Arc 54The Dao Stele and the Home Star

Qu Jianlei’s team explored the Maiden Star Region, recovered a Dao Stele, and took on missions tied to the Blade’s Edge invasion while resolving cultivation and artifact matters. The arc left them near Home Star, where they offered refuge to a pursued cargo ship and confronted the guards surrounding it.

  • Qu Jianlei’s team recovered rare materials and a solidified Demonized Nightmare Essence, then searched the Energy Mass for Flawless Crystals and rescued Da Vinci’s stranded expedition.
  • Qu Jianlei used the Plantain Fan and King Kong Bracelet to take the Dao Stele, then escorted Da Vinci’s group to Pan Rock Star and arranged repairs and military negotiations for the Battalion-Class Ship.
  • Qu Jianlei studied the Dao Stele and entered Sudden Enlightenment for more than three months, gaining a mysterious sense of fate before the Blade’s Edge Awakened Ones United Association arrived.
  • Digital Phantom accepted an Ink Marker from the United Association, inspected Snowfield Star for Alliance spies, and agreed to a paid relationship with the association before departing.
  • Fourth Boss returned to the Sword Intent Meteor and revealed that Patrice had framed him, while Qu Jianlei’s team supported him and Hua Xiezhi completed Core Formation.
  • Qu Jianlei’s team protected Yuanyuan through her advancement on Tianfeng Star, resisted intruders and military pressure, then left as Above Supremes began gathering.
  • Near Home Star, Qu Jianlei’s team drove off city guards who tried to inspect the 1314 Ship and agreed to shelter a pursued cargo ship without revealing Digital Phantom’s identity.
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Ch. 1327Heavenly Demon News

After the Battalion-Class Ship escaped the Space Ripple, Qu Jianlei worried that the disturbance might weaken the Sealing Token and let Other Space break through. The team examined a strange black stone and learned it was solidified Demonized Nightmare Essence, a rare treasure that could house Yi He True Monarch’s soul.

  • The team collected two pieces of Voidstone, one Magma Heart, and a strange black stone before Qu Jianlei ordered the ship to leave the dangerous region.
  • Mu Guang opposed gathering more materials, and the Battalion-Class Ship fled until it reached a calmer area.
  • Qu Jianlei worried the energy fluctuations could open a passage between Other Space and their world and weaken the Sealing Token’s suppression.
  • Qu Jianlei brought the black stone to an isolation chamber so Yi He True Monarch could identify it.
  • Yi He True Monarch identified the stone as solidified Demonized Nightmare Essence, a rare soul-nourishing treasure that could serve as a vessel for his soul.

Ch. 1328Use It Sparingly

Qu Jianlei and Yi He True Monarch investigated the unstable Heavenly Demon space node and found that its suppression array needed Flawless Crystals to keep holding. After they went searching for replacements and reunited with their other ship, they emerged from the Energy Mass to find the surrounding area transformed, leaving Qu Jianlei warning Yi He True Monarch that the shifting Energy Mass could be lost.

  • Yi He True Monarch explained that a Heavenly Demon space could contain valuable treasures, while Qu Jianlei warned that rare Heavenly Demons might also threaten ordinary people and argued against using the Sealing Token lightly.
  • Yi He True Monarch led the group to the array's central hub, where they found sixty-four High-Grade Spirit Stones and learned that the array needed Flawless Crystals to keep suppressing the space node.
  • When Yi He True Monarch admitted he had wasted the Flawless Crystals he once collected, Qu Jianlei decided to search for more, and the Battalion-Class Ship fled as the energy fluctuations intensified.
  • Qu Jianlei and the others met their waiting Battalion-Class Ship, and Yi He True Monarch continued adapting to the Demonized Nightmare Essence they had agreed to give him.
  • After four more days, the two starships emerged from the Energy Mass, and Qu Jianlei warned Yi He True Monarch that its changing surroundings could cause them to lose it.

Ch. 1329There Really Are Some Ruthless Ones

Qu Jianlei’s team searched a dangerous Energy Mass for the scattered Flawless Crystal, then detected an Imperial distress signal and decided to investigate. As Xiao Hu plotted a route toward the signal, Nutrient Solution returned in her original appearance.

