Chapter Summaries

Fanny studied primordial water and prepared to become a carbon-silicon hybrid, while Huang Ji used the ship’s communications system to trick Varu into arming the safe house. Varu began laying a vast minefield as Huang Ji and his allies prepared for the coming clash.

• Fanny explained how primordial water could fuse carbon-based life with the Medicinal Jade Race and offered the guards a discounted hybrid-base surgery.
• Fanny entered the modification chamber, leaving Varu and the other guard unable to contact her when Halogen called with an emergency.
• Huang Ji impersonated Halogen through the ship’s communications system and ordered Varu to retrieve weapons from the armory.
• Varu and the other guard disabled the intelligent steward, allowing Varu to register his identity and enter the armory.
• Varu activated the Fermi-Class Weapon Production Sphere and began producing gravity bombs, Antimatter Bombs, and Anti-Energy Light Burst Bombs.
• Huang Ji sent Varu a minefield deployment plan, and Varu agreed to conceal the bombs around the carrier within three hours.

Halogen’s forces ambushed an Anunnaki convoy carrying Void Lifeforms, destroyed its escort, and escaped with the valuable shipment despite heavy losses. Thundersun reported the attack to Dulan, who identified Light Burst, Lingzhu, and Myriad Eyes as the raiders and sent Shadow Fang to investigate and recover the goods.

• Halogen’s 190,000 Horned Shuttles overwhelmed the Anunnaki convoy while Thundersun was delayed by Nomu’s military.
• The Anunnaki captain destroyed the flagship, and Halogen’s forces shielded the Void Lifeforms from the explosion before taking the shipment and fleeing.
• General Black Shark and Thundersun arrived after the battle, and Thundersun accused the military of deliberately delaying his rescue.
• Thundersun reported the attack to Dulan, who revealed that Light Burst, Lingzhu, and Myriad Eyes had joined forces against the Anunnaki.
• Dulan ordered Shadow Fang and a team to help Thundersun investigate the Light Burst Group and recover the shipment.

Huang Ji ambushed Halogen’s safehouse and stole the Void Lifeforms, using his upgraded armor and weapons to overpower the crew. He escaped through a minefield, leaving Halogen and the others baffled about how he had entered their ship.

• Halogen’s crew returned with five billion Lang worth of Void Lifeforms, while Varu waited outside the Control Room hoping for a promotion.
• Socia discovered the warehouse steward’s functions had been damaged, and Cypher, Liemeng, and Vita emerged from a hidden passage and removed the cargo.
• Halogen found Huang Ji in the Control Room, and Varu’s microwave command caused explosions that wiped out the crew pursuing the thieves.
• Huang Ji fought off Halogen’s shuttles and Socia’s weapons with his enhanced Flying Feathers, then knocked a Special Kill Squad member into the carrier.
• Varu claimed Halogen had ordered him to damage the steward and help expose the warehouse, but Halogen denied knowing him.
• Halogen pursued Huang Ji through an antimatter minefield, while Huang Ji escaped with the goods and warned that they would meet again.

Huang Ji’s pursuers were devastated by a minefield they could not understand, while Varu’s formation diagram sparked accusations against Halogen. Halogen realized the diagram showed an unfamiliar formation, leaving the group without an explanation as they continued the chase.

• The pursuers followed Huang Ji’s route, but mines struck them, and a detour triggered Gravity Bombs that incapacitated more than a hundred warriors.
• Huang Ji had already knocked one Special Kill Squad member unconscious, leaving only two members standing.
• Varu claimed Halogen had ordered him to deploy the mines, and he shared a formation diagram with the group.
• The group trusted the diagram and resumed pursuit, but another chain of explosions battered their mechs despite following a supposedly clear route.
• When the others accused Varu of falsifying the diagram, Halogen defended him and asked whether they recognized the formation.

