Recaps

Feng Tang Supreme tried to rescue Half-Tile, but his brother betrayed him and the Blood River Butcher arrived to crush the Rebel Alliance. As Feng Tang unleashed a desperate transformation and scattered storage devices containing Divine Script Art, Qu Jianlei ordered his team to seize the goods, while Old Lady Jia claimed the Butcher as her target.

• Half-Tile struck Feng Tang Supreme and urged him to surrender, while Bushang walked away after being insulted.
• Three Attack Ships revealed themselves as the Rebel Alliance’s extraction team and attacked government Supremes, but the Blood River Butcher froze the battlefield and two ships escaped.
• Feng Tang used Wood Giant Transformation and rampaged through the encirclement as the warships wore down his Inner Breath; the Fire Attribute Supreme surrendered.
• Feng Tang scattered storage devices and invoked Divine Script Art, prompting Qu Jianlei to order his team to seize them.
• Old Lady Jia chose to face the Blood River Butcher, and Qu Jianlei asked whether she knew him.

Old Lady Jia attacked the Fire Attribute Supreme while the Blood River Butcher controlled the square, triggering a confused clash in which the Fire Attribute Supreme struck the Earth Attribute Supreme and decided to defect again. Amid the chaos, an Electromagnetic Supreme assassinated Governor Ke Ruian and lightning struck his flying head.

• Old Lady Jia secretly took control of cold energy within the Blood River Butcher’s Element Field and sent Ice Arrows at the Fire Attribute Supreme, with one piercing his defenses.
• More than ten meteors targeted the Fire Attribute Supreme, and the government’s Earth Attribute Supreme tried to shield him before the Fire Attribute Supreme stabbed him with a Blazing Needle.
• The Fire Attribute Supreme dodged the meteors, claimed he had only pretended to surrender, and concluded that the government killed people who surrendered, while the Blood River Butcher called out Jia Shuiqing.
• A man’s voice answered the Blood River Butcher, then an Electromagnetic Art attack blinded Ke Ruian and the guards around him.
• An attacker used the confusion to sever Ke Ruian’s head, and a lightning bolt struck the head as the guards rushed to save him.

Qu Jianlei and his team killed Ke Ruian, then escaped as a powerful Electromagnetic Art attack disabled ships and ended the military’s attempt to control the plaza. The survivors debated who had unleashed the power, while Qu Jianlei apologized to Bentley for breaking the Thunder Goat Horn and explained how their roles had been divided.

• Qu Jianlei and Bentley assassinated Ke Ruian, and the team withdrew after Qu Jianlei unleashed Falling Thunder Art.
• The Assistant Supreme revealed Ke Ruian’s charred head as another wave of cold seized the Element Field, and Blood River Butcher failed to take control back.
• The military ordered everyone to surrender, but a massive lightning attack struck the plaza, disabled four or five Attack Ships, and silenced the Regiment-level Battleship.
• People left the plaza as Blood River Butcher rejected the idea that Jia Shuiqing or the Panda Team had caused the attack, while wondering who possessed such power.
• Qu Jianlei and the others hid more than two hundred kilometers from the plaza, and Qu Jianlei apologized to Bentley for the Thunder Goat Horn’s fragility.
• Qu Jianlei explained that Hua Xiezhi had been tasked with seizing the storage device during the confusion.

Qu Jianlei and his group escaped the warships surrounding them and examined the storage devices Feng Tang had scattered, finding forbidden Divine Script material and several valuable cultivation texts. They learned Feng Tang and Flame Gun had escaped, while the Empire’s enormous bounty and crackdown on them still paled beside the one on the Panda Team.

• Qu Jianlei used the Thunder Goat Horn to unleash Silver Snake Frenzy and help the group escape the warship encirclement, damaging the horn and accidentally burning Hua Xiezhi.
• Qinghu urged the group to investigate the commotion, and Hua Xiezhi suggested they inspect the storage devices they had collected.
• Qu Jianlei and the others examined the devices and found basic Divine Script research alongside scattered deciphered texts.
• Old Lady Jia warned that the spread of the material could alarm the Empire, especially because the devices contained secret Divine Script teachings.
• Qu Jianlei found several valuable cultivation articles, then learned that Feng Tang and Flame Gun had escaped together and were the targets of an immense manhunt.

