Chapter Summaries

Jian En arrived on Tulip Star and demanded to know whether Jiang Fan had visited a month earlier. After Miguel and Vivian confirmed Jiang Fan’s identity, Jian En revealed his excitement that Jiang Fan was alive and demanded detailed information about his time on the planet.

• Chen Yang and Chen Yanchu watched Jian En arrive in a spacecraft and wondered whether he was connected to Jiang Fan.
• Miguel arrived to meet Jian En, and Vivian followed, arguing that Tulip Star’s administrators had all been summoned.
• Jian En silenced Miguel and Vivian, then asked whether a spacecraft had appeared over Tulip Star a month earlier.
• Miguel and Vivian confirmed that Jiang Fan had piloted the spacecraft, and Jian En realized Jiang Fan was still alive.
• Miguel asked why Jian En was looking for Jiang Fan and warned that Jiang Fan had already left Tulip Star.
• Jian En demanded the most detailed information Miguel and Vivian had about Jiang Fan’s time on Tulip Star.

Zhan En questioned Miguel and Vivian about Jiang Fan, then went to meet Chen Yang and Chen Yanchu. Chen Yang suspected Zhan En was the enemy Jiang Fan had mentioned in the Qiyuan Star Domain.

• Zhan En pressured Miguel to recount how he had met Jiang Fan, and Miguel concealed his close ties to Jiang Fan and the siblings.
• Vivian accused Miguel of lying and revealed his investigation into Jiang Fan’s arrival on Tulip Star and his connection to Chen Yang and Chen Yanchu.
• Zhan En asked Miguel to take him to the siblings, and Miguel obeyed despite Vivian’s betrayal.
• When Zhan En’s group arrived, Chen Yang tried to get Chen Yanchu inside, but Zhan En quickly approached them and asked about Jiang Fan.
• Chen Yang shielded Chen Yanchu and refused Zhan En’s offered handshake, suspecting he was Jiang Fan’s enemy from the Qiyuan Star Domain.

Zhan En convinced Chen Yang that he was Jiang Fan’s friend and revealed that he might be the teacher Jiang Fan had promised to find for the Chen siblings. After killing Vivian for betraying Jiang Fan, Zhan En offered to take Chen Yang as his disciple.

• Chen Yang denied knowing Jiang Fan, but Zhan En tricked him into revealing that he did know him.
• Zhan En said Jiang Fan was his friend and proved his claimed loyalty by killing Vivian, who had exposed information about Jiang Fan.
• Chen Yang recounted Jiang Fan’s deeds on Tulip Star and said Jiang Fan had planned to leave.
• Zhan En reasoned that he was the teacher Jiang Fan had promised to find for the Chen siblings, since he was Jiang Fan’s only friend in the Qiyuan Star Domain.
• Zhan En decided the siblings were worth cultivating and asked Chen Yang why he had not hurried to become his disciple.

Zhan En accepted Chen Yang and Chen Yanchu as his disciples and took them from Tulip Star to Qiyuan Star Domain. Meanwhile, a young man on Shengfeng Star followed a trail of clues and wondered whether Roger was still alive.

• Chen Yang accepted Zhan En as his teacher, and Chen Yanchu became Zhan En’s disciple as well.
• Zhan En took the siblings with him to settle them in Qiyuan Star Domain and continue searching for Jiang Fan.
• Miguel ordered Chen Yang’s house preserved and planned to use Vivian’s death to take control of Wulan City.
• On Shengfeng Star, a young man who had searched across more than ten planets found a lead and wondered whether Roger was still alive.

Jiang Fan tracked Roger to Shengfeng Star and waited for him to appear on Deyuan Street so he could take revenge. Nearby, Kang'er toured the city with Uncle Xu, who had been ordered to keep him out of trouble, until Kang'er's father called urgently.

• Jiang Fan followed information brokers’ leads and learned that Roger had recovered from severe injuries and resumed taking jobs for the Blood Butcher Organization.
• Jiang Fan learned that Roger was expected to appear on Deyuan Street to target the son of an official from the 18th Province, and prepared to kill him once he confirmed his identity.
• Kang'er rode through Shengfeng Star with Uncle Xu, who urged him to return because they were in unfamiliar territory and Lan Yuliang was also nearby.
• Kang'er agreed to head back after seeing the district, but Uncle Xu received an urgent call from Kang'er's father asking whether Kang'er was with him and where they were.

