Chapter Summaries

Yang Bo investigated the Ash Organization and arranged a meeting with Mei Xiaoxiao, who offered information about the Land of Calamity. The masked contact already knew about the planet and warned the Ash Organization to stay silent, but Mei Xiaoxiao still had not learned why her organization had been overthrown.

• Yang Bo told Young Master Zhang that the obvious threats had been dealt with and asked for his promised compensation.
• Yang Bo delayed responding to Mei Xiaoxiao, then used her memories to uncover ties between the Ash Organization, the Alliance General Staff Department, and Interstellar Pirates.
• Mei Xiaoxiao prepared to leave March Star but changed course after the Ash Organization agreed to meet her about the Land of Calamity.
• Yang Bo sent Mei Xiaoxiao a meeting address, and she met a masked contact on a mountaintop in Suburban Park.
• Mei Xiaoxiao revealed that the Land of Calamity was a planet where special energy had transformed its inhabitants into monsters, and that the Alliance Military and Supreme Laboratory were testing a way to neutralize it.
• The contact said the Red Earl Organization already knew about the planet, warned Mei Xiaoxiao against leaking the information, and demanded something in exchange for explaining why her organization had been overthrown.

Yang Bo pressured Mei Xiaoxiao to consider leaving the Ash Organization and cooperating with him, then received her demands for proof and information. Back on Devon Star, he rejected help from his family and learned that Ning Xue’s mother and sisters were coming to visit, prompting him to suspect a New Noble scheme.

• Yang Bo told Mei Xiaoxiao that he knew why the Ash Organization had fallen and claimed he had secured cooperation with a Grandmaster Alchemist, then gave her two days to decide whether to join him.
• Mei Xiaoxiao considered the lack of resources and the Board of Directors’ control over her, then messaged Yang Bo asking for an explanation of the Ash Organization’s destruction and proof of the Grandmaster Alchemist.
• Yang Bo returned to his territory and later found the three women exhausted from training their superpowers.
• On Devon Star, Yang Bo refused the Clan Leader’s offer of a mecha combat instructor and ordered Jerry Butler to keep the Defense Tower inaccessible, even to the Old Ancestor.
• Jerry Butler told Yang Bo that Ning Xue’s mother and sisters would arrive in about half a month, and Yang Bo suspected the New Noble was plotting to damage his reputation.

Yang Bo manipulated Mei Xiaoxiao into serving him by exploiting her ambition and offering rare potions, then prepared for his mecha match against Zhang Shidong. The chapter ended with Ning Xue tempted to bet on Bart despite his unlikely-looking Training Mecha.

• Yang Bo made two Five-Star C-rank Non-Attribute healing potions and used them to convince Mei Xiaoxiao that the Ash Organization’s Green Devil Star branch had colluded with pirates and the Aquamarine Empire.
• Yang Bo pressured Mei Xiaoxiao to pose as his slave, gave her two healing potions, and used their Mental Seed connection to learn her thoughts and plans.
• Mei Xiaoxiao asked Yang Bo for high-grade Gene Evolution Serum, and he warned her that valuable supplies could make her subordinates attack her before ordering her not to contact him unnecessarily.
• Mei Xiaoxiao left for the Alliance Capital Star to report the Ash Organization’s destruction and pursue her plan to become independent.
• The day before the mecha fight, Zhang Shidong revealed his upgraded Custom Mecha while Bart chose a battered Training Mecha, prompting widespread disbelief and debate.
• Ning Xue refused to bet on Bart at first, but Yang Bo tempted her with the possibility of turning fifty million into five hundred million.

Bart defeated Zhang Shidong in a mecha combat match, humiliating him and winning the heavily one-sided betting pool. The referee finally declared Bart the winner after Bart demanded an announcement.

