Chapter Summaries

Yang Bo used Gold Armor King’s influence on Green Devil Star, rejected a predatory lobbying deal, and returned to Sky Cloud Star with information about Red Earl’s planned transport-ship robbery. Through his Mental Seed in Li Yong, he learned that Li Yong and his father were considering using the robbery and a pirate bounty to investigate and eliminate him.

• Yang Bo rejected the Omnipotent Insurance Company’s costly lobbying contract and flipped the table when its representative refused to refund any commission if the effort failed.
• Yang Bo returned to his territory and reflected on how Tie Niu’s growing herd might use rare metals to break through its genetic limits.
• Yang Bo gave Lin Yue an envelope for Li Yong, warning that Red Earl’s people were preparing to rob an interstellar transport ship carrying valuable cargo.
• Li Yong passed the warning to his father, who told him to investigate through the intermediary and seek military merit from the operation.
• Li Yong’s father advised him to contact Yang Bo directly, lower his guard, and use the Pirate Alliance bounty to arrange Yang Bo’s death; Yang Bo learned of the plan through the Mental Seed he had planted in Li Yong.

Li Yong planned to meet Yang Bo under a false identity after his father advised him on handling their mysterious “Good Big Brother.” Meanwhile, disguised as Bart, Yang Bo returned to Devon Star, reunited with Ning Xue, and learned that the Noble Council was fiercely debating whether to elevate Bart to hereditary duke.

• Li Yong's father advised him to build a relationship with his Good Big Brother, use Lin Yue to learn more about him, and arrange a meeting through an intermediary and a false identity.
• Li Yong's father claimed that Alliance officials tolerated or exploited flaws that enabled terrorist attacks, while Yang Bo learned of Li Yong's plan through the Mental Seed and considered investigating the Li Family's hidden businesses.
• Disguised as Bart aboard the Xue Er, Yang Bo received public welcomes from Devon Star officials as the ship returned to the Empire's main fleet.
• Ning Xue boarded the Xue Er, embraced Yang Bo, and urged him not to take risks again before he carried her to his quarters.
• The Noble Council debated whether Bart's achievements justified granting him a hereditary duke title, as more than twenty elders argued over the proposal.

The Emperor argued before the Noble Council that Military Merit should determine future noble titles and defended Bart’s claim to become a Hereditary Duke, but powerful nobles blocked the proposal. Aboard the Xue Er, Yang Bo and Ning Xue discussed the failed vote, the pressures surrounding their relationship, and the likelihood that assassins would target him again.

• The Emperor told the Noble Council that Bart deserved a Hereditary Duke title and proposed making Military Merit the foundation for future noble titles.
• More than twenty elders opposed the proposal, arguing over the Empire’s finances, noble population, and whether Bart’s deeds justified the title.
• Ning Xue asked Yang Bo whether anyone had helped him attack the Brotherhood, and he denied it while saying some people wanted to limit his fame.
• Ning Xue told Yang Bo that the Governor of Devon Star had planned a welcoming ceremony, and Yang Bo confirmed the plan.
• Ning Xue’s Smart Wristwatch reported that Viscount Bart had failed to become a Hereditary Duke, and Yang Bo said he expected more assassination attempts.

Yang Bo returned to Devon Star to an official welcome and celebrated his success with Ning Xue and Bai Lu. He then resumed his laboratory work and set a trap for Federal intelligence agents planning to meet Vivian, intending to learn the Federal Intelligence Department’s movements.

• Ning Xue heard how Yang Bo had sabotaged the Brotherhood’s missiles and battleships and realized his feat would make history, while the Empire, Alliance, and Federation considered tighter military controls.
• Yang Bo and Ning Xue returned to Devon Star, where government officials and fleet officers welcomed him, and he shouted, “Long live the Empire!”
• Yang Bo handed out large rewards to the people and servants of Bart Territory, then shared the night with Ning Xue and Bai Lu.
• Yang Bo produced Ultra-High Temperature Material at the laboratory and went to Li John's Fortune Battleship, unconcerned by rumors that Viscount Bart would become a Hereditary Duke.
• Yang Bo, disguised as Li John, instructed Nelson to watch the three unfamiliar men going to meet Vivian and planned to catch them so he could plant a Mental Seed and uncover Federal Intelligence Department activity.
• Yang Bo asked Nelson to keep an eye on Lisa, the Federal Military Academy student.

