Chapter Summaries

Lu Chuan browsed Human Race spaceship models in the Virtual World before boarding a more comfortable ship bound for Hidden Wind Valley. There, Holy Light Martial Hall senior member Stuta approached him, and Lu Chuan challenged him to state his purpose.

• Lu Chuan asked Xiao Yi to show him purchasable spaceship models and found that even the D-class ships he wanted were beyond his budget.
• Lu Chuan left the Virtual World when boarding was announced and took off from Heaven's Gate Pass aboard a larger spaceship.
• The spaceship entered the Dark Universe with less pressure than the ship Lu Chuan had ridden from Earth Star to Heaven's Gate Pass.
• Stuta introduced himself as a senior member of Holy Light Martial Hall and asked Lu Chuan about his origins.
• Stuta reacted with surprise when Lu Chuan said he came from Earth Star and praised his cultivation.
• Lu Chuan questioned Stuta's motives and asked him to speak plainly.

Lu Chuan uncovered Stuta’s team’s plan to target him and refused to join them. He arrived at Hidden Wind Valley, learned that its rules capped entrants at the Earth Fiend Realm, and prepared to enter with confidence in his strength.

• Stuta invited Lu Chuan to join his team, but Lu Chuan refused and sent him away.
• Stuta and his teammates discovered Lu Chuan’s A-Class Contract and discussed seizing the opportunity they believed he possessed.
• Lu Chuan overheard their secret conversation with his Spiritual Power and resolved to kill them in Hidden Wind Valley.
• The spaceship arrived at the Human Race’s war base, and Lu Chuan left for the vast storm surrounding Hidden Wind Valley.
• Lu Chuan reached the valley and learned that its rules suppressed entrants above the Earth Fiend Realm, leaving him confident in his advantage.

Lu Chuan entered Hidden Wind Valley in his Mystic Armor, while Stuta and his squad followed, intending to rob him for his Treasure Tool battle armor. After Lu Chuan removed and sealed Stuta’s mental mark, he prepared to use the pursuers as bait while searching the valley for Heavenly Wind Geng Metal and other treasures.

• Lu Chuan used his Mystic Armor to cross the Nine Heavens Gale and enter Hidden Wind Valley.
• Stuta and his squad spotted Lu Chuan’s Treasure Tool battle armor and decided to pursue him and seize his valuables.
• Stuta revealed that he had secretly placed a mental mark on Lu Chuan, confident it would let the squad track him.
• Lu Chuan stripped away Stuta’s mental mark and sealed it, intending to lure the squad into a trap.
• Lu Chuan surveyed the valley with his Spiritual Power and headed toward its central region while searching for Heavenly Wind Geng Metal and other treasures.

Lu Chuan searched Hidden Wind Valley with his Spiritual Power and discovered thirteen pieces of Heavenly Wind Geng Metal in a mountain hollow. After he retrieved them, an Azure Beast burst from the storm vortex and attacked, but Lu Chuan had already sensed it and was waiting for it to emerge.

• Lu Chuan swept a six-hundred-li radius for treasures and pulled them into his Green-skinned Gourd.
• Lu Chuan spotted a mountain hollow containing thirteen pieces of Heavenly Wind Geng Metal and rushed inside.
• Lu Chuan used his Spiritual Power to pull all thirteen pieces from the storm vortex and caught them.
• An Azure Beast burst out of the vortex and attacked Lu Chuan with Wind Blades.
• Lu Chuan revealed that he had sensed the beast and had waited for it to expose itself.

Lu Chuan searched Hidden Wind Valley for Heavenly Wind Geng Metal and other treasures before a vast phenomenon revealed the legendary Heavenly Wind Fiend's Lair, apparently filled with countless pieces of the metal. He raced toward it as other living beings in the valley also headed for the newly revealed opportunity.

• Lu Chuan killed an azure strange beast with his saber and Heart Burning Blade, then devoured its crystal core to replenish and temper himself.
• Lu Chuan examined Heavenly Wind Geng Metal and recognized its strength, self-repair, and potential uses in spaceships and weapons.
• Lu Chuan spent several days plundering Hidden Wind Valley, collecting more than a hundred pieces of Heavenly Wind Geng Metal along with other valuable resources.
• A phenomenon revealed a cavern filled with astral wind vortices and countless pieces of Heavenly Wind Geng Metal, which Lu Chuan recognized as a possible enormous windfall.
• Lu Chuan used Shrink Ground to the utmost and flew toward the phenomenon as other beings in Hidden Wind Valley abandoned their tasks and hurried there too.

