Chapter Summaries

Qu Jianlei and Xiao Moshan fought off an ambush by Ultimate Warriors, Modified Warriors, and mechs. After the attackers fled or died, Xiao Moshan was left wounded, and he questioned whether Qu Jianlei was truly a Rank B Warrior and whether he possessed a Space Ring.

• Xiao Moshan detected six Ultimate Warriors closing in and warned Qu Jianlei, who killed the two Metal Attribute attackers with Thunder Dragons.
• Qu Jianlei killed the Fire and Water Attribute Warriors, while Xiao Moshan revealed himself as the wanted Clear Wind Shadowless Blade and defeated the Wind Attribute Warrior.
• Qu Jianlei used a Gold Cone to kill the Wood Attribute Warrior, then Xiao Moshan warned him that Modified Warriors and heavy weapons were approaching.
• Qu Jianlei and Xiao Moshan fought the Modified Warriors and destroyed three attacking mechs, but Xiao Moshan was shot in both thighs and the trucks carrying the attackers escaped.
• Qu Jianlei finished off the remaining attackers and searched the battlefield with Xiao Moshan, who then asked whether Qu Jianlei was Rank B and suggested he might have a Space Ring.

Qu Jianlei and Xiao Moshan escaped Central City, hiding their vehicle and supplies in Qu Jianlei’s Space Ring while the Douglas Family surrendered and Canyon classified Qu Jianlei as a suspect. Canyon’s search failed, but after its agents left, a new lead emerged when hooligans targeting Qu Jianlei’s courtyard were released and one went to an outlying residence.

• Qu Jianlei refused to abandon the injured Xiao Moshan, and the two fled after Xiao identified the Douglas Family’s Mike and suspected leaks from the Patrol Office.
• Qu Jianlei and Xiao Moshan recovered a hidden motorcycle and supplies, then stowed their off-road vehicle in Qu Jianlei’s Space Ring and drove toward approaching clouds.
• After learning Qu Jianlei’s abilities and connection to Clear Wind Shadowless Blade, Douglas Family elder Herit surrendered, while Jia Mali urged the City Lord to let Canyon decide Qu Jianlei’s fate.
• Canyon classified Qu Jianlei as a suspect and launched a search, but its forces could not find him or Xiao Moshan and eventually left two agents behind before departing months later.
• Patrol Office agents caught hooligans spying on Qu Jianlei’s courtyard, questioned them, and released them; later that night, one hooligan went to a residence on the outskirts.

Qu Qu Jianlei and Xiao Moshan destroyed the Bunker Family in revenge for its role in a decades-old injustice, then used military disguises to investigate the Douglas Family. Their cover was challenged as they tried to leave the Douglas district.

• Xiao Moshan and Qu Jianlei learned that Xiao Moshan had reached Rank B, and they planned to seek a Limb Regeneration Potion before taking revenge on the Douglas Family.
• Qu Jianlei and Xiao Moshan entered Central City, evaded the Douglas Family's security, and abducted two Modified Warriors, prompting a citywide search.
• After the search ended, Qu Jianlei and Xiao Moshan infiltrated the Bunker Family and killed nearly all its members in retaliation for the family's past crimes against Terry's family.
• Central City authorities linked the massacre to at least two Rank B warriors, while the surviving Bunker Family Modified Warrior was killed after demanding justice for his wife and children.
• Qu Jianlei and Xiao Moshan returned to Central City disguised as military Modified Warriors and questioned Douglas Family members while scouting the estate.
• A Douglas Family military member confronted Qu Jianlei and Xiao Moshan as they tried to leave, demanding to know which administration office they belonged to.

Qu Jianlei and Xiao Moshan escaped Central City after killing two Douglas Family warriors, then lay low while the Canyon investigated Jian Lei and ordered that he be captured alive. After years of cultivation, they ran short of crystals and decided to return to Central City, starting by targeting the Andre Family.

• Xiao Moshan bound a Douglas Family Ultimate Warrior and a Modified Warrior, allowing Qu Jianlei to kill them before the pair fled Central City.
• Qu Jianlei and Xiao Moshan escaped their pursuers, warned off Niu Weili, and traded crystals for answers before evading pursuit by hiding in a river.
• Niu Weili reported Xiao Moshan's advancement to Rank B, while the Douglas Family sought Canyon's help against the two fugitives.
• A Canyon Rank A Warrior investigated Jian Lei's cultivation and mechanical work, ordered that Jian Lei be captured alive, and waited in Central City for two years without finding him.
• Qu Jianlei cultivated to Qi Refining Stage Level Four, then reached the peak of the Qi Refining Fifth Level three years later while he and Xiao Moshan conserved their remaining crystals.
• Qu Jianlei agreed to Xiao Moshan's plan to target the Andre Family, whose member had helped the Douglas Family ambush them.