Uncle Xu learned that the Blood Butcher Organization planned to attack Young Master Kang on Deyuan Street and suspected their driver, Xiao Pan, had betrayed them. Xiao Pan claimed his family had been threatened and led them to a getaway car, but a sinister middle-aged man appeared before they could escape.

• Uncle Xu received a warning that the Blood Butcher Organization intended to harm Young Master Kang on Deyuan Street and ordered the driver to turn back.
• Uncle Xu accused Xiao Pan of leaking their last-minute itinerary, and Xiao Pan admitted the enemy had threatened his wife and children.
• Uncle Xu used a secret technique to make Xiao Pan promise to get them out, and Xiao Pan led them to a small white car through an alley.
• Uncle Xu and Young Master Kang climbed into the getaway car, but Xiao Pan froze as a sinister middle-aged man confronted them and mocked the job as easy money.

Roger confronted Uncle Xu and Young Master Kang, while Jiang Fan sensed his presence and prepared to kill him. Zhong Zhengbai of the Federal Arbitration Office intervened, but Roger easily repelled his attack and warned him to leave.

• Roger revealed that he was a Level 12 martial powerhouse, leaving Uncle Xu, Young Master Kang, and the others despairing of escape.
• Jiang Fan sensed Roger in the teahouse, declared that he would take revenge, and appeared above the alley ready to attack.
• Zhong Zhengbai arrived in front of the white car and identified himself as an adjudicator from the 50th Province branch of the Federal Arbitration Office.
• Roger began counting down and warned Zhong Zhengbai to leave, but Zhong attacked before he could finish.
• Roger stopped Zhong Zhengbai's punch and shoved him backward, then offered him another chance to leave.
• Zhong Zhengbai accused Roger of being scared, and Roger's expression sharpened.

Roger attacked Zhong Zhengbai after the Federal Arbitration Office officer refused to back down, and Zhong prepared to face the fatal strike. Just as their attacks were about to meet, an unseen speaker mocked Roger from the air.

• Roger used a palm strike to severely injure Zhong Zhengbai, then offered to let him leave.
• Zhong Zhengbai refused Roger’s mercy, declared that the evidence against him was secured, and vowed to bring him to justice.
• Roger decided to kill Zhong Zhengbai and unleashed a powerful finger strike that tore through space.
• As Zhong Zhengbai braced to counter the attack, an unseen voice called Roger backward with age for taking a job to kill helpless targets for 20 million Star Coins.

Jiang Fan appeared in the sky and stopped Roger’s attack on Zhong Zhengbai and the others, revealing himself as the man Roger had believed dead. Roger challenged him to move the fight elsewhere, but Jiang Fan refused and said he could defeat him here.

• Jiang Fan swept away Roger and Zhong Zhengbai’s colliding attacks and dispersed Roger’s finger rays with a single strike.
• Zhong Zhengbai wondered whether Jiang Fan had come to save them and tried to determine his identity.
• Roger recognized Jiang Fan and was shocked that he had survived their battle above Canglan Star.
• Jiang Fan explained that he survived the spatial collapse by touching a spatial node, then mocked Roger for taking a small job and fighting a Level 10 novice.
• Roger proposed moving their battle away from the Federal Government’s 50th Province, while Zhong Zhengbai warned Jiang Fan that Roger might be trying to escape or lure him into danger.
• Jiang Fan refused to change locations and told Roger he could defeat him with a finger.

Jiang Fan confronted Roger, broke free of his Brahma Rope, and defeated him with a single punch after revealing how much stronger he had become. Roger’s organs were shattered, though the chapter ended before his fate was confirmed.

• Roger abandoned his plan to lure Jiang Fan into the outer domain and attacked him with his newly comprehended Brahma Rope.
• Roger’s chains trapped Jiang Fan in a condensed space, making Zhong Zhengbai fear that Jiang Fan had been caught by surprise.
• Jiang Fan expanded and shattered the prison, then contained the explosion’s aftershocks to protect the street.
• Jiang Fan told Roger he was no longer as weak as he had been a year earlier and struck Roger in the chest with a punch.
• Roger felt no external injury at first, but blood poured from his mouth as he realized Jiang Fan had shattered his internal organs.

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.