Chapter Summaries

Lin Qi completed his eighth Blood Exchange with Thunder Hell Tyrant Lion Blood, then learned he would travel to No. 9 Ruins to seek a Spear Technique Secret Manual. He departed with Mountain and River King and met Sun Sheng, whose greeting turned into a contest of strength.

• Lin Qi watched the fallen Martial Artists’ bodies depart and promised to help Meng Wu’s children if they ever needed him.
• Lin Qi consumed two tons of Thunder Hell Tyrant Lion Blood, completed his eighth Blood Exchange, and raised his vitality and blood value to 9450.
• Lin Qi trained with his spear until Mountain and River King called to announce their departure for No. 9 Ruins the next day.
• Lin Qi left Black Dragon Base aboard Mountain and River King’s Falcon Warplane with Pei Hongfeng and other Martial Artists.
• At a villa in Magic City, Lin Qi met Sun Sheng, and the two began testing each other’s strength through a handshake.

Lin Qi arrived at No. 9 Ruins with Sun Sheng, Li Tianxing, and other geniuses from multiple countries to take the Starfire Tower examination. After Xin Huo introduced the virtual test, Lin Qi began the first-floor challenge against a Blood Exchange Realm Saber Guest.

• Lin Qi and Sun Sheng tested each other's strength aboard the warplane, then Li Tianxing joined them and traded taunts with Sun Sheng.
• Mountain and River King and Pei Hongfeng guided the group through the Otherworld to No. 9 Ruins, where fifty-six geniuses gathered and heard the examination rules.
• Lin Qi entered Virtual Room 06 with Sun Sheng and Li Tianxing, and all three agreed to compete for the highest ranking.
• Xin Huo identified herself as the administrator of the Star Peak X-9 Spaceship and transferred Lin Qi into the Xin Huo Virtual World.
• Xin Huo explained the Starfire Tower rankings and rewards, then Lin Qi began the first-floor examination against an armored Saber Guest.

Lin Qi passed the first and second floors of the Starfire Tower, then entered the third-floor trial against three powerful opponents. He defeated them with his Mountain and River Domain and Rivers and Mountains Spear Technique, ending the chapter after clearing the trial.

• Lin Qi defeated the first-floor Saber Guest in five seconds, and Xin Huo told him that Augustus had reached the fourth floor and held Blue Star’s best result.
• Lin Qi defeated the second-floor Saber Guest and Swordsman, rising to second place among his batch after Sun Sheng passed the trial three seconds earlier; Xin Huo also reported that Li Tianxing had cleared it.
• Lin Qi began the third-floor trial against a Saber Guest, a Swordsman, and a Spearman whose physical fitness matched Six Blood Exchanges and whose Martial Arts Skill had reached Fourth Order perfection.
• Lin Qi used Golden Pupil to read the opponents’ attacks, wounded the Swordsman, and noticed the Spearman’s unusually refined technique.
• Lin Qi trapped the Saber Guest and Spearman in his Mountain and River Domain, killed them with Flowing Water Thrust, then finished the Swordsman.

Lin Qi reached the Starfire Tower’s fourth floor, where five powerful opponents killed him in seconds, but his ranking rose to fourth on Blue Star. He reviewed the fight while Sun Sheng and Li Tianxing also attempted the trial, and Xin Huo considered giving the leading geniuses rewards in advance.

• Lin Qi passed the third floor in 22 seconds, reached rank 22 on Blue Star, and learned from Xin Huo that his Spear Technique had reached Fifth Order and formed a Domain.
• Lin Qi accepted the fourth-floor trial for the promise of a superior Spear Technique manual, but the Saber Guest, Swordsman, Spearman, Axe Guest, and Psychic Master overwhelmed and killed him after 26 seconds.
• Lin Qi rose to fourth on Blue Star despite failing, studied the rankings, and chose to review the battle before trying again rather than use his Minor Divine Power to climb higher immediately.
• Ye Xin failed her trial, saw Lin Qi in fourth place, and watched Sun Sheng and Li Tianxing move into the top ten as the rankings updated.
• Sun Sheng and Li Tianxing resumed their fourth-floor trials after Xin Huo told them what skills they needed and offered suitable manuals as rewards for passing.
• Xin Huo watched the geniuses’ trials and considered distributing some rewards early to raise their strength.

