Chapter Summaries

After defeating Lin Di, Yang Bo learned that the royal family had manipulated the duel and that the Swordplay Association was spying on Second World players, then considered how to use his identities to find and control the experimental planet. Back in the game, he learned that thieves were preparing a major winter attack and began fortifying his territory.

• Spectators discussed Bart’s victory, Lin Di’s death, and Bart’s escape from the Great Arena, while Jerry Butler welcomed Yang Bo back to his territory.
• Yang Bo ordered his mecha repaired, requested energy weapons for training, and asked Jerry Butler to investigate whether the duel had been rigged.
• Yang Bo reviewed Lin Di’s memories and discovered that the royal family’s Sentinel organization gathered information on noble families and that the Grand Steward personally managed Second World.
• Yang Bo weighed using Bart’s noble identity and his current identity to locate Second World, and decided to develop Bart’s reputation to attract talent to his territory.
• After training in Second World, Yang Bo heard from Dean Eddie that thieves had attacked Viscount Ancas’s farm and were planning a major winter retaliation against Green City.
• Yang Bo returned to his territory and ordered a temporary mountain path and simple wooden sheds built for defense.

Yang Bo prepared for possible trouble at his ranch while practicing advanced mecha weapons on Devon Star. After Ning Xue demanded her share of his winnings, several people tried to provoke Bart into high-stakes mecha matches, and Yang Bo left the door open to competing for more money.

• Yang Bo bought supplies and arranged for the Butler to build a mountain road while asking Su Wei to watch for trouble in Green City.
• Jerry Butler told Yang Bo that his winnings had arrived and that people online were debating Bart’s mecha skills.
• Yang Bo practiced with high-energy weapons on a deserted island, while a distant observer secretly reported what he saw.
• Ning Xue accepted her monthly spending money and demanded that Yang Bo give her half of his winnings.
• Four men pooled 3.2 billion to challenge Bart, while another man posted a video demanding a restricted mecha fight.
• Yang Bo rejected the restricted match and a later unlimited arena challenge with public insults, though he privately welcomed the chance to make them raise the stakes.

Bart provoked wealthy netizens after flaunting his fortune and wedding to Ning Xue, then accepted a Mecha Unlimited Arena Competition challenge from Liu Shanzhi. The match was scheduled for half a month later, and Bart planned to profit from bets while heading to his laboratory.

• Bart showed off his wedding photos with Ning Xue and challenged anyone who could stake a fifth of his wealth to gamble against him.
• Feng San challenged Bart to a five-billion-credit Mecha Free-for-all Arena Competition, but Bart mocked Feng San's age and wealth instead of accepting.
• Liu Shanzhi challenged Bart to a Mecha Unlimited Arena Competition on behalf of his teacher, Feng San, and Bart accepted the wager and proposed conditions for the loser's public humiliation.
• Liu Shanzhi posted his Advanced Mecha Pilot and Advanced Mecha Modification Technician licenses, while Bart expected the credentials to draw bets against him.
• The authorities certified that Viscount Bart and Knight Liu Shanzhi would compete in half a month, with their mecha configurations to be revealed in fourteen days.
• Jerry Butler warned Bart that Liu Shanzhi was a senior researcher at the Military Mecha Research Institute, but Bart told him to bet one billion on Bart to win and went to the laboratory.

Yang Bo planned to use the conflict between the New Nobles and Old Nobles to improve Bart’s public image, while an Ash Organization official tried to approach him at a Swordplay Association reception. When Liu Zhijie avoided her, she considered using his past gray-market dealings to blackmail him into revealing information about Yang Bo.

• Yang Bo decided to present himself as a representative of the Old Nobles and provoke challenges from the New Nobles.
• At a Swordplay Association reception, the president praised Yang Bo’s role in the association’s membership growth and noted that he was absent.
• Liu Zhijie noticed a sharp-tongued young woman, but avoided her after she said she wanted to meet Yang Bo.
• The young woman revealed through her thoughts that she was an Ash Organization official seeking information about Yang Bo’s experiences on Green Devil Star.
• After Liu Zhijie left, the young woman suspected he might know something and considered blackmailing him over his past gray-market business.

