Recaps

The team prepared for the Gelatinous Creature by discussing tactics, while Old Lady Jia considered advancing and Xiao Hu devised a flawed method to distinguish allies from enemies. Bentley returned with Xiang Xue and Silver Fir, bringing something Qu Jianlei wanted to inspect.

• The team spent two days discussing coordination and established tactics to prepare for the Gelatinous Creature.
• Old Lady Jia asked Qu Jianlei about advancing, and they discussed the risks of seclusion and whether the Five Elements Battle Array could be shared with trusted Supremes.
• Qu Jianlei asked Xiao Hu to improve its aura-based method for distinguishing friend from foe, and Xiao Hu revised the design.
• Bentley returned with four people, including Xiang Xue, and told Qu Jianlei he had brought back something good.
• Qu Jianlei retrieved Silver Fir's strand of divine sense and began examining its memories.

Qu Jianlei’s group learned that Black Colt Tower had been stolen from the Awakened One Empire Museum and arranged an anonymous bounty to find it. They discussed inviting Xiang Xue’s father, Mu Guang, to Qingyuan Star to help with the Five Elements Battle Array, and Qu Jianlei announced that a first-generation solution to Awakened One spells distinguishing allies from enemies was ready.

• Qu Jianlei received information from his split-off divine consciousness about Black Colt Tower and praised Bentley for bringing Xiang Xue back.
• Nutrient Solution learned that Black Colt Tower had vanished from the Awakened One Empire Museum after an important person inspected it, and that the person’s family had later been scattered by attacks.
• Nutrient Solution arranged an anonymous two-billion bounty to find Black Colt Tower, while Qu Jianlei approved spending money to pursue it.
• The group questioned Xiang Xue about Mu Guang’s character and agreed to invite him to Qingyuan Star to discuss the Five Elements Battle Array.
• Qu Jianlei announced that a first-generation version of Awakened One spells that could distinguish friend from foe had been developed.

Qu Jianlei and the others refined a spell-immunity array that reduced damage from their own spells, while the Gustin Family faced questions from officials and the military about their tests. Xiang Xue reunited with her father, Mu Guang, and the team began recruiting him to fill the Wood Attribute position in their Five Elements Battle Array.

• Qu Jianlei and the others tested spells and revised their recognition array until it blocked seventy to eighty percent of their own spells.
• The Gustin Family steward rebuffed government officials and a military patrol that questioned the family’s repeated spell tests and starship travel.
• Xiang Xue allowed Mu Guang’s two A-rank assistants to accompany him to a temporary residence, then brought him to meet the team at the manor.
• Mu Guang met Jia Shuiqing and Paranoid, then learned that the team had developed a Five Elements Battle Array.
• Nutrient Solution invited Mu Guang to fill the Wood Attribute position, and Qinghu’s movement technique convinced him to hear the team’s requirements.

Mu Guang agreed to study the Five Elements Battle Array after learning that Nutrient Solution had helped arrange his visit and that the team would not share more than necessary. Xiang Xue explained that First One would help Jia Shuiqing attempt her final breakthrough, and Mu Guang agreed to consider guarding them for one to two years, though he still questioned why they needed a Supreme-level battle array.

• Nutrient Solution revealed that Mu Guang's old friend had been influenced to persuade him to visit, and Mu Guang stopped arguing over the secrecy conditions.
• Mu Guang studied the Wood Attribute battle-array material for nearly an hour, then asked Old Lady Jia about the other positions and was told to memorize the Overall Tactics and Positioning Chart.
• Xiang Xue told Mu Guang that Jia Shuiqing planned to attempt a final breakthrough Above Supreme and that First One had restored her condition and modified her cultivation technique.
• Mu Guang learned that First One could use techniques of every attribute and suspected he was a No Attribute Supreme, then understood why the team was hiding him.
• Xiang Xue told Mu Guang that First One was far more skilled in Divine Script than he was, and Mu Guang agreed to consider guarding the group for one to two years.
• Mu Guang asked why the team needed a Supreme-level Five Elements Battle Array to protect Jia Shuiqing during her breakthrough.

