Chapter Summaries

Ke Qingshan and Asura tried to escape the Federation fleet’s encirclement, but Qi Longxiang’s formations and weapons repeatedly blocked their route. As self-destruct fighters sealed the sky ahead, Asura detected a vast surge of unfamiliar energy.

• Ke Qingshan recognized Qi Longxiang’s disguised formation and turned Crimson Armament toward an apparent escape route as the fleet fired Swamp Disruption Cannons to slow it down.
• Asura emerged from underground at extreme speed, revealed its earlier defeat had been feigned, and overtook Crimson Armament.
• Asura broke through the Swamp Disruption force field, opening a path that Ke Qingshan followed through in Crimson Armament.
• Qi Longxiang ordered self-destruct fighters and Viking fighters deployed while the Tibet Warship began charging its Magnetic Field Nuclear Cannon again.
• The self-destruct fighters blocked Asura’s route, and an early-warning aircraft detected a large-scale surge of unfamiliar energy as brilliant light filled the sky.

A mysterious fleet called Shadow entered Landu Star’s atmosphere and annihilated much of the attacking force with Light Spear Rain. After Black identified the fleet, the injured Asura Mecha suddenly sped away, leaving its intentions unclear.

• Light Spear Rain destroyed the Self-Destruct Fighters and devastated the Viking Fighter unit as the weapons continued to strike the ground.
• Ke Qingshan and the Federation officers realized an unknown fleet had entered Landu Star’s atmosphere and revealed its black warships, led by the battle carrier Dawn.
• Qi Longxiang, exhausted and injured, asked the silent fleet to identify itself through the public port.
• Black replied with the name “Shadow,” declaring the emergence of a new faction built for the unconscious boy.
• The Asura Mecha roared away from the Dawn Warship and broke the sound barrier again.

Ke Qingshan escaped the Shadow Fleet after Asura opened a passage for Crimson Armament, while the Federation prepared to attack the fleet. Black intercepted Qi Longxiang’s combat orders and calculated a ruthless plan to preserve the Dawn Warship, setting up a battle between the Federation commander and the Shadow Fleet’s intelligent commander.

• Ke Qingshan followed Asura toward the Shadow Fleet, then halted when Asura entered the lead warship.
• Black opened a passage through the fleet and sent Ke Qingshan the order to pass through, allowing Crimson Armament to escape.
• Ke Qingshan thanked the Shadow Fleet and fled Landu Star, while Black ignored his message and prepared to withdraw with Asura aboard the Dawn Warship.
• Qi Longxiang ordered the Federation fleet to maneuver and begin a multi-phase attack on the Shadow Fleet.
• Black intercepted the Federation’s orders, calculated the Yake Empire’s T-plan, and set the objective of abandoning the escort vessels to preserve the Dawn Warship.

Qi Longxiang’s fleet attacked the Shadow Fleet, but Black’s precise formations, shielded corvettes, and suicidal Netherfire assault ships absorbed and countered the strikes. Despite losses exceeding 40 percent, the enemy kept retreating in perfect order, and Rear Admiral Wang ordered Qi Longxiang to begin the heavy cannon bombardment early.

• Qi Longxiang ordered ten waves of Light Cannon Array strikes, but the Shadow Fleet’s Light Spear Rain formation repelled them.
• The Shadow Fleet’s corvettes deployed shields and used their hulls as barricades, sacrificing twelve ships to protect the fleet.
• Qi Longxiang’s forces launched Magnetic Energy Cannon Array fire and sent assault warships in to close the distance.
• Thirty-two unmanned Netherfire Assault Cruisers charged through the corvettes’ shield network and collided with a Federation squadron, spreading destructive flames across nearby warships.
• A battlefield observer reported that enemy losses had exceeded 40 percent without breaking the Shadow Fleet’s formation, and Rear Admiral Wang told Qi Longxiang to begin the heavy cannon bombardment early.

Qi Longxiang unleashed the Magnetic Field Nuclear Cannon against Black’s Shadow Fleet, which used its cruisers and the Dawn Warship to escape the devastating blast. As the cannon overwhelmed the Dawn Shield and bore down on the bridge, Shura rose to intercept it with his blade.

