Chapter Summaries

Yang Bo divided his rewards among his colleagues, Green City, and the academy, then learned that the scroll taken from the Red Headscarf Thieves Guild leader was a secret art. At the Banshee Circus, he was hailed as the Messenger of Light and received a Rock Leopard, which Su Wei eagerly claimed as a pet.

• Locke awarded Yang Bo ten Cavalry Merits and 2,500 Gold Coins, and Yang Bo gave up extra rewards and donated money to Green City.
• Yang Bo donated another thousand Gold Coins to the academy and showed Dean Eddie a mysterious scroll from the Red Headscarf Thieves Guild leader.
• Eddie identified the scroll as a possible secret art and moved Yang Bo and Adam into a safer cave at the academy.
• A Banshee Circus astrologist called Yang Bo the Messenger of Light, and two women he had rescued gave him a caged Rock Leopard.
• Eddie explained that the Rock Leopard was a Ferocious Beast that needed fresh meat and milk, and Su Wei let it out of its cage and began looking for a name.

Yang Bo brought Su Wei to his home on March Star, where she discovered the scale of his property and the secrets hidden on it. After touring his land, Su Wei asked about Yang Bo’s other girlfriends, and he explained that they lived in the city and trained their superpowers.

• Yang Bo and Adam settled the leopard cub Mao Mao in Adam’s cave, while Yang Bo noticed Green City was moving supplies and learned that the Lolo Kingdom’s poor harvest had raised the risk of war with the Maple Leaf Kingdom.
• Zhang Bozhen picked Yang Bo and Su Wei up at the spaceport, gave Su Wei a villa in Oma City, and agreed that Yang Bo could buy a fighter.
• Yang Bo showed Su Wei his fortified villa and told her about the pirate attack that had brought him to March Star.
• Su Wei discovered that Yang Bo’s property covered vast stretches of land and contained valuable Mutated Creatures, and Yang Bo promised to give her Gene Serum.
• Yang Bo took Su Wei on a Flying Car tour of their territory, and she asked where his other two girlfriends lived.

Yang Bo used his homemade Gene Serum and guided Su Wei through awakening and controlling her Mental Power, while she also showed signs of an unknown second power. After confirming her new abilities, they discussed training and the garden, and Su Wei resolved to learn more about Yang Bo’s other girlfriends.

• Su Wei hesitated over Yang Bo’s wealth and her lack of powers, but Yang Bo gave her Gene Serum and coached her through moving a small ball with Mental Power.
• Su Wei learned to gather and store her Mental Power, exhausted herself, and fell asleep after Yang Bo confirmed she had become a Superpower User.
• Yang Bo visited Annie and Siya, then checked on his laboratory creatures and replaced the Energy Stone being absorbed by the unknown Life Energy entity.
• The next morning, Yang Bo explained that Su Wei had Mental System powers and an unknown second power, and demonstrated how he could manipulate a teacup.
• Su Wei chose to have the garden redesigned for the mountain behind their home and began training with the ball, while deciding she wanted to discover which of Yang Bo’s other girlfriends had the stronger powers.

Yang Bo advanced in the Second World, earning a knighthood in Green City and receiving gifts from the nobles. Su Wei tried to recruit her brother Su Hai to join Yang Bo, but he refused even after buying Gold Coins, leaving Yang Bo and Su Wei amused by his pride.

• Yang Bo's character Handy was knighted in Green City, and the nobles congratulated him and gave him gifts, including a warhorse and armor.
• Yang Bo told Su Wei that he could not properly use the warhorse with the current controls and suggested Su Hai could join them after his character died.
• Su Wei invited Su Hai to join Yang Bo, but Su Hai dismissed the idea that Yang Bo could become a baron and complained about their land.
• After Su Wei mentioned that Yang Bo had several hundred Gold Coins, Su Hai transferred money to buy five Gold Coins while insisting he would not join Yang Bo.
• Yang Bo warned Su Wei that the nobles on the front lines might exploit Su Hai for his Gold Coins, and Su Wei agreed that their pride made them stubborn.

