Chapter Summaries

Yi Chen warned Chief Nika and the Black Tiger fighters after killing a subordinate who challenged his authority, then gave Gu Li’s Great Flame Pirate Group detailed intelligence for a raid on Extreme Crane King’s Treasure Vault. Gu Li’s team settled on a swift surprise attack, but Yi Chen refused to lend them the Mountains and Rivers State Diagram and Immortal Binding Rope.

• Yi Chen told Chief Nika to discipline his fighters, and Chief Nika submitted while the Black Tiger fighters held back from challenging Yi Chen.
• Gu Li asked Yi Chen for intelligence on Extreme Crane King, his forces, and his Treasure Vault, and Yi Chen provided their strengths, locations, defenses, and guard numbers.
• Yi Chen agreed to let Gu Li’s team use his Flying Magic Treasure, and Gu Li and the Four Vice Leaders planned a fast raid and escape.
• Gu Li asked to borrow the Mountains and Rivers State Diagram and Immortal Binding Rope, but Yi Chen refused.

The Great Flame Pirate Group began its surprise attack on the Extreme Crane King's lair after Yi Chen brought them to Sharp Edge Planet in minutes. Gu Li led the assault force while Bai Ruoxin stayed behind to control the Flying Magic Treasure, and the Swiftfoot guards charged to meet them.

• Gu Li confirmed the plan to attack the Extreme Crane King's territory, and Yi Chen revealed that the Flying Magic Treasure was already hovering above the royal palace.
• Chief Nika selected 115 Black Tiger combatants above level ninety-five, while Gu Li assigned Bai Ruoxin to control the Flying Magic Treasure and organize a message squad.
• Gu Li and Chief Nika led the assault force out of the Flying Magic Treasure, followed by the Black Tiger combatants and top geniuses.
• The Great Flame Pirate Group crossed the distance to the royal palace and launched its surprise attack.
• Swiftfoot guards raised the alarm and charged toward the Black Tiger attackers, confident in their superior speed.

Gu Li led the Great Flame Pirate Group in a surprise assault on the Swiftfoot Race’s Treasure Vault, using teleportation to neutralize the Swiftfoot Race’s speed and clear the way. After breaking into the vault, Chief Nika and the Black Tiger Race looted it for three minutes before regrouping to withdraw.

• Gu Li teleported Chief Nika behind Swiftfoot Race high-end combatants, while other Black Tiger Race warriors used their partners’ teleportation abilities to kill enemies who had once been their natural counters.
• Gu Li ordered the force to maintain formation, sending the main force toward the Treasure Vault while high-level Tiger Stripe Stage warriors established a defense line against reinforcements.
• Chief Nika led the Great Flame Pirate Group through the Swiftfoot Race’s defenses, reached the Treasure Vault using Yi Chen’s topographical map, and killed guards inside.
• Chief Nika and the three-thousand-strong main force broke the vault’s Defense Restriction as Gu Li’s defenders held back waves of Swiftfoot Race reinforcements.
• Gu Li set a three-minute looting limit, and Chief Nika and the Black Tiger Race collected resources in Space Stones before returning to the entrance to regroup when time ran out.

Gu Li led the Black Tiger Race fighters and their teleporting partners to escape after raiding the Extreme Crane King's Treasure Vault. The group celebrated their success and considered striking again, while Xi Like arrived to investigate the theft and ordered an expanded search.

• Gu Li ordered Chief Nika and more than three thousand Black Tiger Race fighters to charge into Bai Ruoxin's Flying Magic Treasure as it descended.
• Bai Ruoxin activated the Flying Magic Treasure's Defense Array, shrank it, and escaped the Swiftfoot Race's encirclement with everyone aboard.
• The Black Tiger Race fighters celebrated the raid, then tallied their loot as Gu Li asked Yi Chen to notify her when the Swiftfoot Race powerhouse returned to cultivate.
• Gu Li's fighters grew eager to rob the Extreme Crane King's Treasure Vault again after discussing how their coordination and experience could improve their odds.
• Xi Like arrived at the Royal Palace, questioned the guard commanders, and ordered them to tally the losses and expand the search for the Black Tiger Race.

