Chapter Summaries

Disguised as Bart, Yang Bo met Su Ruoxin and discussed her growing authority, the royal family’s struggle over his fleet and technology committee, and the danger facing Su Ruoyun. Su Ruoxin revealed that the Crown Prince wanted control of Bart’s fleet, and Yang Bo agreed to help her oppose him.

• Yang Bo told the Butler to investigate the Crown Prince’s conflicts, family relationships, and business rivals, and arranged for Marlena to live at the manor under watch.
• Yang Bo met Su Ruoxin at the Circular Hotel and refused to let her provide test subjects for his Space Mecha Recall experiments.
• Yang Bo criticized the royal family’s handling of Su Ruoyun and warned that her humiliation in the Alliance could damage her succession prospects.
• Su Ruoxin said royal family members were trying to take her fleet command and join the Space Technology Management Committee, while the Crown Prince wanted the fleet.
• Yang Bo told Su Ruoxin he would support her against the Crown Prince, and she agreed to gather information on him.

Yang Bo assessed the Empire’s power struggle and the Federation’s turmoil, while Su Ruoxin decided to challenge the Crown Prince and pursue the throne. Yang Bo also discussed Su Ruoyun’s troubles with Zhang Bozhen, who reported that March Star’s warships would arrive early.

• Yang Bo explained to Su Ruoxin why her father would not intervene in the fleet dispute, then returned to his laboratory and later reviewed news of the Pirate Alliance’s attacks and the Federation’s political fallout.
• Su Ruoxin concluded that the Imperial Royal Family was preparing to strip her of power, and she began plotting against the Crown Prince and other heirs as she considered becoming Queen.
• Yang Bo planned to exploit the Federation’s divisions by having pirates attack rival states before he intervened, while Bart left the Circular Hotel disguised as Yang Bo.
• Yang Bo told Zhang Bozhen he had avoided the pirates’ livestream to keep Su Wei’s powers secret, and Zhang Bozhen said Su Ruoyun had become entangled in the Terrorist Attack investigation.
• Zhang Bozhen explained that Su Ruoyun’s case could be influenced through the Ancient Martial Arts Association, and he later noted that March Star’s two ordered warships would be completed ahead of schedule.

Yang Bo reviewed exchange offers, discussed Royal Family secrets and political risks with Su Wei, Siya, and Annie, then decided to use his reputation to support disadvantaged people affected by the robot safety incident. He signed a real-name legal aid contract with Laman Law Firm and transferred two billion Credit Points to fund lawsuits against Robot Companies.

• Yang Bo examined the Ancient Martial Arts Association exchange list and dismissed its rare items, including land on the Home Star, as unappealing.
• Su Wei told Yang Bo that Su Ruoyun might be threatened by her family and warned him to build an independent reputation by helping disadvantaged groups.
• Yang Bo agreed with Su Wei, Siya, and Annie to fund lawsuits for people harmed by the robot safety incident, while considering how his other identities might exploit the situation.
• Yang Bo chose Laman Law Firm and offered two billion Credit Points to support real-name lawsuits demanding refunds and compensation from Robot Companies.
• Yang Bo signed the judicially registered contract and transferred the money, leaving junior lawyer Xia Li stunned by the enormous commission.

Yang Bo’s twenty-billion-credit commission made him famous across the Alliance, and he traveled to Devon Star to meet Su Ruoxin and learn about the Crown Prince’s criminal ventures. After checking on Marlena and arranging identities in the Imperial Capital, he prepared to stir up trouble for the Crown Prince and investigate the Second World laboratory.

• Laman Law Firm’s director formed a litigation team and announced that the firm would help disadvantaged groups pursue robot-safety claims funded by Yang Bo.
• News outlets publicized Yang Bo’s donation, and Yang Bo declined interviews before leaving March Star for Devon Star.
• Yang Bo met Su Ruoxin, who gave him information about the Crown Prince’s gray-market businesses and said she had paid groups to obstruct Su Ruoyun.
• Yang Bo promised to target the Crown Prince indirectly by supporting another royal heir, while Su Ruoxin worried that Su Ruoyun would be unable to return if the Crown Prince fell.
• Yang Bo checked that Marlena had recovered from the Space Mecha experiment and told her to remain at the estate while God Hall members remained uncaught.
• Jerry Butler gave Yang Bo identity documents prepared for the Imperial Capital, and Yang Bo told the staff to say he was continuing his experiments before heading there.