• Qi Longxiang sent Federation warships into repeated attacks while the Shadow Fleet evaded fire and climbed toward the stratosphere, dwindling to thirty-three warships.
• Qi Longxiang concealed the Tibet Warship and charged its Magnetic Field Nuclear Cannon, while Black realized the attack exceeded the power he had expected and asked Shura to act.
• Black arranged the thirty-two remaining heavy cruisers into a spiral and used their formation to accelerate the Dawn Warship through the clouds as the cannon struck.
• The Magnetic Field Nuclear Cannon overwhelmed the Shadow Fleet’s defenses, reducing the Dawn Shield until it collapsed.
• Shura drew his blade and unleashed Law Decree Gale... Rampage as the weakened energy pillar struck toward the Dawn Warship’s bridge.

After the mysterious fleet vanished, the military sealed the battle’s details and began rescue efforts on Landu Star. Senior Colonel Gang then received two delegations seeking to join the rescue, including Yin Shuai of Beifeng Star’s Yin Corporation, whose authorization carried the Planet Speaker’s approval.

• The enemy warship escaped after an unseen SS-Class Mecha carved its orange attack into a lotus, and Rear Admiral Wang demanded an explanation from Qi Longxiang.
• Jin Ruisi announced that the enemy had been driven off and the Mecha Martial Arts Competition would be postponed for a month as soldiers prepared to enforce a Sealing Order.
• The Special Task Force Fleet withdrew after losing a third of its ships, while Qi Longxiang’s condition deteriorated and he planned to seek treatment in Zhongjing City.
• Senior Colonel Gang rejected C-level and deferred B-level representatives, then agreed to meet four A-level authorized representatives.
• Yin Shuai introduced himself as a representative of Beifeng Star’s Yin Corporation and presented a memorandum bearing the Planet Speaker’s special approval; Senior Colonel Gang then asked the other young man to state his purpose.

Yin Shuai and Maika secured permission to join the search for Mu Fan, and the Silver Seal Guard combed the devastated competition zone. They found Mu Fan’s wrecked cockpit and detected a living person inside.

• Yin Shuai and Maika asked Senior Colonel Gang for permission to search for Mu Fan, and he allowed their rescue equipment into the area on the condition that it carried no weapons and shared surveillance footage.
• The Silver Seal Guard deployed rescue teams and searched the competition zone while Wang Nuonuo and the others watched anxiously.
• The search found no trace of Mu Fan among the listed survivors or dead, giving his companions hope.
• The Silver Seal Guard found Mu Fan’s Flame Rain Frost Blue spear, and Wang Nuonuo urged them to search for the cockpit.
• Yin Shuai ordered a thorough search, and the team found Mu Fan’s damaged cockpit with a human heat signature inside.

Mu Fan survived the battle and was rescued by White Hair’s team, then placed in a Biological Repair Pod. As he recovered, he recognized Aga Asura Qi as his father and vowed to become the strongest mech pilot and find him.

• White Hair ordered the Silver Seal Guard to rescue Mu Fan, and the team found him alive in the wrecked cockpit.
• The rescuers used a shipborne laser cutter to open the cockpit and discovered that Mu Fan weighed nearly two hundred kilograms.
• After the Dawn Warship entered the wormhole to Planet 131, Mu Fan reassured Wang Nuonuo and was placed in a life-support cabin.
• Ruan Xiongfeng arrived aboard the Great Lightning Owl, saw Mu Fan in the repair pod, and quietly left after watching his condition stabilize.
• Mu Fan recalled Shura’s battle with the Great Lightning Owl, recognized Aga Asura Qi as his father, and vowed to gain overwhelming strength and search for him.

Mu Fan recovered from his battle and spoke with Wang Nuonuo, who had become more poised after taking responsibility for Luoqi Heavy Industries. She brought him Magma Fruits and promised to tell him something after he recovered, while Mu Fan resolved to kill Tang Nashiu.

• Mu Fan thought about seeking revenge on Reinhagano and Tang Nashiu, then contacted White Hair and asked to speak with Nuonuo.
• Wang Nuonuo spoke with Mu Fan, smiled brightly, and left the room while her companions discussed how much she had changed and pledged to help Luoqi Heavy Industries.
• Nuonuo brought Mu Fan two Magma Fruits and told him she only wanted him to be well.
• Mu Fan reassured Nuonuo that things would get better, then resolved to recover within a day and kill someone.

Mu Fan left the Land of Shining Stars and prepared to protect Roderick’s family while ordering Black to track Tang Nashiu. As the Silver Seal Guard carried him to Dingchuan Academy for treatment, reports spread about the mysterious attack on three Solomon warships, and Tang Nashiu learned Mu Fan had survived.

