Chapter Summaries

Feng Jun tried to rest in Luo Hua, but Lin Beauty's repeated requests and Yuangang Sect's bid to join his expeditions disrupted his plans. After helping Mo Ran with a Divination, he entered the Insectoid World and was caught between a Flying Centipede and a Human Race scout ship, whose attacks engulfed him.

• Feng Jun rejected Lin Beauty's requests for language and writing information and more Energy Blocks, saying the conditions were not ready and warning her not to pressure him.
• A Yuangang Sect female True Immortal asked Feng Jun to take the sect into the Void, then asked him to take her into the Insectoid World; he refused because she had tried to pressure him.
• Feng Jun went to the Yiyao Sector and used Divination to discover that a mutated heavenly treasure had unexpectedly improved Mo Ran's adjustments, then warned Mo Ran not to mistake luck for certainty.
• Feng Jun brought the Yuangang Sect True Immortal to Heavenly Zither, then entered the Insectoid World at a distant Footprint.
• A High-Grade Golden Core Flying Centipede attacked Feng Jun with acid as a Human Race scout ship fired its Gauss Autocannon at him, and their combined attack engulfed him.

Feng Jun survived an ambush when Yi Jue’s protective talisman shielded him, then considered taking revenge on the Golden Core Flying Centipede that had attacked him. After Yi Jue advised him to go mining while the fighting grew more dangerous, Feng Jun spotted a second Flying Centipede attacking the scout ship.

• Feng Jun survived two attacks when Yi Jue’s Blood Essence Protective Talisman activated, then escaped the fight with repeated flashes.
• Feng Jun concealed himself and watched the scout ship battle the Golden Core Flying Centipede, deciding to immobilize the insect so the ship could destroy it.
• Yi Jue found Feng Jun, heard what had happened, and laughed before advising him to go mining rather than risk the increasingly chaotic fighting.
• Feng Jun agreed to leave after dealing with the centipede, but saw two Flying Centipedes attacking the scout ship from opposite sides.

Feng Jun and Yi Jue used a Human Race ship cannon to kill the Flying Centipede that had injured him, then discussed conserving Spirit Stones by using Energy Stones. The sects raised Energy Stone rewards and restricted the spread of this world's weapons, while Feng Jun learned he could only take them out at his own risk.

• Feng Jun identified the Flying Centipede that had injured him and planned to immobilize it, but Yi Jue offered to capture it instead.
• Yi Jue struck the Flying Centipede with a Divine Sense attack and a ship cannon, then gave Feng Jun its corpse; Feng Jun let her keep the trophy and suggested using Energy Stones to conserve Spirit Stones.
• True Venerable Fishing Elder agreed that conserving spiritual energy was important and asked Feng Jun to take him to the passage entrance so he could organize Energy Stone collection.
• The Xuanhuang and Yuangang sects raised their Energy Stone purchase prices and rewards, while True Venerables warned that this world's technological products must not spread beyond it.
• Feng Jun asked True Venerable Fishing Elder whether he could take some weapons back, and Fishing Elder warned him not to let their spread affect Heavenly Zither.

Feng Jun recruited Golden Core cultivators to mine an Energy Stone Deposit in the Insectoid World, then set out to search other planets for more deposits. He found traces of another vein on a hostile planet with extreme temperatures and poisonous snow.

• Feng Jun asked Fishing Elder to notify the others about the Energy Stone Deposit, and they let him mine it in exchange for trading Energy Stones for insect corpses.
• Feng Jun discovered that spiritual energy interfered with the Energy Stones, so he went to Kun Hao and asked Yue Qing to help mine in the Insectoid World.
• Yue Qing told Xiaomeng and Ji Busheng about the opportunity, and more than thirty Golden Core True Adepts signed up before Feng Jun selected twenty.
• The True Adepts began mining in shifts while Qu Jianlei and Guan Hongxiu stayed outside to keep watch, and Feng Jun left to search for other deposits.
• Feng Jun scanned uninhabited planets across the Insectoid World and found traces of an Energy Stone Deposit on a planet plagued by extreme temperatures and poisonous snow.