Halogen’s team was trapped in a shifting mine array, and the failed escape deepened suspicions among Myriad Eyes, Light Burst, and Lingzhu about who had colluded with the Anunnaki. The Myriad Eyes assassin killed Varu to end the dispute, unaware that Socia and Fanny now suspected Myriad Eyes.

• Halogen explained that gravity and explosions continually shifted the mine array, causing the team to fly into mines as they changed course.
• The team followed Halogen’s simulation but suffered another barrage, leaving their mechs damaged and their energy depleted.
• Socia accused Varu of betraying the group, while Fanny defended him and argued that someone else could have supplied the password and array diagram.
• Halogen and Fanny accused each other’s companies, and Socia suggested that someone from Myriad Eyes might have impersonated Halogen to frame them.
• Socia and Fanny privately grew suspicious of Myriad Eyes, while the Myriad Eyes assassin urged the companies to unite and killed Varu.

Third Brother chased the Anunnaki ship in the carrier and tried to seize its cargo, but its superior systems foiled his attacks and struck the carrier's energy compartment. Facing defeat, Third Brother sacrificed the goods and activated Supergravity Field Burst at close range.

• The recovering Third Brother took control of the carrier and rushed through the trapped groups, triggering an antimatter blast that scattered them.
• Fanny preserved Varu in crystalline cells and gave Eldest Varu's communicator so he could contact Third Brother.
• Third Brother detected the Anunnaki ship near Sirius A, disabled its propulsion, and rammed it with the carrier.
• Third Brother's Light Burst Bombs failed to penetrate the ship's shield, and its defenses countered his increasingly varied attacks.
• The Anunnaki ship pierced the carrier's hull and headed for its energy compartment, so Third Brother diverted the carrier's energy and activated Supergravity Field Burst.

Old Third destroyed the cargo while escaping the Anunnaki, then fled from Star Ring City’s guards as Thundersun followed him into deep space. When Thundersun revealed his identity, Old Third mistook him for the cargo’s recovery team and attacked, leaving Thundersun to face the loss of the cargo and his failure to Dulan.

• Old Third escaped the small ship in his Winged God mech, and his Supergravity Field Burst wrecked the ship and destroyed the Void Lifeform cargo.
• Old Third saw the wreckage hurtling toward Sirius and fled the carrier, blowing it apart with explosives and Antimatter before Star Ring City’s guards could capture him.
• Thundersun followed Old Third into deep space after Old Third shook off the guards, unaware that he was tracking one of the bandits he had been searching for.
• Old Third told Eldest that he had destroyed the cargo, and Eldest accepted that it had been the best way to prevent the Anunnaki from reclaiming it.
• Thundersun identified himself as an Anunnaki representative, and Old Third attacked while heading for a wormhole after mistaking him for the cargo recovery team.
• Thundersun learned that Old Third had destroyed the cargo and struggled to accept the consequences, while choosing not to abandon his Firefeather Race colleagues.

The Revival Society celebrated raising nearly eight billion lang, but Oka calculated that they needed another eighty billion for their plan to reclaim Nomu. Huang Ji promised Ziwei’s backing in exchange for contracts to operate all 108 primitive intelligent-life monitoring stations, leaving Nifita troubled by the stations’ links to the Anunnaki’s exploitative entertainment business.

• Cypher and the others safely moved the five-billion-lang Void Lifeform shipment, then sold it across distant Star Systems for 4.6 billion lang with Nifita’s help.
• The Revival Society added the proceeds, intelligence sales, and secured loans to reach nearly eight billion lang in liquid funds.
• Oka said the Society needed another eighty billion for its next phase and ultimately twenty to fifty trillion to topple the government and reclaim Nomu.
• Huang Ji said Ziwei would invest eighty billion lang if the Revival Society secured contracts to operate the 108 primitive intelligent-life monitoring stations in the Bessel Celestial Region.
• Nifita questioned the morality of taking over the stations after Oka explained their connection to the Anunnaki’s trafficking business, while Oka privately urged Huang Ji to keep her from rejecting Ziwei’s support.

