Chapter Summaries

The Federal Intelligence Department suspected Li John was the assassin Dream Manipulator and theorized that he had support from the Pirate Alliance, while Yang Bo secretly enjoyed their mistaken conclusions. At Zhang Bozhen’s villa, Yang Bo agreed to pass along March Star’s offer to the Ninth Fleet, and Zhang Bozhen ended by asking whether he wanted to learn ancient martial arts.

• The Federal Intelligence Department reviewed evidence linking Li John to the assassin Dream Manipulator and ordered further investigations into his fleet, suspected victims, and backers.
• The minister speculated that the Pirate Alliance might be helping Li John launder captured warships, while Yang Bo listened through Des and welcomed the department’s suspicions.
• Yang Bo visited Zhang Bozhen with Su Wei, Annie, and Siya, and Zhang Bozhen urged him not to restrict the growing Mutant Black Rock Honeybees.
• Zhang Bozhen asked Yang Bo to relay an offer of land and welfare measures to the Ninth Fleet, and Yang Bo agreed to pass along the message.
• Zhang Bozhen advised Yang Bo about Alliance politics and warned him against stock and fund investments before discussing Zhou Rui’s political prospects.
• Zhang Bozhen asked Yang Bo whether he wanted to learn ancient martial arts.

Yang Bo revealed the scale of his influence in the Ancient Martial Arts Association and his success in Second World, leaving Zhang Bozhen feeling overshadowed despite his offer of a private spaceship. After Yang Bo left for Devon Star, he noticed growing criticism of Bart and remained unaware that the Great Nobles were plotting against Sword Saint Ning.

• Yang Bo told Zhang Bozhen that he belonged to the Ancient Martial Arts Association, and Zhang discovered Yang Bo had created the Yang Family Meteor Fist and become a Grandmaster-level member with extensive connections and Contribution Points.
• Yang Bo revealed that he had become a viscount in Second World and was the player known as Viscount Handy, further astonishing Zhang Bozhen.
• Zhang Bozhen offered Yang Bo a private spaceship and warned him that powerful companies might try to exploit his business agreements, but Yang Bo said he would stay on March Star for now.
• Zhang Bozhen invited Yang Bo, Su Wei, and the other two women to the Victory Day Celebration, then brooded over Yang Bo's achievements after they left.
• Yang Bo cooked dinner for Su Wei and the others, then used a laboratory visit as an excuse to travel to Prince Holden's territory and Devon Star.
• Yang Bo observed growing media criticism of Bart on Devon Star and suspected the Great Nobles were behind it, unaware they were plotting against Ning Xue's grandfather, Sword Saint Ning.

Yang Bo, posing as Bart, began maneuvering against the Crown Prince by reaching out to the Seventh Prince while advancing research into a space-traversing mecha. After returning to March Star, he explained his ties to Wang Muxue to Su Wei and asked her to pass along a message about a Ninth Fleet garrison site.

• Yang Bo told Jerry Butler to send a message to Su Changde, the Seventh Prince, offering his support against the Crown Prince.
• Yang Bo watched Ning Xue and Bai Lu train, then continued laboratory work with White and the other scientists on Ultra-High Temperature Material.
• Yang Bo proposed researching a mecha built with Energy Metal to withstand spatial transmission, and White and the others agreed to work on it discreetly.
• Yang Bo returned to March Star and told Su Wei to ask Wang Muxue to choose a garrison site for the Ninth Fleet and to contact him directly about future matters.
• Yang Bo explained to Su Wei that he, Wang Muxue, Brother Jie, and Sister Rui had formed a group to help the Ninth Fleet, and admitted that he should have told her sooner.

Yang Bo used his potion-making skills and hidden Interstellar Creatures to support his dealings with Zhang Bozhen while weighing a possible move against the Alliance Futures Exchange Center. After learning Red Earl planned to hijack a rare Mutated Materials transport ship, Yang Bo began examining the related futures data for an opportunity.