Lin Qi reached first place among Earth Civilization’s geniuses in the Starfire Tower while humanity launched a sweeping campaign against the Zerg. The Crimson Emperor destroyed Mother Empress Terra and her nest, but he realized Blue Star’s location had been discovered and a greater danger was coming.

• Lin Qi survived the Starfire Tower trial for a minute and a half, reached first place among Earth Civilization’s geniuses, and resolved to target the Psychic Master on his next attempt.
• Bei Jiang Sword King and other Ninth Realm Martial Artists attacked Insect God Society bases, and Blue Star’s countries killed more than 100,000 members and 500 Insect Race Warriors over three days.
• The Crimson Emperor, Xiao He, and dozens of Ninth Realm Martial Artists uncovered the Zerg nest in the Otherworld and fought the Zerg Warriors emerging from it.
• The Crimson Emperor entered the nest, defeated Mother Empress Terra, and destroyed the nest with a powerful strike.
• After the Zerg Warriors were killed, the Crimson Emperor revealed that Blue Star’s location had been discovered and worried that the young civilization would face a new crisis.

After failing to clear the Starfire Tower’s fourth floor, Lin Qi broke through to Fifth Order Movement Technique and received Xin Huo’s offer of an advance reward. He chose the World Extinction Spear Canon’s Golden Light Scroll, then watched its demonstration as he prepared to improve his chances in the trial.

• Sun Sheng and Li Tianxing failed the fourth-floor trial, and Xin Huo decided to provide them with suitable technique manuals.
• Lin Qi cultivated in No. 9 Ruins, increasing his vitality to 9530 before entering the Starfire Tower trial.
• Lin Qi defeated the swordsman and Giant Axe Guest but was killed before he could clear the fourth floor; the trial raised his General Ranking to fifth and his Movement Technique to Fifth Order.
• Xin Huo offered Lin Qi an advance reward and presented three compatible Five-Star Spear Technique Secret Manuals.
• Lin Qi chose the World Extinction Spear Canon and selected its Golden Light Scroll on Xin Huo’s advice.
• A Gold-Armored Spearman demonstrated the Golden Light Scroll’s high-speed spear thrusts.

Lin Qi learned the World Extinction Spear Canon’s Golden Light Scroll and spent twenty-five days mastering it, while Sun Sheng and Li Tianxing trained with their own new manuals. After both of them failed the Starfire Tower Fourth Floor, Lin Qi began his own trial.

• Red Robe Xin Huo showed Lin Qi the Gold-Armored Spearman’s Golden Light Scroll techniques and explained how they used cells and Gang Jin to accelerate consecutive strikes.
• Lin Qi trained in the Golden Light Scroll, improved his Spear Technique, and transformed his Mountain and River Domain into the World Extinction Domain.
• Sun Sheng trained with the Earthly Fiend Staff Canon, while Li Tianxing studied the 108 Styles of Telekinetic Control; both hoped to clear the Starfire Tower Fourth Floor.
• Over forty days in No. 9 Ruins, Lin Qi mastered the Golden Light Scroll, while Blue Star gained more awakened geniuses and Jiang Tao advanced to fifth place in the Disaster Beast Trial Tower.
• Sun Sheng and Li Tianxing challenged the Starfire Tower Fourth Floor but failed, leaving Li Tianxing and Sun Sheng ranked first and second by trial time, ahead of Lin Qi in third.
• Lin Qi entered the Starfire Tower Fourth Floor, where five opponents appeared as the trial began.

Lin Qi passed the Starfire Tower Fourth Floor in twenty seconds, taking first place on both the Blue Star and General Rankings. Xin Huo presented his fixed rewards and showed him options for his remaining two choices, leaving Lin Qi torn between several valuable items.

