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Chapter 948 - 816: Whose Fault Is It · Oct 13, 2026

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901 Chapter 901 - 768: Get Lost-69 Speechless (Double-Length - for Extra Monthly Ticket) 2026-10-13
902 Chapter 902 - 770: The Price Has Gone Up 2026-10-13
903 Chapter 903 - 771: Hidden Motives 2026-10-13
904 Chapter 904 - 772: Standing By 2026-10-13
905 Chapter 905 - 773: Rushing from One Battleground to Another 2026-10-13
906 Chapter 906 - 774: Multiple Fronts Erupt 2026-10-13
907 Chapter 907 - 775: Smoke Bomb 2026-10-13
908 Chapter 908 - 776: Rely on Yourself Rather Than Others 2026-10-13
909 Chapter 909 - 777: Sinister 2026-10-13
910 Chapter 910 - 778: Better Safe Than Sorry 2026-10-13
911 Chapter 911 - 779: Rookies Set Sail 2026-10-13
912 Chapter 912 - 780: Observation Fee 2026-10-13
913 Chapter 913 - 781: Draw Cards 2026-10-13
914 Chapter 914 - 782: Dim-Witted and Loaded 2026-10-13
915 Chapter 915 - 783: Startling News 2026-10-13
916 Chapter 916 - 784: Be More Confident 2026-10-13
917 Chapter 917 - 785: Just Basic Operations 2026-10-13
918 Chapter 918 - 786: Mutual Disregard 2026-10-13
919 Chapter 919 - 787: Exposing Weaknesses 2026-10-13
920 Chapter 920 - 788: The World of Geniuses 2026-10-13
921 Chapter 921 - 789: Down Payment 2026-10-13
922 Chapter 922 - 790: The Bottom Falls Out 2026-10-13
923 Chapter 923 - 791: Overturning Clouds and Rain 2026-10-13
924 Chapter 924 - 792: Prepared for the Unexpected 2026-10-13
925 Chapter 925 - 793: Stunned 2026-10-13
926 Chapter 926 - 794: The Trap 2026-10-13
927 Chapter 927 - 795: Torment and Enemy Assault 2026-10-13
928 Chapter 928 - 796: Surprises Upon Surprises 2026-10-13
929 Chapter 929 - 797: Overestimating the Enemy 2026-10-13
930 Chapter 930 - 798: The Subtle Uses of Spiritual Qi 2026-10-13
931 Chapter 931 - 799: Whom Should I Approach 2026-10-13
932 Chapter 932 - 800: Assertion and Burden of Proof 2026-10-13
933 Chapter 933 - 801: No Wonder 2026-10-13
934 Chapter 934 - 802: Three Supreme Formations 2026-10-13
935 Chapter 935 - 803: Easy Rescue 2026-10-13
936 Chapter 936 - 804: Preparedness Prevents Trouble 2026-10-13
937 Chapter 937 - 805: Still Waters, Subtle Ripples 2026-10-13
938 Chapter 938 - 806: Bloodstained Millstone 2026-10-13
939 Chapter 939 - 807: Do You Have a Token of Allegiance? 2026-10-13
940 Chapter 940 - 808: Effortless Suppression 2026-10-13
941 Chapter 941 - 809: Highly Insulting 2026-10-13
942 Chapter 942 - 810: Sowing Confusion 2026-10-13
943 Chapter 943 - 811: The Team Has Fallen Apart 2026-10-13
944 Chapter 944 - 812: Courting Death 2026-10-13
945 Chapter 945 - 813: Escape 2026-10-13
946 Chapter 946 - 814: Integration 2026-10-13
947 Chapter 947 - 815: The Discrimination Hierarchy 2026-10-13
948 Chapter 948 - 816: Whose Fault Is It 2026-10-13
949 Chapter 949 - 817: Reversed Causality 2026-10-13
950 Chapter 950 - 818: Stillness Overcomes Motion 2026-10-13

Chapter 948: Chapter 816: Whose Fault Is It

After Qu Jianlei left, Little Lake volunteered, wanting to invade Sheriff’s watch to listen to what they were saying.

But he stopped him, looking serious, ”The other party is a Spiritual Attribute Supreme, they could probably perceive you!”

Big Head Butterfly sulkily remarked, ”This is the first time I’ve been bullied using Spiritual Power...”

Qu Jianlei could only smile wryly; in the past, he was always the one bullying others with Spiritual Power, now finally someone was dealing with him the same way.

”The Empire is so big, with a Poison Attribute Supreme appearing, a Spiritual Attribute Supreme showing up was only a matter of time.”

”You’re not scared, are you?” Rarely, Little Lake actually provoked him, ”Is your mind clear?”