Xiang Xue warned Mu Guang not to underestimate her team, and he joined their training to study the Five Elements Battle Array. After witnessing its extraordinary coordination and spells that distinguished allies from enemies, he questioned Qu Jianlei about the identification tags and asked whether he could learn the method behind them.

• Xiang Xue told Mu Guang that First One’s team had captured Above Supremes and extorted ransoms, so he should not underestimate them.
• Mu Guang moved into the Gustin Family manor and watched the Five Elements Battle Array combine the five Above Supremes’ attacks while avoiding friendly fire.
• Xiang Xue demonstrated that her Ice Arrows slid harmlessly off two Above Supremes, and Mu Guang realized the array’s spells could distinguish friend from foe.
• Mu Guang asked Qu Jianlei how the identification tags worked, and Qu Jianlei explained the general principle but refused to provide more details.
• Mu Guang asked whether Qu Jianlei could teach him how to separate a thread of Mental Strength without it dissipating, and Qu Jianlei agreed but told him to wait.

Qu Jianlei taught the team and Mu Guang his improved divine sense method, while Nutrient Solution offered to borrow research materials from his patron. As several members succeeded in cultivating the method, Mu Guang learned that Qu Jianlei had modified Xiang Xue’s cultivation and customized Bentley’s, leaving him curious whether anyone else had received one.

• Qu Jianlei began teaching the divine sense method to his team and Mu Guang, who agreed to keep it to himself and offered access to materials from the Archaeology Enthusiasts Association.
• Nutrient Solution asked Mu Guang for a detailed list of loanable materials, then offered Qu Jianlei the chance to borrow items from his Above Supreme patron.
• Nutrient Solution, the Paranoid, and Bentley succeeded in cultivating the divine sense method in that order, while Mu Guang grew eager to prove himself.
• Xiang Xue told Mu Guang that Qu Jianlei had personally guided Bentley’s cultivation and modified her later cultivation method, prompting Mu Guang to ask whether Qu Jianlei had customized methods for anyone else.

Mu Guang learned more about Qu Jianlei’s arrays and cultivation techniques, then weighed joining the team against his commitment to archaeology. After Xiang Xue arranged for Qu Jianlei to teach him a fist technique, Mu Guang accidentally demonstrated its power and learned that the authorities had invoked the nobles’ conscription obligations on Qingyuan Star.

• Xiang Xue told Mu Guang that Qu Jianlei had helped Jia Shuiqing recover and had created cultivation techniques for Hua Xiezhi and Claire, while Qu explained the difference between the Qi Gathering Array and the Gathering Spirit Array.
• Mu Guang asked Qu whether he could reach Above Supreme, but Qu said he only helped team members, and Mu Guang admitted he could not give up leading the Archaeology Enthusiasts Association.
• Xiang Xue offered to ask Qu to teach Mu Guang Mountain Shattering Fist, and Qu agreed on the condition that Mu Guang not pass it on.
• Three days later, Mu Guang tested the technique and shattered a huge Stone, prompting Bentley to warn him that someone was in seclusion.
• The steward told Bentley that the authorities had ordered nobles to fulfill their conscription obligations, and Hua Xiezhi wondered what emergency had occurred on Qingyuan Star.

Qu Jianlei and his team resisted being drawn into the authorities’ vague security measures on Qingyuan Star while Nutrient Solution uncovered signs of military and rebel conflict. The chapter ended with the steward having answered the authorities’ call and Nutrient Solution promising to seek an exemption for Qu Jianlei’s group.

• The authorities warned of an unspecified risk, and Qu Jianlei told the steward to patrol only within the fief’s territorial airspace until the danger was clarified.
• Hua Xiezhi refused to let the steward extend patrols beyond the territorial airspace, but he said the employees would accept the distinguished guests’ orders over the authorities’ to protect their management rights.
• Nutrient Solution reported that rebels had assassinated the First One of the Ninth Group Army, triggering unrest and possible military interest in the Space Wave Point.
• A middle-aged military man and a woman discussed a rare opportunity and her demand for revenge, while he warned that acting on Qingyuan Star could provoke the nobles.
• Nutrient Solution later warned that the military might requisition civilian forces and revealed that the steward had already answered the authorities’ call, prompting Qu Jianlei to suspect he had been maneuvered.
• Nutrient Solution promised to coordinate with others and try to secure an exemption for Qu Jianlei’s group.

