Chapter Summaries

Flying Heaven Trading Company began attracting customers after its GG advertisement went live, selling Energy Cores and trading with Togo for Starlight Vine seeds and fruit. As sales expanded, Yun Xinghe permanently blacklisted the Silver Three Star People after they cheated the company in a deal.

• Yun Qiaoqiao fielded inquiries, and Luo Xin and Xia Xingkong showed Togo the warehouse stock the next morning.
• Togo bought five hundred thousand Energy Cores at 180 Star Coins each, then traded for another thousand cores with one hundred thousand Starlight Fruit and ten thousand Starlight Vine seeds.
• Gang Du inspected the stock with other merchants, bought one hundred thousand Energy Cores at 185 Star Coins each, and then exaggerated the deal to friends to attract more customers.
• Flying Heaven Trading Company gained recognition, and customers from many civilizations arrived to buy Energy Cores.
• A Silver Three merchant used deceptive tactics to take extra Energy Cores while paying for only one hundred thousand.
• Yun Xinghe ordered the Silver Three Star People permanently blacklisted from all future business.

After Energy Core sales slowed, Yun Xinghe decided to use Flying Heaven Trading Company's wealth to build a luxurious new exploration spaceship. He secured Basba Shipyard for the hull while the Three-Eyed People gathered rare materials from an aging star.

• Luo Xin and Bieliekov reported that Energy Core sales had slowed as Thousand Stars City's market became saturated, and Yun Xinghe chose to keep the remaining stock or trade it for distinctive goods.
• Du Xiaopang revealed that the company held 91.56 billion Star Coins and 367 types of goods, and Yun Xinghe said the funds would go toward a new spaceship.
• Yun Xinghe split the crew, assigning Luo Xin to manage the trading company while he sought a capable shipyard to build the spaceship.
• Heng Doctor confirmed that the aging star held unusually concentrated rare materials, and Yun Xinghe promised the Three-Eyed People larger quarters when the new spaceship was finished.
• Yun Xinghe negotiated with Shan Balu at Basba Shipyard, offering 30 billion Star Coins for the shipyard to cooperate on the spaceship's hull, and Shan Balu accepted.

Thousand Stars City’s factions tried to recruit or exploit Yun Xinghe’s group after learning of their vast Energy Core reserves, while the Jialai Civilization vowed revenge. Yun Xinghe refused to tie the group to local powers and ordered surveillance as they prepared for a possible blockade and investigated the city’s history of missing visitors.

• Several commerce guilds sought to recruit the Flying Heaven, but Yun Xinghe declined the Unicorn Commerce Guild’s offer, prompting its president to begin a trade war by lowering Level Three Energy Block prices.
• Thousand Stars City’s star government invited the group to invest or share technology, but Yun Xinghe said they planned to leave after completing their business.
• The Jialai People President learned the Blue Star Civilization had arrived and vowed to blockade Thousand Stars City in five years and seize the group and its spacecraft.
• Su Jialu, Lan Xiulong, and Gu Fan discussed whether to attack the Jialai Civilization, but Yun Xinghe argued against revealing their strength prematurely.
• Yun Xinghe revealed that Xiao Kong had found that more than eighty percent of distant spacecraft arriving in Thousand Stars City had mysteriously vanished, so the group decided to deploy smart particles for wide-area surveillance.

As Yun Xinghe and his crew uncovered that Thousand Stars City had built its reputation by manufacturing and cloning intelligent species, they realized the scheme was backed by the Babi Civilization. Meanwhile, the city’s leaders planned to seize the crew’s advanced spaceship as soon as it was completed.

