Chapter Summaries

Lin Yan used decades of studying black holes and cultivating the Heavenly Demon Illusion to deepen his understanding of life, destruction, and the mind. After more than thirty years on Canglan Star, he reached the entrance to the second realm of cultivating the heart, Unity of Heaven and Man, while continuing his cultivation.

• A covert team reported that Canglan Star’s security prevented it from approaching or assassinating Lin Yan, and its leader ordered it to remain undercover and keep investigating him.
• Lin Yan’s Green Line Devouring Worm Clone entered the region of the Milky Way’s central black hole so he could study black holes and cultivate Black Hole Evolution.
• Lin Yan reasoned that life planets represented birth while black holes represented destruction, and he used this perspective to guide his cultivation.
• Lin Yan spent more than thirty years cultivating on Canglan Star, studying the Chaos Principle and practicing the Heavenly Demon Illusion, Celestial Origin Wheel, and Black Hole Evolution.
• At a tea gathering with Hong, Thunder God, and Luo Feng, Lin Yan revealed that he had reached the entrance to Unity of Heaven and Man, greatly strengthening his resistance to coercion, illusions, and Soul Attacks.

Luo Feng explained his plan to complete the Mizong Galaxy and Purgatory Abyss missions before advancing to the Domain Lord level, while Lin Yan reflected on Hong and Thunder God's prospects. A new assignment then arrived for Lin Yan: eliminate a Zerg-controlled family and its collaborators, leaving him wary that the mission might conceal further complications.

• Luo Feng told Lin Yan, Hong, and Thunder God that he would finish his two remaining Desperate Level Missions before breaking through to the Domain Lord level, and he rejected pursuing the Cosmic Level Original Tongtian Mountain for now.
• Hong told Lin Yan that he had met Lord Luo in Chaos City, and Lin Yan said he had helped Luo because Luo had once helped them.
• Lin Yan considered how Hong and Thunder God might gain recognition for their mental cultivation and wondered whether Darkness Lord could eventually guide Hong.
• Lin Yan received a Virtual Universe Company mission to kill the Zerg-controlled Yao Hai and Jeffries, eliminate 120 million suspected collaborators, and personally kill four World Lord targets within one year.
• Lin Yan reviewed the mission's possible connection to the Golden Horn Clan and decided he could later direct Luo Feng toward the clan's homeland, then wondered whether the Zerg would interfere with the assignment.

Lin Yan traveled to Hongchen Star to lead a secret extermination mission against 120 million targets, securing the Ninth Legion’s support and preparing a detailed attack plan. While he was still en route, the Golden Horn Clan’s Tawen Department team learned of his extraordinary reputation and resolved to win his favor for the clan’s survival.

• Lin Yan met the Ninth Army Lord in the Virtual Universe and ordered the Ninth Legion to carry out the mission in strict secrecy, leaving no target alive.
• Lin Yan used the company’s intelligence to identify the 120 million targets and sent the Ninth Army Lord their locations and the battle plan.
• The Tawen Department team arrived at a Virtual Universe Company station on Hongchen Star and examined information about Lin Yan.
• Kashna and the seven Feng Wang Immortal Gods were stunned by Lin Yan’s achievements and learned that his status surpassed even the Golden Horn Clan Senate’s elders.
• The Golden Horn Clan’s elder told the team to befriend Lin Yan and avoid giving him any bad impression.

Lin Yan arrived at Hongchen Star, organized the Golden Horn Clan’s action team, and set out to eliminate the Immortal Gods Yao Hai and Jeffries, who were linked to the Zerg. After securing Yao Hai’s exact location and joining forces with the Ninth Legion on Jutuo Star, Lin Yan ordered the force to advance on the Mengyou Empire’s Imperial Capital Star.

• Lin Yan landed at the Virtual Universe Company’s base on Hongchen Star and met Elder Si Fanqi and the Golden Horn Clan action team.
• Si Fanqi assigned his team to target Yao Hai and Jeffries, while Lin Yan ordered everyone to stay cautious and follow his commands.
• During the journey, Lin Yan demanded better intelligence on Yao Hai, and the intelligence department promised to locate him within two days.
• The intelligence department provided Yao Hai’s exact location before the Emperor Ship reached Jutuo Star, where the Ninth Legion’s thirty warships were waiting.
• Lin Yan ordered the Tawen Department action team and the Ninth Legion’s thirty armies to depart for the Mengyou Empire’s Imperial Capital Star.

