Recaps

After arriving on Celestial Hook Star, Qu Jianlei parted ways with Xingluo Academy and began exploring the planet while searching for a Talent Exchange Center. The academy leaders remained suspicious of his identity, while Aunt Han questioned him about the pills he had given her.

• Aunt Han agreed to move rooms with Luo Hanshuang, and Xingluo's leader ordered the team to investigate Ran Bingluan, suspecting his simple background concealed his true strength.
• Guo Qiqiang pursued Luo Hanshuang at the spaceport with a more generous offer to join Feiyang Military Academy, but she declined and chose to remain at Xingluo.
• Six days later, Xingluo's starship landed in Tianxin City on Celestial Hook Star, where Qu Jianlei declined to leave with the academy and chose to tour the planet instead.
• Qu Jianlei reported completing his mission to Ford, asked Xiao Hu to search for a Talent Exchange Center, and drove around Celestial Hook Star.
• Aunt Han messaged Qu Jianlei about the poison remedy and the bottle he had given her; he avoided revealing the pills and put away his Wristwatch.
• Qu Jianlei drove to Celestial Hook Star's Talent Exchange Center.

Qu Jianlei hired Stone to help him settle into life on Celestial Hook Star and find a remote estate, then discovered from the Pill Book that his cultivation had drifted toward a flawed path. He began working with Xiao Hu to refine his cultivation method and received a message from Luo Hanshuang.

• Qu Jianlei hired the local Rank B Warrior Willitts, who asked to be called Stone, to run errands and help him gather information.
• Stone found Qu Jianlei a secluded suburban courtyard, which Qu Jianlei rented before treating him to dinner and asking him to search for a remote estate with clear ownership.
• Qu Jianlei reviewed the Pill Book and realized that Ability cultivation techniques had pushed his practice toward a dangerous direction before Core Formation.
• Qu Jianlei asked Xiao Hu to help deduce a better cultivation method, planning to spend a month refining his path toward Above Supreme.
• Luo Hanshuang messaged Qu Jianlei to ask whether he was asleep.

Qu Jianlei learned that the academy was investigating Luo Hanshuang’s pills and explained how dangerous Obstacle Breaking Pills could be, while she offered to save one for him. The chapter ended with Stone reporting that the Iron Blood Brotherhood was asking around about Qu Jianlei.

• Luo Hanshuang told Qu Jianlei that the stone cave had been only one branch of a gate whose destination stayed the same, and that some gates had disappeared permanently.
• Luo Hanshuang warned Qu Jianlei that Xingluo Academy was interested in her sword and was asking about the pills from Aunt Han’s bottle.
• Qu Jianlei explained the pills’ risks and said they could help an Above Supreme attempting to reach the peak, but he refused Luo Hanshuang’s offer to trade for one.
• Stone came to Qu Jianlei’s courtyard and reported that the Iron Blood Brotherhood was asking around about him.

Qu Jianlei learned that the Iron Blood Brotherhood had taken a job from an unknown outsider to find him, and Stone explained the group’s connection to the powerful Heavenly Queen Yuan Yuan. Qu Jianlei hired Stone to identify who had commissioned the search, giving him three days to earn one thousand Silver Coins.

• Qu Jianlei learned from Stone that the Iron Blood Brotherhood controlled most of Tianxin City’s grain market and had four A-ranks, alongside the A-rank Heavenly Queen Yuan Yuan.
• Stone explained that Yuan Yuan’s Ion Purification Armor made her unusually formidable and that the Brotherhood had accepted a job from an outsider seeking Qu Jianlei.
• Qu Jianlei questioned why no one had investigated Yuan Yuan’s improved technique and decided to avoid drawing attention while Xiao Hu worked on cultivation techniques.
• Qu Jianlei asked Stone to investigate who hired the Iron Blood Brotherhood and offered him one thousand Silver Coins for the job.
• Stone accepted, saying he would need no more than three days, while Qu Jianlei considered blocking his Wristwatch to avoid being found.

Qu Jianlei protected Stone’s children from a night raid and killed the attackers, recognizing one as the man who had tried to force him to sell a slot in Tianyi City. Stone returned with information identifying the person behind the attack as Farmer, leaving Qu Jianlei with a lead on the revenge plot.