After the authorities placed a massive bounty on Panda and the team, Old Lady Jia set a three-day limit for their escape from Second Star. Qu Jianlei created distractions to protect the others, and the chapter ended when Big Head Butterfly reported a discovery on Hua Xiezhi’s side.

• The authorities announced a bounty offering cultivation resources for Panda and the Panda Team, while listing Old Lady Jia as a suspected member of the group.
• Old Lady Jia decided the team would leave within three days because reinforcements could trap them across the star region.
• Qu Jianlei split the team up, gave them Qi Recovery Pills, and assigned Hua Xiezhi to guard the jump equipment after two days of searching.
• Qu Jianlei caused two disturbances and killed three A-ranks who had abused people during the search, drawing attention away from his companions.
• Qu Jianlei began gathering information about Ke Ruian’s plans, and Big Head Butterfly reported a discovery on Hua Xiezhi’s side.

Qu Jianlei returned to the Array Plate after Hua Xiezhi found two injured fugitive Supremes and a Rank A man hiding nearby. The man’s appearance and selfless behavior reminded Qu Jianlei and Hua Xiezhi of Xiao Jing, and Qu Jianlei ended the chapter asking whether he had helped anyone else before.

• Hua Xiezhi told Qu Jianlei that she had found Feng Tang and Flame Gun while following a Rank A Fire Attribute through the mountains.
• Qu Jianlei, Hua Xiezhi, and Old Lady Jia approached the group, and Qu Jianlei recognized that the Rank A resembled Xiao Jing.
• Old Lady Jia silently subdued Feng Tang and Flame Gun, while the Rank A remained conscious under restraints.
• The Rank A said he had amnesia, had no record in the Empire’s gene database, and had found and cared for the two Supremes without knowing they were wanted criminals.
• Qu Jianlei asked the Rank A whether he had helped anyone else before, thinking of Xiao Jing and Cracked.

Qu Jianlei’s group questioned an A-rank who revealed details about the Public Trial and agreed to take him and two unconscious Supremes off Second Star. Bentley later reported that Supreme Bushang’s defiance had sparked factional infighting on the planet.

• Qu Jianlei declined the bounty for the A-rank, but agreed to take him on after hearing his intelligence and Cleaners connections.
• The A-rank said Ke Ruian had arranged the Public Trial, that the accused Supremes had defected to the government, and that the government had used the event to pursue a rumored Divine Script Treasure.
• Qu Jianlei’s group agreed to take the A-rank and the two unconscious Supremes in Escape Pods, while Qinghu remarked that the A-rank seemed familiar and trustworthy.
• Bentley returned with news that internal strife had broken out on Second Star after Supreme Bushang criticized the Planet Governor and the Divine Script Society’s handling of Ke Ruian’s death.

Qu Jianlei and his companions fled Second Star for Tianbing Star, where they questioned the rescued Avengers Alliance Supremes, Flame Gun and Feng Tang. Flame Gun revealed that the Alliance had no magical-artifact crafting secret, then offered information about Jia Shuiqing’s missing relative, Zi Jiuxian.

• Qu Jianlei led the group from Second Star to Tianbing Star, where they released the Hairless Freak, Flame Gun, and Feng Tang from the Escape Pods.
• Qu Jianlei warned Flame Gun after he probed the room’s Defense Array, and the Hairless Freak said he had joined Qu Jianlei’s group.
• Flame Gun and Feng Tang revealed their ties to the Avengers Alliance and said they knew nothing about Ke Ruian’s setup, while Flame Gun denied the Alliance possessed a secret art for crafting magical artifacts.
• Flame Gun said the Panda Team’s earlier appearance had been staged, though the group that appeared at the end might really have been the Panda Team.
• As Qu Jianlei’s group prepared to leave, Flame Gun offered information about Jia Shuiqing’s relative, Zi Jiuxian, who had disappeared after conducting research with the military on Planet Three.

Qu Jianlei's team investigated Zi Jiuxian's escape, learned Rhine would be away, and returned to Paradise Star with new techniques and a second computer group. After three months of cultivation, Qu Jianlei mastered placing and sensing Divine Sense Imprints and prepared to test whether the technique could fool Supremes.