  • Yi He True Monarch used the Soul Nourishing Wood to choose a direction, and Qu Jianlei’s team traveled deeper into the Maiden Star Region for two months.
  • The team entered an enormous, dangerous Energy Mass while leaving the Battalion-Class Ship outside, and Yi He True Monarch reported that the Flawless Crystal had been scattered into many fragments.
  • Claire sensed a powerful threat, but Qu Jianlei told the team to avoid unnecessary risks and focus on finding the Flawless Crystal.
  • Xiao Hu detected a distress signal matching the Empire’s identification sequence, and the team debated whether to approach before agreeing to investigate if conditions allowed.
  • Xiao Hu began calculating a route to the signal, and Nutrient Solution returned in her original appearance wearing a palace gown.

Ch. 1330Dragon Soars: Chapters 1405–1407 Combined

Qu Jianlei’s group rescued Da Vinci’s expedition team from an energy-wrapped meteor after Duo Gan carried their Ecosystem Equipment to the Battalion-Class Ship. Nutrient Solution inspected the survivors’ possessions, claimed half their spirit stones and a magical artifact, and asked Da Vinci where he had found a mysterious stone.

  • Qu Jianlei ordered the Battalion-Class Ship to bombard the meteor, but its energy currents deflected or absorbed the attacks and the stranded team could not escape on its own.
  • Duo Gan, Palace-Attired Beauty, and Qu Jianlei crossed the turbulence and helped lift the expedition team’s Ecosystem Equipment to the ship.
  • Nutrient Solution confined the nine survivors to the cargo hold and demanded that they surrender their Storage Equipment for inspection.
  • Nutrient Solution found over a billion Energy Blocks, spirit stones, and a Stone Mill among Da Vinci’s possessions, and the group took half the spirit stones and claimed the magical artifact.
  • Nutrient Solution examined a warm, lustrous stone and asked Da Vinci where he had found it.

Ch. 1331Hurting His Pride; 1409: The Heaven-and-Earth Millstone

Da Vinci’s team traded data and spirit stones for shelter aboard Qu Jianlei’s ship, while the crew studied a replica Heaven and Earth Grinding Disc and followed clues to Flawless Crystal. After a dangerous energy surge, Da Vinci learned that the team was Digital Phantom and that Jing Yuexin had risen to Above Supreme, but he still did not know which military department they served.

  • Da Vinci agreed to provide records of the stones’ distribution and split half the spirit stones with Nutrient Solution, who judged his team’s other salvaged goods worthless.
  • Da Vinci’s team moved to Ammunition Hold One to recover and cultivate, while Qu Jianlei kept their Ecosystem Equipment as a Trump Card and examined its data.
  • Jiaotan identified the Grindstone as a Golden Core Realm replica of the Heaven and Earth Grinding Disc, and Fourth Boss chose to keep his Plantain Fan.
  • Xiao Hu followed data about Flawless Crystal, and Yi He True Monarch guided the ship toward a promising route before Xiao Hu evaded a sudden energy turbulence.
  • Da Vinci asked for a starship to help after the near-disaster, but Jing Yuexin offered only an Armed Merchant Ship with no further connection, so he declined.
  • Jing Yuexin revealed her name and Digital Phantom’s identity; Da Vinci recognized her as a young Supreme who had become Above Supreme, then asked which military department her team belonged to.

Ch. 1332An Unsuccessful Robbery

Nutrient Solution explained her group’s connection to the military and reclaimed Gold Digger after it tried to steal a Supreme’s Fire Crystals. As Qu Jianlei’s crew searched the Maiden Star Region for Flawless Crystal, they fell short of their goal, and Qu Jianlei sensed an unexplained pull deeper into the region.

  • Da Vinci asked whether Nutrient Solution’s group belonged to the military, and she explained that the military had provided their Battalion-Class Ship as part of a cooperative relationship.
  • Gold Digger burst into the room and lunged at a Supreme, but Nutrient Solution ordered it back and explained that it wanted the Fire Crystals in his Item-Storing Talisman.
  • Nutrient Solution described Gold Digger as a lifeform born in a place rich in Fire Element, and the Supreme offered it Fire Crystals as a meeting gift.
  • Qu Jianlei’s crew found several pieces of Flawless Crystal in an Energy Equilibrium Zone, but after two months they had gathered only three pieces that met their requirements.
  • Da Vinci’s group urged Nutrient Solution’s crew to turn back when the Battalion-Class Ship’s movements grew erratic, and Nutrient Solution said they would honor their planned limits.
  • Qu Jianlei sensed a pull from a direction about seventy-five degrees above and to the right, but Yi He True Monarch and Xiao Hu could not confirm what lay there.

