Recaps

Qu Jianlei and Tycoon repelled attackers at the northwest corner while the main battle escalated into a clash between Rank A Ability Warriors. After the defenders countered an earth-element spell and energy-tracking missiles, someone called Qu Jianlei to send Gold Shield to protect their Rank A.

• Qu Jianlei and Tycoon killed three attackers approaching the northwest corner, including two Rank C Warriors and a Modified Warrior.
• The attackers answered with heavy bombardment toward the northwest and increased their assaults from the south and northeast.
• A hidden Rank A earth-element user cast Root Seeking, and the Luo Family's Rank A fire-element user retaliated with tracking Meteor Fireballs.
• The fireballs blasted two mechas protecting the earth-element user, while energy-locking missiles and stone shields appeared in the ensuing exchange.
• A caller asked Qu Jianlei whether he could spare Gold Shield to protect the defenders' Rank A.

Qu Jianlei helped defend the Luo Family’s position, earned praise, and refused a central-support role. Lina delivered his pay and new identity documents, then revealed the Luo Family wanted to observe him further; Qu Jianlei said he did not fear them because they had no Supreme, leaving Lina to postpone explaining more.

• Qu Jianlei intercepted two missiles with Gold Shields as the defenders struck the enemy’s Missile Position and launched a counterattack.
• The city guards arrived to investigate the missile attack, and Three Eyes later reported twelve defenders dead and more than twenty enemies killed.
• Qu Jianlei refused Rein’s offer to serve as central support, saying he wanted to avoid disputes.
• Lina brought Qu Jianlei three days’ pay, a temporary residence permit, and an identity card with a detailed record.
• Lina admitted the Luo Family wanted to keep observing Qu Jianlei, and he said he was not afraid of them because they had no Supreme.

After Qu Jianlei helped repel a second attack on the Luo Family factory, Lina asked him to protect Luo Hanshuang during her internship at Celestial Hook Mystic Mansion. He learned that the mysterious site offered a rare opportunity alongside serious danger, and asked how long the assignment would take.

• Ten Ability Warriors attacked the Luo Family factory, and the defenders opened fire with their full arsenal.
• Qu Jianlei used Gold Shield to protect the Luo Family's A-rank fighter and killed a B-rank before the attackers withdrew.
• Shi Zhu apologized to Qu Jianlei, and Lina later asked him to become one of Luo Hanshuang's protectors at Xingluo Academy.
• Lina explained that Luo Hanshuang's internship involved Celestial Hook Mystic Mansion, where students sought entry to the Inner Circle and potentially dangerous fortuitous encounters.
• Big Head Butterfly identified the Mystic Mansion as being on Tianfeng, a declining planet in the Outer Circle of Tianrui, and Qu Jianlei asked how long the assignment would last.

Qu Jianlei prepared to accompany Luo Hanshuang into the Mystic Mansion, impressing the Luo Family with his combat skills and knowledge of defensive arrays. He and Ford reached the declining city of Tianyi, where they waited for Luo Hanshuang to arrive with her academy.

• Lina hired Qu Jianlei for a one-month trial and brought him to a Luo Family guest estate, where he spent several days exploring Rock.
• Luo Bingfeng met Qu Jianlei, arranged an Item-Storing Talisman and supplies, and inferred that Qu Jianlei might be Rank A from his defensive arts and vigilance.
• Ford filled the talisman with materials, firearms, and ammunition before traveling with Qu Jianlei to Tianfeng Star.
• Qu Jianlei and Ford reached the underground city of Tianyi and waited for Luo Hanshuang, who arrived the next day with Xingluo Academy.

Qu Jianlei and Ford prepared to join Luo Hanshuang’s group for the Mystic Mansion, but two strangers tried to pressure them into giving up their slot. Qu Jianlei followed the men out of the hotel, and they noticed him as they headed away.

