Chapter Summaries

As the Endless Sea Civilization’s clash with the Dark Forest Civilization raised tensions across the universe, Chen Mo finished preparing to leave the Small Universe. He departed Man Shan Star with Jing Ge aboard a Superluminal Space Curvature Spaceship, hoping to find his way back to Earth.

• The Dark Dragon Prince challenged the Endless Sea Civilization, defeated eighteen experts, then lost to a Merman Girl and fled severely injured.
• The Dark Dragon Prince was assassinated on his way home, driving relations between the Dark Forest and Endless Sea Civilizations to a historic low.
• Chen Mo completed the Small Universe’s technologies and explored its star systems, then decided to leave now that the Space Connector and spaceship were ready.
• Long Yue chose to stay on Man Shan Star to teach the children, while Tuo Li remained behind to continue his studies.
• Chen Mo said farewell to the Man Shan Tribe and left the Small Universe with Jing Ge and Little Beast, aiming to return to Earth.

Chen Mo and Jing Ge reached the Shi Gan Star System to replenish their depleted Antimatter Energy, and Chen Mo agreed to rescue a fleeing prince in exchange for one billion star coins. The pursuers attacked as Qiao Ge Li neared Chen Mo’s spaceship.

• Chen Mo discovered the spaceship had run out of Antimatter Energy and chose the Shi Gan Star System as their next stop.
• Jing Ge said he had left Man Shan Star because he was bored and believed Chen Mo needed his help.
• Chen Mo detected Qiao Ge Li being chased by seven armored figures and heard him offer one billion star coins for rescue.
• Chen Mo ordered Mo Nv to release the fire-control lock on Qiao Ge Li, ignoring the pursuers’ warnings.
• The pursuers’ leader fired at Qiao Ge Li as he approached Chen Mo’s spaceship.

Chen Mo rescued Qiao Ge Li from seven pursuers and brought him to the Shi Gan Main Star to collect his reward. Suspicious of Chen Mo and Jing Ge, Lü He Lu Mu paid them with ownership of New Star Armor Company and fifty million star coins, and Chen Mo left the royal palace with the company.

• Chen Mo killed the seven Mech Warriors pursuing Qiao Ge Li, collected their Antimatter Energy Cores, and agreed to take Qiao Ge Li to the Shi Gan Main Star for payment.
• Qiao Ge Li probed Chen Mo and Jing Ge about their origins during the journey, but Chen Mo answered briefly and Jing Ge ignored him.
• Lü He Lu Mu welcomed Qiao Ge Li, reprimanded him, and privately questioned him about the ambush and Chen Mo's role in saving him.
• Lu Mu offered Chen Mo ownership of New Star Armor Company, appraised at 1.1 billion star coins, plus fifty million star coins in cash.
• Chen Mo reviewed and signed the ownership agreement, then declined Lu Mu's invitation to dinner and left the Lü He Royal Palace with Jing Ge.

Chen Mo took over New Star Armor Company on Shi Gan Star, hoping to use it as a base to earn the Antimatter Energy needed to return to Earth. He drove out the idle employees and left the company in the hands of its three working staff.

• Chen Mo arrived at Nova Building and discovered that New Star Armor Company was a neglected business staffed mostly by idle, connected hires.
• Chen Mo showed Niu Mu the ownership agreement and demanded the company accounts and business records.
• Chen Mo used an atmospheric shockwave to silence the employees, while Jing Ge attacked three who challenged the takeover.
• Chen Mo ordered everyone except Niu Mu, Dong Dong, and Ka Li Zi to leave, using force against two more who objected.
• Chen Mo offered the remaining three double pay to stay or three months' salary to leave, and they chose to stay.
• Chen Mo told Niu Mu to handle the company's work and recruitment, then went upstairs with Jing Ge.

Shi Zhong abandoned the Lion Clan Civilization’s assassination plot after the Planetary Security Administration began investigating, while Chen Mo took charge of New Star Armor Company and began rebuilding it. After renovating the building and planning to recruit staff and seek mech orders, Chen Mo and Jing Ge noticed five armored visitors outside.

• Shi Zhong learned that Qiao Ge Li had survived and ordered the Lion Clan Civilization to drop the matter because the Planetary Security Administration was investigating.
• Chen Mo inspected New Star Armor Company and judged its land and machinery worth far less than its inflated valuation.
• Niu Mu explained the company’s staffing and business problems, and Chen Mo told him to recruit twenty people and seek training-mech orders.
• Chen Mo used Nanobots to replace the company’s green exterior with silver-white cladding bearing the Ant Army Group emblem.
• Jing Ge arrived as Chen Mo detected five people in mech armor outside, and Chen Mo put on Free Black Ant to meet them.

