Chapter Summaries

Li Qi discovered a wild Fangtooth Grass and learned from Instructor Mardo how it could be subdued, but Mardo advised him to report it to the Stellar Training Camp for points instead. Mardo explained that he was helping because he saw Li Qi as a worthwhile investment, leaving Li reminded of another person who had invested in him.

• Li Qi found a living plant that attacked his Round Blade Disc, and his communicator identified it as a stellar level third-stage Fangtooth Grass.
• Instructor Mardo observed that the Fangtooth Grass was poorly developed and worth at most about one billion Molten Coins.
• Mardo told Li Qi how to subdue the plant, then advised him to report it to the Stellar Training Camp for points because Fangtooth Grass was difficult to move and use.
• Li Qi asked why Mardo did not report the plant himself, and Mardo said he considered helping Li Qi an investment in his future.
• Li Qi thought of Domain Lord Nan Ying from the Sand Sea Stellar Training Camp when he read Mardo’s explanation.

Li Qi completed the basic gathering mission in third place, then found a Nightmare Flower while pursuing an additional target. After its sharp petal cut him, he discovered that his wound healed rapidly and wondered whether his awakened ability was more than exceptional energy recovery.

• Li Qi reported finding Fangtooth Grass to the Stellar Training Camp, which told him to continue his trial and promised a reward afterward.
• Li Qi gathered the final two basic mission targets and placed third, while Akem finished fourth and Rolando later finished fifth.
• Li Qi searched for and found a Nightmare Flower, whose metallic petal cut his finger despite his first-tier force combat suit.
• Li Qi watched the wound heal at a visible rate and considered whether rapid healing was part of the special ability he had awakened.

Li Qi discovered that his special ability let him rapidly heal, especially when he used genetic primal energy, and he tested its limits. He and Rolando collected Nightmare Flower petals and pursued more bonus targets before the trial ended, after which Li Qi received his points settlement message at the Stellar Training Camp.

• Li Qi cut his finger and then his arm to test his healing, discovering that genetic primal energy made his wounds heal several times faster.
• Li Qi told Rolando that he had found the Nightmare Flower and pretended its sharp petals had injured him while collecting them.
• Rolando tested the Nightmare Flower with his Sky-Breaking Sword, and Li Qi used his Blood Blade Cone to cut off a petal.
• Li Qi and Rolando flew off to collect another bonus target and gathered four targets before the trial ended.
• Li Qi returned to the Sand Sea Stellar Training Camp by spacecraft and received his points settlement message.

After earning a large reward for discovering Fangtooth Grass, Li Qi spent his points on a second-tier force battle suit and genetic energy enhancements, then returned to Sand Sea Planet. He contacted his parents for the first time in two years and learned his fourth sister was marrying Joshua, leaving his mother furious after Derrick abruptly ended the call.

• Li Qi received 1,370 points for the trial mission, including a 1,000-point special reward for reporting Fangtooth Grass.
• Li Qi used 803 points to exchange for a second-tier force battle suit and 480 points to advance his genetic energy to stellar level sixth rank.
• Li Qi returned to the Sand Sea Stellar Training Camp, collected his suit, and contacted his father Derrick and mother Winnie.
• Derrick told Li Qi that his fourth sister would marry Joshua the next day, and Li Qi asked him to give her the Sky-Breaking Sword as a wedding gift.
• Li Qi said he would contact his fourth sister directly, but Derrick ended the call before Li Qi could speak further with Winnie, who was left burning with anger.

Li Qi spoke with his family, completed enhancement and trial missions, and raised his domain before joining a space-pirate hunting mission. Meanwhile, Tongli visited Lutaku’s asteroid-base treasury, where an alarm suddenly sounded.

• Winnie objected to Derrick ending her call with Li Qi, and Derrick reassured her that Li Qi would contact them again.
• Li Qi congratulated Lanke on her upcoming marriage, learned she and Joshua would live with the Royce Family, and persuaded her to accept the Sky-Breaking Sword as a wedding gift.
• Li Qi completed nutrient pod enhancement, reaching the sixth level of Stellar-rank genetic energy and the eighth level of Stellar-rank spirit reading, then finished trial missions and raised his domain to the fourth level.
• Li Qi joined fourteen other students aboard a D-class spaceship for a space-pirate hunting mission, and the students later transferred to a Molten Empire warship with two other training camps.
• Tongli arrived at Lutaku’s asteroid base and bought several items from its treasury.
• The base alarm blared just as Tongli was about to leave.

