Recaps

Jiang Fan killed Roger, and Zhong Zhengbai tried to help him avoid trouble with the Federal Arbitration Office by inventing an official explanation. The chapter ended with Zhong Zhengbai preparing to portray Jiang Fan as his associate who killed Roger during an arrest.

• Roger began to question Jiang Fan's power, but his Life Energy drained away and he died.
• Jiang Fan prepared to leave, but Zhong Zhengbai called out to thank him and ask his name.
• Zhong Zhengbai explained that Roger's death would trigger a Federal investigation and asked whether Jiang Fan had ties to an official faction.
• Jiang Fan said he had no special identity and had only arrived in the Federation a month earlier.
• Zhong Zhengbai decided to claim that Jiang Fan was his peripheral member and had killed Roger when he resisted arrest.

Jiang Fan agreed to cooperate with the Federal Arbitration Office’s investigation into Roger’s death and traveled with its officers to their 50th Province station. There, the leader assigned Zhong Zhengbai to take Jiang Fan’s statement while he questioned Young Master Kang and Uncle Xu.

• Zhong Zhengbai warned Jiang Fan that the Federal Arbitration Office would investigate Roger’s death and urged him to stay for questioning.
• Federal Arbitration Office personnel arrived, and their leader politely asked Jiang Fan to return with them and help close the case.
• Jiang Fan agreed to cooperate, gave the leader his name, and declined to discuss his background or recount the incident again.
• The group traveled to the Federal Arbitration Office’s 50th Province station, where the leader assigned Zhong Zhengbai to take Jiang Fan’s statement and took Young Master Kang and Uncle Xu inside himself.

Zhong Zhengbai urged the team leader to recruit Jiang Fan, whose strength and talent had become clear after defeating Roger. The team leader wanted to invite him to join the Federal Arbitration Office, but Zhong Zhengbai warned that their branch might not be able to offer him enough.

• The team leader reprimanded Zhong Zhengbai for investigating the Blood Butcher Organization without authorization and for needing the office to clean up the resulting trouble.
• Zhong Zhengbai set aside the reprimand and pointed out that Jiang Fan had defeated Level 12 martial expert Roger.
• Zhong Zhengbai reminded the team leader that Jiang Fan had said he belonged to no faction in the Qiyuan Star Domain.
• The team leader excitedly decided to invite Jiang Fan to join the Federal Arbitration Office.
• Zhong Zhengbai stopped him and questioned whether their branch could offer a suitable position and benefits to a genius like Jiang Fan.

Zhong Zhengbai persuaded his team leader to seek Jiang Fan’s help with the Purifier Plan rather than try to recruit or oppose him. He then invited Jiang Fan to join the Federal Arbitration Office’s headquarters, but Jiang Fan questioned what position he could possibly be offered.

• Zhong Zhengbai told his team leader that the office could not afford to support Jiang Fan and should instead befriend him.
• Zhong Zhengbai proposed involving Jiang Fan in the Purifier Plan, and his team leader agreed to let him raise the idea after taking Jiang Fan’s statement.
• Jiang Fan reviewed and signed the statements Zhong Zhengbai had prepared.
• Zhong Zhengbai explained the Federal Arbitration Office and invited Jiang Fan to join its headquarters.
• Jiang Fan asked Zhong Zhengbai what position he intended to offer, joking that he might be expected to serve as an elder.

Jiang Fan rejected Zhong Zhengbai’s vague invitation to join the Federal Arbitration Office’s Purifier Plan until Chief Arbitrator Yu Han offered him a year of cultivation resources. Jiang Fan realized Yu Han wanted his help to pass next year’s assessment and keep his post as chief arbitrator of the 50th Province, leaving him willing to consider the deal.

• Zhong Zhengbai explained that the Purifier Plan recruited participants for an operation against special criminal organizations, but Jiang Fan declined because its rewards were uncertain.
• Jiang Fan challenged Zhong Zhengbai to name concrete benefits, then prepared to leave when Zhong could offer only possible promotions and status.
• The team leader introduced Yu Han, chief arbitrator of the 50th Province, who asked Jiang Fan to represent the province in the Purifier Plan.
• Yu Han offered Jiang Fan a year’s worth of cultivation resources of his choice in addition to the headquarters’ rewards.
• Yu Han revealed that next year’s Purifier Plan score would be an important part of his assessment, and Jiang Fan understood that Yu Han wanted his help to retain his position.