An San and the Planetary Security Administration questioned Chen Mo and Jing Ge about the attempted murder of Qiao Ge Li, but sensed how dangerous the two warriors were and left without pursuing them further. After reviewing footage of Chen Mo killing seven pursuers, An San warned his team not to provoke powerful outsiders.

• An San and four officers arrived at New Star Armor Company and questioned Chen Mo and Jing Ge about Qiao Ge Li's attempted murder.
• Chen Mo gave An San a chip containing his spaceship's records and explained that he had rescued Qiao Ge Li after a chance encounter.
• A confrontational exchange over Chen Mo's origins brought both sides close to a fight, but An San sensed the officers would be outmatched and broke the standoff.
• Chen Mo said he could leave once someone paid to replenish his spaceship's Antimatter Energy, and An San ended the questioning and left his communicator number.
• An San and his team watched footage of Chen Mo killing seven pursuers, then decided not to continue investigating him and Jing Ge.

Chen Mo designed two adaptive Green-level armor sets and listed them for sale in Shi Gan Star’s Armor Trade City. Bai Ming bought both sets as a gift for her nephew after judging them suitable for beginner training.

• Chen Mo designed Green-level armor for Humanoid Races and Beastkin Races, then asked Niu Mu where he could sell it.
• Niu Mu directed Chen Mo to the Armor Trade City, where Chen Mo rented two display cabinets and listed each armor set for twenty million star credits.
• Chen Mo explored the trade city and learned about the Universe Alliance’s civilization system before heading to the materials market.
• Bai Ming arrived in the trade city on a mission and searched for armor to give her nephew as a training gift.
• Bai Ming examined Chen Mo’s armor, found its balanced adaptive design suitable for beginners, and bought both sets for forty million star credits.

Chen Mo heard that the Small Universe was developing smoothly, then continued training the object-manipulation superpower he had awakened after reaching divine-level authority. His practice with Jing Ge ended in exhaustion when his nearly completed model exploded, and Jing Ge ordered him to try again.

• Tuo Li reported that the Small Universe was progressing and that Mo Nv No. 2 had begun researching a Superpower Potion, while Jing Ge criticized Tuo Li's training results and doubled his workload.
• Chen Mo refused Long Yue's offer to send warriors to help and ordered the Small Universe's people not to open the Space Connector without his authorization.
• Jing Ge took Chen Mo to his modified training room to practice Chen Mo's object-manipulation superpower, which Chen Mo had spent two years learning to control.
• Chen Mo entered his "Super" state in 1.7 seconds and lifted ten solid balls, improving his time by 0.2 seconds.
• Jing Ge challenged Chen Mo to shape the ten balls into a detailed Black Beast model, but Chen Mo exhausted himself and the nearly finished sculpture exploded.
• Jing Ge told Chen Mo to begin again.

Xiao Yu and Zhao Min brought a disguised spaceship to Origin City, hoping to find Chen Mo, while Chen Mo designed armor for his company and continued training on Shi Gan Star. The chapter left Chen Mo preparing to improve his telekinesis after another sparring defeat, as Jing Ge sensed something on the horizon.

• Xiao Yu and Zhao Min learned that the spaceship that took Chen Mo came from Origin City and sent a disguised Light-Speed Spaceship there.
• Chen Mo quickly designed several training armor sets for a small base's order, and the workshop began manufacturing them.
• Chen Mo entered the Super state in 0.97 seconds and formed ten lifelike Black Beast models with his telekinesis.
• Chen Mo sparred with Jing Ge for half an hour but lost after Jing Ge marked his armor with a Combat Thorn.
• Jing Ge advised Chen Mo to train his telekinesis on high-speed moving objects, then sensed something on the distant horizon.

Jue Xu fled toward Armor Trade City with a stolen research product while Wei Jiesi and his team tried to kill him and destroy it. Bai Ming learned that the Demon Flame Civilization had achieved a breakthrough in Superpower Development Technology, then received an urgent armor alert as a brilliant light appeared in the sky.

• Wei Jiesi ordered his team to intercept Jue Xu before he reached Armor Trade City and pursued him with missiles and antimatter bullets.
• Jue Xu evaded the attacks with smoke grenades and a low-altitude maneuver, continuing toward the city as Wei Jiesi prepared another shot.
• Bai Ming spoke with Uncle Bai Lu, who told her that his mission was to obtain the Demon Flame Civilization's Superpower Development Technology at any cost.
• Bai Ming questioned how the comparatively young Demon Flame Civilization could have made the breakthrough, and Uncle Bai Lu said a single spark of inspiration could change everything.
• An urgent alarm interrupted Bai Ming's call, and she saw a dazzling light appear in the distant sky.

