Chapter Summaries

Sangqina and the women aboard their damaged starship fought Charles Heides’s cruiser until Leng Xuan ordered Charles to disable their ship and capture them. With the women refusing to surrender and the enemy preparing to fire again, Hua Qiang faced a threat to his companions.

• Charles Heides ordered his crew to target the enemy starship’s engine bay while trying to obey Leng Xuan’s demand to capture the women alive.
• Sangqina and Ailaria fought to keep their damaged ship operational, and Ria fired particle torpedoes at the cruiser’s weapons hub.
• Leng Xuan ordered Charles to use the Annihilation Cannon, and Charles disabled the enemy ship’s propulsion while sparing its bridge.
• Leng Xuan contacted Sangqina and demanded that she and the other women surrender as his private collectibles, but they refused.
• Leng Xuan ordered the cruiser to fire again, and the seven women looked to Hua Qiang as the enemy weapon charged.

Charles Heides canceled the attack and allowed Hua Qiang and the women to be taken aboard the cruiser, intending to protect them until they met Leng Xuan. When Leng Xuan tried to claim the women, Hua Qiang confronted him, and Leng Xuan ordered his protectors to attack.

• Charles Heides canceled the firing order, arranged for the women to dock, and promised to keep them safe.
• Hua Qiang and the women pretended to surrender, and Charles told Leng Xuan that the prisoners had been captured.
• Charles sensed danger and ordered the mecha troops to deploy as the group was escorted to Leng Xuan.
• Leng Xuan eagerly welcomed the women and dismissed his maids, then noticed Hua Qiang among them.
• Hua Qiang stepped in front of the women and said they were his people, prompting Leng Xuan to order his protectors to seize him.

Hua Qiang subdued Leng Xuan and took him as a guide while demanding control of his troops. When the Mecha Corps surrounded him, Hua Qiang effortlessly sent Charles Hades flying and sealed his spiritual energy, leaving Charles asking what it would take to spare Leng Xuan.

• Hua Qiang stopped Leng Xuan from attacking Yan Ruyu and the other women, then left with Leng Xuan as his guide.
• Sumadala and the other guardian blocked Hua Qiang, but he tightened his grip on Leng Xuan and ordered him to gather his men.
• Leng Xuan refused and threatened Hua Qiang, who cracked his neck again and demanded the troops under his command.
• Charles Hades arrived with the ten thousand-strong Mecha Corps and ordered them to surround Hua Qiang and rescue Leng Xuan.
• Hua Qiang slapped Charles Hades hundreds of meters away and sealed his spiritual energy, prompting Charles to ask how he could spare his Young Master.

Hua Qiang demanded Leng Xuan's cruiser, combat ships, and mech soldiers as ransom, then used the Time Law to trap the fleet and unleashed Phantom Spirit Devouring Insects against its troops. Leng Xuan watched in terror as the insects overcame the mechs and left the soldiers under their control.

• Leng Xuan offered Hua Qiang anything his family could provide, and Hua Qiang demanded the Jile Hao cruiser, its combat ships, and ten thousand mech soldiers as ransom.
• Leng Xuan and Charles Hades explained that the mech soldiers belonged to the Third Cosmic Alliance's Combat Sequence unit and could not be handed over.
• Hua Qiang created a vast Time Cage that imprisoned the fleet and froze the surrounding time and space.
• Hua Qiang summoned tens of thousands of Phantom Spirit Devouring Insects and sent them to attack the mech soldiers.
• The insects passed through many attacks, devoured the mechs' energy shields, breached their armor, and drained the soldiers' Star Force before taking control of them.
• Leng Xuan watched the massacre in horror and asked Hua Qiang how he had done it.

Hua Qiang used his Spirit Devouring Insects to seize control of the Jile Hao cruiser and its ten thousand mecha warriors, turning them into his loyal army. In response, Leng Aotian learned the fleet had vanished and mobilized a larger force to hunt Hua Qiang in the Black Wind Star Domain.

• Hua Qiang's Spirit Devouring Insects overwhelmed the cruiser and its mechas, killing the warriors and taking control of their machines.
• Hua Qiang released the Time Cage, and the ten thousand mecha warriors knelt and called him Master.
• Leng Aotian learned that the Jile Hao and its mecha force had disappeared from the union database and their loyalty index had fallen to negative one hundred.
• Leng Aotian ordered an investigation and learned that the cruiser had last been detected at the edge of the Black Wind Star Domain.
• Leng Aotian summoned the World-Extinguishing Fleet and the Thunder Prison God of War with thirty thousand Judgment Mechas to pursue the enemy.