Ch. 1333Causality

Qu Jianlei and his companions entered a dark Energy Equilibrium Zone filled with Flawless Crystals, then followed his sense of a distant summons to a broken stele. They left the Battalion-Class Ship behind and prepared for Qu Jianlei to try taking the stele with the Fourth Boss’s Plantain Fan.

  • The starship entered an Energy Equilibrium Zone, where Xiao Hu detected abundant Flawless Crystals and Yi He True Monarch warned that a Flawless Mother Crystal might be among them.
  • Qu Jianlei ordered Xiao Hu to mine the crystals, then went with the group toward a distant vortex while the Armed Merchant Ship stayed behind to continue mining.
  • The group reached the vortex and found a light shield surrounding half of an ancient stele, which Ruler identified as bearing Grand Dao Script.
  • Qu Jianlei sensed that the stele was calling to him, and Ruler advised him to take it despite being uncertain what would happen.
  • The Fourth Boss handed Qu Jianlei the Plantain Fan, and Qu Jianlei agreed to use it to try taking the stele himself.

Ch. 1334Unconventional Wind and Rain

Qu Jianlei used the Plantain Fan’s strange wind and rain to break the barrier around a broken Dao Stele, then sealed it with Duo Gan’s King Kong Bracelet and Yi He True Monarch’s box. The ships rendezvoused outside the Energy Mass, where Nutrient Solution lent the Battalion-Class Ship to Qu Jianlei and told him to contact the garrison once he was out.

  • Qu Jianlei’s second swing of the Plantain Fan sent an energy current into the barrier, and his third produced points of light that made it dissipate.
  • Qu Jianlei approached the exposed stele but stopped when its aura and pressure prevented him from getting closer.
  • Yi He True Monarch warned that the stele was difficult to handle and provided a box, while Jiaotan advised Qu Jianlei to use the bracelet Duo Gan had received.
  • Duo Gan used the King Kong Bracelet to weaken the stele’s aura, and Qu Jianlei used Instant Flash to place it inside the box.
  • The Battalion-Class Ship returned to the Flawless Crystal, rendezvoused with the Armed Merchant Ship, and exited the Energy Mass half a month later.
  • Nutrient Solution lent Qu Jianlei the Battalion-Class Ship and asked him to contact the garrison after getting out.

Ch. 1335Exclusive Booking

After leaving the Maiden Star Region, Qu Jianlei’s team escorted Da Vinci’s group to Pan Rock Star and returned the Ecosystem Equipment. At the Sword Intent Stone, the Nutrient Solution confronted a group that had booked the entire viewing area and crushed their ship’s propulsion system.

  • Da Vinci chose to remain aboard the Battalion-Class Ship until it left the Maiden Star Region, and Qu Jianlei’s team later escorted his group toward the Core Circle for five billion.
  • Qu Jianlei’s team passed the garrison without inspection, then accepted Da Vinci’s offer and took both starships to Pan Rock Star.
  • Shui Xisheng met the group in space, arranged for Da Vinci’s team to go down to Pan Rock, and received the returned Ecosystem Equipment.
  • Qu Jianlei and his companions headed to the Sword Intent Stone, where they found many visitors and learned that a nearby group had booked the whole viewing area.
  • The Nutrient Solution floated out in palace attire, seized the Small Ship with a phantom Big Hand, and crushed its propulsion system before returning to the starship.

Ch. 1336Are You Worthy?

Qu Jianlei and Shui Xisheng confronted a merchant ship that had disrupted access to the Sword Intent Meteor, then patrolled the area and arranged repairs for Digital Phantom’s damaged Battalion-Class Ship. The ship landed on Pan Rock Star, where inspectors found its damage manageable but warned of widespread metal fatigue.

  • Qu Jianlei seized the offending merchant ship and demanded an apology, eventually telling its crew to provide an intact magical artifact within half a year.
  • Shui Xisheng recognized the merchant ship’s crew, invoked Shui Corporation’s prior warnings, and set the deadline for delivering the artifact.
  • Claire revealed she had reached A-rank and asked Shui Xisheng for information about a Light Attribute magical artifact; she explained that combining light and dark would ensure destructive power.
  • Qu Jianlei and the others patrolled the Sword Intent Meteor, checked a Divine Script Society research group observing the meteor, and saw several Above Supremes thank them.
  • Shui Xisheng arranged a discreet repair facility, and the Battalion-Class Ship landed on Pan Rock Star, where inspectors reported hidden metal-fatigue risks.