Lu Chuan reached the cavern where Heavenly Wind Geng Metal had appeared and discovered that Wind Wolves guarded the treasure inside. He forced his way through the spatial distortions and entered the cavern, where the wolves attacked him.

• Lu Chuan used Shrink Ground into Inches to travel quickly toward the phenomenon and rapidly improved his mastery of the divine ability.
• Lu Chuan arrived at the deep pit as hundreds of people gathered outside, then used his Spiritual Power to inspect the underground cavern.
• Lu Chuan saw storm vortexes filled with Heavenly Wind Geng Metal and discovered Wind Wolves ranging from Earth Fiend Realm to Heavenly Dipper Realm.
• Lu Chuan ignored warnings from the onlookers, broke through the twisted space with his saber, and entered the cavern.
• Wind Wolves burst from the vortexes and pounced on Lu Chuan.

Lu Chuan fought through the Wind Wolves in Dissolution Cave, collecting thousands of pieces of Heavenly Wind Geng Metal and defeating the beasts with his Destructive Power. Outside, the waiting group realized he might be thriving inside and prepared to enter together.

• Lu Chuan used his speed and Spiritual Power to evade the Wind Wolves, split Storm Vortexes, and collect over a thousand pieces of Heavenly Wind Geng Metal.
• The Wind Wolves released azure light that formed a Barrier domain, slowing Lu Chuan while boosting their own speed.
• Lu Chuan killed a Wind Wolf with his Six-fold Annihilation Force, collected its energy core, and continued cutting down the pack.
• Lu Chuan gathered thousands more pieces of Heavenly Wind Geng Metal as he fought through the Dissolution Cave.
• The group outside the cave suspected Lu Chuan had gained a foothold and urged one another to enter before he took everything.

Lu Chuan collected more than ten thousand pieces of Heavenly Wind Geng Metal in the cave and headed for the exit. He emerged into a battle where Foreign Races were slaughtering Humans, and began cutting them down.

• Humans rushed into the cave, but the gale killed most of them and the frenzied Wind Wolves tore apart those who made it inside.
• Lu Chuan decided to leave with the Heavenly Wind Geng Metal he had gathered, despite leaving most of the cave’s remaining metal behind.
• A Demon Race expert attacked Lu Chuan at the cave entrance, but Lu Chuan broke through the attack and exited.
• Lu Chuan discovered that Demon, Devil, Blood, Spirit, and other Foreign Races were besieging and killing Humans across the surrounding peaks.
• Lu Chuan used Shrink Ground into Inches to strike at the Foreign Races, killing dozens of Demons and terrifying the enemy forces.

Lu Chuan slaughtered the Foreign Race in Hidden Wind Valley, collected the spoils, and left with more than ten thousand pieces of Heavenly Wind Geng Metal. A devastating Devouring Vortex then erupted from the cave, and Lu Chuan fled at full speed to escape it.

• Lu Chuan killed thousands of the Foreign Race, forcing the survivors to flee.
• Lu Chuan collected the Foreign Race’s cores, equipment, and treasures, along with the belongings of Human Race members who had died.
• Lu Chuan left the survivors and headed away from the cave, deciding his mission was complete.
• Nearly a thousand li from the cave, Lu Chuan saw it collapse as a Devouring Vortex spread across the surrounding land and swallowed people, mountains, and trees.
• Lu Chuan suspected that collecting the Heavenly Wind Geng Metal might have triggered the disaster, but focused on fleeing Hidden Wind Valley.

After returning from Hidden Wind Valley, Lu Chuan encountered Stuta and his squad at a bar in the Human Race base. When they plotted to kill him, Lu Chuan used Heart Burning Blade to annihilate them all.

• Lu Chuan reached the Human Race base after a day of travel and rested at a bar, having advanced Shrink Ground into Inches to minor mastery.
• Lu Chuan spotted Stuta and his squad and considered killing them, while Stuta and his teammates recognized him and grew greedy for his Treasure Tool.
• Stuta and his squad decided to follow Lu Chuan and ambush him with a Space Locking Talisman.
• Lu Chuan used Heart Burning Blade to pierce the squad members' Sea of Consciousness, killing everyone in the private room.

After killing Stuta and his companions, Lu Chuan returned to Heaven's Gate Pass with spoils worth over four hundred million Cosmic Coins. He began selling his Heavenly Wind Geng Metal through Thunder Martial Hall and arranged to sell his other resources to Myriad Treasures Tower.