Mu Guang told Qu Jianlei and the others that the Information Barrier Breaches might lead to another human civilization, not merely resistance hideouts. After the team discussed the threat and their loyalties, Nutrient Solution took charge of investigating, and three days later Big Head Butterfly reported a military rotation at the Space Wave Point.

• Mu Guang arrived with news that someone had infiltrated through an Information Barrier Breach, prompting Qu Jianlei and Nutrient Solution to ask what the breaches contained.
• Mu Guang revealed that, according to an archaeological rumor, another human civilization with habitable stars and Divine Script Relics existed beyond the breaches.
• The team considered the possibility that the Empire was guarding against another nation, and Nutrient Solution agreed to investigate the matter further.
• Qu Jianlei asked whether the reported infiltrator came from beyond the breach, and Mu Guang said he knew only that a military contact had mentioned it.
• Mu Guang said he still cared about the Empire and would not consider treason for now, while Nutrient Solution offered to investigate the infiltration as well.
• Three days later, Big Head Butterfly told Qu Jianlei that a military rotation had appeared at the Space Wave Point.

Qu Jianlei investigated the Information Barrier Breach and the Space Wave Point while his allies prepared to patrol outer space. He questioned Golden Crow Third about other worlds and strange treasures, learning that the Heaven and Earth Treasure might be a sealed entity rather than part of a magical artifact.

• Qu Jianlei learned that the Information Barrier Breach was not natural, though Nutrient Solution could not rule out a connection to the Wave Point.
• The Gustin Family failed to obtain information from other nobles, who demanded an agreement to act in concert before sharing intelligence.
• After the authorities ordered the territory to send a Supreme on patrol, Bentley volunteered and Qu Jianlei sent Silver Fir with him.
• Qu Jianlei asked Golden Crow Third about barriers between worlds and learned that humans and Cultivation Systems existed across multiple worlds ruled by Empires, Alliances, and Federations.
• Golden Crow Third identified the Black Colt Tower as a precious cultivation treasure that used unequal time and Spatial Rules.
• After seeing the Heaven and Earth Treasure, Golden Crow Third said it might not reside in a magical artifact and could have been sealed by a Great Expert.

Qu Jianlei learned that the fleeing Heaven and Earth Treasure was a sealed trace of a Small Realm Consciousness and could attack only at the Nascent Soul Realm level. After Mu Guang traced the missing Black Colt Tower to retired academy dean Versailles, Nutrient Solution volunteered to handle him.

• Qu Jianlei questioned Golden Crow Third, and Guodong explained that the sealed entity was likely a Small Realm Consciousness rather than the World Consciousness.
• Qu Jianlei confirmed that the Heaven and Earth Treasure could unleash attacks no stronger than the Nascent Soul Realm and told Nutrient Solution that Black Colt Tower was a cultivation treasure.
• Mu Guang recognized the tower as a museum exhibit that had disappeared more than a hundred years earlier and agreed to investigate its whereabouts.
• After more than ten days, Mu Guang reported that Versailles had possessed the tower for over forty years and explained that his influence made him difficult to challenge.
• Qu Jianlei learned that Versailles had no obvious weaknesses, and Nutrient Solution appeared and offered to handle him.

Qu Jianlei's group learned that Versailles possessed the Black Colt Tower but refused to seize it or force a sale, while Bentley's patrols gathered extensive data on the Space Wave Point. The authorities later offered the group a chance to observe the point from about 1.5 million kilometers away if they accepted a dangerous month-long assignment, leaving the group to consider the terms.