Ch. 1337Good News

Qu Jianlei chose a full overhaul for the Battalion-Class Ship, while Nutrient Solution negotiated with the military over a replacement ship, footage, and the patterned stones. The military left with an agreement and new suspicions about Digital Phantom’s members, including Nutrient Solution’s identity as Jing Yuexin.

  • Qu Jianlei chose a full overhaul of the Battalion-Class Ship despite the lengthy repairs and asked the repairers to see whether the schedule could be shortened safely.
  • Da Vinci visited Digital Phantom and asked Nutrient Solution whether the team accepted members, but she explained that membership depended on mutual choice.
  • Da Vinci told Nutrient Solution that the military would offer a new Battalion-Class Ship in exchange for information about the Maiden Star Region, and she agreed to negotiations.
  • Nutrient Solution rejected the military’s request for all the ship’s footage but agreed to provide most of it after the military offered a new Battalion-Class Ship and a sturdy Experimental Platform.
  • Nutrient Solution gave the military one cubic meter of patterned stones and declined to sell more, saying their use was not something she could disclose.
  • The Lieutenant General asked whether Nutrient Solution was Jing Yuexin, and she confirmed it before the military officers left, unsettled by what her identity implied.

Ch. 1338What It Takes

Qu Jianlei’s team returned to Celestial Hook Star, where Yi He True Monarch helped refine Paranoid’s cultivation method and then worked with Qu Jianlei and Sunset Glow on remedies for Duo Gan and Jing Yuexin. After months of calculations, Qu Jianlei and Yi He began observing the two women as they modified their cultivation.

  • Jing Yuexin’s identity as a senior member of Digital Phantom made the two generals wary, and the team soon received a Battalion-Class Ship and an Experimental Platform before leaving Rock.
  • Qu Jianlei’s group returned to Celestial Hook Star, where they learned that Paranoid had suppressed his cultivation to Supreme and refined his spiritual energy.
  • Qu Jianlei asked Yi He True Monarch to assess Paranoid’s unusual condition, and Yi He agreed to review the proposed Nascent Soul cultivation method with Qu Jianlei and Sunset Glow.
  • After more than a month, Yi He completed detailed revisions to the method, and Qu Jianlei paid him ten thousand High-Grade Spirit Stones.
  • Yi He refused to revise cultivation methods beyond the Golden Core Realm but agreed to help address the hidden dangers affecting Duo Gan and Jing Yuexin.
  • Qu Jianlei, Yi He, and Sunset Glow spent three months calculating the remedies, after which Qu Jianlei and Yi He began observing the women’s cultivation changes.

Ch. 1339Good Things, Bad Things

Qu Jianlei declined Yi He True Monarch’s offer to improve his own technique and returned to work on cultivation methods and other projects. When a force tied to Empire Mining Academy asked Digital Phantom to help in exchange for an artifact, he let them wait rather than accept their terms, leaving Shui Xisheng to deal with their repeated visits.

  • Duo Gan and Nutrient Solution praised their customized cultivation techniques, and Qu Jianlei paid Yi He True Monarch for his help before declining an offer to improve his own technique.
  • Qu Jianlei arranged a secluded estate for Yi He True Monarch, then returned home to work on his techniques, Nascent Soul talismans, artifact refining, and an imitation Black Colt Tower.
  • Shui Xisheng relayed that the force which had reserved the venue would not hand over its artifact as compensation and instead wanted to meet Digital Phantom about a request for help.
  • Qu Jianlei refused to send anyone to meet them and decided to leave them waiting, while Old Lady Jia agreed that they should not be rushed into responding.
  • The force repeatedly pressed Shui Xisheng for a response, and he reminded them that Digital Phantom could insist on the artifact if they rejected the team’s terms.

Ch. 1340Comprehending the Dao Stele

After a year and a half of cultivation research and progress, Qu Jianlei took a group to a barren planet to test Xiao Hu’s new avatar and study the broken Dao Stele. Qu Jianlei began sensing the stele and relived his memories, while Bentley and Qinghu later withdrew rather than force themselves to continue.