After absorbing a ten-thousand-man mech force, Hua Qiang’s cultivation rebounded to the eighth layer of the Dome Universe Realm, and he fought Sumadala in the Black Wind Star Domain. He defeated the fifth-layer Great Void Realm fighter and then faced his brother, who attacked to avenge him.

• Hua Qiang took the mech battle squad into his Small World, triggering an energy rebound that raised his cultivation to the eighth layer of the Dome Universe Realm.
• Hua Qiang put Yan Ruyu and the other women into his Small World as Sumadala challenged him to battle.
• Sumadala attacked Hua Qiang with the Great Void Divine Fist and Great Void Thunder Banner, but Hua Qiang blocked his techniques and badly wounded him.
• Sumadala tried to burn his origin and use Ten Thousand Transformations Return to One, but Hua Qiang defeated him and left him unable to stand.
• Sumadala’s brother rushed from the cruiser and attacked Hua Qiang with the Great Void Star Shattering Fist, but Hua Qiang blocked the blow and counterattacked.

Hua Qiang defeated the Sumadala brothers, forced Leng Xuan to surrender his cruiser and captain, and set course for the Gravity Plane. As Leng Aotian’s fleet approached the Black Wind Star Domain, the cruiser entered its route with Charles Hades at the helm.

• Hua Qiang overwhelmed Sumadala and shattered his body after Sumadala burned his origin energy for a final attack.
• Leng Xuan ordered his cruiser to flee, but Hua Qiang appeared aboard with the defeated Sumadala brothers and stopped him.
• Hua Qiang let Leng Xuan leave in a small starship in exchange for the cruiser and Charles Hades, whom he kept as captain.
• Charles Hades took command and, with Yan Ruyu, Sangqina, Ailaria, and the other women, guided the cruiser toward the Seventh Gravity Plane.
• Leng Aotian led a fleet toward the Black Wind Star Domain and asked General Sha how much farther they had to go.

Shi Yemin’s convoy fought a desperate battle against pursuing mercenaries as Starship 'Stellar' suffered severe damage. Shi Yemin aimed to escape through the Misty Nebula while Battleship 'Bedrock' stayed behind to cover the ship.

• Shi Yemin ordered Starship 'Stellar' and its escorts to break through the pursuing warships’ fire as the ship’s shields and engines took damage.
• Battleship 'Iron Wall' was crippled by concentrated fire, and Shi Yemin ordered the convoy to continue without stopping to rescue it.
• After Starship 'Stellar' sustained more damage, Shi Yemin ordered his cultivator squad to prepare to protect his family and set course for the Misty Nebula.
• Shi Qingqing spotted the nebula, and Shi Yemin ordered Starship 'Stellar' to enter it while Battleship 'Bedrock' covered the retreat.
• Battleship 'Bedrock' turned to face the pursuers and destroyed two cruisers with its final volleys.

Shi Yemin’s Star Shuttle escaped into the Misty Nebula but was pursued by a disguised assault craft preparing to board. Hua Qiang’s cruiser detected the ambush, and Hua Qiang ordered his crew to intervene.

• Shi Yemin’s Star Shuttle entered the Misty Nebula after Battleship 'Bedrock' took enemy fire, and Shi Yemin ordered repairs while his family rested.
• The Star Shuttle detected a fast, unidentified craft approaching, while a masked man aboard it ordered his people to prepare to board and kill Shi Yemin.
• Charlie Hades and Hua Qiang’s crew detected Shi Yemin’s fleeing Star Shuttle and the Black Wind Mercenaries’ assault craft closing in to attack.
• Sangqina urged Hua Qiang to intervene, and Hua Qiang ordered Charlie Hades to approach and Yan Ruyu to prepare the defensive barrier.

Shi Yemin’s family was cornered by the Starry Sky Pirate Mademis after Mademis and his lieutenants slaughtered the guards. Just as Mademis was about to kill them, a mysterious young man appeared and terrified the pirate.

• Shi Yemin’s guards confronted Mademis and his two lieutenants after they forced their way aboard the Starship 'Stellar'.
• Mademis and his lieutenants killed the guards in a brief, brutal fight, including Guard Captain Retmon.
• Shi Yemin offered Mademis three times his employer’s commission to spare his family, but Mademis refused and declared they would all die.
• A young man in silver casual clothes appeared between Mademis and Shi Yemin, stopping Mademis’s attack and leaving him terrified.

Hua Qiang accepted Shi Yemin’s family’s offer to serve as their bodyguard and fought Mademis and his men aboard the starship. He defeated them and destroyed their mechs, leaving the pirates bloodied and barely breathing.