Yang Bo prepared D-Class Gene Energy Evolution Serums for the Ninth Fleet while discussing recruitment, security, and cooperation with Wang Muxue, Liu Zhijie, and Zhou Rui. He gave Su Wei a mutated Sand Rat named Shen Gongbao, then sensed his Space Mecha’s energy tremble and left for the laboratory.

• Wang Muxue told Yang Bo, Liu Zhijie, and Zhou Rui that the Ninth Fleet was mostly staffed but needed high-end technical personnel, and she warned that several powers were watching the group’s Energy Potions.
• Liu Zhijie said March Star had discovered another Mutated Animal, while Wang Muxue urged Yang Bo to strengthen security against increasingly advanced interstellar criminals.
• Yang Bo spent two days preparing D-Class Gene Energy Evolution Serums for the fleet.
• Su Wei asked Yang Bo for a fluffy pet, and he brought her a mutated Sand Rat that she named Shen Gongbao.
• Yang Bo sensed his Space Mecha’s energy tremble, told Su Wei to train and rest, and went to the laboratory.

Yang Bo helped White and the others advance their high-temperature material experiment, then returned to his manor and dealt with royal visitors, noble politics, and requests for help. He left for March Star to plan future research and discussed Su Wei’s future in the Second World game.

• Yang Bo joined White and two others in an Ultra-High Temperature Material experiment that transformed the laboratory island and its facilities.
• At his manor, Yang Bo reviewed news about a bounty placed on him by Hartney of the Halin Family and learned that Su Ruoxin and Su Ruoyun had visited.
• Su Ruoxin asked Yang Bo to help her deal with the Crown Prince, but he refused to get involved in royal family affairs before returning to March Star.
• Yang Bo considered expanding Space Energy research and using Space Boxes for long-distance deliveries, while noting the technical and financial obstacles.
• Yang Bo declined dinner invitations from Liu Jingxiang and Zhou Kexin, then discussed Su Wei’s reluctance to fight in the game and suggested she teach archery or work at the academy.

Yang Bo attended the Noble Assembly as Bart and joined Allen in humiliating Hartney over his recent losses. Hartney challenged Bart, but the nobles joined the fight against him, leaving him battered and sent away.

• Yang Bo learned that Su Ruoxin wanted him to target Hartney, but the Altena Family's Clan Leader warned him that she might be trying to divide the Great Nobles and told him to keep his head down at the Noble Assembly.
• Yang Bo inspected the construction of Wan Hua Valley on March Star while Su Wei continued training her psychic power and teaching Shen Gongbao to recognize objects.
• Yang Bo transformed into Bart, dressed in formal attire, and attended the Noble Assembly, where he and Allen mocked Hartney for losing money.
• Hartney stood up to confront Bart, and Bart and Allen spat on and slapped him as nearby nobles joined in, kicking him toward the front of the hall.
• Allen threw Hartney's green hat at him and told him to return to his estate and cry.

Yang Bo, posing as Bart, challenged Hartney to a Regular Combat duel at the Great Arena after Hartney taunted him outside the Noble Council meeting. The duel was set for noon the next day, with Hartney’s spaceship and both men’s titles at stake, while Yang Bo headed to his laboratory.

• Yang Bo mocked Hartney’s challenge and, after learning Hartney owned a valuable stealth spaceship, agreed to fight him in Regular Combat.
• Yang Bo and Hartney wagered their titles, and the Noble Council approved their duel for noon the next day at the Great Arena.
• Yang Bo told Jerry Butler to bet two billion on his victory, despite Jerry warning him that Hartney was skilled and vice president of his planet’s Combat Association.
• Yang Bo told Jerry to reject Princess Su Ruoyun’s visit and order him two well-rounded advanced mechas before leaving for the laboratory.