• Yun Qiaoqiao, Su Jialu, Lan Xiulong, and Luo Xin discussed how Thousand Stars City had created artificial races and concealed the truth after the scandal drove merchants away.
• Du Xiaopang spotted City Lord Dong Kelang meeting secretly with merchants and Shanbalu to plot against Yun Xinghe’s crew.
• Shanbalu warned the meeting that the crew’s spaceship and equipment were far beyond Thousand Stars City’s ability to match, and advised them not to provoke the civilization behind it.
• Nuo Ente and the other merchants argued that they should take the risk, seize the crew’s wealth, and turn Thousand Stars City into a kingdom.
• Dong Kelang declared that they would make their move when the spaceship was finished and use it as his personal flagship.

Thousand Stars City deployed its hidden Genesis Fleet and annihilated the invading Jialai fleet. After learning that the fleet was Thousand Stars City's greatest military asset, Yun Xinghe and Lan Xiulong planned to turn the tables at the Star City Lord's invitation banquet.

• Dong Kelang refused the Jialai commander’s demand to surrender the Blue Star people and their spacecraft, then ordered the Genesis Fleet to destroy the invading fleet.
• Thousand Stars City launched ten thousand Level Three warships and reassured its residents that the deployment was a military exercise.
• The Genesis Fleet overwhelmed the Jialai fleet, destroyed all five hundred ships, and killed the Jialai commander.
• Dong Kelang celebrated the victory and declared that the Genesis Fleet would let Thousand Stars City conquer other civilizations without outside protection.
• Yun Xinghe and Lan Xiulong learned that the Genesis Fleet was Thousand Stars City’s greatest military asset and decided to act at the Star City Lord’s invitation banquet.

Yun Xinghe turned Dong Kelang’s farewell banquet into a public reckoning after revealing that his group had seized control of Thousand Stars City. With the castle’s defenses destroyed, he began forcing the merchants to confess their crimes.

• Dong Kelang invited Yun Xinghe and his companions to a banquet, intending to seize their spaceship and kill anyone who resisted.
• Yun Xinghe accepted the invitation and arrived at Dong Kelang’s castle with his group, where more than a hundred powerful merchants had gathered.
• Yun Xinghe announced that his group controlled the city’s systems and ordered the merchants to confess publicly or face execution.
• Nuote En and the other merchants mocked Yun Xinghe, but Dong Kelang’s security forces failed to respond when he summoned them.
• A servant reported that the castle was under attack, then a Laser Water Drop killed him; Yun Xinghe showed the merchants footage of the devices wiping out the defenses.
• Nuote En tried to shoot Yun Xinghe and was killed by lasers, after which Yun Xinghe ordered a Ba Bi People merchant to confess his crimes.

During the three-day trial, Dong Kelang revealed that Thousand Stars City had created most of its species and secretly murdered visitors for their genes and property. Yun Xinghe abandoned the merchants to the furious residents and left with Factory Director Shanbalu as the crowd stormed the undefended City Lord’s Castle.

• Dong Kelang confessed that his father had created most of Thousand Stars City’s intelligent species and that the merchants had later killed visitors and stolen their genes and property.
• Yun Xinghe showed the merchants videos of their crimes, while the revelation plunged Star City’s residents into despair and rage.
• More than three billion residents gathered outside the City Lord’s Castle, demanding revenge on the merchants.
• Yun Xinghe told the merchants they would face the consequences, then kicked Dong Kelang away and left with Factory Director Shanbalu and his companions.
• The robots withdrew from the castle, and the residents surged inside.

Yun Xinghe helped Thousand Stars City choose a new leader and a more confident path before preparing to leave aboard a rebuilt spacecraft. He named the ship Starry Sky, departed with his companions, and left hidden defenses to protect the city.

• Yun Xinghe organized an election and advised Thousand Stars City's residents to embrace their diversity and rebuild their city with confidence.
• Yun Xinghe and his companions boarded a greatly upgraded spacecraft, whose new technology included biomedical research that could help reduce memory loss from hibernation.
• Yun Xinghe chose Starry Sky as the spacecraft's new name, and his companions agreed.
• Factory Director Shanbalu pleaded with Yun Xinghe to stay and defend Thousand Stars City, but Yun Xinghe reassured him that he had left hidden Water Drops as contingencies.
• Yun Xinghe and his companions departed Thousand Stars City aboard Starry Sky.

