Chapter Summaries

Su Li reviewed the Cosmic Species Alliance’s hunting missions and considered how to earn Contribution Points for star systems and advanced knowledge. He narrowed his A-rank targets to Mos Bei and the Star Devourer.

• Hall Master Wu arranged for Su Li to receive information on hunting missions.
• Su Li browsed the B-rank missions and inferred that the Cosmic Species Alliance enforced order across life and the universe.
• Su Li decided that Contribution Points could help him acquire star systems and knowledge, and that he needed to take A-rank missions for more.
• Su Li eliminated A-rank targets who were hiding, too powerful, or too far from the Lania Star Cluster.
• Su Li narrowed his choices to A-rank Superhuman Mos Bei and the mutated super lifeform Star Devourer.

Su Li weighed whether to pursue Mos Bei or Devourer and suspected the Cosmic Species Alliance was hiding information about Mos Bei. He headed for the Tianhe Black Market to investigate, leaving open the possibility of hunting Devourer if Mos Bei proved too dangerous.

• Su Li considered Mos Bei, an A-rank Superhuman suspected of backing the Tianhe Black Market, and Devourer, an immensely durable planet-devouring life-form wanted by the Cosmic Species Alliance.
• Su Li noticed that the Alliance had not acted against Mos Bei despite his crimes and concluded that it was likely wary of something it had not disclosed.
• Su Li returned the records to Hall Master Wu, drank through hundreds of wines at his gathering, and left with a large batch of Hall Master Wu's collection.
• Hall Master Wu watched Su Li leave and planned to slowly recruit the A+-rank powerhouse into the Cosmic Species Alliance.
• Su Li explored Great Bright Star, bought a detailed star map of the Lania Star Cluster, and set out for the Tianhe Black Market to investigate Mos Bei.
• Su Li planned to capture Mos Bei if he uncovered no powerful backing; otherwise, he would capture two B-rankers and travel to the Gemuzer Star Cluster to target Devourer.

Su Li entered the Tianhe Black Market to investigate its hidden owner, Mos Bei, and discovered that many humans there belonged to a Human Alliance. He left the chapter wondering whether Mos Bei was connected to the group and whether it backed him.

• Su Li located the Tianhe Black Market, used its required entry signal, and passed inspection under a fabricated identity.
• Su Li explored the violent Alternate Dimension and entered a luxurious restaurant while secretly gathering information through his consciousness.
• Su Li found little intelligence about Mos Bei but discovered that many residents belonged to the Human Alliance.
• Su Li considered whether Mos Bei belonged to the Human Alliance and whether it served as his backer.

Su Li found Mos Bei hiding in the Tianhe Black Market and confronted him after Mos Bei, disguised as a female server, caught his attack. Mos Bei invited Su Li to the Human Universe, but Su Li hesitated because he did not know what it was.

• Su Li failed to find Mos Bei's intelligence and considered using an A-rank mecha to draw him out.
• Su Li summoned two A-rank mecha, but a mysterious gaze stopped him before he could make them attack.
• The female server caught Su Li's energy attack and revealed himself as Mos Bei after Su Li tried to probe him with Consciousness Virtualization.
• Su Li and Mos Bei spoke, and Su Li concluded that Mos Bei's remarks hinted the Human Alliance was more complicated than it seemed.
• Mos Bei offered to take Su Li to the Human Universe, but Su Li explained that he had come only to ask about the Human Alliance, prompting Mos Bei to distrust him.

Su Li pressured Mos Bei into explaining the Human Alliance, learning that it was a cosmic-scale organization devoted to humanity’s survival rather than territorial order. Mos Bei admitted he had slaughtered several planets’ inhabitants after discovering they had destroyed a newborn human civilization.

• Su Li insisted he had come for information about the Human Alliance and pressured Mos Bei to answer.
• Mos Bei recognized Su Li as an A+ Superhuman and agreed to explain the Human Alliance.
• Mos Bei described the Human Alliance as an organization that existed wherever humans lived and prioritized humanity’s survival.
• Su Li asked whether the Cosmic Species Alliance’s warrant against Mos Bei was real, prompting Mos Bei to become wary and summon a dark halo.
• Mos Bei admitted he had destroyed a civilization after learning that it had slaughtered a newborn human civilization.