Yang Bo traveled to the Imperial Capital under the identity of Lu En after capturing and replacing a royal Shadow Guard who had been monitoring travelers. After reporting to the Shadow Guards, he received a new assignment to get close to a beautiful woman, which he found appealing.

• Yang Bo disguised himself as a minor influencer and traveled from Devon Star toward the Imperial Capital, where a Rank A man watched him.
• At the transfer fortress, Yang Bo lured his stalker into a broken safe cabin, subdued him, and learned that the man was Lu En, a royal Shadow Guard also connected to the Crown Prince and the Luo Family.
• Yang Bo killed Lu En, took his biological sample and equipment, and used his identity to board a specialized transport ship to the Imperial Capital.
• After reaching an artificial satellite outside Imperial Capital Star, Yang Bo reported to the Shadow Guards and complained about his work and lack of an official identity.
• Lu En's contact offered Yang Bo a mission to get close to a woman, and Yang Bo eagerly examined her photograph.

Yang Bo used Lu En’s identity to investigate Mo Yun, the disguised Crown Prince, while suspecting that the Shadow Guard mission was a trap designed to eliminate Lu En. He traveled to Charm Manor on Number Five Satellite to pursue the investigation, leaving the mission’s true purpose unresolved.

• Yang Bo accepted the assignment to investigate Mo Yun and learned that completing two more missions could qualify Lu En to become a first-class guard.
• After the fat man and two hidden observers discussed using Lu En as expendable bait, Yang Bo suspected the assignment was a trap and decided to investigate the Crown Prince and Charm Manor.
• Yang Bo bought the Red Nine aphrodisiac, returned to Lu En’s apartment, and reasoned that he would need to complete the mission before arranging for the Shadow Guards to try to silence him.
• Yang Bo maintained Lu En’s routines in the simulation game and social clubs, while noticing signs that Lu En’s Virtual Helmet might be monitored.
• Yang Bo traveled to Number Five Satellite and entered Charm Manor, where he rode toward the castle to investigate the place where Mo Yun had appeared.

Yang Bo infiltrated Charm Manor and planted a Mental Seed in Victor, a senior Red Earl intelligence operative, gaining access to his extensive knowledge of the imperial capital. He then approached a woman who turned out to be the Crown Prince’s fourth concubine, leaving with her after learning she needed money to repay her debts.

• Yang Bo visited Charm Manor’s ancient castle and chose to stay on its crowded first floor rather than attract attention upstairs.
• Yang Bo planted a Mental Seed in Victor, a veteran waiter and A-rank Superpower User who managed Red Earl intelligence operatives in the imperial capital.
• Yang Bo examined Victor’s memories and learned about the Crown Prince’s visits, the manor’s hidden services, and Victor’s intelligence network.
• Yang Bo offered a blond woman dinner for one million Blue Coins, and she unexpectedly accepted and left Charm Manor with him.
• Yang Bo planted a Mental Seed in the woman and discovered she was the Crown Prince’s fourth concubine, a New Noble’s daughter struggling with student-loan debt.
• The woman offered Yang Bo five million Blue Coins for a night together, but Yang Bo said he did not have time lately.

Yang Bo, posing as Lu En, learned how Nolan’s crushing student debt had left her vulnerable to people trying to make her testify against the Crown Prince. After refusing the Crown Prince’s demand to record himself with Nolan, Yang Bo captured and implanted a Mental Seed in the man sent to threaten him, discovering that the Crown Prince planned to approach him in disguise and that someone close to the Emperor was plotting against the Crown Prince.

• Nolan explained how her family, Crown Prince Concubine status, and high-interest student loans had left her isolated and financially desperate.
• Yang Bo took Nolan to dinner, transferred her one million Blue Coins, and left without pursuing anything further.
• The Crown Prince, disguised as a woman, ordered an associate to arrange a recorded encounter between Lu En and Nolan, then sought a meeting with Lu En under another identity.
• Yang Bo refused the order and challenged the associate’s threats, prompting the Crown Prince’s people to intercept him as he left Satellite Fortress Number Five.
• Yang Bo knocked out the middle-aged man in a private room and implanted a Mental Seed in him.
• Yang Bo learned the Crown Prince’s plan and discovered that someone close to the Emperor was plotting against the Crown Prince.

