Chapter Summaries

Chen Fan defeated Mozi Sha, but Mozi Sha awakened a Demon Race Ancient Ancestor’s projection, whose Half-Step Golden Body pressure threatened everyone in the Burial Demon Abyss. Chen Fan confronted the projection and used his Great Furnace to devour its attack, leaving the Ancient Ancestor shocked and being dragged toward the furnace.

• Chen Fan stripped away Mozi Sha’s Origin Demonic Qi, struck him into a crater, and pinned him beneath his foot with the Nine-Colored Divine Runes.
• Mozi Sha awakened an ancient black mark, summoning the projection of a Demon Race Ancient Ancestor whose pressure immobilized the Burial Demon Abyss.
• Wei Yan recognized the projection’s Half-Step Golden Body pressure, while Ling Feng and the other Human Race Prodigies urged Chen Fan to flee.
• The Ancient Ancestor praised Chen Fan’s cultivation, then attacked him with a giant palm formed from Demonic Qi and fragments of laws.
• Chen Fan charged at the palm and commanded his Great Furnace to refine it, turning the attack into Origin Demonic Qi and swallowing it.
• The Great Furnace locked onto the Demon Ancestor’s projection and began pulling him toward its nine-colored vortex.

Chen Fan devoured the Demon Ancestor Projection and reached the peak of the Nine-Turn Bone Tempering Realm, then claimed first place on the Bone Tempering Rankings. Golden Body powerhouses attacked him in response, but Gu Ci appeared to shield him.

• Chen Fan refined and devoured the Demon Ancestor Projection, shattering Mozi Sha's Dao heart.
• The Demon Ancestor's energy pushed Chen Fan to peak perfection in the Nine-Turn Bone Tempering Realm.
• The Bone Tempering Rankings placed Chen Fan above Mozi Sha and then at the very top, breaking the ancient first-place name.
• Dozens of Golden Body powerhouses unleashed attacks on Chen Fan, and Gu Ci appeared in front of him.

Gu Ci and the Human Race’s Golden Body experts fought the Alien Races to protect Chen Fan, while the Ancient Ancestors threatened all-out war. As Gu Ci pulled Chen Fan and the captives toward a spatial passage, Chen Fan witnessed the seniors’ sacrifices and felt rage and guilt overwhelm him.

• Gu Ci raised an Ice and Snow Domain to slow the Alien Races’ attacks, but dozens of Golden Body experts nearly shattered it.
• Human Race Golden Body experts emerged through Spatial Rifts and joined the battle, while the Human Race’s nine Ancient Ancestors answered the Alien Races’ threat with a declaration of war.
• Gu Ci formed a barrier around Chen Fan and the imprisoned Shen Xuan, Tuo Bashan, Wei Yan, and others, then opened a spatial passage to take them away.
• The Human Race experts risked their lives to hold off their attackers as Gu Ci pulled Chen Fan and the others toward the passage.
• Chen Fan saw a senior detonate his Golden Body and Ling Feng fight while besieged, then felt rage and guilt as he questioned why the seniors had to die for him.

Chen Fan broke free of Gu Ci’s barrier and entered the battlefield, where he absorbed the surrounding energy to break through to the Golden Body realm. As Gu Ci and the Human Race experts defended him, Chen Fan completed his transformation and began destroying the Alien Races’ Golden Body fighters.

• Chen Fan shattered Gu Ci’s light barrier, declared that no one needed to sacrifice themselves for him, and sat defenseless at the center of the battlefield.
• Chen Fan’s Great Furnace devoured energy across the core of the Nine-Star Land of Opportunity, prompting the Alien Races’ Golden Body experts to attack him together.
• Gu Ci shielded Chen Fan with his ice and snow Domain, while the Human Race experts burned their Golden Body origins and formed a defensive battle formation.
• Chen Fan broke through to the Divine Realm and formed an immortal divine body as the world celebrated the birth of his Golden Body.
• Chen Fan annihilated two alien experts’ divine abilities, then disintegrated a bone-spear-wielding Golden Body expert with one finger and absorbed his origin light, saving Gu Ci.

After Chen Fan defeated the Alien Race Golden Body experts, he forced them to flee and returned to the Human Race Prodigies Training Camp on Blue Star with his companions. Gu Ci ordered Chen Fan and the others into seclusion to stabilize their cultivation, while the White Emperor noted that Chen Fan’s breakthrough marked the start of a new path.

