Recaps

Chen Mo rented an advanced research base to make armor while Jing Ge returned to Zong Tu Star, and Zi Yun emerged from black-hole punishment to receive a mission. The chapter ended as Zi Mu reported that the Demon Flame Civilization had released major news, leaving Zi Yun’s mission uncertain.

• Dong led Chen Mo to an advanced research base, where Chen Mo rented the facilities for fifteen days and arranged delivery of his materials.
• Chen Mo contacted Gray Twenty-One to collect body data for a custom suit of armor and warned Jing Ge that factions might be searching for them.
• Jing Ge asked Chen Mo to buy potato snacks before Chen Mo took control of the research base’s Artificial Intelligence and robots.
• Zi Yun emerged from a black hole after years of outside time and learned that her punishment had been lifted.
• Zi Mu told Zi Yun that Ze Qi had been killed by Chen Mo and that she was ordered to seize the Demon Flame Civilization’s Superpower Development Technology.
• Zi Mu received news from the Shi Gan Star System that the Demon Flame Civilization had released major news.

The Demon Flame Civilization announced that it would exchange Superpower Development Technology for top-tier technologies at the Black City Auction, drawing the attention of civilizations across the Pan-Universe Alliance. At Black City, Chen Mo designed specialized armor for Gray Twenty-One and learned that his adaptive top-level battle armor could be sold at the auction.

• The Demon Flame Civilization announced that it would auction Superpower Development Technology in sixteen days in exchange for advanced technologies, stirring competition among major civilizations.
• Chen Mo designed teleportation-focused assassin armor for Gray Twenty-One and ordered Mo Nv No. 2 to manufacture its components.
• Chen Mo told Dong he wanted to sell battle armor, and Dong was astonished to see that Chen Mo had designed adaptive top-level armor.
• Dong offered to help place the armor in the Black City Auction, and Chen Mo agreed, estimating that it would be ready in five days.

As the Seven Great God-Level Civilizations prepared to compete at the Black City Auction, Chen Mo arranged to sell his Swallow battle armor so he could replenish his Antimatter Energy and leave Shi Gan Star. He gave Gray Twenty-One his customized Grayscale armor, and the auction began two days later.

• Rumors spread that the Seven Great God-Level Civilizations were vying for the Demon Flame Civilization's Superpower Development Technology, with the Black City Auction set to host the decisive confrontation.
• Chen Mo showed Dong the indigo-level adaptive battle armor Swallow and agreed to put it up for auction to fund his departure from Shi Gan Star.
• Jing Ge let Gray Twenty-One pause his brutal training, and Chen Mo presented him with the customized camouflage battle armor Grayscale.
• Gray Twenty-One registered Grayscale as his own, then Jing Ge ordered him back to training.
• Two days later, the Black City Auction opened on Bai Yun Star as the Pan-Universe Alliance watched.

Powerful civilizations gathered at the Black City Auction House on Shi Gan Star as Chen Mo planned to leave as soon as the auction ended. The auction began with ordinary treasures, and the sixth item, Swallow, was brought onto the stage with the auctioneer visibly excited by its recorded data.

• Lei Ting arrived at the auction house and learned from Lord Dan that the Black Eye Civilization was making secret moves on Shi Gan Star.
• Jiong Wu arrived, and he and Lei Ting exchanged threats before Zi Yun's arrival ended their standoff.
• Chen Mo recognized Zi Yun and decided to collect his money and leave Shi Gan Star immediately after the auction.
• Chen Mo entered the auction house's VIP area as several other civilizations arrived and the event began.
• The auctioneer presented the first five items before attendants brought out a covered display cabinet containing Swallow.

The auction house revealed Swallow, a rare adaptive Top-level Battle Armor, and its demonstration impressed Mech Warriors and representatives from God-level Civilizations. The bidding passed 10 billion star coins, leaving Chen Mo astonished by its value.