• Luo Hanshuang met Qu Jianlei and arranged for him to gather with her group before their departure to the Mystic Mansion.
• Ford found only one small double room available and showed Qu Jianlei the supplies, including a custom sniper rifle.
• A Rank A Warrior and a Rank C Warrior demanded Qu Jianlei’s Mystic Mansion slot, but Qu Jianlei refused and challenged them to settle matters outside the city.
• Qu Jianlei left the hotel to follow the two men, while Ford contacted Aunt Han, who trusted Qu Jianlei to handle the situation.
• Qu Jianlei spotted the men leaving the hotel and followed them; the Rank C Warrior noticed him behind them.

Qu Jianlei followed the Rank A Warrior and his companion until they retreated to the Glory Hotel, then returned to Ford before setting out with Xingluo Academy for the Celestial Hook Mystic Mansion. At the Mystic Mansion, the students passed through a guarded inspection, where officials checked and secured Item-Storing Talismans.

• The Rank A Warrior and the Rank C Warrior tried to shake Qu Jianlei, but he followed them to the Glory Hotel and waited outside until evening.
• Qu Jianlei returned to Ford and told him the two had checked into the Glory Hotel; Ford promised to deal with them.
• Qu Jianlei joined Luo Hanshuang, Aunt Han, and the Xingluo Academy students on the school bus to the Celestial Hook Mystic Mansion.
• The group passed through the energy shield, and Qu Jianlei noticed that some of the students' guards were Rank C Warriors.
• At the Mystic Mansion's entrance, inspectors stopped students carrying Item-Storing Talismans, checked their contents, and held the talismans for safekeeping.

Qu Jianlei and Luo Hanshuang passed the Mystic Mansion’s inspection and entered through its mysterious doors. They arrived in a wilderness beneath a gray sky, and Qu Jianlei realized they had entered a Secret Realm.

• Qu Jianlei revealed six Item-Storing Talismans and a Space Ring during the inspection, then rebuffed an A-rank guard who asked where the ring came from.
• The guards detained a student and his guard after finding a Dark Matter Dimension-Breaking Bomb in their Item-Storing Talisman.
• Qu Jianlei, Luo Hanshuang, and the others signed a confidentiality agreement that seemed to create a karmic connection in Qu Jianlei’s Sea of Consciousness.
• A Supreme’s Mental Strength swept over the group, and the doors opened to admit them in groups.
• Qu Jianlei and Luo Hanshuang stepped through the doors and found themselves in a wilderness under a gray sky.

Qu Jianlei, Luo Hanshuang, and Aunt Han entered the Celestial Hook Mystic Mansion and traveled across Mangyuan while Luo Hanshuang explained the mansion’s history and rules. When the rough terrain disoriented her, she asked Qu Jianlei which way to drive.

• Qu Jianlei entered Mangyuan with Luo Hanshuang and Aunt Han, and the group discussed how to find a river and watch out for venomous snakes.
• Qu Jianlei produced an off-road vehicle, and Luo Hanshuang drove it across the plain as he asked her about the Celestial Hook Mystic Mansion.
• Luo Hanshuang explained that the mansion was a contested secondary dimension where students could keep hunted exotic beasts but had to report other cultivation-related gains.
• Aunt Han explained that Divine Script Families existed beyond the Empire’s control, and Luo Hanshuang and Aunt Han both denied that the Luo Family was one.
• The vehicle jolted across potholes, and Luo Hanshuang lost her sense of direction and asked Qu Jianlei which way to drive.

Qu Jianlei helped Aunt Han and Luo Hanshuang escape a massive rat swarm, using powerful spells and weapons to kill the pursuing rats. After Luo Hanshuang asked to collect rat meat, they loaded several Rank B and lower-ranked rat corpses and raced away as the swarm continued to approach.

• Aunt Han and Luo Hanshuang encountered a swarm of Rank C and Rank B rats, and Qu Jianlei provided covering fire from the off-road vehicle.
• Qu Jianlei used the vehicle-mounted machine gun and an anti-mecha laser sniper rifle to kill the Rank B rats while the women retreated.
• Luo Hanshuang asked to collect rat meat, and Qu Jianlei agreed to gather Rank B corpses as a much larger swarm approached.
• Qu Jianlei unleashed a powerful Golden Wheel spell that cut through the swarm while he hooked rat corpses into the truck bed.
• Qu Jianlei loaded twelve or thirteen rat corpses, then shouted for Luo Hanshuang to leave; her sharp turn nearly threw him and a corpse out of the truck bed.

