Recaps

Qu Jianlei and Pan Yifu sabotaged the Space Pirates’ power supply and fought off enemies while the Pioneering Group’s assault on the Control Center grew increasingly desperate. As the battle turned against the attackers, Spirit Fox asked Qu Jianlei to strike Diamond’s leader, Grelier, with lightning.

• Qu Jianlei guided Pan Yifu around the outskirts, where Pan destroyed an Energy Block warehouse and Qu’s allies disabled five Power Supply Hubs.
• Qu Jianlei and Pan Yifu hid in an empty house to recover as the Pioneering Group intensified its attack and its A-ranks entered the fight.
• Qu Jianlei shot a Rank B warrior and destroyed three close-combat mechas when they approached the house.
• Pan Yifu moved next door to recover after Qu refused to find them another hiding place.
• Scarlet’s Old Ghost and the Space Pirates’ Second Boss joined the A-rank battle, and the Pioneering Group’s forces neared collapse.
• Spirit Fox asked Qu Jianlei to strike an A-rank with lightning, and Qu chose Grelier, Diamond’s leader.

Qu Jianlei attacked the Space Pirates at the Control Center, helping Spirit Fox and the pioneers bring down Grelier and wound the Second Boss. As the Fourth Boss arrived to pull the Second Boss away, another Golden Wheel Slash threatened the Space Pirates.

• Qu Jianlei used Falling Thunder Art twice to paralyze Grelier and break his defenses, while Spirit Fox's Golden Wheel Slash cut through the Second Boss's Rock Cannon and wounded him.
• Pan Yifu struck the paralyzed Grelier with a Flame Meteor, leaving his fate unknown.
• Vines and Red Cloud's binding spell pressured the Second Boss, but the Fourth Boss used Instant Flash to grab him and call for a retreat.
• Another Golden Wheel Slash spun toward the Space Pirates as they reacted in surprise to the Fourth Boss's order.

Spirit Fox, White Robe, Qu Jianlei, and the other pioneers turned the battle against the space pirates, forcing the bosses to retreat and killing Diamond and Grelier. As the pirates fell back, Qu Jianlei argued that he and Pan Yifu should keep helping to limit the pioneers’ casualties.

• The Second Boss and Fourth Boss ordered the space pirates to retreat after Spirit Fox’s Golden Wheel Slash and Qu Jianlei’s Thunder Dragon crippled the Second Boss.
• White Robe and Spirit Fox trapped Diamond, but the space pirates killed him with lasers before he could surrender and reveal top-secret intelligence.
• White Robe found Grelier barely alive, and Qu Jianlei shot him three times with a Laser Sniper Rifle, killing him.
• The pioneers pressed the retreating space pirates while their attempts to reach the warehouses and Prisoner of War Camp were stymied by heavy defenses.
• Pan Yifu questioned why Qu Jianlei was concerned about the retreating pirates, and Qu Jianlei replied that without their help, more pioneers would die.

Qu Jianlei and Pan Yifu recovered before infiltrating the Control Center to reach its Black Box. After they eliminated the guards and entered the equipment room, a powerful presence appeared outside as the fighting elsewhere intensified.

• Qu Jianlei refused to help at the Prisoner of War Camp, and he and Pan Yifu rested in a hidden basement while Qu Jianlei recovered with a Rank A Crystal.
• After eating Nutrient Solution, Qu Jianlei and Pan Yifu entered the Control Center and changed targets when pioneers were working near the first Black Box.
• Qu Jianlei and Pan Yifu killed two Space Pirates and disabled two mechs guarding another equipment room.
• Qu Jianlei disconnected the room's alarm and unlocked its door, but a chilling presence rose behind them and they rushed inside.
• A sinister voice threatened them as someone outside urged the fighters to hold on for ten more minutes, and a blast plunged the Control Center further into darkness.

Qu Jianlei and Pan Yifu tried to transmit information from the Control Center, but a Supreme's attack destroyed their Black Box and wounded Pan Yifu. Qu Jianlei joined Spirit Fox to reach the tower's heavily protected Self-Destruct Device and began cracking its password.

