Chapter Summaries

Nahuen intimidated two eighth-stage stellar-level experts into accepting his larger hunting area, then began a secret plan with his loyal clansmen. Li Qi arrived on Qikunli Star and hunted beasts, killing twenty-four targets before receiving an important message.

• Nahuen defeated a seventh-stage stellar-level man with one axe strike and convinced two eighth-stage experts to accept his division of the hunting area.
• Nahuen refused to include the two experts in his plan and ordered his clansmen to begin it when their spaceship arrived.
• Li Qi arrived on Qikunli Star and killed a third-stage stellar-level Firefeather Bird with his Blood Edge Blade.
• Li Qi slowly wore down and killed a ninth-stage stellar-level Azure-Scaled Beast after struggling to pierce its dense body.
• Ten days later, Li Qi killed his twenty-fourth target and received an important message on his communicator.

Nahu'en Gul broke through to the cosmic level, triggering an emergency survival mission for the trainees on Qikunli Star. Li Qi hid for twenty hours to earn survival points, then left his hiding place after learning only thirteen trainees remained alive.

• Nahu'en Gul killed a Stellar Training Camp trainee, took his communicator, and completed his breakthrough to the cosmic level.
• The Molten Empire ordered Nahu'en Gul to stay put, while he hoped the trial mission would let him reduce his sentence and return to rescue his clansmen.
• The emergency mission ordered the trainees to survive on Qikunli Star, offering points for time survived and escape through evacuation points.
• Li Qi decided not to hunt his remaining targets and hid inside a hollow tree for twenty hours.
• Li Qi found that only thirteen trainees remained alive, then flew away on the Blood Blade Cone.

Li Qi flew toward the evacuation point on Qikunli Star as Nahu'en and other criminals learned of his approach and weighed whether to attack him. The chapter left Li Qi facing an ambush by four criminals, while Nahu'en was also heading to intercept him.

• Li Qi used his communicator to locate the evacuation point and flew toward it on the Blood Blade Cone, unaware that a second-stage stellar-level beast was following him.
• Nahu'en learned that only one trainee remained on Qikunli Star and set out to intercept Li Qi after his clansman reported the trainee’s location.
• A group of four criminals decided against attacking Li Qi directly, but their leader sent a pet to follow him and watch for trouble.
• Li Qi noticed the beast following him but continued toward the evacuation point, alert for Nahu'en and other threats.
• Li Qi detected four criminals in the forest ahead and identified their strengths; when they realized he had spotted them, they charged out to attack.

Li Qi used psychic attacks and the Blood Blade Cone to kill two fleeing criminals, then continued toward the evacuation point instead of pursuing their leader. Elsewhere, a group of criminals learned of the fight, and Nahuen began chasing Li Qi.

• Li Qi struck Luku with a Soul-Piercing Needle and killed him with the Blood Edge Blades, prompting the surviving criminals to flee.
• Li Qi pursued and killed a fourth-stage Stellar-level criminal and a fifth-stage Stellar-level criminal, but let Aktu escape.
• Li Qi adjusted his course and continued flying toward the evacuation point.
• A thin second-stage Stellar-level criminal reported Li Qi's victory to the criminals hiding in the forest, and they agreed they were fortunate not to have confronted him.
• The thin criminal sensed Nahuen chasing Li Qi, and the group followed Nahuen.

Li Qi used his third-layer domain and Heavy Defense Shield to survive Nahuen’s pursuit and reach the extraction point. Nahuen failed to kill him and stopped at the restricted boundary, where entering would trigger the chip in his brain.

• The instructors aboard the spacecraft ordered that Nahuen be killed if he threatened Li Qi’s life, and they recognized Li Qi as the Imperial Training Planetary Department’s top candidate.
• Nahuen caught up to Li Qi and attacked, but Li Qi’s third-layer domain slowed him while the Heavy Defense Shield blocked his axe.
• Nahuen realized Li Qi had comprehended a domain and repeatedly attacked, but each strike failed to stop Li Qi from gaining distance.
• Li Qi reached the extraction point and taunted Nahuen that he could not catch him.
• Nahuen made one final attack but stopped before entering the restricted extraction zone, where his chip would explode.