Huang Ji persuaded Nifita that Ziwei’s plan to seize the Anunnaki’s territory would protect primitive civilizations while driving the Anunnaki from the Bessel Celestial Region. As the conflict escalated into region-wide warfare, Socia investigated suspected moles and learned the Anunnaki had a million undercovers throughout the Orion Arm.

• Huang Ji told Nifita that Ziwei would pose as a plunderer to secure territory for primitive civilizations, and she pledged the Revival Society’s support.
• Over the next two days, the Revival Society funded major operations as clashes between the Anunnaki and rival groups spread across the Bessel Celestial Region.
• Old Third reunited with Eldest, Halogen, Socia, and the others at a Nomu military base and recounted how Thundersun had captured him before he escaped.
• Socia suspected that someone among the six people with the safehouse password had betrayed the alliance, while he and Halogen discussed the opposing side’s possible informant.
• Halogen told Socia that their intelligence contact claimed the Anunnaki had a million undercovers across the Orion Arm, so Socia decided to test the contact’s intelligence about their company.

Huang Ji sent Cypher to Bessel Civilization with a staged mission to deliver a box, then left him to await a spaceship crash. On an icy Nomu world, the Shadow Kill Legion hunted survivors, but one Beisel Person escaped after Shadow Jie failed to kill him.

• Huang Ji told Oka to stop trying to sell intelligence to the Light Burst Group and wait for buyers to approach.
• Huang Ji traveled with Cypher to a Bessel Open Star and instructed him to hide in an asteroid until a spaceship crashed, then deliver a box using a fabricated story about Left Horn.
• Shadow Jie and the Shadow Kill Legion revealed their Golden Crow disguises while discussing their secret identities and finished mission.
• The Shadow Kill Legion discovered a surviving Beisel Person beneath the ruins, but Shadow Jie’s attack was disrupted by the man’s Void ability.
• The Beisel Person killed his Void Lifeform to boost his speed and escaped into the ice mountains, prompting Shadow Jie and the others to pursue him.

Huang Ji captured Shadow Long, stripped and genetically altered him, then impersonated him to infiltrate the Shadow Kill Legion squad. After the squad killed the real Shadow Long, Huang Ji left with them to rendezvous with Shadow Fang.

• Shadow Long destroyed the Light Burst Group weapons factory and rested while monitoring his warning net.
• Huang Ji silently attacked Shadow Long, disabled his abilities, removed his Singular Bomb, and took his equipment.
• Huang Ji genetically disguised Shadow Long as a Bessel person, left him weak and unequipped, and placed him in the squad's search area.
• Shadow Jie and the other assassins mistook the real Shadow Long for an impostor, while Huang Ji convincingly posed as him.
• Shadow Jie killed Shadow Long despite his pleas, and Huang Ji joined the squad as they set out to rendezvous with Shadow Fang.

Light Burst Group began purging suspected Anunnaki agents after receiving a list, while Prince Stubi demanded that Anunnaki hand over the Shadow Kill Legion provocateur who had insulted him. After the purge exposed a leak inside Anunnaki’s Special Affairs Department, Dulan turned to the Shadow Kill Legion for help infiltrating Light Burst.

• Light Burst’s boss consulted Stubi about the undercover-agent list, and Stubi ordered him to verify the evidence and purge confirmed agents while pursuing the provocateur.
• Stubi told Light Burst’s boss that he would keep fighting Anunnaki until he could present the provocateur’s capture as a defense of royal dignity.
• Dulan learned that Light Burst’s purge had exposed many Anunnaki agents, including important operatives who could no longer safely remain undercover.
• Ruuen confirmed that someone inside the Special Affairs Department had leaked Light Burst’s agent list, and Dulan ordered an investigation into suspected insiders.
• With Anunnaki’s intelligence division compromised and its Light Burst agents exposed, Dulan contacted the Shadow Kill Legion and asked it to infiltrate Light Burst.