  • Qu Jianlei completed deductions for the cultivation techniques, reached the peak of the Golden Core Realm, and helped the team improve their cultivation prospects.
  • Xiao Hu asked to test its newly built avatar, so Qu Jianlei invited Jia Shuiqing to join him in space; Duo Gan, Nutrient Solution, Qinghu, Bentley, Ruler, and others came along.
  • The group traveled to a barren planet in the Blade Star Region and brought out the sealed Dao Stele, while Xiao Hu piloted an Attack Ship away to test its destructive capabilities.
  • Jia Shuiqing opened the box in her armored shell and used Instant Flash to retreat from the Dao Stele’s overwhelming Coercive Pressure.
  • Qu Jianlei sensed the Dao Stele and watched memories of his past life and present life unfold, recognizing that he was observing them under its influence.
  • Bentley and Qinghu later withdrew from their attempts to sense the stele, with Bentley warning that they should not force themselves.

Ch. 1341Foresight

Qu Jianlei emerged from a long Sudden Enlightenment after observing the Dao Stele and gained a mysterious ability tied to foresight and fate. As new starships approached, his companions hid the stele and learned that the Blade's Edge Awakened Ones United Association had come to visit Digital Phantom.

  • Nutrient Solution and Duo Gan left the Dao Stele after two days, while Jia Shuiqing continued observing and discussed its effects with the others.
  • Qu Jianlei remained in Sudden Enlightenment for more than three months as his companions guarded him and turned away military vessels investigating the area.
  • Qu Jianlei awoke, recovered his spiritual energy, and told Ruler that he had gained foresight, a mysterious sense of fate, and possibly a form of authority.
  • When Big Head Butterfly detected three more starships, Qu Jianlei ordered Duo Gan to put away the Dao Stele before the newcomers arrived.
  • The approaching fleet announced that the Blade's Edge Awakened Ones United Association had come to visit Digital Phantom.

Ch. 1342Sincerity Delivered

Qu Jianlei and Digital Phantom received representatives of the Blade's Edge Awakened Ones United Association, who sought their help against an Alliance invasion. Digital Phantom agreed to investigate after receiving an artifact, which Qu Jianlei recognized as relatively complete, but they refused to explain what it was.

  • Qu Jianlei rejected the visitors' appeal and Xiao Hu challenged their authority to speak for the Blade's Edge People.
  • The visitors offered an artifact in exchange for Digital Phantom going to inspect the invasion, and the team agreed to take a look if the artifact was delivered first.
  • Donald and Robert arrived at the Experimental Platform with two A-rank assistants and presented an antique-looking box to Jing Yuexin and the others.
  • Qinghu opened the box, and Qu Jianlei confirmed through mental messages that its contents were an artifact and relatively complete.
  • Donald asked what the artifact was, but Qu Jianlei gave no answer, and Nutrient Solution warned that some things were better left unsaid.

Ch. 1343Scorching-Hot Magical Artifact

Qu Jianlei and his team tested the Ink Marker, a powerful magical artifact they had received from the Awakened One Association, then traveled to Snowfield Star to hunt Alliance spies. The Snowfield military welcomed them and claimed the mission as its own, while Qinghu left the arrangements to the United Association.

  • Donald and Robert wondered whether Qu Jianlei's group understood the Ink Marker and hoped the artifact's reputation was deserved.
  • Qu Jianlei explained that the artifact was an Ink Marker, and the team tested its ability to seal space and cut with ink lines.
  • The team agreed to let someone else use the Ink Marker, then departed for Snowfield Star with the Awakened One Association's fleet.
  • A military patrol thoroughly inspected the other starships, while treating Qu Jianlei's team politely.
  • A Snowfield military fleet welcomed the group and asserted that finding Alliance spies was a military mission.
  • Qinghu said the team had come at the United Association's invitation and directed the military to discuss arrangements with the association.

Ch. 1344Rake the Courtyard and Sweep the Caves

Digital Phantom arrived at Snowfield Star and carried out a planet-wide inspection for hidden Supremes and A-ranks, uncovering far more powerful Awakened Ones than expected. After the team exposed the threats and dealt with two resisting Supremes, Qinghu said they had no interest in the investigation’s follow-up and asked whether anything else required their help.