• Chen Fan ordered the surviving Alien Race Golden Body experts to leave or die, and they fled through Spatial Rifts.
• Chen Fan freed Shen Xuan, Wei Yan, and the others from Mozi Sha’s Demonic Qi cage and invited them to go home and eat.
• The White Emperor watched Chen Fan’s victory and said that Chen Fan’s breakthrough meant it was time to take a different path.
• Gu Ci opened a spatial passage, and Chen Fan and the others returned to the Human Race Prodigies Training Camp on Blue Star.
• Gu Ci sent Shen Xuan, Su Qingyue, and Tuo Bashan into a month of seclusion and ordered Chen Fan to cultivate until his new power became instinct.
• Chen Fan agreed to Gu Ci’s instructions, closed the villa door, and sat down to cultivate.

After half a month of refining the power he had absorbed, Chen Fan emerged with his strength fully under his control. As the Federation prepared for the college entrance examination, his participation prompted a sweeping reform of the exam, which ended with the announcement of a third stage: the battle of the Prodigies.

• Chen Fan spent half a month refining the Demon Ancestor's remnant power and the origins of the Alien Race Prodigies until they became his own.
• The Prodigy Training Camp announced through Gu Ci's channel that Chen Fan would take the college entrance examination, setting off a frenzy across the Human Federation.
• Gu Ci told Chen Fan the exam was a necessary way to reveal the Human Race's Qilin Prodigy to the Myriad Races, and Chen Fan agreed to participate.
• The Federation announced that the exam would take place in the Star Domain virtual reality and outlined its basic assessment and practical combat stages.
• The Federation's education minister announced the third stage of the reformed examination: the battle of the Prodigies.

The Federation announced that only candidates ranked in the top one thousand across all four star systems after the first two assessment stages could enter the final stage, provoking widespread debate. Chen Fan finally found the exam interesting, while Xiao Wuming dismissed him and claimed the top score for himself.

• The Federation announced that candidates had to rank among the top one thousand across all four star systems to qualify for the final stage, and the Star Network crashed under the resulting traffic.
• Public opinion split over whether the new rule targeted Chen Fan or was meant to spur the generation of prodigies.
• Chen Fan heard the qualification rule, grew interested, and told Gu Ci that he intended to enjoy the exam.
• Gu Ci warned Chen Fan that his opponents would be on an entirely different level from those he had faced before.
• Xiao Wuming reviewed Chen Fan’s public record, called him a brute, and declared that the college entrance exam’s top score belonged to him.

As the new college entrance exam rules stirred the Federation’s elite, Chen Fan and his companions entered Star Domain for the first stage, a comprehensive theory assessment. The test began as Chen Fan remained at zero points, drawing speculation from viewers who doubted his preparation.

• Luo Shenyue sensed the upheaval caused by the exam changes and regarded Chen Fan as a fellow daoist whose law she wanted to test against her own.
• Lei Pojun welcomed the prospect of fighting Chen Fan, while top Golden Body Realm prodigies across the four star systems saw him as a trial and a prize.
• The Federation Ministry of Education announced that the Basic Assessment would begin in twenty-four hours and ordered qualified examinees to log in to Star Domain.
• At midnight, Chen Fan, Shen Xuan, Su Qingyue, and Tuo Bashan logged into Star Domain after Gu Ci warned them that the universe would watch their every move.
• The comprehensive theory assessment began, and Chen Fan’s livestream surged to the top in viewership as he looked around without answering questions and remained at zero points.

Chen Fan stunned the Federation by answering every question in the first assessment with perfect accuracy and finishing in first place in just two minutes and forty seconds. His performance left rival prodigies and commentators speechless, and the Star Network erupted in celebration.

• A commentator and viewers doubted Chen Fan's theoretical knowledge as Xiao Wuming, Luo Shenyue, and Lei Pojun made progress on the questions.
• Chen Fan began tapping out answers at a steady pace, earning ten points per second without pausing to consider the questions.
• Xiao Wuming tried to outpace Chen Fan, gave an incorrect answer, and received a warning for a logical paradox.
• The commentator rejected cheating and system malfunction as explanations, then slumped in disbelief at Chen Fan's steady score.
• Chen Fan reached a perfect score of 100 and completed the first stage in two minutes and forty seconds, ranked first.
• After three seconds of silence, viewers across the Federation celebrated Chen Fan's achievement.

After Chen Fan earned a perfect score and topped the theoretical assessment, the second round began, testing each examinee’s cultivation foundation with the Heavenly Dao Stele. Lei Pojun, Luo Shenyue, and Xiao Wuming all revealed Early Golden Body Realm cultivation, with Xiao Wuming taking the provisional lead.