After the Light Burst Group purged its undercover agents, Shadow Fang’s team chose Huang Ji to infiltrate the organization by bribing an insider. Huang Ji secured a ten-billion-Lang operational budget from Dulan and prepared to study Light Burst’s records before going undercover.

• The squad leader told Shadow Fang to send a team member undercover in Light Burst, but refused his request for a Special Grade Gene Disguise because its sole set was reserved for the Heavenfall Project.
• Shadow Fang reunited with his team and explained that they needed an intelligence source, while the recent purge made infiltration especially dangerous.
• Huang Ji proposed using outdated records to identify a vulnerable Light Burst employee, and the team selected him for the mission.
• Huang Ji requested Light Burst information, espionage equipment, and ten billion Lang, promising to pay with his life if he failed.
• Dulan approved ten billion Lang as Huang Ji’s entire operational budget and said he expected intelligence worth that investment.

Huang Ji prepared to infiltrate the enemy as Aurora and persuaded Shadow Fang to provide costly surgery, supplies, and equipment for his cover. Shadow Fang agreed to let Huang Ji take a two-star physician exam to earn a Life Force Field before the mission.

• Huang Ji explained that he would impersonate Light Burst intelligence elite Aurora and asked for Hybrid Base Surgery to match Aurora’s Dark Wing Race hybrid component.
• Shadow Fang brought Huang Ji to Thundersun, who arranged the surgery and offered to provide mission supplies.
• Huang Ji requested vast quantities of special-grade energy crystals, Vacuum Cuts, and a luxury spaceship to make his cover convincing.
• Huang Ji claimed he had secretly studied medicine and argued that a Life Force Field would help him survive and control an insider during the mission.
• Shadow Fang challenged Huang Ji to pass a two-star physician exam before authorizing the Life Force Field, and Huang Ji agreed to try.

Huang Ji infiltrated the Light Burst Group by impersonating Aurora and manipulated Goldhorn into sending the real Aurora Squad against Shadow Fang. After Shadow Fang killed the real Aurora, Huang Ji warned him that the Nomu military had found the safe house, leaving Shadow Fang fighting to escape while Huang Ji headed to the battlefield as Aurora.

• Huang Ji traveled to Bessel Open Star and entered a Light Burst Group intelligence outpost while posing as Aurora.
• Huang Ji gave Goldhorn the Shadow Fang Squad's location and persuaded him to issue the real Aurora Squad orders to eliminate them with Nomu military support.
• Huang Ji obtained Aurora's spaceship and communications equipment, then told Shadow Fang he had found Aurora's location and promised to share the remaining funds.
• Shadow Fang killed the real Aurora and returned to the exposed safe house, unaware that the Nomu military was closing in.
• Huang Ji warned Shadow Fang to escape, told him to keep communications open and conceal Aurora's death, and said he was heading to the battlefield in Aurora's guise.

Shadow Fang led the remaining members of his squad against Halogen, Socia, and five hundred Nomu soldiers, then broke through the encirclement at great cost. Halogen stopped the pursuit, believing Shadow Long might be waiting in ambush, while Shadow Fang feared the enemy had discovered Huang Ji’s undercover mission.

• Shadow Fang used his superior weapon control to kill soldiers while Halogen and Socia helped the Nomu forces hold the encirclement until reinforcements arrived.
• Halogen asked where Shadow Fang’s Doctor was, and Shadow Fang realized he might mean Shadow Long and wondered whether Thundersun had revealed the secret.
• Shadow Fang claimed Shadow Long and another squad were waiting nearby, then led his team through clouds of reflective smoke and broke out toward the Golden Spaceship.
• The Shadow Fang Squad escaped aboard the cloaked Golden Spaceship, but four members died in the battle.
• Halogen refused to pursue, warning that Shadow Long might be lying in ambush and admitting that Shadow Fang alone was too strong to capture without the Aurora Squad.

