Chapter Summaries

Lin Qi passed five increasingly difficult Dream Bridge stages before dying on the thirty-sixth, raising his ranking to second place and earning 4,000 Cultivation Points. After buying the third volume of Thunder Venerate Secret Record, he learned from Xing Yu about a dangerous Death Secret Realm mission that could earn Cultivation Points by collecting Boundary Stones.

• Lin Qi cleared stages thirty-one through thirty-five of Dream Bridge, earning 4,000 Cultivation Points, but died during stage thirty-six.
• Lin Qi saw that he ranked second behind Qin Ling, then bought the third volume of Thunder Venerate Secret Record for 8,000 Cultivation Points.
• Lin Qi studied the secret art for several months until Xing Yu visited and explained that Primordial Sacred Land members could earn Cultivation Points through missions.
• Xing Yu told Lin Qi that new members could join a Cosmic Second Realm mission to collect Boundary Stones in the Death Secret Realm fifty years after joining.
• Xing Yu warned Lin Qi that the Dragon Race, Demon Race, and Zerg also entered the Death Secret Realm, where opponents could kill members permanently and revival was nearly impossible.

With thirty-eight years until the Death Secret Realm opens, Lin Qi planned to maximize his strength and prepared to enter alongside Xiaotian and the Blue Star group. After thirty-five years of cultivation and growth across Blue Star, Lin Qi decided to challenge the Primordial Tower again, with less than five years remaining before the realm opened.

• Elder Xing Yu told Lin Qi that the Death Secret Realm would open in thirty-eight years, and Lin Qi resolved to strengthen his cultivation and Martial Arts Skill before entering.
• Lin Qi met with Crimson Emperor, Jiang Tao, Jiang Miaoyin, and Sun Sheng, who confirmed that the eight Blue Star members would enter the Death Secret Realm and discussed the dangers facing them.
• Xiaotian broke through to the Star Realm, and Lin Qi sold Xiaotian’s shed scales, claws, and teeth for 15,000 Cultivation Points, then bought Profound Gold True Solution and six bottles of Soul Marrow.
• Over the following years, Lin Qi and Xiaotian cultivated while Lin Qi’s younger siblings and other Blue Star geniuses advanced, and Blue Star’s population, economy, and martial strength grew.
• Thirty-five years later, Crimson Emperor told Lin Qi that his Primordial Tower ranking had fallen to just over thirtieth place; Lin Qi said he would challenge the tower’s third floor again.

After thirty-eight years of studying the laws, Lin Qi defeated Ni He on the Primordial Tower’s third floor and fought him evenly on the fourth before losing. His performance raised him to Second Place, surpassing Tixi, who decided to stop focusing on the Space Law and return to cultivating the Water Law.

• Lin Qi returned to the Primordial Tower after thirty-eight years and defeated Ni He, passing the third floor and receiving 8,000 Cultivation Points.
• On the fourth floor, Lin Qi struggled against Ni He’s Killing True Meaning but tested his new Prison Shatter killing move in a draw between their attacks.
• After an hour of fighting, Lin Qi was killed, but his battle performance moved him from Fifth Place to Second Place, ahead of Tixi.
• Ni He warned Lin Qi that the Death Secret Realm would open in three years and that even powerful Star Domain-Level Geniuses had died there.
• Lin Qi booked another observation session, while Tixi learned that he had surpassed her and chose to focus on the Water Law instead of the Space Law.

Lin Qi learned that the Death Secret Realm would open in three years and prepared for the deadly competition over Boundary Stones. He reached Star Realm perfection and broke through to the Cosmic Third Realm in spiritual power, then turned his attention to improving his martial arts and preparing for the secret realm.

• Xiao Chan showed Lin Qi the Holy Land's notice about the Death Secret Realm, and Xing Yu warned him that over a thousand Primordial Sacred Land members would participate while promising to provide his combat equipment and urging him to learn stronger desperate techniques.
• Lin Qi cultivated for three months and condensed his ninth Source Energy Sub-core, reaching Star Realm perfection and raising his template fusion rate to 57%.
• Lin Qi bought two bottles of Soul Marrow after calculating that his spiritual power was near its limit, while Gutao, Yaoyu, Samuel, Fenghao, and Yu Miaozhen visited and discussed their preparations and his lead over Tixi.
• Solan visited Lin Qi and sensed danger from him despite being in the Cosmic Fourth Realm.
• Lin Qi consumed both bottles of Soul Marrow, expanded his perception to a radius of one hundred kilometers, and broke through to the Cosmic Third Realm in spiritual power, bringing his template fusion rate to 58%.