• Lu Chuan left the bar after killing Stuta and the others, and the bar attendants later reported their deaths to the Enforcement Squad.
• Lu Chuan boarded a spaceship to Heaven's Gate Pass and estimated his spoils at more than four hundred million Cosmic Coins.
• Lu Chuan considered buying a high-grade spaceship and using Merit Points to cultivate at Thunder Martial Hall's Seven Stars Tower.
• Lu Chuan brought more than ten thousand pieces of Heavenly Wind Geng Metal to Thunder Martial Hall's Logistics Building, astonishing the purchasing staff member.
• Lu Chuan contacted Myriad Treasures Tower to arrange a sale of his other resources worth over a hundred million Cosmic Coins.

After earning a large number of Merit Points, Lu Chuan went to Myriad Treasures Tower to sell the resources he had collected. Manager Luo Peng was astonished by the scale of the goods and prepared to bring in more appraisers, leaving the sale awaiting a price.

• Lu Chuan left Thunder Martial Hall with 1,889,700 Merit Points and headed to Myriad Treasures Hall to sell his resources.
• Lu Chuan arrived at Myriad Treasures Tower and was escorted to Manager Luo Peng's office.
• Lu Chuan presented twenty to thirty Storage Bags filled with resources, including several Treasure Tools.
• Luo Peng realized the goods were worth several hundred million Cosmic Coins and called for more people to assess them while Lu Chuan waited.

Lu Chuan sold resources to Myriad Treasures Tower for 450 million Cosmic Coins and then used the deal to arrange the purchase of a C-class spaceship. He chose a speed-focused Shadow Series ship and agreed to Luo Peng’s five percent discount, asking when he could take possession.

• Luo Peng’s staff tallied Lu Chuan’s goods, and Luo Peng offered him 450 million Cosmic Coins, which Lu Chuan accepted.
• Lu Chuan said he wanted to buy a C-class spaceship with a budget of 400 million Cosmic Coins.
• Luo Peng showed Lu Chuan three C-class spaceship models, and Lu Chuan chose the second, a speed-focused Shadow Series ship priced at 426 million Cosmic Coins.
• Luo Peng offered a five percent discount on the Shadow Series ship, and Lu Chuan accepted and asked when he could take possession.

Lu Chuan bought a Void Crystal and used it to upgrade his Green-skinned Gourd, which unexpectedly gained a storage space larger than a hundred li. He resumed cultivating and resolved to keep his two Supreme Dao Tools secret to avoid attracting powerful enemies.

• Lu Chuan bought a Void Crystal from Myriad Treasures Tower to upgrade his Green-skinned Gourd and returned to his villa.
• Lu Chuan fused the Void Crystal with the gourd, and its engraved Runes automatically reshaped and strengthened its interior.
• While the gourd upgraded, Lu Chuan cultivated by igniting divine stars and developing the divine domains in his body.
• Lu Chuan discovered that the upgraded gourd held a space exceeding a hundred li, far beyond what he had expected from a Low-grade Treasure Tool.
• Lu Chuan stored the gourd in his Dantian Ancestral Aperture and decided to conceal the Soul Suppressing Demon Smiting Bell and Xuantian Seal.

Lu Chuan took delivery of his C-class spaceship and stored it in the Green-skinned Gourd before heading to Thunder Martial Hall to begin closed-door cultivation at Seven Stars Tower. Meanwhile, Blood Wolf accepted a one-billion-Galaxy-Coin bounty on Lu Chuan, demanding payment in advance and saying he would act within three days of receiving it.

• Lu Chuan met Luo Peng at Heaven's Gate Pass's spaceship docking point and completed the handover of his C-class spaceship.
• In the Virtual World, a group discussed a one-billion-Galaxy-Coin bounty on Lu Chuan, but Blood Wolf alone accepted the task and demanded the money first.
• Lu Chuan piloted his spaceship out of Heaven's Gate Pass, then stored it in the Green-skinned Gourd.
• Lu Chuan used Shrink Ground into Inches to return to Heaven's Gate Pass and went to Thunder Martial Hall rather than his villa.
• Lu Chuan used Xiao Yi to purchase half a year of access to the seventh floor of Seven Stars Tower, then entered the tower.

Lu Chuan spent half a year cultivating in the seventh floor of Seven Stars Tower, while factions and foreign races reacted to his rising fame and issued threats against him. He completed all 108 divine domains and reached the peak of the Heavenly Dipper Realm.