After the Black Tiger Race helped rob Extreme Crane King's Treasure Vault, Yi Chen promised them a share of the spoils, and Gu Li set their portion at forty percent. Extreme Crane King blamed an unknown Prince for the theft and ordered preparations to raid the Black Tiger Race, while the robbers waited for their next opportunity.

• Yi Chen said the spoils would be distributed according to the Black Tiger Race's contribution, with first pick of certain Spirit Mines, Immortal Minerals, and Immortal Stones.
• Gu Li proposed allocating forty percent of the spoils to the Black Tiger Race, and Chief Nika accepted the arrangement.
• Gu Li ordered the Black Tiger Race's fighters to cultivate in place while they waited for news of another surprise attack.
• Xi Like told Extreme Crane King that Black Tiger Race members had robbed the Treasure Vault, and Extreme Crane King suspected a Prince was behind the attack.
• Extreme Crane King ordered an investigation, kept the news secret, and prepared to raid the Black Tiger Race's territory for resources.
• Xi Like reinforced the Royal Palace and waited three days before returning to the Cultivation Place.

Gu Li used Yi Chen’s intelligence to plan and launch a second surprise raid on the Swiftfoot Race’s Royal Palace. The Great Flame Pirate Group defeated the Treasure Vault’s defenders and began removing every resource, leaving the vault completely exposed.

• Yi Chen told Gu Li the Royal Palace’s defenses and identified the Swiftfoot Race Commander responsible for contacting Xi Like.
• Gu Li and Chief Nika teleported into the Blue Palace and killed the Commander before he could send another message.
• More than a hundred top geniuses and their Tiger Stripe Stage partners ambushed the guards at the Treasure Vault entrance as the Black Tiger Race forces stormed in.
• Gu Li and Chief Nika held the entrance against incoming Swiftfoot Race reinforcements while Luo Ge led the main force into the vault.
• The Great Flame Pirate Group cleared the Treasure Vault’s remaining defenders in about ten minutes.
• The raiders swept the entire Treasure Vault, taking both high-grade and low-grade resources.

The Great Flame Pirate Group escaped after emptying the Extreme Crane King's Treasure Vault, leaving Xi Like and the Swiftfoot Race to discover the raid too late. Extreme Crane King blamed a Prince for orchestrating the attacks and set out to demand an investigation from King Keton, while the pirates counted six hundred million Low-Grade Immortal Stones in total gains.

• Luo Ge ordered the Great Flame Pirate Group to withdraw as Chief Nika and Gu Li kept the Swiftfoot Race guards from entering the Treasure Vault.
• Bai Ruoxin evacuated the group aboard the Flying Magic Treasure after its members had emptied the vault and killed many guards.
• A Swiftfoot Race Commander informed Xi Like that the Treasure Vault had been raided again and completely emptied.
• Xi Like learned Commander Lai Te had been killed before he could be contacted, then notified Extreme Crane King.
• Extreme Crane King decided to return to Sharp Edge Planet and demand that King Keton investigate the raids.
• The Great Flame Pirate Group tallied six hundred million Low-Grade Immortal Stones in spoils from both raids.

Gu Li and the Great Flame Pirate Group prepared to raid King Wantong’s Treasure Vault by practicing a coordinated attack on a Swiftfoot Race expert. They ambushed and killed the expert guarding the palace’s Underground Secret Chamber.

• Yi Chen explained the defenses in the other princes’ territories and confirmed that Gu Li and Chief Nika could kill a Swiftfoot Race expert by attacking together from the Flying Magic Treasure.
• Gu Li’s group trained their teleportation and attack coordination, then chose King Wantong’s Treasure Vault as their next target.
• After the Extreme Crane King returned to Sharp Edge Planet, Gu Li ordered the second plundering operation to begin.
• Bai Ruoxin piloted the Flying Magic Treasure into the palace’s Underground Secret Chamber while Chief Nika located the Swiftfoot Race expert guarding it.
• Gu Li teleported Chief Nika behind the expert, and Chief Nika wounded him with a surprise strike before killing him with a sword through the chest.

