Chapter Summaries

Lin Qi joined the battle against a Super Large Disaster Beast Tide at Black Dragon Base and challenged the Tier 9 Howling Moon Sky Wolf. He managed to pierce its hide, but his Eighth-Rank weapon proved inadequate, and the wolf unleashed a deadly storm as the fight continued.

• Dean Liu warned that Tenth Level Disaster Beasts might descend as the Super Large Disaster Beast Tide began at Black Dragon Base.
• The Overlord and Mountain and River King attacked the Steel Earth Dragon while five other Ninth Realm Martial Artists engaged the six Tier 9 Calamity Beasts.
• Lin Qi charged into the horde, killed numerous Calamity Beasts with the Army Breaking Form, and slew an Earth Cracking Dragon.
• Lin Qi joined Pei Hongfeng to face the Howling Moon Sky Wolf, but his Spear Gang Force could not break through its defenses.
• Lin Qi's Golden Light Fifty Combo pierced the wolf's skin, but the strike left only a small wound and exposed the limits of his Eighth-Rank weapon.
• The Howling Moon Sky Wolf activated its power over wind and unleashed a violent storm that threatened Lin Qi.

Lin Qi killed the Tier 9 Howling Moon Sky Wolf while still in the Eighth Realm, stunning the fighters who witnessed the battle. He joined Pei Hongfeng against the Titan Giant Ape as reinforcements arrived and learned the Steel Earth Dragon had already been killed.

• Lin Qi used Thunder Extreme Nine Flashes and Golden Light Fifty-Four Combo to fight the Howling Moon Sky Wolf, then activated First Layer Adamantine Yang Transformation and struck its exposed abdomen, rupturing its heart.
• The Howling Moon Sky Wolf broke Lin Qi’s Black Gold Serpent Spear with its final counterattack before dying, earning Lin Qi eight million Merit Points and improving his spear and movement techniques.
• Jiang Tao, Mu Hong, Xue Zhou, Dean Liu, Pei Hongfeng, and the other fighters witnessed Lin Qi’s victory and were shocked that an Eighth Realm Martial Artist had killed a Tier 9 Calamity Beast.
• Lin Qi went to help Pei Hongfeng fight the Titan Giant Ape, and the two joined forces against it.
• The Sword Emperor arrived at Black Dragon Base after the Steel Earth Dragon had fallen to the Purple Armor Overlord and Mountain and River King, then pointed out the dead Howling Moon Sky Wolf.

Lin Qi helped Pei Hongfeng kill the Titan Giant Ape and confirmed that he had also slain the Howling Moon Sky Wolf, earning widespread recognition and a large haul of Merit Points. Back at his room, Lin Qi bought standard Ninth Level Armor and a Ninth Level Long Spear, then began cultivating while waiting for his custom gear.

• Overlord and the others joined the battle and killed the remaining Ninth Level Disaster Beasts while Lin Qi wounded the Titan Giant Ape and Pei Hongfeng finished it off.
• Mountain and River King asked whether Lin Qi had killed the Howling Moon Sky Wolf, and Lin Qi confirmed that he had.
• Lin Qi hunted more Disaster Beasts with Jiang Tao and other Martial Artists, earning 17 million Merit Points before returning to Black Dragon Base.
• Lin Qi inspected his damaged armor and spears, then used his 32.25 million Merit Points to buy standard Ninth Level Armor and a Ninth Level Long Spear.
• Lin Qi requested custom specifications and expedited crafting, sent his damaged equipment for repairs, and began cultivating.

After Lin Qi became famous for killing a Ninth Level Disaster Beast, he studied the Blade Stream Civilization’s fighters and recognized that its strongest Eighth Realm genius, Liu Ming, currently outmatched him. With the Fire Seed Trial one month away, Lin Qi set a goal to improve his Spear Technique and open more Apertures, then began training.