• Lu Chuan entered the seventh floor of Seven Stars Tower and found that its meditation cushion increased his cultivation speed by more than tenfold.
• News of Lu Chuan’s feats in Hidden Wind Valley spread through Heaven's Gate Pass, prompting factions to seek him out or investigate his opportunity.
• Tu Qinghu reviewed Lu Chuan’s record and entered the Virtual World after reflecting on the limits of his A-Class Contract.
• Foreign races issued a joint manhunt order for Lu Chuan, while people with ulterior motives grew more restless.
• After half a year in seclusion, Lu Chuan completed all seventy-two Earth Fiend and thirty-six Heavenly Dipper divine domains and reached the peak of the Heavenly Dipper Realm.

Lu Chuan reached the peak of the Heavenly Dipper Realm and advanced his Spiritual Power to Reincarnation Third Order while planning to focus on improving his Divine Abilities and Blade Intent. Meanwhile, Blood Wolf continued delaying his contract to kill Lu Chuan, and the bounty issuer decided he would wait one more month before leaving for a secret land.

• Lu Chuan reviewed his progress and broke through to the second transformation of the Star Silkworm Soul Nurturing Technique, raising his Spiritual Power to Reincarnation Third Order with a 1,200-li radius.
• Lu Chuan decided not to pursue the Yin-Yang Realm yet and instead split his consciousness into eight to cultivate his Divine Abilities and Blade Intent.
• In the Virtual World, Blood Wolf told a blue-robed man that Lu Chuan had remained in secluded cultivation inside Thunder Martial Hall and refused to risk his life for the one-billion-Galaxy-Coin bounty.
• The blue-robed man warned Blood Wolf that the delay could damage his standing with the organization, then resolved to investigate why Blood Wolf seemed short of money.
• At Heaven's Gate Pass, the bounty issuer decided to wait one more month for Lu Chuan to emerge before leaving to seek a secret land he considered his chance to change his fate.

Lu Chuan sensed Blood Wolf’s killing intent, identified him as Xue Mingkun, and lured him away from Heaven's Gate Pass to confront him. On a desolate planet, Xue Mingkun trapped them inside a sealed barrier, setting the stage for their fight.

• Lu Chuan detected Xue Mingkun watching him with murderous intent and asked Xiao Yi to investigate his identity.
• Xiao Yi found only superficial information identifying the man as Xue Mingkun from Tianlan Planet, and Lu Chuan suspected he was a hired killer or death warrior.
• Lu Chuan left Heaven's Gate Pass and flew toward the Outer Domain Battlefield, while Xue Mingkun followed, convinced he could easily kill him.
• Lu Chuan landed on a desolate, sand-covered planet, and Xue Mingkun confronted him there.
• Xue Mingkun activated a talisman that formed a barrier around a hundred-li area, sealing Lu Chuan and himself inside.

Lu Chuan defeated Xue Mingkun, a Yin-Yang Realm assassin sent after him, and used spiritual power to learn that Wuyi Lane had accepted a one-billion-Galaxy-Coin contract on his life. He suspected the bounty stemmed from an enemy on Earth Star, while Wuyi Lane’s pursuit threatened to continue.

• Xue Mingkun revealed that he was a Yin-Yang Realm assassin who had accepted a one-billion-Galaxy-Coin mission to capture Lu Chuan.
• Lu Chuan struck Xue Mingkun with the Kunpeng Ocean Overturning Fist, destroying his arm and inflicting devastating internal damage.
• Lu Chuan overwhelmed Xue Mingkun with a second attack and used spiritual power to subdue his consciousness before questioning him.
• Xue Mingkun identified himself as Blood Wolf of Wuyi Lane and said he did not know who had commissioned the assassination.
• Lu Chuan recognized that Wuyi Lane would keep pursuing him and suspected that someone from Earth Star had placed the bounty.

Lu Chuan learned from Xue Mingkun that the Yuheng Secret Realm held a Five Elements Soul Sculpting Fruit that could help him advance his Star Silkworm Soul Nurturing Technique. After searching Xue Mingkun’s memories and killing him, Lu Chuan set his sights on the secret realm and its treasure.

• Lu Chuan questioned Xue Mingkun and learned he had taken the assassination mission to earn money for defensive equipment before entering a secret realm.
• Lu Chuan asked Xiao Yi about the Five Elements Soul Sculpting Fruit and learned it could help him cultivate the third transformation of the Star Silkworm Soul Nurturing Technique.
• Lu Chuan searched Xue Mingkun’s soul and discovered the Yuheng Secret Realm was in the remote Big Dipper Star System and contained a guarded Five Elements Soul Sculpting Fruit.
• Lu Chuan learned Xue Mingkun had failed to claim the fruit because he lacked strong armor to face its guardian beast and other dangers.
• Lu Chuan burned Xue Mingkun’s body, took his Storage Bag, and decided he had gained a valuable opportunity.