• Bart and Ning Xue discussed betting, and Ning Xue placed fifty million on Bart to win.
• Zhang Shidong mocked Bart’s battered Target Mecha while Bart taunted him about his debts and lack of money.
• The match began, and Bart used wrestling and combat techniques to throw Zhang Shidong’s heavier combat mecha and twist one of its legs.
• Bart repeatedly knocked Zhang Shidong’s damaged mecha down while insulting him and prolonging the fight for the audience.
• Bart swept Zhang Shidong’s mecha off its feet and kicked its head off, then claimed he had won four hundred billion in one minute.
• Bart demanded that the referee announce the result, and the referee declared Bart the winner.

Yang Bo celebrated Bart’s victory over Zhang Shidong, while the Zhang Family faced public humiliation and sent Zhang Shirong to challenge him. After learning Zhang Shirong might have enhanced mental abilities and the Zhang Family’s secret art, Yang Bo considered accepting the duel to see if he could obtain it.

• Bart mocked the Great Arena crowd after defeating Zhang Shidong, then escaped Sword Saint Ning by flying away in a hidden mecha.
• Yang Bo returned to his territory and posted Bart’s net earnings of 35.2 billion from the match; Ning Xue received 700 million from her bet.
• Bart boasted to Ning Xue about his winnings, while online spectators debated whether he had exceptional Mecha Talent or simply fought often.
• Zhang Shidong deactivated his social media account, and the Zhang Family challenged Bart through Zhang Shirong, its sixteenth heir.
• Jerry Butler told Yang Bo that Zhang Shirong might have Mental System abilities and had possibly cultivated the Zhang Family’s secret art, prompting Yang Bo to consider killing him to acquire it.

Bart arranged mecha arena matches with Agate.Perez and Zhang Shirong, then teased Ning Xue before returning to March Star. Zhang Shirong’s family secretly planned to use their match to kill Bart, which was scheduled for seven days later.

• Bart rejected Zhang Shirong’s 40-billion challenge at first and accepted Agate.Perez’s 5-billion match, adding conditions involving Feng Dewang and Agate’s service in Bart’s territory.
• Bart later agreed to Zhang Shirong’s weaponless mecha match for 40 billion, scheduled for seven days later.
• Ning Xue refused to gamble again, but Bart pressured her into kissing him and then took advantage of her before escaping.
• Bart returned to March Star and learned that Mei Xiaoxiao was still traveling.
• The Zhang Family’s Clan Leader ordered Zhang Shirong to kill Bart, and the family also decided to strip Zhang Shidong of his Noble Title.

Yang Bo supported Su Hai’s plan to become a bandit in Second World while Su Yong discussed the limits and rivalries faced by powerful families. As snow and thieves unsettled Green City, Yang Bo prepared to face Zhang Shirong in an unarmed mecha match and recognized the killing intent in his opponent’s eyes.

• Yang Bo gave Su Hai 100 Gold Coins to help fund his plan to become a bandit, and Su Hai transferred some of the money to Su Wei.
• Su Yong and Su Hai discussed Second World’s importance, Yang Bo’s rise, Green Devil Star, and how noble families kept their heirs dependent.
• Heavy snow drove people into Green City, raised fur prices, and heightened fears of attacks by the Fierce Tiger Thieves and Red Headscarf Thieves Guild.
• Yang Bo continued training Handy and attending Green City noble gatherings while allowing his game character limited participation in the nobles’ social life.
• Yang Bo entered the unarmed mecha Arena Match against Zhang Shirong, who arrived in a combat Custom Mecha as billions were wagered on both sides.
• Yang Bo saw Zhang Shirong’s killing intent and grinned, while Zhang Shirong regarded Bart as a clown he intended to crush.

Bart defeated Zhang Shirong in under thirty seconds by wielding his mecha’s detached arm, killing him and winning the match. After Yang Bo celebrated the victory and weighed the risk of provoking the Zhang Family, Bart challenged another opponent online.

• Bart charged Zhang Shirong, struck him with his mecha’s detached left hand, and used a sweeping attack to knock him down.
• Bart’s mecha crushed Zhang Shirong’s cockpit, and the referee declared Bart the winner before rescue workers recovered Zhang Shirong’s body.
• The Zhang Family argued over retaliation, but officials upheld Bart’s victory because using the detached arm did not break the rules.
• Yang Bo returned to Bart Territory, celebrated winning eighty billion, and decided not to provoke the Zhang Family further for the moment.
• Bart posted a new challenge, telling anyone who wanted to defeat him to come forward and warning that poor opponents would waste his time.