Lin Qi advanced his Gold Law comprehension at the Chaos Artifact Tianjin and bought the life-risking secret skill Myriad Blades Tomb. After learning how dangerous it was and that he lacked the recovery potions needed to survive using it, he entered the Primordial World to test its effects.

• Xing Yu and other powerful beings discussed Lin Qi surpassing Tixi and praised Qin Ling as the strongest Human Race genius preparing for the Death Secret Realm.
• Lin Qi completed his study of the Chaos Artifact's earlier levels, began comprehending Killing True Meaning, and received Austin's warning about the Death Secret Realm's dangers.
• Lin Qi learned that his Cultivation Notes were worth 200 Cultivation Points and purchased Myriad Blades Tomb for 6,500 Cultivation Points.
• Lin Qi read that Myriad Blades Tomb briefly amplified the body and Gold Law by burning life, but required a top-tier recovery potion afterward.
• Lin Qi entered the Primordial World and began awakening the secret skill's hidden origin power within his body.

Lin Qi practiced Myriad Blades Tomb, briefly unleashing tremendous power before its cost left him helpless until his recovery ability restored him. As the Death Secret Realm prepared to open, the Demon Race and Zerg plotted to target Human geniuses, while the Dragon Race planned to enter for its own reasons.

• Lin Qi sensed his source power and activated Myriad Blades Tomb, greatly increasing his strength and Gold Law perception.
• Lin Qi punched the Training Ground, creating a deep pit and cracks, then collapsed as the technique drained his source power and vitality.
• Lin Qi recovered through his ability and resumed training, aiming to master Myriad Blades Tomb and improve his Spear Technique.
• Demon Race leaders discussed the coming Death Secret Realm and proposed joining the Zerg to kill Human geniuses, especially the fifteen Star Domain-Level Geniuses with Special Physiques.
• Zerg leaders agreed to hunt Human geniuses in the Death Secret Realm and aimed to kill at least half of them.
• Dragon Race leaders decided to enter the Death Secret Realm to compete for Boundary Stones and fight the other races.

Three years after Blue Star’s rise, Lin Qi’s younger siblings struggled to advance, while he continued studying the Law of Thunder under Xing Yu. With the Death Secret Realm expedition approaching, Xing Yu equipped Lin Qi with powerful armor, a spear, soul protection, and healing potions; Lin Qi tested his new gear and prepared for the mission.

• Lin Zhaoyue and Lin Xiao told Lin Qi that, despite decades of cultivation, they had reached the peak of the Sky Soaring Realm without comprehending a law.
• Lin Qi attended Xing Yu’s lecture on the Law of Thunder, then received a month of personal guidance and learned that he had begun grasping the true meaning of thunder strike.
• Xing Yu gave Lin Qi Dark Radiance battle armor and a Golden Lightning Spear, explaining that the equipment would help him survive and fight powerful opponents in the Death Secret Realm.
• Xing Yu also gave Lin Qi a Purple Star Ring to defend his soul and three Heavenly River Potions to restore his life force and consumed origin.
• Lin Qi bound the Purple Star Ring to himself, donned the armor, and tested the spear at the Training Ground, pleased with its power.

Lin Qi and the other new members received equipment and prepared to enter the Death Secret Realm, where they would face other races and seek Boundary Stones. The expedition set off aboard the Xuan Kun, and Xing Yu began briefing them on the secret realm during their month-long wormhole journey.

• Yan Zun gave Crimson Emperor battle armor, weapons, a soul-protecting Supreme Treasure, and Heavenly River Potion, while Tixi’s elder prepared her equipment for the expedition.
• After a month passed, Lin Qi prepared to leave with Xiaotian, who transformed into a golden retriever, and Xiao Chan reminded him that it was time to depart.
• Lin Qi met Crimson Emperor, Tixi, Rhine, and the other gathered members at the Primordial Sacred Land’s gate, where Tixi proposed competing to kill the most enemy geniuses and Lin Qi and Crimson Emperor declined.
• Xing Yu led 866 members, accompanied by Yan Zun and other powerful experts, aboard the Xuan Kun and launched a one-month wormhole journey to the Death Secret Realm.
• Xing Yu explained that the Death Secret Realm was a vast world inhabited by Barbarians and Barbarian Beasts, whose populations were tied to the creation of Boundary Stones.