  • Donald and the military discussed how to search for Alliance spies, and Qinghu offered to sense every Supreme and A-rank so they could be checked.
  • After a day of preparations, Digital Phantom began the inspection, and its overwhelming Coercive Pressure alarmed residents and high-level Awakened Ones across Snowfield Star.
  • Qu Jianlei and the others screened the planet twice in half a day, discovering five hidden Supremes and more than a hundred A-ranks.
  • Nutrient Solution intensified her Coercive Pressure against a Supreme who had berated the inspecting soldiers, while Duo Gan knocked another resisting Supreme unconscious with a Mental Attack.
  • Donald reported that one Supreme and around a dozen A-ranks were suspected of colluding with the Alliance, but Qinghu said the follow-up was not Digital Phantom’s concern.
  • Donald admitted there was no other immediate work and remarked that the inspection had seemed too easy for the price paid.

Ch. 1345Xiao Hu's Ambition

Qinghu agreed to let the United Association present Digital Phantom as its backer, while warning that future help would still cost them. After returning to Celestial Hook, the team learned how far Xiao Hu’s avatar had advanced in casting spells and activating talismans, and Fourth Boss asked to revisit Pan Rock Star.

  • Donald asked Digital Phantom to establish a contact point or nominal affiliation with the United Association so Blade Star could resist the coming invasion.
  • After consulting First One, Qinghu agreed to the United Association’s request but said any future intervention would require payment.
  • Digital Phantom’s Battalion-Class Ship circled Snowfield Star with the United Association’s starship, then seized the Experimental Platform and departed as locals and military officers debated what they had seen.
  • Qu Jianlei and the team traveled to Celestial Hook, where they discussed Xiao Hu’s avatar learning to cast B-rank spells and activate B-rank talismans, with Xiao Hu aiming for A-rank talismans.
  • After the team returned to Celestial Hook Star, Fourth Boss asked Qu Jianlei to let him revisit Pan Rock Star and experience the Sword Intent Meteor; he also reported that the mining-academy force was pressing to settle its magic-artifact obligation.

Ch. 1346Digital Phantom's Stunning Performance (First Update in Honor of League Leader Dusk)

Fourth Boss led Digital Phantom to Pan Rock Star to temper his Mental Strength and pursue the magic artifact owed to them, while Qu Jianlei stayed behind to cultivate. After Fourth Boss impressed the military with his endurance, Digital Phantom refused to help the Energy Block Alliance until it delivered the artifact, and Xiang Xue rejected Leim’s request to delay their departure.

  • Qu Jianlei stayed behind to consolidate his gains as Fourth Boss departed for Pan Rock Star with Bentley, Old Lady Jia, Mu Guang, Yi He True Monarch, and other team members.
  • Fourth Boss endured a full day of the Sword Intent Meteor’s effects, astonishing the military with his Mental Strength, while the others tried sensing the sword intent or explored Pan Rock Star.
  • Leim of the Energy Block Alliance asked Digital Phantom to complete a mission before receiving the magic artifact, but Zi Jiuxian insisted that they deliver it first.
  • After Leim returned with news that an important negotiator would meet them, Xiang Xue refused to delay the team’s departure, and Leim offered information about the artifact.

Ch. 1347A Fine Zhenshan Fort; An Impromptu Creation

Fourth Boss confronted Patrice, the military officer who had framed him at Zhenshan Fort, and the team pledged to settle the old score. After Yi He True Monarch explained that modern firearms could become artifacts, Hua Xiezhi began forming her core on a toxic planet and survived the tribulation lightning.

  • Fourth Boss recognized Patrice as the mastermind who had framed him and revealed his identity as Zhenshan Fort before ending their call.
  • Patrice learned that Zhenshan Fort was likely the Above Supreme associated with Digital Phantom and realized his own position was precarious.
  • Qu Jianlei backed Old Lady Jia's decision to support Fourth Boss and promised the team would help him settle his grievance.
  • Yi He True Monarch explained that modern objects such as firearms could be artifacts, then assessed the Great Seal, Soul Suppressing Bell, and Ink Marker.
  • Hua Xiezhi prepared to break through, and Qu Jianlei, Bentley, Nutrient Solution, and others accompanied her to a toxic planet.
  • Hua Xiezhi endured tribulation lightning and toxic energy, then regained control of her cultivation and preliminarily completed Core Formation.

