Chapter Summaries

Lin Zhen reached Emerald Star, where Shangguan Jiao told him that Emperor Long Jue Tian had granted him an earldom and one billion Tianhe Coins for discovering a wormhole. He arrived at Prince Shangguan Manor to collect his earl chip and was welcomed with an extravagant gathering.

• After leaving Aurora Planet, Lin Zhen crossed a wormhole from its satellite to Emerald Star's satellite and headed for the empire's capital.
• Lin Zhen learned that he had become a wanted criminal on Aurora Star, but he dismissed the local manhunt.
• Shangguan Jiao told Lin Zhen that Emperor Long Jue Tian had rewarded him with an earldom and one billion Tianhe Coins for discovering the wormhole.
• Lin Zhen traveled to Prince Shangguan Manor, where Shangguan Jiao's friends were waiting to welcome him and issue his earl chip.
• Shangguan Jiao greeted Lin Zhen with an extravagant display and offered him his choice of the manor's women and guards as a gift.

Lin Zhen became an Empire Earl, kept Chris as his Intelligent Life, and used his new wealth and status to build influence. After completing his arena missions, he prepared to shop for equipment and slaves before returning to Earth.

• Shangguan Jiao gave Lin Zhen his earl chip, and Lin Zhen chose to keep Chris, whose emotions began to develop.
• Lin Zhen transferred the one billion Tianhe Coin reward into his account and upgraded to Platinum Member status.
• At Shangguan Jiao's feast, Lin Zhen accepted work from the young nobles and collected enough identity chips to meet his goals of one thousand citizens and one hundred thousand commoners.
• Lin Zhen completed his accepted arena missions, winning easily and growing famous among Emerald Star's upper circles.
• Chris advised Lin Zhen to buy the Treading the Sea spear manual, a larger spaceship, and powerful slaves, and Lin Zhen agreed to go shopping.

Lin Zhen bought the Black Pearl, a powerful pirate ship, after negotiating a discount, Energy Blocks, and ten skilled slaves. As the ship was prepared for departure, he met the slaves, including two whose Planet Stage power exceeded his own.

• Lin Zhen visited the Aerospace Goods Center to find a fast, well-armed spaceship for his return to Earth.
• Chris identified the Black Pearl as a powerful ship from the Sanjiang Star Region Federation, though its pirate markings and former owners made it difficult to sell.
• Lin Zhen arranged a ten-billion loan and negotiated the Black Pearl's price down to nine billion, with three hundred million worth of Energy Blocks and ten spaceship-operating slaves included.
• The salesperson finalized the sale, and the center began loading Energy Blocks onto the Black Pearl.
• Lin Zhen met the ten slaves and noticed that the first two had reached Level Eight Planet Stage.

Lin Zhen took ownership of ten captured pirates along with the Black Pearl and promised them the chance to join his Knights Order. After promoting Luo Ni and Sha Ke to private knights, he took them to help him choose more slaves before setting out for his planet.

• Lin Zhen learned that the ten slaves included former Black Pearl first mates Luo Ni and Sha Ke, who had served the pirate Xi Lan Ke.
• Lin Zhen accepted the slaves, transferred their master chips, and offered to make them knights if they served him well.
• Luo Ni and the others pledged their loyalty, and the pirates excitedly returned to their stations aboard the Black Pearl.
• Lin Zhen had the crew move the ship to a nearby parking pad and explained that he wanted to buy more slaves for its crew.
• After Luo Ni and Sha Ke offered to guide him through the slave market, Lin Zhen promoted them to private knights and left the ship with them.

Lin Zhen visited Qunxing Market to find useful slaves and bought Stephen’s pirate crew after bargaining down their price. He made Stephen and two other Planet Stage fighters Knights, while the rest of the pirates hoped to earn the same rank, and Lin Zhen realized he needed more respectable slaves to balance their rough appearance.

