Chapter Summaries

Lin Zhen spent a peaceful year with his family, celebrated the New Year, and considered joining the fighting in the Chaotic Star River. As he prepared to leave home, Han Sha contacted him with news that might help him.

• Lin Zhen enjoyed domestic life while his cultivation and Dark Star advanced, and his family gathered to celebrate the New Year together.
• Lin Zhen's parents urged him to spend more time at home, and he thought about eventually moving his family to Dark Star once it became habitable.
• Lin Zhen learned that the Under-Hundred-Year-Old Training Camp would depart for the Chaotic Star River in a month, and he decided he might go as a volunteer.
• Han Sha contacted Lin Zhen through the Dimensional Universe, surprising him after a long silence.

Lin Zhen received Hong Bo’s place in the Fire Kirin Empire’s Under-Hundred-Year-Old Training Camp and prepared to join the war in the Chaotic Star River. After training, saying goodbye to his family, and leaving Xi Lan Ke to guard his home, he departed for the training camp.

• Han Sha told Lin Zhen that Hong Bo had died and Lin Zhen would represent the Star River Giant Beast Alliance in the training camp’s expedition against the Demon Insect Empire.
• Lin Zhen reviewed the war details and prominent contestants, then improved his combat skills until he defeated a simulated level-one Star System Stage expert.
• Lin Zhen told his family he would join the expedition, left Star Crystals for his wives, and spent the night with them before departing.
• Lin Zhen left Xi Lan Ke to protect his home, boarded the Eternal Crystal Battleship, and entered the parallel universe for the Fire Kirin Empire.

Lin Zhen arrived at Kirin Saint Star to join the Under-Hundred-Year-Old Training Camp, receiving the final participant number despite his low cultivation level. After reaching the capital, he chose to explore it before reporting to camp and heard that the Qingluan Society was led by Feng Qingluan, a powerful disciple of Realm King Hunshi.

• Lin Zhen perfected his Azure Sky-color Mental Power during the journey and strengthened his Star River Domain before entering Fire Kirin Empire territory.
• A Training Camp staff member issued Lin Zhen participant number 300000, mocked his cultivation level, and was intimidated by Lin Zhen's Mental Power.
• Lin Zhen reached Kirin Saint Star, learned about its enormous scale and defenses, and chose to visit the capital before going to the Training Camp.
• Lin Zhen stored his battleship outside the capital and descended to the South Gate, where a passerby warned him that he was blocking riders from the Qingluan Society.
• The passerby told Lin Zhen that Feng Qingluan led the Qingluan Society and was a mid-stage Star System powerhouse and Realm King Hunshi's disciple.

Lin Zhen witnessed Feng Qingluan annihilate a Red Fox attack with her white-hot flames, then learned that Feng Hong'er wanted to discuss Yan Jun Realm King's inheritance Golden Paper. Feng Hong'er asked whether Lin Zhen possessed it and said Feng Qingluan wanted to buy it.

• Feng Qingluan admitted that the Qingluan Society had attacked Red Fox and declared she would face any revenge or Realm King opponents.
• Zhu Hai led more than a thousand Red Fox martial artists in an attack, and Feng Qingluan vaporized nearly all of them with white-hot flames.
• Feng Hong'er recognized Lin Zhen, and Feng Qingluan spared him before her group entered the city.
• Lin Zhen gave Feng Hong'er his Dimensional Universe Number and later met her at Enchanting Shadow Bar.
• Feng Hong'er asked Lin Zhen whether Yan Jun Realm King's inheritance Golden Paper was in his possession and said Feng Qingluan wanted to buy it.

Lin Zhen met Feng Hong'er and failed to reach an agreement with Feng Qingluan over the final Golden Paper of Inheritance. He arrived at the Under-Hundred-Year-Old Training Camp, where his barracks companions briefed him on the Chaotic Star River and warned him about powerful competitors before the camp departed.

• Lin Zhen offered up to two hundred billion Cosmic Crystals for Feng Qingluan's Golden Paper, but Feng Hong'er reported that Feng Qingluan would not accept the deal.
• Feng Hong'er warned Lin Zhen that Tian Ci wanted revenge and urged him to seek protection from Ye Hua.
• Lin Zhen traveled to Camp Zone Six and met Tony and three other Martial Artists in his barracks.
• Tony explained the dangers and resources of the Chaotic Star River, warned the group not to antagonize influential competitors, and began discussing the Demon Insect Empire's Mantis Clan.
• Dawn arrived, and the Training Camp prepared to depart.

Lin Zhen and the Fire Kirin Empire’s young warriors traveled to the Chaotic Star River to reinforce the frontier. After cultivating during the journey, Lin Zhen arrived at the Bright Passage stronger and ready to enter the battlefield.