Lin Yan led the Ninth Legion to Imperial Capital Star, killed three captured World Lords in an instant, and ordered an assault on Yao Hai and Jeffries. The palace battle began with a devastating clash, and a silver-haired, golden-eyed Immortal appeared before Lin Yan’s spacecraft.

• Yao Hai welcomed Long Chi’er at a grand banquet while Lin Yan’s fleet approached Imperial Capital Star.
• Lin Yan summoned Li Tuo, Kati, and Lei Bu and killed all three together with a single sword strike.
• Lin Yan ordered the Ninth Legion to seal the planet and sent Si Fanqi and the Tawen Department team to kill Yao Hai and Jeffries while limiting civilian casualties.
• Jeffries sensed that his three World Lord servants had died, and Yao Hai discovered Immortal Gods near the imperial palace.
• Yao Hai charged through the banquet hall roof and collided with a King-level Immortal’s black hammer, destroying the palace and killing or injuring nobles nearby.
• A silver-haired, golden-eyed man in a black robe appeared before Lin Yan’s spacecraft in outer space.

Lin Yan faced a coordinated assassination by three peak Feng Wang experts and an army of Immortal Zerg Warriors, while Si Fanqi fought to protect him. Heart Devouring King reached Lin Yan inside the Emperor Ship, but Lin Yan’s calm response and resistance to the soul attack left their confrontation unresolved.

• Long Chi'er killed Jeffries after exposing his betrayal, while Si Fanqi and the Tawen team fought Yao Hai until an alarm sent them rushing to protect Lin Yan.
• Heart Devouring King and an army of Immortal Zerg Warriors ambushed Lin Yan’s Emperor Ship, destroying Imperial Capital Star and scattering the fleeing warships.
• Si Fanqi blocked Heart Devouring King’s golden blade, but Qi Sha King and Chen Hun King arrived to prevent Si Fanqi from reaching Lin Yan.
• Heart Devouring King entered the Emperor Ship and broke through the Tai Sui Tree Spirit’s defenses to confront Lin Yan in the safety chamber.
• Heart Devouring King’s golden soul attack stalled before Lin Yan, who calmly replied that he did not want to meet him.
• A familiar voice spoke from behind Heart Devouring King, saying, “We meet again.”

King Tong Nan rescued Lin Yan from Heart Devouring King and two alien allies, but Venerable Jue Guang then ambushed them as the Qianwu Country Lord arrived. Just as Jue Guang attacked Lin Yan, an unknown towering figure appeared with the Ancestor Tree and reversed space-time.

• Venerable Jue Guang monitored Lin Yan’s mission from hiding and waited for Heart Devouring King’s group to finish before the Qianwu Country Lord arrived.
• King Tong Nan revealed himself aboard the Emperor Ship, confronted Heart Devouring King, and froze him, Qi Sha King, and Chen Hun King with Time Stop.
• King Tong Nan struck the three aliens with his soul attack, killing them, and Lin Yan joined him as the Qianwu Country Lord arrived.
• Venerable Jue Guang attacked Lin Yan with a burning divine body and used Time Stop to bind Lin Yan and King Tong Nan.
• A towering figure appeared behind them with the Ancestor Tree, and space-time began to reverse as the Qianwu Country Lord watched in shock.

Venerable Ancestor Tree defeated the Zerg assassin Venerable Jue Guang, who had targeted Lin Yan, and the Zerg Alliance learned that its operation had failed. Afterward, Venerable Ancestor Tree reversed space-time to restore Imperial Capital Star and its people, leaving Lin Yan to witness his commitment to protecting humanity.

• Venerable Ancestor Tree appeared and overwhelmed Venerable Jue Guang with his World Tree avatar, then killed him with a soul attack.
• Xisheng learned from Lord of Feather Tu that Venerable Jue Guang had fallen and that Lin Yan had been protected by Venerable Ancestor Tree, so she abandoned the operation.
• Venerable Ancestor Tree eliminated the Immortal Zerg Warriors and awakened Lin Yan and King Tong Nan, while the Qianwu Country Lord bowed to him.
• Venerable Ancestor Tree reversed space-time and restored Imperial Capital Star and the people who had died in the attack.
• Venerable Ancestor Tree told Lin Yan that he had saved them because it was his responsibility as a human.