Yang Bo stayed away from the Swordplay Association event, chatted with Liu Zhijie about politics, and spent time training in the Second World. On Devon Star, he learned that Zhang Bozhen was searching for the source of the planet’s exceptional Energy Potions, leaving Yang Bo considering a new identity while Zhang Bozhen weighed seeking help despite the risks.

• Su Wei asked Yang Bo about the Swordplay Association event, said she wanted to learn swordsmanship, and later shared an affectionate evening with him.
• Yang Bo advised Liu Zhijie to avoid Young Master Zhang’s factions and become a loyalist to Fourth Brother after Liu described the political difficulties surrounding his love life.
• Yang Bo trained his game character in archery, watched Su Wei practice Meteor Fist, and found that Mao Mao had grown into a large, capable pet.
• Yang Bo read Lin Yue’s message explaining that hundreds of civilians died when the Anti-Government Armed Forces base self-destructed, though Li Yong had followed procedure.
• Zhang Bozhen asked Ninth Mister about unknown arrivals and the source of high-quality Energy Potions; Yang Bo hinted that the hidden Medicine Crafting master was dangerous.
• Butler Niu urged Zhang Bozhen to pursue the Medicine Crafting master’s help so March Star could develop before they lost everything.

Zhang Bozhen sought a way around the Pharmaceutical Companies’ refusal to buy March Star’s Mutated Animal serum material, while Yang Bo pointed him toward the hidden pharmacist Brian. On Devon Star, Yang Bo retaliated against a reporter who tried to drive a wedge between Bart and Sword Saint Ning’s family by placing a two-billion bounty on him and his family.

• Zhang Bozhen asked Ninth Mister for more information, and Yang Bo identified the reclusive Brian as a possible source of high-quality serums.
• After learning Brian was a former Royal Appointed Pharmacist of the Aquamarine Empire, Zhang Bozhen asked Ninth Mister to arrange an introduction and offered protection.
• Yang Bo watched Sword Saint Ning threaten Bart in an interview and, disguised as Bart, ordered Jerry Butler to investigate the reporter.
• Jerry Butler reported that the freelance reporter had left Devon Star, so Yang Bo posted a two-billion bounty demanding that he return and explain himself.
• The bounty spread across the news, and Yang Bo left its follow-up to Jerry Butler as online readers speculated about the reporter’s fate.

Yang Bo, disguised as Bart, prepared to interrogate a reporter who had been delivered in exchange for Bart’s bounty, while using the handover to draw attention and provoke Ning Xue. After reading the reporter’s memories, Yang Bo discovered that the royal family was involved.

• Yang Bo ordered Jerry Butler to pay the spaceship crew and bring the reporter to him so he could uncover who was behind the scheme.
• Yang Bo argued with Ning Xue, bet that someone had directed the reporter, and ordered an etiquette teacher for her.
• Yang Bo arranged for Ninth Mister to mediate between Brian and Zhang Bozhen, while learning that March Star was struggling to sell its Mutated Creature materials.
• Yang Bo and Ning Xue attended the reporter’s handover, where Bart’s side verified the reporter’s identity and paid the Captain two billion.
• Yang Bo kissed Ning Xue, then struck the bound reporter and used a Mental Seed to read his memories, discovering royal family involvement.

Yang Bo interrogated reporter Paul on a paid livestream, pressuring him to reveal who had arranged his interview and alleged attack on Bart. He guessed the royal family was behind the scheme and named Great Stone Ridge, leaving Paul to decide whether to write down what happened before Yang Bo exposed his suspicions the next day.

• Yang Bo used his Mental Seed and a livestream to make Paul’s denial look suspicious, then threatened Paul’s family to pressure him into naming the person who had instructed him.
• Paul tried to attack Bart, and Yang Bo ordered guards to restrain him and threatened to arrest his family for conspiring to assassinate a noble.
• Yang Bo accused Paul of endangering his family and friends, while Paul insisted he had only conducted an interview and had not conspired against Bart.
• Yang Bo cut the livestream as Paul began to speak and warned that he would release what Paul had said unless certain people forgave him.
• Yang Bo guessed that the royal family had instructed Paul and named Great Stone Ridge, shocking Paul before offering him a chance to write down the full account.
• Yang Bo sent Paul away to think, saying that he would reveal what he knew on the next day’s livestream regardless.