Feng Jun abandoned a poor Energy Stone Deposit and continued searching while the Human Race discovered evidence of a mysterious enhanced force and tried to contact it. After Yuangang and Xuanhuang elders reported Feng Jun’s mining operation, True Lord Fishing Elder decided not to interfere and asked Yi Jue whether Feng Jun’s actions were unusual.

• Feng Jun rejected the third planet’s low-quality deposit, surveyed nearly twenty more planets, and found three smaller, poorer deposits.
• True Lord Ren Tu learned that Human Race warships were broadcasting messages to contact the suspected super genetically enhanced soldiers, whose existence had been revealed by battlefield evidence.
• Yuangang and Xuanhuang elders argued over Feng Jun bringing cultivators to mine, then contacted True Lord Fishing Elder through Summoning Incense.
• True Lord Fishing Elder told the elders not to interfere with Feng Jun and discussed the mining operation with Elder Duan Liang.
• Yi Jue said Feng Jun’s mining was not unconventional and noted that he could have made Insect Race members do the work.

Feng Jun discovered several Energy Stone deposits and negotiated with Fishing Elder Venerable for permission to bring cultivators into the Insectoid World to mine them. Fishing Elder Venerable granted a mining quota in exchange for information, then demanded Feng Jun’s exceptionally large deposit for Xuanhuang Sect.

• Feng Jun found an enormous Energy Stone deposit on a gas giant and later discovered three more deposits.
• Feng Jun returned to the first mine, collected the mined ore, and let the Golden Core True Adepts keep the next few days’ output as payment.
• Ren Tu brought Feng Jun to the safe house because a major battle between the Human Race and Insect Race was nearing.
• Feng Jun told Fishing Elder Venerable he had more deposits and asked permission to bring up to a hundred Golden Core True Adepts to mine them.
• Fishing Elder Venerable authorized a quota of one hundred True Adepts and ten True Immortals in exchange for information about three deposits.
• After learning Feng Jun had an even larger mine, Fishing Elder Venerable demanded that deposit for Xuanhuang Sect, and Feng Jun pointed out that he had sought the large quota because large mines were easier to operate.

Feng Jun divided the enormous Energy Stone deposit with the Xuanhuang Sect and brought the Fishing Elder Venerable to inspect it. After the Venerable protected Feng Jun’s miners from an Insect Race attack, Feng Jun returned the Golden Core cultivators to Liba Beach, where they prepared to head back for more mining.

• Feng Jun and the Fishing Elder Venerable agreed to split the major deposit evenly, and Feng Jun traded away some Energy Stones for valuable rewards.
• Feng Jun took the Fishing Elder Venerable to the deposit, where they discussed Feng Jun’s earlier actions and the arrival of cultivators from another realm.
• The Fishing Elder Venerable warned Feng Jun’s miners to follow his arrangements and revealed that he had killed an approaching Insect Race group.
• Feng Jun sent the Golden Core cultivators back to Liba Beach and told True Immortal Nishang that the Xuanhuang Sect had authorized another mining trip.
• Qu Jianlei said he planned to go again, and Yue Qing angrily insisted that he would go too.

Feng Jun gathered a mixed mining force and brought them to the large Energy Stone deposit in the Insectoid World. When the Two Sects claimed a disproportionately large share of the planet, Feng Jun challenged their right to choose first.

• Fishing Elder arranged ten True Immortals and secured Feng Jun half of a large Energy Stone deposit for the Two Sects’ joint mining expedition.
• Feng Jun found many new applicants at Liba Beach, including seven True Immortals and more than eighty True Adepts, and selected seven True Immortals and seventy-five True Adepts.
• Feng Jun blacklisted Ye Yu and the other rejected applicants after Ye Yu challenged his selection decisions.
• Feng Jun brought his selected miners to the deposit planet, then sent two hundred True Adepts and three True Immortals from the Two Sects to join them, excluding an Ouyang Family agent.
• A Xuanhuang True Immortal drew a boundary that gave Feng Jun’s group only about a third of the deposit, and Tantai Yuhu and Feng Jun challenged the other side’s right to choose first.