Disguised as Li John, Yang Bo had Nelson surveil Vivian and followed her to a secret meeting with senior Federal Intelligence Department operatives. The meeting ended with Yang Bo raiding the room, capturing the operatives, and exposing a major intelligence operation, while the department scrambled to contain the scandal.

• Yang Bo told Nelson to keep watch on Lisa and used Li Yong’s Mental Seed to learn that Li Yong had arranged a meeting through Lin Yue.
• Nelson’s people tracked Vivian from her hotel to a bar, where she met the disguised Deputy Director and two Advanced Commissioners.
• The Deputy Director ordered Vivian to get onto Li John’s warship and bring another operative along, but Vivian warned that the plan could make Li John suspicious.
• Yang Bo arrived disguised as Li John, burst into the private room with Nelson, and accused Vivian of sneaking out to meet other people.
• Yang Bo implanted a Mental Seed in the Deputy Director and learned the division had infiltrated March Star and approached Zhang Bozhen; Nelson’s men subdued the three operatives.
• The Federal Intelligence Department struggled to cover up the public scene, and its Minister discovered that no contingency plan had been prepared for the meeting.

Yang Bo, disguised as Li John, turned an intelligence operation against Vivian into a staged public scandal and brought her aboard the Fortune Battleship, while the Federation tried to use the Pirate Alliance against him. After returning to March Star to pursue his plans for the captured pirates, Yang Bo learned that Green City was recruiting troops for Fen River Fortress.

• The Federation Vice President condemned the intelligence department as Yang Bo shocked its disguised Deputy Director and questioned the two Advanced Commissioners about their approach to Vivian.
• Nelson relayed Tiger Entertainment's explanation that the three agents had tried to recruit Vivian, and Yang Bo used the call to make the encounter appear to be a contract dispute before taking her away.
• Yang Bo brought Vivian aboard the Fortune Battleship, where she tried to win his favor and suggested introducing her best friend, but he refused.
• The intelligence department recovered the Deputy Director and the two Advanced Commissioners, learned that Vivian had moved aboard the Fortune Battleship, and watched her leave her talent agency after its contract was terminated.
• Yang Bo returned to March Star to plant Mental Seeds in selected pirate captives and received a report from Zhang Bozhen about them.
• Su Wei told Yang Bo that Green City had ordered the recruitment of three hundred cavalrymen and twenty knights to go to Fen River Fortress.

Yang Bo learned that Green City faced a political threat tied to the Kingdom’s succession and arranged to receive outsiders in his territory while Su Hai developed its industry. After sharing a quiet game hunt with Su Wei, Annie, and Xi Ya, Yang Bo turned to planning how to use his Li John identity to disrupt the Aquamarine Empire Emperor.

• Yang Bo visited the Green City City Lord, who explained that the Kingdom’s recruitment of knights and cavalry would weaken Green City’s defenses after the Green Family’s favored Prince died and lost the succession struggle.
• The Green City City Lord exempted Yang Bo from recruitment, promised food, equipment, and mounts, and said he would send outsiders entering Green City to Yang Bo’s territory.
• Yang Bo brought supplies to Su Hai, who showed him the territory’s iron furnace, primitive harvesters, and plans to develop machinery with a Think Tank Team.
• Yang Bo told Su Wei about Green City’s danger, comforted her, and agreed with her, Annie, and Xi Ya to hunt Rabbits together in the game once a month.
• After logging out, Yang Bo began planning to help Li John complete his mission, though he had no connection between that identity and Yang Bo.

Yang Bo planted a Mental Seed in the Tyrant Bear Pirate Gang's Regiment Commander while secretly observing the brutal conditions imposed on the captured pirates in March Star Heavy Prison. After asking Zhang Bozhen to release the commander, Ninth Mister requested confidential information about a prisoner he had identified as especially dangerous.

• Yang Bo entered March Star Heavy Prison under Stealth and watched cellmates abuse the Tyrant Bear Pirate Gang's Regiment Commander and other captured pirates.
• Yang Bo planted a Mental Seed in the Regiment Commander and noticed that one prisoner could sense his presence through unusually sharp Mental Power.
• Yang Bo tested the prisoner's perception, identified him as a Mental Power Superpower User, and memorized his cell number before leaving the prison.
• Yang Bo contacted Zhang Bozhen and asked him to release the Tyrant Bear Pirate Gang's Regiment Commander but keep the commander's associates imprisoned.
• Ninth Mister requested confidential information about Area A GF3147 Criminal of March Star Heavy Prison and warned Zhang Bozhen to keep away from the dangerous prisoner.