• Stone asked Qu Jianlei to shelter his children, and Qu Jianlei agreed after Stone brought more than twenty children to the courtyard.
• Qu Jianlei discovered that two of the children had received Gene Modification Agent and set up a Defense Array to protect them.
• A Water Attribute Rank B Warrior infiltrated the courtyard to lure Qu Jianlei into an ambush by two Rank A Warriors.
• Qu Jianlei recognized the Earth Attribute attacker as the man who had tried to buy a slot in Tianyi City, then killed the Wood Attribute Warrior and driver and knocked out the Water Attribute Warrior.
• Qu Jianlei killed the fleeing Earth Attribute Warrior before he could escape, and Stone arrived to report that Farmer had paid for information about Qu Jianlei.

Qu Jianlei killed four intruders, including prominent Heaven's Fallers Farmer and Heart-Eroding, and learned that another belonged to the Iron Blood Brotherhood. He refused to leave his courtyard and sent Stone to demand an explanation from the Brotherhood, while Stone asked why Qu Jianlei had become enemies with the two Heaven's Fallers.

• Stone identified Farmer as a powerful Heaven's Fallers leader and recognized Heart-Eroding as a former teacher, while Qu Jianlei confirmed he was Rank A and had killed them both.
• Stone recognized the Rank B intruder, Water Monkey, as a member of the Iron Blood Brotherhood, and Qu Jianlei cut off his head.
• Qu Jianlei searched the corpses, took their heads to cremate, and told Stone to handle the remaining bodies.
• Back at the courtyard, Qu Jianlei refused to move and ordered Stone to notify the Iron Blood Brotherhood that he wanted an explanation.
• Qu Jianlei offered to let Stone evacuate the children, but Stone said the courtyard was safer, then asked why Qu Jianlei had become enemies with Farmer and Heart-Eroding.

Qu Jianlei examined Farmer’s records and reasoned that the Reclamation Army was reducing the Mystic Mansion’s exotic energy to make it easier to refine. After waiting for the Iron Blood Brotherhood to respond, he faced four of its members at his courtyard gate, where Stone warned them against entering.

• Qu Jianlei inspected Farmer’s supplies and records, learning that the Mystic Mansion’s inner door could lead to its core and that Farmer believed the realm might be refined.
• Qu Jianlei connected the Reclamation Army’s cultivation of Ability Rice to reducing the Mystic Mansion’s exotic energy, and Xiao Hu said his reasoning was logically sound.
• Stone brought Qu Jianlei the bounty money for Farmer and Heart-Eroding, and Qu Jianlei paid Stone for his help.
• Stone chose to remain and protect the children while Qu Jianlei waited for the Iron Blood Brotherhood to act.
• After several days without a response, Qu Jianlei told Stone to wait two more days before spreading news and issuing a final deadline.
• Four Iron Blood Brotherhood members arrived at Qu Jianlei’s courtyard, and Stone warned them that entering with their hostile attitude could get them killed.

Qu Jianlei confronted Lubricant and the Iron Blood Brotherhood after they provoked him at his gate, killing a Driver and forcing Lubricant to apologize. The Brotherhood sought to settle the dispute peacefully, but Qu Jianlei refused to let the matter pass so easily.

• Lubricant killed the Driver for honking outside Qu Jianlei’s home, but Qu Jianlei accused the Brotherhood of staging the provocation.
• Lubricant admitted fault and apologized when Qu Jianlei threatened him, then Stone warned him that Qu Jianlei had killed Farmer and Heart-Eroding alone.
• Stone let Lubricant and the Earth Attribute Rank A enter the courtyard on foot, while warning Lubricant not to try anything.
• Lubricant explained that the Brotherhood had investigated Ran Bingluan, learned of his ties to the Luo Family and Luo Hanshuang, and wanted to end the conflict.
• Qu Jianlei rejected Lubricant’s attempt to settle the matter and demanded a proper explanation.