Feng Jun settled the division of Energy Stone deposits between the Mishmash Army and the Two Sects, then organized mining and concealment formations. After Dantai Yuhu suggested trading Energy Stones for mining equipment, Feng Jun decided to visit the front lines and left Xia Nishang to oversee the camps, but she urged him to bring a True Immortal for protection.

• Feng Jun ended the dispute over mining territories by dividing the area and letting the Two Sects choose first.
• Feng Jun assigned mine entrances to both groups and bought materials for Energy Stone-powered Concealment Formations.
• Feng Jun opened additional mine entrances after the Golden Cores requested more work, and he designated more entrances for the Two Sects as well.
• Dantai Yuhu suggested trading Energy Stones for advanced mining equipment, prompting Feng Jun to consider purchasing some.
• Feng Jun asked Xia Nishang to oversee the camps while he went to the front lines, but she urged him to take a Nascent Soul Intermediate Stage True Immortal along.

Feng Jun arrived on Xingzheng Star and learned that the blockade had caused severe shortages, leaving Hesheng’s production base short of energy, workers, and food. He Runxian agreed to meet a masked visitor who claimed to have come about military equipment orders, and went to the estate entrance under mech guard.

• Feng Jun considered bringing a Nascent Soul Intermediate Stage cultivator but decided to contact Fishing Elder before doing so, then traveled to Xingzheng Star.
• Feng Jun listened to a radio and learned that the Insect Race’s surface forces had mostly been defeated, but Xingzheng Star remained blockaded and short of Energy Blocks and manpower.
• He Runxian struggled to keep Hesheng’s production base operating and sought military equipment orders to secure energy for its machinery and support its workers and their families.
• He Runxian received word that a secretive visitor wanted to discuss military equipment orders and sent Old Six to meet him.
• After Old Six reported that the visitor refused to enter the estate, He Runxian checked for nearby Humans and went outside with two mech-qualified guards.

Feng Jun offered He Runxian Energy Stones in exchange for Hesheng’s mining equipment, giving him a chance to keep the production base running despite the Insect Race blockade. He Runxian agreed to send Brother Jiu to inspect a five-hundred-ton deposit in East Snow Continent.

• He Runxian asked the disguised broker how he could help secure arms orders, and Feng Jun revealed he had come to discuss a mining-equipment deal instead.
• Feng Jun offered Energy Blocks for Hesheng’s mining equipment, and He Runxian focused on the prospect of obtaining urgently needed energy supplies.
• Feng Jun said Energy Stones would be acceptable and refused to settle the trade in Federation Currency, arguing that money could not buy Energy Blocks amid the blockade.
• He Runxian proposed inspecting the goods before committing to the trade, and Feng Jun agreed to let him examine five hundred tons of Energy Stone buried five li underground in East Snow Continent.
• He Runxian told Brother Jiu to investigate the deposit, while Feng Jun watched with a knowing smile.

Feng Jun pressured He Runxian into negotiating for Energy Stone mining equipment after He Runxian hesitated to deal with him. He Runxian learned that Feng Jun needed machinery suited to an extraordinarily demanding planet, and recognized how unusual the requirements were.

• Brother Jiu confirmed that Hesheng had found many Energy Stones, and He Runxian learned that Feng Jun’s handset had been supplied to the Third Legion.
• He Runxian tried to negotiate through an employee, but Feng Jun demanded that He Runxian speak with him directly.
• After He Runxian hesitated and considered reporting Feng Jun, Feng Jun made more than twenty Colonel Rank Insect Race corpses appear outside the production base and threatened further attacks.
• He Runxian agreed to discuss the deal, and Feng Jun requested underground and open-pit Energy Stone mining equipment.
• Feng Jun described the planet’s environment, and He Runxian realized that the equipment would need to operate under extremely strong gravity.

Feng Jun negotiated with He Runxian for Energy Stone mining equipment, offering Energy Stones in exchange while warning him not to probe the deposit's location. He Runxian agreed to arrange thirteen units through Hesheng, and after Feng Jun ended the call, He Runxian contacted Uncle Huiqing on a top-secret line.