• Pan Yifu worked on the Black Box while Qu Jianlei hid from the Supreme's attacks, but a Flame Arrow destroyed the box and injured Pan Yifu.
• Qu Jianlei asked Pan Yifu whether destroying the relay tower would help, then left to search for a way to bring it down.
• Qu Jianlei found Spirit Fox near the tower, and Spirit Fox led him to the concealed entrance to the Self-Destruct Device.
• Spirit Fox revealed a cable for bypassing the password, and Qu Jianlei connected his equipment and began cracking the ternary lock.

Qu Jianlei and Spirit Fox worked to breach the tower’s sealed chambers and prepare explosives for a controlled detonation. After Qu Jianlei opened the third door and Spirit Fox cut through the alloy wall, they began assembling bombs, hoping to escape before the people outside ran out of time.

• Qu Jianlei used an artificial intelligence and a Rank A Crystal to crack the second door’s password, then opened it while Spirit Fox recovered his strength.
• Spirit Fox cut a metal section beneath the third door’s keypad, and Qu Jianlei spent five minutes opening the door.
• Spirit Fox explained that they needed to dig four and a half meters into the alloy wall and place explosives near the Self-Destruct Device without triggering it.
• Qu Jianlei brought out a modified Violet Light Cutter, which cut a one-square-meter section from the wall while consuming fifteen Energy Blocks.
• Spirit Fox used his Metal Attribute to sever the remaining connection in the wall section, then warned that the chamber was too small for the explosives and Energy Blocks.
• Qu Jianlei explained that they could place the explosives outside the breach and use the three doors as layers of enclosure, so Spirit Fox agreed to assemble the bombs.

Qu Jianlei and Spirit Fox used explosives to draw the Fire Attribute Supreme’s attention while Black Sky’s strike triggered a bomb that destroyed the tower. The blast stunned the Space Pirates and left Pan Yifu watching in disbelief as the plan succeeded.

• Qu Jianlei finished assembling a bomb in the tower and set its timer for two and a half minutes before escaping with Spirit Fox.
• Spirit Fox accepted Qi Recovery Pills from Qu Jianlei, then threw electromagnetic interference bombs at the signal dish while fleeing the Fire Attribute Supreme.
• The Fire Attribute Supreme struck Spirit Fox with Mental Strength, leaving him on the ground as two Rank A Space Pirates moved in to capture him.
• Black Sky struck the tower with an electric arc, and the timed bomb detonated, setting off a massive explosion.
• Baldy fled his fight, the Fourth Boss recognized the blast as a triggered Self-Destruct Device, and Pan Yifu watched in shock.

Qu Jianlei chose to rescue Fang Cao as the relay tower self-destructed, then risked his remaining Inner Breath to save Red Cloud as well. He disguised himself as a Gardening Department member before a Supreme and was ordered to take the two injured fighters to the Prisoner of War Camp.

• Qu Jianlei weighed whether to rescue Pan Yifu, Red Cloud, or Fang Cao and chose Fang Cao, partly because he had already used a Regeneration Potion on her once.
• Explosives destroyed the relay tower from its base, and the collapsing structure filled the battlefield with smoke and flames.
• Qu Jianlei reached Fang Cao through the smoke and saved her from heavy machine-gun fire; she asked him to rescue Red Cloud, citing his military connections.
• Qu Jianlei entered the smoke, killed the Water Attribute Rank B Space Pirate guarding Red Cloud, and carried both Red Cloud and Fang Cao away.
• A Supreme confronted Qu Jianlei, who claimed to be from the Gardening Department, and ordered him to take the two fighters to the Prisoner of War Camp.

Qu Jianlei rescued Red Cloud and Fang Cao from the Core Area and escaped the space pirates after the relay Signal Tower collapsed. They reached the Security Zone, where Red Cloud asked him to check on Captain Baldy, and Qu Jianlei agreed to wait until night despite Red Cloud's claim that the Supreme's absence made daylight safe.