Yang Bo used Bart’s livestream to expose royal interference in the conflict between Old Nobles and New Nobles and draw in a huge sum of money. After returning to March Star, he planned to keep profiting from the controversy while the Altena Family’s Clan Leader urged him not to escalate it.

• Yang Bo told Jerry Butler to refuse visitors until morning and promised viewers an update on the dispute.
• Yang Bo returned to March Star, reviewed his skills, and decided to train Stealth using the Sand Rats before heading online.
• Yang Bo watched Alliance hosts criticize the Aquamarine Empire’s noble privileges and law enforcement.
• The Altena Family’s Clan Leader called Jerry Butler, relayed the Emperor’s warning, and asked Bart to call him.
• Jerry Butler told Yang Bo that people were trying to inflame the dispute, and Yang Bo called the Altena Family’s Clan Leader to insist that he would not drop the matter until he was satisfied with the price.

Bart profited from a royal family scheme by accepting ten billion in compensation and turning the scandal into a lucrative livestream spectacle. He exposed that he had never learned the mastermind’s identity, mocked his viewers, and left the Crown Prince returning to the imperial capital while the Altena Family's Clan Leader warned him to take care.

• Su Ruoxin questioned Bart about who had targeted him, then realized the Crown Prince was likely behind it and met Bart on his island to discuss their relationship and the possibility of having a child.
• The Altena Family's Clan Leader negotiated ten billion in compensation for Bart, who ordered Jerry Butler to release the people he had detained after payment arrived.
• Bart reopened his livestream, charged viewers to wait for the reveal, and showed footage proving he had never identified the mastermind.
• Bart revealed that the livestreams and compensation had earned him more than thirty billion, enraging viewers who realized he had profited from the scandal.
• News reported that the Crown Prince had left Devon Star, and Bart told the Altena Family's Clan Leader that he intended to teach his opponents a lesson despite their enmity.

Yang Bo dealt with the fallout from humiliating the Crown Prince, planned to strengthen his skills and resources, and prepared for his mecha match against Liu Shanzhi. When Liu Shanzhi revealed a military Special Mecha, Bart turned the match into a public controversy over military secrecy and the royal family's treatment of nobles.

• Jerry Butler suggested assigning Yang Bo's wife a personal butler, and Yang Bo accepted the idea.
• The Crown Prince brooded over Bart's humiliation, while Yang Bo teased Su Ruoxin and returned to March Star to train Stealth and plan trades with Zhang Bozhen.
• Before the mecha match, Liu Shanzhi revealed a custom Imperial Military Special Mecha that greatly outclassed Bart's standard fifteenth-generation mecha.
• Bart questioned online whether Liu Shanzhi could afford the Special Mecha and whether he had permission to use military equipment in a public match.
• Feng San said he had given Liu Shanzhi the mecha and that the Imperial Royal Academy Mecha Department was testing it, but Bart and other nobles demanded an investigation into the apparent leak.
• Bart argued that nobles were denied access to Special Mechas while others could use them, and challenged the royal family to give up its noble status if it meant abandoning nobles.

Bart’s exposure of the military Special Mecha triggered a political scandal that cost royal-family allies their positions and led the Noble Council to commend him. As Bart and Liu Shanzhi prepared for their arena match, the betting heavily favored Liu, while Bart quietly placed a bet on himself.

• Nobles publicized the Special Mecha restrictions, prompting investigations and resignations across the Imperial Royal Academy, the military, and oversight departments.
• The Emperor questioned the Crown Prince, who denied ordering the incident and warned his associates against acting under his name; Bart then publicly asked whether he deserved a reward for exposing the leak.
• The Noble Council found that Feng Dewang had improperly claimed an experimental Special Mecha and issued penalties, revoked several nobles’ titles, and commended Viscount Bart.
• Feng Dewang accepted responsibility while Liu Shanzhi vowed to defeat Bart, and the two prepared for their arena match three days later.
• With most bettors backing Liu Shanzhi, Bart told Jerry Butler to place fifty million on Bart to win under his wife’s name.