• He Runxian accepted Feng Jun's explanation of the high-gravity environment as proof that the Energy Stone Deposit was genuine and unrelated to Xingzheng Star.
• Feng Jun rejected transport equipment and bargained for excavation machinery, settling on thirty thousand tons of Energy Stone for three units and requesting thirty units in the first batch.
• When He Runxian asked how large the deposit was, Feng Jun warned him not to endanger himself or the He Family's descendants, and He Runxian apologized.
• He Runxian said he could gather ten more units within ten days, and Feng Jun offered a further order with a ten-thousand-ton deposit after the first three units were delivered.
• He Runxian proposed obtaining equipment from Hesheng's other production bases, and Feng Jun agreed to order thirteen units while cautioning him about the legal risks of secretly selling mining equipment.
• Feng Jun arranged for the Energy Stones and equipment to be exchanged, then He Runxian called Uncle Huiqing using the top-secret line.

He Runxian and He Huiqing arranged for Feng Jun to receive mining equipment in exchange for Energy Stones, easing Hesheng’s shortages. Feng Jun agreed to help transport food and medicine if headquarters supplied them and sent more equipment, while He Huiqing prepared to contact headquarters about idle units.

• He Huiqing warned He Runxian to be cautious about Feng Jun’s deal but agreed to check Energy Stone supplies at Hesheng’s branches and bases.
• He Runxian’s trusted workers assembled three mining units, and a patrol inspection forced their convoy to take a detour before unloading them.
• Feng Jun collected the equipment and left 30,000 tons of Energy Stones, allowing He Runxian to treat 2,500 tons as a deposit toward another order.
• He Runxian asked Feng Jun to transport food and medicine because Xingzheng Star’s blockade had left workers facing severe shortages.
• Feng Jun agreed to transport headquarters’ supplies if Hesheng provided more mining equipment and warned He Runxian that Hesheng would bear any consequences.
• He Huiqing learned that the Energy Stone crisis was temporarily relieved and said headquarters had fifty or sixty idle mining units.

Hesheng headquarters arranged to trade mining equipment and supplies with Feng Jun, despite concerns about wartime rules and the mysterious broker’s capabilities. Feng Jun received the first sixty thousand tons of Energy Stone and left Hesheng unsettled by his ability to remove cameras and deliver the cargo unseen.

• Hesheng headquarters supported trading with Feng Jun and offered to supply mining equipment, food, and medicine despite the risk of investigation.
• Feng Jun returned to Xingzheng Star, confirmed the equipment had passed inspection, and negotiated deliveries of six units followed by four more.
• Feng Jun told He Runxian to prepare an unguarded storage yard with all cameras removed, but overlooked cameras inside the production base prompted Feng Jun to threaten him.
• He Runxian reported the camera incident to He Huiqing, and Hesheng personnel discovered that the remaining cameras had vanished without explanation.
• Sixty thousand tons of Energy Stone appeared overnight in the storage yard, and He Runxian ordered it covered with tarps before it was moved underground.

Feng Jun and He Runxian agreed on a third order for thirty tunnel-mining machines and two open-pit machines, with Feng Jun paying a 180,000-ton Energy Stone deposit and agreeing to transport supplies to Xingzheng Star. Meanwhile, authorities discovered evidence that Hesheng had moved Energy Stones, and Feng Jun sensed something unexpected as he prepared to leave.

• An unmanned patrol craft inspected Hesheng's production base, while analysts traced residual Energy Stone fragments to the storage yard and recommended reporting their findings to superiors.
• After the final inventory, He Runxian told Feng Jun that he had overpaid by thirty tons, and Feng Jun treated the extra stones as compensation for losses.
• He Runxian proposed a third order of thirty tunnel-mining machines and two customized open-pit machines, requiring a 180,000-ton deposit and nearly ten thousand tons of food and medical supplies.
• Feng Jun accepted the terms and deposited 180,000 tons of Energy Stones at the storage yard that night.
• As Feng Jun prepared to leave and plan how to collect the machines, he abruptly stopped and reacted to something unexpected.