• The national news reported Lin Qi’s victory over the Howling Moon Sky Wolf, while Sun Sheng vowed to kill a Ninth Level Disaster Beast and Heavenly Staff warned him to prepare for the Fire Seed Trial.
• Jiang Tao told Lin Qi that the Blade Stream Civilization was their opponent, and the Mountain and River King explained its strength and sent videos of its geniuses.
• Lin Qi watched the Blade Stream fighters’ battles and saw Liu Ming defeat a Galaxy-Level opponent, concluding that Liu Ming currently surpassed him in speed, strength, and Martial Arts Skill.
• Lin Qi resolved to improve his Spear Technique beyond 55% of the Fifth Order and open ten more Apertures within a month.
• Crimson Emperor told Lin Qi, Sun Sheng, and Li Tianxing to prepare for the trial and learn the Universal Language; Lin Qi then reviewed his spear manual and practiced the Golden Edge Five Forms.

Lin Qi trained for the Fire Seed Trial, raised his Spiritual Power to 35,000, and opened five more Apertures to reach seventy. After testing his improved strength and speed, he prepared to use the Ancient Blood Vine in the final selection against Sun Sheng.

• Lin Qi focused on improving his Golden Edge Scroll attacks to exploit Liu Ming's weaker defense before the Fire Seed Trial.
• Twenty-five days later, Lin Qi returned to Black Dragon Base after killing another Ninth Level Disaster Beast, while Jiang Tao said he was ready for his sixth Blood Exchange.
• Lin Qi consumed Soul Marrow and raised his Divine Sense Thousand Threads to 500, increasing his Spiritual Power to 35,000 and extending his perception up to one hundred meters.
• Lin Qi drank Aperture Piercing Liquid and opened five Apertures, reaching seventy and raising his vitality to 31,000.
• Lin Qi tested his strength at 320,000 kilograms without enhancement and 1.6 million kilograms with full power, then recorded speeds of 190 and 950 meters per second.
• Lin Qi decided to use the Ancient Blood Vine in the final selection against Sun Sheng, confident he could win.

As the final Fire Seed Trial selections and ranking battles began, Jiang Tao secured a trial spot and climbed to fourth place among the Seventh Realm contestants. Lin Qi defeated Li Tianxing and then fought Sun Sheng, whose challenge left him battered and embedded in the arena.

• Sun Sheng and Li Tianxing trained for a month and prepared to challenge Lin Qi in the ranking battles.
• Jiang Tao defeated Watanabe Seiya to replace him in the Fire Seed Trial, then beat Balin Berg and rose from tenth to fourth in the Seventh Realm rankings.
• The Eighth Realm ranking battles began, and Li Tianxing challenged Lin Qi, who defeated him after a ten-minute fight.
• Sun Sheng challenged Lin Qi and opened the fight with a powerful strike, but after twelve minutes Lin Qi had beaten him and left him embedded in the arena.

Lin Qi defeated Sun Sheng in the final Eighth Realm ranking battle, then used Ancient Blood Vine and intense gravity training to master the Adamantine Scroll’s Iron Prison and strengthen his spear technique. As the Fire Seed Trial approached, the Blade Stream Civilization finalized its rules and Sky Blade Liu prepared Liu Ming for the contest against Earth.

• Lin Qi defeated Sun Sheng with Heaven Splitting Stance, winning the final ranking battle and earning the audience’s cheers.
• Mountain and River King announced the final rankings and set the Fire Seed Trial for August 11th at 10:00 a.m.
• Lin Qi studied Liu Ming’s recorded battles, then trained under 120 times gravity with Ancient Blood Vine and mastered the Adamantine Scroll’s Iron Prison, raising his Spear Technique to Fifth Order 61%.
• Jiang Tao learned that Ancient Blood Vine could improve comprehension and prepared to use it to advance his Blade Technique.
• Ta Jia told Sky Blade Liu and Tu Lan that the Fire Seed Trial would begin the next day and presented its randomly selected rules.
• Sky Blade Liu reviewed the rules with Liu Ming and explained how the Blade Stream Civilization had once been exploited before becoming a civilization that exploited others.

On the eve of the Fire Seed Trial, Lin Qi trained and sparred with Jiang Tao, who broke through to Fifth Order Blade Technique under the pressure. At a strategy meeting, Crimson Emperor explained a plan to exploit Blade Stream Civilization’s arrogance, then told the strongest Eighth Realm contestants, including Lin Qi, that they must win every match.