Bart faced Liu Shanzhi in an Arena Match amid the feud between New and Old Nobles, while spectators heavily favored Liu Shanzhi and wagered against Bart. Bart eliminated Liu with a single shot almost immediately, won the match, and headed back after collecting his winnings.

• Bart complained online that the Old Nobles had written him off, then traded insults with noble descendants who mocked his record and past conduct.
• At the Great Arena, Bart accused the organizers of changing the rules, and the referee inspected both mechas before selecting Gourd Island as the battlefield.
• After the mechas were dropped at opposite ends of the island, Bart flew toward Liu Shanzhi at high speed instead of hiding.
• Bart launched twenty-four Micro Missiles, prompting Liu Shanzhi to intercept them while aiming his Energy Gun at Bart.
• As the missile explosions obscured the mechas, Bart fired a laser that struck Liu Shanzhi's mecha in the head and eliminated him.
• Bart celebrated winning the wager, learned that his winnings had been transferred, and asked the referee if he could return.

Yang Bo benefited from Bart’s improbable victory, managed his dealings with Zhang Bozhen and Su Ruoxin, and advanced his laboratory work on Invisibility Serum. He left March Star with a stronger Stealth skill and prepared to answer the New Nobles’ renewed challenge.

• Bart’s five-second victory over Liu Shanzhi cost Liu five billion, while Bart bragged about his win and told Allen he planned to stop competing.
• Ning Xue worried that Bart might take back the nearly five hundred million she had won from her bet, but Yang Bo told her to keep the money.
• Yang Bo, posing as Ninth Mister, told Zhang Bozhen that Master Brian would not meet outsiders, while Zhang Bozhen offered generous terms to secure the master’s cooperation on March Star.
• Yang Bo visited Su Ruoxin, discussed his possible return to the imperial capital, and then made her repay more of her debt before returning to March Star.
• Yang Bo injected Invisibility Serum into 720 Sand Rats; 690 survived and gave him enough skill points to raise Stealth to Master level.
• Yang Bo noted that Invisibility Rats had begun breeding and planned to respond to the New Nobles, who were demanding another competition.

Su Wei welcomed Annie and Siya into Yang Bo’s household, and the three women bonded over their lives and superpowers. Meanwhile, Yang Bo secretly went to Devon Star, where he planned to challenge Old Nobles in mecha arena matches despite warnings about the risks.

• Su Wei met Annie and Siya, and the three women demonstrated their superpowers and discussed their pasts and training.
• Su Wei invited Annie and Siya to move into the villa, and Yang Bo agreed; they moved in that day.
• Yang Bo spent his days claiming to work in the laboratory while secretly going to Devon Star.
• After Bart avoided further mecha arena matches, Old and New Nobles mocked him, and he blamed their criticism on jealousy.
• Yang Bo decided to challenge Old Nobles with grudges against the Altena Family and win more money from them.

Bart challenged Zhang Shidong to a forty-billion-credit unarmed mecha Arena Match, while Yang Bo returned to March Star and collected materials from Zhou Rui. The chapter ended with Yang Bo asking Zhou Rui to send Bai Lu to Devon Star if she wanted to become a capable ally.

• Bart publicly challenged Zhang Shidong to an Arena Match, and they raised the wager to forty billion credits and a month-long turtle tattoo for the loser.
• Bart taunted the New Nobles online, then told Jerry Butler to place another billion on his victory.
• Yang Bo returned to March Star, swam with Annie, Siya, and Su Wei, and planned to retrieve materials for Devon Star.
• Yang Bo visited Zhou Rui at the Bounty Hunter Guild, exchanged the Stealth Potion for materials, and packed the supplies into Space Boxes.
• Yang Bo asked Zhou Rui whether Bai Lu could manage affairs and offered to send her to Devon Star if she agreed.

