Chapter Summaries

Lu Chuan advanced through the Ancient City and encountered ten Bronze Puppets that he could neither damage nor defeat. He escaped their blockade and realized that destroying their cores might be the way to overcome them as he continued toward the city center.

• Lu Chuan hurried toward the center of the Ancient City, observing old battle marks and worrying that Qi Tian might break through and threaten the Human Race.
• Ten Bronze Puppets emerged from the ground, formed a Battle Formation, and charged at Lu Chuan.
• Lu Chuan attacked the puppets with his saber, but his strikes only knocked them back and failed to damage their defenses.
• Lu Chuan fought his way through the puppets and used Shrink Ground into Inches to escape down the street.
• Lu Chuan realized the puppets must have cores that could be destroyed, but chose to conserve his strength and press onward.

Lu Chuan crossed the city by exploiting the weaknesses of its puppets and Fierce Spirits, then reached the gate to the Inner City. He learned that the gate was a Star Map and that mastering at least one Great Divine Ability within a month would qualify him to become his Master's Outer Disciple.

• Lu Chuan used his Spiritual Power to remove the Spirit Crystals from ten Bronze Puppets, then stored both the crystals and puppets in the Green-skinned Gourd.
• Lu Chuan fought his way through streets and alleys, defeating puppets and Fierce Spirits with his Spiritual Power and Six-fold Annihilation Force.
• Lu Chuan reached the sealed gate to the Inner City and recognized its patterns as a Supreme Treasure for comprehending the Dao.
• A blurry figure told Lu Chuan he had one month to comprehend at least one Great Divine Ability from the Star Map to pass the assessment and become his Master's Outer Disciple.
• Lu Chuan judged the assessment easy and believed he could comprehend many Great Divine Abilities given enough time.

Lu Chuan spent half a month studying the Star Map and comprehended eight Great Divine Abilities, while Qi Tian remained trapped at the final step of his own assessment. Lu Chuan broke several abilities past their limits and examined the new states he had gained.

• Lu Chuan focused on the Star Map after learning that comprehending a Great Divine Ability would let him enter the Inner City as an Outer Disciple.
• Qi Tian, who had reached an ancient palace inside the Inner City, struggled for three months to comprehend the supreme divine ability on a jade wall.
• After half a month, Lu Chuan manifested several divine abilities and found that his panel listed eleven abilities, including eight newly comprehended or deduced from the Star Map.
• Lu Chuan advanced his Dragon Elephant Divine Power and Destructive Cut states and read their descriptions on the Attribute Panel.

Lu Chuan passed the Outer Disciple assessment after demonstrating his Nine Heavens Thunderous Saber, then chose to enter the Inner City and pursue the more dangerous Inner Disciple trials. He crossed the gate and found his Essence, Qi, and Spirit suppressed by overwhelming pressure.

• Lu Chuan reviewed how Dragon Elephant Divine Power strengthened his body and how Destructive Cut could ignore defenses, then decided to enter the Inner City to find Qi Tian.
• Lu Chuan used the Nine Heavens Thunderous Saber on the Star Map, impressing the blurry figure with his minor accomplishment in the Great Divine Ability.
• The blurry figure offered Lu Chuan an Outer Disciple reward or the chance to attempt the Inner Disciple trials, warning that the latter was far more dangerous.
• Lu Chuan refused the reward and entered the Inner City through the opened gate.
• The Inner City’s pressure suppressed Lu Chuan’s Essence, Qi, and Spirit, reducing his Spiritual Power’s probing range to ten meters.

Lu Chuan used Destructive Cut to sweep through the Inner City and reach a magnificent gate before a deeper Star Map. The blurry figure set the next assessment: Lu Chuan had one month to comprehend three Great Divine Abilities from the Star Map.

• Lu Chuan destroyed ten Bronze Puppets and ten Fierce Spirits with a saber strike using Nine Heavens Thunderous Saber and Destructive Cut.
• Lu Chuan replenished his divine power with Exotic Beast Crystal Cores as he swept through the Inner City, completing the journey in five days.
• Lu Chuan reached a magnificent city gate and saw a Star Map beyond it.
• The blurry figure revealed that Lu Chuan had to comprehend three Great Divine Abilities to at least entry level within one month to become the master's Inner Disciple.
• Lu Chuan accepted the assessment and focused on the Star Map.

Lu Chuan comprehended numerous divine abilities from the Star Map, but his Soul Consciousness became trapped in its reincarnations and risked merging with the map. He advanced Five Elements Reincarnation to Great Accomplishment and escaped, while the blurry figure watched in amazement.