Jiang Fan agreed to represent the 50th Province in the Purifier Plan in exchange for cultivation resources, and both he and Yu Han believed they had gotten the better deal. After two weeks of training, Jiang Fan left with Zhong Zhengbai for the selection, beginning a month-long journey to the headquarters.

• Yu Han offered Jiang Fan two years of individually tailored cultivation resources if he passed the selection assessment and ranked among the top three on the Purifier Contribution Board.
• Jiang Fan accepted, requiring one year's resources up front, and Yu Han arranged fifteen million Crystal Cores and an apartment for him and Zhong Zhengbai.
• Jiang Fan and Yu Han each privately concluded that the agreement benefited them, as Yu Han considered the Crystal Cores surplus inventory.
• After two weeks of cultivation, Jiang Fan raised his Blood Qi value to thirty-seven million and met Zhong Zhengbai to depart.
• Zhong Zhengbai told Jiang Fan that they were the only two participants from the 50th Province and led him toward their dedicated aircraft for the month-long trip.

Jiang Fan and Zhong Zhengbai traveled to Qiyuan Star for a Federal Arbitration Office assignment, where Jiang Fan’s mastery of spatial arts surprised Zhong Zhengbai. The chapter ended with Zhong Zhengbai questioning Jiang Fan’s claim that his cultivation system was different from the Qiyuan Star Domain’s.

• Jiang Fan brought out his own aircraft and decided to travel separately from Zhong Zhengbai to avoid the cramped Federal Arbitration Office craft.
• Jiang Fan and Zhong Zhengbai flew toward Qiyuan Star for a month, then met above the planet and headed to the Federal Arbitration Office headquarters.
• Jiang Fan and Zhong Zhengbai landed at a suspended building, where staff arranged their lodging and maintenance for Zhong Zhengbai’s aircraft.
• Zhong Zhengbai asked whether Jiang Fan had used spatial arts, and he praised Jiang Fan’s apparent mastery of them.
• Jiang Fan said his cultivation system differed from the Qiyuan Star Domain’s, prompting Zhong Zhengbai to question how that fit with the records of Jiang Fan’s time in the God Kingdom.

Jiang Fan told Zhong Zhengbai that he came from Barbaric Planet and explained how its cultivation system gave him his practiced command of spatial arts. Zhong Zhengbai warned that although the Purifier Plan had no rules about candidates’ origins, someone could accuse the 50th Province of falsifying Jiang Fan’s records.

• Jiang Fan corrected Zhong Zhengbai’s assumption that he came from God Kingdom and learned that the 50th Province’s background check had only uncovered his work there and his conflict with Serena.
• Jiang Fan and Zhong Zhengbai returned to their rooms and read the notice ordering all candidates to assemble at the Ring of Judgment at eight the next morning.
• Zhong Zhengbai explained that the selection usually involved a Team Survival Battle, a Free Challenge Match, and a Personal Evaluation Match, while noting that details could vary.
• Jiang Fan told Zhong Zhengbai he came from Barbaric Planet and described its qi-and-blood cultivation system, Level 9 Supremes, and his practice of spatial abilities.
• Zhong Zhengbai reacted with shock and warned that someone might accuse the 50th Province of falsifying Jiang Fan’s records despite the selection rules not specifying candidates’ origins.

Jiang Fan and Zhong Zhengbai arrived at the Federal Arbitration Office’s Ring of Judgment for the Purifier Plan selection, where Zhong warned him that the 50th Province could face scrutiny over his background. A contestant from the 49th Province mocked Jiang Fan and the 50th Province, drawing the attention of nearby contestants.

• Zhong Zhengbai warned Jiang Fan that rival provinces might expose the 50th Province for concealing Jiang Fan’s origin, but Jiang Fan said strong results would quiet the criticism.
• Jiang Fan and Zhong Zhengbai went to the Ring of Judgment, where Zhong explained that the first assessment would take place in a simulated interstellar battlefield.
• At the 50th Province’s gathering area, a blue-clad contestant from the 49th Province mocked the province’s past performance and challenged Zhong Zhengbai.
• Jiang Fan ignored the contestant at first, but turned to confront him after he called Jiang Fan a good-for-nothing and insulted the 50th Province.
• The blue-clad contestant loudly told Jiang Fan to withdraw, and contestants from other areas turned to watch.

Jiang Fan provoked Lu Xiaojian of the 49th Province and learned that contestants could not attack one another during the first-round Star Beast Tide simulation. They agreed to meet in the second round, as officials began checking contestants’ eligibility.