• Fang Cao and Red Cloud directed Qu Jianlei through Tin Skin Alley to a vehicle on Pioneer Road No. 8, and he drove them out of the Core Area.
• Qu Jianlei used Mental Influence to deter pursuing space pirates, then refused Fang Cao's request to contact Joint Command because he did not trust the Handheld Transceiver procedures.
• Red Cloud learned that Qu Jianlei, Spirit Fox, and Pan Yifu had destroyed the relay Signal Tower, while Fang Cao revealed she had used a Bottom of the Box Chess Piece to secure the vehicle.
• Qu Jianlei drove to the Security Zone, destroyed the vehicle, and carried Red Cloud and Fang Cao nearly fifty kilometers to evade the space pirates' Supreme.
• Red Cloud asked Qu Jianlei about Spirit Fox, Pan Yifu, and Captain Baldy; Qu Jianlei said Baldy had fled when the relay tower collapsed and agreed to check on him that night.

Qu Jianlei searched the Security Zone for news of Baldy and Pan Yifu, then found the injured Spirit Fox hiding at Number Thirteen, Triumphant Return Road. Spirit Fox revealed that Baldy had been taken by a Space Pirate Supreme, while Pan Yifu’s whereabouts remained unknown.

• Qu Jianlei treated Red Cloud and Fang Cao at a Secret Camp, recovered some Inner Breath, and left to gather information.
• Qu Jianlei entered the core district disguised as a Space Pirate and found no trace of Baldy, Spirit Fox, or Pan Yifu near the Prisoner of War Camp.
• Qu Jianlei searched the district, avoided contacting anyone through a Handheld Transceiver, and went to Number Thirteen, Triumphant Return Road.
• Qu Jianlei sensed Spirit Fox hiding in the bathroom and offered him a safer hiding place in the underground chamber.
• Spirit Fox told Qu Jianlei that Baldy had been taken by a Space Pirate Supreme and that he did not know what had happened to Pan Yifu.

Qu Jianlei and You You arranged for Spirit Fox to escape the Space Pirates, with help from the Fourth Boss, who asked them to pass a message to Red Cloud about the defeat at the Kenan Nebula. Qu Jianlei and Spirit Fox left the core area, and Spirit Fox estimated that the Imperial fleet could arrive in as little as ten days or as late as three months, possibly with Supremes.

• Qu Jianlei contacted You You, told her Spirit Fox was at Number Thirteen Triumphant Return Road, and asked her to arrange their escape.
• Spirit Fox agreed to give You You two pardon slots in exchange for help getting out, and You You arrived with the Fourth Boss two hours later.
• The Fourth Boss asked Qu Jianlei to tell Red Cloud that the front-line soldiers were not responsible for the defeat at the Kenan Nebula.
• The Fourth Boss revealed that Pan Yifu was imprisoned after Tang Supreme injured him, while Old Ghost and Baldy had also been captured and White Robe was dead.
• You You drove Qu Jianlei and Spirit Fox out of the core area, and the Fourth Boss gave them medicine before they left.
• Spirit Fox estimated that the Imperial fleet might arrive in ten days or within three months, depending on maintenance discoveries and the Empire's response, and Qu Jianlei realized Supremes might come too.

Qu Jianlei and Spirit Fox reached Blaze’s Field Hospital, where their survivors reunited with Mu Guoguo’s Joint Command and prepared for the Empire’s arrival. After Qu Jianlei warned the main force that the Space Pirates might intensify their assault, the Pioneers held their ground, and news later arrived that the besieging pirates had been decisively defeated.

• Qu Jianlei and Spirit Fox discussed the Space Pirates’ dwindling prospects and the cost of the Pioneers’ losses as they headed to the Secret Camp.
• Red Cloud, Fang Cao, and the others decided to move to Blaze’s Field Hospital, where they found Mu Guoguo and the battered Joint Command survivors.
• A Fire Attribute Rank B questioned how Qu Jianlei had escaped unharmed, but Spirit Fox and Red Cloud defended him and described how he had rescued them.
• Spirit Fox explained that he had triggered the Relay Tower’s self-destruction by brute force, while Red Cloud said he could not reveal more because of a confidentiality agreement.
• Qu Jianlei warned Mu Huahua that the Space Pirates might attack the main force fiercely to cover their retreat, and a Joint Command leader relayed the warning by radio.
• Two days later, the Pioneers were reported to be resisting the intensified assault, and two days after that, news arrived that the besieging Space Pirates had suffered a crushing defeat.