Feng Jun destroyed surveillance cameras near Hesheng’s storage yard and removed the Energy Stones, triggering a tense clash between Hesheng and the authorities. The next day, investigators found Mind-Bewitching Butterfly scale dust at the yard, and the Military Intelligence Directorate questioned He Runxian about it.

• Feng Jun spotted newly installed cameras, destroyed them, reclaimed the Energy Stones, and demanded that He Runxian explain their presence.
• He Runxian’s security team identified the cameras as military equipment, while Hesheng personnel clashed with a City Defense Army patrol over the investigation.
• He Runxian mediated the dispute, and the patrol kept watch outside Hesheng’s production base overnight as local officials arranged a search for the next day.
• He Runxian told Feng Jun that Hesheng had likely been targeted, and Feng Jun said he would continue doing business with the He Family only if the negotiations went well.
• A young Military Intelligence Directorate lieutenant colonel found a fragment of Mind-Bewitching Butterfly scale dust at the storage yard and asked He Runxian to explain it.

He Runxian faced a military inspection and a lieutenant colonel who threatened to frame Hesheng unless it helped the military. The lieutenant colonel ultimately agreed to withdraw surveillance in exchange for medicine, and He Runxian called someone after seeing him off.

• He Runxian explained the clean factory grounds and let the lieutenant colonel's team search Hesheng, including its Energy Stone cold storage.
• After the others left, the lieutenant colonel admitted he had planted Mind-Bewitching Butterfly scales and threatened to frame Hesheng unless He Runxian cooperated.
• The lieutenant colonel revealed that he wanted medicine for wounded military comrades, and He Runxian offered to try to obtain it if surveillance within ten kilometers was withdrawn.
• The lieutenant colonel accepted He Runxian's condition, and He Runxian claimed Hesheng's strategic-reserve records had been lost.
• After the lieutenant colonel departed, He Runxian called someone and reported that the matter had been handled.

Feng Jun arranged a medicine deal with He Runxian to support Human Race soldiers, then delivered Energy Stones and traveled with the Fishing Elder Venerable to a wartime planet. He collected Hesheng’s containers of supplies without setting off alarms, while the He Family chose not to track the brokers despite having emergency measures in place.

• Feng Jun told He Runxian he would supply the agreed medicine but warned him not to pressure Hesheng headquarters into stockpiling, since the deal might not be repeated and He Runxian was being watched.
• He Runxian consulted He Huiqing, who approved his decision to support the military and advised that headquarters would know which medicines could not be produced locally.
• Feng Jun left 180,000 tons of Energy Stones in the rain and asked the Fishing Elder Venerable to take him to the target planet.
• The Fishing Elder Venerable brought Feng Jun through nearby star systems for seven days before Feng Jun returned him and continued to the pickup location.
• Feng Jun entered the password on Hesheng’s chained containers, collected them, and vanished; Hesheng personnel later confirmed the goods were gone.
• Hesheng headquarters considered tracking the brokers but followed the Ancestral Star production base’s warning and avoided provoking them, while keeping emergency interception and tracking measures available.

Feng Jun delivered mining machines and supplies to the mining planet, then returned to Blue Star with two machines for Xia Nation. At Peach Blossom Valley’s air force warehouse, he learned Lin Beauty had arranged for Mei Jin to secretly move the military equipment and heard how Lin Beauty had persuaded her to help.

• Feng Jun unloaded Energy Stones, medicine, and food on Xingzheng Star before delivering forty mining machines to the mining planet and helping the sects choose mining sites.
• Feng Jun returned to Xia Nation with two extra machines, hoping their technology could help raise the country’s civilian and industrial capabilities.
• Feng Jun met Lin Beauty at the air force warehouse and discovered that the equipment, including the assault ship, had been moved elsewhere.
• Lin Beauty explained that she had enlisted Mei Jin by reminding her of the help she had given Mei Jin’s mother and by stressing the need to protect Luo Hua’s families.
• Feng Jun objected that he had helped Lin Beauty more, but accepted Mei Jin’s assistance as a reasonable return of favors.