• Lin Zhen toured Qunxing Market with Luo Ni and Sha Ke, ignoring a battlefield general whose individual strength was too weak to be useful.
• Luo Ni led Lin Zhen to a platform displaying Stephen’s pirate crew, where Lin Zhen recognized Stephen as a Level Nine Peak Planet Stage Mind Power Master.
• Luo Ni and Sha Ke argued with Stephen, then negotiated with the slave trader while Lin Zhen initially objected to buying a notorious pirate crew.
• Lin Zhen bought more than a thousand pirates for just over three hundred million and promoted Stephen and two other Planet Stage fighters to Knights.
• Lin Zhen promised the other pirates they could become Knights upon reaching Planet Stage and realized he needed more presentable slaves for his territory.

Lin Zhen bought the angel sisters Da Anqi Er and Xiao Anqi Er, then recruited the Seraph Jason as a centurion after the sisters helped him regain his purpose. He returned to the Black Pearl with them and found Stephen, Luo Ni, and the pirates preparing for a plundering expedition.

• Lin Zhen let Sha Ke identify the enslaved angel sisters, then bought Da Anqi Er and Xiao Anqi Er for sixty million Tianhe Coins.
• The sisters told Lin Zhen that the Light God Race had been captured and enslaved, and that Jason was also in the slave market.
• Lin Zhen bought the Star Stage Seraph Jason for one billion Tianhe Coins, but Jason tried to self-detonate before recognizing the sisters.
• Xiao Anqi Er reminded Jason that he could help keep Sha Ke and Lin Zhen’s pirates in line, restoring his resolve to serve Lin Zhen.
• Lin Zhen appointed Jason a centurion, and the group returned to the Black Pearl.
• Lin Zhen found Stephen, Luo Ni, and the others preparing the pirates and ship for a plundering expedition.

Lin Zhen brought his newly organized crew from Emerald Star to Aurora Star, where Stephen’s past as a pirate alarmed the local council. The chapter ended with Aurora Star mistaking Lin Zhen for the leader of the infamous Black Pearl pirates and calling on its military to attack.

• Lin Zhen assigned the Comet Stage pirates to the ship, made the Satellite Stage warriors his guard and combat team, and appointed Jason Centurion to keep the crew in line.
• Lin Zhen’s crew took a wormhole to Aurora Star, where Stephen revealed that he and his former pirates had once raided the planet.
• Lin Zhen ordered everyone into uniforms bearing his dragon family crest and had the Black Pearl descend slowly so Aurora Star’s radar could detect it.
• Stephen greeted Aurora Star’s councilors over a communication link, and they panicked at the sight of him and his former accomplices.
• Lin Zhen identified himself as an Empire Earl, but the councilors found his name on a wanted order and the exposed Black Pearl emblem confirmed their suspicions.
• Aurora Star’s commander declared Lin Zhen the Pirate Leader, and the councilors fled while ordering the military to fire and hoping their regional Baron would arrive.

Lin Zhen destroyed Aurora Star’s defenses after its forces fired on the Black Pearl, then confronted the planet’s leaders and Baron Hua Xi Li. He arranged a meeting at the baron’s grandfather’s mansion, where he used his status and connections to pressure the baron into offering compensation.

• Lin Zhen ordered Luo Ni to destroy Aurora Star’s attacking fighters and firing points while sparing the planet’s citizens.
• The Black Pearl reached Giant Elephant City, but Aurora Star’s councilors hid until an approaching spacecraft interrupted Lin Zhen’s order to seize them.
• Baron Hua Xi Li contacted Lin Zhen, dismissed his claim to be an Empire Earl, and warned him to leave Tianhe Empire territory.
• Lin Zhen learned of Hua Xi Li’s family connections, contacted Shangguan Jiao, and appeared at Viscount Hua Xi Li’s mansion with Shangguan Jiao’s allies.
• Viscount Hua Xi Li slapped his grandson, Baron Hua Xi Li, and ordered him to kneel and apologize to Lin Zhen.
• Lin Zhen refused to forgive the baron outright and waited for him to figure out how to make amends, intending to recover some of his debt.

