Chapter Summaries

Jiang Fan learned why Zhan En had supplied Spirit Liquid to the Barbaric Planet and weighed the danger of killing him. Zhan En proposed recommending Jiang Fan to the God Kingdom in exchange for protection for himself and Blue Star.

• Zhan En explained that his salary could not cover the Spirit Liquid he gave the Barbaric Planet, so he had used his work quota to pay for it.
• Jiang Fan refused Zhan En’s offer of Spirit Liquid, and Zhan En warned that his death could bring the God Kingdom to Blue Star.
• Zhan En argued that the God Kingdom could hire higher-level experts to retaliate and that its leaders would not tolerate a Barbaric Planet killing one of their officials.
• Zhan En said his failed mission could leave him facing punishment from the God Kingdom and proposed recommending Jiang Fan under its talent protection policy.
• Zhan En claimed that Jiang Fan’s acceptance could end the God Kingdom’s pursuit of him and stop it from demanding Blue Star’s resources, and Jiang Fan narrowed his eyes.

Jiang Fan verified Zhan En’s proposal by searching his memories, then forced him to swallow a sealed toxic fungus as insurance before agreeing to cooperate. Zhan En warned that they needed to act quickly to avoid alerting the God Kingdom’s higher-ups, and Jiang Fan said they would go to Huaxia first.

• Zhan En swore he would honor his agreement and urged Jiang Fan to trust him.
• Jiang Fan used Spiritual Illusion to search Zhan En’s memories and confirmed that he had not lied.
• Jiang Fan made Zhan En swallow a toxic fungus sealed with Space Power, threatening to release it if Zhan En betrayed him.
• Zhan En accepted the condition, and he and Jiang Fan agreed to cooperate.
• Jiang Fan planned to take Zhan En to Huaxia before they left together, while Zhan En warned that the God Kingdom might notice his extended absence.

Jiang Fan returned to Huaxia with Zhan En and explained that the God Kingdom might retaliate against Blue Star, but their plan was for Jiang Fan to enter the God Kingdom and free Blue Star from its control. Before departing for the Qiyuan Star Domain, Jiang Fan established the Martial Arts Alliance to maintain order on Blue Star.

• Jiang Fan introduced Zhan En to Xiao Longyuan and the others as the High God Lord, then recounted the battle, the Divine Seat’s death, and their negotiations.
• Jiang Fan told Xiao Longyuan that he and Zhan En planned for him to enter the God Kingdom and earn merit to prevent it from controlling Blue Star.
• Jiang Fan instructed Xiao Longyuan to establish a Martial Arts Alliance and bring Blue Star’s Supremes under its authority.
• Xiao Longyuan established the Martial Arts Alliance within three days, and Jiang Fan appointed him Alliance Leader before intimidating several dissenters into compliance.
• Jiang Fan arranged matters and said farewell to his family, then set out with Zhan En for the Qiyuan Star Domain on the seventh day.

Zhan En took Jiang Fan aboard an advanced aircraft bound for the God Kingdom’s station on Canglan Star and showed him its comfortable living quarters and automated systems. They watched Blue Star recede into space, and Zhan En said the journey would take nearly a month.

• Zhan En and Jiang Fan boarded the aircraft, whose interior was arranged like a spacious home rather than a conventional cockpit.
• Zhan En showed Jiang Fan the aircraft’s rooms and explained that he had set its coordinates for Canglan Star, where they would arrive in twenty-nine days.
• Zhan En explained that the aircraft used mature autopilot technology and that he spent most of his year traveling between the twenty-one planets he oversaw.
• Jiang Fan realized the aircraft had already left Blue Star when Zhan En opened the Sky Screen to reveal the starry sky and Blue Star shrinking behind them.
• Zhan En described the aircraft’s simulated-gravity and inertial-damping fields, then suggested they wash up and sleep through part of the long journey.

After half a month aboard the aircraft, Jiang Fan and Zhan En reached Canglan Star and the God Kingdom headquarters. There, Zhan En encountered Sailuo, who challenged his return and asked who Jiang Fan was.

• Jiang Fan spent the long journey cultivating and grew familiar with life aboard the aircraft.
• Jiang Fan saw a Qiyuan Star Domain interstellar cruiser, and Zhan En explained its size, speed, and combat capabilities.
• Jiang Fan and Zhan En entered the Qiyuan Star Domain and saw its many celestial bodies before reaching Canglan Star after twenty-nine days.
• Zhan En brought Jiang Fan to the floating lotus-shaped God Kingdom headquarters and showed him its functional zones.
• Zhan En gave evasive answers to colleagues who asked why he had returned, then warned Jiang Fan that they were putting on an act.
• Sailuo confronted Zhan En about returning before his permitted time and asked who Jiang Fan was.