• Lin Qi used his Golden Pupil, Domain Power, and World Extinction Spear Canon to defeat the Fourth Floor trial’s opponents in twenty seconds.
• Xin Huo congratulated Lin Qi, explained that he ranked first among 1.01 million geniuses on the No. 06 Trial Planet, and promised him five rewards.
• Xin Huo gave Lin Qi the complete World Extinction Spear Canon, Spatial Equipment with one thousand cubic meters of storage, and a powerful Flowing Silver Guardian.
• Xin Huo showed Lin Qi possible choices for his final two rewards, including the Bloodline Evolution Elixir, Blood Burning Secret Skill, and Divine Sense Thousand Threads.
• Lin Qi wanted several of the displayed items but had to choose only two.

Lin Qi chose the Blood Burning secret technique and Divine Sense Thousand Threads, received his rewards, and learned from Xin Huo about the Cosmic Myriad Races, the dangers threatening Earth Civilization, and the broader cultivation system. After ten more days of training in No. 9 Ruins, Lin Qi and the other geniuses prepared to return, while Mountain and River King wondered how far Lin Qi had advanced and what awaited Blue Star.

• Lin Qi chose Blood Burning and Divine Sense Thousand Threads instead of the Bloodline Evolution Elixir, and Ye Xin and other Seventh Realm Martial Artists learned that he had passed the Starfire Tower Fourth Floor.
• Xin Huo delivered Lin Qi's five treasures, and Lin Qi activated his Space Bracelet and replaced Xiao Chan's body, raising her strength to that of an ordinary Ninth Realm Martial Artist.
• Xin Huo explained that the Demon Race had created the Otherworld as a Calamity Beast factory, that the Starfire Civilization had been destroyed in a war with the Demon Race and Zerg, and that Earth Civilization faced future threats from the Universe.
• Lin Qi read Blood Burning, recognized that he could teach it to others for a fee, and then cultivated while the geniuses in No. 9 Ruins continued training and Blue Star enjoyed a brief peace after the Zerg disappeared.
• Ten days later, on January 23rd, 2049, Mountain and River King flew from Black Dragon Base and wondered how far Lin Qi had advanced and how Crimson Emperor was faring in the Cosmic Virtual Network.

Lin Qi returned from the No. 9 Ruins with three powerful Starfire inheritances and agreed to let the Red Sky Martial Arts Hall distribute them to strengthen Blue Star. The Mountain and River King then warned him that the Zerg had been alerted and their army could soon threaten the planet, leaving Blue Star needing help from the Human Race in the Universe.

• Sun Sheng cleared the Starfire Tower Fourth Floor, while Li Tianxing also passed and both selected rewards that included Bloodline Evolution Elixirs.
• Lin Qi, Sun Sheng, and Li Tianxing left the ruins ranked first, fifth, and fourth among more than a million geniuses, and Pei Hongfeng revealed that he had broken through to the Nine Realms.
• The Mountain and River King welcomed the returning geniuses, then brought Lin Qi to Red Sky Martial Arts Hall headquarters and offered him a ninety-percent share of sales if he provided his Starfire inheritances.
• Lin Qi agreed to share the Five-Star World Extinction Spear Canon, the spiritual control method Divine Sense Thousand Threads, and the combat secret technique Blood Burning with the Martial Arts Hall.
• The Mountain and River King told Lin Qi that the dying Insect Race Mother Empress had sent information to the Zerg, whose approaching army could overwhelm Blue Star, and said they would have to seek help from the Human Race in the Universe.

Lin Qi returned to Black Dragon Base during the Calamity Beast Tide and showed how much stronger he had become, killing two Eighth Level Disaster Beasts while remaining in the Seventh Realm. After the battle, he spent Merit Points on mental-power resources and beast flesh, then cultivated with Thunder Hell Tyrant Lion Blood and the World Extinction Spear Canon, leaving himself close to his ninth Blood Exchange and aiming to master a stronger spear technique.