Qu Jianlei, Aunt Han, and Luo Hanshuang traveled through a Mystic Mansion, escaping a rat swarm, finding a lake and river, and crossing a dense forest. After setting up camp beyond the forest, they heard someone call out to Leng Bingbing, and Luo Hanshuang recognized Pang Hu Hu.

• Qu Jianlei used the Golden Wheel Art and sniper rifle to drive off the pursuing rat swarm, then declined a share of the supernatural items the others had found.
• The group reached a vast lake in the rain, collected water, and followed its shore until they found a river.
• Qu Jianlei cleaned the rats, set up a Defense Array, and cooked rat meat while the group camped away from the water.
• Aunt Han opened a path through the forest, and the three traveled for days before reaching clearer ground and setting up camp.
• When nearby rustling drew the group's attention, someone called out to Leng Bingbing, and Luo Hanshuang recognized Pang Hu Hu.

Luo Hanshuang welcomed her classmate Pang Hu Hu and two guards into the group’s protected camp, where the survivors agreed to travel together. Talk of Luo Hanshuang’s ancestor as an Original Ability Warrior drew Qu Jianlei’s interest in Primal Warriors, and Aunt Han ended the night by asking whether he came from a Divine Script Family.

• Luo Hanshuang recognized Pang Hu Hu and her two guards, but the group first ran into the Defense Array before Qu Jianlei shut it off.
• Luo Hanshuang offered the newcomers a tent and food, and Pang Hu Hu explained that her team had traveled by raft before river beasts injured her guard.
• Luo Hanshuang and Pang Hu Hu agreed to travel together the next day, then bickered about their builds and what made a proper figure.
• Luo Hanshuang told Qu Jianlei that her ancestor was an Original Ability Warrior who awakened without Gene Serum, prompting Qu Jianlei to ask about his interest in Primal Warriors.
• After Aunt Han took watch, she quietly asked Qu Jianlei whether he came from a Divine Script Family.

Qu Jianlei and Aunt Han discussed Divine Script families and the Luo Family before the group reached the mountain range. Qu Jianlei searched the range in a Space Mech, and the chapter ended as he opened a hidden chamber in a stone dwelling.

• Qu Jianlei learned that the Luo Family had little Divine Script inheritance and turned down Aunt Han's offer of a Special Advisor position.
• The group reached the mountain range, and Qu Jianlei released a Space Mech to carry everyone while he searched for opportunities.
• Qu Jianlei found several plants, flying beast eggs, and mineral deposits during four days of searching, while Aunt Han found two energy-rich plants.
• Qu Jianlei discovered a carved stone chamber and used a Golden Ray to cut through a wall, revealing a hidden layer.

Qu Jianlei found a hidden cavern containing a powerful, possibly legendary liquid and concealed it from the others under the pretense of a confidential research project. As he flew the group onward, two military mechs intercepted them at a restricted zone inside the Mystic Mansion.

• Qu Jianlei and the others discovered a natural cavern where an off-white liquid gathered in a stone bowl beneath a stalactite, and he suspected it was Ten Thousand Year Stone Marrow.
• Qu Jianlei decided to keep the liquid and briefly considered killing the witnesses, but instead claimed it was part of a confidential research project.
• Qu Jianlei collected the liquid, and Xiao Hu estimated that it had accumulated over roughly three thousand years; the group agreed to keep the discovery secret and sealed the entrance.
• Qu Jianlei flew the others toward their destination, and the group traveled in tense silence as the B-rank guards considered the hidden cavern and its risks.
• Two military mechs rose ahead and ordered Qu Jianlei's group to halt for inspection in a military restricted zone, and Aunt Han advised them to comply.

Qu Jianlei’s group passed through a military-controlled area and reached Xingluo Academy’s internship quarters at the Empire’s Guardian Emblem. As they settled in, Gao Zhuang showed them a piece of wood that might be Soul Nourishing Wood and reported Beibei’s withdrawal after a deadly encounter.