Qu Jianlei met Black Panther after recognizing Bentley’s signal and learned that Bentley was safe in hiding. Black Panther also reported that the Andre Family wanted to apologize with crystals, while Qu Jianlei left Yellow Scorpion’s condition uncertain and asked about the Douglas Family.

• Qu Jianlei left Xiao Moshan to provide backup and approached the mark Bentley had left near the casino.
• Qu Jianlei asked Black Panther to come after learning that the Andre Family had placed guards around the mark.
• Black Panther told Qu Jianlei that the Andre Family offered him crystals to apologize, including thirty B-grade crystals and one A-grade crystal for Qu Jianlei.
• Black Panther explained how he traced Bentley through Cindy and Claire, and said Bentley was safe and had asked Qu Jianlei to take care of himself.
• Qu Jianlei asked about Yellow Scorpion, learned that her life was not in danger, and told Black Panther to keep the crystals given to him.
• Qu Jianlei asked Black Panther what had happened to the Douglas Family.

Qu Jianlei discussed the Douglas Family’s crackdown and the captured descendants with Black Panther, then met Jia Mali, who confessed that he had leaked information about Qu Jianlei. Jia Mali asked Qu Jianlei to help calculate cultivation methods for other attributes and offered support against the Douglas Family, leaving Qu Jianlei to consider his conditions.

• Black Panther warned Qu Jianlei and Xiao Moshan that the Douglas Family had strengthened its defenses and said more than thirty descendants had been arrested; Qu Jianlei suggested the maximum penalty was death.
• Qu Jianlei gave his courtyard to the Di-character Room and agreed to meet Patrol Chief Jia Mali, who arrived with crystals and apologized for leaking information to Mike.
• Jia Mali admitted he had suspected the truth about Terry and the other victim but had been too ashamed to warn Qu Jianlei; Qu Jianlei accepted his apology and learned that Canyon's people had taken the Rank A Crystals.
• Jia Mali said the Andre Family had publicized its compensation to avoid public anger, then asked Qu Jianlei to calculate cultivation methods for other attributes.
• Qu Jianlei said he had conditions, and Jia Mali promised that Central City would not stand by if Qu Jianlei acted against the Douglas Family.

Qu Jianlei negotiated with Central City for Rank A cultivation methods and crystals in exchange for improving cultivation methods, while keeping the Douglas Family from using his work. After a year of cultivation and trades, he returned to Central City expecting Jia Mali and Ke Lin, but found Ke Lin accompanied by an unfamiliar Rank B Warrior instead.

• Qu Jianlei demanded Rank A cultivation methods and techniques, payment in crystals, and a guarantee that the Douglas Family could not use his derived methods; Jia Mali agreed and secured his promise to improve Rank B methods.
• Ke Lin offered Qu Jianlei a chance to appeal to Canyon, but Qu Jianlei refused to put his fate in others' hands and accepted the City Lord's Mansion's cultivation methods and crystals instead.
• Qu Jianlei and Xiao Moshan discovered a tracker in Ke Lin's backpack, kept the bag, and left the woods; Ke Lin later searched for it with more than a hundred people but failed to find it.
• Qu Jianlei used most of the Rank A Crystals to advance his cultivation, derived methods for Metal and Ice Attributes, and withheld a further Rank B improvement for a later trade.
• Jia Mali and Ke Lin exchanged the completed methods for new Rank A methods and offered rewards for early delivery; Qu Jianlei returned two months ahead of schedule at the peak of Qi Refining Ninth Level.
• Qu Jianlei sent a trading signal on the outskirts of Central City, but Ke Lin arrived the next day with an unfamiliar Rank B Warrior and without Jia Mali.

Qu Jianlei rejected Naimu Dian’s attempt to replace Jia Mali at their transaction, then discovered the Patrol Office had lured him into an ambush. He and Xiao Moshan fought off Rank B pursuers and fleeing mechs before a Rank A warrior closed in, leaving them concealed in a hastily built Safe House in the forest.