The Destroyer Star Pirate Gang’s leader, Manquela, agreed to intercept the Nebula Princess after Usurper Frega offered him a reward to capture the royal siblings aboard. The Princess entered the Goya Nebula, slowed dramatically in its sticky clouds, and left the siblings vulnerable as pirate ships approached.

• Frega offered Manquela money, a title, and a fief if he intercepted the Nebula Princess and dealt with its passengers.
• Manquela asked Frega for the ship’s coordinates, intending to seize the travelers passing through his territory.
• The Crown Prince ignored his sister’s warnings and piloted the Nebula Princess into the Goya Nebula.
• The nebula’s resistance forced the Princess below 0.1c and covered it in a thick mass of sticky material.
• Three pirate ships headed toward the stopped Nebula Princess from less than three light-days away.

As the Starry Sky crossed the Goya Nebula, Yun Xinghe’s crew encountered pirates pursuing two escape pods after their ship exploded. The pirates spotted the Starry Sky’s unusual speed and gave chase, but the chapter left their ships facing an attack from its laser Water Drops.

• Lan Xiulong explained how the viscous nebula slowed ships, while the crew discussed the risk of encountering pirates.
• Xianglan Meiqin detected a weapons attack, and the crew learned that three pirate ships were chasing the overheating Nebula Princess.
• The Nebula Princess exploded after its engine failed, but its two occupants escaped in pods that the pirates later recovered.
• The pirates noticed the Starry Sky passing at 0.35c and pursued it to protect their gang’s reputation and livelihood.
• Yun Xinghe ordered the Starry Sky to release around a hundred laser Water Drops, and the pirate ships’ AIs warned that their engines were overheating.
• Curved Blade reported that the Starry Sky had launched what appeared to be missiles, startling the captains of the Evil Tooth and Rusty Ship.

The Starry Sky defeated three pirate ships and rescued Ceres and Ayesha, then learned a stronger pirate gang might pursue them. As Yun Xinghe rejected Ceres’s request to escort him to the Norton Kingdom, a large pirate fleet appeared ahead and the Starry Sky prepared for battle.

• Yun Xinghe ordered the Laser Water Drops to overwhelm the three pirate ships, and the pirates abandoned ship while the crew salvaged nearby escape pods.
• The Starry Sky captured more than twenty pirates, who revealed that the Destroyer Star Pirate Gang had a powerful Level Four flagship; Yun Xinghe’s crew discussed avoiding a fight until they left the nebula.
• Yun Xinghe brought two unusual survivors aboard after deciding their extravagant clothes showed they were not pirates.
• Ceres told Yun Xinghe that his uncle had usurped the Sovereign Kingdom’s throne and asked for passage to the Norton Kingdom, but Yun Xinghe refused and left.
• An alarm announced that a massive pirate fleet was charging toward the Starry Sky as Yun Xinghe headed to the bridge.

Yun Xinghe and Starry Sky fought off the Destroyer Star Pirate Gang, using Long Spike missiles and Water Drops to destroy its ships and flagship. Outside the Goya Nebula, Ceres and Ayesha stared in disbelief at the ruined Trident.

• Manquela learned that three pirate ships had been destroyed and ordered the Trident fleet to pursue Starry Sky.
• Gu Fan fired Long Spike missiles that heavily damaged three pirate ships, while Starry Sky’s laser cannon pierced the Trident’s Energy Shield and damaged its nebula-clearing device.
• The pirates attacked with fighters, lasers, and space torpedoes, but Gu Fan intercepted the torpedoes as Starry Sky continued onward.
• When the pirates caught up hours later, Yun Xinghe ordered the Water Drops to attack; the giant Water Drops destroyed ten pirate ships, and the laser Water Drops sliced apart the Trident and killed Manquela.
• One day later, Ceres and Ayesha saw the wrecked Trident outside the Goya Nebula and struggled to believe the Destroyer Star Pirate Gang had been defeated.