Bart baited Wu Boyong into a public donation contest, turning Wu’s challenge and pride against him while giving 60 billion to the Noble Council himself. The chapter ended with Bart inviting Wu to compete in a superpower Arena Match for 100 billion, as Wu faced public ridicule and the onlookers waited for his response.

• Bart accepted Wu Boyong’s challenge to a superpower Arena Match but limited his stake to 10 billion and proposed that they each donate 10 billion to the Noble Council instead.
• Bart posted a 10-billion donation receipt and taunted Wu Boyong, who donated 20 billion; Bart then donated another 20 billion and challenged him to match it.
• Wu Boyong escalated his donations to 50 billion, but Bart kept donating and mocking him until Bart had given 60 billion and Wu had given 70 billion.
• Bart continued provoking Wu Boyong, who donated another 50 billion, bringing his total to 120 billion.
• Bart revealed that he still had around 100 billion and invited Wu Boyong to put up that amount for an Arena Match, while the onlookers waited to see how Wu would respond.

Bart provoked Wu Boyong into a 100-billion arena match, then posted a video demonstrating his devastating Fire Superpower. Wu Boyong and his family prepared to counter it, while Ning Xue suspected Bart was deceiving them, and Yang Bo privately confirmed he had a plan for any opponent.

• Bart lectured Wu Boyong online, prompting Wu Boyong to challenge him to a Superpower Free-for-all Arena Match for 100 billion each.
• Wu Boyong threatened Bart and his newlywed wife, and Bart responded by posting a video of his fireballs damaging and melting a Training Mecha from eight hundred meters away.
• Wu Boyong and his family debated whether Bart's display was a trap and planned balanced battle armor and a rapid approach to defeat him.
• Wu Boyong told his family he had gained battlefield experience fighting Superpower Users in the Scarlet Federation and remained confident he could beat Bart.
• Ning Xue accused Bart of deceiving Wu Boyong to win his money, and Yang Bo privately said he could counter any armor and was curious about Wu Boyong's superpower.

Yang Bo learned that the Fierce Tiger Thieves were threatening Green City while preparing for his Arena Match as Bart. Bart defeated Wu Boyong in half a second, revealing overwhelming firepower and earning a reversal in public opinion.

• The Dean warned Yang Bo that scouts from the Thieves Guild had been found, and Yang Bo stayed away from West Mountain Ranch while Green City prepared for an attack.
• Reports spread that the Fierce Tiger Thieves were raiding villages and ranches as Green City’s knights and Green Academy students stood by.
• Bart entered the Arena Match against Wu Boyong without armor, explaining that he had no custom armor ready.
• Wu Boyong charged Bart with three illusionary copies, but Bart destroyed the illusions and struck Wu Boyong with two rapid waves of fireballs.
• Bart’s fireballs blew Wu Boyong apart, and Yang Bo gained the upgraded Light Energy Control skill with the ability to create synchronized mirror images.
• Viewers praised Bart’s strength, and the people who had criticized his arrogance reconsidered their opinions.

After Bart’s overwhelming victory over Wu Boyong, the Wu and Zhang Families agreed to cooperate to kill him, while Yang Bo returned to the game world and went to scout the mountain behind the academy for signs of a Thieves Guild attack. He reached the mountaintop and questioned a knight patrol, but the threat remained uncertain.

• Bart’s rapid barrage of thirty-six fireballs convinced many people he might have surpassed Rank A, while Wu Boyong’s death and Bart’s hundred-billion victory drew public attention.
• The Wu Family and Zhang Family’s Clan Leaders agreed to cooperate on killing Bart, fearing his growing strength and the Altena Family’s influence.
• Yang Bo returned to March Star and discussed with Su Wei the possibility that the Thieves Guild might attack the academy from the mountain.
• Yang Bo asked Dean Eddie for permission to scout the mountain, then climbed past the guarded castles overlooking Green City.
• A patrol of knights told Sir Handy that attackers would leave traces in the snow, and Yang Bo continued investigating the mountaintop.

