Chapter Summaries

Lin Qi opened his 101st Aperture with Divine Aperture Liquid and tested his greatly increased strength as the Cosmic Fugitives approached Earth. After Xia Kingdom ordered civilians to stay indoors, Lin Qi departed for the Imperial Capital to join the battle.

• The Crimson Emperor organized Xia Kingdom’s Ninth Realm Martial Artists to gather in the Imperial Capital and fight the Cosmic Fugitives, and Lin Qi, Sun Sheng, and Li Tianxing agreed to join.
• Lin Qi drank Divine Aperture Liquid and endured eight hours of pain to open his 101st Aperture, significantly strengthening his body.
• Lin Qi tested his power in the Cosmic Virtual World, measuring a 2,600,000-kilogram punch and a speed of 1,200 meters per second.
• The Cosmic Fugitives’ spaceship neared Earth, and Gu Ao warned its occupants that they would disperse and face whatever dangers awaited them on Blue Star.
• Xia Kingdom ordered people to remain indoors on January 28, and Lin Qi told Lin Zhen and Fang Huiyi about the danger before flying toward the Imperial Capital.

Lin Qi joined the hunt for 240 Cosmic Fugitives after their damaged spaceship was destroyed near Azure Sky Martial Academy. He confronted Xie Luo, a middle-stage Sky Soaring Realm fugitive, and their duel ended with Xie Luo powering up as Lin Qi began gaining ground.

• Lin Qi and the Blue Star forces pursued the fugitives’ Flying Blade Spaceship, and Plasma Cannon fire damaged it before it released its passengers and exploded.
• Crimson Emperor’s forces identified 240 fugitives, assigned targets to the assembled Martial Artists, and sent them into the mountains to hunt.
• Lin Qi pursued his assigned target, Xie Luo, and left his Falcon Warplane to fight him alongside Xiao Chan.
• Xie Luo used his Water Domain and twin blades to clash with Lin Qi, but Lin Qi’s spear technique grew faster and forced Xie Luo to fight at full strength.
• Xie Luo admitted inwardly that Lin Qi was stronger than expected and suddenly surged with power.

Lin Qi defeated and killed Xie Luo after activating Adamantine Yang Transformation, then claimed the fugitive’s equipment and gained improvements to his spear and movement techniques. He regrouped with Sun Sheng and Li Tianxing as the hunt progressed, and Crimson Emperor declared that they would wait until every Cosmic Fugitive had been eliminated.

• Xie Luo used Blood Burst to overpower Lin Qi, but Lin Qi activated First Level · Adamantine Yang Transformation and turned the fight in his favor.
• Lin Qi chased down Xie Luo, crushed him into a crater with Army Breaking Form, rejected his pleas for mercy, and killed him before taking his belongings.
• Lin Qi gained one percent in Spear Technique and Movement Technique, then returned to his Falcon Warplane and watched reports of other battles.
• Crimson Emperor killed his target, while Sun Sheng and Li Tianxing also defeated their assigned Cosmic Fugitives and reported their victories.
• Crimson Emperor told Lin Qi, Sun Sheng, and Li Tianxing that the Planetary Defense Platform had assigned them opponents they could defeat, and vowed that no Cosmic Fugitive would escape.

Lin Qi returned to Blue Star after the victory over the Cosmic Fugitives, received a 500,000 Deep Space Coin bounty for killing Xie Luo, and reunited with his family. While opening Xie Luo’s Space Bracelet, he found 100,000 Deep Space Coins and a mysterious black egg marked with gold patterns.

• Azure Sky Martial Academy’s leaders watched Lin Qi kill a Sky Soaring Realm fugitive, while Blue Star’s forces eliminated all 240 Cosmic Fugitives without losing anyone.
• Patrol Envoy Tu Lan confirmed the fugitives’ identities and bounties, including Lin Qi’s 500,000 Deep Space Coin reward for killing Xie Luo.
• Lin Qi, Sun Sheng, and Li Tianxing presented the Sky Soaring Realm fugitives they had killed, then Lin Qi shared a meal with Blue Star’s experts and asked the Mountain and River King about Meng Wu’s family.
• Lin Qi returned to Tianhai City, reunited with Lin Zhen and Fang Huiyi, and visited Meng Wu’s children before going home.
• Lin Qi had Xiao Chan initialize Xie Luo’s Space Bracelet and found 100,000 Deep Space Coins among its contents.
• Lin Qi discovered a black egg covered in complex golden markings inside the bracelet.