Ceres and Ayesha hoped to persuade Yun Xinghe’s crew to help them reclaim the Sovereign Kingdom, while the Starry Sky crew salvaged advanced equipment from the Trident and learned why the siblings’ father had been assassinated. Yun Xinghe refused to help restore the siblings to power, leaving their plan uncertain.

• Ceres told Ayesha they should persuade the Starry Sky crew to help them defeat Ferrega, and she agreed to help him approach them.
• Heng Doctor reported that the Trident’s Energy Shield device could be repaired, while Xia Xingkong found a lightly damaged Antimatter Engine and ten liters of Antimatter Fuel.
• The Starry Sky crew spent more than two months installing the Antimatter Engine and working on the Energy Shield, postponing the shield’s installation until they reached a star system with the required materials.
• Yun Xinghe asked Ceres and Ayesha about their father’s assassination, and they explained that he had tried to reclaim the nobles’ fiefs and military authority through reforms.
• Ayesha insisted that the people would support her, but Yun Xinghe refused to help restore her kingdom, arguing that the siblings lacked the power to overcome the nobles.

After leaving Ceres and Ayesha on Yanadan Planet, Yun Xinghe’s crew watched their separate fortunes unfold while preparing to install the Starry Sky’s Energy Shield near the central star. Ceres squandered his money and suffered repeated misfortunes, but his claim to the throne was eventually believed, and he was introduced to the planet’s ruler.

• Yun Xinghe sent Ceres and Ayesha to Yanadan Planet with 100,000 Badu and urged them to live anonymously, but Ceres beat Ayesha and left her with no money.
• The Starry Sky’s crew watched the siblings through quantum particle surveillance; Yun Xinghe refused to intervene, and the ship continued toward the central star.
• The crew began cutting holes in the Starry Sky to install its Energy Shield, a process expected to take about a year.
• Ceres spent his money lavishly, was kidnapped and robbed, then resorted to crude theft and scams that repeatedly got him beaten.
• After investigating Ceres’s claims, a local figure recognized him as Crown Prince Ceres and introduced him to Yanadan Planet’s ruler, Kozh Xinwa Earl.

After falling into poverty, Ayesha lived with Lao En's family and learned firsthand how the kingdom's lower classes struggled, then found work in a wealthy district. When Viscount Gabus tried to abduct her and Lao En was beaten defending her, soldiers intervened and identified Ayesha as an Earl's fiancée.

• Lao En rescued the injured, starving Ayesha and brought her to his impoverished home, where she came to understand the hardship of the lower classes.
• After recovering, Ayesha found a well-paid waitress job, and Lao En lost his factory job after becoming distracted by her prospects.
• Lao En fought off thugs who cornered Ayesha, and she vowed not to leave him; he began escorting her to work.
• A Son of a Baron pursued Ayesha, and Lao En bit off half his ear after the man slapped her.
• A viscount pursued Ayesha across multiple jobs, then tried to seize her by force while his men beat Lao En.
• Armed soldiers surrounded the shop and confronted Viscount Gabus, demanding to know why he had tried to take the Earl's fiancée.

Kozh Xinwa Earl plotted to use Crown Prince Ceres and Princess Ayesha to seize the throne, while Ayesha felt trapped and resigned herself to marrying him. At the wedding, a mysterious message offered her the chance to control her own fate.

• Kozh Xinwa Earl learned that Ceres and Ayesha were on Yanadan Planet and planned to use them to claim greater power and eventually the throne.
• Kozh Xinwa ordered his men to find Ayesha and intended to marry her, control the royal siblings, and secure his claim to the crown.
• After Viscount Gabus was imprisoned, Ayesha felt exhausted by years of men trying to possess her and believed she could escape only through death.
• Ayesha accepted that she would marry Kozh Xinwa Earl and became emotionally numb as the wedding began.
• A mysterious green message appeared before Ayesha, asking whether she wanted to control her own fate, and her eyes lit up.