• The old auctioneer introduced a mysterious auction item and showed a video of Swallow fighting ten Advanced Armor Masters.
• Lei Ting and Bai Lu praised Swallow’s design and performance, while the auctioneer explained that it was adaptive armor that fit many common body types.
• The auctioneer began bidding at 3 billion star coins, and the price quickly climbed to 5.8 billion.
• Lei Ting, Jiong Wu, Bai Lu, and other bidders joined the contest as the price surged past 9 billion.
• A Mech Warrior bid 10.2 billion star coins, and Chen Mo was surprised by how valuable the armor had become.

The auction’s sealed bidding for Demon Flame Civilization’s Superpower Development Technology began, drawing offers from God-level and Top-Tier Civilizations. Chen Mo collected his payment and hurried to leave, while Devil Flame King reviewed the bids and faced the choice of which civilization to accept.

• Swallow sold for 10.2 billion star credits to an unknown Advanced Armor Master, and its later revenge-fueled debut silenced doubts about its performance.
• The auctioneer announced a sealed bid for Demon Flame Civilization’s Superpower Development Technology, allowing Devil Flame King to choose his preferred exchange terms.
• Chen Mo collected 10 billion star credits, arranged to refill his spaceship with Antimatter Energy, and left the auction house with Mi.
• Bai Lu submitted White Star Civilization’s prepared terms, while Lei Ting and Jiong Wu challenged each other over their offers and Zi Yun invited everyone to hear Ziwei Civilization’s terms.
• The participating civilizations submitted their bids, and Devil Flame King examined the more than twenty offers before considering which one to choose.

The God-level Civilizations left Bai Yun Star after bidding for Demon Flame Civilization's Superpower Development Technology, while a mysterious blockade began in the Shi Gan Star System. Chen Mo reunited with Jing Ge, Gray Twenty-One, and Little Beast to head for Earth, but the Space Curvature Engine could not fold space.

• Dong destroyed the losing bids and ended the auction, keeping the winning faction's identity secret for ten hours.
• The representatives of the Seven Great God-level Civilizations revealed themselves and speculated about who had won the technology before leaving Bai Yun Star.
• A Mech Warrior activated an unknown instrument on a desolate planet, beginning a blockade of the Shi Gan Star System.
• Chen Mo returned to Zong Tu Star's vicinity, refueled his spacecraft, and prepared to leave for Earth.
• Jing Ge arrived with Gray Twenty-One and Little Beast, but the spacecraft's alarms warned that space could not be folded.

A Space Trap sealed the Shi Gan Star System, trapping Chen Mo and preventing spatial jumps as Thunder God Civilization and Black Eye Civilization fought on Shi Gan Star. Chen Mo decided to build Space Connectors to escape, while the battle continued elsewhere.

• The Space Trap sealed the Shi Gan Star System, and the Seven Great God-Level Civilizations denied responsibility for setting it up.
• Thunder God Civilization and Black Eye Civilization began fighting on Shi Gan Star, devastating the planet and driving its inhabitants to flee.
• Lei Ting and Jiong Wu fought in a clash that devastated vast areas and killed or displaced hundreds of billions of lifeforms.
• Chen Mo learned that the Space Trap prevented escape by spatial folding and realized he was trapped after arriving just over an hour too late.
• Chen Mo told Jing Ge they would build Space Connectors and sent him to buy manufacturing equipment and instruments.

The destruction of the Demon Flame Civilization intensified the conflict in the sealed Shi Gan Star System, while Shui Ling traveled toward a possible escape route. On Zong Tu Star, Chen Mo began building a base and preparing to construct a Space Connector, but two approaching spacecraft triggered the planetary defense alarm.

• The Demon Flame Civilization was destroyed, and the Seven Great God-Level Civilizations denied responsibility while the Space Trap around the Shi Gan Star System remained in place.
• The Thunder God Civilization and the Black Eye Civilization fought again, and Lei Ting defeated the severely injured Jiong Wu while wearing War Drum armor.
• Shui Ling told her teacher she was heading toward a distant Star System that might offer a way out of the Shi Gan Star System.
• Chen Mo bought equipment and rare materials, then continued transforming Zong Tu Star with Mo Nv's help and asked Jing Ge to move asteroids into synchronous orbit.
• Zong Tu Star's defense system detected two spacecraft approaching, so Chen Mo, Jing Ge, and Gray Twenty-One activated their battle armor and flew up to meet them.