Qu Jianlei demanded one million in compensation and information about Yuanyuan from the Iron Blood Brotherhood, refusing to negotiate after it investigated him and helped arrange Water Monkey’s job. The Brotherhood paid the compensation but could not reach Yuanyuan, and Qu Jianlei returned to the courtyard after the deadline passed.

• Qu Jianlei rejected Lubricant’s explanations for Water Monkey’s death and the Brotherhood’s investigation, demanding one million in compensation and information about Yuanyuan’s inheritance.
• Qu Jianlei gave the Brotherhood a day to pay and two days to bring Yuanyuan back, then left the courtyard and visited several Brotherhood outposts.
• Lubricant arranged for the Brotherhood to deliver a one-million silver note to Stone the next day, while reporting that they still could not contact Yuanyuan.
• Stone told Lubricant he would relay the Brotherhood’s message, but Yuanyuan’s response was not his responsibility.
• After the two-day deadline passed without news of Yuanyuan, Qu Jianlei contacted Stone and returned to the courtyard at midnight.

Yuanyuan confronted Qu Jianlei over the Brotherhood’s conflict with him, but he let her go after weighing her strength and unknown connections. She offered to exchange information about her inheritance for what Luo Hanshuang gained in the Inner Circle, and Qu Jianlei had not answered.

• Yuanyuan arrived alone at Qu Jianlei’s courtyard and argued that she was not responsible for the Brotherhood’s actions.
• Qu Jianlei challenged Yuanyuan’s strength by telling her he had killed Farmer and Heart-Eroding after they ambushed him, and she admitted she might only be able to escape them.
• Yuanyuan warned Qu Jianlei that she had another powerful background, and he decided to let the matter with the Brotherhood go.
• Yuanyuan offered to share information about her inheritance in exchange for Qu Jianlei explaining what Luo Hanshuang obtained in the Inner Circle.
• Qu Jianlei refused to discuss Luo Hanshuang’s challenge, and Yuanyuan asked what she had gained instead.

Qu Jianlei and Yuanyuan traded information about her inheritance and the pills Little White Sweet found, revealing the inheritance’s military and Maiden Star Region origins. Yuanyuan challenged Qu Jianlei to show his independent research, and he mocked her confidence instead.

• Qu Jianlei exchanged details of Little White Sweet’s longsword and pill bottle for information about Yuanyuan’s inheritance.
• Yuanyuan said her technique came from an abandoned military project refined by her elder’s friends, a group that included more than ten Supremes.
• Qu Jianlei wrote the two Variant Divine Script characters from the bottle in the dirt, and Yuanyuan tentatively interpreted one as meaning “chiseled open with a Stone.”
• Yuanyuan revealed that the technique’s primary template came from both the Celestial Hook Mystic Mansion and the Maiden Star Region.
• Yuanyuan explained that the technique tested whether Awakened Ones had taken the wrong development path, and Qu Jianlei said he shared that concern.
• When Yuanyuan demanded to see Qu Jianlei’s independent research, he replied, “Look at the size of your ego!”

Qu Jianlei discussed cultivation techniques and Above Supreme with Yuanyuan, then asked her to help him find a place to set up a Qi Gathering Array. He ended by revealing that he had been considering how to refine the Celestial Hook Mystic Mansion.

• Yuanyuan showed Qu Jianlei part of the Ion Purification Armor technique, and he identified its demanding constitution requirements.
• Qu Jianlei shared an improved Metal Attribute cultivation method, while Yuanyuan asked to see his Fire Attribute method.
• Yuanyuan said that people who failed to advance to Above Supreme survived but aged faster, and offered to help Qu Jianlei with a breakthrough.
• After learning he could not easily use a military Qi Gathering Array under his current identity, Qu Jianlei asked Yuanyuan to find a location where he could set one up himself.
• Yuanyuan agreed to use Qu Jianlei's array and pay a fee, and he then asked what else she knew about the Celestial Hook Mystic Mansion.
• Qu Jianlei told Yuanyuan he had been thinking about how the Mystic Mansion should be refined.

Qu Jianlei abandoned his plan to travel to Tianrui Star when flights were suspended, and went to Hope Star instead. After learning that the search for Panda had shifted away from Planet One, he planned to kill one of the remaining Supremes there, but Xiao Hu’s news about Heltman’s death stunned him.