• Lu Chuan entered repeated reincarnations within the Star Map and comprehended at least five divine abilities.
• The blurry figure realized Lu Chuan's Soul Consciousness was sinking into the Star Map but could not interfere.
• Lu Chuan recognized that he was trapped and that continued reincarnation could turn him into the Star Map's Artifact Spirit.
• After his twenty-fourth reincarnation, Lu Chuan used the Star Map's power of reincarnation to deepen his understanding of Five Elements Reincarnation.
• Lu Chuan raised Five Elements Reincarnation from Minor Accomplishment to Great Accomplishment and pulled his Soul Consciousness back into his body.
• The blurry figure was stunned by Lu Chuan's escape and hoped he would inherit his master's legacy.

After escaping the Star Map’s trial, Lu Chuan discovered that he had comprehended twenty-four new Great Divine Abilities and brought his total to thirty-five. He passed the Inner Disciple assessment and chose to continue toward becoming a Personal Disciple, facing a one-year trial with death as the consequence of failure.

• Lu Chuan examined his Attribute Panel and found that Five Elements Reincarnation had reached Great Accomplishment and that he had gained twenty-four Small Accomplishment Great Divine Abilities.
• Lu Chuan realized his body was nearing its limit of thirty-six divine abilities and would need to develop more divine domains to cultivate further.
• Lu Chuan struck the Star Map city gate with Mountain Embracing Seal, Nether-Suppressing Finger, and Mountain-Shaking Fist, but failed to damage it.
• A blurry figure confirmed Lu Chuan had passed the Inner Disciple assessment and offered to make him an Inner Disciple or let him continue.
• Lu Chuan chose to continue, and the blurry figure explained that he must fully comprehend an unsurpassed divine ability in one of seven palaces within a year or die.

Lu Chuan entered the Divine Palace and comprehended the first of its seven supreme divine abilities from a Jade Wall. After half a day, he acquired the Po Jun Saber Art and its aura settled into him.

• Lu Chuan crossed the city gate, saw seven ancient palaces arranged like the Big Dipper, and chose the first palace on his left.
• Lu Chuan entered the palace and focused on the Jade Wall, whose diagrams drew his consciousness into a vast Starry Sky.
• Lu Chuan witnessed a world evolve from barren land to civilization and extinction, then gained insight into a powerful saber strike.
• Lu Chuan studied the Jade Wall for half a day before unleashing Saber Energy and absorbing its torrent of starlight.
• Lu Chuan saw Po Jun Saber Art (Entry) appear on his Attribute Panel.

Lu Chuan comprehended the Po Jun Saber Art in less than a day, impressing Qing Yi, the Divine Palace’s Artifact Spirit. She asked him to become her master’s Personal Disciple, but explained that he would eventually bear the karma of accepting the role.

• Lu Chuan examined the Po Jun Saber Art and realized it could help him comprehend the Mysteries of Destruction and, eventually, the Destruction Law.
• Lu Chuan struck the Jade Wall with Saber Energy, causing it to shake and blaze with light.
• Qing Yi appeared before Lu Chuan and praised his extraordinary comprehension while cautioning that talent alone could not ensure success.
• Qing Yi revealed that she was the Divine Palace’s Artifact Spirit and asked Lu Chuan to become her master’s Personal Disciple.
• Lu Chuan asked what he would have to give in return, and Qing Yi said he needed to reach beyond the Transcendent Secret Realm to learn more, though he would bear the karma of becoming the disciple.

Lu Chuan accepted True Lord Beidou as his master after Qing Yi warned him about the dangers tied to the master's enemies and urged him to grow stronger. He became the new controller of Beidou Palace, though his current strength limited what he could do with it.

• Qing Yi warned Lu Chuan that becoming True Lord Beidou's disciple tied him to the master's karma, and urged him to improve his strength.
• Lu Chuan agreed to become the master's disciple and asked for the master's name.
• Qing Yi brought Lu Chuan to a palace where he saw True Lord Beidou's portrait and learned the master's title.
• Lu Chuan kowtowed three times to the portrait, completing the ceremony and becoming True Lord Beidou's Personal Disciple.
• Qing Yi named Lu Chuan the new controller of Beidou Palace and gave him the Beidou Token, explaining its powers and limits.

Lu Chuan received his first gifts as True Lord Beidou’s Personal Disciple and refined the Beidou Token to gain limited control of Beidou Palace. He located Qi Tian in Greedy Wolf Hall and prepared to confront him.