Huang Ji returned to the failed battlefield operation, mourned Aurora's Assistant, and convinced Goldhorn that the mission had been compromised by Myriad Eyes. While secretly trying to revive Varu, he learned Shadow Fang suspected Thundersun of betraying the Shadow Kill Legion and agreed to keep working undercover to identify Light Burst Group's informants.

• Huang Ji arrived after the battle, grieved over Aurora's Assistant, and demanded to know why Halogen had abandoned the pursuit of Shadow Fang.
• Fanny preserved Aurora's Assistant's body in a crystalline fossil, and Huang Ji withdrew to his room.
• Goldhorn scolded Huang Ji over the failed operation, but Huang Ji defended his absence, urged an investigation into the leak, and accepted a solo mission to seize an Anunnaki shipment.
• Huang Ji secretly entered Fanny's secure chamber and used the Life Force Field to begin repairing Varu's frozen body while speaking with Shadow Fang.
• Shadow Fang told Huang Ji that Thundersun might have leaked information about the Legion, including Huang Ji's doctor identity, and Huang Ji agreed to stay undercover and seek Light Burst Group's informant list.
• Shadow Fang said he had sealed off Thundersun's company and promised to kill him before he could transmit more intelligence.

Huang Ji secretly revived Varu and left him sealed in amber, while Fanny discovered that the corpse had repaired itself and awakened. Convinced she had found a breakthrough medical technology, Fanny began investigating the phenomenon and wondered whether she might become a legendary physician.

• Huang Ji revived Varu, sealed him in amber again, and left after telling Halogen he had received a new mission.
• Fanny discovered that Varu's corpse had repaired itself inside the amber despite no one entering her vault.
• Fanny shattered the amber to examine Varu, accidentally cut him, and learned from her medical system that he was alive.
• Varu woke up, remembered being ambushed, and asked Fanny whether she had saved him.
• Fanny examined Varu and his memories, then concluded that her amber technique might preserve and repair people near death.
• Fanny celebrated the possibility that her discovery could make her a seven-star physician and resolved to study it further.

Fanny believed she had discovered a revolutionary medical substance and demanded secret support, while Huang Ji used Thundersun’s identity to take out a massive loan against Anunnaki assets. When Shadow Fang cornered the real Thundersun, he rebelled and detonated explosives planted throughout the Sun God Tree Mall.

• Fanny confiscated Varu’s devices and demanded that her superior arrange an immediate meeting with the company’s Supreme President.
• Huang Ji, disguised as Thundersun, mortgaged Anunnaki property at Star River Bank’s Nomu Branch for a huge loan.
• Shadow Fang and Shadow Jie sealed off the mall and hunted the real Thundersun, who hid in a secret room.
• Thundersun realized Shadow Fang believed him responsible for leaking the secret about Shadow Long and accused the company of framing him.
• Thundersun activated his mech’s shield, escaped through the rear of the room, and detonated the antimatter explosives planted throughout the mall.
• The Sun God Tree Mall exploded, killing employees in the blast as destruction spread across the planet and into space.

Thundersun destroyed the Sun God Tree to escape Shadow Fang, but the Star Alliance pursued him into space. A controlled Great Silence Barrier disabled communications and tracking around Homeworld, leaving Thundersun’s fate and the pursuit unresolved.

• Thundersun detonated the Sun God Tree, and the Star Alliance contained the blast with the World Cleansing Azure Light.
• Thundersun escaped aboard a hidden Extreme Burst Generation VI spacecraft while Shadow Fang ordered Shadow Zhou to pursue him.
• The Star Alliance Guard tracked Thundersun into space, and Thundersun sent a final warning to his former comrades before preparing to surrender.
• A Great Silence Barrier jammed tracking and communications across Homeworld, preventing the Guard from locating Thundersun or contacting the wormhole station.
• The Guard discovered that someone was actively controlling the barrier, and its officer lost sight of the targets after emerging from his ship.