Yang Bo beat He Kun after He Kun tried to interfere in Lu En’s private life, then learned the Crown Prince wanted He Kun to find leverage over both Lu En and Nolan. Yang Bo planned to draw the Crown Prince into a scandal and began his scheme by posing as Lu En at an art salon where Mo Yun was known to visit.

• Yang Bo broke He Kun’s hand and leg, warned him not to meddle in Lu En’s life, and left him with the bill.
• He Kun reported the assault to the Crown Prince, who ordered him to watch Nolan and Lu En and search for leverage over them.
• Yang Bo plotted to entangle the Crown Prince, Lu En, and the Luo Family in a scandal, then arranged to attend a wine-tasting event with Luo Wenna.
• Yang Bo traveled between the Second World and the Federation before returning to the imperial capital to seek out Mo Yun, the Crown Prince’s female disguise.
• Yang Bo entered the Forest Art Salon on Satellite Fortress 7 as Lu En and asked the receptionist for a real female teacher specializing in figure painting.

Yang Bo used Lu En’s identity to investigate Nolan’s predicament and infiltrate an art salon, where he identified Catherine as a member of Red Earl’s Faction and encountered the Crown Prince in disguise. He agreed to pay Nolan five million and go to her place that night, noticing that the Crown Prince was monitoring her and preparing to use the meeting to set a trap.

• Yang Bo read Nolan’s memories and learned that her family wanted her money, her debt was being auctioned, and someone was pressuring her to testify against the Crown Prince; he also discovered He Kun was behind the pressure.
• Yang Bo chose Catherine as his art instructor, recognized her as a member of Red Earl’s Faction, and used his VIP privileges and master certificates to gain her interest.
• Yang Bo met Mo Yun, the woman disguised as the Crown Prince, exchanged contact information with her, and planted a Mental Seed in a pretty boy she approached.
• Yang Bo learned that Mo Yun met two men at a hotel, then discovered the pretty boy he had seeded had died after the Crown Prince dealt with both men.
• Yang Bo met Nolan, agreed to pay her five million to spend the night together, and noticed her wristwatch was transmitting her movements to the Crown Prince.

Yang Bo manipulated the Crown Prince with fake surveillance footage before trapping him in a Theme Hotel room with disguised performers and a hidden livestream. After arranging the next stage of his plan, Yang Bo disguised himself as Lu En and went to Catherine.

• Nolan paid off her loan and sent money to her parents, then went with Yang Bo to Lu En's surveilled home.
• Yang Bo knocked Nolan unconscious, played a staged performance for the Crown Prince, and left Nolan at a Theme Hotel with a letter and Three Million Blue Coin.
• Yang Bo reported to Lu En's superior, secured a meeting with the Crown Prince, and arranged a Theme Hotel room with the Luo Family woman next door.
• Yang Bo lured the woman disguised as the Crown Prince to the hotel, restrained her and the Luo Family woman, and installed hidden recording equipment.
• Three burly Superpower Users arrived to perform for the restrained Crown Prince as a free livestream audience gathered; Yang Bo then disguised himself as Lu En and headed to Catherine.

Disguised as Lu En, Yang Bo exposed the Crown Prince’s scandal and escaped the imperial capital by impersonating Zhang Sen. Catherine fled the fallout, and Yang Bo discovered that Nolan and Catherine were boarding the same transport spaceship as him.

• Yang Bo visited Catherine disguised as Lu En, injected her with Restoration Serum, and showed her a recording exposing the Crown Prince’s secret identity and misconduct.
• Yang Bo’s recording accused his superior of plotting against the Crown Prince and presented Lu En as sacrificing himself to reveal the conspiracy.
• Catherine escaped her exploding home and fled the imperial capital after the Crown Prince was stripped of his position and the Royal Guard Knights began arrests.
• Yang Bo faked Lu En’s death, stole Zhang Sen’s identity, and arranged passage to Devon Star aboard a Zhang Family Transport Spaceship.
• Yang Bo found Nolan and the disguised Catherine on the same flight and realized the imperial scandal would throw the royal family into chaos.