Li Qi survived the Planet Hunting Mission and learned that only eleven of the fifty-seven trainees lived. With his 396 points, he exchanged them for guidance from a Domain Lord skilled in the Wood Domain as he returned to the Sand Sea Stellar Training Camp.

• Li Qi reached the evacuation point while Nahuen learned that another trainee was heading there and went to ambush them.
• The four criminals discussed Li Qi's escape and wondered why the mission-ending notice had not arrived.
• Li Qi received confirmation that the trial mission had ended and saw that eleven trainees had survived.
• Li Qi calculated that he had earned 365 points, bringing his total to 396, and planned to exchange them for Wood Domain guidance.
• Li Qi returned to the spacecraft with the surviving trainees; only four Sand Sea Stellar Training Camp trainees had survived.
• Li Qi exchanged his points for a guidance session with a Domain Lord skilled in the Wood Domain.

Li Qi exchanged for and mastered the Energy-Burning Escape Technique, then met Domain Lord Nan Ying for his scheduled guidance. Nan Ying began teaching him about the meaning of wood.

• Li Qi scheduled guidance with Domain Lord Nan Ying and exchanged 122 points for the Energy-Burning Escape Technique.
• Li Qi studied and practiced the technique, becoming proficient in it over the following month and learning that it could nearly triple his speed.
• Li Qi visited Nan Ying’s enormous residence and met the instructor, who explained that he belonged to the Giant Race, a branch of humanity.
• Nan Ying arranged a raised sitting room for Li Qi and began his guidance by asking what wood represented.
• Li Qi answered that wood represented life, and Nan Ying began to explain further.

Domain Lord Nan Ying taught Li Qi how to use his domain more effectively, demonstrating extension and condensation techniques. Li Qi quickly understood both and condensed his domain to its current limit, impressing Nan Ying.

• Domain Lord Nan Ying advised Li Qi to observe special plants for insights into wood laws and revealed that he had begun comprehending laws himself.
• Li Qi deployed his third-level domain, and Nan Ying was surprised by how advanced it was but judged his use of it crude.
• Nan Ying used a first-level domain to extend through Li Qi’s domain and suppress him, showing him how to concentrate a domain in one direction.
• Li Qi quickly grasped the extension technique and learned that it could break through an opponent’s domain and bind their body.
• Nan Ying demonstrated domain condensation, and Li Qi shrank his domain to about five meters around himself, impressing Nan Ying.

Sector Lord Nan Ying ended his domain guidance and gave Li Qi a fifth-tier spirit weapon fragment containing Fire Origin Laws patterns as an investment in his talent. Li Qi accepted the fragment and its protective Red Light Box, while Nan Ying hoped his investment would finally yield returns.

• Sector Lord Nan Ying finished teaching Li Qi how to use his Wood Domain to interfere with enemies and said he had nothing more to teach him about domains.
• Sector Lord Nan Ying offered Li Qi a fifth-tier spirit weapon fragment containing a complete Fire Origin Laws pattern, explaining that he was investing in Li Qi's promising future.
• Li Qi initially refused the valuable gift, but accepted it after Nan Ying said future support from Li Qi would repay the favor.
• Sector Lord Nan Ying gave Li Qi a Red Light Box made from E-grade Red Light Zircon to conceal the fragment's aura and protect it from attacks.
• Li Qi placed the fragment in the box, thanked Nan Ying, and departed, while Nan Ying hoped Li Qi would become a powerhouse and help him advance toward immortality.

Li Qi studied a fifth-order mind weapon fragment, then joined a collection trial that ranked trainees by speed and completion rate. He learned that cooperation could improve his standing and went looking for teammates, but left the lounge after no one approached him—until someone greeted him in the corridor.