Li Qi and the Molten Empire assault team entered the star pirates’ meteorite base, where Lutaku tried to escape with Tongli after learning he belonged to the Delarosa Family. Lutaku and Tongli ran into Li Qi’s group, and Lutaku’s attack smashed Li Qi’s Heavy Defense Shield before cleaving into his Three-Blade Flower.

• The Molten Empire assault team blasted into the meteorite base, and Lutaku learned that interference and a superior enemy radar had hidden the invasion from the pirates.
• Tongli asked Lutaku to help him escape, then revealed his Delarosa Family ties and promised a reward; Lutaku led him toward a secret exit.
• Lutaku sent Tongli the escape route and spacecraft information, and Tongli promised to protect Lutaku’s family if he returned safely.
• Lutaku and Tongli encountered Li Qi’s group at a passage junction, and Lutaku told Tongli to hide while he drew the enemy away.
• Li Qi faced Lutaku’s third-tier battle axe with his Heavy Defense Shield and Three-Blade Flower, but the axe shattered the shield and cleaved into the Three-Blade Flower, exposing Li Qi’s chest.

Li Qi survived Lutaku’s assault and recovered enough to confront Tongli, who had taken a secret passage through the base. Li Qi’s domain and spiritual weapons gained the upper hand, and he discovered that Tongli’s armor concealed a crimson object.

• Lutaku struck Li Qi with a third-tier battle axe, but the Red Light Box protected him from a fatal injury.
• Lutaku slaughtered the students until their universe-level instructor intervened and pursued him deeper into the base.
• The instructor sent three students to evacuate the wounded while the others followed him, and Li Qi sensed an approaching stranger.
• Tongli entered the escape passage and knocked back Li Qi’s Three-Blade Flower with his powerful sword.
• Li Qi deployed his domain, then changed the Three-Blade Flower into the Blood Edge Blade and cut Tongli’s second-tier armor, exposing a flash of crimson beneath it.

Li Qi killed Tongli, discovered a Red Light Box hidden beneath his armor, and continued fighting with the Stellar Training Camp teams against the space pirates. After the base was cleared, the students received word that their trial mission was complete and they would soon return to their camps.

• Li Qi overwhelmed Tongli and killed him before he could reveal his identity, then Lord Enio learned of Tongli's death and ordered the Steyn Family destroyed.
• Li Qi found a Red Light Box hidden beneath Tongli's battle suit and took it, while leaving Tongli's third-order battle sword for the Molten Empire Military Department.
• Li Qi caught up with the team-leading instructor, who killed the cornered crocodile man Lutaku.
• Li Qi and the other teams regrouped and cleared the remaining space pirates from the base.
• Two hours later, the Stellar Training Camp notified the teams that the trial mission was complete and they would soon return to their camps.

Domain Lord Enio tried to recover from losing a valuable treasure by claiming Li Qi possessed the rare Origin of Life ability. Daniel Delarosa ordered a scheme to lure Li Qi away from the Molten Empire's Stellar Training Camp and capture him.

• Enio watched footage of Li Qi and realized he likely belonged to the Molten Empire's Stellar Training Camp, making it dangerous to pursue him directly.
• Seeing Li Qi rapidly recover from injuries, Enio decided to claim that Li Qi had the Origin of Life ability and report him to Daniel Delarosa.
• Enio told Daniel that he had secretly used family funds to buy a treasure and that his subordinate had lost it to Li Qi, then presented video evidence of Li Qi's abilities.
• Daniel judged that Li Qi might have Origin of Life and ordered Enio to arrange his capture, suggesting they lure him out by sending space pirates for the training camp to eliminate.
• Daniel promised not to punish Enio for using the family's funds if he succeeded, while privately deciding Li Qi could be used to appease the Molten Empire if the scheme caused trouble.

Li Qi opened Red Light Box No. 2 and found an Emerald Tree Leaf that helped him comprehend the Origin Laws of Wood. After the leaf’s mysteries overwhelmed his spiritual will and left him in pain for a day, he put it away and entered the Virtual Universe to test his new understanding.