Lin Qi discovered that the black egg he had obtained was a weakened Star Devouring Beast Egg and asked Crimson Emperor how to hatch it. After learning that the needed treasure was costly but might be available at No. 9 Ruins, Lin Qi decided to wait until he reached the peak of the Aperture Refinement Realm before entering the ruins.

• Lin Qi and Xiao Chan identified the black egg as most likely a Star Devouring Beast Egg, which could grow into a Cosmic Second Realm creature.
• Lin Qi considered selling the egg or hatching it, but Xiao Chan warned that its life force was weak and it would require costly resources.
• Lin Qi contacted Crimson Emperor, who explained that the egg had been deprived of energy and would take tens of thousands of years to hatch naturally.
• Crimson Emperor told Lin Qi that a drop of Ten Thousand Year Stone Marrow could revive the egg, but it cost one million Deep Space Coins and might be found at No. 9 Ruins.
• 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 returned to No. 9 Ruins after opening his 107th Aperture and prepared to challenge the Starfire Tower again. He began the first-floor trial, striking at the Saber Guest with overwhelming speed.

• The Deep Space Institute announced that Earth Civilization had killed 240 Cosmic Fugitives, and its supervisor told Tu Lan to strengthen relations with Earth Civilization and accelerate construction of the Planetary Defense Platform.
• Lin Qi sold Xie Luo's belongings, received his prize money, and watched Jiang Tao leave for No. 9 Ruins to pursue a breakthrough.
• After two and a half months of cultivation, Lin Qi opened his 107th Aperture and contacted Mountain and River King to arrange a return to No. 9 Ruins.
• Lin Qi traveled to the ruins with Xu Qin and other Martial Artists, and Mountain and River King welcomed them before announcing the trial's start.
• Xin Huo greeted Lin Qi and learned that he had nearly perfected his Aperture Refinement Realm; Lin Qi entered the Starfire Tower and began its first-floor trial against a Red-Armored Saber Wielder.

Lin Qi cleared the first four floors of the Starfire Tower with ease, revealing his strength as a three-ability Galaxy-Level Genius to Xin Huo. On the fifth floor, he faced Nan Dou, the Starfire Civilization’s greatest Galaxy-Level Genius, and their fierce battle remained unresolved after five minutes.

• Lin Qi defeated the opponents on the first three floors in one second each, rapidly improving his Blue Star and general rankings.
• Lin Qi passed the fourth floor in three seconds, prompting Xin Huo to discover that he had awakened three abilities and become a Galaxy-Level Genius.
• Xin Huo told Lin Qi about the fifth floor and Nan Dou, who had defeated Starfire Civilization’s greatest geniuses and remained undefeated there until Crimson Emperor beat him.
• Lin Qi began the fifth-floor trial against Nan Dou, whose powerful Crimson Flame Spear Technique matched Lin Qi’s attacks and left him injured.
• After five minutes of intense fighting, Lin Qi and Nan Dou were still battling amid the damaged arena.

Lin Qi defeated Nan Dou on the Starfire Tower’s fifth floor and claimed first place in both rankings. He chose five rewards and stayed in No. 9 Ruins to open his 108th Aperture, while Mountain and River King searched for a resource to improve his own talent and Xu Qin failed the fourth-floor trial.

• Lin Qi defeated Nan Dou in a final spear clash, passing the fifth-floor test and rising to first place on the Blue Star and general rankings.
• Xin Huo explained the rewards, and Lin Qi chose a Sky Soaring Potion, Ten Thousand Year Stone Marrow, two Flowing Silver Guardians, a Bloodline Evolution Elixir, and the Tower of Starfire secret art.
• Lin Qi chose to remain in No. 9 Ruins and prepare to open his 108th Aperture; Xin Huo said that opening it alone would not necessarily count as breaking through to the Sky Soaring Realm.
• Mountain and River King decided to search the Trial Planet for an Earth Vein Fruit to pursue Galaxy-Level Genius status.
• Xu Qin was overwhelmed by four opponents and Flying Daggers in the Starfire Tower’s fourth-floor trial and died.

Lin Qi completed the Tower of Starfire and opened his 108th Aperture, reaching Aperture Refinement Realm perfection before the Blazing Sun List reward settlement. He began the Fifth Stage of Blazing Sun Mountain, where his new mental defense stopped the Insect Race Mother Empress’s attack.