Qu Jianlei was unmoved, ”Special Attribute Supremes will also appear one by one... No hurry, take it slow.”

After returning to the Star Port, because the Paranoid was overseeing, he found Granny Jia to inquire about the situation.

”Balrog?” Hearing the name, Granny’s expression slightly changed, ”This guy is really not someone to mess with...”

”It’s quite difficult to advance to Spiritual Attribute Supreme, he did so in his early hundreds and reportedly killed his own wife, children, and family.”

”Killing to reach enlightenment?” Qu Jianlei’s expression also turned at these words, ”Is there truly such a ruthless person?”

”It seems that way,” the old lady nodded, ”The Empire was going to hunt him down, but then he advanced!”

Qu Jianlei was left speechless, ”The Empire really does excel at adaptability...”

A person who killed their own family and received no punishment, really is quite terrifying.

”But that’s a Spiritual Attribute Supreme,” the old lady shook her head, ”Incredibly rare.”

In her words, Balrog wasn’t much younger than her, and advanced to Supreme not long ago.

But even so, Balrog showed no respect towards her as a prodigy, sometimes even spoke arrogantly.

Granny Jia wouldn’t bicker with him, but after all, as a prodigy, she couldn’t swallow her pride and went to challenge him.

The result of the challenge, needless to say, if there was no top-tier Spiritual Armor, admitting defeat was the only option.

Balrog never went easy on challengers, some Supremes even had reduced Combat Power due to damage to their spirit.

The Empire thought this couldn’t continue, so they offered him several projects for hefty rewards, preventing him from accepting any more challenges.

What surprised Qu Jianlei the most was: these projects were nominally under the Divine Text Association.

So Balrog also has the identity of a half member of the Divine Text Association.

After recounting things briefly, Granny Jia curiously asked, ”Why did he come looking for you?”

”I don’t know either,” Qu Jianlei spread his hands, answering helplessly, ”The moment we met, he wanted to hypnotize me!”

”Who tried to hypnotize you?” The Paranoid appeared, brimming with curiosity, ”Quite the courage, they have.”

”A guy named Balrog,” Qu Jianlei answered casually, ”A Spiritual Attribute Supreme.”

”Him?” Rarely, the Paranoid also knew about this person, his face stunned, ”This guy... finally became a Supreme?”

There’s really not many insignificant people who could make him remember them, in fact, Balrog was quite formidable even at A-level.

However, upon learning this person killed for enlightenment, even the Paranoid couldn’t help but sigh.

”This really... I recall their marital relationship was quite good, even more Paranoid than mine!”

But he still didn’t take the opponent seriously, ”This guy can’t be too much trouble for you, right?”

What does it matter if he’s a Spiritual Attribute Supreme? This one here is Attributeless!

”I’m just curious,” Qu Jianlei frowned slightly, ”What’s this guy bothering me for?”

”Why so many whys,” the Paranoid dismissively said, ”If he doesn’t know his place, just get rid of him.”

Granny rolled her eyes at these words, ”Elder, don’t you think he already has enough enemies?”

”Ah, forget it,” the Paranoid shook his head, ”Once the repairs are done, we’ll just leave, no need to bother with such people, it’s degrading!”

However, Balrog wasn’t so easy to shake off, after realizing Rhodiola Rosea wasn’t cooperating, he arranged for someone to monitor the 8384 ship.

Those following knew Rhodiola Rosea’s team isn’t easy to mess with, but if Rhodiola Rosea isn’t, why would Balrog be?

In any case, living in the cracks, just keep a low profile.

Qu Jianlei also kept a low profile, due to Balrog’s appearance, he didn’t even allow Little Lake to browse the internet casually.

After a day and a night, the 8384 ship was repaired and maintained, took off into space, disappearing into the void.

Qu Jianlei also considered that the opponent might block him on the way, so he temporarily decided not to go to Celestial Handle Star as originally planned.

He went straight to Celestial Blade Star, starting to procure various materials needed for setting up arrays.

Luckily, although Celestial Blade is not a Central Star, it’s in the same Star System as the Transfer Star, ensuring plenty of materials for transportation.

Even if the materials weren’t currently available, if you place an order, someone would naturally get them for you.

And the name Rhodiola Rosea was very useful on Celestial Blade; just showing the name made it not difficult to buy contraband materials.

This profit-driven style is indeed a characteristic of the Asteroid Belt — as long as you have money, I’ll dare to sell!

Of course, the premise is that the buyer can afford to pay and is able to handle things.

Without a doubt, Rhodiola rosea’s team possesses both qualities, so naturally, no one fears adventure.

In fact, with the shelter of a strong reputation, it didn’t take Qu Jianlei long to rent an estate on Celestial Blade Star.