Lin Zhen returned to Earth after forcing Hua Xi Li to surrender money and Poison Mist Mountain, then learned that Ya Xuan had located the shelter where Lin Zhen's family was hiding. As an enemy squadron headed to Australia Continent to seize them, Lin Zhen raced there to protect his family.

• Stephen demanded money, Energy Blocks, and Poison Mist Mountain from Hua Xi Li on Lin Zhen's behalf, and Hua Xi Li secretly vowed revenge.
• Lin Zhen loaded the Energy Blocks aboard the Black Pearl, left Golden Eagle and Silver Eagle to guard Poison Mist Mountain, and traveled through the wormhole from Mars toward Earth.
• Ya Xuan ordered a scan of Earth to find Lin Zhen's family, discovered a shielded area on Australia Continent, and sent a squadron to capture them alive.
• Lin Zhen emerged from the sea near Bermuda, realized the scanner had found his family's hiding place, and flew toward Australia Continent to intervene.

Lin Zhen arrived in Sydney Old City and rescued his family after Baggio and the Ascetic Monks fought off an extraterrestrial squadron. As Ya Xuan pursued Lin Zhen’s Black Phantom, the Black Pearl appeared and took the vehicle aboard.

• Baggio and the Ascetic Monks defended the Sydney gymnasium from a Tianhe Empire squadron, but the Satellite Stage Squadron Leader overwhelmed them.
• Lin Zhen arrived, trapped the Squadron Leader with Folded Space, and let Baggio’s Judgment of Light destroy him while Lin Zhen remained unharmed.
• Lin Zhen reunited with Lin Liye, Li Qin, An Ning, and Yue'er, then led them and the Ascetic Monks aboard the Black Phantom to escape Ya Xuan’s approaching fleet.
• Ya Xuan’s fleet caught up with the Black Phantom and prepared to capture it, but the Black Pearl suddenly arrived.
• The Black Pearl took the Black Phantom aboard, stunning Ya Xuan and his soldiers.

Lin Zhen’s knights destroyed Baron Ya Xuan’s fleet and captured him after he threatened Lin Zhen’s family. Countess Diana arrived and challenged Lin Zhen, threatening to appeal to the Empire Noble Court and strip him of his title.

• Luo Ni tricked Ya Xuan into admitting that he planned to capture Lin Zhen’s family and sell them, then revealed that Lin Zhen was his master.
• Lin Zhen ordered the Black Pearl to fire, and it destroyed Ya Xuan’s fleet, leaving only his flagship.
• Luo Ni, Sha Ke, Stephen, and Jason blocked Ya Xuan’s escape, and Jason captured him so Lin Zhen could bind his soul with Soul Lock.
• Countess Diana arrived, accused Lin Zhen of attacking Empire soldiers over native residents, and threatened to take the matter to the Empire Noble Court.

Lin Zhen used his noble status and Imperial identities to protect his family and free captured Huaxia fighters, then began distributing limited identities across Earth. After resting with Su Mingyue and An Ning, he joined Chen Fenglie, An Bihuai, and Qing Xu for drinks on Emerald Star.

• Lin Zhen showed Diana that his parents and girlfriends were Imperial knights, rebuffed her threats, and left with Ya Xuan.
• Lin Zhen ordered Ya Xuan to bring him the captives, and the prisoners escaped after their guards supposedly got drunk.
• Lin Zhen distributed commoner identities to Huaxia Martial Artists and rationed citizen and commoner slots to other countries, giving Tsarist Russia and India fewer slots because of their arrogance.
• Lin Zhen rested with Su Mingyue and An Ning while his clone answered Chen Fenglie's invitation to the Fire Dragon Mountain Bar.
• Qing Xu treated Lin Zhen, Chen Fenglie, and An Bihuai to a meal after learning how valuable Lin Zhen's citizen identity was.