• Lin Qi cultivated the Tower of Starfire in ten days, increasing his mental power to 50,000 and creating a powerful defense in his Consciousness Space.
• Lin Qi consumed Divine Aperture Liquid and spent 24 hours opening his 108th Aperture, reaching Aperture Refinement Realm perfection.
• Lin Qi postponed his breakthrough into the Sky Soaring Realm until after the Blazing Sun List reward settlement and rested before the settlement began.
• Lin Qi arrived at Blazing Sun Mountain with Jiang Tao and the others; Jiang Tao had awakened a third ability and become Blue Star’s sixth Galaxy-Level Genius.
• Lin Qi entered the Fifth Stage trial to kill 3,000 Insect Race Warriors and the Insect Race Mother Empress within five hours.
• The Insect Race Mother Empress attacked Lin Qi with a Mental Spike, but his Tower of Starfire shattered it without letting him feel the impact.

Lin Qi cleared the Blazing Sun Mountain Fifth Stage but failed the Sixth Stage after battling thousands of Insect Race Warriors and elite fighters. He left the trial intending to break through to the Sky Soaring Realm, while Earth Civilization’s rising geniuses drew attention and he collected his rewards for ranking first and reaching the sixth stage.

• Lin Qi killed the Fifth Stage’s Insect Race Warriors and Mother Empress, then entered the Sixth Stage, where thirty Elite Fire Ant Warriors joined the horde.
• Lin Qi fought for over four hours but died with hundreds of Insect Race Warriors and two Elite Fire Ant Warriors still alive, then declined to continue and chose to prepare for a breakthrough.
• Lei Ze and other spectators learned that Jiang Tao, Sun Sheng, and Li Tianxing had entered the Blood Exchange Realm list’s top ten.
• Lin Qi’s Sixth Stage result astonished spectators, who compared him to Qin Ling and praised Earth Civilization’s growing number of top geniuses.
• Lin Qi received 1,300,000 Deep Space Coins in rewards, congratulated Jiang Tao and his companions, and logged off with the others from Earth Civilization.

After reaching the sixth level of Blazing Sun Mountain, Lin Qi began his breakthrough to the Sky Soaring Realm with Xin Huo’s guidance and the Sky Soaring Potion. He condensed a Gold-attribute Source Vein, underwent a profound transformation, and ended the chapter able to fly.

• Yao Chen and Crimson Emperor learned that Lin Qi had reached the sixth level of Blazing Sun Mountain and praised his talent.
• Lin Qi told Xin Huo he was ready to break through, and she explained how to condense a Source Vein and use a Sky Soaring Potion.
• Lin Qi drank the potion and began condensing a Source Vein with the Golden Emperor Secret Classic, drawing on the power of his Golden Gang Overlord Body.
• Lin Qi successfully formed a Gold-attribute Source Vein, triggering a deep transformation in his cells.
• Lin Qi’s senses and mental processing improved dramatically, and he began hovering in the air as a Sky Soaring Realm Martial Artist.

After breaking through to the Sky Soaring Realm, Lin Qi tested his new flight, strength, and speed before seeking a technique to continue his cultivation. At the Myriad Laws Pavilion, he bought the Sky Soaring Chapter of the Golden Emperor Secret Classic, and a golden Magic Cube descended to deliver it.

• Lin Qi broke through to the Sky Soaring Realm, raising his vitality to 43,000 and his Template Fusion Rate to 47%.
• Lin Qi tested his flight in the Cosmic Virtual Network, then measured his strength at 4,000 tons and his speed at 1,600 m/s.
• Xin Huo told Lin Qi that the Golden Emperor Secret Classic lacked a Sky Soaring Chapter, so Lin Qi decided to seek a new technique before leaving No. 9 Ruins.
• Lin Qi met Liu Ming on the way to the Myriad Laws Pavilion, where Liu Ming described how the Blade Stream Civilization had risen after years of hardship.
• Red Robe told Lin Qi that the Myriad Laws Pavilion held the complete, improved Golden Emperor Secret Classic and offered its Sky Soaring Chapter for 2.1 million Deep Space Coin.
• Lin Qi paid 2.1 million Deep Space Coin for the Sky Soaring Chapter, and a golden Magic Cube descended from the ceiling.

Lin Qi studied the perfected Sky Soaring Chapter of the Golden Emperor Secret Classic and spent three days upgrading his Gang Jin. He entered the Cosmic Arena after breaking through to the Sky Soaring Realm and defeated the Galaxy-Level Genius Rou Yu in his first match.