• Mountain and River King told Lin Qi that Crimson Emperor had begun contacting civilizations through the Cosmic Virtual Network, and Lin Qi joined the fight against the Calamity Beast Tide.
• Lin Qi killed an Adamantine Yang Tiger to save Dean Liu, then defeated a Magma Sparrow as Mu Hong watched, revealing that he could easily hunt Eighth Level Disaster Beasts despite remaining in the Seventh Realm.
• After the battle, Lin Qi met Shen Heng, Dean Liu, Xu Qing, Mu Hong, Pei Yiqing, Mountain and River King, and Bei Jiang Sword King at Ten Thousand Beasts Restaurant, where they discussed his progress and their Spring Festival plans.
• Lin Qi checked War Home and saw that he had earned 5.6 million Merit Points, then bought ten bottles of Soul Marrow and five thousand kilograms of Ninth Level Disaster Beast Flesh.
• Lin Qi drank a ton of Thunder Hell Tyrant Lion Blood, raising his vitality and blood from 9,650 to 9,750, and then practiced the World Extinction Spear Canon toward its thirty-six-hit killing move, Flashing Shadow Myriad Gleams.

Lin Qi returned to Tianhai City, received a mansion and Intelligent Life for his parents, and agreed to sell his secret manuals under terms set by the Red Sky Martial Arts Hall. Meanwhile, the Crimson Emperor revealed that a Starry Sky Inspector would soon assess Blue Star, leaving the civilization facing an uncertain future.

• Lin Qi brought Calamity Beast flesh home in his Space Bracelet and arrived in Tianhai City with Dean Liu and Mu Hong aboard the Mountain and River King's Falcon Warplane.
• Lin Qi reunited with his family and guests, then accepted Villa 08 and moved his parents' belongings there using his Space Bracelet.
• Lin Qi gave Lin Zhen and Fang Huiyi Intelligent Life and said he planned to help improve their talents and comprehension.
• The Crimson Emperor told Blue Star's Ninth Realm Martial Artists that the Deep Space Institute would send a Starry Sky Inspector to assess their civilization, and the Xia Kingdom delegation set Blood Burning's price at one million Xia Guo Bi.
• The Mountain and River King and Qin Yue told Lin Qi the sale prices and revenue shares for his secret manuals, and Lin Qi signed the contracts.

Lin Qi signed an SSS-rank contract, earned money from his martial arts manuals, and practiced the complete Thunder Extreme Nine Flashes as the new year began. While Blood Burning started helping Martial Artists on the battlefield, a cosmic inspector approached Blue Star and questioned how its civilization had produced a Galaxy-Level Genius.

• Mountain and River King told Lin Qi that his SSS-rank contract had taken effect and that his subsidies would end, and Lin Qi accepted the change.
• Mountain and River King bought three new inheritances, while Lin Qi received the proceeds from their purchases and bought the Lower Volume of Thunder Extreme Nine Flashes.
• After Blood Burning gained prominence on Red Sky Home, Lin Qi studied the complete Thunder Extreme Nine Flashes and improved his Movement Technique through practice.
• Lin Qi celebrated New Year's Eve with his family and greeted the neighboring Ninth Realm Martial Artist, Vast Sea King.
• A blue-robed woman and her crew traveled toward Blue Star, where she planned to investigate how Earth Civilization had produced a Galaxy-Level Genius.
• As Blood Burning helped Martial Artists survive battlefield encounters, Lin Qi continued training and raised his Movement Technique to Fifth Order 10%.

Lin Qi bought a Gravity System, increased his training under eighty times gravity, and learned that Blue Star was being investigated by a cosmic patrol team. The investigation identified the nearby Trial Planet as a relic of the destroyed Starfire Civilization, leaving Earth Civilization’s future tied to what it could gain from the planet.

