Chapter Summaries

Hua Qiang appointed Little Gray deputy city lord of Mysterious Fantasy City and left with Zuo Chan'er to return to Blue Star. After landing, he was greeted by Meila and several other women, leaving Zuo Chan'er stunned.

• Hua Qiang caught Little Gray boasting to city officials and teased him about his stories.
• Hua Qiang secretly summoned Little Gray and made him deputy city lord, entrusting him with governing Mysterious Fantasy City while he left.
• Little Gray accepted the appointment and promised to keep the city under close watch with Rat Clan spies.
• Hua Qiang handed Little Gray the command plaque, then left Mysterious Fantasy City with Zuo Chan'er aboard the Silver Warship.
• Hua Qiang and Zuo Chan'er arrived at Blue Star's secret base, where Meila and several women rushed to embrace Hua Qiang and pushed Zuo Chan'er aside.

Hua Qiang returned home, reunited with his wives, and introduced Zuo Chan'er as his new wife. He then accompanied Xuan Chuqing to Hua Xiaoyao’s grave, where they honored him and marked the Crimson Flame Kirin’s death as vengeance fulfilled.

• Hua Qiang reunited with the seven women, who fussed over his health and welcomed Zuo Chan'er as their new sister.
• Xuan Chuqing arrived with the Five Extremes and took Hua Qiang and the others to Hua Xiaoyao’s grave.
• Xuan Chuqing placed offerings at the grave and recounted how Hua Xiaoyao sacrificed himself to save her from the Crimson Flame Kirin.
• Hua Qiang and his wives kowtowed at the grave, and he promised to protect Xuan Chuqing.
• The Five Extremes mourned Hua Xiaoyao and said his vengeance had been repaid, while Xuan Chuqing resolved to live on and honor his final wish.

Xuan Chuqing transferred Blue Star’s ownership to Hua Qiang, who planned to fortify the planet and bring his family and companions home. The group set off for Blue Star with Xuan Chuqing and the Five Absolutes accompanying them.

• Xuan Chuqing used the Time-Space Administration Bureau’s system to transfer Blue Star to Hua Qiang, and the transfer was approved and recorded.
• Hua Qiang celebrated securing the planet and resolved to strengthen its defenses with attack arrays and detection restrictions.
• Yan Ruyu and the others celebrated the transfer, and the group thanked Xuan Chuqing for making it possible.
• Hua Qiang invited Xuan Chuqing and the Five Absolutes to visit Blue Star and meet his family, and they accepted.
• Hua Qiang and the others boarded an Interstellar Cruiser and departed for Blue Star.

Hua Qiang returned to Cloud Tiangong with new allies, and Ye Bingxue confronted him jealously before welcoming him back. He told his family that Xuan Chuqing had made Blue Star his private property, leaving them hopeful for a safer future.

• Ye Bingxue prepared to leave in search of Hua Qiang, but a guard announced that he had returned, and she rushed to meet him.
• Ye Bingxue questioned Hua Qiang about the women accompanying him, and he explained how they had helped him during his journey and would help guard their Star Domain.
• Hua Xingchen recognized Xuan Chuqing, knelt to greet her as Great Great-Grandmother, and the others followed suit.
• Ye Bingxue softened after her parents urged her to welcome Hua Qiang home, and Hua Qiang gave the children glowing Star Stones from the Outer Realm Galaxy.
• Hua Qiang introduced Xuan Chuqing and the Five Extremes, then announced that she had transferred ownership of Blue Star to him and that he planned to merge it with his Small World.

Ye Bingxue and the other wives planned a month of strict attention and rotating companionship to punish Hua Qiang for bringing new women to the palace without driving him toward them. Hua Qiang was left outside the hall reciting an apology before he could hear their schedule for him.

• Ye Bingxue gathered more than a dozen sisters to discuss Hua Qiang bringing Zuo Chan'er and Elaria and other women back to the palace.
• Ao Miaomiao and Fu Linglong proposed giving Hua Qiang the cold shoulder, but Yokoyama Sakurako and Mo Yanran warned that he might turn to the new women instead.
• Ye Bingxue proposed that the wives take turns accompanying Hua Qiang and keep him from meeting the new women alone for a month.
• The sisters agreed to keep Hua Qiang occupied throughout the day and rotate nights with him so he would focus on them.
• Hua Qiang asked to enter the hall for tea, and Ye Bingxue told him to recite an apology a hundred times before hearing his monthlong homework.