• Nutrient Solution discovered that Supreme Versailles owned the Black Colt Tower, had once attempted to break through to Above Supreme, and refused to sell or lend it.
• Qu Jianlei rejected Nutrient Solution's suggestion to secretly seize the tower and decided to look for Versailles's weaknesses instead.
• Bentley returned from a month of patrols after repeatedly approaching the Space Wave Point, and Xiao Hu analyzed the collected data and predicted no major changes for two or three months.
• The authorities asked the Gustin Family's tenants to take a dangerous assignment in exchange for close-range observation of the Wave Point.
• Hua Xiezhi negotiated an observation window three to six months away, with the military setting the distance at around 1.5 million kilometers.

Qu Jianlei and his team accepted a classified military mission to watch for unusual people and events at a remote outpost, with the option to retreat rather than fight. After taking over the base and turning away several ships, they encountered a standard military warship that appeared mysteriously on the twenty-first day.

• Hua Xiezhi secured clearer mission terms and written promises, and Qu Jianlei’s group voted to accept the assignment while Bentley stayed behind with Silver Fir.
• Qu Jianlei, five Supremes, and Claire traveled with a military fleet to an abandoned outpost on a desolate planet and took over its automated base.
• Claire refused a military-affiliated starship’s request for supplies, citing authorization from the military.
• Claire drove off an interstellar rescue ship with warning fire after it repeatedly requested permission to land.
• After more than twenty days at the outpost, Qu Jianlei’s team saw a standard military warship appear mysteriously in space.

Qu Jianlei and the others grew suspicious when a Battalion-Class Ship arrived with an engineering unit, then watched the relay equipment fail in what appeared to be a staged accident. The chapter ended as three concealed Above Supremes revealed their presence and destroyed the guard room.

• Claire verified the Battalion-Class Ship's credentials and let its engineers land, while Qu Jianlei and the others discussed their suspicions.
• The engineers worked separately for two days, then the relay equipment was destroyed after a sudden series of failures cut off outside communications.
• The Battalion-Class Ship illuminated the site and its crew claimed the damage was an accident, but Qu Jianlei doubted their repair work and Claire refused to lend them equipment.
• Qu Jianlei sensed danger, and the group began putting on armor as Nutrient Solution identified three hidden Above Supremes, including one with the Wind Attribute.
• A burst of white light turned the guard room to dust.

Qu Jianlei’s group fought back against a surprise attack by a Battalion-Class Ship and its forces, but the enemy’s overwhelming firepower threatened to destroy the base. The chapter left Qu Jianlei reeling after the enemy’s Above Supreme targeted him with a Mental Attack.

• A Battalion-Class Ship fired a white-light attack at the guard room, and Qu Jianlei ordered the Supremes into battle formation.
• Claire cut the base lights and raised its protective shield while Qu Jianlei’s group moved into the courtyard and Xiao Hu took control of the automated weapons.
• Qu Jianlei’s group discovered two more Supremes and four Small Attack Ships, then attacked after the enemy’s Above Supreme called them rabble.
• The Five Elements Battle Array struck the Battalion-Class Ship, but its shield held, while the enemy ships and Engineers attacked the base’s defenses.
• Qu Jianlei realized the enemy was trying to destroy the base, and Big Head Butterfly warned the courtyard shield might fail within fifty to ninety seconds.
• The enemy’s Above Supreme launched a Mental Attack at Qu Jianlei, who endured it with help from the protective shield and Battle Formation.

Qu Jianlei’s forces struggled to destroy the Battalion-Class Ship while defending their base, and Xiao Hu shifted its attacks to inflict casualties on the enemy ships. The enemy Above Supreme unleashed Meteor Shower, shattered the base’s protective shields, and ordered his troops to close in and attack.

• Qu Jianlei ordered part of the base’s firepower redirected against the Engineers while the Battle Formation continued targeting the Battalion-Class Ship.
• Qu Jianlei weighed whether he had chosen the wrong target, but kept the attack focused on the ship as Xiao Hu began taking control of it.
• Xiao Hu changed its attack priorities and destroyed one of the Small Attack Ships, prompting the enemy Above Supreme to act.
• The Above Supreme cast Meteor Shower, breaking the courtyard’s protective shield and leaving the base exposed to bombardment.
• The Above Supreme ordered his forces to close in and attack without holding back.