Yang Bo discovered a Thieves Guild hideout on the mountain and killed its lookouts and leader, triggering alarms across Green City. The castles secured themselves against spies, while the remaining bandits scattered through the forest as Yang Bo pursued them.

• Yang Bo caught a bright red squirrel, then spotted signs of people living on the mountain and found a pit shelter guarded by armed men.
• Yang Bo killed the lookout and the shelter’s guards with his bow, but found that the signal flare he carried had been tampered with.
• Yang Bo messaged Adam as Su Wei reported the attack to Dean Eddie, who sounded the war alarm and alerted the City Lord.
• The City Lord ordered the guards to battle stations, and the gates of both mountain castles were shut as Thieves Guild spies rose up inside.
• More than fifty bandits emerged from the shelter, argued with their noble allies, and scattered after Yang Bo shot a knight and pursued the group.

Yang Bo helped foil a conspiracy by Green City nobles and the Thieves Guild, then tested his new Mirror Image skill in the Underground Laboratory. He discovered that Mental Seeds let him control and combine Mirror Images, though he was still unsure how useful the ability would be.

• Yang Bo returned to Green City and learned that traitorous nobles and the Thieves Guild had plotted to seize the city and overthrow the Green Family.
• The City Lord thanked Yang Bo for disrupting the plot and moved the nobles into Green Academy while the investigation continued.
• Yang Bo gave Adam the red squirrel he had caught, and Su Wei kissed Yang Bo after he logged out of the game.
• Yang Bo tested Mirror Image in the Underground Laboratory and found that each image could attack with up to one percent of his attack power.
• Yang Bo used a Mental Seed to control one Mirror Image, merge other images into it, and increase its energy.

Yang Bo discovered that his Light Attribute images could scout, deceive, and attack, then experimented with merging and storing them as powerful weapons. He ended the chapter celebrating his new advantage while resolving to keep the ability secret.

• Yang Bo tested his image’s uses and learned that it could be controlled remotely, sensed its surroundings, and turned into a laser attack, though its appearance stayed fixed once released.
• As Bart, Yang Bo attended to family matters, traded banter with Ning Xue, and learned from Allen that Ace Mercenaries had been hired to kill him for nearly 80 billion.
• Yang Bo practiced controlling the image left in the March Star laboratory and measured its energy use and attack potential.
• Yang Bo merged one hundred images into a stronger Super Mirror Image and put it in a Space Box to test whether it could be stored and charged for later battles.
• Yang Bo celebrated with Su Wei, Annie, and Siya, while deciding that anyone who witnessed his image attacks had to be eliminated to protect his identities and secret.

Yang Bo arranged for Bai Lu to become Bart’s private female Butler and returned to March Star to supply Zhang Bozhen with potion-making materials. The chapter ended with Yang Bo preparing to make D-Class Gene Evolution Serum from low-rated ingredients using energy infusion.

• Yang Bo confirmed that his Super Mirror Image remained stable inside the Space Box but worried that its energy fluctuations could reveal it.
• Bai Lu arrived on Devon Star, where Earl Ural backed off after learning Bart had come to receive her.
• Bart offered Bai Lu the position of private female Butler and told her to help his wife while keeping sensitive matters from her.
• Jerry Butler explained the female Butler’s duties and the protections and benefits servants received in the Aquamarine Empire.
• Yang Bo returned to March Star and Zhang Bozhen and Butler Niu discussed cooperating with Brian and retaliating against Alliance potion companies.
• Yang Bo disguised himself as Ninth Mister, obtained mutated aquatic-animal blood and other materials, and planned to make D-Class Gene Evolution Serum through energy infusion.