• Qu Jianlei asked Nutrient Solution to investigate Zi Jiuxian and Rhine, and Nutrient Solution reported that Zi Jiuxian had escaped to Fourth Star while Rhine would be away for at least half a month.
• Hua Xiezhi confirmed Zi Jiuxian's situation through an Avengers Alliance contact point, and the team left Tianbing Star after Qu Jianlei gave Nutrient Solution a Pioneer.
• The team returned to Paradise Star, where Qu Jianlei shared The Art of Doppelganger and a storage device for everyone to study and activated a second Computer Group.
• Qu Jianlei and the others spent three months cultivating, and Qu Jianlei mastered placing Divine Sense Imprints and sensing their locations.
• Qu Jianlei tested the technique on Xiang Xue and Lao Ben, then prepared to discuss testing it against Supremes with his teammates.

Qu Jianlei continued testing his cultivation techniques and research on Homestead Star while avoiding military scrutiny and secretly sourcing materials. After receiving a message suggesting Zi Jiuxian had been found, he rushed to Paradise Star, where Paranoid warned that Empire Storm had arrived.

• Qu Jianlei tested a Mental Strength technique on Paranoid and Old Lady Jia, then resumed refining the Super Gathering Spirit Array.
• Big Head Butterfly reported that the military had discovered the Secret Chamber on Lost Star, so Qu Jianlei moved one Computer Group to Homestead Star.
• Qu Jianlei struggled with artifact refining and talisman experiments, relying on Xiao Hu and discreetly buying large quantities of Mutated Beast materials through Ironhide Snake and Old Lady Jia.
• A Pioneer package arrived with an encrypted message saying, “Fortunately, I did not fail in my mission,” leading Qu Jianlei to infer that Zi Jiuxian had been found and was likely safe.
• Paranoid called Qu Jianlei using Secret Code and requested a Near-Earth Jump to receive the group from Paradise Star.
• Paranoid told Qu Jianlei that Empire Storm, the Above Supreme they had encountered at the Energy Stone Mine, had arrived.

Qu Jianlei and Old Lady Jia traveled to Tianbing Star to find Zi Jiuxian, whom Nutrient Solution had secretly rescued. They reunited in an underground hideout, where Zi Jiuxian recounted her capture and escape, then remembered the mysterious woman who had found her while she was hiding.

• Paranoid said Empire Storm had likely targeted Tian Yin after learning about the Secret Chamber on Lost Star, so Qu Jianlei's team left Paradise Star and decided to travel to Tianbing Star.
• Qu Jianlei and Old Lady Jia visited Nutrient Solution, who led them to a concealed underground room in an abandoned factory.
• Old Lady Jia recognized the woman in the room as Zi Jiuxian, and Nutrient Solution confirmed that he had arranged her rescue.
• Zi Jiuxian explained that she had been ambushed near the military district, captured by the Avengers Alliance, and escaped before hiding from the government.
• Zi Jiuxian recalled that an ordinary-looking woman had appeared in her underground wooden hideout and called her by name.

After Old Lady Jia rescued Zi Jiuxian, Nutrient Solution refused to join Qu Jianlei’s team but accepted a favor from him. Zi Jiuxian chose to leave her old life behind and travel with the team, which arranged a remote temporary refuge on Tianbing Star through Rhine.

• Zi Jiuxian told Old Lady Jia how Nutrient Solution had saved her, and Nutrient Solution explained that he acted alone and had no connection to the Avengers Alliance.
• Nutrient Solution declined to join Qu Jianlei’s team, and Qu Jianlei agreed to owe him a favor; the team later recognized that Nutrient Solution had extraordinary resources and abilities.
• Zi Jiuxian decided she could not return to the academy and chose to adventure with Qu Jianlei’s team.
• Qu Jianlei learned that Rhine had appeared on Tianbing Star, and Qinghu arranged for the team to stay temporarily on a remote stretch of land she provided.
• Bentley questioned whether Rhine might betray them.

Qu Jianlei bought information from Nutrient Solution and learned that abnormal Space Ripples tied to his team's use of the Teleportation Array had drawn Empire Storm to Light Gauze Star. Nutrient Solution also explained the rare, dangerous nature of Above Supremes, leaving Qu Jianlei wondering whether the information broker was one himself.