Ch. 1348Swift and Decisive

Digital Phantom secured a Military Control Zone on Tianfeng Star for Yuanyuan’s advancement after Fourth Boss learned that Patrice’s associates were obstructing the application. Yuanyuan entered seclusion, while the team turned away visitors and killed later intruders who trespassed in the zone.

  • Hua Xiezhi chose the Heaven and Earth Grinding Disc, and the group selected Tianfeng Star as the site for Yuanyuan’s advancement.
  • After the military delayed their Military Control Zone application, Fourth Boss learned that Patrice’s associates were stalling it and went to the military headquarters with Jing Yuexin to secure approval overnight.
  • The team set up in the mountains and began preparing a cultivation formation as visitors arrived to pay their respects.
  • Qu Jianlei and Yi He True Monarch failed to find a way to conceal Yuanyuan’s lightning tribulation, and Yuanyuan entered seclusion.
  • Fourth Boss barred visitors for three months, and the team captured the first two groups that tried to sneak into the zone before killing later intruders who resisted pursuit.

Ch. 1349Another Tribulation Lightning

Yuanyuan completed her advancement under tribulation lightning, drawing the attention of the military and numerous Supremes, while Digital Phantom kept them at bay. After detecting a mysterious presence and clearing the area, the team prepared to leave Tianfeng Star as more Above Supreme figures headed their way.

  • The Fourth Boss refused the military's request to observe and record Digital Phantom's drills, saying the restrictions were not aimed at the military.
  • Yuanyuan's advancement triggered tribulation lightning, and Jing Yuexin and Yi He True Monarch blocked Supremes from approaching while the Fourth Boss warned that intruders would face no mercy.
  • During Yuanyuan's recovery, Yi He True Monarch detected a concealed fluctuation that he suspected belonged to the Artifact Spirit of the Mystic Mansion, but it vanished before anyone could pursue it.
  • Nutrient Solution urged Qu Jianlei's group to leave before Above Supreme figures arrived, and the team packed up after clearing away the residual spiritual energy.
  • The Battalion-Class Ship ended military control and prepared to depart, but the Fourth Boss rejected the military district leader's request to wait for an incoming Above Supreme.
  • Jing Yuexin demanded the names of the Above Supreme figures harboring crooked intentions, frightening the military district leader.

Ch. 1350Home

After Yuanyuan stabilized her realm, Qu Jianlei's group traveled to Home Star to lie low, but Paradise City Guard surrounded the ships gathered nearby and demanded to inspect the 1314 Ship. The chapter ended with the crew insisting the guards show their identification before boarding.

  • Jing Yuexin challenged any Above Supreme who opposed Digital Phantom to prepare an artifact and then left Tianfeng Star as military control resumed.
  • Yuanyuan's aura fluctuated during cultivation, and Qu Jianlei and Yi He True Monarch decided the Battalion-Class Ship should travel through space without jumping.
  • The Battalion-Class Ship evaded most of its rotating pursuers, and Qu Jianlei's group eventually drove off the last one with warning shots.
  • After Yuanyuan's realm stabilized, the group went to Home Star aboard the 1314 Ship and discussed whether she should choose Ink Marker or the Soul Refining Cover.
  • Paradise City Guard surrounded the starships near Home Star and demanded to inspect the 1314 Ship, but Qu Jianlei's crew asked the guards to present their identification first.

Ch. 1351Astronomical Wealth

City guards learned that the 1314 Ship carried three Supremes, while Xiao Hu intervened when a cargo ship sought refuge and offered astronomical wealth. The 1314 Ship agreed to help, and Fourth Boss challenged the guards to bring Ironhide Snake forward.

  • Claire demanded credentials from three city guards who boarded the 1314 Ship, then drove them away after they felt the Supremes' Coercive Pressure.
  • The guards' story spread, revealing that the 1314 Ship had a Core Circle pass and three Supremes aboard.
  • A Rank A man aboard an encircled cargo ship learned about the Supremes and ordered the ship to charge toward the 1314 Ship for help.
  • Xiao Hu used Instant Flash to seize the transmitter and threatened the pursuing guards after the cargo ship's crew offered astronomical wealth.
  • Qu Jianlei allowed Xiao Hu to accept the plea for refuge but told it not to reveal Digital Phantom's identity.
  • Fourth Boss confronted the guards and demanded that they call Ironhide Snake over.
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