Recaps

Qu Jianlei and Jing Yuexin searched for Lawrence on Tianyu Star and learned that he had been detained in the Alliance’s investigation into the Tianwen Project Group’s collapse. Jing Yuexin promised Lawrence’s Wife they would try to secure his release through legitimate channels, leaving Digital Phantom committed to helping the family.

• Qu Jianlei and Jing Yuexin found no worthwhile targets on Ke Qi Star and traveled to Taigu Star, where Xiao Hu discovered that Lawrence’s family had relocated to Tianyu Star.
• On Tianyu Star, Qu Jianlei and Jing Yuexin learned that the Alliance was preparing for war and receiving refugees after news spread that Baozhi Star’s residents had been abandoned.
• Xiao Hu located Lawrence’s rented courtyard, where Qu Jianlei and Jing Yuexin discovered that Lawrence had been detained for more than two years as a suspect in the investigation into the Tianwen Project Group’s collapse.
• Jing Yuexin secretly woke Lawrence’s Wife and asked whether she still wanted contact with Digital Phantom in exchange for discussing future cooperation.
• Lawrence’s Wife asked Jing Yuexin to bring her husband home, and Jing Yuexin promised to pursue his release through legitimate channels.

Qu Jianlei and Jing Yuexin investigated how to free Lawrence through legitimate channels after his wife asked for help. Lawrence revealed that Supreme Benjamin had kept him imprisoned to pressure a rival, and Qu Jianlei began reviewing information about Benjamin.

• Jing Yuexin told Qu Jianlei that Lawrence's wife wanted her husband rescued but insisted they find a legitimate way to do it.
• Qu Jianlei contacted Lawrence in prison, verified his identity using the secret code, and asked how he might be freed.
• Lawrence explained that Benjamin had obstructed his release to pressure the Supreme who backed Lawrence's boss, and warned that the prison might contain traps for Digital Phantom.
• Qu Jianlei told Lawrence that they would seek his release through legitimate channels rather than break into the prison.
• Qu Jianlei and Jing Yuexin identified Benjamin as the key figure and reviewed information Xiao Hu had gathered about him.
• Qu Jianlei gave a soft snort while reviewing the information about Benjamin.

Qu Jianlei and Jing Yuexin brought Jiao Daoren to Taihe Star to deal with Hula and Benjamin, whose influence was obstructing Lawrence’s release. After Jiao Daoren killed the two men and another Supreme, the Alliance canceled a civilian conference and ordered its attendees to leave, while some recognized the killings as the return of the suppressed figure called Crazy Roller.

• Qu Jianlei noticed that Hula was connected to Benjamin, and he and Jing Yuexin discussed how killing them might not clear Lawrence’s suspicions.
• Qu Jianlei returned to find Jiao Daoren, who agreed to deal with Hula because Hula had once deceived him.
• Qu Jianlei and Jing Yuexin took Jiao Daoren to Taihe Star, where Xiao Hu located Hula and Benjamin preparing a civilian conference.
• Jiao Daoren killed Hula, Benjamin, and another Supreme, crushing their bodies after attacking them mentally.
• The military sealed the crime scene, canceled the conference, and ordered attendees to leave Taihe Star.
• Informed observers wondered whether the killings meant that Crazy Roller, Jiao Daoren, had appeared again.

The Alliance grappled with Jiao Daoren’s return and an Alien Race assault on Bi Tao Star as violence spread among suspects detained over the Heavenly Inquiry disaster. The authorities ended their broad investigation and released most detainees, including Lawrence, who was urged to serve on the Alien Race front.

• The Alliance recognized that Jiao Daoren had returned to Taihe Star and suspended its meeting while considering how to counter him.
• The Alien Race attacked Bi Tao Star as Qu Jianlei prepared another strike against the Alliance.
• A C-rank prisoner killed a B-rank cellmate after Qu Jianlei secretly used Mental Influence to provoke him, but the authorities found no abnormality.
• Fights and deaths spread among detainees, many of whom hoped to pressure the Alliance into releasing them.
• The authorities ended the large-scale Heavenly Inquiry investigation, kept more than a thousand suspects detained, and released tens of thousands under restrictions.
• Lawrence was released after Benjamin and another Supreme from his faction died, but the authorities urged him to atone by joining the Alien Race battlefield.