• Li Qi examined the fifth-order mind weapon fragment in a cultivation quiet room and realized its aura could temper his will, though he could not yet comprehend its Law patterns.
• Li Qi applied for a trial mission and received a collection mission with 132 participants.
• Li Qi learned the trial would rank trainees by collection completion and time, awarding bonus points to top ranks and deducting points from the lowest ranks.
• Li Qi decided to seek trustworthy teammates, since cooperating could make the collection work easier, though he was reluctant to take materials from other trainees.
• Li Qi found no familiar trainees in the spacecraft lounge, left to return to his room, and encountered someone who greeted him in the corridor.

Li Qi recruited Rolando as a teammate for the trial mission, agreeing to rematch him in the Virtual Universe first. Their fight began with both using their spirit weapons, and Li Qi pressed toward Rolando despite the incoming sword attacks.

• Li Qi told Rolando he had traded his points for a second-tier spirit weapon and asked if he had found a teammate for the trial mission.
• Rolando agreed to team up with Li Qi on the condition that they fought another match in the Virtual Universe.
• Rolando revealed that Li Qi's display of his domain had inspired him to comprehend a domain half a year earlier.
• Li Qi met Rolando at Plaza Three and accepted his match invitation, selecting a Heavy Defense Shield, a battle saber, and a hexagonal shield.
• Li Qi sent his Round Blade Disc toward Rolando while Rolando countered with Sky-Breaking Swords, and Li Qi charged through the attacks toward him.

Li Qi defeated Rolando by using his third-level domain to overwhelm him, then explained that the upcoming collection mission might be more dangerous than trainees assumed. Their conversation ended with Li Qi pointing to the Stellar Training Camp’s past willingness to expose trainees to lethal threats.

• Rolando activated his domain, but Li Qi’s compact domain broke through it and suppressed him.
• Li Qi killed Rolando with a series of saber strikes, and Rolando exited the combat space.
• Rolando questioned Li Qi about his domain, and Li Qi revealed that he had recently reached the third level.
• Li Qi warned that finding mission targets could be difficult if the Stellar Training Camp did not provide a map.
• Li Qi reminded Rolando that during the previous Planet Hunting Mission, the camp had allowed a cosmic-level criminal to attack trainees and displayed the evacuation point’s coordinates.

Li Qi and Rolando learned that the Stellar Training Camp’s trial mission would pit trainees against one another for maps showing every mission target. They planned to seize maps from other trainees without killing them and aimed to secure one early enough to rank well.

• Rolando worried that criminals could use stolen communicators to discover evacuation points, and Li Qi explained the dangers of facing Universe-rank criminals.
• Li Qi warned that the Stellar Training Camp might force trainees to compete, and he and Rolando agreed to prepare for the worst.
• The camp announced that maps would be dropped at random, could be seized for an hour, and would reveal their holders’ coordinates every ten minutes.
• Li Qi estimated they needed to obtain a map within ten days to protect their rankings, and Rolando proposed taking one from another trainee.
• Li Qi and Rolando agreed not to kill fellow trainees, then joked that their domains should deter anyone from trying to take a map from them.

Li Qi and Rolando arrived at Kamoti Star for a time trial, where they killed a ninth-rank stellar-level demonic bird that guarded a mountain nest. After searching the nest, Li Qi discovered an unexpected gain.

• Li Qi set aside his suspicions that the Stellar Training Camp was targeting him and planned with Rolando to obtain a map quickly.
• More than a month later, Li Qi and Rolando landed on Kamoti Star with other trainees, who fled rather than risk provoking Li Qi.
• Li Qi and Rolando flew toward a mountain to compare their mission objectives and wait for maps, but a demonic bird attacked them near its nest.
• Rolando deployed his domain while he and Li Qi attacked the ninth-rank stellar-level bird with their psychic weapons, killing it after a minute.
• Li Qi entered the bird's nest with Rolando and found an unexpected gain while checking his communicator.

Li Qi and Rolando joined forces with Ian, Cortinia, and Akem to drive off rival students and secure a map opportunity. The next day, the five traveled together to a newly deployed map, but someone else had already claimed it when they arrived.