Ayesha used her wedding to Earl Kez Xinwa as a pretext to seize his territory, killing him and his heirs before forcing the people of Yanadan to submit. She crushed the noble opposition, took control of the planet’s military and government, and left Yun Xinghe watching the results of her ruthless takeover.

• Ayesha agreed to marry Earl Kez Xinwa, then asked whether she would inherit his territory if he died.
• A laser killed Earl Kez Xinwa, and Ayesha killed his six sons when the Divine Shepherd said they could inherit the territory.
• Ayesha forced the wedding guests and plaza spectators to kneel, declared herself ruler of Yanadan and Earl Kez’s Territory, and demanded loyalty.
• Ayesha recruited commoners to purge noble officers and seize control of Yanadan’s Aerospace Defense Force, leaving only the distant Interstellar Fleet outside her command.
• Within seven days, Ayesha’s reforms and executions had shattered the noble class and raised her approval rating to 99 percent.
• Yun Xinghe watched Ayesha address a fanatical crowd and called her takeover suffocating.

Ayesha explained her decision to abolish the feudal order and establish a Common Society, then asked Yun Xinghe for the tools to spread the new system across the Sovereign Kingdom. Yun Xinghe agreed to provide sophons and personal protection before the Starry Sky departed, leaving Ayesha to pursue her revolution.

• Ayesha’s reforms transformed Yanadan Planet into a Common Society, abolishing noble privilege and publicizing shared ownership and relative equality.
• Yun Xinghe explained that Common Society had succeeded in only one civilization and warned Ayesha that the nobles would become her enemies.
• Ayesha asked Yun Xinghe to lend her one hundred thousand pairs of sophons so she could spread her ideas throughout the kingdom.
• Yun Xinghe agreed to provide the sophons and leave one thousand Laser Water Drops to protect Ayesha, but she declined his offer to deal with the returning fleet.
• The Starry Sky delivered the sophons and left the Yanadan Star System, while Ayesha later became known as the Devil Queen after reclaiming and expanding the Sovereign Kingdom.

Zhou Ming established Genesis Technology, recruited Su Qingrong and his research team, and hurried to the hospital when his wife went into labor. After hours of anxious waiting, the newborn cried, and Zhou Ming rushed into the delivery room asking whether the baby was a boy or a girl.

• After earning his doctorate, Zhou Ming declined Su Qingrong’s offer to join his research team and revealed plans to fund his own medical research institution with ten billion.
• Su Qingrong asked to join Genesis Technology with his team, and Zhou Ming welcomed them.
• Genesis Technology officially opened in late June, leased a twelve-story building, and recruited more than a hundred graduate-degree employees.
• Song Yaqin called Zhou Ming to tell him that Yuxiang was about to give birth, and he rushed to First Maternal and Child Health Hospital.
• After waiting anxiously for hours while Yuxiang gave birth, Zhou Ming heard the newborn cry and rushed into the delivery room to ask whether the baby was a boy or a girl.

Zhou Ming and Su Yuxiang welcomed their son, named Zhou Yuhu, and their families celebrated his birth. After Su Yuxiang returned home, Zhou Ming devoted himself to caring for his family while juggling his businesses and other responsibilities.

• Zhou Ming learned that Su Yuxiang had given birth to a boy and stayed by her side as they welcomed their son.
• Su Yuxiang chose the name Zhou Yuhu, rejecting Su Qingrong's suggestion of Zhou Junxuan, and Zhou Ming supported her choice.
• Wang Xiaoxia arrived at the hospital, joined Song Yaqin in doting on the baby, and urged Zhou Ming and Su Yuxiang to have more children.
• Song Feifei visited, declared herself Zhou Yuhu's godmother, and delighted in holding him.
• A week later, Su Yuxiang returned home, and Zhou Ming balanced caring for his family with work on his companies and other projects.