Yang Bo returned to March Star, while mercenaries and Aquamarine Empire nobles reacted to news of his enormous estate by accusing him of being an Alliance fraud. Disguised as Bart, he went to the Great Arena with Allen for a duel and encountered Su Ruoyun.

• Yang Bo returned to his villa, discussed space travel with Su Wei, and cooked her requested meal while she trained her superpower.
• A group of mercenaries discovered Yang Bo lived in a fortress-class villa on more than 1.8 million square kilometers of land and asked their employers to increase the mission payment or cancel it.
• Aquamarine Empire nobles and media publicized Yang Bo's wealth, accused him of being an Alliance tool, and demanded the Alliance Swordplay Association revoke his membership and achievements.
• Yang Bo saw the reports on Devon Star and drove to the Great Arena disguised as Bart with Allen, who had bet against him in the duel.
• Su Ruoyun approached Bart outside the arena and asked where he had been, before someone mocked him for claiming to do experiments.

Yang Bo, Allen, and Bart mocked the nobles who had called Yang Bo a fraud, while Hartney learned that his own posts had exposed his ignorance. Bart then defeated Hartney in their unrestricted duel and claimed the spacecraft Hartney had wagered.

• Yang Bo, Allen, and Bart ridiculed Bald Head Rip and other nobles for insisting that Yang Bo had tricked them, pointing out that his land records had long been public.
• Bart taunted the nobles over their bets and challenged them to wager on his duel with Hartney, while the spectators speculated about the political stakes of the match.
• Hartney discovered comments explaining that Yang Bo's information was publicly available, deleted his video, and closed his social account before arguing with Allen.
• Bart and Hartney began their unrestricted Regular Combat duel, exchanged matching attacks, and Bart used a series of feints and throws to slam Hartney's head into the arena floor for a knockout.
• Bart declared that Hartney owed him the spacecraft, while Allen complained that Bart had made him lose another bet.

After defeating Hartney, Yang Bo returned to his laboratory and found Brian’s research notes and a Biological Sample that let him take on Brian’s identity. As Yang Bo examined the Carter Family’s research, a Brotherhood assassin team planned to capture him for his money.

• Bart defeated Hartney in the Combat Association match, and Hartney was told to pay his debt and faced losing his noble status.
• Yang Bo returned to Bart Territory, spent time with Su Ruoxin, then went back to March Star and discussed Su Wei’s Mental Power training over dinner.
• Yang Bo examined the Energy Crystal Cores and Brian’s notes, learned Brian’s theories about Gene Evolution, and used a hair sample to Camouflage himself as Brian.
• Yang Bo unlocked a Carter Family optical computer and reviewed its research on Interstellar Creatures, including grotesque creature-mecha prototypes.
• Five Brotherhood assassins in Oma City accepted money to capture Yang Bo and organized a plan to watch his villa and ambush him when he came out.

Yang Bo and Su Wei visited Zhang Bozhen, where they discussed security, business opportunities, and the Second World game after Zhang Bozhen’s guards caught an assassin team following them. On Devon Star, Yang Bo learned that Rip had challenged him to a five-billion-credit contest in a skill of Rip’s choosing, leaving him irritated and unsure how to respond.

• Yang Bo took Su Wei to Zhang Bozhen’s villa, where Zhang Bozhen’s guards arrested three armed men who had followed them.
• Yang Bo asked Zhang Bozhen to arrange advanced security systems and two high-end mechas, and agreed to sign a letter of intent with him to develop the Mutated Animals.
• Yang Bo told Zhang Bozhen about Su Wei’s Black Rock Honeybees, and Zhang Bozhen offered to help them find a market and obtain approvals.
• Yang Bo and Su Wei returned home and speculated that nobles or someone seeking his winnings had hired the assassins.
• Yang Bo traveled to Devon Star as Bart, refused Hartney’s offer to pay for the spaceship, and received a royal invitation to a young talents’ reception.
• Jerry Butler told Yang Bo that Rip had challenged Bart to a contest, betting five billion credits on a skill of Rip’s choice, and Yang Bo worried that refusing would make him look like an idiot.