• Ian recognized Li Qi and proposed that their groups help each other seize maps on successive days.
• After learning that Ian, Cortinia, and Akem were formidable domain-level students, Li Qi agreed to the alliance with Rolando.
• Rolando unleashed his domain, and the rival students retreated rather than fight the five domain-level students.
• Ian thanked Li Qi and Rolando, and they agreed to act together despite the rule limiting map sharing to three people.
• The five collected mission targets together until the next map's coordinates were announced, then flew toward them.
• When the group reached the map's coordinates, someone else had already taken the map.

Li Qi pursued the trainees who had seized the map, forced them to hand it over, and promised to share a copy with one of them after it unlocked. He reunited with Rolando and the others, and they decided to hold the map through strength as more trainees converged on its announced coordinates.

• Li Qi flew to the map coordinates and chased down the two trainees who had taken the map.
• Li Qi used his domain to slow the pair, and they transferred the map to him rather than risk a fight.
• Li Qi told the two trainees to meet him at a nearby peak after the map unlocked so he could share a copy, then flew off as they decided to follow him.
• Li Qi reunited with Rolando and the others, and Ian suggested they wait for other trainees to arrive.
• Li Qi and his companions chose to rely on overwhelming strength to defend the map as the coordinates were announced again and trainees began gathering.

Li Qi’s team prepared to defend their map as seven domain-level students from two other Stellar Training Camps arrived and planned their attack. Both sides assigned opponents, leaving the confrontation about to begin.

• More than sixty students gathered around the mountain after the map coordinates were announced again.
• Ian asked Li Qi whether he could quickly defeat two domain-level opponents, and Li Qi confidently said he could.
• Ian proposed that each teammate take on two domain-level opponents and defeat them quickly.
• The rival students discussed Ian and Li Qi’s reputations, then assigned two fighters to hold off each of them.
• Both groups finished choosing their matchups and faced one another across the mountain.

Li Qi faced two Domain-level trainees while his side was outnumbered, but he overwhelmed their coordinated Earth and Light Domains with his powerful Wood Domain. The other trainees watched in shock as the battle swung in his favor, while Li Qi reflected that he still had not used his full strength.

• Li Qi and Ian led their five-person group into a standoff against seven opposing Domain-level trainees, who had the numbers advantage.
• Two opponents combined their Earth and Light Domains to suppress Li Qi and interfere with his vision, leading onlookers to believe he had lost.
• Li Qi unleashed his Wood Domain, forcing back the Earth Domain and collapsing the weaker Light Domain.
• Li Qi's opponents and the watching trainees were stunned as the fight turned in his favor, while Li Qi thought he had not yet used his full strength.

Li Qi used his powerful domain and psychic weapons to suppress two Domain-level trainees, turning the battle in his team’s favor. After the two surrendered, the other opposing trainees also withdrew, leaving Li Qi’s group of five victorious over seven.

• Li Qi suppressed the Light Domain and Earth Domain trainees while attacking them with two psychic weapons.
• The Earth Domain trainee saw that his allies could not provide support and surrendered after suffering a minor arm injury.
• The Light Domain trainee also surrendered, and Li Qi stopped his attacks.
• Li Qi’s two former opponents warned their teammates about his strength, prompting the other Domain-level trainees to surrender.
• The Sand Sea Stellar Training Camp trainees celebrated as Li Qi’s group won the battle, and the seven defeated trainees stared at Li Qi in shock.

After defeating the opposing trainees, Li Qi shared his extra map with the trainees whose map he had taken and set out with Rolando to collect mission targets. Three days later, Li Qi entered a forested canyon to search for the final two targets and gradually ventured into the forest’s forbidden zone.

• The seven domain-level trainees accepted their defeat by Li Qi and left, while Ian thanked Li Qi for turning the battle around.
• Rolando asked whether Li Qi had hidden his strength in their earlier fight, and Li Qi admitted that he had held part of it back.
• After the map unlocked, Li Qi shared it with Rolando and gave another map to the two trainees whose map he had taken.
• Li Qi and Rolando began collecting mission targets, then split up after three days to gather different ones.
• Li Qi searched a forested canyon for the final two mission targets and gradually entered its forbidden zone.