Chen Mo, Jing Ge, and Gray Twenty-One stopped Kui Mu’s group from entering Zong Tu Star and slaughtered most of the invading Mech Warriors. They spared the forty-one who surrendered to use them for Space Connector construction.

• Chen Mo warned Kui Mu’s spaceship to stay away from Zong Tu Star, but Kui Mu led his Mech Warriors toward the planet and demanded shelter and Antimatter Energy.
• After Chen Mo refused, Kui Mu revealed his hostile intent and attacked with his force of more than one hundred and thirty Mech Warriors.
• Chen Mo, Jing Ge, and Gray Twenty-One used their overwhelming strength to kill Kui Mu and most of his team in under ten minutes.
• Forty-one surviving Mech Warriors surrendered, and Chen Mo decided to keep them for space construction work.
• Chen Mo looked over the bodies drifting through space and felt no joy as the Shi Gan Star System descended further into chaos.

Chen Mo conscripted forty-one lifeforms to help secure and develop Shi Gan Star System, then contacted his people in the Small Universe and refused their offer of aid. Elsewhere, Dan investigated the blockade around Shi Gan Star as Black Eye Civilization reinforced its forces and drove Lei Ting’s fleet from its Star System.

• Chen Mo fitted the forty-one lifeforms with restraining wristbands and core chips, named Pu Ke their captain and Redskin their vice-captain, and ordered them to move asteroids into Zong Tu Star’s orbit.
• Chen Mo contacted Tuo Li and the others on Man Shan Star, explained that Space Traps prevented them from reaching him, and told them to keep developing the Small Universe.
• Chen Mo decided to prepare War Robots to guard Zong Tu Star and its future Space Connectors against the spreading disorder.
• On Black Bull Star, Dan ordered his subordinate to investigate whether Tong Qing and Yan were in Shi Gan Star System, locate their Space Connector, and uncover White Star Civilization’s movements.
• Tu Er led Black Eye Civilization reinforcements into Shi Gan Star’s vicinity, helping the recovered Jiong Wu defeat Lei Ting’s forces and drive their fleet from its Star System.

Chen Mo fortified Zong Tu Star and continued building the Space Connector while a fleet from the Endless Sea Civilization arrived seeking a meeting. Shui Ling agreed to visit Chen Mo in person after removing her destructive thermal weapons, despite Gui Xiang's concerns.

• Chen Mo used prisoners as laborers and built factories, War Robots, and other defenses while Nanobots assembled the Space Connector around Zong Tu Star.
• Shui Ling's fleet found the developing Star System and identified it as the place her teacher had described.
• Shui Ling chose to follow protocol and sent Chen Mo a message requesting a meeting rather than entering the Star System uninvited.
• Chen Mo contacted Shui Ling and agreed to meet if she removed her destructive thermal weapons before entering.
• Gui Xiang warned Shui Ling about the risk, but she agreed to disarm and he decided to accompany her.

Shui Ling and Gui Xiang discovered that Chen Mo controlled a heavily fortified Star System and asked to join him so they could leave Shi Gan Star. Chen Mo agreed on the condition that the Endless Sea personnel obey his command, while Odd prepared to expose their presence to stir up trouble.

• Shui Ling and Gui Xiang entered the Star System and were astonished by its advanced weapons, top-tier Artificial Intelligence, and Antimatter and Dark Matter factories.
• Chen Mo and Jing Ge met Shui Ling and Gui Xiang, whose prophetic abilities had led them to seek a way out of Shi Gan Star.
• Shui Ling asked Chen Mo to take her people with him when he left, and Chen Mo agreed on the condition that they follow his command until then.
• Shui Ling accepted Chen Mo's condition, and he told her to bring all her people into the Star System.
• Odd learned that the Endless Sea fleet had entered the Star System and ordered his subordinate to spread the news of their presence.