Lin Qi and the other Human Race members prepared for their year in the Death Secret Realm, learning about Boundary Stones and gathering with Blue Star’s other geniuses. The realm’s gate opened, but enormous Zerg Nests appeared as the factions assembled to enter.

• Xing Yu explained Boundary Stones, the rules for the Death Secret Realm, and how the Human Race members could use detectors to locate stones; Lin Qi merged one into Xiao Chan and studied the realm’s map and information.
• After a month aboard the Xuan Kun, Lin Qi arrived at the Void Region and met the leaders and members of the other Supreme Powers as they gathered outside the Death Secret Realm.
• Lin Qi reunited with Jiang Tao, Jiang Miaoyin, Sun Sheng, Li Tianxing, the War God, and the Crimson Emperor; they discussed meeting up after the realm scattered them to random locations and agreed to prioritize safety and Boundary Stones.
• Xing Yu and more than a hundred Cosmic Fifth Realm experts opened the Death Secret Realm’s gate, revealing an ancient world beyond the spatial rift.
• As the assembled factions prepared to enter, hundreds of enormous Zerg Nests appeared in the nearby starry sky.

Lin Qi entered the Death Secret Realm with the other races’ geniuses and arrived in the Barren World, where he began exploring its dangerous wilderness. He learned that he had landed in the Stone Kingdom region of the Eastern Domain.

• The Zerg, Demon Race, and Dragon Race arrived, and their leaders clashed over the pressure the Demon Race had placed on the Human Race.
• The races teleported their Star Realm members into the Death Secret Realm, while Yan Zun and Aila began fighting outside it and the other leaders exchanged threats.
• Lin Qi appeared in the Barren World, survived his fall, and observed its extreme gravity and high Source Energy concentration.
• A Barbarian Wolf Beast ambushed Lin Qi, but he dodged its attack and killed it with his spear.
• Xiaotian devoured the Barbarian Wolf Beast, and Xiao Chan identified Lin Qi’s location as the Stone Kingdom region of the Eastern Domain.

Lin Qi searched the Barren World for Boundary Stones with help from Xiao Chan and Xiaotian, while Crimson Emperor and other arrivals began their own searches. After Lin Qi claimed a stone and killed two Barbarian Bull Beasts, Stone Kingdom’s leaders plotted to capture the human outsiders, and Crimson Emperor decided to prioritize the stones before hunting rival races.

• Lin Qi learned that the other six people from Blue Star were scattered far away, then set out with Xiao Chan and Xiaotian to detect Boundary Stones.
• Xiaotian defeated one Star Realm Barbarian Bull Beast, while Lin Qi killed another with a barrage of Spear Gang Force and stored its corpse.
• Xiao Chan dug a Low-Grade Earth Realm Stone out of the ground, and Lin Qi stored it in his Space Bracelet before heading toward another detected stone.
• A group from Stone Kingdom found the excavated pit, and their Silver-armored Man ordered his allies to search for and attack the human outsiders.
• Crimson Emperor saw that the Blue Star arrivals were scattered, chose to prioritize finding Boundary Stones, and killed two Barbarian Beasts.

Crimson Emperor, Lin Qi, and other outsiders collected Boundary Stones in the Barren World as the Demon Race and Zerg ravaged its inhabitants. After Lin Qi found several Water Realm Stones, Shi Hong and Stone Kingdom warriors confronted him over hunting on their territory.

• Crimson Emperor found a Low-Grade Wood Realm Stone in a Barbarian Beast nest and continued searching for Boundary Stones.
• Human Race members, Demon Race forces, and Zerg searched the Barren World, while the Demon Race and Zerg slaughtered Barbarian Beasts and Barbarians.
• Lin Qi and Star Devouring Beast Xiaotian killed more than thirty Star Realm Barbarian Beasts, then found three Low-Grade Water Realm Stones and one High-Grade Water Realm Stone in a lake.
• Lin Qi considered gathering Boundary Stones from Demon Race and Zerg forces later, but continued hunting Barbarian Beasts rather than robbing Barbarians.
• Shi Hong and Saint Domain Warriors from Stone Kingdom confronted Lin Qi after identifying him as an Outsider and challenged his right to collect Boundary Stones on their territory.