• Qu Jianlei moved his group to the Haiyin Family's wasteland, established a formation and Computer Group, and later accepted Nutrient Solution's offer to sell information about Ke Ruian's accomplices.
• Qu Jianlei met Nutrient Solution at the Avengers Alliance contact point and paid for the information, then bought an explanation of why an Above Supreme had gone to the Warhammer Star Region.
• Nutrient Solution traced the matter to Tian Yin, abnormal Space Ripples over Light Gauze Star, and Empire Storm's search for a possible treasure; Qu Jianlei realized his team's Teleportation Array use might have triggered the ripples.
• Qu Jianlei asked how many Above Supremes the Empire had, and Nutrient Solution estimated there were no more than thirty, explaining that their breakthroughs were dangerous and impossible to reproduce reliably.
• Qu Jianlei grew suspicious of Nutrient Solution's extensive knowledge and asked whether he might be an Above Supreme himself.

Qu Jianlei learned that Nutrient Solution claimed to have information about a Divine Script inheritance containing ideas for advancing to Above Supreme, and paid him a deposit to obtain it. As Qu Jianlei worked with Old Lady Jia and Paranoid on cultivation research, he developed an initial version of Talisman Ink and then heard that Nutrient Solution was looking for him again.

• Nutrient Solution offered Qu Jianlei information about a hidden danger in the storm and ideas for reaching Above Supreme, claiming the ideas came from a Divine Script inheritance.
• Qu Jianlei paid Nutrient Solution a deposit of one hundred thousand drink tablets and agreed to wait for him to gather the information.
• Qu Jianlei returned to the polar region, examined Ke Ruian's storage device, and decided to prioritize investigating the path to Above Supreme rather than seeking immediate revenge.
• Qu Jianlei, Old Lady Jia, and Paranoid spent two months discussing the path to the Nascent Soul Realm.
• Qu Jianlei formulated an initial, imperfect version of Talisman Ink, and Big Head Butterfly told him that Nutrient Solution was looking for him.

Qu Jianlei met Nutrient Solution, who invited him to an auction involving Divine Script and organized by several Above Supremes. Though Qinghu warned that the trip was risky and the team was short on funds, Qu Jianlei agreed to prepare for it, suspecting the invitation might connect to their escape during the last Empire Storm.

• Old Lady Jia tried to discuss a flaw in Qu Jianlei’s Above Supreme analysis, but Qu Jianlei left with Qinghu to meet Nutrient Solution.
• Nutrient Solution told Qu Jianlei and Qinghu that a Divine Script auction would take place in about a month, with at least three or four Above Supremes overseeing it.
• Nutrient Solution explained that the auction would admit only qualified Supremes, required valuable assets for bidding, and would offer little assurance of safety after attendees left the venue.
• Qinghu offered to contribute bearer securities and said the team could raise more funds, but Nutrient Solution said he could take only Qu Jianlei.
• Qu Jianlei accepted the invitation despite Qinghu’s concerns and told Nutrient Solution he would prepare and make contact in a few days.
• Qu Jianlei told Qinghu he suspected the invitation could be a test by an Above Supreme connected to their departure during the last Empire Storm.

Qu Jianlei left his team to attend an Above Supreme auction and traveled with Nutrient Solution to Kunhai Star in the Pearl Star Region. They settled in ahead of the event as more and more Supremes arrived, leaving Qu Jianlei among a growing crowd of powerful strangers.

• Qu Jianlei rejected his team's objections and left alone after Qinghu returned unable to learn more about the auction.
• Nutrient Solution met Qu Jianlei and directed him toward the Pearl Star Region, where they planned to reach Kunhai Star.
• Qu Jianlei transported Nutrient Solution aboard the Unlucky Starship, and the two discussed the auction, Storm, and Nutrient Solution's amnesia.
• After jumping to Pearl, Qu Jianlei and Nutrient Solution used a coded signal and a Customs Enforcement Ship to enter Kunhai Star without being questioned.
• The two spent several days sightseeing and buying supplies while Qu Jianlei noticed that more than a hundred Supremes might have gathered on Kunhai.

Qu Jianlei intervened when two Supremes tried to bully Bai Jinhan into selling his Wind Stabilizing Pearl, then defeated them with Mental Attacks after the woman attacked him. He was about to kill the pair, but Nutrient Solution stopped him, warning against killing anyone in public.