After Venerable Ancestor Tree resurrected the people killed in the attack on Imperial Capital Star, Lin Yan reflected on the convictions and responsibilities behind protecting the Human Race. Venerable Ancestor Tree departed, leaving Lin Yan to consider the World Tree as a possible third clone while the survivors struggled to understand what had happened.

• Lin Yan recognized that Venerable Ancestor Tree had allowed the attack to unfold to draw out the alien Universe Venerable, and reflected on the harsh choices demanded by Clan War.
• Venerable Ancestor Tree told Lin Yan he would protect him during his time in the Ganwu Universe Country, but that Lin Yan would have to rely on himself on a farther path.
• Venerable Ancestor Tree placed the World Tree inside Void Isle Palace and departed after returning the warship passengers to their cabins.
• Lin Yan considered the World Tree's abilities and its potential as his third clone, but decided it was too early to choose.
• The resurrected survivors awoke confused, while Elder Si Fanqi realized a Universe Master had saved Lin Yan and began to imagine the young man's future greatness.

After surviving an alien assassination and seeing Venerable Ancestor Tree resurrect the victims, Lin Yan reflected on the power he still needed to protect others. He declined an invitation to visit the Golden Horn Clan but arranged for Luo Feng to study its Sacred Stele, then revealed that he wanted to test his strength against Yao Hai.

• Qianwu Country Lord praised Lin Yan and admitted he should have shown him greater respect after learning that Venerable Ancestor Tree personally protected him.
• Lin Yan told the Ninth Army Lord to explain the mass resurrection as an alien illusion, then resolved to become powerful enough to save others himself.
• At the banquet, Elder Si Fanqi invited Lin Yan to the Golden Horn Clan, but Lin Yan instead asked him to seek permission for Luo Feng to study Elder Xerod's Sacred Stele.
• After the banquet, Lin Yan asked King Tong Nan to keep Yao Hai alive so he could test his training against the Feng Wang Immortal God.
• King Tong Nan realized Lin Yan intended to fight Yao Hai and asked in astonishment whether he wanted to challenge a Feng Wang Immortal God.

Lin Yan persuaded King Tong Nan to let him test his strength against Yao Hai, a Feng Wang Immortal God, and Ancestor Tree approved the duel. Lin Yan revealed his World Lord-level World Projection and unleashed the Celestial Origin Wheel, while King Tong Nan watched in astonishment as the battle began.

• King Tong Nan doubted that Lin Yan could withstand Yao Hai’s immense strength and warned that Yao Hai’s soul attacks were his greatest threat.
• Lin Yan said the Tai Sui Tree Spirit and Yongluo Armor could stop material attacks, while he could resist soul attacks himself; Ancestor Tree told King Tong Nan to let him try.
• Lin Yan and King Tong Nan traveled to a remote region, where King Tong Nan awakened Yao Hai and Lin Yan announced that the Virtual Universe Company had ordered his execution.
• Lin Yan used his World Projection to clash with Yao Hai’s Law Domain of Wood, then evaded Yao Hai’s attempt to capture him.
• Lin Yan summoned the Celestial Origin Wheel and unleashed a blazing sun that engulfed the battlefield, leaving King Tong Nan amazed that Lin Yan had become a World Lord.

Lin Yan used Hun An’s power, the Star Wings, and the Celestial Origin Wheel to battle Yao Hai, a Feng Wang Immortal God, and repeatedly gained the advantage. He continued the fight by surrounding Yao Hai with the Celestial Origin Wheel’s Nine-Spiral Nebula technique.

• Lin Yan summoned the Celestial Origin Wheel’s Bronze Star and struck Yao Hai with a sun-like attack, which Yao Hai survived before charging at him.
• Lin Yan evaded Yao Hai with the Star Wings, and his Heavenly Demon Bell blocked Yao Hai’s soul attack.
• Lin Yan fired Solar Flare at light speed, slicing through Yao Hai’s upper body and shocking King Tong Nan with the attack’s Marquis-level power.
• Lin Yan maintained his advantage over Yao Hai through his speed and wing techniques.
• Lin Yan used Nine-Spiral Nebula to surround Yao Hai with swirling vortices as he continued their battle.
• The narration explained that Mu Xing Country Lord had designed the Celestial Origin Wheel as a set and created preliminary Celestial Movement techniques for Lin Yan.