After his release, Lawrence learned that Qu Jianlei and Jing Yuexin had rescued him and urged him to seek compensation while gathering information for Digital Phantom. Lawrence realized his family may have passed up a chance to join the team, then went to demand compensation and a public apology despite still being under suspicion.

• Lawrence left prison, reunited with his wife and friends, and spent three days eating while avoiding questions about his imprisonment.
• Qu Jianlei and Jing Yuexin visited Lawrence, confirmed they had helped free him, and told him to gather information about the Empire peace talks and Digital Phantom.
• Lawrence deduced that Qu Jianlei and Jing Yuexin belonged to Digital Phantom and asked them to visit him regularly.
• Lawrence learned that his wife had arranged his rescue through official channels to keep their children safe, and he argued that their family may have lost a rare chance to join Digital Phantom.
• Lawrence demanded Nation compensation and a public apology from the authorities, prompting an official to remind him that he still had to report regularly.

Lawrence pursued compensation from the Alliance and used his case to gather information, while Qu Jianlei and Jing Yuexin investigated the Alliance’s stance toward Digital Phantom. The chapter left Lawrence’s gamble underway as the Alliance watched him and details of its peace-talk strategy emerged.

• Lawrence demanded compensation, hired a prominent legal advocate, and attracted financial backing from people expecting to profit from the case.
• Qu Jianlei told Jing Yuexin that the lawsuit was likely to fail but could pressure the authorities into profitable backroom deals, leaving Lawrence at greatest risk.
• Lawrence connected with other detainees, posed as a potential saboteur of the peace talks, and obtained information while the Alliance monitored his actions.
• Lawrence’s boss warned him to restrain himself, but Lawrence claimed he was only making an excessive effort to obtain compensation.
• Qu Jianlei and Jing Yuexin gathered scattered reports that the Alliance wanted the Empire’s help against the Alien Race, hoped to bring Digital Phantom back, and might try to divide it from the Empire.

Qu Jianlei and Jing Yuexin learned that the Alliance had used Jiao Daoren and his supposed treasure troves to influence Imperial attitudes, then traveled with him to Bi Tao Star to inspect its preparations for an Alien Race attack. They reached the heavily fortified planet and found much of its population had been evacuated.

• Lawrence told Qu Jianlei and Jing Yuexin that Jiao Daoren had supposedly given the Alliance three Treasure Rooms, and Jiao Daoren corrected him that there had only been one, provided as a negotiating tactic.
• Qu Jianlei offered Lawrence gold and told him to continue investigating, then asked Jiao Daoren about his treasure troves and his plans.
• Jiao Daoren offered to share his treasure troves if Qu Jianlei and Jing Yuexin helped destroy the Extraordinary Affairs Research Institute, but Jing Yuexin refused because the Alien Race invasion was imminent.
• Qu Jianlei suggested visiting Bi Tao Star to observe how the Alien Race surrounded a planet, and the group traveled there.
• Qu Jianlei and Jing Yuexin found Bi Tao Star transformed into a fortified war zone, with a crude Hidden Soldiers Cave near their teleportation point and far fewer residents than before.

Qu Jianlei, Jing Yuexin, and Xiao Hu's avatar took shelter as the Alien Race began its attack on Bi Tao, where they observed the Alliance's defenses and military response. They learned that Wu Zhen had been left behind because of his experience, but his defiance had made the authorities fear he could become a threat.

• Qu Jianlei and Jing Yuexin were questioned about their reserve unit designations and warned not to wander around Bi Tao.
• When an alarm sounded, the three followed residents into a rudimentary air-raid shelter, where Qu Jianlei realized outsiders were being kept away from better-provisioned shelters.
• Xiao Hu's avatar found that Bi Tao's weapons had low automation and localized data networks, and Jiao Daoren told them the Alien Race had begun attacking.
• Three Forest Seas approached Bi Tao from different directions, and the Alliance military sent Small Ships to engage them.
• Xiao Hu's avatar discovered that Wu Zhen had remained on Bi Tao after the other refugees were relocated, because the authorities considered his experience useful but worried about his defiance.

After the battle on Bi Tao Star, Qu Jianlei’s group learned that Alliance officers planned to frame two captured Imperial spies as Digital Phantom members and execute them publicly. Qu Jianlei decided to intervene, while Jing Yuexin condemned the Alliance officers’ tactics.