• Qu Jianlei and Nutrient Solution came across two Supremes pressuring Bai Jinhan to sell his Wind Stabilizing Pearl for far less than its value while ignoring the woman's unpaid debt to him.
• Qu Jianlei challenged the woman after she threatened Bai Jinhan and insulted his home region, and she attacked him with three Ice Arrows.
• Qu Jianlei blocked the Ice Arrows and used Mental Attacks to knock the woman and her Earth Attribute companion unconscious.
• Qu Jianlei prepared to kill the two Supremes, but Nutrient Solution urged him not to kill anyone on the spot.

After a street fight on Kunhai Star prompted the auction to move to the dangerous Great Wave Star Region, Qu Jianlei and Nutrient Solution arrived on Dream Star to explore its treasure market. Qu Jianlei found old copper coins that interested him, but balked at the stall owner's demand for asset verification, and someone confronted them as they left.

• Qu Jianlei left the defeated woman alive, while Bai Jinhan took money and valuables from her to settle a debt; news of the fight spread across Kunhai Star.
• Nutrient Solution told Qu Jianlei that the Divine Script Treasure auction had been moved to the Great Wave Star Region, and they secured tickets there despite restricted flights.
• Qu Jianlei and Nutrient Solution reached Dream Star safely and learned that the auction was ten days away, with stalls open at Ten Thousand Treasures Plaza.
• After finding little of interest at the ordinary stalls, Qu Jianlei used Nutrient Solution's Pioneer Terminal to search for rare treasures and inspected independent stalls.
• Qu Jianlei spotted three rusted copper coins, including a Kaiyuan Tongbao, but refused to verify a hundred million in assets just to see them.
• A stall owner shouted at Qu Jianlei and Nutrient Solution, accusing them of asking prices without buying anything.

Qu Jianlei argued with Supreme Amolin over three copper coins that the Empire had mistaken for fate-related treasures, then received the location where Amolin had found them. While browsing independent stalls, Qu Jianlei spotted a broken sword with a Shenzhou-style guard, but its seller angrily refused to let him inspect the goods.

• Qu Jianlei recognized Amolin as the Grave Robber he had once helped and declined to fight after Amolin agreed not to involve their associates.
• Qu Jianlei explained that the copper coins were tools for divination, not treasures that controlled fate, and Amolin gave him the marked location where he had found them in the Maiden Star Region.
• Qu Jianlei continued browsing independent stalls and noticed a broken sword whose guard resembled a great roc or two dragon heads.
• Qu Jianlei asked the sword’s seller to let him inspect the goods, but the seller cursed at him and refused.

Qu Jianlei visited a Supreme’s stall to inspect a Broken Sword, but learned the seller had both an imitation and the original and demanded an exorbitant price. He left without buying anything and continued browsing before suddenly deciding to stop for the day.

• Qu Jianlei went to the stall of a Supreme woman who had challenged him and inspected her Broken Sword and other unusual goods with his Mental Strength.
• Qu Jianlei accused the woman’s goods of having problems, and she admitted the Broken Sword was an imitation while offering it for one hundred million.
• The woman claimed the original Broken Sword was also in her hands and demanded one and a half billion, so Qu Jianlei and Nutrient Solution left without buying it.
• Nutrient Solution offered to ask around about damaged ancient weapons, and Qu Jianlei said he preferred sabers or heavy weapons to swords.
• After browsing online goods for over half an hour, Qu Jianlei handed Pioneer to Nutrient Solution and abruptly said they should stop for the day.

After Qu Jianlei escaped Yulia’s pursuit, he camped in the wilderness and waited for the people sent to capture him. When they threatened him with nonexistent space weapons, he realized they had no idea the military was mobilizing against a possible Dark Energy eruption.

• Qu Jianlei and Nutrient Solution left Ten Thousand Treasures Plaza, split up, and Nutrient Solution used a communicator to identify Yulia and order surveillance on Qu Jianlei.
• Qu Jianlei traveled to a mountain river, set up camp, and hid beneath the shadow of his parasol as night fell.
• A short, burly Above Supreme arrived with four A-ranks and a B-rank, claiming Yulia wanted Qu Jianlei brought back to discuss Broken Sword.
• Qu Jianlei challenged the group’s threats and asked whether they knew he had come to attend the auction.
• The short, burly man claimed space weapons had Qu Jianlei targeted, but Big Head Butterfly told Qu Jianlei the military was mobilizing against a possible Dark Energy eruption and that no such weapons were present.