Lin Yan tested his strength against Yao Hai and demonstrated that his Celestial Movement—Nine-Spiral Nebula could shatter a Feng Hou Immortal God’s divine body, while his will and soul defenses resisted Yao Hai’s Soul Attack. With Tai Sui and King Tong Nan’s help, he killed Yao Hai and continued toward the Mengyou Empire, as Venerable Ancestor Tree reflected on Lin Yan’s extraordinary potential.

• Lin Yan unleashed the Nine-Spiral Nebula and Heavenly Punishment, shattering Yao Hai’s divine body and revealing the destructive power of his new techniques.
• Lin Yan assessed the differences between his strength and Yao Hai’s, concluding that his weapons, secret techniques, and law comprehension let him overcome Yao Hai’s greater foundational power.
• Yao Hai burned his Divine Power and launched a powerful Soul Attack, but Lin Yan resisted it with his immense will, Consciousness, and soul-defense techniques.
• Yao Hai attacked Lin Yan at close range, but Lin Yan restrained him with Tai Sui and ordered the Plant Lifeform to wear down Yao Hai’s divine body.
• King Tong Nan killed Yao Hai with a Soul Attack as Yao Hai’s divine body dwindled, then asked Lin Yan how the battle had felt.
• Lin Yan and King Tong Nan headed toward the Mengyou Empire, while Venerable Ancestor Tree praised Lin Yan’s strength and considered the opportunities that might have shaped him.

After returning to Canglan Star, Lin Yan devoted years to mastering a soul-enslavement method capable of parasitizing the Immortal Mo Yun Vine. He finally turned the vine into a Life Puppet and prepared to test the power of its possession state.

• Lin Yan returned to Canglan Star and reflected on his family, his distant home, and the responsibility that drove him to pursue strength.
• Lin Yan decided to focus on parasitizing the Mo Yun Vine and planned to delay becoming a World Lord until he could claim the Domain Lord-level Tongtian Mountain reward.
• Over three years of secluded cultivation, Lin Yan studied Heavenly Demon Illusion and Heavenly Demon Gu, while his soul amplitude reached seventyfold.
• Lin Yan combined his Parasitism talent with Heavenly Demon Gu and invaded the Mo Yun Vine's soul while it remained frozen and asleep.
• Lin Yan successfully parasitized the Initial Feng Hou Mo Yun Vine, making it his Life Puppet and forming the Mo Yun Battle Suit around the Green Line Devouring Worm.
• Lin Yan prepared to test how powerful the Green Line Devouring Worm would become in the Mo Yun Vine's possession state.

Lin Yan tested the Green Line Devouring Worm after it fused with the Immortal Mo Yun Vine, then prepared for his second clone’s birth. The Blood Hound clone emerged as a colossal, terrifying beast and faced Lin Yan.

• The Green Line Devouring Worm fused with the Mo Yun Vine, used its Immortal Divine Power, and endured Lin Yan’s Nine-Spiral Nebula attack without damage.
• Lin Yan assessed the fused clone’s strength and planned its training, equipment, and journey to a Cosmic Secret Realm.
• Wind Queen told Lin Yan that five years and nine months had passed, and he prepared for the second clone’s imminent birth.
• The crystal cube surrounding the Blood Hound shattered, and the universe expelled it from the core region.
• The enormous Blood Hound awakened and stared down at Lin Yan.

Lin Yan tested the Blood Hound Clone’s Thousand Transformations, discovering that it could imitate bodies and life auras while altering its compatibility with fundamental laws. He used the clone to obtain the Yan Ji Tribe’s vast Sacrifice Secret Pattern inheritance, then arranged for it to travel to Chaos City while he prepared to return to Earth.

• Lin Yan tested the Blood Hound’s Flesh and Blood Derivation and Thousand Transformations, confirming it could assume many forms and change its law compatibility, but its transformations had limits and did not grant other lifeforms’ talents.
• Lin Yan transformed the Blood Hound Clone into his own likeness and used its Yan Ji tribesman life aura to open the Yan Ji Tribe inheritance item.
• The clone endured an illusion spanning more than ten thousand years before receiving the Yan Ji Tribe’s Sacrifice Secret Pattern knowledge over twelve days.
• Lin Yan decided to postpone studying the inheritance and keep its secrets from the Chaos City Lord until he was stronger and could secure a reward.
• Lin Yan equipped the Blood Hound Clone with armor and planned for it to travel to Chaos City with the Konota Tree Spirit and coordinate tokens, while he kept the Origin Core with his true body.
• Lin Yan planned to return to Earth after more than two hundred years and arranged for the Green Line Devouring Worm to scan the Solar System first.