The Pioneering Group routed the space pirates and reclaimed most of Zalif Planet, but their advance stalled against stronger defenses and shortages. As Diamond Group sought to surrender, the wounded leaders asked Qu Jianlei to handle the reception, and he refused until Fang Cao reminded him of his ties to Black Rain.

• The Third Division fled, triggering a retreat that let the Pioneering Group retake the Security Zone and most of Zalif Planet within two days.
• Zheng Ziyang challenged Black Sky about his origins at Blaze's Field Hospital, but Fang Cao and Red Cloud defended him and rebuked Zheng over Fat Fox's defection.
• Two Rank B Warriors from Diamond Group asked to surrender, and the leaders at the Field Hospital agreed to accept them only if they surrendered their weapons and submitted to detention and legal judgment.
• The two Diamond Warriors returned to consult their members and promised to answer the following night.
• Red Cloud asked Qu Jianlei to lead the reception if Diamond surrendered, but Qu Jianlei refused, and Fang Cao reminded him that his fate was tied to Black Rain's.

Qu Jianlei led the reception of Diamond defectors as they sabotaged the Space Pirates’ Power Supply Hub and launched a rebellion. His forces blocked the pursuit with Quicksand Art, exposed the Earth Attribute Second Boss, and wounded him again as he escaped.

• Qu Jianlei agreed to receive Diamond’s defectors after Red Cloud and Fang Cao urged him, despite Spirit Fox’s doubts about Fang Cao’s promise.
• Diamond’s four B-ranks questioned the lack of an A-rank escort, but Qu Jianlei and Mu Guoguo’s supporters demanded that they earn redemption through merit.
• The defectors destroyed the repaired Power Supply Hub, triggering battles, fires, and sabotage across the Space Pirate Controlled Zone.
• Qu Jianlei coordinated a reception force, gathered Earth Attribute warriors, and arranged heavy weapons to stop Space Pirate pursuers.
• The Second Boss tried to neutralize the Quicksand Art from within the crowd, but Qu Jianlei detected him and ordered a barrage that injured him before he escaped.

Qu Jianlei’s support operation succeeded, and the returned pioneers spent three days screening more than twenty thousand people for space pirate informants. Mu Guoguo arrested 195 suspected spies and, following Black Sky’s instructions, ordered their legs broken until the Empire’s reinforcements could investigate.

• The Pioneering Groups escaped the pirates’ artillery barrage, while the pirates later massacred more than five hundred pioneers who had failed to flee.
• Mu Guoguo and other leaders organized a three-day screening of the more than twenty thousand returned pioneers, though the rushed questioning left them unsure of the results.
• Mu Guoguo presented a list of 195 people to arrest and offered to make Blazing Fire responsible for the decision.
• Suo Hun of the Qian Duoduo Group confronted Mu Guoguo’s skeptical schoolmate, who recognized Suo Hun and left.
• Fifteen of the 195 suspects resisted arrest and were killed, while the other 180 submitted.
• Mu Guoguo ordered the remaining suspects’ legs broken until the Empire’s reinforcements arrived.

After resting from his spy investigation, Qu Jianlei learned that the Space Pirates were moving supplies and considered whether to attack, but Fang Cao’s limited combat strength made him favor waiting for reinforcements. He arranged to obtain two fake identities from Black Rain, and the chapter ended with news that the Space Pirates had begun withdrawing their main force.

• Qu Jianlei rested for three days after screening the Pioneering Group members for spies.
• Fang Cao told Qu Jianlei that the Space Pirates were moving supplies and had evacuated some family members and logistics personnel, while their main force remained in Zalifu.
• Qu Jianlei declined to pursue another attack because Fang Cao could only fight at around forty percent strength and he did not want to seek Zheng Ziyang’s help.
• Qu Jianlei asked Fang Cao about obtaining an identity and chose two fake identities after learning that arranging more would take time and require other suppliers.
• A messenger reported that the Space Pirates had begun withdrawing their main force.

Qu Jianlei and the other pioneers debated whether the Space Pirates were withdrawing, while Zheng Ziyang’s premature assault ended in heavy losses. When explosions signaled the Space Pirates were finally abandoning their stronghold, Qu Jianlei ordered an advance, but the group still wondered where the Empire’s reinforcements were.