• Jiang Fan asked Zhong Zhengbai about the first-round simulation’s rules while openly threatening Lu Xiaojian.
• Zhong Zhengbai explained that contestants could not attack each other during the first round and that the system would protect them.
• Lu Xiaojian threatened to challenge Jiang Fan in the second round, and Jiang Fan agreed to meet him there.
• An elder ordered contestants to return to their provincial areas, and Lu Xiaojian retreated after spotting him.
• The elder announced that staff would begin confirming contestants’ names and eligibility.

Xu Shoushan introduced the rules for the Purifier Plan selection and oversaw the distribution of access keys for its simulated Starry Sky Battlefield. Jiang Fan reached C3 Section and entered his simulation pod, where he began inspecting its controls before the competition started.

• Xu Shoushan announced that the Elder Council had appointed him chief referee to ensure the selection was fair and impartial.
• Xu Shoushan explained that the selection had three rounds, beginning with a three-day team survival battle against a Star Beast Tide.
• Staff distributed access keys, and Jiang Fan received one marked C3 Section, No. 2.
• Zhong Zhengbai told Jiang Fan to follow the section markers because staff would guide contestants to the battlefield.
• A staff member led Jiang Fan to the C3 Section operation room and opened his hibernation pod with his key.
• Jiang Fan entered the pod, closed its hatch, and examined the simulation controls.

Jiang Fan entered the Star War Simulation System and began the team survival trial, realizing the virtual environment limited his cultivation but still let him fight with his combat skills. As Rippers swarmed the ruined starfield and delayed Zhong Zhengbai from joining him, Jiang Fan set out to reach his teammate while cutting through the Star Beasts.

• Jiang Fan entered the simulation pod and found himself in a realistic, ruined cosmic environment where his cultivation could not be brought in.
• The system confirmed Jiang Fan’s identity, issued the team survival mission, and displayed a three-day countdown and an empty leaderboard.
• Jiang Fan contacted Zhong Zhengbai, learned they were less than three kilometers apart, and agreed to meet.
• A wave of Rippers descended on the starfield, forcing Zhong Zhengbai to delay their meeting while he fought through the swarm.
• Jiang Fan killed two Rippers with his blade, earned two team points, and leapt into the air to attack the advancing beasts.

Jiang Fan rapidly killed Rippers and drove the 50th Province up the rankings while Zhong Zhengbai realized Jiang Fan was responsible for nearly all their points. Lu Xiaojian saw the 50th Province climbing and dismissed them as a threat, still intending to deal with Jiang Fan in the second round.

• Jiang Fan slaughtered Rippers across the Star Ruins, raising the 50th Province's score to around 15th place.
• Zhong Zhengbai told Jiang Fan that he was injured and struggling against the first wave, and Jiang Fan said he was one kilometer away and would reach him in about ten minutes.
• Zhong Zhengbai checked the rankings and realized Jiang Fan had earned more than 1,200 points by killing over 1,200 Star Beasts in about twenty minutes.
• Lu Xiaojian surveyed the rankings from a flagpole and decided to hold back for later waves of the three-day selection.
• Lu Xiaojian noticed the 50th Province had reached 15th place, but dismissed its progress and imagined killing Jiang Fan in the second round.

Jiang Fan joined Zhong Zhengbai against the Star Beast Tide, rapidly raising the 50th Province’s ranking. As the first wave neared its end, Jiang Fan insisted on continuing to hunt because he wanted to win the competition, not merely advance.

• Jiang Fan reached Zhong Zhengbai and helped him fight off the Ripper Star Beasts.
• Jiang Fan and Zhong Zhengbai fought back to back, and the 50th Province’s hunting data climbed rapidly.
• Lu Xiaojian noticed the 50th Province’s rise in the rankings and wrongly decided that the pair must be exploiting a system loophole.
• After hunting for a day, Zhong Zhengbai urged Jiang Fan to rest, but Jiang Fan continued killing Star Beasts during the final minutes of the first wave.
• Jiang Fan told Zhong Zhengbai that he always came in first and did not want this competition to be an exception.

Jiang Fan and Zhong Zhengbai survived the first Star Beast Tide wave and prepared for the arrival of the Void Hunters. After Zhong Zhengbai was injured by one of their attacks, Jiang Fan resolved to test the creatures’ spatial abilities.

• Zhong Zhengbai, inspired by Jiang Fan’s effort, renewed his determination to fight for first place for the 50th Province.
• The first wave ended, and the system announced that the second wave would arrive after a five-minute rest.
• Translucent Void Hunters appeared, and Zhong Zhengbai warned Jiang Fan that they could blink through space and drain qi and blood with their bites.
• A Void Hunter struck Zhong Zhengbai, leaving a wound that caused his qi and blood to keep falling inside the simulation.
• Jiang Fan realized perception and spatial abilities still worked in the simulation and decided to test the Void Hunters’ spatial abilities.