• Qu Jianlei discussed refining the Mystic Mansion with Yuanyuan, who later tried to find him after he disappeared into seclusion.
• Qu Jianlei left seclusion and went to the spaceport to travel to Tianrui Star, but a meteor swarm and its electromagnetic interference halted flights.
• Qu Jianlei boarded a starship to Hope Star, where Xiao Hu learned that Hawkstan and Fobi had gone to Fourth Star and only four Supremes remained mainly searching Planet One.
• Qu Jianlei decided to kill one Supreme on Planet One, weighing Arindell against Cohen.
• Xiao Hu told Qu Jianlei that Heltman had died more than a month earlier, apparently after slashing his own back over thirty times, and Qu Jianlei questioned the official claim that it was suicide.

Qu Jianlei learned that Heltman and Glady had been killed and decided to strike back at the Divine Script Research Association’s people. He attacked Supreme Cohen at a dinner in White Cloud Manor, where the chapter left the other guests scrambling to respond.

• Xiao Hu told Qu Jianlei that Heltman had been killed, Glady had died in a fire, and their children were missing; Qu Jianlei decided to target Cohen and investigate Arindell.
• Qu Jianlei and Xiao Hu found that Cohen would visit White Cloud Manor, where Kentel and several Rank As planned to discuss business with him.
• At the dinner, Cohen declined to intervene directly in development matters, while the other guests urged him to use the Research Society’s influence.
• A visitor claiming to know Cohen revealed a weapon and struck him with Electromagnetic Art.
• The attacker charged into the dining room and warned the guests not to interfere as Kentel and the Rank As tried to respond.

Qu Jianlei killed Cohen Supreme and wounded Hunter during a lightning-fast ambush, then escaped with Cohen's head. At the manor, the survivors argued over who should notify the Divine Script Research Society and speculated about Qu Jianlei's weapon and motives as the City Guard arrived.

• Qu Jianlei used the Thunder Goat Horn to strike Cohen Supreme with electromagnetic force, then cut off and took Cohen's head while Hunter was left badly burned.
• Kentel urged the banquet guests to arrange medical care and contact the City Guard, Patrol, military, and Divine Script Research Society, but no one wanted to take responsibility for notifying the Research Society.
• The guests debated whether Qu Jianlei was an A-rank or Supreme and guessed that his dark green weapon might be a disguised Thunder Goat Horn or a weapon made with its powder.
• The guests found Cohen Supreme's Item-Storing Talisman still at the scene, and Kentel reasoned that Qu Jianlei had taken Cohen's head to prevent Limb Regeneration.
• Alarms sounded outside as the City Guard arrived.

Qu Jianlei left White Cloud Manor and used his Electromagnetic Movement Technique to launch a surprise attack on the Qingfeng Merchant Guild's Liaison Office, where he killed Supreme Arindell and another A-rank. As Qu Jianlei pursued the fleeing guild members, an unknown force descended in Coercive Pressure and challenged him.

• The City Guard delayed before surrounding White Cloud Manor, and the Patrol arrived to investigate Supreme Arindell's death.
• A William Family A-rank reported that Arindell had been killed by someone with the Electromagnetic Attribute, and Kentel realized the attacker had traveled from Jiuchuan Academy.
• Qu Jianlei raced to the Qingfeng Merchant Guild's Liaison Office and attacked Arindell before the guild could prepare.
• Qu Jianlei endured the guild members' counterattacks, struck Arindell with two Thunder Dragons, and beheaded him.
• Qu Jianlei killed another A-rank and pursued the fleeing guild members until a wave of Coercive Pressure descended and someone shouted at him.

Qu Jianlei killed Cohen and raided the Qingfeng Merchant Guild liaison office near Jiuchuan Academy, then escaped despite Liao Donglai's warnings. The Divine Script Research Association and its allies struggled to understand why their targets had begun fighting back, while the Research Society chose to preserve its cooperation for the manhunt.