• Fang Cao and Qu Jianlei discussed reports that the Space Pirates had withdrawn part of their main force, but Qu Jianlei refused to contact the Asking Heart Array because he did not want to see Zheng Ziyang.
• Qu Jianlei asked Spirit Fox for fake identities, resources, and introductions to intelligence brokers, and Spirit Fox agreed to help with the identities and funding.
• Zheng Ziyang persuaded Diamond Group and Quantum Group to attack the Space Pirates, but Diamond withdrew after being left to face the toughest resistance, and four Rank As counterattacked, causing Quantum heavy losses.
• Qian Duoduo’s heavy cannons helped repel the Space Pirates, after which the Pioneering Groups limited themselves to scattered exchanges of fire.
• Two days later, explosions erupted in the Space Pirates’ territory, and Qu Jianlei concluded that they were destroying supplies they could not take and ordered the gathered pioneers to attack.
• The Mu Family Siblings and other warriors prepared to advance toward the Prisoner of War Camp, while someone questioned whether the explosions were a trap and asked where the reinforcements were.

Qu Jianlei helped the Mu Family Siblings and other pioneers raid the evacuating space pirates, then confirmed You You was safe among the prisoners and learned that the pirates had tracked the Empire’s rescue operation. The Imperial fleet arrived, the pioneers secured Zalifu, and investigators confronted Diamond’s representative Rosana, who denied knowing about the events.

• Qu Jianlei led a small group to find Energy Blocks before reaching the Prisoner of War Camp, where pioneers were fighting the guards and freeing more than twenty thousand prisoners.
• Qu Jianlei recognized You You among the freed prisoners, and she indicated they should not meet openly before warning him that the space pirates had tracked the Imperial rescue information in real time.
• An Engineering Corps member spotted the Imperial fleet, which intercepted the evacuating pirate ships while its main force continued toward Zalifu.
• The Imperial military and government forces secured the dock, while their pursuit destroyed three pirate ships and captured some of their crews.
• Representatives from the Empire, the Four Great Heaven Rank Groups, the Energy Block Alliance, and Diamond began investigating Zalifu, and Diamond’s Supreme Rosana claimed she knew nothing about the incident or the missing Morani.

After weeks of investigation, the Supremes uncovered evidence that Diamond had secretly mined an Amethyst Gold Mine and colluded with the Space Pirates. Hou Yueran accused Diamond of the scheme, leaving Rosana unable to shield its members from scrutiny.

• Rosana blocked harsh interrogations of Diamond's members, while the other groups' representatives insisted their own people also be questioned.
• A Space Pirate revealed that the pirates had planned to remain on Pioneer Star for twenty years and were exploiting a mine.
• The Energy Block Alliance Supreme demanded control of the interrogations after learning mineral resources might be involved.
• Hou Yueran announced that he had found evidence of an Amethyst Gold Mine in Diamond's territory.
• Hou Yueran explained that he found filled-in mine shafts and accused Diamond of secretly extracting Amethyst Gold with the Space Pirates.

After the Amethyst Gold Mine was exposed, the Supremes publicized Diamond’s alleged collusion with the Space Pirates and arranged investigations, detentions, and departures from Zalifu. Qu Jianlei boarded a passenger ship home, where a glamorous woman approached him.

• The Supremes found evidence of the Amethyst Gold Mine and the murdered laborers, but Rosana refused to accept Diamond’s responsibility or allow an immediate interrogation.
• The Supremes leaked news that Diamond had betrayed the pioneer camp to monopolize the mine, while Quantum’s Supreme criticized Zheng Ziyang and he requested Rotation Leave.
• The Supremes arranged replacement personnel and sent home pioneers not under suspicion, while keeping Diamond and Fat Fox members on Zalifu for investigation.
• Black Rain listed Black Sky for departure, and Qu Jianlei asked You You when she would leave before boarding a passenger ship with Spirit Fox and Fang Cao.
• Spirit Fox used an Energy Block Alliance permit to get Qu Jianlei aboard, and a glamorous woman approached him after the ship took off.