• Lin Qi improved his Movement Technique while training under 120x gravity, then rested after the Ancient Blood Vine’s effects faded.
• Jiang Tao asked Lin Qi to spar in the Red Realm, and Lin Qi’s domain and superior combat skill repeatedly defeated him.
• Under the pressure of their repeated fights, Jiang Tao broke through to Fifth Order Blade Technique before Lin Qi defeated him again.
• The Mountain and River King summoned Lin Qi and the other Fire Seed Trial contestants to hear the rules, and Crimson Emperor proposed using a Tian Ji Horse Racing strategy to pair Earth’s stronger contestants against Blade Stream Civilization’s weaker ones.
• Crimson Emperor told Lin Qi, Sun Sheng, Li Tianxing, Augustus, and Andrei that the Seventh Realm was unlikely to yield more than three wins and that the five strongest Eighth Realm contestants had to win every match.

Lin Qi prepared for the Fire Seed Trial as Earth’s contestants and spectators gathered in a new Virtual World to face the Blade Stream Civilization. The opening Blood Exchange Realm match began with Nox fighting Liu Qu, and their first clash ended the chapter.

• Lin Qi reviewed the Fire Seed Trial rules, updated his Virtual Bracelet, and trained while his parents encouraged him to do his best.
• Blue Star residents gathered to watch the Trial, while Earth’s contestants and the Blade Stream Civilization’s geniuses entered the Virtual World arena.
• Ta Jia explained that the Trial would consist of thirty matches across three realms, with contestants allowed to fight only once and continuing until one was killed.
• The Blade Stream Civilization chose Liu Qu for the first Blood Exchange Realm match, while Earth sent Nox, a two-ability genius from Mao Xiong Country.
• Nox and Liu Qu charged at each other and revealed that they had both awakened two abilities as their weapons collided.

Earth Civilization lost the Blood Exchange Realm round to Blade Stream Civilization, finishing with one win, one draw, and eight losses, before the Aperture Refinement Realm competition began. Andrei faced Liu Hu in the first match of the new round, and their battle started with both fighters unleashing their strength.

• Liu Qu defeated Nox, and Wind Snake defeated Aida, giving Blade Stream Civilization an early lead.
• Xu Qin drew with Jue Hai by killing him with Thorn Vine as he fatally speared her.
• Jiang Tao used his Domain Power and Fifth Order Blade Technique to defeat Liu Kui, earning Earth Civilization its only Blood Exchange Realm victory.
• Blade Stream Civilization won the Blood Exchange Realm round with eight wins, one draw, and one loss, while Earth Civilization recorded eight losses, one draw, and one win.
• Taga announced the start of the Aperture Refinement Realm round, and Andrei entered the first match against Liu Hu.
• Andrei charged Liu Hu with his Battle Axe as Liu Hu slashed back with his blade.

Blue Star won its first three Aperture Refinement Realm matches as Andrei, Augustus, and Li Tianxing defeated Blade Stream opponents. Sun Sheng then entered the Arena to face the Galaxy-Level Genius Feng Ti, and their fourth match began.

• Andrei defeated Liu Hu with his giant axe, giving Blue Star its first victory.
• Augustus defeated Jue Shuang after a fierce battle, bringing Blue Star ahead 2–0.
• Li Tianxing defeated Liu Yue in three seconds, revealing himself as a Galaxy-Level Genius and putting Blue Star ahead 3–0.
• Sky Blade Liu sent Feng Ti, Blade Stream's Galaxy-Level Genius, to fight the fourth match.
• Sun Sheng entered the Arena to face Feng Ti, and the match began as she unleashed her wind and ice powers.

Sun Sheng defeated Feng Ti, giving Earth Civilization four consecutive wins, and Lin Qi entered the fifth match against Liu Hai. Lin Qi overwhelmed Liu Hai with a rapid spear technique, piercing his neck, but the chapter ended before the match result was announced.

• Sun Sheng unleashed his Earthly Fiend Staff Canon and defeated Feng Ti, securing Earth Civilization's fourth consecutive victory.
• Tu Lan revealed that Sun Sheng was only Earth Civilization's second-strongest contestant, surprising the Patrol Team spectators.
• Lin Qi took the field to face Liu Hai, Blade Stream Civilization's second-ranked Aperture Refinement Realm genius.
• Lin Qi and Liu Hai traded powerful blows, with Lin Qi matching Liu Hai's strength and defense.
• Lin Qi used Golden Light Fifty-Four Combo to pierce Liu Hai's armor and neck.