• Emperor Tian Hao Yu rallied the Concentration Camp’s three hundred thousand warriors, and Lin Zhen boarded the last warship with Tony and the others.
• Chris calculated that Qin Fei’s Star Power exceeded six hundred, while Lin Zhen’s was four hundred and thirty, prompting Lin Zhen to focus on cultivating during the month-long trip.
• Three injured Fire Kirin Martial Artists fled Locust Warriors through a meteorite field, hoping to reach the Bright Passage before they were caught.
• The warship reached the Bright Passage, where the group learned that it was the main gateway into the Chaotic Star River and the frontier between the Fire Kirin and Demon Insect Empires.
• Lin Zhen arrived at the battlefield after raising his cultivation to peak Star Level Three and his Star Power to over four hundred and eighty.

Lin Zhen’s team entered the Chaotic Star River, where he noticed a group of fleeing Martial Artists pursued by Locust Warriors. He stayed to fight, annihilated all three hundred enemies, and finished ranked first in kills among the Martial Artists in the river.

• Tony led Lin Zhen and three other Martial Artists toward the northeast in search of resource planets.
• Lin Zhen sensed approaching figures, and three fleeing Martial Artists arrived with more than a hundred Locust Warriors behind them.
• Tony and the others fled, but Lin Zhen used Gravity to pull the exhausted Martial Artists to safety and charged at the Locust Warriors.
• Lin Zhen killed the first wave with his spear, then used Star River Domain and repeated Tianhe Star Bursts to destroy most of the Locust Warriors.
• Lin Zhen’s clone appeared behind the remaining Locust Warriors, and he and his clone killed the entire force of three hundred, putting him first in kills.

Lin Zhen killed a group of Locust Warriors, discovered his clone’s instinct to devour their bodies, and learned of a nearby Thunder Crystal resource planet. His sudden lead in the rankings drew the attention of powerful contestants and Tian Ci, who vowed to kill him.

• Lin Zhen defeated the Locust Warriors, stored their bodies in his Dark Star Space for his clone to devour, and learned that the survivors had found Thunder Crystal ore near a Garbage Disposal Plant.
• The injured Martial Artists gave Lin Zhen rough directions to the resource planet, and he set out to search for it.
• Lin Zhen’s 301 kills placed him first in the Concentration Camp rankings, surpassing Ye Hua, Feng Qingluan, Nan Lie, and Zhang Zhidong.
• Ye Hua, Feng Qingluan, Nan Lie, Zhang Zhidong, and other contestants reacted to Lin Zhen’s rise, with many suspecting that luck had helped him.
• Tian Ci recognized Lin Zhen in the rankings and vowed to ensure he did not leave the Chaotic Star River alive.

Lin Zhen learned that the insect race had seven mother nests and a vast force in the Chaotic Star River, then continued toward the Garbage Disposal Plant. Meanwhile, Tian Ci discovered Lin Zhen’s location and put a bounty on him, sharing his coordinates with both contestants and the Demon Insect Empire.

• Lin Zhen defeated two Beetle Warriors and used Soul Lock to question the Black Hole Stage warrior, learning about the seven mother nests and the insect army’s strength.
• The controlled warrior revealed the Suspended Island’s Ancient Stone Tablet required Blue Cold Stones, but died before explaining what the tablet recorded.
• Lin Zhen stored the insect corpses, noted his clone’s Fire Qilin transformation was advancing, and decided to seek the resource planet while watching for Blue Cold Stones.
• Ye Hua reclaimed first place on the Kill Ranking, while Lin Zhen’s kill count remained at 303 and his ranking slipped.
• Tian Ci used a Locator to find Lin Zhen at the Garbage Disposal Plant and offered ten billion Cosmic Crystals for his death, sending the coordinates to contestants and the Demon Insect Empire.

Lin Zhen searched a vast garbage field for Cold Stones and survived multiple attempts to kill him. After Tony and his companions betrayed him, Lin Zhen killed them and realized that something was seriously wrong.

• Lin Zhen searched the Garbage Disposal Plant, found Cold Stones, and learned they were needed to view the monument on Suspended Island.
• Tian Ci placed a hidden ten-billion-Cosmic-Crystal bounty on Lin Zhen, drawing Human Race and Insect Race hunters toward the garbage field.
• Lin Zhen saw through a Qingluan Society woman's staged peril, killed her when she tried to stab him, and encountered Tony and his companions.
• Tony and three Star Stage Martial Artists trapped Lin Zhen in silkworm-silk nets and tried to kill him, but Lin Zhen broke free, killed the attackers, and had his avatar hide their bodies.
• After surviving repeated ambushes, Lin Zhen asked Chris what was going on.