• Mademis threatened Hua Qiang and warned him not to interfere with the Starry Sky Pirates’ business.
• Hua Qiang agreed to protect Shi Yemin’s family for one Universe Coin, making himself their hired bodyguard.
• A subordinate fired at Hua Qiang, and he dodged the shots before cutting apart the pirates’ weapons with the Wudao Sword.
• Hua Qiang struck Mademis and two subordinates, sending them crashing through the starship’s walls.
• Mademis and his men activated their mechs, but Hua Qiang’s sword qi shattered the mechs and left the three pirates badly wounded.

After Hua Qiang rescued Shi Yemin and his family from star pirates, Shi Yemin proposed that they become sworn brothers. Hua Qiang accepted, and they completed the ceremony, promising to support one another.

• Hua Qiang killed three Mademis Star Pirates and received 26 million Slaughter Points.
• Shi Yemin, Liu Yurong, Shi Qingqing, and the surviving Guard Team members thanked Hua Qiang for saving them.
• Shi Yemin invited Hua Qiang to a banquet and proposed that they become sworn brothers.
• Hua Qiang considered Shi Yemin’s sincerity and connections, then agreed to the proposal.
• Shi Yemin and Hua Qiang took their oaths before an incense table and formally became sworn brothers.

Hua Qiang agreed to travel with Shi Yemin to an auction in the Alpha Star System, where he hoped to find ways to strengthen the girls. After learning Hua Qiang wanted to register as a universal citizen and claim ownership of Blue Star, Shi Yemin offered to use his connection at the Time-Space Administration Bureau to help.

• Shi Yemin invited Hua Qiang to the interstellar auction in the Alpha Star System, and Hua Qiang accepted.
• The next morning, Shi Qingqing brought Hua Qiang a hot drink, and he promised to take her to an interstellar zoo.
• Hua Qiang told Shi Qingqing that he came from Blue Star and planned to obtain universal citizenship and claim ownership of the planet.
• Shi Qingqing said Shi Yemin’s close friend was a deputy director at the Time-Space Administration Bureau and could help Hua Qiang.
• Shi Yemin promised to arrange the process and called his contact, Old Zhou.

Shi Yemin asked Zhou Biyi to secure Hua Qiang a Cosmic Citizen identity and help transfer Blue Star to him. Zhou registered Hua as a Third-class Cosmic Citizen, but discovered Blue Star belonged to Xuan Chuqing of the Xuanqiong Clan, so the planet’s transfer depended on whether she agreed to communicate.

• Shi Yemin told Zhou Biyi how Hua Qiang had rescued his family from Mademis and asked him to obtain Hua a Cosmic Citizen identity and Blue Star.
• Zhou Biyi registered Hua Qiang as a Third-class Cosmic Citizen and found that Blue Star belonged to Xuan Chuqing, the Xuanqiong Clan’s Grand Elder.
• Zhou Biyi contacted Xuan Ye and requested help arranging a discussion with Xuan Chuqing about acquiring Blue Star.
• Xuan Ye agreed to report the request to the Seclusion Pavilion in three days, leaving the decision to Xuan Chuqing.

Xuan Chuqing’s ninety-ninth attempt to break through to the Star Lord Realm was derailed by an Inner Demon that brought back memories of Hua Xiaoyao’s death on Blue Star. She fell into cultivation deviation as Zhou Biyi prepared to contact her about acquiring Blue Star.

• Xuan Chuqing drew on the planet core’s origin energy and nearly shattered the Star Lord Realm barrier.
• Xuan Chuqing faced an Inner Demon that showed her meeting Hua Xiaoyao on Blue Star and their hundred years together.
• Xuan Chuqing relived Hua Xiaoyao’s sacrifice against an Emperor Beast, when he gave his life to help her escape.
• Xuan Chuqing’s grief destabilized her energy, causing the barrier to mend and her meridians and sea of consciousness to suffer damage.
• Xuan Chuqing fell into cultivation deviation while Zhou Biyi awaited communication with her about acquiring Blue Star.

Xuan Chuqing refused to sell Blue Star after learning that it was the home of her late Dao companion’s grave. Hua Qiang resolved to meet her on Meteor Sand Star and set out aboard Hua Qiang 2 with his companions.