Yang Bo learned that Catherine had become an Impure Person hunted by Red Earl's Faction, then encountered her while traveling under Zhang Sen's identity. He let her into his family’s private area and considered how to use her as bait against his enemies.

• Yang Bo learned from Victor that Catherine had fled, that Red Earl's Faction was searching for her, and that the Empire had blamed the Crown Prince incident on terrorists and branded Catherine a terrorist.
• Yang Bo visited Prince Holden's territory in the Second World, where winter had halted construction but players continued hunting and clearing land.
• Back on March Star, Yang Bo reviewed the legal-aid project with Su Wei and discussed the Imperial Royal Family scandal with her, Annie, and Siya.
• Aboard the spaceship, Yang Bo met Catherine, who was disguised as Mary, and invited her into Zhang Sen's private area.
• Catherine spent time with Yang Bo before leaving, and Yang Bo let her return and considered notifying Red Earl's Faction or the Imperial Royal Family to turn her into useful bait.

Yang Bo used Zhang Sen’s noble status to evade the Royal Guard Knights’ inspection and took Catherine to Devon Star, where he left her at a villa while waiting for Red Earl’s Faction to find her. After returning to Bart’s territory, he learned that Ning Xue’s sister was set to become the Third Prince’s secondary consort and offered to handle the refusal.

• Yang Bo learned that the Royal Guard Knights were searching for Catherine and Nolan, while He Kun and other people tied to the Crown Prince were being secretly transported to a Secret Prison.
• When the ship neared the Transfer Point, Yang Bo refused to let the Royal Guard Knights inspect him without Noble Council authorization, and Catherine approached him for help escaping scrutiny.
• Yang Bo took Catherine aboard a Contact Spaceship to Devon Star, where the Royal Knights could not inspect them, and left her at one of Zhang Sen’s villas.
• Yang Bo discovered that He Kun and the others had been sent to a Space Laboratory near the Second World that had been converted into a Secret Prison.
• Yang Bo returned to Bart’s territory and heard from Ning Xue that her sister Ning Yu was due to become the Third Prince’s secondary consort, so he offered to handle refusing the match.

Yang Bo advanced his plans to exploit conflict between the Empire, Federation, and Pirate Alliance while arranging a first joint attack with pirates on a Central State fleet. Back on Devon Star, he pressured Catherine into revealing her identity and learned that she blamed Lu En for her family’s downfall.

• Yang Bo decided to wait for Ning Xue’s family to weigh in on her situation, then learned Nolan had reached the Alliance and secured a refugee identity.
• Yang Bo prepared a Safe House on Devon Star, returned to the Federation as Li John, and told Lisa he would leave Kalaya Province to seek revenge.
• Li John negotiated a first cooperation with several Pirate Groups, offering fleet intelligence in exchange for a share of the profits and limited information about pirate battleships.
• Yang Bo left Kalaya Province with four C-Class Battleships to join the pirates, while the province’s officials watched anxiously as their fleet commander departed.
• Disguised as Zhang Sen, Yang Bo warned Catherine that she was being tracked and asked to see her real face.
• Catherine revealed that her name was Catherine and said Lu En was responsible for her family’s ruin; Yang Bo offered to shield her from the royal family if she served him.

Yang Bo managed Catherine and coordinated Li John's pirate alliance while watching political tensions build on Devon Star. After Allen warned him that twenty mysterious arrivals were gathering there, Yang Bo identified them as likely Red Earl's Faction and learned Catherine's presence was already known to the Royal Guard Knights.

• Yang Bo kept Catherine at Zhang Sen's villa and watched her leave after cursing him, while he anticipated revealing that he had also been Lu En.
• Yang Bo returned to Prince Holden's Domain, moved radioactive crystals into the castle basement, and then went back to Li John's fleet.
• Yang Bo arranged for Li John and four Pirate Groups to cooperate, conceal their movements, and prepare a plan that would eventually let Li John take control of them.
• Yang Bo, disguised as Bart, discussed Ning Xue's family conflict with her and Bai Lu, then went to meet Allen about twenty mysterious people arriving on Devon Star.
• Allen told Yang Bo that Catherine was staying at Zhang Sen's villa and asked whether he would make Su Ruoxin the first heir; Yang Bo asked whether the question came from Allen or his family.

