Chapter Summaries

Lin Tian collected the Forest of Life Secret Realm’s treasures and moved the Life Divine Spring into his Small World, then revealed his Heavenly Palace identity and invited Qian Mengling to join. She accepted, and the chapter ended with Ancestor Qiong Lan telling Mu Ge that Lin Tian’s Blue Star origins had been exposed and the Prodigy Battle had been moved up.

• Lin Tian gathered treasures from the Life Divine Tree, sparing the intelligent living beings, then transferred the Life Divine Spring into his Small World while Qian Mengling cultivated.
• Qian Mengling awoke after reaching the ninth level of the Galaxy Realm, and Lin Tian explained that he had moved the Life Divine Spring into his Small World.
• Lin Tian revealed that he was Heavenly Palace’s young master and invited Qian Mengling to join; she accepted.
• Lin Tian and Qian Mengling planned to explore the Forest of Life Secret Realm during their remaining five days there.
• Ancestor Qiong Lan returned to Star Abyss Academy and told Mu Ge that Lin Tian’s Blue Star identity had been exposed and the Prodigy Battle had been moved up.

After learning that Lin Tian’s Blue Star origins had been exposed, Mu Ge heard from Ancestor Qiong Lan that the Cosmic Prodigy Battle would begin in one year, far earlier than planned. The chapter left them hoping that a mighty expert might delay the battle, though Ancestor Qiong Lan doubted the forces would yield.

• Ancestor Qiong Lan explained that the controlling forces had sent a Cosmic Realm expert to Blue Star and discovered Lin Tian’s origins and the Heavenly Palace’s presence.
• Mu Ge learned that the Heavenly Palace was called the Young Master of Heaven’s Gate’s force and might possess an Immortal True God, giving him hope that Lin Tian could free Blue Star.
• Ancestor Qiong Lan said the Cosmic Prodigy Battle had been moved forward to one year from then, and Lin Tian would need to qualify or the current cycle would end.
• Ancestor Qiong Lan revealed that a mighty expert had asked to postpone the battle by ten years, setting up a contest of influence against the forces that had advanced it.

Lin Tian showed Qian Mengling and his Blue Star friends the Heavenly Palace Small World and its cultivation resources. After returning to Star Abyss Academy, he learned that his identity and Heavenly Palace had been exposed, and the forces investigating Blue Star had forced him to enter the Prodigy Battle or risk the destruction of Blue Star's current cycle.

• Lin Tian brought Qian Mengling into the Heavenly Palace Small World and showed her the Time Tower's cultivation floors and time acceleration.
• Lin Tian brought his friends and elders from Blue Star into the Small World, introduced them to Qian Mengling, and urged them to cultivate there.
• Lin Tian and Qian Mengling returned from the Forest of Life Secret Realm to Star Abyss Academy, where Mu Ge and Ancestor Qiong Lan warned that Lin Tian's identity as someone from Blue Star had been exposed.
• Mu Ge and Ancestor Qiong Lan told Lin Tian that the forces investigating Blue Star had ordered him to participate in the Prodigy Battle a year later or they would end Blue Star's current cycle.

After learning that Blue Star’s reincarnation cycle would end unless he entered the Cosmic Prodigy Battle, Lin Tian agreed to compete and revealed his Galaxy Realm cultivation and plans to train in the Heavenly Palace Small World. He asked Ancestor Qiong Lan to take a Heaven’s Gate Token beyond the universe, while powerful figures allied against him plotted to strike before the tournament.

• Lin Tian learned Blue Star’s current reincarnation cycle would end unless he participated in the Cosmic Prodigy Battle, and he chose to compete in the Galaxy Realm battle.
• Lin Tian revealed that he had already reached the Galaxy Realm and planned to cultivate with Qian Mengling in the Heavenly Palace Small World before entering the tournament as a Star Realm Realm cultivator.
• Lin Tian asked Ancestor Qiong Lan to carry a Heaven’s Gate Token outside the universe and discard it unnoticed, and Ancestor Qiong Lan left to carry out the request.
• Mu Ge told Lin Tian and Qian Mengling to cultivate while Ancestor Qiong Lan handled the token.
• Powerful experts from the other peak Cosmic Empires and two great giants gathered at the Cosmic Mercenaries’ last stronghold and plotted to attack Lin Tian before the Cosmic Prodigy Battle.