• Yang Bo explained to Su Wei how he worked with Wang Muxue and admitted he could make Perfect Quality potions; he then captured more than forty Mutant Black Rock Honeybees and sent them to Zhang Bozhen.
• Yang Bo used a shape-shifting Interstellar Creature in Bart's Private Laboratory to answer Zhang Bozhen's request about targeting the Alliance Futures Exchange Center, asking for more information before deciding to act.
• Zhang Bozhen learned the Liberal Party might stir up the futures market and decided to trade a Wisdom Potion for further information.
• Yang Bo accompanied Su Wei and the other women to Wan Hua Valley, then later collected another delivery of Mutant Black Rock Honeybees.
• Yang Bo learned Red Earl planned to hijack a rare Mutated Materials transport ship from Green Devil Star and decided to analyze the relevant futures data.

Yang Bo pursued Red Earl’s planned theft of rare Mutated Materials while helping Lin Yue begin mecha training and approving a remote-teleportation research project. He also helped arrange a Ninth Fleet base on March Star, while Wang Muxue worried that a rapid influx of new personnel would weaken her authority.

• Yang Bo analyzed Mutated Materials stocks, suspected Red Earl was manipulating the market, and decided to give Li Yong partial intelligence about the faction’s planned ship robbery through Lin Yue.
• Lin Yue showed Yang Bo her mecha training and received a letter to deliver so Li Yong’s people could prepare a mecha for her.
• Yang Bo approved White and the others’ Space Mecha Remote Summoning Teleportation Plan on Devon Star and instructed Jerry Butler to support it.
• Yang Bo forwarded Wang Muxue’s base requirements to Zhang Bozhen, who agreed to provide the Ninth Fleet with a base on March Star.
• Wang Muxue welcomed the base but worried that the military’s plan to add thousands of personnel and warships would dilute her standing in the Ninth Fleet.

Wang Muxue considered how to secure Yang Bo’s support as she worried about the Alliance military sending difficult personnel to the Ninth Fleet, while Yang Bo continued to weigh his own plans and prepare for the fleet’s celebration. At a shopping mall, reporters questioned Yang Bo about his fame, girlfriends, and martial arts style before a crowd recognized him and forced him to seek refuge in a store.

• Wang Muxue reflected on how the Alliance’s education and freedom policies had weakened its people and worried that the military might assign troublesome special groups to the Ninth Fleet.
• Wang Muxue decided to speak with Yang Bo, whose help connected her fleet with Zhang Bozhen, while Yang Bo intended to keep supporting her for possible future use.
• Yang Bo held back the Wisdom Potion he had made from Zhang Bozhen’s bees until he could study its effects, and he followed the Alliance election news and the controversy over the Roman Group.
• Yang Bo took Su Wei, Annie, and Siya shopping for clothes for the Ninth Fleet celebration, where reporters confronted him about his wealth, girlfriends, and Yang Family Meteor Fist.
• When Andy’s colleague suggested Yang Bo’s martial arts style might involve Su Wei, Yang Bo warned the reporters to respect their privacy, then hurried with the women into a store as fans and companies crowded around him.

After reporters surrounded Yang Bo, security forces escorted him home and detained those who pursued him onto his protected land. The Aquamarine Empire Emperor learned that Yang Bo had developed Yang Family Meteor Fist in the Second Game World and ordered a plan to recruit someone to approach him, while Yang Bo prepared to use the attention to pry open a gap.

• Reporters gathered outside Yang Bo’s shop, but security and police escorted him to his Flying Car and back to his villa.
• The Alarm System warned reporters away from Yang Bo’s private land, and police arrested them for trespassing and threatening the mutated-creature preserve.
• The Aquamarine Empire Emperor reviewed Yang Bo’s game records and ordered the Swordplay Association president to get close to him and bring him to the Empire.
• The president suggested sending Su Ruoyun to approach Yang Bo, and the Emperor ordered several possible candidates while keeping the truth about the Second Game World secret.
• The Emperor ordered surveillance of Su Hai and Prince Holden, while Yang Bo remained unaware that the Empire was targeting him.
• Yang Bo had expected people to investigate his Meteor Fist revelation and planned to use their interest to pry open a gap.

Yang Bo prepared to turn the Federation’s attempt to obtain intelligence from him against Zhang Bozhen while attending March Star’s Victory Day celebration. He left the event with Xu Xiangdong, Qian Wuji, and Meng Bufan, who discussed the Second Game World, Contribution Points, and raising the Yang Family Meteor Fist’s ranking.