• Qu Jianlei refused to negotiate with Naimu Dian and postponed the transaction until Jia Mali could attend.
• Qu Jianlei fled when Naimu Dian and another Rank B Warrior arrived instead of Jia Mali, but Naimu Dian pursued him and threatened to kill him on sight.
• Xiao Moshan ambushed the Wind Attribute Warrior while Qu Jianlei wounded him with Three Stars Arrow and Rainfall, then froze him with Ice Seal.
• Qu Jianlei killed Naimu Dian, and Xiao Moshan looted his corpse before the two fled from approaching mechs.
• Qu Jianlei destroyed several mechs with Thunder Dragons as the pair evaded their pursuers and a Rank A warrior named Lord Sendell.
• Qu Jianlei built a concealed Safe House in the forest, and Xiao Moshan hid inside as their pursuers drew near.

Qu Jianlei and Xiao Moshan defeated Sendell and his mecha force, then captured survivors and uncovered the Douglas Family’s role in the attack. Xiao Moshan hinted that Sendell had targeted Qu Jianlei because of his partnership with him, and Qu Jianlei ended the chapter asking whether to kill the captives.

• Qu Jianlei used Golden Cone and Thunder Dragon to distract Sendell while Xiao Moshan struck him from behind and artillery damaged him.
• Xiao Moshan killed Sendell with the Anti-Mecha Laser Sniper Rifle, and Qu Jianlei shot down the attacking mechas.
• Qu Jianlei and Xiao Moshan destroyed Sendell’s self-destructing corpse, discovered the Safe House cannon was ruined, and found tracking devices in Naimu Dian’s backpack.
• Qu Jianlei and Xiao Moshan captured three survivors, who revealed that the Douglas Family had informed Sendell about Qu Jianlei and Mo Huaitian.
• Xiao Moshan suggested Sendell could have been targeting Qu Jianlei because of his partnership with him, and Qu Jianlei asked whether they should kill the captives.

Qu Jianlei returned to Central City with Xiao Moshan, learned that Canyon had tightened its control over the city, and secretly investigated the Douglas Family estate. Canyon warriors mistook him for Mo Huaitian and attacked him, and the chapter ended with Youmi trying to explain himself while Qu Jianlei pursued Shuke.

• Qu Jianlei killed three Canyon warriors after they failed to answer whether they had killed anyone in Central City, then continued traveling with Xiao Moshan.
• After training for months without breaking through to Rank A, Qu Jianlei returned to Central City and heard from Ma Long that Canyon had taken control of key posts and continued pressuring the Douglas Family.
• Qu Jianlei investigated the Douglas Family estate alone, while Canyon monitors detected Wind Element fluctuations and Youmi mistook him for Mo Huaitian.
• Shuke and a Dark Attribute warrior attacked Qu Jianlei, but he recognized their positions and killed the Dark Attribute warrior with a Thunder Dragon.
• Youmi and Shuke realized Qu Jianlei was their target and repeatedly called the attack a misunderstanding as Qu Jianlei pursued Shuke with another Thunder Dragon.

Qu Jianlei and Xiao Moshan escaped Canyon’s pursuit after Qu killed a Dark Attribute warrior, then recovered a forbidden Mental Attribute cultivation method from one of Xiao’s hidden caches. Qu spent months adapting the method while Central City searches intensified, and the chapter left the pair hiding in a Safe House after Qu publicly exposed Canyon’s role in the attack.

• Qu Jianlei escaped Central City with Xiao Moshan as Canyon’s pursuers held back, and the two Rank A Warriors arrived too late to catch them.
• Xiao Moshan told Qu Jianlei that killing a Dark Attribute warrior had made him a target, then proposed infiltrating Canyon to obtain Rank A Crystals.
• Xiao Moshan revealed that he possessed a tightly controlled Mental Attribute cultivation method and retrieved it from a booby-trapped cache with Qu Jianlei.
• Qu Jianlei spent four months adapting the Mental Attribute method to the Nameless Qi Refining Art, while Central City search parties repeatedly inspected the orchard.
• Qu Jianlei exposed Canyon’s role in the attack after a searcher hinted Canyon personnel would lead the next search, spreading the name among Central City residents.
• Qu Jianlei and Xiao Moshan left the orchard under the pretext of contacting fruit buyers and hid in a Safe House.

Qu Jianlei and Xiao Moshan infiltrated the Canyon with forged identities and explored its advanced, orderly city while avoiding attention. After six days in the city, Xiao Moshan told Qu Jianlei they needed to camp in the wilderness for four days until the Canyon’s monitoring alert was lowered.