After returning to Tiangong, Hua Qiang reunited with Ye Bingxue and spent the following month visiting his wives, sharing their food, hobbies, and companionship. He ended the month back in the council hall, exhausted but happy with his family around him.

• Hua Qiang returned to Zichen Palace, and Ye Bingxue pulled him to their bedchamber, where they reunited after six months apart.
• Ye Bingxue stayed with Hua Qiang for two days before urging him to visit the others.
• Mo Yanran took Hua Qiang to her courtyard, tied on a handmade sachet, and shared pastries and stories with him.
• Fu Linglong showed Hua Qiang her annotations to his books, and they discussed strategy while she played the guqin.
• Ao Miaomiao and Long Mo'er brought Hua Qiang to the training grounds, where Ao Miaomiao demonstrated her sword technique.
• Hua Qiang spent the month visiting his wives and remained inside Tiangong; he returned to the council hall tired but content.

Liu Li welcomed Hua Qiang’s new wives while Yan Ruyu and the others suspected he had held back from them and wanted children of their own. Meanwhile, Captain Calon’s raider fleet headed for Blue Star, three days away, as several crew members quietly considered resisting him.

• Liu Li welcomed Yan Ruyu and Hua Qiang’s other new wives and hoped they would soon bear children for the Hua Lineage.
• Yan Ruyu and the others grew jealous of Hua Qiang’s pregnant wives and suspected he had not treated them with the same devotion.
• Captain Calon prepared his fleet to raid Blue Star for minerals and slaves, while mechanic Gray, Doctor Eva, and raider Batu discussed the coming attack.
• Kai Zheng secretly altered the fleet’s route toward a dangerous asteroid belt, hoping to stop the raid on Blue Star.
• Jack resolved to act against Calon after witnessing the fleet destroy many planets.
• Calon announced that the fleet would reach Blue Star in three days, as the planet remained unaware of the approaching danger.

The Starry Sky Phantom Mother Insect warned Hua Qiang that a raider fleet was approaching Blue Star, and he set out to intercept it. The Malleby cruiser instead became trapped in an asteroid field, where Kai Zheng quietly planned to destroy the fleet that had enslaved his family.

• The Starry Sky Phantom Mother Insect detected the raider fleet heading toward Blue Star and sent its images and coordinates to Hua Qiang.
• Hua Qiang ordered Charlie Hades to launch the cruiser and meet the incoming enemy without alerting his family and the others.
• The Malleby cruiser exited the wormhole inside a dense asteroid field and suffered damage from repeated collisions.
• Calon accused Kai Zheng of sabotaging the navigation and had him beaten, while Kai Zheng stayed silent, remembering how Calon's fleet had destroyed his home and enslaved his family.
• Calon ordered the heavy energy cannons fired to clear a path through the asteroids as Kai Zheng, locked in a cell, vowed to bury the raider fleet in the void.

Calon struggled to save his fleet after Kai Zheng sabotaged its route and led it into the Death Meteor Belt. He ordered the ships to coordinate a dangerous assault to blast a path through the asteroids.

• The asteroid storm badly damaged the Dire Wolf, Falcon, and Transport Ships, while Calon learned that Kai Zheng had altered the fleet's navigation data.
• Calon ordered the Dire Wolf to hold position while the Falcon and Lion covered the fleet's attempt to forge a path out.
• After the communications officer warned that the escort ships and ammunition were too damaged to sustain the plan, Calon ordered the Falcon to use its Secondary Guns and the Lion to repair its energy system.
• Calon ordered the Malleby to overload its main gun and target the three largest asteroids, despite the risk of irreversible damage and an Energy Core failure.
• The Falcon began clearing small fragments, and the Lion reported that it expected to restore fifty percent output in four minutes.

Calon led his fleet through an asteroid field, then faced Kai Zheng’s threat and a deadly swarm of beasts hidden in a milky-white fog. After hours of fighting, the fog cleared, leaving only a few battered warships and exhausted survivors.