Chen Mo and Shui Ling defended their Star System from fleeing lives who rushed toward it after the Endless Sea Civilization’s location was exposed. After Chen Mo’s defenses destroyed the unauthorized ships and intercepted an attack by Dark Forest Civilization robots, a new alarm signaled another threat.

• Chen Mo ordered the Star System to destroy unauthorized ships, and Shui Ling ordered the Endless Sea Civilization fleet to join the defense.
• Antimatter Bombs destroyed ships that entered the blockade zone, killing the lives aboard and forcing other vessels to halt outside it.
• Nearly five hundred disguised ships deployed Dark Forest Civilization robots, which Chen Mo met with his War Robots.
• Chen Mo’s stealth robots destroyed the attackers’ ships while millions of war machines battled in space.
• Chen Mo and Shui Ling suspected the Dark Forest Civilization had another move, and an alarm sounded as new footage appeared.

Chen Mo’s defenses detected ten Dark Forest Civilization Mech Warriors infiltrating the Star System toward Zong Tu Star, where the Space Connector was under construction. As the assault continued, Chen Mo called Jing Ge to confront the leading invader, Odd.

• Chen Mo sent Jing Ge, Gray Twenty-One, and ten Endless Sea Civilization Mech Warriors to protect Zong Tu Star, while Mo Nv activated the Star System’s defenses.
• Space-based weapons ambushed the ten invaders, killing two and exposing the remaining eight as users of customized Top-level Battle Armor.
• Chen Mo marked the strongest invader for concentrated fire, but the warrior destroyed five space-based laser weapons and kept advancing toward Zong Tu Star.
• Chen Mo asked Jing Ge to engage the leading invader, and Jing Ge agreed.
• Odd realized the Star System’s defenses were far stronger than expected but continued pursuing his goal of destroying the Endless Sea Civilization’s escape plan and capturing Shui Ling.
• As Odd destroyed another Space-Based Weapon, Jing Ge approached him.

Jing Ge fought Odd, a Dark Forest warrior who awakened both Berserk Transformation and the Undying Body, while Gray Twenty-One defeated another enemy with her teleportation ability. Jing Ge pierced Odd’s brain with his Combat Thorn, leaving Odd’s fate at the end of the chapter.

• Jing Ge evaded Odd’s laser fire and Antimatter Bullets, then charged in and wounded him with his Combat Thorn.
• Odd transformed and revealed that he possessed both Berserk Transformation and the Undying Body, alarming Shui Ling.
• Chen Mo reassured Shui Ling and shared information with Jing Ge as Gray Twenty-One used Teleportation to defeat a Dark Forest Mech Warrior in seconds.
• Odd increased his strength and attacked Jing Ge, but Jing Ge dodged his claw and struck back.
• Jing Ge drove his Combat Thorn through Odd’s brow and brain.

After Jing Ge killed Odd, Fu Kun spoke with Chen Mo and revealed that the Endless Sea had solidified space around the Shi Gan Star System to prevent a dimensional reduction attack. As outside forces reacted to the killing and the system’s isolation, the White Star Civilization learned of Jing Ge and began assessing his strength.

• Shui Ling warned Chen Mo that the Dark Forest might retaliate, and Chen Mo said Space Weapons were the chief danger.
• Fu Kun told Chen Mo that the Endless Sea had solidified space around the Shi Gan Star System, then invited him to visit the Endless Sea.
• The solidified space isolated the Star System, while footage of Jing Ge killing Odd spread and drew attention from forces including Dan.
• Dan ordered his subordinates to search for Tong Qing and the White Star Civilization’s base.
• The Fox Woman returned with incomplete superpower technology and watched Jing Ge’s battle footage with Bai Lu and Shi Ming.
• Shi Ming said Jing Ge’s Battle Awareness was terrifying and that he might be Jing Ge’s equal, prompting the Fox Woman to note the Star System’s hidden strength.