Su Li questioned Mos Bei about the Human Alliance and the Human Universe, while Mos Bei suspected his seemingly ordinary questions concealed an attempt to obtain secrets. Mos Bei explained that someone could belong to both alliances as an ordinary Human Alliance member, and Su Li left the conversation curious about the Human Universe’s possible connection to the Virtual Universe.

• Mos Bei tried to end the meeting, but Su Li argued that their agreement did not matter and asked whether someone could join both alliances.
• Su Li introduced himself as the Virtual God, and Mos Bei agreed to answer as long as Su Li avoided confidential matters.
• Mos Bei explained that humans automatically belonged to the Human Alliance, but members of the Cosmic Species Alliance could not be core members.
• Mos Bei said Human Alliance members could earn Human Contribution Points and exchange them in the Human Universe, a cosmic treasure linking human consciousnesses across the universe.
• Su Li compared the Human Universe to the Virtual Universe and praised it while asking Mos Bei ordinary questions, leaving Mos Bei wary of his motives.

Su Li learned how the Human Universe identified humans by their thoughts and considered using its test to prove himself to Mos Bei. He decided to verify Mos Bei’s claims before considering joining the Human Alliance, and left the Tianhe Black Market satisfied that avoiding a confrontation had been wise.

• Mos Bei answered Su Li’s questions about the Human Universe, including that it could identify humans by their thoughts with perfect accuracy.
• Su Li realized the Human Universe’s test could help him prove his human identity and gain Mos Bei’s trust if he later sought to join the Human Alliance.
• Su Li hesitated to join because he wanted to verify Mos Bei’s claims and learn what obligations membership would bring.
• Su Li concluded Mos Bei was probably not a genuine wanted criminal, but a Human Alliance core member caught in a conflict with the Cosmic Species Alliance.
• Su Li felt relieved that he had not attacked Mos Bei and considered catching smaller targets instead.

Su Li challenged Mos Bei to a public fight outside the Tianhe Black Market, hoping to demonstrate his strength and persuade Mos Bei to help him. Their opening clash left Su Li surprised by Mos Bei’s near-A+ strength, and Mos Bei’s next attack was already coming.

• Su Li praised Mos Bei’s supposed invincibility and asked to experience his Transformation talent, then persuaded him to agree to a fight.
• Mos Bei chose the time and location, arranged recording devices, and invited friends to watch from the Human Universe.
• An hour later, Su Li and Mos Bei faced each other outside the Tianhe Black Market in the Lania Star Cluster.
• Mos Bei unleashed a vast energy storm and charged Su Li with a kick; Su Li countered with a punch, and their collision shattered the surrounding space.
• Su Li realized Mos Bei’s pure strength was close to that of a normal A+, making their first exchange a draw, and prepared to use more strength against Mos Bei’s next attack.

Su Li defeated Mos Bei in a public battle, then befriended him and learned about powerful combat equipment used by major organizations. The conversation led Su Li to consider researching the War God Armament using a valuable raw material he had found in the Milky Way Galaxy.

• Su Li overwhelmed Mos Bei in a brief fight, leaving him battered but alive as observers watched in shock.
• Su Li helped Mos Bei up, and Mos Bei admitted that Su Li was stronger than him.
• Su Li and Mos Bei returned to the restaurant and spoke more comfortably after Mos Bei lowered his guard.
• Mos Bei explained that his combat suit let him wield A+-rank power and that such strength-enhancing equipment was costly and widely used by major organizations.
• Su Li compared Mos Bei's suit to the Xilan Civilization's War God Armament and considered researching it with the raw material he had found in the Milky Way Galaxy.

Su Li asked Mos Bei to help capture the B-Rank wanted criminals hiding in the Tianhe Black Market, and Mos Bei agreed. With Su Li’s location data in hand, they prepared to divide the targets between them.

• Su Li asked Mos Bei to help capture the B-Rank wanted criminals in the Tianhe Black Market.
• Mos Bei explained that many of the criminals were human, and Su Li agreed not to target them.
• Mos Bei agreed to help, since he had little personal attachment to the criminals.
• Su Li gave Mos Bei a storage device containing the criminals’ locations and proposed that they split the targets in half.
• Mos Bei accepted, and the two prepared to begin the captures.