• Qing Yi told Lu Chuan to deal with the outsiders in Beidou Palace and presented him with a Big Dipper Star Robe, a Flying Cloud Boat, and a Void Teleportation Talisman.
• Qing Yi explained that Lu Chuan would receive more gifts as his strength advanced, then vanished after telling him how to refine the Beidou Token.
• Lu Chuan dripped his blood on the Beidou Token and completed its complex refinement method, gaining a connection to Beidou Palace and access to some of its areas and arrays.
• Lu Chuan sensed Qi Tian in Greedy Wolf Hall and used the Beidou Token to teleport there.

Lu Chuan confronted Qi Tian in Greedy Wolf Hall after Qi Tian failed to comprehend its supreme divine ability and demonized. Lu Chuan used the hall’s Great Array to pin him down, revealed that he had destroyed the North Mang Beast Race, and killed him.

• Qi Tian, unable to understand the Jade Wall’s supreme divine ability before the deadline, lost control and demonized when Lu Chuan mocked him.
• Qi Tian attacked Lu Chuan with his bloodline divine ability, surrounding himself with Blazing Flame.
• Lu Chuan activated Greedy Wolf Hall’s Great Array, crushing Qi Tian’s body and extinguishing his flames.
• Qi Tian realized Lu Chuan controlled the Divine Palace and had become a Personal Disciple.
• Lu Chuan introduced himself, claimed he had wiped out the North Mang Beast Race, and killed Qi Tian with Blade Qi through the brow.

Lu Chuan left the forbidden land after becoming Beidou Palace’s Personal Disciple, then concealed the palace’s existence while reporting that the North Mang Beast Race had been eliminated. He gave Tie Cang resources to distribute among the soldiers and their fallen comrades’ families, and told him to inform the Grand Commander that the Beimang Star Realm could be taken over.

• Lu Chuan left the forbidden land after inventorying his spoils and refining the three gifts left by his Master.
• Lu Chuan concluded that Qi Tian had been doomed to fail the Personal Disciple assessment because the Human Race divine ability in Greedy Wolf Hall was incompatible with him.
• Tie Cang greeted Lu Chuan and learned that the other exploration teams were likely lost inside the dangerous forbidden land.
• Lu Chuan told Tie Cang he had killed the North Mang Beast Race but concealed Beidou Palace and the method to leave the Beimang Star Realm.
• Lu Chuan gave Tie Cang a Storage Bag of resources to distribute to the soldiers and the families of the fallen, then told him to inform the Grand Commander that the Beimang Star Realm was ready to receive.

Lu Chuan returned to Beimang City after clearing out enemy stragglers, where the City Lord and Liang Yunshan welcomed him and invited him to a victory banquet. His identity and role in pacifying the Beimang Star Realm soon spread among the city’s people, who were stunned by how young he was.

• Lu Chuan traveled back from Beimang Mountain while killing North Mang Beast Race members and remaining Blood Race and Abyssal Demon Race forces along the way.
• The Beimang City Lord, Liang Yunshan, and other officials waited at the city gate and welcomed Lu Chuan when he arrived.
• The Beimang City Lord thanked Lu Chuan for his service to the Human Race and said he had reported Lu Chuan’s achievements to the Federation.
• Lu Chuan accepted the City Lord’s invitation to a welcoming feast and victory celebration, and the City Lord and Liang Yunshan personally led him into Beimang City.
• People at the city gate learned Lu Chuan’s identity and reacted with shock at the young man who had helped defeat the three factions.

Lu Chuan rejected the Military’s recruitment, left the Beimang Star Realm, and headed back to Heaven’s Gate Pass while planning to leave the Galactic Federation. News of his strength spread, and those who had considered targeting him withdrew from their plans.

• Lu Chuan told the Beimang City Lord and Liang Yunshan that he would not join the Military or remain in Thunder Martial Hall, and warned that he planned to leave the Galactic Federation for the depths of space.
• The Beimang City Lord warned Lu Chuan that Thunder Martial Hall might covet his ten percent share of the Beimang Star Realm’s future profits, while Liang Yunshan offered him a contact for help.
• Lu Chuan returned through the passage and left Beimang Base in a C-class spaceship, keeping the Flying Cloud Boat hidden to protect Beidou Palace from discovery.
• News spread across Heaven’s Gate Pass that Lu Chuan had conquered the Beimang Star Realm and wiped out the Blood Race, Abyssal Demon Race, and North Mang Beast Race leadership.
• Mo Yu withdrew from his mission against Lu Chuan after learning of his strength, and Stomontor recalled witnessing Lu Chuan destroy the Blood Race Base and resolved that fleeing had saved his life.

Lu Chuan asked Tu Qinghu to submit a request to terminate his A-Class Contract with Thunder Martial Hall before leaving Heaven's Gate Pass. Afterward, he went to Myriad Treasures Tower to deal with some of his possessions, where Luo Peng greeted him warmly.