As the enemy’s bombardment threatened Claire and the Five Elements Battle Array, Nutrient Solution revealed his strength and attacked the opposing Above Supreme with Mental Attacks. Paranoid copied the tactic and incapacitated the Wind Attribute Above Supreme, while First One’s failure to act left him suspicious.

• Above Supreme ordered his forces to intensify their attacks while the Battalion-Class Ship’s bombardment brought down the base buildings.
• Qu Jianlei grew anxious about Claire being buried in the basement and decided he could no longer hold back.
• Nutrient Solution unleashed his Coercive Pressure and repeatedly struck the opposing Above Supreme with Mental Attacks.
• Paranoid copied Nutrient Solution, hit the Wind Attribute Above Supreme with a Mental Attack, and sent him plunging toward the ground.
• Xiao Hu seized control of an Attack Ship as two more Attack Ships lost power, and Paranoid realized First One had not reacted to the battle.

First One unleashed a faint white light that sliced the enemy Battalion-Class Ship in two, stunning both sides and abruptly changing the battle. The ship plunged toward the ground as the battered Above Supreme struggled to understand what had happened.

• Paranoid watched First One while the Five Elements Battle Array charged another Yellow Light, which breached the Battalion-Class Ship’s defenses.
• First One fired a faint white light from his mouth, and Qinghu recognized it as his trump card as his vital essence, energy, and spirit sharply declined.
• The white light split the Battalion-Class Ship into two smooth halves, silencing most of its weapons as it began falling.
• Paranoid, Mu Guang, Nutrient Solution, and the enemy Above Supreme reacted with shock as they assessed the strike’s power.
• The enemy Above Supreme, still disoriented by Nutrient Solution’s Mental Attacks, sensed the battle had changed and vaguely perceived the ship falling in two halves.

After the Battalion-Class Ship was destroyed, Babus fled, and Qu Jianlei ordered the Five Elements Battle Array to disband and the others to finish the fight. Nutrient Solution pursued Babus, who then discovered that the Metal Attribute Supreme blocking his path was also an Above Supreme.

• Babus realized the battle had turned against his side and fled without warning his teammates.
• Qu Jianlei ordered the battle formation to disband, told Qinghu to protect Claire, and began recovering while the others cleaned up the battlefield.
• Nutrient Solution caught up with Babus and refused his offer to end the fight peacefully.
• Babus fled again, only to find the Metal Attribute Supreme from the Five Elements Battle Array blocking his path.
• Babus sensed that the Metal Attribute Supreme was an Above Supreme and realized he had provoked a force with at least two Above Supremes.

Paranoid and Nutrient Solution pursued Babus as he repeatedly used Mimicry Shadowing to escape, but Nutrient Solution identified the real target and kept catching up. Babus concluded that the enemy’s devastating strike had probably been unleashed by someone below Above Supreme who had overdrawn their Qi and Blood or potential.

• Paranoid struck Babus with Thunder Dragon, but Babus’s resistance and equipment let him withstand the attack and keep fleeing.
• Nutrient Solution fired Ion Fire, prompting Babus to create four apparent copies and scatter in different directions.
• Nutrient Solution explained that the copies were a trick of the eye, identified Babus’s real path, and continued the chase while Paranoid tracked them with Mental Strength.
• Babus repeatedly used Mimicry Shadowing, but Nutrient Solution kept finding him, draining Babus’s Inner Breath and forcing him to abandon hopes of shaking his pursuers.
• As he fled, Babus reasoned that the caster of the earlier Earth-shattering Strike was probably not Above Supreme and might have overdrawn their Qi and Blood or potential.

Nutrient Solution used the Soul Suppressing Bell to stun Babus as he fled into the sky, bringing him crashing down. Babus survived the fall and resisted Paranoid’s attacks, and the chapter ended as Nutrient Solution launched another attack.

• Babus tried to escape into space while Nutrient Solution and Paranoid pursued him.
• Nutrient Solution swallowed his last Ten Thousand Year Stone Marrow capsule and used the Soul Suppressing Bell, stunning Babus and knocking him out of the sky.
• Nutrient Solution and Paranoid reached Babus’s landing site, where Babus leaped from the crater and recovered from the fall.
• Paranoid fired three Golden Arrows, but Babus’s vest blocked them, and Babus judged that Paranoid’s attacks were only Supreme-level.
• Babus began Giant Transformation as Nutrient Solution attacked with Extreme Flame Fire Dragon Shroud.