Jiang Fan used his control over space to easily destroy more than a hundred Void Hunters, while teams across the Star Ruins struggled against the second wave. Chang Kai rejected Gui Hai Zhi’s offer to cooperate, then checked the leaderboard and stopped mid-sentence after seeing the rankings.

• Jiang Fan tested the Void Hunters’ abilities, then dodged their ambush and killed more than a dozen with his ring blades.
• Jiang Fan folded space around a hundred-meter area, crushing more than a hundred Void Hunters and sharply raising his and his companion’s hunting points.
• Gui Hai Zhi proposed that his 51st Province team join Chang Kai’s 8th Province team in a defensive formation, with each team keeping credit for its own kills.
• Chang Kai refused to cooperate, and Gui Hai Zhi warned that his injured teammates might soon be in danger.
• Chang Kai checked the leaderboard while claiming his team had killed four Void Hunters, then abruptly fell silent.

Jiang Fan rapidly killed Void Hunters by countering their Spatial Blink with his Spatial Ability, sending the 50th Province’s score soaring and startling the other teams. Zhong Zhengbai realized how Jiang Fan had overcome the creatures and saw that the team might rise to first place.

• Chang Kai and Gui Hai Zhi noticed the 50th Province’s score climbing rapidly and wondered how the weak team had become so powerful.
• Lu Xiaojian of the 49th Province suspected Jiang Fan and his teammate were cheating and vowed to deal with them.
• Jiang Fan swept hundreds of Void Hunters into a Space Fold and collapsed it, clearing the battlefield around him.
• Jiang Fan explained to Zhong Zhengbai that his Spatial Ability suppressed the Void Hunters’ crude Spatial Blink, preventing their attacks and continuous damage.
• Zhong Zhengbai checked the rankings and realized the 50th Province might climb all the way to first place.

Jiang Fan and Zhong Zhengbai endured the final wave of the Star Beast Tide, fighting together as Rippers and Void Hunters attacked in greater numbers. The first round ended, and the contestants returned from the simulation to their dormancy pods.

• Zhong Zhengbai saw their points surpass the current first-place team while the second wave was still underway.
• After the second wave ended, Zhong Zhengbai collapsed from exhaustion, and Jiang Fan warned him that the final wave was about to begin.
• The third wave brought larger numbers of Rippers and Void Hunters, and Jiang Fan told Zhong Zhengbai to keep scattered beasts away while he hunted the rest.
• Jiang Fan and Zhong Zhengbai fought together through the third wave, gathering points until the simulation announced the end of the first round.
• The Star Beasts vanished, and the contestants were transported back to their dormancy pods at the Federal Arbitration Office.

Jiang Fan learned that the 50th Province had won the first round of the Team Survival Battle by a huge margin and concluded that its advancement was certain. Other contestants suspected the province had exploited a loophole, and some set off to demand an explanation from Elder Xu before Zhong Zhengbai spotted Jiang Fan.

• Jiang Fan woke from the hibernation pod and realized the vaporized energy liquid had kept him going without food.
• Jiang Fan viewed the leaderboard and saw the 50th Province ranked first with two contestants and 438,277 points.
• Jiang Fan concluded that the 50th Province would advance because it had the highest team average and he had the highest individual score.
• Contestants discussed the unusually difficult battle and speculated that the 50th Province had found a trick in the simulation system.
• Several contestants prepared to demand an explanation from Elder Xu, but Zhong Zhengbai excitedly spotted Jiang Fan.

After the 50th Province took first place in the simulated Star War System, Lu Xiaojian and contestants from other provinces accused Jiang Fan and Zhong Zhengbai of cheating. Zhong Zhengbai defended their result and lashed out at the accusers, until someone placed a hand on his shoulder.

• Lu Xiaojian confronted Jiang Fan and Zhong Zhengbai, demanding to know how they had taken first place.
• Zhong Zhengbai said they had earned their points by killing Star Beasts and accused Lu Xiaojian of refusing to accept the 49th Province's loss.
• Lu Xiaojian claimed the 50th Province had cheated and argued that its result could unfairly eliminate other provinces.
• Contestants from other provinces joined Lu Xiaojian in accusing Jiang Fan and Zhong Zhengbai and urging them to confess to Elder Xu.
• Zhong Zhengbai angrily defended the 50th Province's result and insulted the accusers, then felt someone press a hand on his shoulder.