• Lin Qi bought the Sky Soaring Chapter from the Myriad Laws Pavilion, memorized it, and began studying how to recultivate his Gang Jin.
• Lin Qi used the manual to reforge his Golden Emperor Gang Force, increasing its power and completing the upgrade in three days.
• Lin Qi entered the Cosmic Arena, where his rankings were reassessed and he was matched with Rou Yu, a 6-Star Sky Soaring Realm fighter.
• Lin Qi blocked Rou Yu's Green Leaf Flying Daggers with his new Gang Jin and countered her sword strike with a blow that severely injured her.
• Lin Qi pierced Rou Yu with his spear, and the Cosmic Arena declared him the winner.

Lin Qi broke through to the Sky Soaring Realm, fought his way up the Cosmic Arena rankings, and promised Xin Huo that Earth Civilization would search for survivors of the Starfire Civilization. After leaving No. 9 Ruins, he sold two relics to the Crimson Emperor, who urged him to prepare for the Deep Space Genius Competition.

• Rou Yu reviewed her defeat to Yang Jian, while her sister warned that powerful geniuses from across the Universe were entering the Cosmic Arena.
• Lin Qi won forty-nine of fifty Cosmic Arena battles, improved his Spear Technique and Movement Technique, and raised his combat power to 6-Star before losing to a top expert.
• Lin Qi promised Xin Huo that Earth Civilization would find surviving descendants of the Starfire Civilization and help them rise again.
• Lin Qi left No. 9 Ruins as a Sky Soaring Realm Martial Artist and received congratulations from the Mountain and River King and the Bei Jiang Sword King.
• Lin Qi sold the Crimson Emperor a Bloodline Evolution Elixir and the Tower of Starfire for 5.5 million Deep Space Coins and agreed to prepare for the Deep Space Genius Competition.

Crimson Emperor decided Blue Star needed the protection of a Supreme Power, while Lin Qi returned home, prepared for his siblings’ birth, and helped hatch and enslave a Star Devouring Beast. After his brother Lin Xiao and sister Lin Zhaoyue were born, the beast hatched with Metal and Space abilities and underwent a mysterious transformation from consuming Lin Qi’s blood; Lin Qi named it Xiao Tian.

• Crimson Emperor concluded that Blue Star’s growing prominence and the Zerg threat made joining a Supreme Power essential for its safety.
• Lin Qi returned to his family, bought a Source Energy system and Fetal Stabilizing Elixir, fed Ten Thousand Year Stone Marrow and his blood to the Star Devouring Beast Egg, and condensed a Starfire Seal to enslave the creature before it hatched.
• Lin Qi’s breakthrough to the Ninth Realm was announced, and staff installed the Source Energy system at his residence, where the egg absorbed the energy and grew.
• Fang Huiyi gave birth to Lin Xiao and Lin Zhaoyue, and Lin Qi brought them home under the protection of Flowing Silver Guardians.
• The Star Devouring Beast hatched with Metal and Space abilities, and Lin Qi’s Panel revealed that his blood had dramatically increased its potential.
• Lin Qi fed the hungry beast Calamity Beast meat and named it Xiao Tian, which it happily accepted.

Lin Qi bought supplies for Xiao Tian and acquired a guide to raising Star Devouring Beasts before attending a Sky Soaring Realm cultivation lesson at Blazing Sun Academy. Fiona explained how Source Veins were formed and how a Martial Artist’s foundations and talents shaped their limits.

• Xiao Tian ate 10 tons of Calamity Beast flesh, slept, and rapidly grew stronger as Lin Qi bought a larger Space Bracelet and 100 tons of Tier 2 Disaster Beast flesh.
• Lin Qi received the new bracelet, stored the delivered flesh, and fed Xiao Tian another 10 tons after it had grown to the size of a golden retriever.
• At the Myriad Laws Pavilion, Lin Qi bought the Star Devouring Beast Notes for 500,000 Deep Space Coins.
• Lin Qi joined Augustus, Andrei, Ajay, Qin Shuang, Liu Ming, Liu Hai, and Lei Ze for Fiona’s Sky Soaring Realm cultivation lesson.
• Fiona explained that Martial Artists formed Source Veins by connecting Apertures, and that opening all 108 Apertures was necessary to pursue nine Source Meridians.