• Qu Jianlei learned that the orchard searchers had not identified him and Xiao Moshan, so they decided to enter the Canyon.
• Qu Jianlei used his Mental Spells to get them through the Canyon’s checkpoints despite a detector briefly flagging their forged IDs.
• Qu Jianlei exchanged Energy Block banknotes for universal cards, and the pair used a public rental car to travel deeper into the Canyon.
• Qu Jianlei bought Xiao Moshan an autonomous wheelchair, then the two purchased clothes and supplies and settled into a room without finding surveillance devices.
• Qu Jianlei observed the Canyon’s peaceful daily life over several days, and Xiao Moshan said they needed to camp outside the city for four days until its alert level dropped.

Qu Jianlei and Xiao Moshan fled a Level One alert by hiding underground in a waterworks, where they caught a woman digging a concealed pit nearby. They restrained her and began questioning her, but she claimed she had been dragged into the situation too.

• Xiao Moshan warned Qu Jianlei that the city inspection was at least a Level One alert, and Qu Jianlei drew pursuers away while Xiao hid inside a waterworks.
• Qu Jianlei returned, and the two dug a concealed underground hideout and avoided a daytime search of the waterworks.
• During the night, Qu Jianlei spotted a Wood Attribute warrior digging a hidden pit near their shelter and woke Xiao Moshan.
• Qu Jianlei and Xiao Moshan subdued the intruder with a current, Wind Binding Art, a blade, and a Laser Pistol.
• The intruder revealed that she was a woman and claimed she had been dragged into the situation, but Qu Jianlei called her a liar.

Qu Jianlei, Xiao Moshan, and You You planned to steal a Rank A Crystal from the reserve warehouse beneath the I Have Everything store on Jinxiu Road. After You You and Qu Jianlei secretly broke through the warehouse wall, Qu Jianlei descended into the hole as the unconscious guard began to stir.

• Qu Jianlei stopped Xiao Moshan from killing You You after learning she had fled the base, and You You agreed to help them steal a Rank A Crystal for Qu Jianlei’s breakthrough.
• The three hid underground until the alert was lifted, then surveyed Jinxiu Road and left the water plant after Qu Jianlei judged it unsafe.
• Two days later, the trio infiltrated the city again and reached the general store, where they began their operation after midnight.
• You You incapacitated the side-entrance guard and used her Wood Attribute technique to break through the store floor and reinforced warehouse wall.
• Qu Jianlei helped clear the opening, then descended into the underground reserve warehouse while You You stood guard.
• The unconscious guard began to stir as Qu Jianlei entered the hole.

Qu Jianlei, You You, and Xiao Moshan robbed the Canyon’s backup warehouse, escaped a deadly pursuit, and hid with their enormous haul. As the Canyon put Jian Lei on its kill-on-sight list, a powerful man at the base ordered that he be captured alive, while Xiao Moshan explained that Jian Lei’s apparent storage trick was an Item-Storing Talisman.

• Qu Jianlei and You You fled the alarmed backup warehouse, where Qu Jianlei killed two Rank B guards and escaped with Xiao Moshan and You You.
• Qu Jianlei drew the Canyon’s pursuers away from Xiao Moshan and You You, revealing his abilities and using his Laser Sniper Rifle to stop a Rank A Wind Attribute warrior from catching him.
• The Canyon discovered the warehouse had been robbed, suffered casualties in two Fire Explosions, and placed Jian Lei on its kill-on-sight list.
• At the base, a middle-aged man rejected the Canyon’s request for Supreme Warriors and ordered that Jian Lei be captured alive if possible.
• Qu Jianlei, Xiao Moshan, and You You hid in their shelter and sorted the stolen treasure; Xiao Moshan claimed Qu Jianlei had used an Item-Storing Talisman, while Qu Jianlei secretly wondered what that was.
• Xiao Moshan explained that an Item-Storing Talisman was a limited-use consumable and that a Space Ring was far more valuable.

After hiding for eight months, Qu Jianlei advanced to Rank A and prepared to return to the Canyon. He infiltrated the Attribute Cultivation Research Institute and began stealing its archives, while Xiao Moshan and You You remained behind.

• The Canyon blamed Jian Lei for its losses, speculated that he had an Item-Storing Talisman and Mental Attribute techniques, and searched for him and his companions for six months.
• Qu Jianlei, Xiao Moshan, and You You hid in their underground Safe House for eight months, then Qu Jianlei advanced to Rank A after another month of cultivation.
• Qu Jianlei consolidated his new realm, struggled to learn flight, and decided to visit the Attribute Cultivation Research Institute before confronting the Canyon.
• Qu Jianlei returned to the Canyon, scouted its tighter security, and slipped into the institute during a rainy night without triggering its alarms.
• Qu Jianlei avoided Bai Yansheng and stole the books and rare materials from the mutated attribute archive, then swept away the books in the compiled archive.