Gu Li and her allies carried out a carefully planned raid on King Wantong’s Treasure Vault, escaping with its resources after killing the guards and a Swiftfoot Race commander. King Wantong arrived too late, blamed a hidden Prince for the attack, and set out to investigate King Keton.

• Gu Li’s group used Chief Nika’s perception and the Flying Magic Treasure to approach the Treasure Vault, kill its guards, and attack its Defense Restriction.
• After Yi Chen warned that a Swiftfoot Race Commander was trying to contact the slain powerhouse, Gu Li withdrew while Luo Ge’s team continued the assault.
• Gu Li and Chief Nika intercepted and killed the commander, then returned to the Treasure Vault as the restriction fell.
• The top geniuses and Tiger Stripe Stage members emptied the Treasure Vault, and Chief Nika cleared the passage so the group could escape.
• King Wantong learned of the emptied vault and Marx’s death, suspected a Prince was behind the raid, and decided to visit King Keton.

King Keton, Extreme Crane King, and King Wantong suspected King Tess of robbing their Treasure Vaults and flew to investigate his territory. Aboard the Flying Magic Treasure, Yi Chen revealed that the princes had identified King Tess as the Mastermind Behind the Scenes.

• King Keton denied robbing Extreme Crane King's Treasure Vault, and he and Extreme Crane King suspected King Tess instead.
• King Wantong arrived and accused King Tess of robbing his Treasure Vault and killing a powerhouse under his command.
• King Keton, Extreme Crane King, and King Wantong agreed to investigate King Tess's territory and flew there together.
• The Great Flame Pirate Group counted its haul: six hundred million Low-Grade Immortal Stones from Extreme Crane King's Treasure Vault, eight hundred million from King Wantong's, and three hundred million from the slain powerhouse's Space Stone.
• Gu Li asked Yi Chen about developments among the princes, and Yi Chen said the three princes were investigating King Tess as the Mastermind Behind the Scenes.

The Great Flame Pirate Group combined plans to raid King Keton’s Gladiator Arena and Treasure Vault after he left for King Tess’s territory. They began by killing the Swiftfoot Race expert guarding the gladiator contracts and freeing the prisoners, leaving the prison in chaos as the jailbreak unfolded.

• Gu Li and the Four Vice Leaders agreed to combine the plans to seize the slave gladiators and plunder King Keton’s Treasure Vault, while Yi Chen continued constructing Law Runes.
• The Great Flame Pirate Group refined the combined plan, and Bai Ruoxin piloted the Flying Magic Treasure toward the Gladiator Arena.
• After Yi Chen confirmed that King Keton had reached King Tess’s Royal Palace, Gu Li and Chief Nika teleported into the secret chamber and killed the Swiftfoot Race expert guarding the contracts.
• Gu Li and Chief Nika returned to the Flying Magic Treasure, which moved to the prison holding more than ten thousand slave gladiators.
• Gu Li, Chief Nika, and the top geniuses attacked the guards while the geniuses teleported into the cells and began bringing the slave gladiators aboard the Flying Magic Treasure.

The Great Flame Pirate Group rescued the Gladiator Arena’s slaves and reached King Keton’s Treasure Vault before Swiftfoot reinforcements arrived. They broke through its defenses and began looting as King Keton rushed back to his territory.

• King Keton learned that Black Tiger Race members had staged a jailbreak and killed Xisa, then ordered Huo Ta to intercept them and demanded that King Tess contact him.
• Gu Li urged the escapees to hurry while Bai Ruoxin brought the Flying Magic Treasure, carrying the rescued slaves, to King Keton’s Royal Palace Treasure Vault.
• King Keton left King Tess’s palace with Extreme Crane King and King Wantong to capture the Black Tiger Race pirates.
• Chief Nika led the Black Tiger Race fighters into the vault passage, while Gu Li explained the Great Flame Pirate Group’s raids to three bound experts.
• The Black Tiger Race fighters broke the Defense Restriction and began looting King Keton’s high-grade resources and treasures.