Lin Qi and Xiaotian fought off an ambush by Saint Domain Warriors from Stone Kingdom, Wind Kingdom, and Lei Kingdom, killing many of them with overwhelming force. As the surviving attackers fled, Lin Qi confronted the wounded Shi Hong, who tried to escape.

• Shi Hong demanded Lin Qi's Boundary Stones and ordered thirty Saint Domain Warriors to attack when Lin Qi refused.
• Xiaotian shielded Lin Qi from the assault, then killed several Barbarians with a golden beam while Lin Qi remained unharmed.
• More Saint Domain Warriors joined the attack, but Lin Qi killed the Black-Armored Strongman and the Flowing Wind Family Head before unleashing thousands of spear attacks.
• Lin Qi slaughtered many more attackers as Xiao Chan gathered their Space Bracelets, and the survivors fled in terror.
• Shi Hong climbed from a crater, admitted his mistake, and tried to escape after Lin Qi remarked that he was lucky to have survived.

Lin Qi wiped out Shi Hong’s hunting party and collected twenty Boundary Stones from their Space Bracelets, prompting King Shi to vow revenge. Meanwhile, the races began a brutal search for Boundary Stones, and Bello found himself badly wounded and pursued by a powerful Demon Race Sky Wolf.

• Lin Qi killed Shi Hong and pursued the fleeing members of his party, while Xiaotian and Xiao Chan hunted them from other directions.
• Lin Qi and his companions killed all sixty of Shi Hong’s people, then searched their Space Bracelets and found twenty Boundary Stones, including two High-Grade Realm Stones.
• After learning that Shi Hong and twenty lords had died, King Shi blamed himself for allowing the hunt and resolved to personally kill the Outsiders.
• Outside the Death Secret Realm, Xing Yu warned that the Demon Race and Zerg would target human geniuses during the final three months, while two human names had already dimmed.
• The Demon Race, Zerg, Dragon Race, and Human Race began searching for Boundary Stones, devastating the Barren World as they went.
• Bello, wounded and unable to escape, faced a giant Sky Wolf of the Demon Race in a primeval forest.

Sky Wolf and the zerg threatened humans and barbarians across the Death Secret Realm while Lin Qi hunted boundary stones in the Hengling Mountain Range. After absorbing two Gold Realm Stones and strengthening his body, Lin Qi was confronted by six warriors from the Stone Kingdom, apparently seeking revenge.

• Sky Wolf defeated and devoured Bello, then took thirteen boundary stones and decided to hunt human martial artists for more.
• Jiang Tao intervened when a zerg nest attacked a barbarian city and fought the zerg mother empress as battles between humans, demons, and zerg spread across the realm.
• Lin Qi and Star Devouring Beast Xiaotian killed a savage dragon beast, and Xiao Chan found eight low-grade earth realm stones in its lair.
• Lin Qi absorbed two low-grade Gold Realm Stones, increasing his physical strength and affinity for the Gold Law.
• Six armored warriors bearing the Stone Kingdom emblem arrived and confronted Lin Qi, led by someone whose strength suggested he had reached the Cosmic Third Realm.

Lin Qi fought King Shi, the Stone Kingdom ruler who sought revenge for his son Shi Hong, and defeated him despite the difference in their realms. Lin Qi killed King Shi with his Star Mark spear technique, leaving the fate of the remaining Stone Kingdom warriors unresolved.

• King Shi confronted Lin Qi over Shi Hong’s death and attacked him with his Earth Law domain, while Lin Qi told Xiaotian to watch the others.
• Lin Qi and King Shi clashed with their domains and Gang Jin; Lin Qi’s superior cultivation method and Law Comprehension overwhelmed King Shi’s attacks.
• The two fought at close range, and King Shi’s strength forced Lin Qi to take him seriously, but Lin Qi’s spear and armor proved superior as King Shi accumulated injuries.
• King Shi unleashed a desperate power-up and charged again, but Lin Qi used his Star Mark killing move to shatter King Shi’s hammer and pierce through his head.

Lin Qi killed King Shi and the Stone Kingdom warriors, then absorbed Gold Realm Stones as the Barren World fell into war among the kingdoms, humans, and three invading races. Six months later, Meng Nuo and Tixi each defeated powerful Demon Race creatures and prepared to keep fighting.