Nutrient Solution struggled to restrain the giantified Babus with his Extreme Flame Fire Dragon Shroud, and Qu Jianlei arrived to help finish the fight. When Babus broke free and surrendered, Qu Jianlei fired his white-light attack through the center of Babus's brow.

• Nutrient Solution trapped Babus in the Extreme Flame Fire Dragon Shroud, but Babus kept growing and fighting against it.
• Paranoid asked if Nutrient Solution needed help, and Nutrient Solution said he wanted to kill Babus rather than capture him.
• Qu Jianlei arrived, and Nutrient Solution asked him to use his difficult-to-control attack against Babus.
• Nutrient Solution planned to expose Babus's head during one of his struggles so Qu Jianlei could strike, while warning him about Babus's virtual duplicates.
• Babus broke his head free and shouted that he surrendered, but Qu Jianlei launched a streak of white light that pierced Babus's brow.

Qu Jianlei, Paranoid, and Nutrient Solution defeated Babus by exploiting his weakened defenses and severing his neck. As they recovered, Nutrient Solution warned that Babus's headless body was still alive, possibly through more than its heart.

• Qu Jianlei pierced Babus's head with white light while Nutrient Solution held him in the blue light, and Babus begged for mercy and offered to reveal who had hired him.
• Paranoid shot Babus with Golden Arrows, discovering that Babus's defenses had weakened enough for the arrows to pierce his head.
• Paranoid followed with a Golden Wheel Slash that cut half of Babus's neck and left him unable to fight back.
• Nutrient Solution cut off Babus's head with a Flame Blade, but Babus's head continued to emit despair as his giant body shrank.
• Paranoid approached Babus's body to retrieve his vest, but Nutrient Solution warned him to put on his armor because the body was still alive.

Qu Jianlei, Nutrient Solution, and Paranoid killed Babus and returned to their ruined base, where they learned the prisoners had been sent by the Eighty-Seventh Army Group. The prisoners realized Babus was dead and their prospects were grim, while Qu Jianlei went to assess what could be repaired before the army group's starship arrived.

• Paranoid pierced Babus's heart with a Golden Arrow, and Nutrient Solution explained that he had killed Babus because he disliked Imperial Capital Academy.
• Qu Jianlei, Nutrient Solution, and Paranoid returned to the ruined base with Babus's head and body.
• Claire told them that she and the others had interrogated thirteen prisoners, who belonged to the Eighty-Seventh Army Group and had been sent to capture the team.
• The prisoners' A-rank assistant asked where Babus was, and Nutrient Solution tossed his head down before killing a B-rank prisoner who threatened them with Babus's backing.
• The prisoners lost hope after seeing Babus's head, and Qu Jianlei went to the defense center to inspect the base's backup power and possible repairs.

After the battle, Qu Jianlei questioned Nutrient Solution about his identity and learned that he was Xiao Jing, an old companion from Garbage Star. While the team recovered, the others discussed their magical artifacts and wondered how they would be distributed.

• Qu Jianlei checked the team's injuries, arranged Super Gathering Spirit Arrays for recovery, and asked Nutrient Solution to explain why he had joined them.
• Nutrient Solution said Rhine from the Haiyin family had been his assistant and revealed that he had known Qu Jianlei even before Rhine did.
• Nutrient Solution performed the Eight Section Brocade and recalled the lichen incident, convincing Qu Jianlei that he was Xiao Jing despite Hua Xiezhi having said Xiao Jing was dead.
• Qu Jianlei set up arrays for the team, including a separate Super Qi Gathering Array after Mu Guang struggled to adapt to the main array.
• Paranoid, Mu Yu, and Qinghu tried to listen to Qu Jianlei and Nutrient Solution but found a Defense Array blocking them.
• Paranoid mentioned taking a defensive magical-artifact vest from Babus, and Mu Yu said its distribution depended on Qu Jianlei.