• Xuan Ye asked the Seclusion Pavilion elders whether the clan should sell Xuan Chuqing’s private planet, Blue Star, to the deputy director of the Time-Space Administration Bureau.
• Xuan Chuqing received the elders’ message while recovering from qi deviation, suffered another injury, and ordered them to tell Xuan Ye that Blue Star was not for sale.
• Hua Qiang told Shi Yemin that he would obtain Blue Star despite Xuan Chuqing’s refusal and decided to meet her in person.
• Hua Qiang boarded Hua Qiang 2 with Yan Ruyu, Sangqina, Yao Lenchen, and the other women, then began a spatial jump toward Meteor Sand Star.

Hua Qiang reached Meteor Sand Star and met Xuan Chuqing, who recognized his resemblance to her dead Dao companion, Hua Xiaoyao. After learning Hua Qiang was Hua Xiaoyao’s descendant, she invited him into her cave estate and showed him a painting of his Great Ancestor.

• Hua Qiang arrived at Meteor Sand Star and passed through the guardians’ barrier using his Third-class Cosmic Citizen identification.
• Hua Qiang approached Xuan Chuqing’s cave estate, and she emerged from seclusion with an unstable aura.
• Xuan Chuqing was startled by Hua Qiang’s resemblance to Hua Xiaoyao and asked whether his family had an ancestor by that name.
• Hua Qiang explained that Hua Xiaoyao was his great-grandfather’s elder brother, and Xuan Chuqing invited him inside to discuss Blue Star.
• Xuan Chuqing showed Hua Qiang a painting of Hua Xiaoyao in a Peach Blossom Grove and recalled his promise to travel across the universe with her.

Hua Qiang persuaded Xuan Chuqing to consider transferring Blue Star to him so he could protect it, provided he first accompanied her to Hua Xiaoyao’s peach blossom grove. The group set out aboard Hua Qiang 2, and as the cruiser traveled toward Blue Star, Xuan Chuqing looked forward to returning to her lost love’s home.

• Hua Qiang explained that he wanted Blue Star’s ownership so he could protect Great Grandfather’s homeland, and Xuan Chuqing agreed to consider it if he accompanied her to pay respects to Hua Xiaoyao.
• Xuan Chuqing and Hua Qiang prepared to leave Meteor Sand Star after resting and stabilizing her injuries.
• Xuan Chuqing met Hua Qiang’s companions and gave each of the seven women a magical treasure for protection.
• Charles Hades launched Hua Qiang 2 and set a course for Blue Star, estimating a ten-day journey.
• As the cruiser traveled through space, Xuan Chuqing looked toward Blue Star and said she was coming to see Hua Xiaoyao.

Hua Qiang returned to Blue Star with his companions and set up the Phantom Tracking Array to hide and protect the planet. After the array stabilized, the group crossed its barrier and saw Blue Star again, with Hua Qiang heading home to reunite with his family.

• Hua Qiang arrived near Blue Star with Xuan Chuqing, Yan Ruyu, and Charles Hades, then prepared to conceal the planet with the Phantom Tracking Array.
• Charles Hades assigned ten crew members to guard the group while the rest returned to the Lingxiao and shut down their energy signals.
• Hua Qiang activated the nine starstones and, with Xuan Chuqing's help, formed an illusory array that made Blue Star appear to be ordinary interstellar dust.
• Hua Qiang stabilized the array's nine eyes, and Yan Ruyu supported him and gave him a pill as his spiritual energy ran low.
• Charles Hades reported that the surrounding void was safe, and Hua Qiang said the group could go home.
• Hua Qiang led the group through the array barrier, revealing Blue Star again as he hurried toward his waiting family.

Five Absolutes Mountain hosted the century-old Martial Emperor ranking battle, where five veteran sovereigns fought one another with their elemental techniques. After they broke Frozen River Martial Sovereign’s ice cage, the injured combatants prepared to continue and settle their rankings.

• Fire Departure Martial Sovereign and the Azure-Clad Elder argued over old grievances as Blazing Sun Martial Sovereign, Frozen River Martial Sovereign, and Profound Earth Martial Sovereign joined the fray.
• The five sovereigns clashed with fire, sword qi, ice, golden whip, and stone, blasting apart the summit and leaving each with injuries.
• Frozen River Martial Sovereign trapped all five in a Sky-Locking Ice Cage reinforced with Profound Ice True Qi.
• Blazing Sun Martial Sovereign and Profound Earth Martial Sovereign weakened the cage while Fire Departure Martial Sovereign channeled flames through the Azure-Clad Elder’s sword to melt an opening.
• Blazing Sun Martial Sovereign restrained Frozen River Martial Sovereign and Profound Earth Martial Sovereign struck him, causing the ice cage to collapse.
• Fire Departure Martial Sovereign called the fight satisfying, and the Azure-Clad Elder challenged the others to continue until someone admitted defeat.