• Shen Xuan saw Chen Fan at the top of the rankings and ruefully acknowledged his overwhelming result.
• Su Qingyue wondered where Chen Fan’s limits lay, while Lei Pojun reacted to being outscored by vowing to defeat him in combat.
• The system ended the first round and began the comprehensive cultivation evaluation, introducing the Heavenly Dao Stele and its foundation test.
• Lei Pojun touched the stele and was ranked temporarily first after it revealed his Early Golden Body Realm.
• Luo Shenyue revealed her Early Golden Body Realm and displaced Lei Pojun from first place.
• Xiao Wuming touched the stele, revealed his Early Golden Body Realm, and took the provisional top ranking.

Chen Fan claimed first place on the Heavenly Dao Stele, and the Prodigies Trial began as examinees entered the tower to test their combat strength. The chapter ended with Chen Fan still outside, studying the tower while Tuo Bashan, Su Qingyue, and Shen Xuan waited nearby.

• Chen Fan casually touched the Heavenly Dao Stele, which trembled and ranked him first overall in the early Golden Body Realm.
• The system announced the end of the basic evaluation and introduced the Prodigies Trial Tower, where rankings depended on the highest floor cleared.
• Xiao Wuming, Luo Shenyue, Lei Pojun, and tens of thousands of examinees rushed into the tower to compete.
• Tuo Bashan, Su Qingyue, and Shen Xuan remained outside with Chen Fan, who watched the tower instead of entering.

Chen Fan entered the Prodigies Trial Tower and erased the first-floor guardian with a single golden mote. As Xiao Wuming reached the fifteenth floor, Chen Fan’s leaderboard count began leaping upward at an astonishing rate.

• Xiao Wuming, Luo Shenyue, and Lei Pojun raced up the leaderboard while Chen Fan left his floor count at zero.
• Chen Fan entered the tower after telling Shen Xuan and Tuo Bashan that he had let the others get ahead for fun.
• A rock guardian attacked Chen Fan on the first floor, and Chen Fan destroyed it with a flick of his finger.
• Chen Fan cleared the first floor, called the tower easy, and walked toward the second floor.
• As Xiao Wuming reached the fifteenth floor, Chen Fan’s leaderboard count jumped rapidly from one to twenty.

Chen Fan effortlessly raced through the Prodigies Trial Tower while the other Prodigies and Star Network viewers watched in disbelief. He reached the ninetieth floor as Xiao Wuming struggled to reach the eighty-first, where a powerful Golden Body Realm guard began to form.

• Xiao Wuming saw Chen Fan's name leap to the seventieth floor and was shaken after reaching the sixtieth through a grueling battle.
• Star Network viewers abandoned their doubts and erupted in admiration as Chen Fan continued climbing.
• Lei Pojun renewed his assault on the guards, while Luo Shenyue paused on the sixty-eighth floor to sense the monster at the top.
• Chen Fan disintegrated each guard with a thought, passed the eightieth floor without slowing, and reached the eighty-fifth.
• Xiao Wuming burned his Golden Body Origin to break through the eightieth floor, only to find Chen Fan already on the ninetieth.
• A golden battlefield appeared on the ninetieth floor as an Early Golden Body Realm battle general began to form.

Chen Fan effortlessly cleared the ninetieth floor and climbed to the ninety-ninth, leaving Xiao Wuming’s Dao heart shattered. There he faced the White Emperor’s same-realm projection, whose appearance and summoned sword finally drew a hint of interest from Chen Fan.

• Chen Fan destroyed the golden crystal war general on the ninetieth floor with a glance and continued ascending through the rankings.
• Xiao Wuming saw Chen Fan pass the ninetieth floor and collapse the guardian with a glance, then spat blood as his Dao heart broke.
• Chen Fan reached the ninety-ninth floor and entered its void-like space.
• The system revealed that the final guardian was a same-realm projection of the White Emperor, shocking viewers across the universe.
• The White Emperor’s projection formed a longsword from chaotic energy, and Chen Fan showed his first sign of interest.

Chen Fan defeated the White Emperor’s projection and became the first to clear the Prodigies Trial Tower, with the rankings placing him first overall. As the examination awaited its third round, the Heaven-Slaying Martial God appeared before the Heavenly Dao Stele.

• Chen Fan absorbed the White Emperor’s sword attacks with his Ancient Furnace phantom, reached the projection, and defeated it with a touch to its brow.
• The system announced that Chen Fan had cleared the tower and become the first to reach the top, prompting an eruption of celebration across the Star Network.
• Xiao Wuming was eliminated on the ninety-fourth floor, while Lei Pojun and Luo Shenyue both stopped on the ninety-second floor.
• The final rankings placed Chen Fan first, Xiao Wuming second, Luo Shenyue third, and Lei Pojun fourth; Shen Xuan and two other Blue Star competitors also made the top one thousand.
• The Heaven-Slaying Martial God appeared before the Heavenly Dao Stele, freezing the Star Domain as spectators recognized him.