Zhan En brought Jiang Fan back to the God Kingdom, but Sailuo’s knowledge of their mission and the gathering of the board’s leaders at the convalescent center suggested that Saibo was working against them. The chapter ended as the leaders asked Zhan En to introduce Jiang Fan.

• Sailuo confronted Zhan En and Jiang Fan, guessed that Jiang Fan was the Genius Zhan En had found, and threatened Zhan En’s plans to return to headquarters.
• Zhan En told Jiang Fan that Sailuo was Saibo’s son and suspected Saibo had learned about their mission and prepared to obstruct it.
• A secretary told Zhan En that Saibo and the other vice chairmen had gathered with Chairman Brian at the convalescent area.
• Zhan En and Jiang Fan followed the secretary to the Light-Rejuvenation Convalescent Center, where the board members were relaxing.
• An elderly board member invited Zhan En to introduce Jiang Fan to the gathered officials.

Jiang Fan’s exceptional blood vitality impressed the God Kingdom’s leaders, but Vice Chairman Brian assigned him to resource inspection on the Barbaric Planets instead of bringing him to headquarters. Zhan En accepted the decision for now and was ordered to introduce Jiang Fan to the Qiyuan Star Domain before they departed for work.

• Zhan En introduced Jiang Fan as a Level 10 native of the Barbaric Planet Blue Star, prompting the leaders to question how he had cultivated so far.
• The secretary tested Jiang Fan twice, confirming his blood vitality was 3.98 million and astonishing the leaders.
• Vice Chairman Brian praised Zhan En but assigned Jiang Fan to replace Trent as a Senior Resource Inspector and told Zhan En to guide him.
• Zhan En suspected Said had arranged the decision, but he concealed his objections and agreed to stay in the post.
• Brian gave Zhan En one week to familiarize Jiang Fan with the Qiyuan Star Domain and God Kingdom before they began work.

Jiang Fan confronted Zhan En after the God Kingdom assigned them to peripheral duties, and Zhan En explained that the Sailuo family had undermined his plans. Jiang Fan agreed to trust him for now and consider the assignment a chance to grow stronger, while Vice Chairman Saibo and Vice Chairman Brian discussed their suspicions about Zhan En and Jiang Fan.

• Zhan En admitted that the Sailuo family had won over Vice Chairman Brian and apologized for Jiang Fan's poor assignment.
• Jiang Fan questioned whether Zhan En had conspired against him and warned him that the poison fungus in his body could be released at any time.
• Zhan En argued that staying away from the God Kingdom's factions would keep Jiang Fan safer and said his Senior Resource Inspector position could bring useful resources.
• Jiang Fan decided to trust Zhan En for now, and Zhan En offered to show him around the God Kingdom and Qiyuan Star Domain.
• Vice Chairman Brian questioned whether Zhan En had raised Jiang Fan with Spirit Liquid, but Vice Chairman Saibo dismissed his concerns and invited the other officials to try Volcanic Snow.

Zhan En showed Jiang Fan around the Qiyuan Star Domain and took him to Lakala Star to buy cultivation resources before their next inspection. There, Sailuo mocked Jiang Fan as an indigene from a Barbaric Planet and offered him money, leaving the encounter tense.

• Zhan En explained the planets surrounding Canglan Star and told Jiang Fan that strange beasts also emerged from spatial rifts in the Qiyuan Star Domain.
• Zhan En took Jiang Fan by spacecraft to Lakala Star, a trading planet where merchants had to leave before the deadly cold nightfall.
• Zhan En showed Jiang Fan the trading district and explained that God Kingdom employees could buy Spirit Liquid at a discount.
• Sailuo approached Zhan En and Jiang Fan, mocked Jiang Fan's origins and lack of money, and offered to lend him Star Coins.

Jiang Fan outmaneuvered Sailuo after Sailuo offered to lend him money, ordering twenty thousand bottles of Spirit Liquid on Sailuo’s tab and publicly exposing his empty boast. Jiang Fan and Zhan En left to prepare for their departure from the God Kingdom in seven days, while a young woman watched the confrontation and decided to visit Sailuo.

• Sailuo taunted Jiang Fan and offered to lend him money, prompting Zhan En to warn Jiang Fan against provoking the God Kingdom’s forces.
• Jiang Fan accepted Sailuo’s offer and ordered twenty thousand bottles of Spirit Liquid charged to him.
• Jiang Fan called Sailuo dishonest when Sailuo claimed the offer had only been a joke, leaving Sailuo furious but unwilling to break Lakala Trading Planet’s Laws in public.
• Zhan En mocked Sailuo about getting someone pregnant, then Jiang Fan led him away to gather cultivation resources before they left in seven days.
• A young woman watching from a shop said Jiang Fan was interesting, heard a burly middle-aged man predict Sailuo would make him disappear, and decided to go let Sailuo know she had witnessed his setback.