Yang Bo identified Kruse, a prisoner at March Star Heavy Prison, as a likely Interstellar Hunter with dangerously powerful Mental Power. After learning about the Hunters from Wang Fang, Yang Bo and Zhang Bozhen prepared to remove Kruse discreetly, while Zhang Bozhen mistakenly believed the man had infiltrated March Star to target him.

• Yang Bo examined Kruse’s file and noticed that the prisoner’s pollution offense had occurred near the area where Yang Bo found an Interstellar Creature’s Young.
• Yang Bo sent Kruse’s photo to Wang Fang, who identified him as a possible Interstellar Hunter and explained the Hunters’ powers, motives, and ties to conglomerates.
• Wang Fang warned Yang Bo that Interstellar Hunters might be near Interstellar Creature’s Young and that killing one could attract attention from the conglomerates supporting them.
• Yang Bo told Zhang Bozhen that Kruse was an A+ Level Superpower User and his enemy, then warned that Kruse might be using Camouflage and controlling the prison’s systems.
• Zhang Bozhen offered to erase Kruse’s records, believing Kruse had entered March Star as part of a conglomerate scheme targeting him.

Yang Bo arranged for Zhang Bozhen to provide prison-guard information while he worked on Ultra-High Temperature Materials and returned to Devon Star for dinner with Ning Xue and Bai Lu. He planned to deal with an Interstellar Hunter on March Star the next day and visit Li Yong afterward, while worrying that other hunters might discover the Interstellar Creatures.

• Yang Bo asked Zhang Bozhen for prison-guard information so he could disguise himself as a guard, obtain a Biological Sample, and investigate whether Wang Fang's account was true.
• Yang Bo completed Wang Fang's Ultra-High Temperature Material quota and helped White and the other researchers run experiments.
• Yang Bo publicly embraced Bai Lu in front of the manor servants, establishing her status as his woman, then shared dinner with her and Ning Xue.
• Ning Xue told Yang Bo that conspiracy theories called him the Emperor's lackey and that the Noble Council would vote again on granting him a dukedom.
• Yang Bo decided to handle an Interstellar Hunter on March Star the next day and visit Li Yong the day after, while using puppets aboard Li John's warship to monitor Vivian.
• Yang Bo worried that other Interstellar Hunters might learn about the Interstellar Creatures on March Star and force him to relocate them.

Yang Bo infiltrated March Star’s prison disguised as Shelter and used his mental power to overwhelm Kruse, extracting his memories and leaving him in a vegetative state. Zhang Bozhen learned that Kruse had financial ties to the Alliance Futures Exchange Center, while Yang Bo kept his identity as the disguised prison guard secret.

• Yang Bo selected the socially well-connected prison guard Shelter as his disguise and followed him home under Stealth.
• Yang Bo knocked Shelter unconscious, restrained him, copied his appearance, and used Shelter’s credentials to enter the prison.
• During a patrol with Mars, Yang Bo confronted Kruse and attacked him with a mental shock before planting a Mental Seed to control him.
• Yang Bo searched Kruse’s memories, withdrew the Mental Seed, and left Kruse in a vegetative state.
• Zhang Bozhen arranged for Kruse to disappear from the special hospital and received word that the Alliance Futures Exchange Center had financed him.
• Zhang Bozhen asked Ninth Mister who had been disguised for the operation, but Ninth Mister refused to reveal the identity.

Yang Bo escaped suspicion for the prison incident and used Zhang Bozhen’s desire for revenge against the Alliance Futures Exchange Center to obtain information about its financial practices. Zhang Bozhen believed Ninth Mister would help attack the exchange and suspected that Ninth Mister’s hidden network had benefited from the Tianze Star incident.