• Qu Jianlei ignored Liao Donglai's warning, threatened him with Wood Attribute Exclusive Poison, and continued looting the bodies near Jiuchuan Academy.
• Qu Jianlei struck down a merchant guild member with Falling Thunder Art, revealed he had killed Cohen, and took supplies and an off-road vehicle before escaping with Electromagnetic Movement Technique.
• Liao Donglai told the Old Dean that Qu Jianlei had sensed his Mental Strength message, and the two worried about the danger posed by Qu Jianlei and his allies.
• The Divine Script Research Association and Qingfeng Merchant Guild were shocked by the recent deaths of two Supremes and debated what had emboldened their targets.
• The Research Society concluded that Qu Jianlei had killed Cohen before Arindell, then decided not to confront their allies because they needed their help in the manhunt.

The Divine Script Research Association decided to intensify its investigation of Panda after realizing Cohen had been its opponents’ main target, while Hawkstan sought help to avenge him. He learned that the Qingfeng Merchant Guild could not currently cooperate, and the chapter ended with him questioning whether it would send another Supreme at all.

• The Divine Script Research Association concluded that the killing of Arindell had been incidental and that the forceful attack on him signaled its opponents were getting serious.
• Hawkstan asked the Research Society for reinforcements, but it told him Supreme resources were scarce and suggested seeking local allies.
• Hawkstan proposed that the Qingfeng Merchant Guild join forces with him, but Emestina said the guild could not cooperate for now.
• Emestina revealed that Fobi planned to leave after the guild’s replacement Supreme arrived, since he feared being caught in the conflict.
• Hawkstan asked when the Qingfeng Merchant Guild’s Supreme would arrive, and Emestina gave a tentative estimate of fifteen days.
• Hawkstan questioned whether the guild would send anyone, given that it had already lost two Supremes.

Emestina refused Hawkstan’s plan to draw the Qingfeng Merchant Guild into a fight against Qu Jianlei, while Hawkstan sought allies to hunt the killer. The other major powers avoided committing their Supremes, and the military offered an investigation and limited protection but no Supreme-level support.

• Emestina told Hawkstan that the Qingfeng Merchant Guild might withdraw from the conflict and would keep its members, including Fobi, from leaving home.
• Hawkstan proposed taking two Metal Attribute Rank As into battle, but Emestina accused him of using guild members as bait and refused.
• Hawkstan contacted several major powers for help, but they gave excuses, offered only token support, or asked him to reveal Qu Jianlei’s background.
• Hawkstan sought help from the military, which agreed to investigate the Electromagnetic Rank A and provide limited protection without deploying Supremes.

Hawkstan and Ulysses plotted after the Qingfeng Merchant Guild rejected their offer to search together, and Fobi disappeared shortly after leaving. As the guild blamed the Divine Script Society and prepared to withdraw, Qu Jianlei quietly boarded a starship bound for Sky Hook.

• The Divine Script Society sent Ulysses to protect Hawkstan, and Ulysses agreed to stay hidden while Hawkstan led the search.
• Hawkstan and Ulysses met Emestina and Fobi by holographic call, but Emestina refused to search with them.
• Hawkstan proposed a plan to Ulysses, who approved after Hawkstan said he had investigated the people involved.
• Fobi departed alone despite Emestina's advice, then disappeared; the merchant guild began searching for him after his family raised the alarm.
• Emestina suspected Hawkstan and Ulysses were involved in Fobi's disappearance, and she and the newly arrived Supreme decided to return to Blade.
• Qu Jianlei waited for inspections to ease, then secretly boarded a starship bound for Sky Hook and noticed other stowaways.

Qu Jianlei stowed away on a starship with forty-eight other stowaways and tried to avoid drawing attention. After his lack of a Life Support Pod made the others suspicious, another Rank B intervened, and the dispute ended without a fight.

• Qu Jianlei discovered that the Cargo Hold contained forty-eight other stowaways divided among several groups, and he listened as their Snakeheads tried to keep them quiet.
• Qu Jianlei startled a woman who had come to relieve herself, silenced her before she could alert the crew, and moved to a new hiding place.
• Qu Jianlei heard Snakeheads discuss the stowaway crackdown and the rumor that he had caused Fobi, a Supreme on Fourth Star, to disappear.
• A Rank B Warrior questioned Qu Jianlei about his missing Life Support Pod, and Qu Jianlei revealed his Rank B aura and refused to explain further.
• The lone male stowaway offered to help watch Qu Jianlei, and the other Rank B gave up his complaint, ending the confrontation.