• Mu Fan told Black to gather information on Tang Nashiu and locate Roderick’s family so he could protect them and create an alibi for his intervention.
• Mu Fan left the Land of Shining Stars aboard the Silver Seal Guard after Ruan Xiongfeng asked White Hair to take him to Dingchuan Academy’s Biology and Medical Research Center.
• White Hair asked a middle-aged attendant to investigate Gu Yunyou and the family behind him.
• A girl stood silently beside the destroyed prototype mechs, Extreme Soldier GE-Z and GE-R, in the Silver Seal Guard’s cargo hold.
• A confidential report described three Solomon warships pierced by a simultaneous physical attack from an unidentified source, while armed soldiers sought Master Bai’s help treating someone.
• Tang Nashiu emerged from his locked command room and learned that Mu Fan was still alive.

Mu Fan recovered inside Dingchuan Academy’s research center while Black uncovered the Tang family’s plans and helped him prepare a strike against them. After the Tang family’s men went to eliminate Roderick’s imprisoned wife and son, Mu Fan secretly left the center and confronted them.

• Tang Nashiu ordered Luo Saihu to clean up Roderick’s loose ends ten hours after their arrival.
• Ruan Guangtou secured Mu Fan inside Dingchuan Academy’s research center, where Mu Fan healed with the repair fluid, the Magma Fruit, and the Bai family’s Special Medicine.
• Mu Fan learned from Black that the Tang family planned to kill Roderick’s wife and son, then ordered Black to send up to five reserve Shadow Fleet ships into the Meteorite Belt.
• Mu Fan secretly left the research center after it closed, while Black concealed his escape in the surveillance footage.
• Luo Saihu’s men reached Roderick’s family, and an unknown figure appeared on the dark street below them.

Mu Fan infiltrated the Tang family's abandoned building and killed the guards protecting it. After sensing forty-nine people inside, he entered the darkness to deliver a grim gift to Young Master Tang.

• Tang Nashiu had acquired the abandoned building as private property and stationed Black-Clothed Men around it.
• Mu Fan revealed that he had killed the hidden sentries and armed guards along his route, while Black had cut off communications.
• Mu Fan killed three guards at the entrance with thrown daggers and crushed the last guard’s throat with a Charge Step.
• Mu Fan retrieved his daggers and entered the building, sensing forty-nine humanoid lifeforms inside.
• Mu Fan addressed Young Master Tang and promised him the First Great Gift he had prepared.

Mu Fan silently cut his way through the armed men guarding the building, using Solomon’s serpent blades and his expanded perception. He reached the fifth floor, where Luo Saihu recognized him only after Mu Fan appeared at the stairwell and asked, “Do you not recognize me?”

• Mu Fan drew Solomon’s serpent blades and killed four men on the second-floor stairs with three daggers.
• Mu Fan moved invisibly through the second and third floors, killing the hidden guards without waking nine sleeping thugs on the fourth floor.
• Mu Fan recalled his resolve not to bring shame to his race and continued toward the fifth floor.
• Luo Saihu joked with Hua She and another subordinate while a frightened mother and child remained in a nearby room.
• Mu Fan appeared at the fifth-floor stairwell, and Luo Saihu demanded to know who was there before Mu Fan smiled and asked if he did not recognize him.

Mu Fan killed Luo Saihu and his men after learning they had terrorized Roderick's family, and he revealed that he had piloted Extreme Soldier and Demon God Asura. He reached Celia and her son, leaving them with a chance to escape.

• Mu Fan crippled Luo Saihu with a punch and killed Hua She and another man when they drew their pistols.
• Luo Saihu begged for his life, but Mu Fan said everyone who saw him had to die and vowed to kill Tang Nashiu and destroy the Tang family.
• Luo Saihu tried to detonate a grenade, but Mu Fan stopped him, revealed his identities as Extreme Soldier and Demon God Asura, and smashed him to death.
• Mu Fan heard nine men waking below and retrieved his serpent blades from Hua She's body.
• Mu Fan knocked on Celia's door and told her that she and Little Manker were safe; Celia opened it and saw the bodies outside.

Mu Fan rescued Celia and Little Manker and arranged their escape from Landu Star. Before they left, he accepted a Three-Color Relic from Celia and discovered it was a second Star Chart Relic.

• Celia confirmed the corpses were Luo Saihu and the others, then left with Little Manker and Mu Fan.
• Celia asked Mu Fan about Roderick and their destination, and Mu Fan agreed to help her retrieve belongings before they escaped Landu Star.
• At the villa, Celia gathered valuables and offered Mu Fan bank cards, but he asked for a familiar-looking stone instead.
• Celia said Roderick had traded his life for the stone and called it the key to the dream of the Starry Sky Sea, then gave it to Mu Fan.
• Mu Fan arranged for Celia and Little Manker to travel under the aliases Li Sai and Luo Man to Chi Right Star.
• After they departed, Mu Fan told Black that the stone was a second Three-Color Star Chart Relic.