Lin Qi defeated Liu Hai, but Blade Stream Civilization rallied to tie the Aperture Refinement Realm competition 5–5, triggering a tiebreaker between Lin Qi and Liu Ming. Their decisive battle began, with Lin Qi defending against Liu Ming’s rapid storm-assisted blade attacks and starting a counterattack.

• Lin Qi pierced Liu Hai’s armor and won the fifth match, giving Earth Civilization a 5–0 lead.
• Liu Ming defeated Gu Jian, and Blade Stream Civilization won the next four matches to tie the competition 5–5.
• Ta Jia announced that the tie would be settled by a match between each civilization’s strongest fighter, with the winner taking the round.
• Sky Blade Liu chose Liu Ming for the tiebreaker, while Crimson Emperor sent Lin Qi to fight him.
• Liu Ming unleashed a powerful storm and attacked Lin Qi with a fast series of blade strikes, but Lin Qi used Golden Pupil and his spear to defend and counter.

Lin Qi defeated Liu Ming in the Aperture Refinement Realm playoff, giving Earth Civilization a 1:1 score against the Blade Stream Civilization. As the Sky Soaring Realm round began, Overlord and Feng Yan entered the Arena for the first match.

• Lin Qi used a deliberate opening to lure Liu Ming into a powerful attack, then countered with Flashing Shadow Myriad Gleams and killed him.
• The Arena announced Lin Qi's victory, and Blue Star's audience celebrated while the Blade Stream Civilization reeled from Liu Ming's loss.
• Liu Ming realized Lin Qi had baited him into using his Killing Move, and Sky Blade Liu recognized that the match had cost his civilization the round.
• Taga Executive announced that Earth Civilization had won the Aperture Refinement Realm match, tying the overall score at 1:1 and starting the Sky Soaring Realm round.
• Overlord volunteered to fight first for Earth Civilization, while Sky Blade Liu selected Feng Yan, the Blade Stream Civilization's fifth-ranked Sky Soaring Realm fighter, to face him.

Blue Star’s Sky Soaring Realm fighters won the first four matches against the Blade Stream Civilization, and the Crimson Emperor then instantly defeated Liu Jin with a Sixth-Order Blade Technique. The fifth victory left the Blade Stream Civilization’s prospects bleak and put Blue Star on track for High-Level Civilization Potential, pending the tiebreakers.

• The Overlord defeated Feng Yan in the first match, and Ganges Venerable and Ice Snow Emperor won the next two for Blue Star.
• War God defeated the Blade Stream Civilization’s Galaxy-Level Genius Liu Ting in the fourth match.
• The Crimson Emperor entered the fifth match against Liu Jin and overwhelmed him with his Flame Domain and a single blade strike.
• Taga Executive and the Blade Stream Civilization’s contestants realized that the Crimson Emperor had displayed a Sixth-Order Blade Technique, while Liu Jin was left questioning himself.
• The Crimson Emperor returned to Blue Star’s contestant seats and said they only needed to wait for the tiebreakers to finish before Blue Star could be assessed as having High-Level Civilization Potential.

Blue Star Civilization defeated Blade Stream Civilization in the Fire Seed Trial, earning High-Level Civilization Potential and drawing attention across the Triangulum Galaxy. Lin Qi joined the Star Control Hall, and Blade Stream Civilization decided to seek cooperation with Blue Star.

• Mountain and River King and Wind King lost their matches, leaving the third round tied at five wins each before Crimson Emperor defeated Liu Jin in the additional match and secured Blue Star Civilization's victory.
• Taga Executive announced Blue Star Civilization's 2:1 overall win, and the spectators and contestants celebrated while Sky Blade Liu accepted responsibility for Blade Stream Civilization's loss.
• Lin Qi checked his improved Spear Technique and Movement Technique, spoke with his parents, and joined Blue Star's celebration before Mountain and River King invited him into the Star Control Hall and asked him to attend a meeting about support arrangements.
• News of Blue Star's victory spread across the Triangulum Galaxy, and Blade Stream Civilization's leaders discussed the defeat and chose to pursue an alliance and cooperation with Blue Star.

Lin Qi attended the first Star Control Hall meeting, where Earth’s leaders established the Blue Star Alliance and learned that Earth Civilization had earned High-Level Civilization Potential certification. Patrol Envoy Tu Lan warned that the coveted Trial Planet and Earth’s talented people could attract cosmic fugitives and kidnappers, then promised protection and offered defense systems and loans.