• Lin Qi ordered a 10-billion Xia Guo Bi Gravity System, consumed Thunder Hell Tyrant Lion Blood, and raised his vitality and blood to 9,800.
• Lin Zhen and Fang Huiyi ate Ninth Level Disaster Beast Flesh with Lin Qi before returning to their Martial Arts Rooms to train.
• Inspector Tu Lan arrived at Red Sky Martial Arts Hall headquarters with a cosmic patrol team and announced an investigation into Earth Civilization’s strength and potential.
• Mountain and River King told Lin Qi that the unfamiliar Ninth Realm Martial Artists were members of the Starry Sky Patrol Team, and Lin Qi tested his new Gravity System up to eighty times gravity.
• Tu Lan’s team reported that Blue Star was an ordinary Life Planet and that the nearby Trial Planet belonged to the destroyed Starfire Civilization, containing resources, ruins, and a sleeping Cosmic Second Realm Demon Beast.

Tu Lan informed Earth Civilization that it had been classified as low-potential, but Crimson Emperor chose the Fire Seed Trial to challenge that assessment. Earth had six months to prepare for matches against a supporting civilization, and the chapter left its leaders considering contestants after learning Sun Sheng had already advanced to the Eighth Realm.

• Tu Lan explained that Blue Star belonged to Earth Civilization and that Earth had entered the Cosmic Human Race, but low-potential civilizations surrendered seventy percent of their profits to their supporters.
• Tie Ran classified Earth Civilization as low-potential, and Tu Lan offered the Fire Seed Trial as an alternative assessment based on martial arts matches across three realms.
• Crimson Emperor chose the Fire Seed Trial, which would take place after six months of preparation, while Tu Lan’s patrol team remained on Blue Star.
• Tu Lan and Tie Ran doubted Earth Civilization could win and submitted its information for other civilizations to review as potential supporters.
• Crimson Emperor told Earth’s leaders he had suppressed his breakthrough to preserve his strength for the trial and called for thirty contestants to be selected.
• Mountain and River King asked whether Sun Sheng and Li Tianxing could compete in the Seventh Realm, but a burly man reported that Sun Sheng had recently advanced to the Eighth Realm.

After the Crimson Emperor announced the Fire Seed Trial and asked Lin Qi to compete for an Eighth Realm slot, Lin Qi accepted the challenge and prepared to break through. With Jiang Tao and Jiang Miaoyin leaving for school, Lin Qi brought out five barrels of Thunder Hell Tyrant Lion Blood to begin his advancement.

• The Crimson Emperor ordered a nationwide conference and announced the Fire Seed Trial, prompting Lin Qi to train under ninety times gravity and master Golden Light Ten-Strike.
• At the conference, the Crimson Emperor explained that Blue Star would face the trial in six months and select ten representatives from each of the Seventh, Eighth, and Ninth Realms.
• The Crimson Emperor and Mountain and River King privately urged Lin Qi to compete for an Eighth Realm place, and Lin Qi promised he would.
• After news of the trial spread, Jiang Tao said he would pursue a Seventh Realm slot, while Jiang Miaoyin regretted that she lacked time to compete.
• The next day, Lin Qi watched Jiang Tao and Jiang Miaoyin leave for school, then returned to his Martial Arts Room with five barrels of Thunder Hell Tyrant Lion Blood to attempt his Eighth Realm breakthrough.

Lin Qi consumed five tons of Thunder Hell Tyrant Lion Blood, completed his Ninth Blood Exchange, and broke through to the Eighth Realm, Aperture Refining. After testing his new strength, he planned to return to Black Dragon Base and prepare for the Fire Seed Trial as Mountain and River King and the other Ninth Realm Martial Artists reacted to his rapid breakthrough.

• Lin Qi endured the Ninth Blood Exchange and completed his breakthrough to the Eighth Realm, raising his Qi and Blood Value and Template Fusion Rate.
• Lin Qi tested his new abilities, measuring 175 tons of punch force normally and 700 tons at full power, with a top speed of 560 meters per second.
• Lin Qi considered the upcoming Fire Seed Trial and planned to raise his Template Fusion Rate to 40% to awaken [Diamond].
• Lin Qi told Mountain and River King that he had broken through and agreed to return to Black Dragon Base the next day for guidance.
• Mountain and River King shared Lin Qi's breakthrough with Xia Kingdom's Ninth Realm Martial Artists, and the Crimson Emperor praised his potential.