Yang Bo monitored the Imperial succession crisis while preparing an attack on a Central State fleet detachment and secretly bringing rare metals to Tie Niu’s group. When Red Earl attacked Zhang Sen’s villa on Devon Star, Yang Bo escaped through the Safe House, transformed into Bart, and launched a livestream as he headed into battle.

• Allen told Yang Bo that the Luo Family had infiltrated the royal Shadow Guards and that the Imperial Capital’s succession factions were making their moves.
• Su Ruoxin explained her efforts to keep Su Ruoyun away and warned Yang Bo that the Royal Guard Knights and other suspicious people were coming to Devon Star; they agreed she should avoid conspicuous action.
• Yang Bo visited Tie Niu’s group with more rare metals, then planned an operation targeting a Detachment of the Federal Central State’s Third Fleet.
• After learning that suspicious individuals had arrived on Devon Star, Yang Bo disguised himself as Zhang Sen and went to Zhang Sen’s villa, where Catherine told him Red Earl had arrived.
• Red Earl’s attack shattered the villa window, and Zhang Sen carried Catherine into the Safe House before transforming into Bart and activating a livestream titled “Bart PK Terrorists!”

Disguised as Bart, Yang Bo livestreamed a high-speed Space Mecha assault on Red Earl’s Faction at Zhang Sen’s villa, killing the attackers and gaining several rare skills. After demonstrating the Mecha Recall Skill and warning the arriving Royal Guard Knights, he returned to Catherine disguised as Zhang Sen.

• Yang Bo, disguised as Bart, began a livestream and flew at extreme speed toward Zhang Sen’s villa while arguing with the Devon Star fleet commander.
• Red Earl’s Faction attacked the villa, but Bart shot down fleeing attackers and then crashed through the building, killing the remaining fighters and seizing two Space Mechas.
• Yang Bo gained Swordsmanship, Mind Control, Forging, Music, True Sight, and Blade of Light skills, while viewers replayed the mecha’s rapid assault and marveled at his record-breaking atmospheric speed.
• Bart demonstrated the Mecha Recall Skill, promised to give away two Space Mechas, and warned the Royal Guard Knights before ending the livestream.
• Yang Bo had White collect the experiment data, then disguised himself as Zhang Sen and returned to Catherine in the Safe House, where she played along with his boastful act.

Yang Bo used his Zhang Sen disguise to protect Catherine, drive off the Royal Guard Knights, and return to Bart’s estate, where he heard rumors about the attackers and the Third Prince. When an even larger disturbance erupted near Zhang Sen’s villa, Yang Bo launched himself into the sky in a Space Mecha.

• Yang Bo used True Sight to sense Catherine’s malice, then opened the Safe House and let the authorities clean up the scene after Bart killed the attackers.
• Yang Bo disguised as Zhang Sen and insulted two Royal Guard Knights who sought access to the villa, then moved Catherine into the Safe House and prepared for a possible break-in.
• Yang Bo returned to Bart’s estate, met Hong Xiu, and heard Ning Xue and Bai Lu discuss the attackers’ identities and rumors linking them to the royal family.
• Ning Xue told Yang Bo that the Third Prince faced a tax-evasion investigation and that her family was wavering over his possible marriage to her sister.
• Yang Bo’s wristwatch alerted him to energy weapons near Zhang Sen’s villa, and he entered a Space Mecha and shot into the sky.

Yang Bo, piloting Bart's mecha, destroyed the Black Armor Knights attacking Zhang Sen's villa and exposed evidence that multiple radars had tracked him. The Noble Council moved to convene and investigate both the attacks and the surveillance of a Grand Duke's mecha.

• Yang Bo flew Bart's mecha toward Zhang Sen's villa as influencers livestreamed the attack and viewers identified the attackers as Black Armor Knights.
• The Black Armor Knights entered the damaged villa under an Energy Shield, but Yang Bo feinted to defeat their prediction of his aim and struck them with his Energy Cannon.
• Yang Bo kept firing at the scattered knights from a distance, then flew past the villa and returned home while livestreamers recorded the reinforced safe house still standing.
• Bart posted passive radar data showing that at least five space-based sources had locked onto his mecha, including two bands that might not belong to Devon Star's Planetary Alarm System.
• The Zhang Family and other nobles demanded an investigation, and the Noble Council decided to convene over the villa attacks and the radar lock on Bart's mecha.