• Lin Qi joined Sun Sheng and Li Tianxing at the Star Control Hall meeting, where Crimson Emperor announced the creation of the Blue Star Alliance and its proposed leadership.
• Crimson Emperor explained that Deep Space Coin would become the main currency as Earth entered the Universe.
• Patrol Envoy Tu Lan presented the Deep Space Institute’s certificate recognizing Earth Civilization as having High-Level Civilization Potential and outlined its seventy-thirty profit sharing with Blade Stream Civilization.
• Tu Lan warned that cosmic fugitives could target Blue Star and that other civilizations might abduct Earth’s geniuses and enslave them.
• Tu Lan promised that her patrol team would protect Blue Star for ten years and said the Deep Space Institute would send more members and offer loans for planetary defenses and weapons.

Earth Civilization and the Blade Stream Civilization agreed on a century-long development plan and set rewards for the Fire Seed Trial victors. Meanwhile, the Deep Space Institute decided to support Earth Civilization, while a group aboard a spaceship plotted to infiltrate Blue Star and exploit its Trial Planet.

• Tu Lan explained that Blue Star would receive free access to basic technologies, including the Evolution Elixir, and warned its leaders against using grand titles in the Universe.
• Liu Yu and the Blade Stream Civilization representatives met with Earth Civilization, exchanged information, and agreed to limit and charge for exploration of the Trial Planet.
• The civilizations established a Centennial Plan to build planetary defenses, develop the Trial Planet and Solar System, expand Earth Civilization, and increase its High-Level Martial Artists.
• The Crimson Emperor awarded Xu Qin 10,000 Deep Space Coin, the other Fire Seed Trial victors 30,000 each, and Lin Qi 50,000, an Aperture Piercing Liquid, and Ancient Blood Vine.
• A Deep Space Institute supervisor ordered Tu Lan to support and protect Earth Civilization and approved a 10-billion-Deep-Space-Coin loan with favorable repayment terms.
• Aboard a spaceship bound for the Milky Way Galaxy, a green-skinned man told his companions to infiltrate Blue Star and exploit the Trial Planet.

As Blue Star unified and advanced rapidly after the Fire Seed Trial, Lin Qi bought a Falcon Warplane and used Aperture Piercing Liquid to increase his opened Apertures to 75. The chapter ended with Qin Yue arriving at Black Dragon Base to deliver the warplane in person.

• A Zerg Mother Empress learned that Earth Civilization held a great fortune and sent her Mother Nest toward the Blazing Sun Star Region, while noting the risks of the ongoing Human-Zerg wars.
• Blue Star formed the Blue Star Alliance, introduced the Evolution Elixir, and strengthened its defenses as upgraded Laser Cannons helped repel Calamity Beasts.
• Lin Qi and Jiang Tao discussed the growing shortage of Calamity Beasts, then Lin Qi decided to prepare to enter the Cosmic Virtual Network.
• Lin Qi spent 50 million Merit Points on a Falcon Warplane and consumed Aperture Piercing Liquid, opening four Apertures and reaching 75.
• Lin Zhen and Fang Zhe told Lin Qi they were starting businesses with Xu Changfeng, and Qin Yue arrived at Black Dragon Base to deliver Lin Qi’s Falcon Warplane.

Lin Qi received a Falcon Warplane from Crimson Emperor and entered the Cosmic Virtual World for the first time. After exploring its training features, he took on the masked arena identity Yang Jian and began his first match.

• Qin Yue showed Lin Qi the Falcon Warplane prepared for him, and Lin Qi tested its speed over Black Dragon Base before returning to Room 206.
• Lin Qi put on the new Virtual Bracelet and entered the Cosmic Virtual World, where Shen Lan introduced its functions and confirmed that Qin Ling had transferred him 50000 Deep Space Coin.
• Lin Qi customized his personal space as a Training Ground and tested his World Extinction Spear Canon, impressed by the simulation's realism.
• Shen Lan explained the Cosmic Arena's competitions and matchmaking rules, and Lin Qi changed his nickname to Yang Jian and equipped a mask and battle gear.
• The Cosmic Arena matched Lin Qi with an opponent, and he disappeared from his Training Ground to enter the battle.