Chen Fenglie was invited to pursue the Asura Arena after Han Sha recognized his domain, while Lin Zhen began cultivating wind and lightning resonance. Meanwhile, Diana learned that a Nine Star Asura King’s World Stone was hidden aboard the Red Rose and ordered her subordinates to find it.

• After the group struggled with the restaurant bill, Han Sha paid and invited Chen Fenglie to fight in the Asura Arena because he sensed Chen Fenglie’s domain.
• Lin Zhen encouraged Chen Fenglie to accept Han Sha’s offer, and the group became determined to pursue Asura status themselves.
• Lin Zhen flew the Black Pearl into a storm and used lightning and wind to cultivate resonance with both elements.
• Xin Ou and Tu Ya told Diana that the Red Rose concealed a World Stone containing the wealth and inheritance of Laya Star’s former owner, a Nine Star Asura King.
• Diana revealed that she was a three-gold-star Asura and ordered her subordinates to find the World Stone, threatening anyone who opposed her.

Diana hired a powerful mercenary to assassinate Lin Zhen, while Lin Zhen mastered Treading the Sea and began developing an attack that simulated a planet's explosion. He entered the Dimensional Universe to train, leaving Chen Fenglie and the others realizing they could no longer gauge his strength.

• Diana decided Lin Zhen had to be eliminated and hired a Planet Stage Level Seven, Gold Four-Star Asura Martial Artist for thirty million Sanjiang Coin.
• Lin Zhen demonstrated his newly mastered Treading the Sea Spear Art in the Pacific, impressing Qing Xu, An Bihuai, and Chen Fenglie.
• Chen Fenglie and Qing Xu discussed breaking domains, inspiring Lin Zhen to apply the planetary evolution he had witnessed in the Time Stone to a new attack.
• Lin Zhen reasoned that he could simulate a planet's explosion with elemental energies and Time Acceleration, but needed a better cultivation environment.
• Chris suggested the Dimensional Universe training grounds, so Lin Zhen entered the Dimensional Universe while Seraph Jason guarded him.
• Chen Fenglie, An Bihuai, and Qing Xu returned with grilled fish and concluded that Lin Zhen had already surpassed them.

Lin Zhen practiced Starburst in the Dimensional Universe, then completed his elemental resonance and formed a domain while his Dark Star advanced to the Proterozoic Eon. He left poised to develop chained Starbursts within his new Star River Domain, while Diana’s hired assassin was on the way to Earth.

• Lin Zhen paid to train in a simulated planetary environment and managed to create a Starburst in eighteen seconds, then booked more time to practice.
• Diana hired a mercenary for fifteen million Sanjiang Coin to assassinate Lin Zhen, and the mercenary expected to reach Earth within seven days.
• An Ning refused to let delegations from Tsarist Russia and India disturb Lin Zhen’s cultivation, and Stephen went to confront them.
• At Iron Ore Mountain, Lin Zhen resonated with the last Gold Qi Atoms, triggering an elemental storm that transformed his Seven Stars Knife into a Divine Artifact and his two Long Spears into High Grade Divine Artifacts.
• Lin Zhen’s Dark Star formed the Proterozoic Eon, and the storm created his three-hundred-meter Star River Domain, where he began forming small planets.

Sasha, a three-star Asura from the Anderson Family, traveled to Earth in an Eternal Crystal Spaceship to assassinate Lin Zhen. She lured Jason away with her clone, but Lin Zhen waited for her to enter his Star River Domain, ready to strike as she closed in.

• Sasha traveled from the Sanjiang Star Region Federation toward Earth and set her spaceship to return automatically if she failed or ran out of time.
• Sasha scanned for Lin Zhen and was surprised that he had not yet entered the Star Realm, then sent her clone to draw Jason away.
• Lin Zhen finished practicing Starburst and considered breaking through to the Star Realm to gain more combat experience.
• Jason fought Sasha's clone in the sky and gradually chased it away from Lin Zhen.
• Sasha's main body descended to attack Lin Zhen, and Lin Zhen waited until she entered his Star River Domain before it trembled.

