Recaps

Lin Qi rose to the top of Blazing Sun Mountain, strengthened himself, and helped Blue Star defeat an invading force of Cosmic Fugitives. After finding a Star Devouring Beast Egg among his spoils, he decided to seek the rare resource that could revive it at No. 9 Ruins.

• Lin Qi enrolled at Blazing Sun Academy, climbed the Blazing Sun List through its trials, and ultimately took first place after reaching the Fifth Stage.
• Lin Qi won 500 consecutive Cosmic Arena matches, advanced to 9-Star Combat Power, and defeated Sky Soaring Realm opponents while improving his techniques and equipment.
• As Earth Civilization prepared for the Deep Space Genius Competition, Lin Qi learned that a ship carrying Cosmic Fugitives was approaching Blue Star and volunteered to fight them.
• Lin Qi opened his 101st Aperture, then joined Blue Star’s forces in hunting the 240 fugitives after their spaceship was destroyed.
• Lin Qi defeated and killed Xie Luo, while Blue Star’s forces eliminated all the fugitives without losses and earned bounties for their victories.
• Lin Qi found a black egg in Xie Luo’s Space Bracelet and learned it was likely a Star Devouring Beast Egg that needed Ten Thousand Year Stone Marrow to revive.
• Lin Qi placed the egg where it could absorb Source Energy and decided to enter No. 9 Ruins after reaching the peak of the Aperture Refinement Realm.

Lin Qi broke through to the Sky Soaring Realm, strengthened Earth Civilization’s standing, and prepared for the Deep Space Genius Competition. He dominated Planet 06’s elimination round, defeating Molun to take first place as the round neared its end.

• Lin Qi passed the Starfire Tower’s fifth floor by defeating Nan Dou, perfected his 108 Apertures, and later broke through to the Sky Soaring Realm.
• Lin Qi reforged his Golden Emperor Gang Force, left No. 9 Ruins, and sold the Crimson Emperor a Bloodline Evolution Elixir and the Tower of Starfire.
• Lin Qi welcomed his children, raised the Star Devouring Beast Xiao Tian, and continued cultivating while climbing the Blazing Sun List.
• Lin Qi comprehended Thousand Mountain Split during a disaster tide and killed six Ninth Level Calamity Beasts, then received gifts from Yao Chen ahead of the competition.
• After a year and a half of cultivation, Lin Qi registered for the Deep Space Genius Competition, condensed his fourth Source Vein, and joined more than a billion contestants in the Triangulum Galaxy elimination round.
• On Planet 06, Lin Qi killed contestants and rose in the rankings, then defeated five attackers to reach twelfth place with five days remaining.
• Lin Qi defeated a highly ranked Triangulum contestant to take second place, then killed Molun with Flashing Shadow Myriad Gleams and seized first place on Planet 06.

Lin Qi advanced through the Ten Directions Blood Arena by refining his spear technique, awakening the Gold Law, and defeating increasingly powerful rivals. After earning a bye into the ninth round and killing Yao Feng, he began his match against Byas.

• Lin Qi defeated Craig, Luoning, and Shui Qianlan in the Duel Competition, helping Earth Civilization place seven contestants in the top 16.
• Lin Qi studied hundreds of spear manuals and trained with Source Energy Crystals and Soul Marrow as Earth’s contestants prepared for the Ten Directions Blood Arena.
• Lin Qi survived the Fourteenth Match’s melee, joined Hobbes and Troy against Reynolds, and killed Reynolds before securing one of the eight advancement spots.
• Lin Qi defeated Reynolds and Valentina in the next arena round, then condensed a Soul Core and raised his mental power to the Cosmic Second Realm.
• Lin Qi climbed the Blazing Sun List, defeated successive arena opponents, and comprehended the Gold Law while studying Xiaotian’s patterns as the Star Devouring Beast advanced.
• Lin Qi used Gold Law-infused spear strikes to defeat Duke, Abby, and Adis, then received the final bye into the ninth round.
• Lin Qi defeated Yao Feng with a spiraling spear thrust and advanced, then began his match against Byas, splitting Byas’s first Water Law attack with his spear.
• Byas mocked Lin Qi’s use of Law Power and lack of secret manuals as the two clashed weapons.

During the six-month break, Lin Qi rejected offers to leave Blue Star, strengthened his abilities, and entered the third round of the Deep Space Genius Competition. He finished the Mind Trial in first place and prepared for the Arena Competition, where contestants could earn places in the Three Great Sacred Lands.

• Lin Qi defeated Byas to enter the top ten, then bought three secret manuals and trained during the six-month break while turning down immigration offers.
• Lin Qi condensed his Ninth Source Vein, reached Sky Soaring Realm Perfection, and awakened the Heavenly Eye, which helped him improve his laws and techniques.
• Lin Qi cleared the Starfire Tower’s fifth floor, then returned to training and developed his spear, movement, and mental abilities before the third round.
• The third round’s Mind Trial brought 1.08 million contestants through a series of stages, and Lin Qi finished the first six in steadily improving positions, reaching third place in the Trial of Gold.
• Lin Qi crossed the Trial of Thunder in ninth place and the Trial of Gold in third, then rapidly cleared the first nine illusions at Cloud Dream Mountain.
• Lin Qi resisted the final illusion and became the first contestant to clear all ten, while 3,400 contestants advanced to the Arena Competition.
• After recovering and sharing Lorraine’s contestant file with the others, Lin Qi joined the Arena Competition, where Elder Xing Yu announced that the strongest contestants could earn places in the Three Great Sacred Lands.