Su Li delivered twelve wanted criminals to the Cosmic Species Alliance and received nine million Contribution Points, though they did not directly increase his Resource Points. He spent 6.5 million Contribution Points on the resource-rich Three Bears Star System, leaving the story with his galaxy-development plans ready to advance.

• Su Li brought twelve wanted criminals from the Tianhe Black Market to Hall Master Wu at the Alliance Hall.
• Hall Master Wu arranged for the Cosmic Species Alliance to take custody of the criminals, earning Su Li nine million Contribution Points.
• Su Li found that the Contribution Points did not increase his Resource Points and concluded he would need to exchange them for physical goods.
• Su Li searched the Alliance's deluxe catalog for ownerless galaxies in the Lania Star Cluster.
• Su Li chose the adjacent Great Bear, Little Bear, and Mini Bear galaxies, collectively called the Three Bears Star System, for 6.5 million Contribution Points.

Su Li chose the Three Bears Star System and hired one hundred Xil Civilization development teams, then listened as Hall Master Wu explained the benefits of joining the Cosmic Species Alliance. Su Li became interested in joining to gain access to advanced knowledge, though his rank would initially limit what he could learn.

• Su Li selected the Three Bears Star System and the Xil Civilization's development teams, which Hall Master Wu helped him hire.
• Su Li noticed his Contribution Points had fallen to 260, and Hall Master Wu explained that he had applied a one-time twenty-percent discount.
• Hall Master Wu described the benefits of joining the Cosmic Species Alliance, and Su Li asked to hear more.
• Su Li learned that he would become a Level 9 member and have limited access to advanced knowledge, but he saw contributions and promotion as ways to reach higher-level knowledge.
• Su Li decided that gaining advanced knowledge through the Alliance was the main reason he wanted to join.

Su Li officially joined the Cosmic Species Alliance as an ordinary member after Hall Master Wu explained the requirements. He left Great Bright Star for the Milky Way Galaxy, carrying new intelligence to study and plans to deal with Swallowing Star and guide the Xil Empire's development team.

• Hall Master Wu invited Su Li to join the Cosmic Species Alliance, and Su Li agreed after learning that ordinary membership required little commitment.
• Su Li spent three days completing the membership process and sharing limited physical data before departing Great Bright Star by spaceship.
• Su Li set the spaceship to travel toward the Milky Way Galaxy, planning to report that he was safe, deal with Swallowing Star, and guide the Xil Empire's development team.
• Su Li spent his remaining 2.4 million Contribution Points on intelligence about the Cosmic Species Alliance's A-rank lifeforms, powerful civilizations, and other major cosmic organizations.

Su Li returned from the wider cosmos after dispatching development teams to exploit three resource-rich galaxies, then reunited with Xia Ke on Earth and explained how insignificant Earth was among the cosmic powers. He showed her energy-rich wine meant to boost her energy, and the chapter ended with him carrying her outside Earth.

• Su Li released thousands of development ships in the Lania Star Cluster and sent a hundred teams to develop the galaxies.
• Su Li returned to the Donghai City Detective Bureau and startled Xia Ke, who nearly unleashed her C-Class power.
• Su Li told Xia Ke about the Cosmic Species Alliance and other major powers, easing her fears about Earth being noticed.
• Su Li showed Xia Ke energy-rich wine he had obtained from Hall Master Wu and promised it could accelerate her energy accumulation.
• Xia Ke expressed her gratitude, and Su Li put the wine away and carried her outside Earth.

After reaching the Gemuzer Star Cluster, Su Li discovered that the Star Devourer was approaching the Lavi Star System, forcing the Qisi Civilization to evacuate its inhabitants. Su Li teleported toward the threat and arrived at the system’s edge as the enormous Star Devourer drew near.

• Su Li traveled from Earth toward the Gemuzer Star Cluster, carefully following the Cosmic Species Alliance’s coordinates.
• A month later, Qisi officers Lawell and his companion discussed their evacuation and their anger at the Cosmic Species Alliance as their fleet carried a hundred billion refugees away from the Lavi Star System.
• Su Li appeared above the Qisi fleet and learned that the Star Devourer was approaching the Lavi Star System after consuming other star systems.
• Su Li overcame the Star Devourer’s spatial-stabilizing effect and teleported to the edge of the Lavi Star System.
• Su Li saw the massive Star Devourer approaching from the other side of the system.