Qu Jianlei was exposed as a stowaway during an Anti-Smuggling Squad inspection and avoided letting the squad leader search his belongings. After another stowaway revealed a man and woman, the squad drew weapons, but a Supreme-level presence intervened before the confrontation could escalate.

• Qu Jianlei kept his distance from the quiet Rank B Warrior during the jump, and the stowaways arrived safely.
• An Anti-Smuggling Squad boarded the starship, and the troublesome Rank B revealed that Qu Jianlei was also a stowaway.
• Qu Jianlei dodged the squad leader's attempt to grab his backpack and warned that the leader had no right to touch his things.
• The squad leader agreed to escort Qu Jianlei to the ground and settle the matter later.
• The troublesome Rank B exposed a man and woman, and the squad leader aimed his Laser Pistol at them when they refused to surrender.
• A wave of Coercive Pressure made the squad leader realize a Supreme-level existence was aboard, and a voice asked who wanted to be the man's grandson's great-grandfather.

Qu Jianlei was drawn into a confrontation between a Supreme and the Anti-Smuggling Squad after his stowaway status was exposed. The Supreme explained that he had detained the squad and the other stowaways, then asked Qu Jianlei to explain why those passengers mattered.

• The Anti-Smuggling B-rank officer went upstairs to meet the Supreme, while the Supreme's grandson and great-granddaughter waited below with Qu Jianlei.
• The Anti-Smuggling Squad left the stowaways behind and departed as the starship began accelerating; the Supreme's grandson invited Qu Jianlei to meet his grandfather.
• The Supreme recognized that Qu Jianlei was stronger than B-rank and revealed that he was traveling under a false identity to avoid the Research Society and protect his two descendants.
• The Supreme explained that he had demanded an Anti-Smuggling B-rank stay with them because the squad profited from a gray stowaway business and might endanger the ship.
• The Supreme said he had detained the Anti-Smuggling Squad and refused to let them take the more than forty stowaways, then asked Qu Jianlei to explain their value to his grandson.

Qu Jianlei learned that Bai Jinhan’s past research on Hope Fourth Star’s Wood Attribute poison had drawn Infiltration to the starship, apparently in pursuit of Bai Jinhan’s Item-Storing Talismans. As the starship neared Tianrui Star, Qu Jianlei offered to gather outside information, but he could only receive it passively.

• Bai Jinhan explained that the starship would land at the Tianrui Anti-Smuggling Department’s base, and Qu Jianlei agreed to provide warnings and protect Bai Jinhan’s juniors.
• Xiao Hu offered to infiltrate the anti-smuggling control system, while Qu Jianlei told it to sneak in without taking control.
• As the starship approached Tianrui Star, Qu Jianlei warned Bai Jinhan that Infiltration might be coming for his Item-Storing Talismans.
• Bai Jinhan revealed that he had studied Wood Attribute poison on Hope Fourth Star, and Qu Jianlei realized his own history had influenced Bai Jinhan’s situation.
• Qu Jianlei said he could passively receive outside information, though he could not contact anyone beyond the starship.

Bai Jinhan and Qu Jianlei prepared to escape the Anti-Smuggling Department, but ground control kept their starship hovering in orbit. Bai Jinhan forced the pilot to land manually, while the department’s base debated how to stop the ship without provoking the Supreme aboard.

• Bai Jinhan agreed to lead the escape once the starship landed, and the four worked out rough combat plans without involving the other passengers.
• The starship continued hovering over Tianrui, and passengers repeatedly received vague assurances that the delay would end soon.
• Bai Jinhan ordered the pilot to disable autopilot and land immediately, threatening him with an Ice Blade until he agreed.
• The starship ignored the Signal Tower’s warning and began its descent toward the Anti-Smuggling Department’s base.
• The base’s Duty Chief rejected shooting the starship down, while staff considered freezing its manual controls through the central system despite the risk of exposing it.