Yang Bo mocked Rip until public backlash forced Rip to delete his account, then learned his laboratory still needed him to produce rare materials by hand. He sought Wang Muxue’s guidance on mental powers, shared it with Su Wei, and later visited Annie and Xi Ya while planning to act against the Pirate Alliance Council.

• Yang Bo taunted Rip online for challenging him to a duel, and the betting public joined in until Rip deleted his social media account.
• Allen praised Yang Bo and tried to get his winnings, while the Clan Leader of the Altena Family called and Yang Bo left for the laboratory.
• White told Yang Bo that producing the new high-temperature material still required his precise control, and Yang Bo reluctantly agreed to help while demanding a better solution.
• Yang Bo asked Wang Muxue for mental-power training guidance, received her handwritten scroll, and demonstrated his control of Sky Rend to Su Wei.
• Yang Bo reviewed Third Master's messages, found that the Pirate Alliance Council had withheld compensation, and decided to make it suffer while helping Li Yong earn merit.
• Yang Bo visited Annie and Xi Ya, reassured them about Su Wei, and promised to introduce them once her superpower stabilized.

Yang Bo joined the Second World Noble Hunting Tournament as Handy and won the first hunt by killing a wolf with a precise arrow. He climbed the mountain to wait for more prey, then noticed an eagle circling overhead as pheasants fled nearby.

• Yang Bo visited the nearly completed garden and learned about the newly hatched Black Rock Honeybees and their unusual honey.
• Su Wei told Yang Bo her Mental Power worked differently from the recorded methods, and he encouraged her to keep training without overexerting herself.
• Yang Bo entered the Second Game World and joined Locke and Green City's young nobles for the hunting tournament.
• Handy hid in an irrigation ditch and shot a wolf through the eye as it leaped across, earning praise from the City Lord for the first catch.
• Handy ran to the mountain and waited on a large rock while the nobles celebrated his luck and drank the wolf's blood mixed with wine.
• Yang Bo spotted an eagle circling above the mountain and heard pheasants fluttering frantically behind him.

Yang Bo’s game character Handy won the hunting tournament after killing a huge gray bear, then accepted a noblewoman’s invitation at his city house. After discussing the game with Su Wei, Yang Bo learned that the City Lord wanted to speak with him the next day about something mysterious, possibly a Power Seed.

• Handy killed a fat gray bear with two arrows, earned Rend +1, and summoned camp workers to bring the animal back.
• The nobles praised Handy’s luck and celebrated his hunting victory, while returning hunters saw that he had outdone them.
• Handy declined several women’s advances, then accepted an invitation from a young noblewoman and met her at his city house.
• Yang Bo logged out, cooked dinner, and told Su Wei about winning the tournament; she wondered whether game characters could have children.
• Yang Bo told Su Wei that the City Lord had asked to speak with him the next day and might have mentioned a Power Seed.

Yang Bo learned about Su Hai’s death and continued keeping his powers secret from Wang Muxue while spending time with Su Wei. In the Second World, the City Lord recruited Handy to serve Green City and introduced him to the Black Armor Cavalry’s Power Seed, leaving Handy about to see its strength.

• Su Wei told Yang Bo that Su Hai had died after trying to bribe an officer, and Yang Bo explained why the officer had killed him.
• Yang Bo and Su Wei discussed Liu Zhijie’s dinner invitation, exchanged messages with Wang Muxue, and talked about Su Wei’s family and children.
• Su Wei told Yang Bo that nobles in her homeland called him a fraud after losing to him, and Yang Bo dismissed their complaints.
• In the Second World, Yang Bo learned that Handy’s lover was Marina, then visited the City Lord, who invited him to a hunting gathering and explained the risks and abilities of a Power Seed.
• Handy agreed to serve Green City, and the City Lord took him to the Black Armor Cavalry garrison, where Regiment Commander Fernan prepared to demonstrate his Power Seed.