Qu Jianlei fought off a team sent to kill him and discovered that their ambush included a sniper with prohibited laser cannons. He struck down the sniper and a hidden target near the river, then rushed toward the short, burly Supreme as the team’s Dark Attribute Awakened One tried to stop him.

• Qu Jianlei used Silver Snake Dance, revealing himself as an Electromagnetic Supreme and startling the short, burly Supreme and his squad.
• The squad defended against Qu Jianlei’s lightning while a concealed sniper fired a purple Laser Cannon at him; Qu Jianlei dodged and sensed three cannons positioned nearby.
• Qu Jianlei used two Falling Thunder Arts to strike the sniper, who fell from the sky, and a second hidden attacker near a river.
• The short, burly Supreme tried to negotiate, but Qu Jianlei charged toward the river and sent a third Falling Thunder Art at the downed figure he suspected was Yulia.
• A B-rank Dark Attribute Awakened One used Sight Deprivation on Qu Jianlei, but it failed to stop him.

Qu Jianlei killed Yulia and five other Inner Circle Awakened Ones while enduring their attacks and using Sight Deprivation to blind them. The short, burly Earth Attribute Supreme was left alone, shocked by how little Qu Jianlei’s combat momentum had faded.

• A short, burly Supreme’s Mental Attack rebounded against Qu Jianlei’s powerful mental defense, leaving the Supreme spitting blood.
• Qu Jianlei bypassed a forming rock wall, broke through Yulia’s talisman, and beheaded her with a third strike.
• Qu Jianlei used Sight Deprivation to blind the remaining fighters, while the short, burly Supreme tried to dispel the effect and attacked with tracking stone bullets.
• Qu Jianlei evaded the stone bullets and killed the Metal, Wood, Water, and other Rank A teammates in quick succession.
• The short, burly Supreme’s sight began to recover after Qu Jianlei killed all five teammates, and he was startled that Qu Jianlei’s momentum had not weakened.

Qu Jianlei defeated the Earth Attribute Supreme and prepared to kill Yulia, but Nutrient Solution asked him to spare her. Qu Jianlei let Nutrient Solution take responsibility for keeping Yulia, while remaining skeptical of the value of her supposed Above Supreme connection.

• Qu Jianlei blinded the short, burly Supreme and overwhelmed him with repeated sledgehammer blows until his Rock Armor collapsed.
• The Supreme surrendered and offered to serve Qu Jianlei, but Qu Jianlei continued beating him until Nutrient Solution asked him to spare him.
• Nutrient Solution arrived and insisted that Qu Jianlei leave Yulia alive, even though Qu Jianlei had severed her head and she remained conscious.
• Qu Jianlei demanded a reason to spare Yulia, rejected the Broken Sword as insufficient compensation, and agreed to let Nutrient Solution keep her in custody.
• Nutrient Solution said Yulia might be useful at the auction and mentioned Above Supreme, while Qu Jianlei dismissed the claim with a laugh.

Qu Jianlei and Nutrient Solution left after capturing Yulia, then returned to Ten Thousand Treasures Market to collect her goods and browse for weapons. The chapter ended with Qu Jianlei confronting a seller who openly admitted that his fake artifact was meant for buyers who could not tell the difference.

• Nutrient Solution demanded that Yulia's family pay fifty billion in annual living expenses or choose a cheaper tier, then took Yulia and Qu Jianlei away before the City Garrison arrived.
• Nutrient Solution's associates collected Yulia's head and body, and Qu Jianlei learned that Yulia was a Supreme watched over by another Supreme.
• Qu Jianlei and Nutrient Solution returned to Ten Thousand Treasures Market, where Yulia's items were delivered as payment for goods valued at one billion.
• Qu Jianlei noticed that damaged ancient-looking weapons had appeared at several stalls and questioned Nutrient Solution about how quickly Supremes shared information.
• Qu Jianlei confronted a seller asking two hundred million for an obvious fake, and the seller said it was intended for buyers who could not recognize its quality.