Serena provoked Sailuo so she could use evidence of his planned revenge against Jiang Fan to break their engagement. Jiang Fan revealed that he had already marked Sailuo and decided he would not wait seven days to kill him.

• Serena mocked Sailuo's weakness and urged him to end their engagement, but Sailuo insisted they would marry in half a year.
• Serena told her attendant that Sailuo's revenge against Jiang Fan could give them evidence to dissolve the engagement, and ordered him to watch Sailuo.
• Zhan En warned Jiang Fan that humiliating Sailuo could bring dangerous retaliation, while Jiang Fan admitted he expected Sailuo to ambush them when they left in seven days.
• Jiang Fan returned to his residence on Koni Star, sensed the anchor point he had placed on Sailuo, and decided to act before seven days passed.

Sailuo arranged for two Level 10 Martial Arts Masters to kill Jiang Fan and sought extra protection amid tensions with the Gereke Family. Jiang Fan struck first, cutting off Sailuo’s arm and leaving him pleading for his life.

• Sailuo ordered two Level 10 Martial Arts Masters to attack Jiang Fan when he left the God Kingdom in seven days and told his agent to let Serena learn the outcome without exposing evidence.
• Sailuo requested two Level 11 experts for protection, fearing the Gereke Family might attack him during the escalating conflict.
• Jiang Fan’s hostile presence locked onto Sailuo, and a flash of cold light severed Sailuo’s arm before he could call for help.
• Sailuo begged the unseen attacker for mercy and realized Jiang Fan was the one who had ambushed him.
• Sailuo offered Jiang Fan 20,000 bottles of Spirit Liquid and promised to persuade his father to give Jiang Fan a high-ranking post in the God Kingdom.

Jiang Fan killed Sailuo on Koni Star and used poison fungus to destroy his body and conceal the evidence. After two women discovered Sailuo’s bones, the Law Enforcement Team identified him, and news of his death shook the God Kingdom.

• Sailuo offered Jiang Fan wealth and status in exchange for his life, but Jiang Fan rejected him and confronted him over plotting an ambush.
• Sailuo threatened Jiang Fan with the God Kingdom’s retaliation and began a countdown, but Jiang Fan killed him with a sword of Qi.
• Jiang Fan used poison fungus to consume Sailuo’s body, gathered the fungus into a small space, and reflected on avoiding attention while he grew stronger.
• Two women found Sailuo’s bones in his residence on Koni Star and called the Law Enforcement Team.
• The Law Enforcement Team confirmed Sailuo’s identity, and the news reached the God Kingdom’s higher-ups, shaking the entire God Kingdom.

After Sailuo was killed on Koni Star, Saibo and the God Kingdom's higher-ups mobilized to respond, while Serena welcomed the news as the end of her engagement. Jiang Fan learned of Sailuo's death when Zhan En woke him with the news.

• Saibo ordered an investigation into Sailuo's death and headed to Koni Star to retrieve his son's bones.
• The God Kingdom's higher-ups decided to mobilize and support Saibo, making clear that Sailuo's killing would be treated as an attack on their power.
• Serena learned Sailuo had died, withdrew the arrangements she had made to gather evidence against him, and reflected that his death had saved Jiang Fan.
• Zhan En woke Jiang Fan and told him Sailuo had been killed on Koni Star the previous night.

Jiang Fan dismissed the news of Sailuo’s death and continued his plans with Zhan En, while Saibo launched an investigation into his son’s murder. A death analysis narrowed the cause to a strange toxin, but Saibo had already ruled Jiang Fan out as a suspect.

• Jiang Fan persuaded Zhan En to tour Jinuo Star’s industrial infrastructure before celebrating Sailuo’s death with a drink.
• Saibo confronted Sheriff Zuo Li on Koni Star after seeing Sailuo’s remains, then took over the investigation and ordered the evidence sent to Canglan Star.
• Three days later, Icarus identified the Gereke Family, Serena, and Jiang Fan as suspect groups based on their presence on Lakala Star and their conflict with Sailuo.
• Saibo dismissed Jiang Fan as incapable of killing Sailuo and focused on Serena and the Gereke Family.
• An investigator interrupted the meeting to report that Sailuo had likely been killed by a strange toxin.