• Calon ordered Malleby and Lion to destroy the asteroid blocking the passage, allowing Dire Wolf and the Transport Ship fleet to escape the asteroid field.
• Calon sent his fleet toward Alpha Space Station and vowed to avenge the men who had died and punish Kai Zheng for betraying him.
• Kai Zheng contacted Calon and warned that the fleet’s troubles had only begun, prompting Calon to order first-level combat readiness.
• A milky-white fog engulfed the fleet, disabling its instruments as a giant squid-like beast attacked an escort ship and interstellar crawlers swarmed aboard.
• After the ammunition ran out, Calon led the crew in close combat and killed the last beast as the fog cleared.
• The surviving warships emerged battered and damaged, and the exhausted crew collapsed onto bloodstained decks.

Hua Qiang and his crew ambushed Calon's fleet, trapping it in a Gravity Domain and destroying its cruiser and escort ships while sparing the transport ships. As Calon lost consciousness, he saw an impossibly handsome man emerge from the enemy warship.

• Hua Qiang detected Calon's damaged fleet and ordered Kasha to prepare a Gravity Domain while the Mecha Corps stood by.
• Calon ordered his fleet to retreat at full speed and planned to resupply before raiding the Blue Planet.
• Calon spotted an unidentified cruiser, then realized its Gravity Domain had trapped his fleet.
• Hua Qiang's forces bombarded Calon's cruiser and escort ships, destroying them while leaving the transport ships untouched.
• Calon collapsed as his cruiser broke apart and saw a handsome man emerge from the enemy warship.

Hua Qiang interrogated Calon, leader of the Interstellar Marauders, and learned that the raiders had found Blue Star using a covert Void Detector. After ordering Calon imprisoned, Hua Qiang resolved to strengthen himself and Blue Star’s defenses.

• Calon woke bound in an interrogation room and admitted to Hua Qiang that he led the Interstellar Marauders and had come to raid Blue Star and capture slaves.
• Calon explained that the marauders detected Blue Star with a black-market Void Detector that could penetrate energy barriers.
• Calon begged for mercy and recalled the atrocities he had committed, while Hua Qiang rejected his pleas.
• Hua Qiang ordered the mech warriors to imprison Calon and retrieve the Void Detector from the seized marauder warship.
• Hua Qiang reflected that the encounter had revealed dangers to Blue Star and resolved to improve his strength and the planet’s defenses.

Yan Ruyu’s forces captured the transport ships and rescued thousands of slaves, then Kai Zheng recognized his long-lost sister Sangqina among the rescuers. The chapter ended with Kai Zheng staring at Sangqina in shock and tears.

• Yan Ruyu directed the six Mecha Corps to disable and capture the transport ships, recovering supplies and freeing slaves from several races.
• The teams reported their inventories, including Star Marrow, Antimatter Fuel, weapons, medical supplies, Dark Matter Alloy, and Unknown Virus Samples.
• Hua Qiang ordered the rescued slaves gathered for unified arrangements, passage home for those who wanted it, and the supplies stored safely.
• The rescued slaves gathered aboard Transport Ship No. 1, frightened and unsure whether their freedom would last.
• Kai Zheng spotted Sangqina among the rescuers and recognized her as his sister, from whom he had been separated for three years.

Sangqina recognized Kai Zheng among the rescued prisoners and discovered that her long-lost brother had survived. After the siblings reunited, Kai Zheng thanked her companions for saving him and said he wanted to join them in protecting others.

• Sangqina felt a powerful pull toward someone among the prisoners and recognized the injured man as Kai Zheng.
• Sangqina and Kai Zheng confirmed each other's identities and embraced, weeping over their reunion after three years apart.
• Ailaria, Meila, Kasha, and Liuyue gathered to witness the reunion and offered their support.
• Kai Zheng thanked the women for saving him and caring for Sangqina, then said he wanted to join them and protect others.

Eva treated wounded people aboard the prisoner ship, then offered Hua Qiang the location of a hidden high-energy crystal mine that might contain Star Marrow in exchange for a chance to return to her home planet. Hua Qiang accepted and arranged for her to stay in the safe zone while his team prepared to verify the location.

• Eva treated three wounded people despite being a prisoner, and Yao Lenchen stopped mech warriors from restraining her.
• Eva asked to meet the commanding officer, and Yao Lenchen summoned Hua Qiang.
• Eva told Hua Qiang about a hidden crystal mine that might contain Star Marrow and asked for help returning to her family.
• Hua Qiang agreed to protect Eva and keep her by his side if the mine's location proved real.
• Hua Qiang ordered Yao Lenchen to place Eva in the safe zone and prepare a survey ship to depart in three days.