After Fiona’s lecture, Lin Qi bought two expensive Source Energy Crystals to accelerate his Sky Soaring Realm cultivation and studied notes on raising Xiao Tian. He collected the crystals in the Imperial Capital, met the young prodigy Qin Heng, then began absorbing a crystal at home.

• Fiona taught that Source Energy Crystals could greatly speed Sky Soaring Realm cultivation, and Lin Qi explained the Source Vein’s role to Augustus and the others.
• After learning that each crystal cost one million Deep Space Coins, Lin Qi bought two and continued cultivating while studying the Star Devouring Beast Notes.
• Lin Qi traveled to the Imperial Capital and collected his crystals from Yi Ming at Red Sky Martial Arts Hall headquarters.
• Lin Qi heard that twelve-year-old Qin Heng had awakened two abilities and might become a Galaxy-Level Genius, though Yi Ming considered him far below Lin Qi.
• Back at home, Lin Qi swallowed a Source Energy Crystal and activated the Golden Emperor Secret Classic while Xiao Tian watched.

Lin Qi absorbed a Source Energy Crystal, strengthened his body, and reflected on his cultivation goals before returning to the Blazing Sun Mountain trials as a Sky Soaring Realm martial artist. He defeated the first two gates and fought through the third for over an hour before dying, placing 345th on the Blazing Sun List.

• Lin Qi absorbed a Source Energy Crystal over three days, raising his Blood and Qi Value by 2,000, then fed Xiao Tian and reflected on his cultivation path.
• Lin Zhen, Fang Zhe, and Xu Changfeng joined Lin Qi for dinner, where Xu Changfeng thanked Lin Qi for their business partnership and offered future help.
• Lin Qi met Sun Sheng and Li Tianxing in the Cosmic Virtual World, then entered Blazing Sun Mountain to begin recalculating his Sky Soaring Realm ranking.
• Lin Qi cleared the first gate's 100 Insect Race Warriors and the second gate's 300, but struggled against the stronger mental attacks and enemies in the third gate.
• Lin Qi fought for 1 hour and 5 minutes in the third gate before the Insect Race Warriors killed him, raising his Blazing Sun List ranking from 1,200th to 345th.

Lin Qi discovered that his first Sky Soaring Realm challenge placed him fourth in Blue Star combat power, then returned to Azure Sky Martial Academy for graduation and encouraged its students. Back home, he planned to advance his martial skills and gather Source Energy Crystals for cultivation.

• Lin Qi ranked 345th on the Blazing Sun List, while Sun Sheng, Li Tianxing, and other geniuses gathered outside to see his result; he learned he had surpassed several veteran experts and ranked fourth in Blue Star combat power.
• Mountain and River King resolved to seek a third ability and planned to find allies to attack the Steel Earth Dragon's nest on the Trial Planet.
• High-Level Martial Artists across Blue Star reacted to Lin Qi's new ranking as news spread.
• Lin Qi attended Azure Sky Martial Academy's opening ceremony, received his Graduation Certificate, delivered a speech, and took a photo with Li Ding.
• Lin Qi returned home, greeted his family and Xiao Tian, then planned to improve his Spear Technique and Movement Technique and obtain Source Energy Crystals.

Six months later, Dean Liu learned that Lin Qi had become one of Blue Star’s strongest fighters as a massive Disaster Beast Tide erupted at Black Dragon Base. Lin Qi killed two Ninth Level Disaster Beasts before five top-tier beasts surrounded him, forcing him to fight under extreme pressure.

• Dean Liu read news about Qin Heng becoming Blue Star’s eighth Galaxy-Level Genius and learned that fifteen Ninth Level Disaster Beasts had emerged at Black Dragon Base, where Lin Qi was stationed.
• Lin Qi ordered Bei Jiang Sword King and Pei Hongfeng to hold off four beasts while he took on the rest, hoping the battle would help him comprehend the Golden Edge Scroll’s final Killing Move.
• Lin Qi killed the Red Flame Bird with a spear strike and then killed the Howling Moon Sky Wolf, while Bei Jiang Sword King and Pei Hongfeng engaged four other beasts.
• The Platinum Evil Tiger and Earth-Shaking Dragon Elephant attacked Lin Qi, and the Mountain Moving Ape and Nine-Headed Serpent Emperor joined the assault as he fought to evade them.
• Five top-tier Ninth Level Disaster Beasts surrounded Lin Qi, and the mounting danger pushed him to move and attack faster as he searched for a way to kill them.