Lin Zhen used his Star Core Domain and newly comprehended Starburst to overwhelm Sasha, who tried to escape after her divine armor was destroyed. His clone and main body cornered and fatally wounded her, and Lin Zhen began questioning her about how she had arrived and where her spaceship was.

• Sasha entered Lin Zhen’s domain and discovered that he had reached the Comet Stage, then attacked him with her sword.
• Lin Zhen used Space Severance to cut Sasha’s hair and detonated planets with Starburst, repeatedly injuring her and destroying her divine artifact armor.
• Sasha fled the domain as Lin Zhen sent exploding planets after her, but the Sasha who was blasted apart turned out to be her clone.
• Lin Zhen’s main body and clone attacked Sasha with their spears as she escaped, piercing her with wounds until they pinned her to the ground.
• Lin Zhen used Mental Power to question the dying Sasha about how she had arrived and where her spaceship was.

After killing Sasha, Lin Zhen learned that the Anderson Family would send another assassin and planned to intercept their spaceship, but he needed money and time to prepare. He left for the moon to break through to the Star Realm while Diana arranged the next attack and searched Ancient God City for a World Stone.

• Lin Zhen learned that the Anderson Family was one of the Sanjiang Star Region Federation's great families and expected a stronger assassin to arrive in about twenty days.
• Lin Zhen planned to capture the Anderson Family's Eternal Crystal Spaceship, but learned that the required Alloy Entrapment Net cost one hundred million Sanjiang Coin.
• Jason told Lin Zhen that Diana's forces were searching Ancient God City's Fourth Layer, and Lin Zhen decided to break through to the Star Realm before joining them.
• Lin Zhen flew to the moon and began his breakthrough on a Ring Mountain, with Jason following him.
• Mr. Anderson told Diana that the second group of assassins would reach Earth within twenty days after Sasha's death.
• Diana told Ya Xuan to hurry the search for the World Stone and said Lin Zhen would not become a lord within twenty days.

Lin Zhen learned that Diana had delayed his fief application by disputing his claim to the Solar System, so he resolved to become an Asura Martial Artist and raise the money needed to secure the territory. On the Moon, he broke through to the Stellar Realm and reached Star Core level six, while his clone advanced to Satellite Stage level six and became eligible to enter the Asura Arena.

• Lin Zhen applied to claim a fief centered on Earth, but the staff member told him Diana had secured a twenty-day delay by disputing his claim.
• Lin Zhen learned that becoming an Asura Martial Artist could overcome the obstruction and provide access to loans, but he would also need to raise enough money for the fief and an Entrapment Net.
• Lin Zhen decided to aim for red one-star Asura status and relied on his original body's breakthrough to prepare his clone for the arena.
• On the Moon, Lin Zhen absorbed Dark Energy, broke through to the Stellar Realm, and rapidly advanced to peak Star Core level six.
• Lin Zhen continued stabilizing his cultivation as his clone reached Satellite Stage level six and qualified to enter the Asura Arena.

Lin Zhen entered the Asura Arena, won his first match, and watched Qing Xu accept a challenge from a stronger Planet Stage Martial Artist. Lin Zhen then prepared to exchange Sanjiang Coin so he could wager on the fight.

• Chen Fenglie, Qing Xu, and An Bihuai told Lin Zhen about the Asura Arena’s brutal battles and their win rates.
• Lin Zhen registered, chose random matchmaking, and defeated Alati with Mental Impact and Gold Qi.
• Lin Zhen reunited with his friends, and they joked about his chance to become a One Crown Asura King after his first win.
• A level one Planet Stage Martial Artist insulted the group, and Qing Xu accepted his specific challenge.
• Lin Zhen asked whether they could wager on the challenge and entered the bank to exchange Sanjiang Coin.