• Yang Bo suspected the Second World was connected to immortality and planned to reveal Tai Chi after the Ancient Martial Arts Association showed no further progress.
• Yang Bo learned the Federation’s Secret Intelligence Division and Special Affairs Handling Team were preparing to target him, so he planned to mislead them into making Zhang Bozhen seem like their target.
• Yang Bo attended March Star’s Victory Day celebration with Su Wei, Annie, and Siya, where Zhang Bozhen and Wang Muxue were the main figures.
• Xu Xiangdong, Qian Wuji, and Meng Bufan approached Yang Bo, and he invited them and his girlfriends to his villa.
• Xu Xiangdong told Yang Bo that the associations of the other two countries wanted to exchange items for Contribution Points and proposed raising the Yang Family Meteor Fist to legendary level.

Yang Bo warned Xu Xiangdong, Qian Wuji, and Meng Bufan that he would be cautious of people seeking to exploit his new martial arts insights. He demonstrated his understanding of Tai Chi to them, and the chapter ended with Meng Bufan losing their sparring match and Xu Xiangdong asking how it happened.

• Xu Xiangdong, Qian Wuji, and Meng Bufan warned Yang Bo that other countries and people close to him might approach for their own interests, and they urged him to stay alert.
• Yang Bo showed the three seniors his new ideas about pushing and pulling force, then invited them to experience the method firsthand.
• Su Wei excused herself while Yang Bo, Xu Xiangdong, and Meng Bufan went to the training room.
• Yang Bo and Meng Bufan took sparring stances, and Meng Bufan attacked while limiting his strength to that of an ordinary person.
• Yang Bo redirected Meng Bufan's punch and sent him staggering several meters, prompting Xu Xiangdong to ask how Meng Bufan had lost.

Yang Bo demonstrated his Circle method of applying force, using feints, redirection, and opponents’ momentum to defeat Meng Bufan and throw Xu Xiangdong. The three experts recognized how difficult the method was to predict, while Yang Bo privately judged that he was already stronger than them.

• Yang Bo explained that he called his alternating, elastic redirection of force Circle, and Meng Bufan challenged him to another exchange.
• Meng Bufan changed a palm thrust into a chopping strike, but Yang Bo redirected his force, twisted his wrist, and sent him sprawling on the ground.
• Xu Xiangdong and Qian Wuji took their turns, and Xu Xiangdong attacked Yang Bo with a straight punch.
• Yang Bo redirected Xu Xiangdong’s punches, seized his arm, and flung him through the air; Xu Xiangdong used his superpower to land safely.
• Xu Xiangdong realized Yang Bo had also been poised to strike him with an elbow, while Yang Bo privately thought he could defeat the three men if he stopped holding back.

Yang Bo taught Xu Xiangdong, Meng Bufan, and Qian Wuji Tai Chi pushing hands, impressing them with his ability to borrow an opponent’s strength. He refused their offers of land and accepted their contact cards instead, while their jokes about the Alliance president shocked Su Wei, Annie, and Siya.

• Xu Xiangdong explained how Yang Bo used Borrowing Strength to Strike Strength to redirect attacks and defeat stronger opponents.
• Yang Bo demonstrated parts of Tai Chi pushing hands to Meng Bufan, Xu Xiangdong, and Qian Wuji, who practiced the techniques in turn.
• Qian Wuji warned that the Aquamarine Empire Royal Family might target Yang Bo because the royal family had developed Second World.
• Xu Xiangdong offered Yang Bo an island, but Yang Bo refused and said he felt safer staying on March Star.
• Meng Bufan, Qian Wuji, and Xu Xiangdong gave Yang Bo their contact information and promised to help if he got into trouble.
• The three seniors joked that Yang Bo could get away with killing the Alliance president, terrifying Su Wei, Annie, and Siya.

Yang Bo hosted Xu Xiangdong, Qian Wuji, and Meng Bufan, who planned to return to study the Power of Circle, then went back to his private villa with Su Wei and the others. His messages about the three influential seniors unsettled Zhang Bozhen and impressed Wang Muxue, who began suspecting Yang Bo was hiding extraordinary abilities and connections.