Lin Tian discovered that the Forest of Life’s cultivation effects stacked with Nangong Qingwan’s jade, then emerged from the Small World into a crisis at Star Abyss Academy. Mu Ge fought off the forces targeting Lin Tian and revealed that he, too, was a Blue Star native as he sealed off the Profound Spirit Star Realm.

• Lin Tian found that Nangong Qingwan’s jade stacked with the Forest of Life, making cultivation six to ten times faster for everyone there.
• Lin Tian left the Small World, was forcibly sent to Star Abyss Academy’s core by Mu Ge, and feared the academy had come under attack because his Blue Star identity had been exposed.
• Mu Ge defeated the invading experts, severely injuring more than a dozen Immortal True God Realm fighters and leaving three others standing before him in horror.
• Mu Ge rejected the three experts’ threat that he would become enemies with every force and declared that he was also a Blue Star native.
• Mu Ge sealed off the entire Profound Spirit Star Realm from the outside world.

Mu Ge isolated the Profound Spirit Star Realm and attacked three powerhouses representing the remaining great giants, declaring that he would not fear their ancestors. After defeating them, he faced an ancestor of the Virtual Universe Company and vowed to storm its territory.

• Mu Ge told the three powerhouses that isolating the Profound Spirit Star Realm meant he had not left it, then trapped them in separate spaces and attacked with destructive Rules.
• The three powerhouses struggled against Mu Ge’s lightning, fire, and gale attacks and warned that the ancestors would avenge them.
• Mu Ge dismissed their threats and mocked the ancestors, while a lightning strike severely injured the three powerhouses.
• The Profound Spirit Star Realm returned to the universe as an ancestor of the Virtual Universe Company arrived and confronted Mu Ge.
• Mu Ge used the Qiong Lan Sword to resist the ancestor’s pressure and vowed to storm the Virtual Universe Company.

The Virtual Universe Company ancestor, Xu Ping, tried to subdue Mu Ge after his saber kept the Qiong Lan Sword at bay. Ancestor Qiong Lan returned, condemned the Cosmic Empire Alliance members for attacking their allies, and threatened to reshape the alliance.

• Xu Ping sent his saber to hold off the Qiong Lan Sword and challenged Mu Ge, who mocked Xu Ping for holding a grudge against Ancestor Qiong Lan.
• Lin Tian waited for the Heaven's Gate Token to leave the watched region before teleporting True God Cangmang, while considering Heavenly Palace's future strength and the coming Cosmic Prodigy Battle.
• Xu Ping threatened to injure Mu Ge, but Ancestor Qiong Lan returned and stopped him with a rebuke.
• Ancestor Qiong Lan recognized Cosmic Empire Alliance members among the injured and accused them of attacking their allies after being gathered to purge the Ghost Soul Sect.
• Ancestor Qiong Lan silenced Xu Ping and declared that the Cosmic Empire Alliance needed a reshuffle.

Lin Tian learned from Mu Ge that Ancestor Qiong Lan had resolved the attack and that reaching Star Wish through the Star Clan would be difficult, though a promise from Star Wish might help. Elsewhere, a Great Power agreed to follow the rules after learning Lin Tian had reached the Galaxy Realm and qualified for the Cosmic Prodigy Battle.

• Lin Tian met Mu Ge at the ruined reception hall and learned Ancestor Qiong Lan had left to deal with more people from the Cosmic Empire Alliance.
• Mu Ge revealed that he had fought an Ancestor from the Virtual Universe Company and explained that he could contend with anyone except Ancestors, though his restrictions limited him.
• Lin Tian asked whether Ancestor Qiong Lan could deliver a message to Star Wish, and Mu Ge explained the Star Clan's hierarchy and Star Wish's high status.
• Mu Ge cautioned Lin Tian not to reveal what Star Wish had promised him and suggested they discuss contacting her after Ancestor Qiong Lan returned.
• A Great Power radiating auspicious light stopped another Great Power from advancing, saying Lin Tian had reached the Galaxy Realm and qualified for the Cosmic Prodigy Battle.
• The Great Power holding the universe agreed to act within the rules and learned that the Star Clan had plans of its own.