Chen Mo oversaw production of Space Amplifiers for a Space Connector that could let them escape the sealed Shi Gan Star System, while worrying about the growing crowd outside. Tu Yun, ruler of the Yun Zhou Civilization and a Top-Tier Armor Master, arrived seeking to bring his forces under Chen Mo’s command and asked about the gathered spaceships.

• Chen Mo learned that 570,000 Space Amplifiers had been produced and that manufacturing the required two million would take about sixty-five more days.
• Chen Mo worried that the beings and ships massing outside the Star System might mutiny before the Space Connector was ready.
• Shui Ling brought Tu Yun to meet Chen Mo and introduced him as the ruler of the Indigo-level Yun Zhou Civilization and a friend of her teacher.
• Tu Yun offered to place himself, five hundred Advanced Armor Masters, and their weapons under Chen Mo’s command, and Chen Mo accepted.
• Tu Yun asked whether Chen Mo was troubled by the spaceships gathered outside the Star System, and Chen Mo acknowledged that they were a concern.

Tu Yun introduced Chen Mo to a gifted strategist whose daughter had been left with severe brain damage after a spaceship accident. The strategist agreed to serve Chen Mo for one hundred years in exchange for hope that Chen Mo could develop a cure, leaving Chen Mo with a new potential adviser.

• Tu Yun brought Chen Mo to meet his retired friend, a silver-haired humanoid strategist, and explained that the strategist had refused to return to Yun Zhou Star.
• Tu Yun told Chen Mo that the strategist's wife had died in a spaceship accident and his daughter had suffered extensive brain necrosis.
• Chen Mo examined the case records and said he could not cure the daughter yet but believed he would develop a solution in the future.
• Chen Mo explained that he had independently developed Space Connector Technology and Space Curvature Spaceship Technology, and offered the strategist a chance to bet on his medical research.
• The strategist agreed to serve Chen Mo for one hundred years while Chen Mo pursued a cure, with the right to leave if Chen Mo failed or deceived him.

Chen Mo revealed to Lan that they had angered the Dark Forest and Ziwei Civilizations, then entrusted him with command of the Star System’s defenses and the recruitment of a long-term force. Lan accepted and prepared to address the hundreds of billions gathered outside, while Chen Mo named the force the Ant Army Group and disclosed Gray Twenty-One’s connection to the Superpower Potion.

• Chen Mo revealed his real identity to Lan and explained that they had killed warriors and an envoy from two God-level Civilizations.
• Lan agreed to stay with Chen Mo and asked to take command and deployment of the Star System; Chen Mo accepted and named him Lan’s boss.
• Lan asked whether Chen Mo wanted to recruit Mech Warriors and develop a lasting force, and Chen Mo chose that long-term plan.
• Chen Mo granted Lan authority over the Star System’s weapons and defenses, named their force the Ant Army Group, and told him Gray Twenty-One was tied to the superpower technology dispute.
• Chen Mo announced Lan’s new command role on Zong Tu Star, and Lan issued his first order to the lifeforms gathered outside the Star System.

Lan took command of the Star System’s defenses and turned the stranded population into a source of income while tightening security. As people flooded in to pay for shelter, Chen Mo focused on building the Space Connector, while upheaval loomed among the God-level Civilizations.

• Lan announced that stranded lives could enter the Star System for one hundred thousand star coins each, surrender their weapons, and serve temporarily if they could not pay.
• Tu Yun revealed to Shui Ling that Lan was the legendary Silver Hair, the strategist who had helped destroy the Great River Civilization.
• Lan ordered Tu Yun and Shui Ling to go outside the Star System and maintain order as people paid to enter.
• Crowds lined up to dock, and War Robots enforced the rules while surrendered weapons were converted for the Star System’s defense.
• One hundred million lives entered the Star System on the first day, bringing in ten trillion star coins, and Chen Mo turned his attention to manufacturing the Space Connector.