• Lin Qi killed King Shi, and Xiaotian and Xiao Chan helped him kill the fleeing Stone Kingdom warriors.
• Lin Qi collected the warriors’ and King Shi’s Space Bracelets, found many treasures and Boundary Stones, and absorbed three Low-Grade Gold Realm Stones while Xiaotian devoured a Savage Dragon Beast.
• Wind Kingdom and Lei Kingdom divided Stone Kingdom, while the Demon Race, Zerg, and Dragon Race ravaged the Barren World and fought the Barbarians and humans.
• Meng Nuo killed a Thunderclap Leopard above a ruined city, took its Spatial Equipment, and left to hunt more Demon Race creatures.
• Tixi defeated a Bronze Giant Turtle by severing its limbs and head, then welcomed the Demon Race forces it had summoned.

Crimson Emperor led a joint Barbarian assault that destroyed a Zerg Nest and killed its Queen, though she claimed the Zerg and Demon Race knew his location and had marked him. Outside the Death Secret Realm, the rival races taunted the Human Race over its mounting losses as the conflict intensified.

• Crimson Emperor and the Barbarians attacked a Zerg Nest, where the Queen’s Mental Shock killed and incapacitated many warriors, but a Crimson Cube protected him.
• Crimson Emperor killed the Queen and destroyed the damaged Zerg Nest, then found its Boundary Stone and checked the locations of the other Blue Star people.
• Crimson Emperor learned that the Queen claimed to have planted a mental mark on him and warned that the Zerg and Demon Race knew his location; he decided to meet up with Lin Qi and the others after seven months.
• Outside the Death Secret Realm, Human Race observers watched participant deaths and kills as more than three thousand names dimmed and factions reported mounting losses.
• The Golden Emperor Tiger and a Zerg representative mocked the Human Race, while Yan Zun answered that the Demon Race and Zerg had also lost members and that the conflict had only begun.

The Demon Race and Zerg allied against the Human Race, prompting Xing Yu to advise Lin Qi to join forces with Qin Ling and head for the Graveyard of Gods. Lin Qi set out for the battlefield but detoured to rescue Jiang Miaoyin, whom two Demon Beasts were pursuing, and arrived with Xiaotian to drive back the Star Feather Eagle.

• The Demon Race and Zerg announced their alliance against the Human Race, and the Human Race powerhouses agreed that their geniuses should gather and fight together.
• Lin Qi absorbed Gold Realm Stones, reviewed the battle records, and learned that Tixi, Crimson Emperor, Meng Nuo, and others had killed Demon Race and Zerg members.
• Xing Yu warned Lin Qi that the Demon Race and Zerg had joined forces and urged him to meet Qin Ling before heading to the Graveyard of Gods for Supreme Realm Stones.
• Lin Qi decided to gather Blue Star's other members at the Graveyard of Gods, but changed course after Xiao Chan reported that Jiang Miaoyin was being pursued by two Demon Beasts.
• The Star Feather Eagle wounded Jiang Miaoyin with its Annihilation Wind, but Xiaotian struck it with a Gold Law beam after Lin Qi arrived.
• Lin Qi reunited with Jiang Miaoyin as the injured Star Feather Eagle noticed the approaching Crimson Fire Ape and regained confidence.

Lin Qi fought and killed Chi Rong, a powerful Crimson Fire Ape, after a prolonged battle in the Death Secret Realm. His spear and movement techniques improved, and Jiang Miaoyin continued her fight against Ying Ju after injuring its wing.

• Lin Qi assigned Jiang Miaoyin to fight Ying Ju while he faced Chi Rong, and Star-Swallowing Xiaotian watched from the side.
• Lin Qi evaded Chi Rong’s attacks and wounded it with repeated spear strikes, while Chi Rong countered with its Crimson Fire Pillar.
• After six hours of fighting, Lin Qi exploited Chi Rong’s attempt to unleash its life-risking ability and killed it with the Prison Shatter technique.
• Lin Qi collected Chi Rong’s corpse and blood, and his Spear Technique and Movement Technique each improved by one percent.
• Ying Ju lost focus upon seeing Chi Rong’s death, allowing Jiang Miaoyin to cut off its wing and prepare to finish it.