Gu Li’s group escaped after looting King Keton’s Treasure Vault, then spent more than twenty days training the newly recruited experts while Sharp Edge Planet remained on alert. Yi Chen returned to the Milky Way to check on the Large Warship refit and the Human Federation’s attempt to lure him out, and set off for A61258 Planet.

• King Keton returned to the Treasure Vault, but the Flying Magic Treasure hid from his perception and escaped with Gu Li’s group.
• Gu Li recruited three Slave Experts into the Great Flame Pirate Group, and they trained to coordinate with the top geniuses.
• After more than twenty days, King Keton ended his search, leaving Sharp Edge Planet’s defenses less strict.
• Yi Chen traveled to the Milky Way and learned that the Human Federation and Morris had failed to find the Soul Race and were trying to lure him out.
• Yi Chen told the Shadow Emperor to have the Shadow Race prepare to migrate if the Large Warship refit succeeded, then headed for A61258 Planet.

Yi Chen secured a completed Large Warship from Doctor Qi Li and sent it with trained personnel toward the Earth Tree Star Cluster. On Sharp Edge Planet, two Swiftfoot Race experts secretly prepared to flee with King Tess’s wealth, unaware that a Flying Magic Treasure had entered their chamber.

• Yi Chen appeared at Doctor Qi Li’s modification factory, promised to spare him, and searched his memories to verify the Large Warship had not been sabotaged.
• Yi Chen took the Large Warship into his Storage Ring and told Doctor Qi Li to erase his memories of its systems before continuing other modifications.
• Yi Chen delivered the Large Warship to Bai Ruoxin, who arranged for trained personnel to board it and depart for the Earth Tree Star Cluster.
• Yi Chen returned the Flying Magic Treasure to the Great Flame Pirate Group and sent them real-time information while constructing Law Runes.
• Two Swiftfoot Race experts secretly split King Tess’s resources and planned to leave Sharp Edge Planet with commanders, unaware that a tiny Flying Magic Treasure had entered their underground chamber.

The Great Flame Pirate Group plundered Swiftfoot Race strongholds on Sharp Edge Planet and Wind Luan Planet, rescuing powerful slave gladiators and taking resources. The Swiftfoot Race’s Emperor personally searched for the attackers but could not detect Yi Chen or the Flying Magic Treasure, leaving the pirate group an unsolvable threat across the eleven planets.

• Gu Li and the vice leaders ambushed and killed two Swiftfoot Race powerhouses on Sharp Edge Planet, taking their Space Stones.
• The Great Flame Pirate Group killed lone Swiftfoot Race powerhouses across Sharp Edge Planet until more than half were gone, while Yi Chen’s intelligence let them evade the Princes’ traps.
• Yi Chen brought the group to Wind Luan Planet, where Gu Li chose its largest Gladiator Arena as their first target.
• The Great Flame Pirate Group infiltrated the arena and rescued more than ten thousand slave gladiators, including four powerhouses, then emptied Prince’s Treasure Vaults and assassinated high-ranking Swiftfoot Race figures.
• Swiftfoot Great Emperor went to the plundered planets to search for the group, but his perception could not find the Flying Magic Treasure or Yi Chen.

The Great Flame Pirate Group returned from plundering the Swiftfoot Race with vast riches and many new fighters, while the Nika Tribe prepared to unify the Crimson Planet. The Shadow Race arrived as migrants and junior allies, and its twenty Shadow Kings bowed before Yi Chen, accepting their subordinate status.

• The Great Flame Pirate Group finished robbing the Swiftfoot Race’s eleven planets and returned to the Crimson Planet with more than thirty billion low-grade Immortal Stones, thirty-nine experts, and tens of thousands of high-end combatants.
• The Nika Tribe began urgent drills to expand its territory and unify the Crimson Planet.
• The High Priest and other Great Flame Empire leaders welcomed the Shadow Race, which arrived with its remaining clansmen and twenty Shadow Kings.
• The Shadow Kings accepted the Shadow Emperor’s warnings that they should regard themselves as underlings of the Great Flame Empire, having learned of Yi Chen’s power and the benefits he had given their ruler.
• The twenty Shadow Kings transformed into human forms and prostrated themselves before Yi Chen’s Flying Magic Treasure.