Ren Tianliu learned that the Blade Stream Civilization would compete to support Earth Civilization’s upcoming Fire Seed Trial, while Lin Qi returned to Black Dragon Base after reaching the Eighth Realm. Mountain and River King explained Aperture Refining and its 108 Apertures, leaving Lin Qi intent on opening all of them before advancing to the Ninth Realm.

• A silver-skinned fat man told Ren Tianliu that Earth Civilization had found a Starfire Civilization Trial Planet and that the Blade Stream Civilization would compete against rival civilizations to become its supporter; Ren Tianliu assigned the challenge to Liu Ming and the other disciples.
• Lin Qi completed a Source Energy cultivation session, told Lin Zhen and Fang Huiyi he supported their plan to have another child, and offered to buy Awakening Potions for them.
• Lin Qi flew to Black Dragon Base, where Xue Zhou, Dean Liu, and Mu Hong welcomed him and helped install his Gravity System.
• At the Ten Thousand Beasts Restaurant, Zhang Tianyang reunited with the base’s Martial Artists and learned how far Lin Qi had advanced while he was training.
• Mountain and River King explained that Martial Artists opened hidden Apertures to strengthen their bodies, that the human body had 108 Apertures, and that Lin Qi would need to open at least 24 to qualify for the Ninth Realm.
• Lin Qi learned that top geniuses aimed to open nearly 100 Apertures and set his sights on opening all 108 before breaking through to the Ninth Realm.

Lin Qi learned about Aperture Refining and began cultivating the Golden Emperor Secret Classic, opening two apertures in his feet and improving his speed. He checked the Blue Star rankings, bought ten Awakening Potions for his parents, and returned to intensive training as he set his sights on rising through the rankings.

• Mountain and River King told Lin Qi that 72 apertures marked an elite threshold, described the rare talents capable of opening 100 or more, and urged Lin Qi to aim for at least 100.
• Lin Qi learned that Sun Sheng and Li Tianxing had awakened third abilities after taking the Bloodline Evolution Elixir, then discussed their progress with them by message.
• Lin Qi studied the Golden Emperor Secret Classic and opened two apertures in his feet, raising his vitality and blood value and improving his speed.
• Lin Qi checked the Eighth Realm rankings, found himself 555th on Blue Star, and set a goal of reaching the top twenty within five months.
• Lin Qi bought ten Awakening Potions for his parents and told them about the order.
• Lin Qi ate 4,000 kilograms of Ninth Level Disaster Beast Flesh and resumed training with his Black Gold Serpent Spear under ninety times Limit Gravity.

Lin Qi joined Black Dragon Base’s battle against a Super Large Disaster Beast Tide and proved capable of killing powerful Eighth Level Disaster Beasts with ease. After the battle, he returned with more than 10 million Merit Points and spent 6 million on upgraded armor and a spear.

• A Super Large Disaster Beast Tide erupted at Black Dragon Base, and Lin Qi joined the assembled Martial Artists as two Space Gates opened and six Ninth Level Disaster Beasts emerged.
• Lin Qi charged into the tide, killing waves of beasts with his Spear Gang Force and defeating Level 7 and Eighth Level Disaster Beasts, including an Earth Cracking Dragon.
• Zhang Tianyang struggled to kill a Level 7 Earth Cracking Wolf, then watched Lin Qi effortlessly slay an Adamantine Yang Tiger and recognized the gap between them.
• Lin Qi and Xue Zhou continued hunting as the battle raged until seven in the evening, when the Space Gates closed and the survivors returned to base.
• Lin Qi checked his rankings and found that he had earned more than 8 million Merit Points during the battle, bringing his total above 10 million.
• Lin Qi bought enhanced Eighth Order Battle Armor and an Eighth Level Spear, spending 6 million Merit Points on the upgrades.