Su Li investigated Star Eater, a colossal creature that devoured planets and dispersed their energy, and found that ordinary attacks barely affected it. As Su Li prepared to use Energy Manipulation, three hidden lifeforms inside Star Eater detected him and decided to kill him if he threatened their refuge.

• Su Li judged Star Eater’s immense size made ordinary attacks ineffective and flew toward it to test his abilities.
• Star Eater swallowed a modified planet as it reached the edge of the Lavi Star System.
• Su Li confirmed Star Eater contained little carbon and vast energy, then struck it with a planet-destroying punch that barely affected it.
• Su Li decided to use Energy Manipulation against Star Eater.
• Halls, Borg, and Kersti detected Su Li’s attack, identified him as a likely A+-rank Superhuman, and prepared to kill him if necessary.

Berg, Halls, and Kersti learned that an A+ Superhuman with Energy Manipulation was stirring the energy inside Galactus and intended to capture him. They decided they could not quietly escape and began preparing an ambush, with Kersti producing a mysterious blood-red object.

• Halls detected that the energy inside Galactus was running wild and learned that the outsider had caused it.
• Halls identified the outsider as an A+ Superhuman who could manipulate energy and was trying to capture Galactus alive.
• Kersti declared that the outsider's talent was Energy Manipulation, and Berg explained that Kersti, the Silent One, never lied.
• Berg and Halls concluded that they had to either kill the outsider or flee, but escaping would likely cost one of them.
• Halls proposed using a special material to trap their opponent, and Berg offered two sets of Life Armor.
• Kersti silently produced an egg-shaped, blood-red object, which Berg and Halls considered useful for their plan.

Su Li triggered a storm of stored energy inside Swallowing Star to subdue him, but Swallowing Star’s rampage devastated the Lavi Star System. When Ultimate Wisdom warned Su Li of an approaching danger, he detected three hidden auras moving through Swallowing Star’s body toward the outside.

• Su Li manipulated the energy inside Swallowing Star until it erupted into a violent storm, planning to pacify it once Swallowing Star could no longer resist.
• Swallowing Star unleashed a retaliatory energy blast, then rampaged through the Lavi Star System as the storm overwhelmed him.
• Su Li kept his distance and waited for Swallowing Star to weaken, believing the capture was already assured.
• Ultimate Wisdom warned Su Li of a faint crisis, so he summoned four A-rank mechs and heightened his vigilance.
• Su Li sensed three concealed auras moving through Swallowing Star’s body toward the outside and wondered whether they were another hidden trump card.

Halls, Berg, and Kersti launched an ambush against Su Li, but Su Li had anticipated them and used a decoy to turn their trap against them. Kersti was left badly outmatched and surrounded as Su Li prepared to finish the fight.

• Halls, Berg, and Kersti planned to use Kersti's Heart of Rules and Halls's special material to trap and kill Su Li.
• Su Li watched the three armored A-rank lifeforms while preparing to counter their ambush.
• When Devourer stopped moving, the three attacked, and Kersti used the Heart of Rules to enclose Su Li in a blood-red space.
• Kersti realized Su Li inside the trap was a fake, while Halls and Berg entered the space and Kersti fled.
• Su Li struck Kersti, shattered his armor's shield, and surrounded him with three machines.

Su Li defeated Kersti and escaped the collapsing blood-red space, while Borg and Halls fled in opposite directions. After learning that Kersti was a wanted criminal, Su Li pursued the other two, hoping to capture three A-rank fugitives and earn Contribution Points.

• Su Li recalled the A-rank mechs and withdrew his energy after beating Kersti nearly half to death.
• Su Li sent one mech to stay with Kersti and charged toward the edge of the blood-red space with the other two.
• Borg and Halls realized the mech was a decoy and decided to flee separately as the blood-red space collapsed.
• Su Li and the mechs chased Borg and Halls after they escaped the collapsing space.
• Su Li learned that the injured man was Silent One Kirsty, a wanted criminal, and concluded the other two were likely fugitives as well.