Qu Jianlei received compensation and warnings from Fang Cao and Spirit Fox as the spacecraft carried him toward Hope Star. At the spaceport, he saw Imperial Military Police arrest You You and asked Spirit Fox to keep track of what happened.

• Qu Jianlei declined to speak with an Emergency Affairs Department official, then accepted identity cards, banknotes, treasure chest keys, and cultivation resources from Fang Cao, who urged him to leave quickly after landing.
• Spirit Fox invited Qu Jianlei to stay in his private room, both to give him a better place to rest and to deter anyone trying to pressure him.
• After the spacecraft reached Hope Star, Qu Jianlei saw Imperial Military Police from the Third Division arrest You You at the spaceport.
• Qu Jianlei asked Spirit Fox to watch what happened to You You, and Spirit Fox splashed wine onto the room's surveillance camera before offering to explain the situation.

Qu Jianlei left the starship with Spirit Fox’s intelligence and explored Bailan City on Hope Star, where he found a hotel and bought a car. Zheng Ziyang unexpectedly spotted him at the same hotel and followed him, bringing the danger Qu Jianlei sensed into focus.

• Spirit Fox gave Qu Jianlei a paper listing pickup locations, intelligence brokers, and hidden caches, then bid him farewell.
• Qu Jianlei left the starship without collecting his luggage, exchanged money, and walked through Bailan City, enjoying the lack of surveillance.
• When rain drove him into a hotel, Qu Jianlei booked a top-floor room and warned the owner not to cause trouble.
• A gloomy newcomer arrived at the hotel after midnight, threatened the owner, and demanded a top-floor room.
• The next morning, Qu Jianlei bought a secondhand car from the hotel owner and drove away, sensing a malicious presence tracking him.
• Zheng Ziyang recognized Qu Jianlei at the hotel, rented a car, and followed him.

Qu Jianlei confronted Zheng Ziyang after the commander pursued him into the woods, and learned Zheng wanted to seize his supposed Electromagnetic Movement Technique. The encounter ended with Qu Jianlei revealing he was A-rank and challenging Zheng to flee by air.

• Qu Jianlei left the road and stopped in the woods, where Zheng Ziyang tracked him down and demanded to know why he was so confident.
• Zheng Ziyang explained that he wanted Qu Jianlei's Electromagnetic Movement Technique, believing it would be valuable and blaming him for White Robe's death.
• Zheng Ziyang used Quicksand Art, but Qu Jianlei rose into the air and revealed that he was A-rank.
• Zheng Ziyang withdrew his threat but warned that their fight could draw the City Garrison; Qu Jianlei asked whether Zheng dared fly away to escape.

Qu Jianlei defeated Zheng Ziyang after revealing his No Attribute Rank A cultivation and Mental Spells. He captured Zheng, then decided to kill him because Zheng had learned too much.

• Zheng Ziyang tried to make peace with Qu Jianlei, but Qu refused and rebuked him for targeting someone without a faction.
• Zheng attacked with Stone Arrow, while Qu dodged and used vines to bind him after revealing his hidden abilities.
• Qu struck Zheng with a Rank A Mental Spell, knocking him unconscious and sealing his cultivation.
• After searching and binding Zheng, Qu explained that he had been concealing his strength and said Zheng had helped him feel at ease by witnessing it.
• Qu told Zheng that villains died from talking too much and declared that he knew too much, so it was time for him to die.

After killing Zheng Ziyang and taking his hidden wealth, Qu Jianlei traveled to Qingyu City to collect something arranged through Spirit Fox. He met Ivan at the Night Is So Beautiful bar, received a locker tag, and discovered miniature cameras in the cloakroom.

• Qu Jianlei killed Zheng Ziyang, found nearly three million Energy Block banknotes in his Item-Storing Talisman, and destroyed the evidence.
• Qu Jianlei drove to Qingyu City, sold his battered car, and entered the Night Is So Beautiful bar.
• Qu Jianlei waited for Ivan, identified himself with their Secret Code, and refused Ivan's demand for extra payment.
• Ivan gave Qu Jianlei a numbered cloakroom tag, and Qu Jianlei opened the corresponding locker.
• Qu Jianlei noticed miniature cameras in the cloakroom.