Lin Zhen evaded multiple pursuers, including Sun Hao, after discovering that his location was being tracked. He sent his clone to search for resources while his main body drew the hunters away, and the clone resumed its search for a large resource planet.

• Lin Zhen fled a Garbage Star in his spacecraft, escaped an Insect Race warship, and was soon confronted by Sun Hao of the Fire Kirin Empire.
• Lin Zhen and his clone launched a coordinated assault that injured Sun Hao, then used the clash to escape aboard the spacecraft.
• Sun Hao pursued Lin Zhen with a Locator and revealed that the Concentration Camp's Locators could track his identity number.
• Lin Zhen concluded that Tian Ci was behind the hunt and sent his clone onto a Meteorite while his main body piloted the spacecraft to draw away seven pursuing warships.
• After the warships passed without detecting it, Lin Zhen's clone continued searching for a large resource planet beneath a deep layer of trash.

After months of evading his pursuers, Lin Zhen's clone found a resource planet while his main body prepared to return and confront the remaining hunters. As a flower bloomed in his Dark Star, it advanced into the Mesozoic Era, leaving Lin Zhen poised to settle the chase and grow stronger.

• Three hundred thousand hunters dwindled to fewer than a hundred as the Insect Clan routed the Fire Kirin Empire's forces; Zhang Zhidong died, and Feng Qingluan disappeared after being badly wounded.
• Lin Zhen's clone found a resource planet after seven months of searching, and Chris estimated its Thunder Crystals could raise Lin Zhen to around Star Level Eight.
• Lin Zhen decided to return to the Garbage Disposal Plant and confront the twenty or thirty Fire Kirin pursuers still following him.
• Sun Hao believed Lin Zhen was running out of Energy Blocks and expected to catch him at the Garbage Disposal Plant.
• Lin Zhen's Dark Star absorbed the Planet Grass and Wood Heart's power, and a red flower bloomed, triggering its advance into the Mesozoic Era.

Lin Zhen advanced into the Mesozoic Era and gained enough Star Power to challenge Sun Hao. As Sun Hao attacked him on the Garbage Star, Lin Zhen's main body and clone fought together and began to overwhelm him.

• Lin Zhen's Star Power rose to seven hundred as the Dark Star World entered the Mesozoic Era.
• Feng Qingluan was cornered by the Centipede Commander, the Spider Commander, and six other insectoid Martial Artists, but she used her Origin True Fire to kill the six and escape.
• Lin Zhen's main body and clone prepared for Sun Hao's attack on the Garbage Star.
• Lin Zhen used gravity to crash two pursuing spacecraft, and his clone killed two Black Hole Late Stage Martial Artists as the remaining hunters scattered.
• Sun Hao challenged Lin Zhen, but Lin Zhen's armored main body and clone attacked together and forced Sun Hao onto the defensive.

Lin Zhen defeated Sun Hao, claimed his possessions, and found Thunder Crystal Ore on the resource planet. He discovered that his flames could not refine the ore and was left searching for a way to smelt it.

• Lin Zhen overwhelmed Sun Hao with coordinated attacks from his original body and clone, then let the clone devour him in Dark Star Space.
• Lin Zhen took Sun Hao’s Space Ring and found valuable artifacts, star-transfer materials, a furnace, and Sun Hao’s apprentice notes.
• Lin Zhen cleared the garbage from the resource planet and uncovered Thunder Crystal Ore that could help him advance.
• Lin Zhen tried absorbing the unrefined ore but stopped when its impurities threatened his cultivation.
• Lin Zhen used Sun Hao’s furnace to try refining the ore, but his flames were too weak to smelt it, and he wondered whether Feng Qingluan could help.

Lin Zhen rescued a badly injured fire-element Super Star River Beast and discovered that his blood had helped it recover while strengthening his own fire element. The little phoenix woke but remained aloof, and Lin Zhen resorted to making it rain to disrupt its proud demeanor.

• Lin Zhen worried about the worsening war, then found a wounded bird and recognized it as a fire-element Super Star River Beast.
• Lin Zhen healed the bird with his Star Power and blood, nearly exhausting himself in the process.
• Ye Hua rescued several Fire Qilin Martial Artists from insectoids, and their recording of his victory restored morale across the empire.
• Lin Zhen woke to find that the bird had recovered and his fire element had grown stronger; he concluded that it was a little phoenix.
• Lin Zhen tried to entice Little Phoenix with food, but when she ignored him, he made it rain and drenched her.

Lin Zhen tried to tame the injured Little Phoenix by feeding and caring for her, eventually discovering that she liked cooked meat and human language. Little Phoenix rested in his arms while he cultivated Flame Power, and Lin Zhen planned to use her flames to refine the Thunder Crystal.