• Yang Bo formatted Shelter’s home Intelligent Systems, took Shelter’s Smart Wristwatch, and left misleading traces before Shelter woke and concluded that someone had used a Disguise Potion to enter the prison as him.
• Zhang Bozhen ended his investigation after Ninth Mister’s reply and learned that Kruse had become a vegetable, then blamed the Alliance Futures Exchange Center’s backers for targeting March Star.
• Yang Bo encouraged Zhang Bozhen to provide information and funding for a possible attack on the Alliance Futures Exchange Center, while concealing that Kruse was not actually his enemy.
• Zhang Bozhen sent Yang Bo details showing that the exchange lent out most customers’ margin deposits and packaged the loans into funds, exposing the center to mass withdrawals and bad debts.
• Zhang Bozhen told Butler Niu that Ninth Mister might target the exchange for his own benefit and that the Tianze Star incident suggested he had powerful allies across the Alliance.

Disguised as Third Master, Yang Bo met Li Yong in a Sky Cloud Star Underground City and laid out plans to use pirate attacks and Red Earl’s activities to build Li Yong’s military record while pursuing his own schemes. Li Yong agreed to await Yang Bo’s instructions, though he remained wary of being caught up in them.

• Zhang Bozhen suspected Ninth Mister and his allies had shorted major Alliance Energy Potion companies before Mutated Creature materials were discovered on March Star.
• Yang Bo, disguised as Third Master, arrived on Sky Cloud Star with Lin Yue and met Li Yong in an Underground City bar.
• Yang Bo promised to help Li Yong become commander of the Alliance’s Tenth Main Fleet by turning pirate attacks into Military Merit.
• Yang Bo explained that he planned to target the Alliance Futures Exchange Center and use the resulting conflict to advance several of his other schemes.
• Yang Bo told Li Yong that Red Earl’s faction had suffered heavy losses and was targeting a shipment of high-end Mutated Creature materials from Green Devil Star.
• Li Yong agreed to cooperate with Yang Bo and asked whether he had anything for him to do.

Yang Bo warned Li Yong that his family could take everything from him and promised to end their contact once Li Yong became a Main Fleet Commander, deepening Li Yong’s distrust of his father and brothers. After leaving the meeting, Yang Bo walked through the Underground City with Lin Yue and urged her to train her superpowers if she wanted to remain by his side.

• Yang Bo told Li Yong that family members could be more dangerous than external enemies and set a boundary for their cooperation after Li Yong became a Main Fleet Commander.
• Li Yong agreed outwardly, but grew wary of his family and decided not to report some details of their conversation to his father.
• Yang Bo left with Lin Yue, who understood that Li Yong had been involved in the events that led to her boyfriend’s death.
• Lin Yue asked about having Yang Bo’s child, and Yang Bo said he preferred a daughter but told her to improve her superpower level and stop indulging in luxury.
• Yang Bo took Lin Yue around the Underground City and told her he would support her if she trained hard enough to keep up with him.

Yang Bo returned to Prince Holden's Domain, then went to Devon Star to learn about the Aquamarine Empire's royal successors and plan how to distract the Emperor. After considering ways to stir up succession conflicts, he asked Jerry Butler which Prince or Princess was best positioned to inherit the throne.

• Yang Bo inspected Prince Holden's growing territory and let its Old Noble and New Noble factions manage its development themselves.
• Yang Bo decided that royal-family succession troubles could occupy the Aquamarine Empire Emperor, and traveled to Devon Star disguised as Bart.
• Yang Bo asked Jerry Butler about the strongest royal successors, and learned the succession order and the main contenders.
• Jerry Butler suggested that Su Ruoyun could provide better intelligence, but Yang Bo decided not to rely on her and considered supporting a lower-ranked successor instead.
• Yang Bo asked Jerry Butler which Prince or Princess he thought could inherit the throne.

Yang Bo, disguised as Li John, brought Vivian aboard the Fortune Battleship and gave her ambiguous clues meant to mislead the Federation’s intelligence department. He then introduced her to Lisa, another undercover agent, and watched as the two women sized each other up.

• Yang Bo discussed the limits of the Aquamarine Emperor’s power with Jerry Butler, then asked him to gather information about the Princes.
• Disguised as Li John, Yang Bo visited Vivian aboard the Fortune Battleship and refused to reveal details about the people working for him.
• Yang Bo told Vivian that the Pirate Alliance planned another attack and showed her a crew dormitory containing an Empire-made dartboard as ambiguous evidence of Imperial support.
• Yang Bo told Vivian he would meet a woman from the Alliance Battleship Command Academy and brought her along.
• Lisa arrived aboard the battleship, saluted Li John, and met Vivian; both women politely greeted one another while sizing each other up.