• Tu Qinghu apologized to Lu Chuan for the deceptive assessment mission in Beimang Star Realm and admitted he had not known the truth.
• Lu Chuan told Tu Qinghu he planned to explore the Starry Sky and asked to terminate his Thunder Martial Hall contract.
• Tu Qinghu said headquarters had to decide and estimated a response would take three to five days; Lu Chuan agreed to return then.
• Tu Qinghu cursed Thunder Martial Hall's senior officials after Lu Chuan left his office.
• Lu Chuan headed to Myriad Treasures Tower instead of returning to his assigned villa.
• Luo Peng welcomed Lu Chuan and invited him to taste a new batch of tea.

Lu Chuan sold a vast haul of cultivation resources to Myriad Treasures Tower and discussed his plan to leave Thunder Martial Hall. Luo Peng warned that Thunder Martial Hall could block his departure and offered Myriad Treasures Tower’s help.

• Lu Chuan gave Luo Peng more than a dozen Storage Bags filled with resources and Foreign Race corpses, shocking Luo Peng with the scale of the haul.
• Luo Peng explained the strategic importance of the Beimang Star Realm, but Lu Chuan focused on having the resources tallied and priced.
• Myriad Treasures Tower sent more than a hundred staff members to count the materials while Lu Chuan monitored the building with his Spiritual Power.
• Lu Chuan confirmed that he planned to terminate his A-Class Contract with Thunder Martial Hall after speaking with the Vice Hall Master at Heaven's Gate Pass.
• Luo Peng warned that Thunder Martial Hall might use the contract to keep Lu Chuan and possessed combat power Above Transcendent, then offered Myriad Treasures Tower’s help.

Luo Peng offered Lu Chuan an S-Class Contract with Myriad Treasures Tower, but Lu Chuan refused and said he would handle ending his Thunder Martial Hall contract himself. He sold a portion of his resources to Myriad Treasures Tower for 14 billion Cosmic Coins while keeping rare materials and Spirit Stones for future use.

• Lu Chuan questioned Luo Peng about his motives, and Luo Peng offered him an S-Class Contract with Myriad Treasures Tower and promised to handle his Thunder Martial Hall contract.
• Lu Chuan declined to join Myriad Treasures Tower and said he would terminate his Thunder Martial Hall contract himself.
• Lu Chuan waited while Myriad Treasures Tower staff inventoried the resources in his Storage Bags.
• Luo Peng quoted 13.987 billion Cosmic Coins for the resources and offered to round the price up to 14 billion.
• Lu Chuan accepted the offer, and Luo Peng arranged for the funds to be transferred.
• Lu Chuan kept his more valuable treasure materials, Treasure Medicines, Crystal Cores, Blood Crystals, Demon Cores, and Spirit Stones for cultivation and future use.

Lu Chuan spent five days cultivating while waiting for Thunder Martial Hall to respond to his demand to terminate their contract. He learned that the contract’s clauses trapped him into needing the Martial Hall’s consent, leaving him facing a difficult choice.

• Lu Chuan left Myriad Treasures Tower and stayed in a hotel to show Thunder Martial Hall he intended to terminate his contract.
• Lu Chuan spent five days cultivating his divine abilities, Divine Stars, and Spiritual Power.
• Tu Qinghu told Lu Chuan that Thunder Martial Hall’s higher-ups rejected his request to terminate the contract and offered him an S-Class Contract instead.
• Lu Chuan demanded a quota for Xuanhuang Hall if Thunder Martial Hall wanted him to stay, and Tu Qinghu could not promise one.
• Xiao Yi confirmed that the contract’s clauses prevented Lu Chuan from terminating it without the Martial Hall’s consent.

Lu Chuan demanded that Thunder Martial Hall give him the Xuanhuang Hall slot or end their relationship, while Tu Qinghu and headquarters’ factions reacted to his ultimatum. Yun Feiyang decided to meet Lu Chuan in person, as the other higher-ups plotted to claim the profits from Beimang Star Realm.

• Lu Chuan told Tu Qinghu that Thunder Martial Hall must give him the slot or face a complete break, then ended the call.
• Tu Qinghu condemned the headquarters elders and contacted Yun Feiyang, considering a purge of the branch’s entrenched officials.
• Yun Feiyang said the Xuanhuang Hall slot could not be granted but decided to travel to Heaven’s Gate Pass the next day to meet Lu Chuan.
• Yun Feiyang reflected that Lu Chuan might help him reform Thunder Martial Hall, which he believed was declining under selfish elders.
• Thunder Martial Hall’s higher-ups agreed to let Lu Chuan leave but resolved to claim the dividend rights to Beimang Star Realm.