Qu Jianlei raided Canyon’s research institute and stole all its information, escaping after freezing Bai Yansheng and revealing that he had reached Rank A. He returned to You You and Xiao Moshan with materials that could help them deduce cultivation methods up to Rank A, but warned they could no longer stay where they were.

• Qu Jianlei compared the research rooms’ collections, then stole their materials and triggered a hidden alarm in the rare-book room.
• Qu Jianlei broke through the room’s alloy bars and defeated Bai Yansheng with lightning and ice techniques, while sparing the Rock Attribute guard who attacked him.
• Bai Yansheng and the others discussed Qu Jianlei’s mercy and suspected it was connected to the stolen Rank A Crystals, while identifying another possible enemy in the Douglas Family.
• Qu Jianlei escaped Canyon without being stopped, then returned to You You and Xiao Moshan with materials for deducing Rank A cultivation methods.
• You You praised Qu Jianlei’s raid, while Xiao Moshan asked about the danger and casualties; Qu Jianlei said he had killed no one and frozen Bai Yansheng.

Qu Jianlei and his companions used stolen identities and prepared supplies to travel from Canyon to Central City, where he learned that the bounty on him remained but potential ambushers had backed off. After entering the city openly and speaking with Ma Long, Qu Jianlei headed toward the Douglas Family, and word spread that he had returned for revenge.

• Xiao Moshan and You You captured three people and arranged documents for entering Central City, while Qu Jianlei agreed to use their identities and leave soon.
• Qu Jianlei organized and hid valuable supplies as You You gathered information, then he and You You passed the Channel Entrance using his Obscuring Vision Art.
• Qu Jianlei and You You found Xiao Moshan's mark outside Central City and learned he had investigated the Douglas Family and found Canyon experts lying in wait nearby.
• Qu Jianlei entered Central City openly on a motorcycle and circled the Douglas Family estate, but sensed no experts there.
• Qu Jianlei met Ma Long outside the Patrol Office and learned that Canyon Rank A Warriors had withdrawn and Peerless Boss had told people to avoid him.
• Qu Jianlei rode away, and news spread that he had returned to seek revenge against the Douglas Family.

Qu Jianlei avenged himself on the Douglas Family by killing everyone on the estate, and the discovery of a likely Mental Attack made Central City and Canyon retreat from pursuing him. After recovering, he set out with Xiao Moshan and You You for the Zhou-Designated Residential Area, arriving after a long journey with a truck full of supplies.

• Qu Jianlei gave Black Panther two Rank B Crystals and asked him to arrange a sturdy truck and convincing passes.
• Canyon's warriors arrived in Central City, but they discovered that more than three thousand members of the Douglas Family had been killed without visible wounds.
• Central City's examination found brain damage consistent with a Mental Attack, prompting a gag order and making the pursuit of Qu Jianlei largely a formality.
• Qu Jianlei recovered in the Safe House while Xiao Moshan and You You gathered information and supplies, and both chose to travel with him.
• Qu Jianlei, Xiao Moshan, and You You traveled to the Zhou-Designated Residential Area, earning Silver Coins along the way and arriving after nearly four months.

You You, Xiao Moshan, and Qu Jianlei entered Universe Six and clashed with guards who failed to recognize their identification before settling into an inn. When Zheng Weifang, a guardian from another settlement, confronted them, Qu Jianlei recognized him as one of the hunters who had once tried to kill the group and revealed that he had reached Rank A.

• You You and Xiao Moshan forced their way past Universe Six guards who did not recognize their identification, and You You drove them into the Rich Area.
• You You showed her identification to City Garrison soldiers at the inn, and their leader recognized that the group had come from Central City and left after apologizing.
• You You and Xiao Moshan judged the inn rooms unacceptable and gave the staff an hour to improve them.
• Zheng Weifang arrived and challenged the group, identifying himself as the guardian of the Zhou-character Settlement Area.
• Qu Jianlei recognized Zheng Weifang and his companion as the hunters who had tried to kill the group for the Snow Shadow Leopard's Mutated Crystal.
• Qu Jianlei trapped Zheng Weifang with Iron Cage, revealed his Rank A strength, and threatened his family if he denied the accusation.