• After the harassment battle, the High-Fidelity Replica of Red Mist asked for a specific piece of fallen tree remains, and Ruler retrieved it while Xiao Hu cleared nearby surveillance.
• Xiao Hu discovered that the High-Fidelity Replica thought the tree remains might belong in the Gathering Spirit Array, and Qu Jianlei agreed to let it examine them later.
• Xiao Hu showed Qu Jianlei and Jing Yuexin a feed of Alliance officers discussing two captured Imperial spies whose disguised genes had been exposed during the battle.
• A major proposed falsely accusing the spies of being Digital Phantom members, and the colonel agreed to announce their execution after reporting the plan to his superior.
• The major suggested livestreaming the execution and using it to draw out potential rescuers, but the colonel rejected the idea of provoking unrest.
• Qu Jianlei decided to intervene for the two spies, and Jing Yuexin condemned the Alliance officers for forcing their hand.

Qu Jianlei and Jing Yuexin attacked the Alliance regiment headquarters to rescue two people and expose a plot to frame Digital Phantom. After destroying the headquarters’ defenses and confronting the garrison, they left the Alliance forces with evidence and a warning.

• Qu Jianlei, Jing Yuexin, and Xiao Hu learned that two captured people were being interrogated at an Alliance regiment headquarters near a Deep Hole Radar Station.
• Qu Jianlei attacked the headquarters while Jing Yuexin announced that Digital Phantom was responding to a scheme and presented video evidence.
• Qu Jianlei broke into the underground rooms and rescued the two bloodied prisoners, then destroyed a Battalion-Class Ship that challenged him.
• Jing Yuexin explained the alleged framing to an Above Supreme and the assembled soldiers, while Qu Jianlei destroyed a fortress that had aimed its cannon at her.
• Qu Jianlei told the Above Supreme he was not worthy of an answer and prepared to leave with Jing Yuexin, but the Above Supreme called out to stop them.

Qu Jianlei and Jing Yuexin faced down Bi Tao’s Alliance forces and left with the two prisoners after refusing to be detained. Their departure revealed that Digital Phantom’s Battalion-Class Ship was willing to fight through the Alien Race surrounding Bi Tao Star.

• The Supreme reviewed the footage of Qu Jianlei and Jing Yuexin killing Alliance officers while more warships and Supremes arrived to reinforce the blockade.
• Qu Jianlei counted down, and the Supreme allowed the pair to leave but demanded they surrender the two prisoners; Jing Yuexin and Qu Jianlei vanished with them before the Alliance could fire.
• The Alliance forces tracked the pair to a Digital Phantom Battalion-Class Ship, but no one ordered an attack as its shield rose and it departed.
• A Bi Tao observation station detected the Battalion-Class Ship attacking the Alien Race blocking its route through space.

Qu Jianlei and Jing Yuexin devastated an Alien Race Forest of Trees near Bi Tao Star, then returned to Tianyu Star to learn that the Alliance planned to demand their attack method and had secretly restarted artificial intelligence research. They left Lawrence with no new information about the Alliance’s stance, while Qu Jianlei expected their success to bring both short-term gains and greater suspicion.

• Alliance observers saw that more than half the Forest Sea had been destroyed by an attack involving intense Space Ripples and speculated that a hidden fleet might have helped Digital Phantom.
• Qu Jianlei attacked the Forest Sea, collected seven or eight pieces of tree wreckage, and learned from the High-Fidelity Replica that fresh remains could be used in a Gathering Spirit Array while older stored remains had lost their vitality.
• Qu Jianlei and Jing Yuexin traveled back to Tianyu Star and met Lawrence, who explained that news of their actions on Bi Tao Star had stirred public hope and calls for compensation from the nation.
• Lawrence learned that the Alliance would add demands related to Digital Phantom to its negotiations with the Empire, leading Qu Jianlei to expect improved conditions but increased suspicion.
• Lawrence revealed that the Alliance had secretly restarted artificial intelligence research, and Qu Jianlei and Jing Yuexin listened as he warned that the effort could bring major trouble.

After returning to Dawn Base, Qu Jianlei discovered that the High-Fidelity Replica might use the tree remains as a new vessel, while Xiang Xue successfully advanced to the Golden Core Realm. The military sought information about her tribulation, but Digital Phantom did not reply, and the Empire’s suspicion of the team deepened.