Yang Bo showed Lisa the Fortune Battleship’s command center, offered her an acting captain position, and assessed her abilities. Lisa passed and became Captain Lisa, while Yang Bo planned to recruit more Academy students for his fleet.

• Lisa and Vivian exchanged veiled insults when they met aboard the battleship.
• Yang Bo showed Lisa the command center systems and let her sit in the captain’s seat.
• Yang Bo offered Lisa an intern captain position, and she agreed to be assessed.
• Yang Bo assessed Lisa’s battleship knowledge with Vivian’s help and implanted a Mental Seed in Lisa.
• Yang Bo declared Lisa had passed, called her Captain Lisa, and said he would send a transfer letter to the Academy.

Yang Bo manipulated Lisa and Vivian aboard the Fortune Battleship while Imperial nobles plotted to eliminate Bart by luring him into danger through Ning Xue's grandfather. After returning to March Star, Yang Bo considered expanding his fleets and supporting the Seventh Prince, then found invitations to a celebration party.

• Yang Bo promised Lisa a future as a fleet captain, requested information about her Radar Officer friends, and gave her and Vivian authorization to return to Kalaya Province so they could relay intelligence.
• Imperial elders opposing Bart plotted to lure him away and kill him, deciding to create danger around Ning Xue's grandfather as bait.
• Yang Bo returned to March Star after Zhang Bozhen's release of the Tyrant Bear Pirate Gang's Regiment Commander created an opportunity for the Pirate Alliance to be suspected of having a local contact point.
• Yang Bo considered using Li John's fleet to retaliate against pirates, supporting the Seventh Prince, and investigating him before choosing how to stir conflict within the royal family.
• Yang Bo returned to his villa and found celebration-party invitations from Zhou Rui, Zhang Bozhen, and Liu Zhijie.

Yang Bo learned that the Alliance planned to celebrate the Ninth Fleet’s victory and name the date March Star Victory Day, while inviting him as a prominent young tycoon. He arranged meetings with Liu Zhijie, Zhou Rui, and Zhang Bozhen, then discussed the celebration, March Star’s future, and Wang Muxue over dinner with his girlfriends.

• Liu Zhijie explained that the government planned a grand celebration for the Ninth Fleet and would invite Yang Bo, who ranked 860th on the Alliance New Generation Thousand Rich List.
• Yang Bo agreed to meet Liu Zhijie and Zhou Rui the next day to discuss the Ninth Fleet, then arranged to meet Zhang Bozhen the day after.
• Yang Bo cooked dinner with his Mental Power while Shen Gongbao and the Sand Rats woke the women.
• Su Wei told Yang Bo that fruit had ripened on Flower Fruit Mountain, and he agreed to visit and harvest fruit and honey with them.
• The women discussed Roman Group’s alleged pirate collusion and insurance scheme, and Yang Bo said Zhang Bozhen would likely pursue the company’s owners and shareholders.
• At dinner, Yang Bo and the women discussed Wang Muxue’s prospects, and Yang Bo said she would likely reject a marshal promotion that could strip her of control over the Ninth Fleet.

Yang Bo agreed to end his small group’s close ties with Wang Muxue as Liu Zhijie and Zhou Rui sought to protect their political careers amid the Ninth Fleet’s coming turmoil. After returning to March Star, Yang Bo traveled to the Victory and learned that Vivian and Lisa had sent false intelligence to the Federal Intelligence Department.

• Yang Bo explained that Parliament and the military would limit Wang Muxue’s support and that the Ninth Fleet would face personnel and political problems despite receiving reinforcements.
• Liu Zhijie proposed disbanding the group’s close association with Wang Muxue, and Zhou Rui explained that their parliamentary roles made the connection risky; Yang Bo agreed to convey their intentions to Wang Muxue.
• Liu Zhijie and Zhou Rui congratulated Yang Bo on making the Alliance Rich List, and Zhou Rui asked him to seek Young Master Zhang’s advice about her political future.
• Yang Bo said he would ask Young Master Zhang for advice, then left for the Victory after the three women went to train with mechas.
• Yang Bo learned through his Mental Seeds that Vivian and Lisa had sent false intelligence to their superior, the Deputy Director of the Secret Intelligence Division, whose department was meeting to analyze the force behind Li John.