The rented estate was quite large and the buildings were suitable, with the only downside being a minimum of five years’ lease, which would cost a considerable sum.

However, Qu Jianlei didn’t mind; he even welcomed it—within the next five years, this place would be mine.

Even if leaving midway, the usage rights of this place would still belong to him, and he could return anytime—where else could one find such a good deal?

After renting the estate, he set up a Qi Gathering Array and a Spirit Gathering Array, just barely enough for everyone to use.

This operation was indeed quite bold; if someone came to check and discovered these forbidden items, it would be troublesome.

But Qu Jianlei really didn’t care; he even arranged patrols—with orders to kill any intruders.

In fact, he was entirely correct, as the City Guard never came due to Rhodiola rosea’s renowned name.

While the others were cultivating, Qu Jianlei was adjusting the calculated ordinary version of the Qi Gathering Array.

Such things are impossible to achieve overnight; theory is theory, and transforming it into reality requires a process.

However, the start wasn’t bad; Energy Blocks could be massively converted into Spiritual Qi, yet the problem remained the old one... too much loss!

Amid his little-by-little improvements, time slowly passed.

In the blink of an eye, half a month had already passed at Celestial Blade Star, watching the array being perfected little by little, Qu Jianlei felt quite good.

Once the ordinary Qi Gathering Array is complete, he could proceed to calculate the Spirit Gathering Array—this process would not take long.

However, he ultimately wasn’t living in a vacuum; one day, a visitor came to find him.

What surprised him was that the visitor turned out to be an acquaintance: Qinghu Supreme!

Qu Jianlei dared not underestimate this woman at all—as before he came in contact with Balrog Supreme, she was the strongest Supreme he had seen.

He was a bit worried that his disguise would be seen through by this woman—the gap between Supremes could be described as a chasm.

So he had the Paranoid go out to receive her: just say I am in seclusion.

The Paranoid was fearless by nature, even placing Balrog beneath notice, let alone being afraid of Qinghu?

Upon seeing her, he straightforwardly remarked: Rhodiola rosea has no time to see you, speak to me if you have matters.

Qinghu’s temper wasn’t actually too bad; she just had a cool disposition.

Finding the other’s attitude not very good, she didn’t lose temper immediately; she instead had a feeling: this person could pose a threat to her!

For Qinghu, this feeling was really... too rare!

Nonetheless, she didn’t indulge the other; she merely stated flatly: I’m here under Rhine’s commission.

Someone recently found Rhine, expressing interest in Niaoming Stream, hoping to live there for a period.

This request was a bit rude, but Rhine grasped the key point: what happened between Balrog and Rhodiola rosea?

Indeed, the person who made the request was Balrog; he didn’t appear personally, but it didn’t affect others using his name to act.

The Haiyin Clan’s reach covered everywhere on Celestial Hook, and they didn’t even need to try to know Rhodiola rosea had rented a house on Celestial Blade.

Even though when renting the house, the identity used wasn’t Rhodiola rosea, it didn’t matter; as long as people at Celestial Blade knew he was here, it was enough.

”That person has a screw loose,” the Paranoid very bluntly remarked, ”trying to hypnotize Rhodiola rosea upon their first meeting.”

”Is that so,” Qinghu nodded thoughtfully, ”Balrog certainly could do such a thing.”

She was no stranger to Balrog, even though they’d only met twice, but that guy was truly wild.

The Paranoid seized the chance to ask, ”He’s still trying to hire us, what does that guy want to do?”

Qinghu frowned slightly, ”It’s said he has a pretty favored student, whose family was wiped out... by people from Celestial Hook.”

”Wiped out?” The Paranoid raised an eyebrow, finding this reason utterly absurd.

A family massacre is certainly a major case, but the higher one stands, the more information one knows—how many family massacres occur annually in the Empire?

To those lofty Supremes, ordinary family massacres are impossible to disturb them.

And Balrog is also among the lofty few in the Supremes—acting for a mere student’s family massacre, who would believe it?

”Is this student of his also a Supreme?”

”No,” Qinghu shook her head and solemnly said, ”this student of his, the bloodline is quite noteworthy.”

Upon hearing this, for some reason, a peculiar feeling arose in the Paranoid’s heart.

He nodded slightly, ”Hmm, continue please.”

Qinghu didn’t find anything inappropriate and continued, ”The Awakened proportion in that family is quite high.”

She hadn’t noticed that the other’s expression turned somewhat ugly and continued her exposition.

”This kind of bloodline is worth researching, and that student... resembles one of his deceased children.”

Murdering wife, slaughtering children to attain enlightenment, seeking psychological solace later in life—this sentiment isn’t hard to grasp.

”Cough,” the Paranoid coughed dryly, ”You’re not referring to the Laval Clan, are you?”

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