining to Da Vinci that tribulation lightning could refine the body and spirit, and that higher levels of life required further cultivation.

• Kabus and his five friends joined Digital Phantom, and Qu Jianlei’s group traveled to the Hope Star Region to find Kajia.
• The Fourth Boss told the Hope Star Region military that Digital Phantom was investigating magical artifacts and asked them to report any approaching Above Supreme.
• Kabus persuaded Kajia to leave with the group, and Kajia asked Qu Jianlei to rescue her family and confirmed that she did not expect Digital Phantom to avenge her.
• Qu Jianlei reassured Kajia by describing Digital Phantom’s victories over Above Supreme, and she decided to save her request for a future bonus point.
• Qu Jianlei’s group traveled to Pillar Star, where Jing Yuexin and Nutrient Solution arranged a mining company while Qu Jianlei asked Da Vinci to help keep their mine secret.
• Qu Jianlei agreed to explain tribulation lightning, telling Da Vinci it refined the body and spirit and that ordinary human perfection did not prevent people from pursuing a higher level of life.

Da Vinci arranged for his Above Supreme friend to intervene on Paradise Star, where Kajia’s family was rescued and those responsible faced a purge. Qu Jianlei’s group then set out to develop a mineral star near Kunhai Star, testing Xiao Hu’s new jump coordinates with a receiving starship.

• Da Vinci asked an old Above Supreme friend to handle the Paradise Star matter, and his friend dispatched Supremes to intervene.
• The Supremes rescued Kajia’s family members, punished many responsible parties, and began returning some of the family’s seized assets, though some victims remained missing or had died.
• Xiao Hu learned about the intervention, and Qu Jianlei decided their group only needed to remember Da Vinci’s favor.
• Kabus and Kajia joined Qu Jianlei’s group aboard the 1314 Ship, and Kajia accepted that pursuing the great factions behind the crime would have to wait.
• The 1314 Ship traveled toward Kunhai Star, where Kefu brought a starship to search for the mineral star using Xiao Hu’s proposed jump coordinates.
• Qu Jianlei sent Silver Fir to accompany the receiving starship as it prepared to test the new jump point.

Qu Jianlei’s team confirmed a vast Energy Stone deposit on a remote mineral star and arranged to mine it without permits, claiming the blocks were for their own use. After hiring an elderly Above Supreme to guard the operation, the crew reached the site and began construction.

• Qu Jianlei and Xiao Hu surveyed a mineral star and confirmed it held at least several hundred billion Energy Stones.
• The two starships found a nearby jump point and returned to Kunhai Star, where Nutrient Solution’s mining company was waiting.
• Paranoid told the elderly Above Supreme that they would mine without permits and process the Energy Stones on-site for their own use.
• The elderly Above Supreme agreed to guard the mine and confront anyone who interfered, while Paranoid assured him others would provide support.
• The crew organized its rules and assignments, traveled to the mineral star, and began construction for the mining operation.

Qu Jianlei was abruptly summoned after entering a mysterious state, then traveled with Jing Yuexin to Tianfeng Star to meet the presence that had called him. The presence recognized him from an earlier encounter and asked where he had learned his tribulation lightning technique.

• After the Pearl Star Region mine began production, Qu Jianlei told his people to mine the Energy Stones without deliberately limiting output.
• During a rainy walk, Qu Jianlei suddenly shot into space and returned in a crash, leaving him to meditate while the others worried over him.
• Qu Jianlei told Old Lady Jia that the Dao Stele was only partly responsible and decided to investigate, taking Jing Yuexin with him.
• Qu Jianlei and Jing Yuexin traveled to Tianfeng Star and waited in an ice house for the presence he believed had summoned him.
• The presence recognized Qu Jianlei from a previous meeting and asked where his tribulation lightning technique came from.

Qu Jianlei spoke with the Celestial Hook Mystic Mansion's Artifact Spirit, which offered him a safe place to form his Nascent Soul and asked him to take the Abode away afterward. He accepted the offer cautiously, while the Artifact Spirit explained that it wanted to leave the spiritual-energy-prohibited world before it died there.

• The Artifact Spirit summoned Qu Jianlei and questioned him about when he would reach the Nascent Soul Realm.
• Qu Jianlei explained that he planned to seek an opportunity in Asura's Other Space because tribulation was dangerous in the Cultivation Wasteland and the route to the Cultivation World was cut off.
• The Artifact Spirit offered to let Qu Jianlei form his Nascent Soul inside the Celestial Hook Mystic Mansion.
• Qu Jianlei worried that accepting the help would create karmic ties, but the Artifact Spirit insisted that it could not ignore his plight.
• The Artifact Spirit asked Qu Jianlei to take the Celestial Hook Mystic Mansion with him after he reached the Nascent Soul Realm.
• The Artifact Spirit said it was tired of remaining in a world where spiritual energy was prohibited and feared it would die if it stayed.