• Qu Jianlei and Jing Yuexin returned from Tianyu Star, handed two Alliance spies to the Imperial Military, and refused to answer its inquiries about Bi Tao Star.
• The Alliance demanded access to Digital Phantom’s new attack method and requested direct contact, but the Empire rejected the request.
• Qu Jianlei found that Wind Forgotten could sense increased vitality in the tree remains, and a hexagram indicated they could grow alongside the High-Fidelity Replica as its new vessel.
• Xiang Xue entered seclusion at Dawn Base, passed four steady bolts of tribulation lightning, and reached the Golden Core Realm.
• The military asked Digital Phantom for information about Passing Thunder Tribulation, but Digital Phantom read the request without replying.
• The government questioned whether Xiang Xue’s tribulation was genuine, leading military insiders to fear that the Empire’s distrust of Digital Phantom was widening.

Yuanyuan returned to Tianbing Star to visit her dying grandmother and became embroiled in a family inheritance dispute. After her relatives tried to have her arrested, she killed several guards and spared a Supreme who recognized her ties to Digital Phantom; she then hired Gray Organizations to deal with her uncle’s family.

• Xiang Xue continued recovering from her tribulation while Qu Jianlei learned that Yuanyuan had killed two A-rankers and injured a Supreme on Tianbing Star.
• Yuanyuan returned and explained that she had gone to visit her dying grandmother, whose relatives were fighting over the inheritance.
• Yuanyuan defended her grandmother’s right to distribute her property and offered to give up her own share, but her aunt and uncle escalated the dispute.
• When her uncle sent two A-rankers and city guards to take her in, Yuanyuan killed several of them and trapped a nearby Supreme in her Soul Refining Cover.
• Yuanyuan spared the Supreme after he said he knew Jing Yuexin and had helped Kefu, then stayed on Tianbing Star rather than return to Dawn Base.
• Yuanyuan approached local Gray Organizations to eliminate the threat from her uncle, but they feared accepting payment from a Digital Phantom member.

Yuanyuan recounted her retaliation against her relatives’ threats, while Rhine and Yuanyuan attended the launch ceremony for the military’s first improved Qi Gathering Arrays. Their actions and the return of several powerful figures led the government to reconsider its strained relationship with Digital Phantom, though some officials still feared the team’s influence.

• Yuanyuan explained that she had punished her uncle’s allies after they threatened revenge, and Qu Jianlei told her to inform the team before acting next time.
• Qu Jianlei sent Rhine and Yuanyuan to Dream Star to attend the trial launch of five improved Qi Gathering Arrays.
• Two government Supremes visited Rhine and Yuanyuan, then suggested at the celebration banquet that the government and Digital Phantom communicate more directly.
• Qian He informed Qu Jianlei that the government intended to strengthen cooperation with Digital Phantom after investigating Yuanyuan’s case and recognizing the team’s many powerful, mistreated members.
• Some government officials remained concerned that Digital Phantom’s strength could threaten the Empire’s interests and security.

After helping the Empire raid Federation forces, Qu Jianlei’s Digital Phantom fleet was caught in a trap but survived when three captured Alliance Division Level Ships arrived. The Federation force was routed, and all four of its Division Level Ships were captured or crippled.

• Qu Jianlei escorted damaged warships, wounded soldiers, and prisoners back through the Federation’s repaired blockade, then led his fleet back out and made another return trip to confuse the enemy.
• Qu Jianlei agreed to help the Imperial raiding force fight several battles and became interested in the three magical artifacts reportedly kept on Hesmus Star, but Jing Yuexin warned that their owners would hide them.
• Over the next two months, Digital Phantom and the Imperial force fought five battles, finding Federation warships harder to hack and their soldiers fierce in battle.
• The Federation ambushed the raiding force, then sent four Division Level Ships as reinforcements while Qu Jianlei’s force fought them.
• Three captured Alliance Division Level Ships emerged through rippling space, causing the Federation warships to retreat, but Digital Phantom’s force left all four Division Level Ships captured or crippled.

After winning the sixth battle, Digital Phantom gave the Imperial fleet permission to temporarily use its livery mark, and Qu Jianlei’s team traveled to the Federation to investigate conditions there. They found the Federation strained by its war against Asura and decided to head to Hesmus for intelligence.