Lin Tian asked Ancestor Qiong Lan to visit the Star Clan and relay a message about a promise from Star Wish, hoping to secure help for Blue Star after the Cosmic Prodigy Battle. He then used the Time Tower to break through to the Star Realm Realm.

• Ancestor Qiong Lan returned to Star Abyss Academy after warning the Cosmic Empire Alliance and agreed to visit the Star Clan for Lin Tian.
• Lin Tian told Ancestor Qiong Lan to say that the matter he had requested could begin, and asked that it be scheduled after the Cosmic Prodigy Battle.
• Ancestor Qiong Lan and Mu Ge suspected Star Wish's promise concerned freeing Lin Tian and Blue Star from the factions' control.
• Lin Tian returned to the Small World and found Qian Mengling at the Star Realm Realm and Nangong Qingwan at the Star Shattering Realm.
• Lin Tian led everyone into the Time Tower and emerged ten days later after reaching the Star Realm Realm.

After reaching the Star Realm Realm, Lin Tian assessed Heavenly Palace’s progress and prepared for the Cosmic Prodigy Battle, which had been moved forward to less than a year away. The system then announced that he had awakened Heart Source Immortal Saint, a fallen Human Race expert from the Myriad Spirits Hall.

• Lin Tian confirmed that his cultivation speed had increased and saw Qian Mengling reach the Cosmic Realm, while Nangong Qingwan, Qiong Ying, and Crimson Demon Star God also advanced.
• Lin Tian sent True God Cangmang out of the universe with the Heaven's Gate Token to attempt a breakthrough into the Eternal Immortal Realm.
• Lin Tian told Heavenly Palace’s members that the Cosmic Prodigy Battle was less than a year away and advised them to withdraw if they faced opponents beyond their strength.
• Qian Mengling declared that she would join the battle and clear the way for Lin Tian, and Lin Tian agreed.
• Lin Tian checked his information panel and saw that his comprehension of every Rule had reached one percent.
• The system announced that Lin Tian had awakened Heart Source Immortal Saint of the Myriad Spirits Hall.

Lin Tian learned that Heart Source Immortal Saint, a Human Race powerhouse, had been awakened through the accumulated talent imprints of Heavenly Palace’s Human Race members. The system explained the Eternal Immortal Realm and the Sea of Universes, and Lin Tian set out with Qiong Ying to pay respects to the newly awakened saint.

• Lin Tian asked the system why Myriad Spirits Hall had awakened Heart Source Immortal Saint instead of a Crimson Demon powerhouse, and learned that Qian Mengling’s awakening would come later.
• The system confirmed that Qiong Ying and Qian Mengling could still awaken Human Race powerhouses, and Lin Tian expected a Crimson Demon race powerhouse to be awakened next.
• Lin Tian learned that the Eternal Immortal Realm consisted of the Immortal Spirit, Immortal Venerable, and Immortal Saint realms, and that the Sea of Universes was a vast region where countless universes gathered.
• The system explained that Eternal Immortal advancement required Perfected Rules, which were incomplete or absent in many universes, limiting the realms their inhabitants could reach.
• Lin Tian decided Heavenly Palace could handle the current crisis and called Qiong Ying to accompany him to Myriad Spirits Hall to pay respects to Heart Source Immortal Saint.

Lin Tian awakened Heart Source Immortal Saint and arranged for him to teach Crimson Demon Star God in the Time Tower before preparing for the Cosmic Prodigy Battle. When Lin Tian and Qian Mengling confirmed their contestant information, the officials were stunned by their far higher cultivation than the existing records showed.

• Qiong Ying released her aura at the Myriad Spirits Hall, awakening Heart Source Immortal Saint, who greeted Lin Tian as the Heavenly Lord.
• Lin Tian learned that awakened experts could enter the Time Tower and sent Heart Source Immortal Saint to teach Crimson Demon Star God and Profound Yi Supreme Saint to join Yueling.
• Lin Tian told the people at the Forest of Life that only he and Qian Mengling would compete, then introduced Profound Yi Supreme Saint as a teacher for the Blue Star members.
• Lin Tian and Qian Mengling went to Star Abyss Academy with Mu Ge to confirm their Cosmic Prodigy Battle information in front of representatives of the three major powers.
• The representatives asked Lin Tian and Qian Mengling to release their auras and were shocked to find Lin Tian at the Star Realm Realm and Qian Mengling at the Cosmic Realm, contrary to the records.