• Lin Zhen drove Little Phoenix through wind and rain, then stopped when he realized she would rather endure the storm than come to him.
• Lin Zhen bathed Little Phoenix and promised to care for her until she recovered and could be set free.
• Little Phoenix rejected the insects Lin Zhen offered, but ate the grilled beef after he teased her about giving her another bath.
• Little Phoenix accidentally burned the beef with her flame, revealing the strength of her firepower to Lin Zhen.
• Lin Zhen cultivated Flame Power with Little Phoenix in his arms, and she fell asleep comfortably in the flames.

Lin Zhen used the Little Phoenix’s flames to strengthen his own and successfully refined a piece of Thunder Crystal, but he needed her help to improve further. After several days of feeding and healing her, he sang an old song that stirred the Little Phoenix’s powerful golden-white flames.

• During treatment, the Little Phoenix released golden-yellow flames that merged with Lin Zhen’s, raising his Flame Power to deep yellow.
• Lin Zhen refined Thunder Crystal Ore into a small crystal and absorbed its energy, gaining only a slight improvement.
• Lin Zhen tried to coax more flames from the Little Phoenix with food and treatment, but she refused to release them again.
• Over the next few days, Lin Zhen fed and healed the Little Phoenix, and she gradually grew more accustomed to him.
• After Lin Zhen sang an ancient song while treating her, golden-yellow flames beginning to turn white rose from the Little Phoenix’s body.

Lin Zhen increased his strength to Star Stage Level Seven while raising Little Phoenix, and the Spider Commander prepared to travel to Suspended Island as the island’s opening approached. With Lin Zhen now last on the Kill Ranking, Little Phoenix brought him a Cold Stone, leaving him to decide whether to advance or head to Suspended Island.

• Lin Zhen smelted eight tons of Thunder Crystals and devoured their energy, advancing from Star Stage Level Four to Level Five with 753 Star Power.
• Lin Zhen spent the following months cultivating, fighting Star System Level Two opponents in the Simulation Field, and trying to coax Little Phoenix onto his shoulder as she recovered.
• The Spider Commander failed to locate Feng Qingluan and set out for Suspended Island, ordering the Spider Nest guarded before the Insect Race’s planned assault on the Fire Qilin Empire.
• As Suspended Island’s opening neared, experts from both sides prepared to travel there, while Ye Hua led the Kill Ranking and Lin Zhen fell to last place.
• Lin Zhen reached Star Stage Level Seven Initial with 850 Star Power, then saw Little Phoenix bring him a Cold Stone.

Lin Zhen collected Thunder Crystal and two million Cold Stones, then set off with Little Phoenix for Suspended Island, hoping to advance and comprehend the Ancient Heavenly Stele. The chapter ends as Suspended Island’s dangerous defenses and the gathering of experts from four Advanced Civilization Universe Countries are introduced.

• Little Phoenix led Lin Zhen to a Garbage Star rich in Cold Stones, and Lin Zhen’s robots excavated two million of them.
• Lin Zhen tried to buy Little Phoenix a Phoenix Tree, but delivery to Chaotic Star River would take too long; he learned that World Teleportation could bring one for ten billion Cosmic Crystals if he found a World King nearby.
• Lin Zhen spent half a month mining Thunder Crystal and Cold Stones, destroying the Garbage Star in the process and gathering enough Thunder Crystal to advance to Star Level Nine.
• Little Phoenix chose to accompany Lin Zhen, and they boarded a spaceship for Suspended Island.
• Experts from the Fire Qilin, Demon Insect Empire, and two neighboring empires gathered at Suspended Island to seek insight from the Ancient Heavenly Stele.
• Suspended Island was surrounded by a high-speed meteorite belt and guarded by golden lightning beneath a Black Cloud.

Martial Artists crossed the dangerous meteorite belt into Suspended Island and discovered three Heaven Tablets offering profound insights into space, time, and Mental Power. Ye Hua and the others learned that only a handful had ever reached the tablets’ summits, and they had one year to choose a tablet and comprehend it.

• The meteorite belt opened, and many Martial Artists died trying to cross it; Jinnaluo, Lanka, the Mantis Commander, and Ye Hua were among the first to reach Suspended Island.
• A Star System Level 3 Martial Artist was struck down by golden lightning after trying to fly, so Ye Hua warned the others to stay on the ground and then continued toward the tablets.
• Ye Hua inspected the Boundary, Stillness, and Illusion Heaven Tablets, which contained insights into Space Law, Time Law, and Mental Power.
• The Martial Artists learned that fewer than a hundred people had ever reached a tablet’s summit and that Suspended Island would close again in one year, forcing them to choose which tablet to study.