Bai Lu accepted Yang Bo’s offer to move to Devon Star, where he arranged for Jerry Butler to evaluate her as a household employee. Meanwhile, Liu Zhijie received an anonymous threat about his past business dealings, and after discussing it with Zhang Bozhen, secretly sent Yang Bo a note revealing what he had told Zhang Bozhen about Yang Bo’s superpower.

• Zhou Rui told Bai Lu that Yang Bo could find her a position on Devon Star, and Bai Lu quickly booked a trip under a new identity.
• Yang Bo asked Jerry Butler to pick up Bai Lu and assess her ability to manage people and household affairs.
• After returning to March Star, Liu Zhijie received an anonymous letter exposing his former company’s Gray Area dealings and asked Zhang Bozhen to investigate who sent it.
• Zhang Bozhen questioned Liu Zhijie about Yang Bo, and Liu Zhijie claimed Yang Bo had a Light Attribute superpower.
• Liu Zhijie secretly gave Liu Jingxiang a note for Yang Bo explaining what he had told Zhang Bozhen, and Yang Bo read it.

Yang Bo investigated a guesthouse after accepting Zhang Bozhen’s assignment and discovered three people spying on his villa and tracking his associates. Their conversation revealed that their real target was Liu Zhijie, while they also threatened Zhang Bozhen.

• Liu Jingxiang and Liu Zhijie discussed Yang Bo’s girlfriends, Liu Jingxiang’s prospects for marriage, and Liu Zhijie’s political ambitions.
• Yang Bo accepted Zhang Bozhen’s request to investigate a location, unaware Zhang Bozhen wanted information about Liu Zhijie’s connections.
• Yang Bo used Stealth to inspect the guesthouse and found surveillance equipment aimed at his villa.
• Yang Bo followed a teenager inside and saw a young man reviewing months of footage and records about Yang Bo and his associates.
• The young girl leading the group ordered another letter sent to Liu Zhijie and a threatening letter sent to Zhang Bozhen.

Yang Bo exposed the Ash Organization operatives targeting Liu Zhijie and Zhang Bozhen, then secretly took control of their intelligence officer. He began eliminating her two subordinates and planned to use her knowledge and the Ash Organization’s network for his own purposes.

• Yang Bo identified the girl and her companions as Ash Organization members after they prepared letters threatening Liu Zhijie and Zhang Bozhen, and he warned Zhang Bozhen through Ninth Mister.
• Yang Bo subdued the girl at her guesthouse, planted a Mental Seed in her, and left a warning that made her flee with her location supposedly exposed.
• After Zhang Bozhen received a letter confirming his past crimes, he asked Ninth Mister to deal with the Ash Organization, and Yang Bo replied that he would.
• Yang Bo learned that the girl was a Grade A intelligence analyst and decided to use her and gradually control more Ash Organization leaders.
• Yang Bo killed one Ash Organization operative with a poisonous octopus and later killed the other, leaving the girl to relocate repeatedly in fear.

Yang Bo used threats and a calculated hint to make an Ash Organization intelligence officer suspect that a Grandmaster Alchemist was hiding on March Star, while she considered how to turn the discovery to her advantage. He returned home and cooked with Su Wei as the officer remained anxious and uncommitted.

• After learning that her two subordinates had died, the girl received Yang Bo’s warning to leave March Star and began investigating why Red Earl’s Faction was acting cautiously.
• The girl connected March Star’s valuable serums and the arrival of Soul Killers to a possible hidden Grandmaster Alchemist, then guessed that Brian was the target.
• Yang Bo deliberately let the girl draw her own conclusions and decided to leave her waiting before considering cooperation.
• The girl offered to share dirt on Zhang Lao Si, but Red Earl’s Faction did not reply, so she changed identities and weighed separating from the Ash Organization.
• Yang Bo returned home, received Mecha Piloting experience from the young man, and thought about how to avoid surveillance while traveling around March Star.
• Su Wei told Yang Bo that her brother had lost more than a hundred million betting on a mecha duel, then ate one of his stuffed pancakes as Annie and Siya came downstairs.