Yi Chen rewarded the Shadow Kings with luck and ordered them to help build the Great Flame Empire Intelligence Organization. The Shadow Race embraced its role as the empire’s subordinate ally, and the Shadow Kings prepared to reinforce that loyalty among their people.

• A Shadow King presented Yi Chen with a Space Stone filled with Low-Grade Immortal Stones and Spirit Mines, and Yi Chen praised the tribute.
• Yi Chen revealed that he had created a cultivation method for drawing and sending luck, then distributed luck among the twenty Shadow Kings as a reward.
• Yi Chen told the Shadow Kings to remain in their assigned territory and transfer loyal members into the Great Flame Empire Intelligence Organization, which one Shadow King volunteered to join.
• Yi Chen required the intelligence organization to track every Supreme Expert in the Local Galaxy Cluster and uncover major events and secrets.
• The twenty Shadow Kings returned to their encampment, where they warned their clansmen to remember their status as allied subordinates.

Yi Chen completed two Blessed Grotto Heavens that greatly accelerated cultivation and comprehension, while the Shadow Race began building intelligence networks across the Local Galaxy Cluster. He summoned the empire’s leaders and allies for a meeting and began cultivating, leaving the materials for a Third Generation Blessed Grotto Heaven still to be found.

• Shadow King joined the Great Flame Empire's Intelligence Organization with Shadow Race forces, and the Shadow Race began building two intelligence networks across the Local Galaxy Cluster.
• After the networks began sending intelligence, Yi Chen finished the Amplification Array and integrated it into the First Generation Blessed Grotto Heaven.
• Yi Chen refined a Second Generation Blessed Grotto Heaven, but lacked the materials needed to make a Third Generation version.
• Yi Chen ordered Bai Ruoxin to summon the General Political Department, the Four Routes Army, the Demon Race, the seven Shadow Kings, and the Nika Tribe’s higher-ups for a meeting.
• Yi Chen took out Low-Grade Immortal Stones and began cultivating to raise his realm.

Yi Chen introduced two Blessed Grotto Heavens that could greatly accelerate cultivation and assigned rules for managing access to them. He left the First Generation facility with the General Political Department and entrusted the Second Generation one to Gu Li for top geniuses, while ordering strict secrecy about both.

• Yi Chen presented the First Generation Blessed Grotto Heaven, explaining that it boosted cultivation and comprehension for those at the Spirit Dao Stage and below.
• The Great Flame Empire officials reacted with amazement as Yi Chen assigned the First Generation Blessed Grotto Heaven to the General Political Department and set contribution-based rules for access.
• Yi Chen gave Gu Li the Second Generation Blessed Grotto Heaven for qualified top geniuses to use until they reached the peak of the ninth Spirit Enlightenment Stage.
• Yi Chen ordered the General Political Department to create punitive rules against leaking information about the Blessed Grotto Heavens to other races.

Yi Chen offered the allied races access to the Blessed Grotto Heaven in exchange for Contribution Points, then left the General Political Department to negotiate the terms. The Shadow Race undercut the other races by offering expert childcare and other services for little or no payment.

• Yi Chen told the Demon Race, Shadow Race, and Black Tiger Race that their people could enter the Blessed Grotto Heaven by spending Contribution Points.
• The Shadow Race welcomed the opportunity, while the Demon Race higher-ups and Chief Nika’s Black Tiger Race weighed the costs against their own priorities.
• Yi Chen returned to the Flying Magic Treasure to cultivate and left the General Political Department to handle the arrangements.
• The High Priest invited the various races’ higher-ups to negotiate Contribution Point costs, and Chief Nika and the Black Tiger Race asked for reduced prices.
• The Swamp Crocodile and the Full Level Ferocious Beasts declined to bargain, while the Shadow King offered the Shadow Race’s services as low-cost servants and expert childcare providers.