Jiang Fan provoked the competitors who accused him and Zhong Zhengbai of cheating, then Lu Xiaojian led them to report the pair to Elder Xu. Elder Xu announced that the 50th Province’s results were real and valid, leaving the furious crowd without grounds to disqualify them.

• Jiang Fan insulted the gathered competitors, while Zhong Zhengbai left with him rather than continue arguing.
• Jiang Fan challenged the crowd to fight or report them, and he and Zhong Zhengbai departed without anyone daring to attack.
• Lu Xiaojian decided to report Jiang Fan and Zhong Zhengbai to Elder Xu, believing he could still deal with them if they were expelled.
• Lu Xiaojian and the others accused Jiang Fan and Zhong Zhengbai of manipulating the simulated Star War System to farm points.
• Elder Xu announced that the Federal Arbitration Office had reviewed their results and found them real and valid.

Xu Shoushan defended the 50th Province’s results and warned the arbitrators against challenging the Federal Arbitration Office’s judgment. He realized that Lu Xiaojian and the others still resented Jiang Fan and Zhong Zhengbai and might target them in the second round, unaware of Jiang Fan’s true strength.

• Lu Xiaojian questioned Xu Shoushan’s explanation, but Xu Shoushan’s Level 13 pressure forced him to apologize.
• Xu Shoushan threatened to revoke the arbitrators’ qualifications, then forgave them after they begged for mercy.
• Xu Shoushan explained that the judging panel had reviewed the battles and recordings and found no cheating or exploitation of system loopholes.
• After Xu Shoushan dismissed the crowd, some arbitrators privately doubted his explanation and speculated about Zhong Zhengbai’s abilities.
• Xu Shoushan watched the arbitrators leave and suspected that Lu Xiaojian and others would obstruct Jiang Fan and Zhong Zhengbai in the second round, not realizing Jiang Fan was far stronger than Level 10.

Jiang Fan learned that the second round would be a free-for-all challenge in which contestants could fight without restraint, and Zhong Zhengbai warned that rivals would target the 50th Province’s high rankings. The first batch of challenge pairings was chosen, but Xu Shoushan froze as he read the cards.

• Xu Shoushan judged Jiang Fan to possess at least high Level 11 strength and warned that challengers might face grave consequences if they angered him.
• Contestants received the first-round results and the notice explaining that successful challenges would swap rankings while failed challenges would leave rankings unchanged.
• Jiang Fan and Zhong Zhengbai arrived at the Ring of Judgment, where four arenas had been set up, and Zhong Zhengbai warned Jiang Fan that rivals would likely target him.
• Xu Shoushan announced that four contestants at a time would select opponents, and the staff collected the first batch of challenge cards.
• Xu Shoushan began reading out the first batch of pairings, then froze when he saw the cards.

Xu Shoushan revised the challenge rules after four contestants chose Zhong Zhengbai, splitting his matches across separate batches and requiring successful challengers to swap rankings. When Numbers 44, 45, and 46 submitted their opponent choices, Xu Shoushan was dumbfounded again.

• Wang Gang, Xu Xingguang, and Cheng Jing'an all chose to challenge Zhong Zhengbai, who had also selected Meng Hanliu.
• Xu Shoushan announced that Zhong Zhengbai's four matches would take place in separate batches and added contestants ranked 44 through 46 to the first batch.
• Xu Shoushan ruled that any successful challenge would swap the contestants' rankings, even when a higher-ranked contestant challenged a lower-ranked one.
• Xu Shoushan called on contestants ranked 44, 45, and 46 to submit their opponent choices, then was dumbfounded when he received their cards.

After several contestants chose to put Zhong Zhengbai through the Gauntlet, Jiang Fan asked Elder Xu for permission to challenge every contestant from the other provinces alongside Zhong Zhengbai. The chapter ended with Jiang Fan proposing that the winners take first place and the losers stop complaining.

• Xu Shoushan announced that contestants Number 44, Number 45, and Number 46 had also chosen Zhong Zhengbai, extending the Gauntlet against him.
• Zhong Zhengbai panicked about facing seven matches, and Jiang Fan reassured him that things would not come to that.
• Jiang Fan approached Xu Shoushan and accused the other provinces of repeatedly targeting the 50th Province.
• Jiang Fan asked to team up with Zhong Zhengbai and challenge everyone from the other provinces, offering them first place if they won and silence if they lost.