• Digital Phantom left the Imperial soldiers a damaged Division Level Ship and gave them equipment plus temporary authorization to spray its livery mark.
• Qu Jianlei’s team compared the Federation’s struggle against Asura with the Alliance’s fight against Locust World and chose to gather information in the Federation.
• Qu Jianlei discovered that two of the three Teleportation Arrays on Yongxing Star had been destroyed, so the team chose Teres instead.
• The team arrived on Teres and learned that the Federation’s two wars had drained its finances, weakened businesses, and forced its military to retreat against Asura.
• Qu Jianlei rejected the idea of contacting Tony, learned that Federation reporting on Meat Grinder and Digital Phantom was heavily restricted, and chose to go to Hesmus for intelligence.

Qu Jianlei’s group searched Hesmus for magical artifacts but found they had already been moved, so they pursued information on reaching the Link Nebula and joined a bounty-hunting expedition. They boarded a Horizon Mercenaries ship and prepared to rendezvous with their own Armed Merchant Ship as the fleet set out.

• Yuanyuan refused the Imperial Military’s request for help against unmanned Alliance warships infected by artificial intelligence, saying Digital Phantom’s main force was away.
• Qu Jianlei’s group searched Hesmus for magical artifacts, learned the artifacts had been moved, and gathered information about the Federation and the route to the Link Nebula.
• Fourth Boss arranged for the group to join Horizon Mercenaries, whose military-derived star charts and flexible terms made the expedition seem reliable.
• Qu Jianlei’s group boarded a medium-sized Armed Merchant Ship and told Horizon Mercenaries they had their own ship and would meet them in space.
• The bounty fleet took off with three Horizon Mercenaries ships and six other Armed Merchant Ships, and Qu Jianlei’s group listened from their assigned conference room.

The Horizon fleet was coerced into joining the Wild Wolf Business Association’s Alien Race hunt, while its supervisors caused conflict aboard the ships. Qu Jianlei’s group kept its distance from the turmoil as the fleet received a signal from another merchant ship.

• The Wild Wolf Business Association forced Horizon to join its hunt, but Horizon secured the right to keep its fleet together and retain some autonomy.
• Wild Wolf assigned supervisors to Horizon’s ships, and Fourth Boss used Supreme Coercive Pressure to stop them from inspecting Qu Jianlei’s group.
• A Wild Wolf supervisor shot a female Awakened One for insulting the association, while another woman agreed to accept payment rather than resist his harassment.
• An A-rank woman left Horizon and joined Claire’s group, offering her skills in exchange for half the merit from the Alien Races she killed.
• Horizon discovered nearly forty coerced starships around them, while only four visible ships carried Wild Wolf insignia.
• A day later, an ordinary Armed Merchant Ship arrived and flashed a specific light signal as Qu Jianlei’s group remained isolated aboard their ship.

Hua Xiezhi and Qu Jianlei’s group rebuffed Wild Wolf’s Supervisory Team, then faced a military inspection after Wild Wolf quietly reported them to a Federation patrol. The chapter left a Rank B soldier confronting Hua Xiezhi after she threatened the supervisors and forced their Rank A member to his knees again.

• Hua Lei joined Qu Jianlei’s group aboard their disguised, outdated Armed Merchant Ship, while the Fourth Boss rejected a Bounty Hunter who asked to come along.
• The Fourth Boss allowed Wild Wolf’s Supervisory Team to board, and Duo Gan ordered its members to stand aside while Hua Xiezhi forced their Rank A officer to his knees with Finger Winds.
• The Supervisory Team’s Rank A told Wild Wolf that the group was powerful and uncooperative, so Wild Wolf chose to monitor them quietly.
• The fleet jumped toward the Link Nebula, and an enormous Division Level Ship with a thick tree beneath its hull followed half a day later.
• Wild Wolf identified Qu Jianlei’s group as a thorn in its side and alerted a Federation Patrol Ship, prompting a Battalion-Class Ship and two Company-level Warships to send soldiers aboard for inspection.
• Hua Xiezhi silenced the Supervisory Team’s Rank A again and challenged the Rank B soldier when he objected to her treatment of them.

Qu Jianlei’s group refused to yield to the Wild Wolf Business Association after a military inspection, and negotiations over the Supervisory Team broke down. As the fleet searched for the Asura, Wild Wolf stayed quiet, and Qu Jianlei suspected they were waiting to strike after an encounter with the Asura.