The Heaven-Slaying Martial God sent the thousand remaining Prodigies to Starry Sky Frontline No. 73 for their final selection round: a real battle against the Star-Devouring Demon Locusts. After he capped the enemies’ strength at the late stage of the Golden Body Realm and set the test to last seven days, the alarm sounded and the enemy fleet surged forward.

• The Heaven-Slaying Martial God announced that the third round was a real war and gave the Prodigies ten seconds to withdraw, but none left.
• Lei Pojun roared “Fight,” rallying the thousand Prodigies to face the battlefield.
• The Heaven-Slaying Martial God transported them from the [Star Domain] to the war fortress at Starry Sky Frontline No. 73.
• Luo Shenyue identified the approaching enemy fleet as Star-Devouring Demon Locusts, and the Heaven-Slaying Martial God capped their strength at the late stage of the Golden Body Realm.
• The Heaven-Slaying Martial God set the test to hold the position for seven days or rout the enemy, then vanished after saying “Begin.”
• The fortress alarm sounded, its defenses activated, and the Star-Devouring Demon Locusts surged toward the frontline.

The Demon Locust army launched a devastating assault on the war fortress, but Chen Fan erased its first barrage with a snap of his fingers. Inspired by his intervention, Lei Pojun and the other Prodigies charged into battle and held back the vanguard.

• The Demon Locust fleet unleashed a mental assault and fired a barrage of corrosive missiles and chaotic energy beams at the platform.
• Lei Pojun, Luo Shenyue, Xiao Wuming, and others raised defenses, while many Prodigies panicked as the attacks overwhelmed them.
• Chen Fan snapped his fingers and made the incoming missiles and beams vanish, saving the Prodigies from the first strike.
• Chen Fan told the Prodigies to grab points, and Lei Pojun charged into the Demon Locust swarm with a lightning spear.
• Xiao Wuming, Luo Shenyue, Shen Xuan, Su Qingyue, Tuo Bashan, and the other Prodigies joined the attack, forming battle formations that held back the vanguard.

After the Demon Locusts’ corrosive larvae killed a Prodigy and fear shattered the battle line, Chen Fan shamed the fleeing fighters into standing their ground. He then led Shen Xuan, Su Qingyue, and Tuo Bashan in a precise strike against the enemy reserves, where they began tearing through the swarm.

• A blood-red larva corroded a Prodigy’s defenses and dissolved his body and Divine Soul, spreading terror through the fighters.
• As Prodigies fled and Xiao Wuming and Luo Shenyue’s elite group fell into danger, Chen Fan rebuked the retreating fighters and called them trash.
• A young man turned back and charged the Demon Locusts, inspiring the Prodigies to renew their attacks with resolve to fight to the death.
• Chen Fan, Shen Xuan, Su Qingyue, and Tuo Bashan left the platform and cut into the Demon Locust army’s reserves.
• Tuo Bashan smashed the locusts with brute force, Shen Xuan precisely severed their energy cores, and Su Qingyue used Mental Power to turn the swarm against itself.

Chen Fan erased the Demon Locust army after it targeted him, leaving the Starry Battlefield silent and the Federation Prodigies stunned. The survivors celebrated their escape as Chen Fan’s overwhelming feat set the Federation’s Star Network alight.

• Lei Pojun and the other Prodigies saw Chen Fan stroll through the battlefield as Demon Locusts vanished near him.
• The Demon Locusts abandoned their opponents and surged toward Chen Fan after their collective will noticed him.
• Chen Fan summoned a phantom Great Furnace that swallowed the entire swarm and silenced the mothership’s shriek.
• The stunned Prodigies realized they had survived, and Lei Pojun sat down in disbelief as cheers spread across the battlefield and Federation.
• Shen Xuan watched Chen Fan receive the attention and remarked that he had shown off again.

After the demonic locust vanguard was defeated, Chen Fan proposed attacking the mothership instead of waiting for another assault. He set off with Shen Xuan, Su Qingyue, and Tuo Bashan, while Lei Pojun’s anger at the cowards who stayed behind erupted.

• Lei Pojun reminded the Prodigies that the Martial God had ordered them to hold out for seven days and the battle was not over.
• Chen Fan proposed destroying the demonic locust mothership, but most of the Prodigies argued that attacking it would be suicide.
• Tuo Bashan, Shen Xuan, and Su Qingyue sided with Chen Fan, while Lei Pojun, Xiao Wuming, and others hesitated between the two groups.
• Chen Fan left for the mothership with Shen Xuan, Su Qingyue, and Tuo Bashan, leaving the fearful Prodigies on the fortress platform.
• The Prodigies who stayed mocked Chen Fan and his companions, and Lei Pojun finally turned on them in a burst of rage.