• A military officer checked the group’s identification, ordered them to keep the day’s events secret, and escorted them through a winding route to a place where they could rest.
• Qu Jianlei’s group traveled to the mountain-range meeting point and was brought to Xingluo Academy’s quarters, where thirty student groups had gathered.
• Students visited the group during a rooftop barbecue, and Qu Jianlei was surprised by Luo Hanshuang’s aloof manner toward them.
• Gao Zhuang showed Aunt Han and Qu Jianlei a piece of wood that absorbed Mental Strength, and Qu Jianlei wondered whether it was Soul Nourishing Wood before returning it.
• Gao Zhuang told the group that Beibei had withdrawn after losing an arm and a guard, prompting Luo Hanshuang to ask whether anything had happened among the boys.

After the students completed the first stage of their internship, they entered a mysterious hall and chose doors leading to unknown trials. Qu Jianlei, Aunt Han, and Luo Hanshuang arrived on a misty Blue Stone path, where Luo Hanshuang warned of dangerous beasts and hidden opportunities.

• More Xingluo Academy students arrived, and Luo Hanshuang and Daniela teamed up to hunt near the mountain range while Qu Jianlei and the other guards followed.
• On the twenty-fifth day, teachers went to retrieve four missing groups; all the students returned, though one had to abandon the internship because of severe injuries.
• On the twenty-seventh day, the students entered a vast ancient hall where their cultivation was suppressed, then gathered in a white space filled with doors.
• Qu Jianlei used Storm to scan the doors, but Xiao Hu found no differences, so Luo Hanshuang prayed and chose one by instinct.
• Qu Jianlei, Aunt Han, and Luo Hanshuang entered the door and emerged on a mist-shrouded Blue Stone path, where Luo Hanshuang asked whether they should seek opportunities or focus on advancing.

Qu Jianlei, Luo Hanshuang, and Aunt Han crossed the Mystic Mansion’s Blue Stone path, where Qu Jianlei sensed dangers and resources while Luo Hanshuang used her lasso to retrieve them. They continued onward with a Snow Lotus and Fire Crystal, learning that the ore had damaged Luo Hanshuang’s rope.

• Qu Jianlei learned that the path stretched for one or two hundred kilometers, had forks and an end puzzle, and should be completed within two days.
• Aunt Han pulled Luo Hanshuang away from the path’s edge as a hidden A-rank beast churned the soil, and Qu Jianlei revealed that his Mental Strength could sense things over a hundred meters away.
• Luo Hanshuang explained that she had practiced lassoing for the Mystic Mansion, and Qu Jianlei used Vortex to project a precise image of a nearby Snow Lotus for her to retrieve.
• Luo Hanshuang caught the Snow Lotus with her lasso, and Aunt Han secured it as the group continued along the path.
• Qu Jianlei detected Fire Attribute ore less than one hundred and ten meters away, and Luo Hanshuang lassoed it successfully.
• Aunt Han identified the ore as Fire Crystal and warned Luo Hanshuang that it had damaged the alloy rope, which could now snap easily.

Qu Jianlei, Luo Hanshuang, and Aunt Han gathered rare plants and resources in the Mystic Mansion while discussing the dangers and value of their finds. After Qu Jianlei declined a Metal Crystal offered as compensation, Aunt Han remained suspicious of his motives.

• Luo Hanshuang salvaged usable rope and retrieved half a Lingzhi, prompting an A-rank Thunder Goat to attack; Qu Jianlei shot it, and Aunt Han secured its valuable horn.
• Aunt Han explained that Thunder Goat Horns could be made into rare weapons for Electromagnetic Attribute Awakened Ones, while Qu Jianlei privately considered asking for the entire horn.
• Luo Hanshuang retrieved a Water Crystal after several attempts and used up more rope, while Aunt Han worried that their growing haul might awaken Qu Jianlei's greed.
• After five hours, Qu Jianlei found a Metal Crystal, but he declined it when Aunt Han offered it as compensation.
• Aunt Han watched Qu Jianlei continue onward and wondered why he had refused the Metal Crystal despite having shown interest in other gains.