Yang Bo’s game character, Handy, received a Power Seed from Fernan and celebrated with the Black Armor Cavalry. The next morning, Handy’s hunger increased, while the Swordsmanship Association decided to monitor the rare success for seven days.

• Fernan demonstrated his javelin strength, and the City Lord asked Handy to accept a Power Seed despite the risk it could prevent future strength gains.
• Fernan implanted the Power Seed below Handy’s navel, then said constant hunger would indicate that it was growing.
• Yang Bo treated Fernan and the Black Armor Cavalry to drinks at the Wild Rose Bar and considered visiting the planet himself if Handy grew stronger.
• Yang Bo told Su Wei about the implantation after logging out, and they discussed superstition and religion.
• The next morning, Yang Bo saw that Handy’s hunger had increased, while the Guild Master and his assistant discussed monitoring the rare success and reporting back after seven days.

Yang Bo trained his game character after the Power Seed dramatically increased its strength, then learned from Fernan how the gains changed over time and planned to keep observing. At dinner with Su Wei and Liu Zhijie, he heard that criminal groups might target him for his fortune, including the Red Earl.

• Yang Bo fed his game character heavily and trained him for six days, during which the character's appetite grew and his strength doubled.
• Yang Bo questioned Fernan about Power Seed growth and learned that gains were fastest at first, slowed over time, and that a second seed carried serious risks.
• Yang Bo decided to observe his character for several months and set up an AFK training routine before taking Su Wei to dinner with Liu Zhijie.
• Yang Bo and Liu Zhijie discussed his tournament winnings, his distrust of endorsement deals, and the risk that Aquamarine Empire nobles might target him.
• Liu Zhijie warned Yang Bo that the Brotherhood, mercenary groups, and possibly the Red Earl were interested in his fortune, and Yang Bo asked what he should do.

Yang Bo discussed threats, a newly discovered Mutated Creature, and Liu Zhijie's suggestion that he enter politics, which he declined. He agreed to attend the Swordplay Association gathering, while Su Wei chose to stay home and train her Mental Power.

• Liu Zhijie warned Yang Bo that people might target him for his wealth, and Yang Bo said he had ordered an advanced mech and a ground defense system.
• Yang Bo told Liu Zhijie that a gentler Mutated Creature lived on his land and might provide material for Gene Serum.
• Liu Zhijie urged Yang Bo to pursue politics, but Yang Bo said he preferred being a carefree landlord and saw greater possibilities in the Aquamarine Empire under his Bart identity.
• Yang Bo agreed to attend the Swordplay Association gathering because he hoped its president might know about the Second Game World.
• Su Wei declined to attend the gathering and planned to train her Mental Power; Yang Bo agreed to look for another Shen Gongbao and bring her to his lab.

Yang Bo discovered that the nobles’ hunting party faced a coordinated attack by the Thieves Guild, then helped the City Lord’s forces turn the battle around. The Thieves Guild’s retreat ended in a rout at a valley entrance, where Yang Bo’s arrows and the cavalry’s charge shattered their force.

• Su Wei visited Yang Bo’s Underground Laboratory, chose two Sand Rats, and later had Shen Gongbao attack the newcomers, so she confined them instead.
• Yang Bo warned the City Lord that an eagle had watched the hunting party, shot it down, and helped the convoy return to Green Academy as Green City closed its gates.
• Yang Bo’s arrows disrupted the pursuing cavalry while the City Lord sent knights to defend nearby farms and ranches, and the Black Armor Cavalry pinned down the enemy force.
• Yang Bo positioned himself above a valley and shot the Thieves Guild’s leader and other cavalrymen, triggering panic among the retreating infantry and cavalry.
• The Black Armor Cavalry and nobles’ knights charged the scattered Thieves Guild force, while Yang Bo continued firing arrows and the enemy suffered a rout at the valley entrance.