• Li Qi spent a year cracking Red Light Box No. 2 while completing two trial missions and hearing that the Molten Empire was targeting space pirates.
• Li Qi opened Red Light Box No. 2 and discovered an emerald-green leaf inside.
• Li Qi saw a jade-colored tree in the leaf and comprehended a trace of the Origin Laws of Wood.
• Li Qi became immersed in the leaf again, suffered a splitting headache, and spent a day recovering.
• Li Qi returned the leaf to Red Light Box No. 2 and entered the Virtual Universe to test whether he could use the law there.

Li Qi tested the power of his newly comprehended Wood Origin Law, then joined a Stellar Training Camp mission to attack space pirates. As the trainees assaulted the pirates’ lair, three hidden universe-level fighters detected their target and moved to capture it.

• Li Qi used the Wood Origin Law to enhance the Three-Blade Flower and effortlessly killed ten eighth-stage stellar-level opponents in the Virtual Universe.
• Li Qi received notice of a new trial mission, took his weapons, and boarded a spacecraft from the Sand Sea Stellar Training Camp.
• A month later, Li Qi and the other trainees joined Molten Empire military forces to attack a space pirate lair, while discussing the recent surge in pirate extermination missions.
• Three universe-level fighters hidden inside a shielded spacecraft monitored the attack and waited for their target to appear.
• After the target appeared on their alarms, the blue-skinned shark man ordered the spacecraft to launch, and the three fighters sped toward the pirate lair.

Six Gulei Empire cosmic-level warriors infiltrated the star pirates’ lair to capture Li Qi, while the Molten Empire and Stellar Training Camp prepared to protect him. The attackers reached Li Qi’s group, and one instructor moved to hold them off as the trainees fled.

• Lord Andel ordered the Stellar Training Camp’s leading instructors to protect the Planet Cultivation Department’s Number One target after a spacecraft approached the lair.
• The three instructors regrouped their teams, while six cosmic-level warriors aboard the approaching spacecraft prepared to capture their target alive for the Gulei Empire.
• The six warriors entered the lair and bored through its walls to reach Li Qi’s team before the other instructors could regroup.
• Li Qi detected the attackers and warned his instructor, who called for support and ordered the trainees to flee while he stayed behind.
• The blue-skinned Shark Man told his group to leave one warrior to confront the instructor and continue pursuing Li Qi.

Li Qi fled through the pirate nest as five universe-level warriors pursued him, while a Leopard Man stalled the team leader with a net gun. Li Qi’s escape was nearly exhausted, but two Stellar Training Camp team leaders appeared ahead, forcing his pursuers to decide how to continue the chase.

• The Leopard Man trapped the universe-level team leader with a C9 Net Gun while the other five warriors continued after the trainees.
• Li Qi detected the five pursuers, who ignored the other trainees and focused on chasing him.
• Li Qi used his domain and the Energy-Burning Escape Technique to keep pace with the five warriors, though his genetic energy began to run low.
• Li Qi detected two approaching Stellar Training Camp team leaders and realized they could save him.
• The Ape Man spotted the two team leaders, and the Shark Man ordered one warrior to hold them off while the rest kept pursuing Li Qi.

Li Qi escaped through the passage while Stellar Training Camp instructors held off the space pirates, but the ape-man psychic tunneled through a wall and caught up with him. After enduring the ape-man’s psychic assault, Li Qi prepared to fight him alone.

• Two universe-level instructors intercepted the pursuers and urged Li Qi to keep escaping.
• The instructors blocked the space pirates, but the ape-man psychic tunneled through a wall to pursue Li Qi.
• Li Qi encountered the ape-man in the passage and learned that the ape-man’s companions had been left behind fighting the instructors.
• The ape-man attacked Li Qi with his psychic power and weapon, but Li Qi endured the assault and blocked the weapon with his Blood Blade Cone.
• Li Qi taunted the lone ape-man and declared that he would send him to join his companions.

Li Qi fought the Ape Man psychic master, who gained overwhelming power by swallowing a blood-red pill. Li Qi killed him with a fifth-tier psychic weapon fragment, then wondered who the six universe-level fighters were.

• Li Qi's Blood Edge Blades overpowered the Ape Man psychic master's third-tier psychic weapon and wounded him.
• The Ape Man psychic master swallowed a blood-red pill, boosting his power and forcing Li Qi onto the defensive.
• Li Qi used the Red Light Box to release the terrifying aura of an immortal god's weapon fragment, which intimidated the Ape Man psychic master.
• Li Qi stabbed the Ape Man psychic master through the head with the fifth-tier psychic weapon fragment, killing him.
• Li Qi wondered about the six universe-level fighters and the pill before looking up in shock.