Qu Jianlei, Luo Hanshuang, and Aunt Han reached the Abode’s endpoint and found a stone puzzle that Qu Jianlei recognized as Huarong Road. They discovered that Energy Block offerings revealed Divine Script on the pieces, and Aunt Han managed to inscribe a Pawn character, leaving the group able to move four stones.

• Luo Hanshuang chose paths at successive forks, and the group reached the Blue Stone square after two days of travel.
• Qu Jianlei recognized the Taiji Diagram and stone platform as a Huarong Road puzzle, then rested while Luo Hanshuang and Aunt Han examined it.
• Aunt Han proposed offering Energy Blocks, and Luo Hanshuang placed them on the Taiji Diagram until it absorbed them and revealed a Pawn character.
• Luo Hanshuang offered more Energy Blocks, revealing Pawn characters on two additional pieces and allowing the three marked stones to move.
• Aunt Han inscribed a Pawn character on a fourth stone with her Wood Attribute power and confirmed that it could move.

Luo Hanshuang and Aunt Han failed to activate the Taiji Diagram, so Qu Jianlei revealed his A-rank No Attribute and offered to solve the puzzle in exchange for secrecy and the Thunder Goat Horn. With time left before the Inner Circle deadline, he left to collect more treasures and retrieved a Wood Crystal.

• Luo Hanshuang spent dozens of crates of Energy Blocks and a Fire Crystal on the Taiji Diagram, but it did not react.
• Qu Jianlei agreed to help with the Divine Scripts in exchange for secrecy and the Thunder Goat Horn, then revealed his A-rank No Attribute by striking the ground with lightning.
• Aunt Han and Luo Hanshuang swore to keep Qu Jianlei's identity secret, and he asked how much time remained before the Inner Circle deadline.
• After learning that about fifteen hours remained and the Inner Circle had a separate time limit, Qu Jianlei rushed off to harvest more treasures, with Aunt Han and Luo Hanshuang following.
• Qu Jianlei used a tornado to retrieve a Wood Crystal, but Aunt Han refused it and said it was his opportunity.
• Luo Hanshuang asked why Qu Jianlei had not told her about distant treasures, and he replied that it had been more than one hundred and fifty meters away.

Qu Jianlei gathered Five Elements Crystals, recovered, and used the correct Divine Script names and moves to solve the Sword Across Horse formation. The Taiji Diagram transported him, Luo Hanshuang, and Aunt Han into a stone cavern containing shelves of items and a patterned pill furnace.

• Qu Jianlei swept up Five Elements Crystals and spirit plants along the route, then returned to Luo Hanshuang and Aunt Han before the deadline.
• Qu Jianlei accepted the Thunder Goat, borrowed Luo Hanshuang’s incense burner, and lit three incense sticks to honor a senior from Shenzhou.
• Qu Jianlei wrote the correct Divine Script names for the Chess Pieces, and Luo Hanshuang confirmed that they could move.
• Qu Jianlei wrote the remaining names and moved the pieces until Cao Cao escaped, triggering the Taiji Diagram.
• Qu Jianlei, Luo Hanshuang, and Aunt Han entered the black circle and emerged inside a stone cavern with display shelves and a pill furnace.

Luo Hanshuang, Aunt Han, and Qu Jianlei explored the Mystic Mansion’s Inner Circle and tested which treasures they could claim. Luo Hanshuang took a black bottle, a longsword, and ancient ginseng, while the chapter ended with her asking to try for a fourth item.

• Luo Hanshuang celebrated entering the Inner Circle and found a rack holding books, weapons, bottles, plants, and other treasures.
• Aunt Han urged Luo Hanshuang to choose the Divine Script book, but a pale blue barrier blocked both women from taking it.
• Luo Hanshuang claimed the smallest black bottle, then failed to take the pill furnace, the box, and several other items.
• Luo Hanshuang successfully took a longsword, and Aunt Han claimed a medium-sized bottle after failing to take other treasures.
• Luo Hanshuang could not take the Reed Fan or yellow stone, but she claimed the ancient ginseng.
• Luo Hanshuang asked Qu Jianlei whether she could try for a fourth treasure, and he agreed.