Lin Tian and Qian Mengling’s rapid cultivation breakthroughs alarmed the powers watching the Cosmic Prodigy Battle and raised questions about the Heavenly Palace’s strength. As the battle began, they remained in the Small World, preparing to enter on their own.

• Experts from the three great powers confirmed that Qian Mengling had reached the Cosmic Realm and Lin Tian the Star Realm Realm, then left to report their findings.
• Mu Ge warned Lin Tian that the powers would suspect the Heavenly Palace possessed a powerful time-acceleration treasure and might target him after the battle.
• Mu Ge proposed sending Qian Mengling to the Star Clan for protection, but she refused, and Lin Tian said the Heavenly Palace would protect her.
• Mu Ge said he needed Ancestor Qiong Lan’s permission before explaining why Qian Mengling was this universe’s future.
• Lin Tian and Qian Mengling returned to the Small World to cultivate, and the time for the Cosmic Prodigy Battle arrived.

Lin Tian and Qian Mengling emerged from cultivation ahead of the Cosmic Prodigy Battle, where Mu Ge warned that factions might interfere with Blue Star participants. Ancestor Qiong Lan revealed that the Hong Zun Universe was named for a Blue Star figure who had once led it to become the strongest universe in the Sea of Universes.

• Lin Tian and Qian Mengling returned to Star Abyss Academy, where Mu Ge learned Lin Tian was nearing the Cosmic Realm and Qian Mengling had reached the sixth level of the Cosmic Realm.
• Mu Ge warned Lin Tian that factions had interfered in past Cosmic Prodigy Battles involving Blue Star participants, and said their interference was constrained by rules tied to the Sea of Universes.
• Ancestor Qiong Lan arrived excitedly and told Lin Tian that the Star Clan would back him in the coming battle.
• Lin Tian asked Ancestor Qiong Lan about the Hong Zun Universe's past, and she explained that it had been renamed for Hong Zun, a figure from Blue Star.
• Ancestor Qiong Lan said Hong Zun had led the universe to its zenith, giving it every Perfected Rule and the qualification to produce beings beyond the Eternal Immortal Realm.

Ancestor Qiong Lan explained how the Hong Zun Universe fell from its former peak and why its survivors' cultivation had been damaged. Lin Tian gained confidence about facing outside forces before arriving with Qian Mengling at the Cosmic Prodigy Battle, where the first stage was announced as a Prodigy Battle Royale.

• Lin Tian wondered why the once-powerful Hong Zun Universe had lost most of its Perfected Rules, and Ancestor Qiong Lan explained that Hong Zun vanished and his followers died in battle, leaving the universe vulnerable to invasion.
• Ancestor Qiong Lan revealed that a powerful being had slashed the Hong Zun Universe, damaging its rules and the Dao foundations of its inhabitants, and that she had fallen from Eternal Immortal Saint to Eternal Immortal Venerable.
• Lin Tian asked whether outside forces would intervene if the Star Clan acted, and Ancestor Qiong Lan explained the limits on the power they could send into the universe and the Sea of Universes.
• Lin Tian thanked Ancestor Qiong Lan and believed he could handle threats with the Heavenly Palace and Myriad Spirits Hall's help.
• Mu Ge warned Lin Tian that the Cosmic Prodigy Battle's first stage would be different, then led Lin Tian and Qian Mengling to the Star Abyss Empire's Imperial Capital.
• Lin Tian and Qian Mengling arrived after the first-stage event had been announced as a Prodigy Battle Royale, and Lin Tian wondered what it meant.

Lin Tian cultivated during the ten-day opening ceremony and raised his cultivation to 93% of the Star Realm Realm before returning to the competition venue. There, Ancestor Qiong Lan warned him that powerful prodigies from the Ten Great Universes had come to stop him, just as a beautiful figure appeared along a road of stars.