Yang Bo prepared potions, managed his separate identities, and attended the Altena family gathering as Bart before deciding to bring Bai Lu into his household. Bai Lu pledged loyalty and became the female Butler, while Ning Xue reacted uneasily to her arrival.

• Yang Bo turned fifty E-Rank Five-Star Potions into twenty D-Class potions and planned to delay delivering them to Zhang Bozhen.
• Yang Bo returned to Devon Star for the family gathering, where Bart warned the Altena Family not to covet his money and left the meeting early.
• Ning Xue endured the female relatives’ remarks, then left with Bart, who said he had wanted to spare her from the gathering.
• Bai Lu pledged loyalty to Bart and accepted the position of female Butler without having a Biochip installed.
• Bart introduced Bai Lu to Ning Xue, who felt uncomfortable with the new Butler’s appearance and wondered about Bart’s motives.

Ning Xue's family visited her and assessed Bart's sudden rise in wealth and power, while Ning Li You advised her daughter on how to establish herself as Viscountess. Yang Bo also arranged to produce material samples and prepare weapons before his Arena Match with Agate.

• Ning Li You, Ning Xia, and Ning Yu visited Bart's territory, where they met Yang Bo and shared a lavish lunch with Ning Xue.
• Ning Xue's family argued about her broken engagement to a Prince, and Ning Li You concluded that Bart was a better match while the family considered how to use their connection to him.
• White asked Yang Bo to produce samples of two Ultra-High Temperature Materials, and Yang Bo agreed before asking for Energy Bomb designs and help unlocking Space Mecha Space Buttons.
• Yang Bo returned to March Star while Ning Xue took her family to a luxury hotel suite in Wan Dao City.
• Ning Li You advised Ning Xue to assert her authority as Viscountess, gain the Butlers' support, and seek her mother's help with governing the territory.
• Ning Xue told her mother that Bart had given her more money than she could spend in a lifetime, leaving Ning Li You stunned.

Ning Xue’s billion in spending money deepened the Ning Family’s worries, while Bart prepared to face Agate in an Arena Match. As the match approached, Yang Bo’s team cracked a Space Mecha button, and Yang Bo headed to Devon Star determined to win Agate and recruit him as a Mecha Pilot.

• Ning Li You learned that Ning Xue had one billion to spend, and Sword Saint Ning worried about repairing the family’s relationship with the royal family.
• Green City remained under martial law as authorities arrested more than two hundred suspected spies, including nobles and soldiers from a neighboring city.
• Agate worried that Bart’s superpower-enhanced reactions and cunning would make their Arena Match difficult, though online spectators debated whether Agate’s flying mecha would give him the advantage.
• Bart and Agate revealed their mechas: Bart chose a Generation 13 Mecha with missiles and other weapons, while Agate chose a flying Generation 14 Air Superiority Mecha.
• White told Yang Bo that his team had cracked a Space Mecha button, and Yang Bo rewarded them and promised more money for each mecha they cracked.
• Yang Bo traveled to Devon Star for the Arena Match, told Allen he would deliberately lose if Allen bet against him, and planned to recruit Agate as a Mecha Pilot.

Bart defeated Agate in 0.4 seconds by destroying his mecha’s sensors and radar emitter from fifteen kilometers away, revealing his extraordinary marksmanship. After the match, Bart published data for a new Ultra-High Temperature Material and invited representatives to collect samples, leaving the spectators stunned by his growing list of abilities.

• Agate entered the grassland match confident that his Air Superiority Mecha and Laser Cannon gave him the advantage, while spectators heavily bet on him to defeat Bart.
• At the start of the match, Bart fired his Energy Gun from fifteen kilometers away and destroyed Agate’s Photoelectric Probes and radar energy emitter.
• With his sensors disabled and Micro Missiles approaching, Agate surrendered, ending the engagement in 0.4 seconds.
• Bart told Agate to report for work as his guard, and spectators realized Bart’s previous long-range hit had been skill rather than luck.
• Bart posted data and a video about Ultra-High Temperature Material he claimed to have produced with White and three scientists, then invited representatives to collect samples.