Lin Yan returned to Earth after more than two hundred years away and saw how prosperous the planet had become. He reunited with Wen Zhi'an on her birthday, leaving the family celebrating his homecoming beneath fireworks he created across Earth.

• Lin Yan used his Shadow talent to leave Canglan Star, then had the Green Line Devouring Worm strengthen the concealed Dark Universe route to Earth before completing a Cosmic Shuttle.
• Lin Yan returned to the Solar System, saw Mars transformed into an industrial base, and walked through Earth's clean, prosperous cities.
• Lin Yan noticed a young woman and her little sister; the young woman later recognized him from her history textbook as Lin Yan, Lord of the Milky Way Galaxy.
• Lin Yan learned that it was the ninth day of the twelfth lunar month and went to celebrate Wen Zhi'an's birthday, while Wen Zhi'an and Lin Tangtang gathered with their family.
• Lin Yan reunited with Wen Zhi'an, set off fireworks across Earth, and told her, "I'm back."

After returning to Earth, Lin Yan reunited with Wen Zhi'an and promised to stay for a long time, then welcomed Liu Mingxuan and discussed reforming education. He left the chapter resolved to cultivate talent across every field and help Earth Humanity enter a new age of flourishing.

• Lin Yan returned to Earth and embraced Wen Zhi'an while his family watched from the villa.
• Lin Yan and Wen Zhi'an joked about names for their future child, and she took over the naming decision.
• Liu Mingxuan and Wang Xinyue visited Lin Yan, who teased Liu Mingxuan about his leadership and Earth’s development.
• Lin Yan told Liu Mingxuan that Earth needed educational reform to cultivate talent in every field, not only martial arts.
• Lin Yan resolved to use Earth's prosperity to give people opportunities to develop their abilities and make their own contributions.

Lin Yan returned to Earth and discussed its social problems with Jia Yi and Liu Mingxuan, proposing a system that tied status and access to achievements rather than wealth. Afterward, he prepared to deal with the Zerg Mother Nest in Shennongjia and develop it into a powerful force.

• Jia Yi visited Lin Yan, who praised his work at Star River University and discussed Earth's changes since contact with cosmic civilization.
• Liu Mingxuan described declining population growth and the growing influence of wealthy families, while Jia Yi identified fading ambition among Earth's powerhouses as the most serious problem.
• Lin Yan proposed limiting access to valuable goods and high-end venues according to contribution ratings, and tying those ratings to achievements in cultivation, research, invention, and education.
• Lin Yan told Liu Mingxuan that he would reveal his solution for restoring people's ambition later, then continued discussions with Liu Mingxuan and Jia Yi about Earth's reforms, especially education.
• After Jia Yi and Liu Mingxuan left, Lin Yan told Wen Zhi'an that he wanted people to have opportunities to change their destinies through learning and creation.
• Lin Yan decided to visit the Zerg Mother Nest in Shennongjia, intending to control it and develop an Immortal-level Zerg force.

Lin Yan retrieved the dormant Zerg Mother Nest from Earth, enslaved its Mother Queen, Ilina, and tasked her with building a powerful Zerg King Legion. He then revealed a mysterious crystal that could help Ilina overcome the Law-comprehension barrier to immortality.

• Lin Yan traveled to Shennongjia, collected the dormant World Lord-level Zerg Mother Nest, and reassigned Ke En to guard resource transport routes.
• Inside his World Ring, Lin Yan used the Heavenly Demon Gu to enslave the sleeping Mother Queen, who introduced herself as Ilina.
• Ilina explained that becoming Immortal required profound comprehension of Space or Time Law as well as immense resources, and offered to nurture Zerg Warriors for Lin Yan.
• Lin Yan gave Ilina a World Ring containing enough high-quality Zerg corpses to create a million-strong King Legion, and she recommended focusing on King Tiger Armor Zerg.
• Lin Yan revealed a radiant, dark-crimson-hazed Transparent Crystal, leaving Ilina stunned as he asked whether she now had confidence in becoming Immortal.