Qu Jianlei questioned the Artifact Spirit about the karmic debt involved in using the Abode to form his Nascent Soul, then agreed after learning it wanted his help against Other-dimensional Creatures. The Artifact Spirit explained the Abode's limits and revealed that the Energy Stone Mine Qu Jianlei had acquired contained energy it considered too low-level.

• Qu Jianlei insisted on understanding the karmic ties before accepting the Artifact Spirit's offer to use the Abode.
• The Artifact Spirit explained that it wanted to gain the ability to move and help the Human Race fight Other-dimensional Creatures, and Qu Jianlei agreed to incur a karmic debt.
• The Artifact Spirit told Qu Jianlei he could form his Nascent Soul inside the Abode but would have to emerge quickly to receive tribulation lightning.
• Qu Jianlei asked how to supply energy for the process, and the Artifact Spirit dismissed the Energy Blocks from his newly acquired Energy Stone Mine as too low-level.

Qu Jianlei learned that the Celestial Hook Mystic Mansion needed an enormous supply of Energy Blocks to halt its deterioration and considered how to bring trusted teammates inside. After his companions assessed the risks of forming his Nascent Soul there, the group prepared to contact the Mystic Mansion.

• The Artifact Spirit explained that Energy Blocks were too low-grade to offset the energy drain and estimated that restoring the Abode could take tens of trillions to several million trillions of blocks.
• Qu Jianlei asked whether teammates could enter the Abode if he supplied enough energy, then left with Jing Yuexin to gather the team on Celestial Hook Star.
• Qu Jianlei told his companions about the Abode and asked Yi He whether forming his Nascent Soul there could let the Artifact Spirit secretly influence him.
• Sunset Glow and Ruler argued that the Artifact Spirit was unlikely to harm Qu Jianlei, while Yi He said his connection to the Dao Stele and great Luck made him dangerous to oppose.
• The team agreed to increase Energy Stone mining and prepare Spiritual Qi Conversion Arrays, then spent more than a month getting ready to contact the Celestial Hook Mystic Mansion on Tianfeng.

Qu Jianlei, Jing Yuexin, and Duo Gan entered the Celestial Hook Mystic Mansion and met its Artifact Spirit, who revealed hundreds of sites for Spiritual Qi Conversion Arrays. The Artifact Spirit proposed starting a second phase early, leaving Qu Jianlei to arrange for more robots and supplies.

• Qu Jianlei and the others established a base in an abandoned mine on Tianfeng Star, clearing out exotic beasts and activating its Gathering Spirit Arrays.
• Qu Jianlei, Jing Yuexin, and Duo Gan followed the summons to the Celestial Hook Mystic Mansion, bringing the juvenile Fire Essence with them.
• The Artifact Spirit complained about their delay and showed Qu Jianlei a map marked with hundreds of array locations throughout the Abode.
• Qu Jianlei explained that he had brought over a thousand arrays, and the Artifact Spirit said it could conceal them and their installation.
• The Artifact Spirit suggested that the second phase could begin ahead of schedule and told Qu Jianlei to fetch more robots and supplies.

Qu Jianlei and the Artifact Spirit established hundreds of Spiritual Qi Conversion Arrays in the Mystic Mansion, but their enormous Energy Block consumption threatened to drain the available funds. Qu Jianlei left to raise more money and brought back the news that everyone could enter the Mystic Mansion to cultivate.

• Qu Jianlei, Jing Yuexin, and Duo Gan cleared a misty River Valley and began cultivating while Xiao Hu coordinated the robots setting up more than six hundred arrays.
• The Artifact Spirit destroyed arrays noticed by guards and rebuilt them nearby, while the arrays consumed about 380 million Energy Blocks each day.
• Qu Jianlei learned that the Artifact Spirit expected decades of work to stabilize the Abode's deteriorating environment and argued that their limited wealth could not sustain the project for long.
• Qu Jianlei persuaded the Artifact Spirit to let qualified teammates enter the Mystic Mansion, provided they used cultivation techniques and kept the arrangement secret.
• Qu Jianlei went to the Abandoned Mine, where Old Lady Jia said she had arranged another five billion Energy Blocks, and he told the gathered teammates they could all enter the Mystic Mansion to cultivate.