• Yang Bo thanked Xu Xiangdong, Qian Wuji, and Meng Bufan for their support, and the three seniors agreed to return the next day to study the Power of Circle.
• Yang Bo told Su Wei and the others that the three seniors might be among the Alliance’s strongest Superpower Users, then returned with them to his private villa.
• Zhang Bozhen probed Yang Bo about leaving early, and Yang Bo revealed that the three seniors had visited and would come again, making Zhang Bozhen wary and envious.
• Yang Bo told Wang Muxue that the seniors were visiting him, and she accepted his explanation while agreeing to wait until they were gone to meet him.
• Wang Muxue privately analyzed Yang Bo’s connections and abilities, wondering whether he was a powerful Mental Power Superpower User or had an organization behind him.

Yang Bo and the three ancient martial arts seniors named their newly developed force method Tai Chi, but Yang Bo declined to take a public role in teaching or assessing it. He secured their promise of protection, explained his decision to Su Wei, Annie, and Siya, and then met Zhang Bozhen to collect payment for materials.

• Yang Bo spent several days discussing Tai Chi with Xu Xiangdong, Qian Wuji, and Meng Bufan, and they agreed to name the method Tai Chi.
• Xu Xiangdong proposed that the four of them assess anyone who wanted to learn Tai Chi, but Yang Bo declined to participate and warned that public attention could bring trouble from the Aquamarine Empire.
• Xu Xiangdong, Qian Wuji, and Meng Bufan promised to protect Yang Bo and gave him contact cards that would let him reach them through network-connected devices.
• Yang Bo told Su Wei, Annie, and Siya that he had kept himself separate from Tai Chi's public reputation and showed them the seniors' contact cards.
• Yang Bo met Zhang Bozhen the next day, and Zhang Bozhen gave him payment for the materials from before.

Yang Bo acted as a liaison between Zhang Bozhen and Wang Muxue as they discussed threats to March Star and the Ninth Fleet. During a private meeting, Wang Muxue challenged Yang Bo’s explanations for helping her and suspected he was concealing his abilities as a Mental System Superpower User.

• Yang Bo told Zhang Bozhen that the Ancient Martial Arts Association seniors had come to discuss Contribution Points, while Zhang warned that conglomerates and unreliable military personnel threatened March Star and the Ninth Fleet.
• Zhang Bozhen urged Yang Bo to pass information to General Wang and hinted that he had connections who could remove dangerous people; Yang Bo agreed only to relay messages.
• Yang Bo met Wang Muxue at a villa and explained that he helped her because the Ninth Fleet’s security protected his land and wealth on March Star.
• Wang Muxue questioned why Yang Bo had rejected her and then concluded that his explanations about medicine costs and his lack of interest in prices were meant to downplay his work.
• Wang Muxue suspected Yang Bo was a powerful Mental System Superpower User whose abilities gave him an advantage in Medicine Crafting, but Yang Bo denied it and tried to explain away her suspicions.
• Wang Muxue said she had found another flaw in Yang Bo’s explanation.

Yang Bo tried to reassure Wang Muxue while she hinted at her suspicions and admitted how much she depended on him. He revealed his Light Energy Superpower and its deadly precision, leaving Wang Muxue startled before she abruptly left.

• Wang Muxue thanked Yang Bo for helping her take control of the Ninth Fleet and described how vulnerable she had felt during the fleet’s hardship on March Star.
• Yang Bo asked Wang Muxue for materials related to forging, and she offered to send over valuable spoils from the Pirate Special Mixed Fleet.
• Wang Muxue offered advice about Superpower growth, and Yang Bo said he was a Light Energy Superpower User rather than a Mental System Superpower User.
• Yang Bo demonstrated that he could rapidly fire a precise Light Superpower attack and asked Wang Muxue to keep his ability secret.
• Wang Muxue learned that Zhou Rui and Liu Zhijie already knew about Yang Bo’s Light Energy Superpower, then left after giving a cold snort.

Yang Bo learned that Sword Saint Ning had traveled to a secret Underground City, and suspected the journey was connected to a threat against Bart. He asked the Kindling Club’s Secretary-General for access to the base and prepared to investigate.