Black Eye Civilization attacked White Star Civilization’s hidden base to seize Demon Flame Civilization’s researchers, but the defenders revealed two Top-Tier Armor Masters and drove the battle into a fierce struggle. Dan watched from space after learning the attack had exposed a hidden problem, and he waited for both sides to weaken before intervening.

• Jiong Wu and Tu Er led two hundred Black Eye Civilization Mech Warriors in a surprise attack on White Star Civilization’s manor base.
• Fox Woman learned that Tu Er and Jiong Wu had attacked, ordered Shi Ming to assist Bai Lu, and left the planet by spaceship.
• Tu Er realized the defenders were stronger than expected as Jiong Wu was held back and Bai Lu fought Tu Er.
• Shi Ming arrived and destroyed more than a dozen Black Eye Civilization Mech Warriors with a single attack, shifting the battle in White Star Civilization’s favor.
• Tu Er ordered a retreat, but Shi Ming and Bai Lu pursued him and Jiong Wu while Dan watched from space and chose to wait until both sides were nearly spent.

Lan organized Chen Mo’s forces into a Star Fortress, assigning commanders and outlining the system’s defenses while Chen Mo prepared to focus on building the Space Connector. Meanwhile, Dan led his Mech Warriors down to the planet to join the battle.

• Lan introduced Hu Mu, Da Ma Zu, Poison Skin Woman, and Red Crab to Chen Mo and assigned them leadership, intelligence, and guard roles.
• Red Crab challenged Jing Ge, lost in a single blow, and agreed to follow Chen Mo’s arrangements.
• Lan showed Chen Mo the newly assembled forces and explained that the locked-down Shi Gan Star System could withstand most attacks from outside.
• Lan urged Chen Mo to focus on constructing the Space Connector.
• Dan put on his battle armor and led his Mech Warriors toward the planet to enter the battle.

Lan asked Chen Mo to design Standard War Armor and gave him materials on coordinated legion tactics, prompting Chen Mo to begin designing it. Meanwhile, Dan took control of Shi Gan Main Star, and Tong Qing’s arrival turned the conflict into an anticipated confrontation between the heirs of the Thunder God and Black Eye Civilizations.

• Lan scolded the hundred thousand Mech Warriors during drills and told them to train by squad, with penalties for the lowest-scoring team.
• Lan explained the need for Standard War Armor to Chen Mo, who requested design requirements and reference materials.
• Lan gave Chen Mo annotated videos and materials on top-tier legion tactics, and Chen Mo began designing war armor.
• News spread that Dan had injured White Star Civilization’s mysterious Mech Warrior, secured Demon Flame Civilization research personnel, and taken control of Shi Gan Main Star.
• The Ziwei Civilization and Nether Body Civilization announced their withdrawal from the conflict and offered to help refugees escape.
• Tong Qing arrived in the Shi Gan Star System, raising expectations of a confrontation with Dan.

After years without news of Chen Mo, Xiao Yu and Zhao Min learned he was alive but trapped in the sealed Shi Gan Star System and decided to wait without drawing the Ziwei Civilization’s attention. Meanwhile, Tong Qing investigated Chen Mo’s unidentified Star System, leaving the growing conflict among the great civilizations unresolved.

• Mo Nv found a Ziwei Civilization wanted notice showing Chen Mo, and Xiao Yu and Zhao Min recognized him and learned he had killed an envoy in the Shi Gan Star System.
• Mo Nv explained that a God-level Civilization had sealed the Shi Gan Star System, preventing Chen Mo from leaving without a Space Connector or the blockade being lifted.
• Xiao Yu and Zhao Min decided to keep the Ant Army Group hidden, wait for Chen Mo to return, and leave a message in Earth writing on the Universe Alliance network.
• Mo Nv reported rising tensions in the Shi Gan Star System over Demon Flame Civilization researchers held by the Thunder God Civilization, alongside a diplomatic break between the Black Eye and White Star Civilizations.
• After recovering from his injuries, Jiong Wu apologized to Tong Qing, who ordered an investigation into the unknown owner of Chen Mo’s Star System.