An antimatter explosion devastated part of a city on Shi Gan Star, and security forces and Bai Ming rushed toward the blast site. As Wei Jiesi’s team fought to search the crater, Bai Ming realized they were using the battle to buy time to find something.

• An antimatter explosion killed lifeforms caught outside shelter and damaged part of a city on Shi Gan Star.
• An San learned the blast exceeded the Universe Alliance’s permitted yield and led security personnel toward the explosion.
• Bai Ming told Bai Lu that the blast involved antimatter and lasers and that the Demon Flame Civilization might be involved.
• Chen Mo and Jing Ge approached the blast site at low altitude in stealth mechs.
• Wei Jiesi ordered his team to search for Jue Xu, but radar detected Bai Ming and more than twenty approaching mechs.
• Bai Ming fought Wei Jiesi’s group and realized two of its members were searching near the crater while the others delayed her.

Bai Ming fought Wei Jiesi and his team as they tried to eliminate evidence of the project, ultimately destroying the crater in a massive antimatter explosion. With the evidence gone and the Planetary Security Administration closing in, Wei Jiesi ordered his team to flee while Bai Ming and An San moved to stop them; Chen Mo began searching the ruins for survivors as Jing Ge left on his own.

• Bai Ming evaded Wei Jiesi's attacks, then used smoke, stealth, and a sudden turn to kill one of his Mech Warriors.
• Unable to confirm whether Jue Xu was dead, Wei Jiesi ordered Na Wu and Si Nan to abandon their search and destroy the crater, while he and the others fired Antimatter Bullets into it.
• The explosions obliterated the crater and devastated nearby cities, and Bai Ming realized Wei Jiesi's team had destroyed the evidence.
• Bai Ming ordered her forces to capture Wei Jiesi's team, while An San ordered the Planetary Security Administration to arrest everyone involved, dead or alive.
• Chen Mo and Jing Ge arrived above the ruined city; Jing Ge departed after sensing something, while Chen Mo began lifting rubble to search for buried survivors.

Na Wu's attempt to escape triggered a chaotic three-way battle between Wei Jiesi's group, Bai Shu's allies, and the Planetary Security Administration, leaving several Mech Warriors dead. Amid the fighting, Chen Mo found the badly injured Mech Warrior whose pursuit had started the conflict and had to decide whether to rescue him.

• Na Wu fled toward Bai Shu and falsely shouted that Bai Shu was his teammate, drawing the Planetary Security Administration into a fight with him.
• Bai Shu killed Shuo in close combat, and the resulting fury turned the encounter into a three-way melee.
• An San blasted Si Nan with a charged pulse laser, leaving Wei Jiesi's group with another dead member and no clear escape.
• Chen Mo rescued survivors from the ruins and discovered the injured Mech Warrior he had seen being pursued earlier.
• Chen Mo considered whether to save the Mech Warrior, weighing the chance to learn about the conflict against the trouble it might bring.

Na Wu discovered that the target from the Demon Flame Civilization base was still alive and tried to capture him, but Chen Mo fled while carrying the dying Mech Warrior. Bai Ming and An San also pursued them, leaving the battlefield’s conflict ongoing.

• Na Wu detected the target beside Chen Mo and alerted Wei Jiesi, who ordered him to capture the target alive or eliminate him.
• Chen Mo activated stealth and camouflage, picked up the dying Mech Warrior, and fled as Na Wu failed to stop him with a laser.
• Wei Jiesi ordered Na Wu to keep pursuing while he tried to escape the battlefield.
• Bai Ming recognized the armor from the secret Demon Flame Civilization base and headed southeast after Chen Mo.
• An San left the other officers to handle the battlefield and pursued Chen Mo and the dying Mech Warrior.

Chen Mo fled with an unconscious Mech Warrior while three forces pursued him, and he called Jing Ge for help. Jing Ge arrived in white armor, killed Wei Jiesi in an instant, and turned his attention to Bai Ming.

• An San, Bai Ming, and Wei Jiesi each tried to persuade Chen Mo to hand over the unconscious Mech Warrior as their forces chased him.
• Chen Mo refused to stop, contacted Jing Ge for help, and asked him to change his armor's color to conceal their identities.
• Jing Ge arrived in white armor and performed a high-speed Instant Stop beside Wei Jiesi, shocking the pursuing Mech Warriors.
• Jing Ge attacked and killed Wei Jiesi before he could react.
• Bai Ming saw Jing Ge turn toward her and was overcome with fear.