Qu Jianlei received a Divine Script inheritance from the booklet in the stone grotto, then collected several other treasures while explaining that the inheritance’s knowledge was dangerous and unfamiliar. He wondered how many more items he could take before leaving the grotto.

• The grotto’s entrance turned red, and the observers identified Luo Hanshuang as the student who had entered the Inner Circle.
• Qu Jianlei touched the booklet and received an inheritance that flooded his mind with information, with Xiao Hu and Vortex helping him endure it.
• Qu Jianlei told Luo Hanshuang and Aunt Han that the inheritance concerned a different system of Pill Refining and warned them that its knowledge could put them at risk.
• Qu Jianlei took the pill furnace, a box, a yellow energy stone he suspected was a spirit stone, and a Reed Fan that Luo Hanshuang thought might be a magical artifact.
• Luo Hanshuang apologized after Qu Jianlei cautioned her against greed, and Qu Jianlei wondered how many more treasures he could take.

Qu Jianlei, Luo Hanshuang, and Aunt Han weighed whether to take the last item in the Mystic Mansion’s stone cavern, and Qu Jianlei chose not to press their luck. When they pushed the exit door, it unexpectedly returned them to the main hall, where others recognized Luo Hanshuang as someone who had entered the Inner Circle.

• Qu Jianlei took several pills and plants, then refused to take the final black bottle after realizing it might contain Qi Recovery Pills.
• Qu Jianlei explained that the Mystic Mansion recognized his Shenzhou cultivation methods, while Aunt Han warned Luo Hanshuang to be content with what they had gained.
• Luo Hanshuang apologized for criticizing Qu Jianlei, and the three decided to wait before leaving so they would avoid drawing attention.
• Qu Jianlei pushed the door, and Luo Hanshuang stepped into the White Mist, which transported all three back to the main hall.
• Someone recognized Luo Hanshuang as the person who had entered the Inner Circle.

After Luo Hanshuang returned from the Inner Circle, Xingluo Academy and Feiyang Military Academy competed to recruit her while the academy kept her gains secret. Qu Jianlei traveled with the group back to Tianyi, where he learned the academy would not let him return to Tianrui alone because they feared trouble between guards.

• Luo Hanshuang emerged from the Inner Circle, and Guo Qiqiang of Feiyang Military Academy tried to recruit her before Xingluo Academy's team leader argued that she should stay.
• Qu Jianlei and Aunt Han kept a low profile, but teachers approached them after Aunt Han identified herself as Luo Hanshuang's family.
• The academy counselor stopped students from inspecting Luo Hanshuang's gains, and the group boarded a military warship to leave the Mystic Mansion.
• Xiao Hu suggested invading the warship's control system, but Qu Jianlei warned that it might be a trap.
• The group reached Tianyi and checked into a hotel, where Luo Hanshuang told Qu Jianlei that the academy feared he might be endangered if he returned to Tianrui alone.
• Qu Jianlei agreed to travel with the academy to Celestial Hook Star but said he would charge guard fees if they continued preventing him from leaving.

Qu Jianlei went out to settle an old score in Tianyi City while Luo Hanshuang reported her Mystic Mansion gains to Xingluo Academy’s teachers. She protected the Luo Family’s secrets and returned with the academy warning her to keep the internship details quiet.

• Qu Jianlei kept his distance from the B-rank guard, then went out after dinner to look for the people who had nearly forced a sale on him earlier.
• Luo Hanshuang showed the teachers her Item-Storing Talisman and explained that her gains came from the Mystic Mansion, Mangyuan, and the mountains.
• Luo Hanshuang refused to reveal how she solved the Mystic Mansion’s questions, saying the method belonged to her family’s inheritance.
• The teachers inspected Luo Hanshuang’s longsword and confirmed it was a magical artifact, then said Xingluo Academy would discuss it with the Luo Family.
• Luo Hanshuang identified the opportunities she had passed up but concealed some details, including the lifespan-extending pills.
• The female instructor ordered Luo Hanshuang to keep the internship details secret, and Luo Hanshuang wondered why she had revealed so much.