Saibo’s investigation into Sailuo’s death pointed to McKinney, a poison-using martial expert connected to Ivan and the Greck Group. The God Kingdom seized Greck Group assets, and the Greck Group retaliated with an identical announcement, escalating tensions between the two powers.

• The death scientist said an unknown toxin had consumed Sailuo’s flesh and nerves, and Saibo’s advisers suggested screening poison-using martial experts.
• The meeting narrowed twelve suspects to McKinney, a Level 10 expert with Spatial Ability who had once been saved by Ivan of the Greck Group.
• Saibo concluded Ivan had arranged Sailuo’s death and vowed to confront him, but the other higher-ups urged caution and chose to seize Greck Group assets in the God Kingdom.
• The God Kingdom announced that it would freeze or seize Greck Group assets over alleged fraud and smuggling.
• The Greck Group answered within hours by issuing an identical announcement against God Kingdom assets in its territory.

As the God Kingdom and the Greck Group escalated their feud, Zhan En speculated that the Cost Group had engineered the conflict and that someone else had killed Sailuo. His deductions led him to suspect Jiang Fan, who silently confronted him aboard the spacecraft.

• Saibo blamed Ivan for Sailuo's death and gained support for further sanctions against the Greck Group.
• The God Kingdom and the Greck Group imposed escalating tariffs and clashed, throwing the region's long-standing balance into chaos.
• Zhan En told Jiang Fan that their distance from the conflict made their exile to the Barbaric Planet fortunate.
• Zhan En reasoned that Sailuo's death and the Greck Group's feud with the God Kingdom might have been orchestrated by the Cost Group, whose Serena had been engaged to Sailuo.
• Zhan En connected the toxin and other clues from Sailuo's death to Jiang Fan, then realized Jiang Fan had heard his suspicions.

Jiang Fan admitted to Zhan En that he had killed Sailuo and warned him to keep quiet, then the two continued their journey across the Barbaric Planets. They landed on Black Rock Star to collect dark crystal ore and left without staying, as Zhan En disliked the planet.

• Zhan En deduced that Jiang Fan had killed Sailuo and confessed his suspicion when Jiang Fan pressed him.
• Jiang Fan admitted killing Sailuo, said Sailuo had provoked him, and told Zhan En they should leave the wider affair alone.
• Zhan En realized Jiang Fan’s poisonous fungus could kill him and understood the confession as a warning to stay silent.
• After about half a month of travel, Jiang Fan and Zhan En landed on Black Rock Star, where Zhan En collected the prepared dark crystal ore.
• Zhan En declined the planet’s hospitality because its darkness and inhabitants put him off, and he and Jiang Fan departed aboard the flying vessel.

Jiang Fan traveled between planets as the Divine Kingdom Senior Resource Inspector, collecting Crystal Cores and cultivating until he reached Level 11. As he approached the final planet of his annual inspection, Zhan En urgently told him that the God Kingdom was gone.

• Zhan En explained the unusual Barbaric Planets under the God Kingdom's jurisdiction and told Jiang Fan that, as Trent's successor, he had become High God of twelve planets and would receive a welcoming gift from each.
• After training with Zhan En for more than a month, Jiang Fan began inspecting planets alone and collected Crystal Cores along with a welcoming gift from each one.
• Jiang Fan absorbed a Crystal Core and found its energy comparable to Blue Star's Strange Stones, then used his inspection rewards to cultivate during his travels.
• Over six months, Jiang Fan visited eleven planets, collected more than ten million Crystal Cores, and raised his blood and qi from 3.8 million to 6.5 million, reaching Level 11.
• As Jiang Fan neared the final planet and planned to learn more about the Qiyuan Civilization, Zhan En called and urgently announced that the God Kingdom was gone.

After the God Kingdom’s leadership was wiped out, Jiang Fan refused to flee because he feared the Cost Group might endanger Blue Star. He and Zhan En prepared to intercept the Cost Group’s team, though Jiang Fan left his ultimate plan unclear.

• Zhan En told Jiang Fan that the Greck Group and Cost Group had eliminated the God Kingdom’s board of directors and that the Cost Group was heading toward Barbaric Planet.
• Jiang Fan chose to stay and protect Blue Star, while Zhan En warned him that the two groups might target them.
• Jiang Fan collected tribute from the final planet, and he and Zhan En met at a coordinate on the outskirts of Barbaric Planet.
• Zhan En asked Jiang Fan to remove the poison fungus implanted in his body, and Jiang Fan agreed to do so after the matter was over.
• Jiang Fan and Zhan En planned to wait on the route to Barbaric Planet for the Cost Group’s team, and Jiang Fan said status was earned through battle.