Jack offered his allegiance to Hua Qiang, who accepted him to build and manage the caravan's commercial operations. Afterward, Ye Bingxue and the others confronted Hua Qiang for going into battle without telling them, and he promised to face future dangers with his family.

• Jack revealed that Calon's brigands had destroyed his merchant caravan and said he had joined them to avenge his crew.
• Jack asked Yao Lenchen to let him serve as an interstellar merchant, and Eva confirmed his story.
• Hua Qiang told Jack that he had no caravan yet, then accepted Jack's offer to build one and handle procurement and sales.
• Hua Qiang returned home, where Ye Bingxue twisted his ear for risking his life without informing the family.
• Mo Yanran and the others told Hua Qiang they had to face danger together, and he promised to include them in future battles.

Hua Qiang merged Blue Star with his Small World after persuading Blue Star’s Planetary Origin that the union would protect and strengthen them both. The fusion created a vastly expanded world, and Hua Qiang prepared to depart.

• Hua Qiang told his family about his plan to merge Blue Star into his Small World, and they agreed to stand by him.
• Hua Qiang reached Blue Star’s Planetary Origin and convinced it that their origins could coexist and give Blue Star’s inhabitants more room to thrive.
• A remnant soul of an enemy attacked the Planetary Origin, but Hua Qiang destroyed it and sealed the rift.
• The Planetary Origin joined Hua Qiang, and he guided its fusion with the Small World as a pillar of light and changes across Blue Star revealed the merged world.
• Blue Star’s land and oceans expanded, spiritual energy increased, and people and cultivators benefited as Hua Qiang’s cultivation grew stronger.
• After the fusion finished, Hua Qiang surveyed the new world and said it was time to depart.

Hua Qiang and his family departed the Heavenly Palace aboard the Jile Hao and traveled through the Cloud Sea Starfield toward the Ice Snow Plane. After the cruiser survived a meteor swarm in a Chaotic Starfield, Hua Qiang sensed something interesting in the depths of the void.

• Hua Qiang and his family watched the Heavenly Palace recede as Captain Charles Heides ordered the Jile Hao to set sail.
• Ye Wendao told Hua Xingchen that the Cloud Sea Starfield was the only route to the Ice Snow Plane and held rumored ancient Star God ruins.
• Charles Heides activated the Energy Shield and ordered the main cannon and Secondary Guns to destroy meteors threatening the cruiser.
• Hua Qiang stopped Hua Chengqian and Hua Sijun from trying to play with the meteors, then looked into the void and found something interesting.

The Jile Hao destroyed three pirate ships, rested at Falling Flower Space Station, and continued to the Ice Snow Plane. Hua Qiang and his family arrived safely in the snowy world, where Sangqina and Kai Zheng recognized it as home and wondered if their parents were well.

• Charles Heides ordered the Jile Hao to destroy three pirate ships that attacked as it left the asteroid field.
• The Jile Hao reached Falling Flower Space Station, where Hua Qiang's group rested and gathered information about the Ice Snow Plane.
• After five days, Hua Qiang ordered the Jile Hao to depart for the Ice Snow Plane.
• Hua Qiang and his family entered the Ice Snow Plane and landed on its snowfields.
• Hua Sijun led the children in playing in the snow, while Sangqina and Kai Zheng asked whether their parents were well.

Hua Qiang’s children encountered a snow monster vanguard on the snowfield, and Hua Sijun fought the attackers while Hua Xiaoyao’s Demon God Body awakened. The battle began with Hua Sijun bringing down General Lu and attacking the surrounding snow monsters.

• A snow monster reported humans in their territory, and the Snow Monster King ordered General Lu to lead two hundred snow monsters against them.
• Hua Xiaoyao sensed more than two hundred snow monsters approaching and warned Hua Sijun, whose Jiu You Phantom Demon Vine emerged from the snow.
• Hua Xiaoyao’s Demon God Body awakened, transforming him into a nearly two-meter-tall figure, while Hua Qiang placed a protective barrier around the children.
• General Lu charged Hua Sijun, but she ensnared its claw with her vines, climbed onto its shoulder, and pulled it into a crater.
• More than twenty snow monsters surrounded Hua Sijun, who attacked them with vine spears and shields and set others alight with ghostly green flames.