• Wang Muxue left Yang Bo’s villa, unsettled by his Light Superpower, while Zhang Bozhen hired Ninth Mister to deal with special groups the military planned to send to the Ninth Fleet.
• Yang Bo disguised himself as Bart and decided to find a way to keep the special groups from joining the Ninth Fleet; he also learned the Seventh Prince was traveling to Devon Star to meet Bart.
• Yang Bo signed estate documents, then heard from Ning Xue that her grandfather had gone to a dangerous training ground with old friends, possibly involving a taboo.
• Yang Bo asked Lu Bin to investigate Ning Xue’s grandfather, and Lu Bin reported that Sword Saint Ning had arrived at the Fifth Underground City in the Depths of the Universe five days earlier.
• Yang Bo asked whether he could travel to the Fifth Base and decided to use the Kindling Club’s teleportation system to investigate.

Yang Bo authorized a costly teleportation to Fifth Base to rescue Sword Saint Ning and expose whoever had set the trap. After reaching the destination, he realized the capsule had not been opened from outside and suspected something had gone wrong or someone was hiding the truth.

• Lu Bin explained the teleportation costs and dangers, but Yang Bo ordered him to arrange a trip to Fifth Base.
• Yang Bo told White and the other two to prepare a one-way mecha recall technology and gradually develop its functions.
• Yang Bo secretly entered the Sparkfire Club’s pyramid on Devon Star and used Bart’s authorization to enter the teleportation capsule.
• During transit, Yang Bo absorbed Space Energy through his Space Mecha and noticed that the energy inside the channel was unusually violent.
• After the teleportation ended, Yang Bo found that the capsule had not been opened from outside and unleashed Bart’s Fire Energy.

Yang Bo arrived at No. 5 Base and attacked its residents after mistaking them for people parasitized by Interstellar Creatures. He fought off the base guards and killed two powerful attackers, then continued deeper into the base.

• The silver-curled young man and two companions mocked Bart as he arrived, but Yang Bo burst out of the teleportation pod and killed the silver-curled man after reading his memories.
• Yang Bo burned the blond young man and knocked aside the guards who rushed in, then waited in the passage for more defenders.
• An attacker wielding First Generation Sky Splitter struck Yang Bo’s Fire Energy Shield, but Yang Bo destroyed Sky Rend and killed its user, gaining Mental Power Control +36.
• An A+ Level expert charged Yang Bo, but Yang Bo stopped him with successive flame shockwaves and fireballs before launching Sky Rend.
• The expert trapped Yang Bo’s first Sky Rend in his armor, but Yang Bo launched a second and the first exploded, destroying the armor and earning him Metal Control +32.

Yang Bo, posing as Bart, attacked the people confronting him at No. 5 Base and demanded to know who had arranged Sword Saint Ning’s arrival. After the base shook from his Energy Bombs, its residents threatened to leave unless the administrators restored their safety.

• Yang Bo wounded the man in crocodile-hide armor with a layered Fire Dragon attack and killed him when his Sky Rends exploded.
• Yang Bo questioned the two remaining armored men, and the man in Iron Man-like armor named Luo Sen of the Luo Family, Zhang Peter of the Zhang Family, and Kaison of the Carter Family.
• Yang Bo launched Energy Bombs through the base’s corridors, causing repeated blasts that shook No. 5 Base.
• The base activated Cleaning Mode and sent four armored Mechas to investigate, but further tremors alarmed the residents.
• A+ Level experts demanded refunds and blamed the base for letting Bart cause the damage.

Yang Bo retaliated against the base’s attempt to trap and kill him, using Energy Bombs to incapacitate the cleaning mechas and enter the hydraulic control passages. He confronted five base officials and demanded news of Sword Saint Ning, threatening to destroy the base if they refused.

• The base administrator sent three cleaning mechas to kill Yang Bo, while Yang Bo prepared more than fifty Energy Bombs.
• Yang Bo launched the bombs, triggering chain explosions that knocked out the three mecha pilots and caused widespread panic in the base.
• Yang Bo entered the hydraulic control passages through a damaged airlock, knocked out personnel, and shut off valves in Area A2.
• Base officials and experts moved to stop the saboteur as pressure imbalance warnings sounded in multiple areas.
• Yang Bo reached the Area A1 airlock, identified himself to five officials, and threatened to blow up the pipes unless they provided news of Sword Saint Ning within an hour.