• Hua Xiezhi intimidated the Rank B Warrior, who recorded the hunters’ aliases and left the two Wild Wolf Supervisory Team members aboard Qu Jianlei’s starship.
• Qu Jianlei ignored repeated calls from the Wild Wolf Business Association, and the Fourth Boss rejected Skyline’s offer to withdraw the Supervisory Team and end the dispute.
• The fleet continued toward the Asura without Wild Wolf making a move, while other starships kept their distance from Qu Jianlei’s group.
• Qu Jianlei told Claire that Wild Wolf was likely holding back a nasty trick until after they encountered the Asura.
• When the fleet found no trace of the Asura, the Wild Wolf Business Association ordered it to split into groups to explore and keep watch in different directions.

Qu Jianlei and his companions were attacked by the Wild Wolf Business Association, and their starship deftly evaded the assault while fighting back. After they publicly executed two Supervisory Team members, a hidden Federation warship appeared and charged toward the battle, leaving the onlooking hunters waiting to see what would happen next.

• The Fourth Boss predicted that the Wild Wolf Business Association would attack, and four of its Armed Merchant Ships soon surrounded Qu Jianlei and his companions.
• Qu Jianlei's starship evaded the barrage and destroyed three Small Ships, while most nearby starships refused Wild Wolf's call to join the fight.
• Paranoid ordered the two Supervisory Team members beheaded, and their deaths were broadcast to the surrounding fleets.
• Hua Xiezhi and the Fourth Boss's Small Ship reached a hidden Battalion-Class Ship, which appeared and led Wild Wolf to suspect the group were military personnel.
• The Wild Wolf Business Association reduced its attack intensity and tried to make contact as the Battalion-Class Ship charged toward the battlefield.

The Battalion-Class Ship destroyed the Wild Wolf Business Association’s armed fleet and took Hua Lei aboard after she chose to stay with Qu Jianlei’s team. Two days later, the team avoided a promising Alien Race group, leaving Hua Lei puzzled as Claire took her to eat.

• The Battalion-Class Ship launched six Small Ships, which defeated the Wild Wolf Business Association’s seven Armed Merchant Ships and looted them.
• The Horizon Mercenaries decided to send the Supervisory Team members back, while Hua Lei chose to stay with Qu Jianlei’s team.
• The Battalion-Class Ship departed with Qu Jianlei’s group and Hua Lei, and the remaining fleet agreed to hunt together without using Supervisory Teams.
• Two days later, the Battalion-Class Ship avoided a group of eight Alien Races despite their potential bounty, and Hua Lei wondered why.
• Claire came to take Hua Lei to eat, and Hua Lei asked her about the Alien Race group they had passed.

Hua Lei traded information with Claire and Tian Yin while learning more about their hunt for the Asura, then realized the group was not made up of Federation soldiers. Qu Jianlei appeared and Hua Lei identified them as Digital Phantom, though Claire angrily corrected her wording.

• Claire told Hua Lei that the team planned to reach an Asura nest and had defeated a large nest before, but limited ammunition made fighting through the route difficult.
• Hua Lei revealed that Above Supreme was properly called the Nascent Soul Realm, and Claire explained that the Out-of-Body and Soul-Splitting Realms came above it.
• Claire offered to let Hua Lei stay in a Life Support Pod and give her Asura corpses, but Hua Lei asked for help killing two Supremes who might be backed by a Nascent Soul Realm cultivator.
• Hua Lei asked to speak with one of the adults, and Qu Jianlei appeared and pointed out that she had inferred the team’s identity from its ship, strength, and knowledge of Divine Script.
• Hua Lei guessed that the group was Digital Phantom, and Claire corrected her for calling them Phantom or Ghost.

Hua Lei told Digital Phantom how an old guardian had passed her information about the Divine Script cultivator who invented the Imperial Decree, and asked whether he had deceived the old man. After learning that Digital Phantom recruited across nationalities, she questioned why the team accepted Alliance members but not people from the Federation.

• Qu Jianlei asked whether Hua Lei's Imperial Decree information concerned an Above Supreme, and Jing Yuexin proved Digital Phantom's identity by showing her the Soul Suppressing Bell.
• Hua Lei recounted how she met a wounded old man, later learned from him, and inherited his account of guarding the Divine Script cultivator who invented the Imperial Decree.
• Hua Lei explained that the Federation's investigation of the Imperial Decree had put her family in danger, forcing her to become a Bounty Hunter.
• Hua Lei asked whether the old man had been deceived, and Jiao Daoren insisted that the Divine Script cultivator had recognized the old man's true nature.
• Hua Lei expressed interest in joining Digital Phantom, then asked why the team accepted Alliance members but not people from the Federation.