Li Qi met Ander Frolov after defeating the ape-man psychic master and revealed that he had comprehended a trace of an origin law. Ander promised to report the ambush to the Molten Emperor and have the Empire protect Li Qi as he continued through the passage.

• Ander Frolov arrived, recognized Li Qi, and was astonished that he had killed a powerful universe-level psychic master.
• Li Qi showed Ander the fifth-stage psychic weapon fragment and explained that its aura helped him withstand the ape-man's psychic attack.
• Ander identified the blood-red pill as Body-Burning Blood Venom and explained that the attackers were slaves, not expendable fighters.
• Ander learned that the attackers had targeted Li Qi and promised to report the matter to the Molten Emperor.
• Ander directed Li Qi to continue down the passage, assuring him that the Empire's forces would protect him.

After Li Qi Royce comprehended the Wood Origin Law, the Molten Sector Lord learned that enemies had targeted the young genius and began preparing retaliation. He asked his friend Hoka to help protect his plans and guide Li Qi for a little over five thousand years.

• Andel killed the four drug-enhanced Universe-level enemies, ending the attack after all six enemies had died.
• Enio ordered his spacecraft to return to the Gulei Empire after learning the operation had failed.
• The Molten Sector Lord celebrated Li Qi Royce's comprehension of the Wood Origin Law and resolved to retaliate against those targeting him.
• The Molten Sector Lord asked Hoka to hold the line while imperial guards attacked Domain Lord or Sector Lord families.
• Hoka agreed to help the Molten Sector Lord and guide Li Qi for a little over five thousand years.

Li Qi returned safely to the warship under heavy military protection after surviving an assassination attempt. The instructors and Lord Bettekos learned that he had comprehended the Origin Law of Wood, and Bettekos prepared to escort him back to the Sand Sea Stellar Training Camp before a spacecraft from the Molten Secret Realm collected him.

• A Molten Empire unit escorted Li Qi back to the warship in a protective formation and moved him to a secure cabin.
• Two trainees saw Li Qi’s escort, and the other trainees speculated about why six universe-level warriors had targeted him.
• The instructors received orders to escort Li Qi to the Sand Sea Stellar Training Camp and wait for a spacecraft from the Molten Secret Realm.
• The instructors discovered Li Qi would enter the Molten Secret Realm and debated whether his rapid progress came from his domain attainment or law comprehension.
• Lord Bettekos learned that Li Qi had comprehended the Origin Law of Wood and welcomed him as an unexpected talent before his own departure.

Li Qi Royce returned to the Sand Sea Stellar Training Camp after comprehending the Wood Origin Law, and the Domain Lord instructors welcomed him as an unprecedented genius. After they escorted him to a temporary residence before his transfer to the Molten Secret Realm, Li Qi realized that long periods of cultivation could separate him from his family for years or decades.

• Nan Ying learned that Li Qi had comprehended the Wood Origin Law and hoped Li Qi would rise to become a core member of a major human power.
• A month later, Bettekos and seven other Domain Lord instructors welcomed Li Qi as the first student in the camp to comprehend a law before entering the Molten Secret Realm.
• Li Qi bowed to the instructors and left with them for a temporary residence, while the other students erupted in astonishment at his achievement.
• Bettekos explained that communicators could be used in the Molten Secret Realm only within the Virtual Universe and that cultivation sessions could last for years or longer.
• Li Qi considered how long cultivation might keep him apart from his family and felt time pressing on him.

Li Qi learned that comprehending the Wood Origin Law had made him a core member of the Molten Secret Realm, where a spacecraft would collect him in half a month. He resolved to grow stronger and earn enough resources to improve his family’s aptitude, while Rolando and Ian reacted to the news of his breakthrough.

• Rolando and Ian heard that Li Qi had comprehended a law and felt the growing gap between their abilities and his.
• Li Qi considered how bloodline serums could improve his family’s prospects and decided that success in the Universe Peak Genius Battle could provide the resources he needed.
• Li Qi learned that the Molten Secret Realm had made him a core member because he had comprehended the Wood Origin Law, and that its spacecraft would arrive in half a month.
• Li Qi contacted Derrick and learned that his grandfather had been appointed City Lord of Zhaoguang City by the Molten Empire’s upper ranks.
• Li Qi told Derrick he would enter a higher-level cultivation ground, then resolved to become stronger and obtain resources for his family.