Mu Fan returned to Dingchuan Academy after arranging for his discoveries to be transported, then unexpectedly encountered Lu Qingxue outside the Biomedical Research Center. He admitted he was feeling better and asked her to keep his presence secret, while noticing a bracelet on her wrist.

• Mu Fan arranged for a robot to transport the stone, and Black grudgingly accepted that Mu Fan had really found it.
• Mu Fan approached the Biomedical Research Center under Black's surveillance blackout and spotted Lu Qingxue watching the building.
• Lu Qingxue noticed Mu Fan from across the grounds, and he awkwardly greeted her.
• Black denied Lu Qingxue was there, but Mu Fan ignored it and walked over to her.
• Mu Fan told Lu Qingxue he had recovered and asked her not to tell anyone; she quietly agreed.
• Mu Fan complimented Lu Qingxue's appearance and bracelet, and her hand paused as he mentioned it.

Mu Fan received a mysterious mask from Lu Qingxue, who hinted that she knew about his actions by pointing out blood on his pant leg. He tested the mask at the research center and discovered that it fit perfectly, concealed his aura, calmed his mind, and boosted his Dark Breath.

• Mu Fan complimented Lu Qingxue's bracelet and tried to leave, but she stopped him and offered him a mask.
• Lu Qingxue warned Mu Fan that the bloodstain on his pant leg had not been properly hidden, then told him to keep the mask and not worry about anything else.
• Mu Fan left for the research center, while Black joked that the mask was a token of love.
• Mu Fan put on the mask and felt it intensify Dark Breath enough to bring him close to breaking through the Fifth Layer.
• Mu Fan saw his reflection and realized the mask had transformed his appearance into that of a cold, silent killer.

Mu Fan concealed his movements at the research center while a massacre at a Tang Family property became breaking news across Zhongjing City. Tang Nashiu went to the police department and learned that one impossible-looking assailant had killed sixty-two Tang Family elites.

• Mu Fan declined Black's offer to investigate Lu Qingxue, removed her mask, and returned to the repair fluid as surveillance resumed.
• A scavenger discovered the dead sentries outside Building W16 and sold the story to a newspaper, which exposed the massacre before the police or Tang Family learned of it.
• Tang Nashiu's butler woke him with the news, and Tang Nashiu ordered him to prepare for a trip to the police department.
• Tang Nashiu demanded answers from Chief Paine and learned that one perpetrator had killed sixty-two Tang Family elites at the site where Roderick's family was hidden.
• Chief Paine reported that the footprints belonged to shoes larger than size 55, though investigators could not find any plausible suspect among Zhongjing City's residents.

Tang Nashiu investigated the massacre of sixty-two people and learned that the killer had likely used weapons associated with Solomon. He connected the attack to someone who had previously killed a member of Solomon and ordered an investigation.

• Sai demonstrated his strength by imprinting a footprint into the granite floor, silencing the skeptical expert.
• Paine reported that sixty-two people had died in the attack, including Luo Saihu, and that no firearms had been fired.
• Sai examined a crossbow bolt and poisoned-weapon injuries and identified the Solomon Gauntlet as the likely weapon used by the killer.
• Sai explained that the attacker was probably a Solomon member of intermediate rank or higher, though they might have taken the weapon from one.
• Tang Nashiu remembered Andumali’s vow to avenge his subordinate and realized that someone had previously killed a Solomon member.
• Tang Nashiu ordered his people to investigate that person.

Tang Nashiu suspected Mu Fan of killing Roderick and tried to investigate him, but academy surveillance showed Mu Fan confined to a Treatment Pod. The murder investigation stalled, and Tang Nashiu left to attend a banquet for heavy industry leaders.

• Tang Nashiu named Mu Fan as his prime suspect, and a hidden sound collector sent the information to Black, who warned Mu Fan.
• Tang Nashiu ordered Paine to request Dingchuan Academy's surveillance footage and sent officers to inspect Roderick's villa.
• Paine found Mu Fan in the Treatment Pod throughout the night, so the police could not arrest him without proof.
• Mu Fan learned that Nuonuo had arrived at the academy and worried when Black said she seemed upset.
• Investigators identified Celia and Manker’s footprints at Roderick's villa and found a third set, leaving Tang Nashiu's investigation at a deadlock.
• Tang Nashiu received an invitation to a banquet for heavy industry leaders and prepared to attend.