• Lin Tian dismissed the two rule-comprehending contestants as unworthy rivals, then entered the Small World to cultivate while Qian Mengling stayed to observe the opponents.
• Nangong Qingwan reached the ninth heaven of the Domain Lord Realm but decided not to compete, and she stood guard while Lin Tian cultivated.
• After ten days, Lin Tian checked his information panel, found his cultivation had reached 93% of the Star Realm Realm, and told Nangong Qingwan he would claim the championship.
• Lin Tian returned to the venue, where Ancestor Qiong Lan identified ten Transcendent Cosmic Level prodigies from the Ten Great Universes as formidable rivals who had come to stop him.
• The stars formed a radiant road, and an incomparably beautiful figure approached from its far end.

Star Wish arrived at the Cosmic Prodigy Battle and protected Lin Tian from the Ni Sheng Sect’s experts. She then gave Lin Tian permission to enter Qiong Ying in the competition, leaving him confident of victory.

• Star Wish appeared above the venue, and Ancestor Qiong Lan and the other powerful experts bowed to her.
• Star Wish went to Lin Tian, reaffirmed her promise to support him, and forced the three Ni Sheng Sect experts to retreat.
• Star Wish learned that Lin Tian had reached the Star Realm Realm with the help of a Time Treasure and said she hoped to meet him again in a higher heaven and earth.
• Lin Tian explained that Qiong Ying was still eligible for the competition but had not been registered because her cultivation might cause trouble.
• Star Wish said she would resolve the registration issue and told Lin Tian to release Qiong Ying from his spatial treasure once the battle began.
• Lin Tian accepted Star Wish’s permission and became certain Qiong Ying could win the Cosmic Prodigy Battle.

Lin Tian prepared for the Prodigy Battle Royale, confident that Qiong Ying could defeat the Ten Great Universes’ prodigies. After Star Wish examined his Heaven's Gate Token, she revealed that a powerful figure in the Star Clan was interested in it, but Lin Tian refused to hand it over.

• Lin Tian decided Qiong Ying would participate in the battle and the experts grew uneasy about the threat she posed to the Ten Great Universes’ prodigies.
• The Ten Great Universes’ prodigies planned to gather near Lin Tian and besiege him once the battle began.
• The battle rules sent participants to random locations in a collapsing Secret Realm, where they had to advance toward its central island to survive.
• Lin Tian told Qian Mengling to carry the Heaven's Gate Token so he and Qiong Ying could find her after entering the Secret Realm.
• Star Wish examined Lin Tian’s Heaven's Gate Token and asked to keep it, explaining that a big shot in the Star Clan was interested in it.
• Lin Tian refused to hand over the token because he feared it could expose the Heavenly Palace Small World.

Lin Tian entered the Galaxy Realm Cosmic Prodigy Battle and sent Qiong Ying the Supreme Saint to test the Secret Realm’s spatial collapse. Qiong Ying stopped the collapsing space with one finger, leaving the audience to realize that the contest had become a one-sided battle royale.

• Star Wish accepted the Heaven's Gate Token, while the onlookers wrongly assumed she had obtained it through the Star Clan's status.
• Lin Tian entered the tournament venue with Qian Mengling and resolved to kill hostile prodigies, including the three Ni Sheng Sect members.
• More than a hundred thousand prodigies were teleported into the Secret Realm, and the audience watched the action through one hundred projections.
• Lin Tian summoned Qiong Ying the Supreme Saint and ordered him to test his power at the Secret Realm's edge.
• Qiong Ying tore through space and stopped its rapid collapse with one finger, astonishing the audience and prompting Lin Tian to call it their battle royale.

The powerhouses learned that Qiong Ying controlled the Space Rule and could easily wipe out the prodigies in the Secret Realm, so they demanded the first stage be stopped. Star Wish insisted the competition continue by its rules, while Lin Tian and Qiong Ying set out to bring Qian Mengling to them.

• The powerhouses realized Qiong Ying had controlled the Space Rule and could destroy the Secret Realm’s contestants with ease.
• The factions’ Star Gods demanded that the host end the first stage, and some tried to enter the Secret Realm.
• The host sought instructions, while Ancestor Qiong Lan watched Star Wish for a decision.
• Star Wish ordered the competition to continue according to its rules, and Ancestor Qiong Lan forbade further challenges.
• Lin Tian had Qiong Ying restore the collapsed space and told her they would bring Qian Mengling to them.