Chen Mo rescued the gray-skinned Mech Warrior while Jing Ge held off the pursuing experts, then discovered the man carried a potion developed by the Demon Flame Civilization. The gray-skinned man identified it as a Superpower Development Potion, and Chen Mo was surprised to learn what it was.

• Jing Ge intimidated the pursuing Mech Warriors and left after confirming Chen Mo had escaped, while the Planetary Security Administration officers and Bai Ming's team resumed fighting.
• Chen Mo returned to New Star Armor Company with the unconscious gray-skinned Mech Warrior and used restorative medicine to treat him.
• Little Beast spotted a hidden compartment in the man's mech, and Chen Mo found a finger-sized potion inside.
• Jing Ge returned with packaged meat snacks for Potato and said he had killed one pursuer, making the others behave.
• The gray-skinned Mech Warrior woke, thanked Chen Mo, and offered him the potion as repayment for saving his life.
• The man explained that the potion was the Demon Flame Civilization's Superpower Development Potion, which could make lifeforms stronger.

Chen Mo learned that the gray-skinned survivor had escaped the Demon Flame Civilization using teleportation and agreed to take him in. Gray Twenty-One stayed under Chen Mo’s protection, with Jing Ge assigned to train his ability.

• Chen Mo accepted the Superpower Development Potion, but the gray-skinned man asked to follow him and revealed that he had a superpower.
• The gray-skinned man explained that he had survived the Demon Flame Civilization’s experiments and escaped its base using teleportation.
• Chen Mo asked the man to demonstrate, and he teleported ten meters across the training room.
• The man said his name was Gray Twenty-One and that he was nineteen, and Chen Mo agreed to protect him if he obeyed his arrangements.
• Chen Mo introduced Jing Ge and asked him to train Gray Twenty-One, who felt uneasy about the prospect.

After the destruction of Si Yuan City, the Demon Flame Civilization faced pressure from Shi Gan Star’s factions and the White Star Civilization over its Superpower Development Technology. Devil Flame King accepted Sen Ji’s plan to invite rival God-level Civilizations into negotiations, leaving the technology as their bargaining chip.

• Bai Ming told Bai Lu that the white mech pilot had inspired a fear unlike any she had felt before, while Bai Lu confirmed they had no way to identify the factions involved.
• Bai Lu said Madam was pressuring the Demon Flame Civilization and ordered Bai Ming’s group to keep a low profile.
• Devil Flame King learned that the Planetary Security Administration and Shi Gan Star’s civilizations were demanding cooperation after the Antimatter Bomb killed over a million people.
• Sen Ji advised Devil Flame King to invite other God-level Civilizations into negotiations because the Demon Flame Civilization could not keep the technology secret or safely yield it to the White Star Civilization alone.
• Devil Flame King approved Sen Ji’s plan and ordered the research personnel and technical documents secured as bargaining chips.

Chen Mo rewarded New Star Armor Company’s staff and began designing Blue-level Armor to raise money for his return to Earth. Meanwhile, the Demon Flame Civilization announced that it had developed Superpower Development Technology, drawing the Seven Great God-Level Civilizations to Shi Gan Star and ending the pressure against it.

• Chen Mo gave Niu Mu, Dong Dong, and Ka Li Zi bonuses after New Star Armor Company received the final payment for its armor order.
• Chen Mo told Niu Mu to buy materials and equipment and advertise custom Blue-level Armor orders, then began designing several sets himself.
• Niu Mu obtained all the requested supplies within three hours while Chen Mo worked on Blue-level Armor to earn money for Antimatter Energy.
• King Moriqi announced that the Demon Flame Civilization had developed Superpower Development Technology and was seeking partners.
• The Black Eye Civilization and six other God-Level Civilizations announced plans to send representatives to Shi Gan Star to discuss cooperation.
• The other civilizations on Shi Gan Star withdrew their planned sanctions, and attention across the Universe Alliance shifted to the Shi Gan Star System.

Chen Mo consigned three Blue-level armor sets for sale on Shi Gan Star, where Ze Qi recognized him from the Green Water Star incident and began following him. After detecting the tail, Chen Mo turned back toward Armor Trade City, unsure who had targeted him or why.

• Chen Mo returned to his company, saw Jing Ge training Gray Twenty-One, and left to sell the armor.
• Chen Mo consigned three Blue-level armor sets at the Armor Exchange Center for 280 million star coins each.
• Ze Qi recognized Chen Mo from footage of the Green Water Star defection incident and suspected he was tied to the organization behind the Owl-headed Man.
• Ze Qi followed Chen Mo through Armor Trade City, hoping to discover his base and identify his faction.
• Chen Mo detected the pursuing armor on his radar, confirmed it had followed him from the exchange center, and turned back toward the city.