Chapter Summaries

Ji Xinghuo arranged long-term Aether Crystal purchases and exchanged Absolute Hit for 4,000 crystals from Sophia, then continued cultivating while saving his final fusion opportunity for the Titanium Cobalt Dragon Body. Zhao Manying became the Super League’s first four-time champion and Ten-Crown Champion, but Ji Xinghuo noticed her boredom and considered acquiring her club so she could leave competition behind and focus on advancing to Legend.

• Ji Xinghuo split the Aether Crystals bought with the betting winnings equally with Zhao Manying and arranged for an e-commerce platform to purchase more using his funds.
• Sophia returned to Chang'an with 4,000 Aether Crystals, and an expert authenticated Absolute Hit before she accepted the Ability Seed in exchange for the crystals.
• Ji Xinghuo and Zhao Manying divided the crystals, and Ji Xinghuo cultivated while reserving his last fusion opportunity for the Titanium Cobalt Dragon Body.
• Ji Xinghuo reached 26,000 Stellar Force by late December and decided to slow his progress while waiting for the Titanium Cobalt Dragon Body and searching for Expansion Oddities.
• Zhao Manying won her fourth consecutive Super League championship, becoming the Ten-Crown Champion, while Ji Xinghuo noticed her listlessness despite her victory.
• Ji Xinghuo considered paying Zhao Manying’s contract termination fee or acquiring the Empyrean Star Club so she could focus on reaching Legend.

After Zhao Cangming vanished, Ji Xinghuo and Zhao Manying traced his journey to Asuncion and discovered he had secretly traveled with Shi Buke, Shi Hongyi’s granddaughter. Suspecting the Shi family was involved, they flew to confront Shi Hongyi at Shiying Group headquarters.

• Zhuo Yanran told Zhao Manying that Zhao Cangming was missing, and Ji Xinghuo used the public security tracking system to learn he had flown to Asuncion.
• Ji Xinghuo and Zhao Manying found no record of Zhao Cangming entering the Asuncion Star Gate and considered whether he had been coerced or lured there.
• Ji Xinghuo found that Zhao Cangming had secretly been dating Shi Buke, and the two had traveled together to Asuncion before disappearing.
• Ji Xinghuo concluded that the Shi family was likely involved and decided to confront Shi Hongyi rather than search Asuncion.
• Ji Xinghuo carried Zhao Manying to Shiying Group headquarters and smashed through the office’s glass wall, stopping in front of Shi Hongyi.

Ji Xinghuo and Zhao Manying confronted Shi Hongyi over Zhao Cangming’s disappearance, but Shi Hongyi denied knowing anything and invoked the law to resist them. After Shi Hongyi attacked Zhao Manying, Ji Xinghuo declared himself the bigger picture and charged at him again.

• Ji Xinghuo demanded that Shi Hongyi reveal Zhao Cangming’s whereabouts, but Shi Hongyi denied knowing anything and warned Ji Xinghuo about breaking the law.
• Shi Renzhong attacked Ji Xinghuo, who seized him and used him as a hostage to pressure Shi Hongyi into handing over Zhao Cangming.
• Shi Hongyi refused to yield, and Ji Xinghuo destroyed the office’s cameras and electrical equipment with an Electromagnetic Pulse while continuing to torture Shi Renzhong with electricity.
• Zhao Manying sent her Spirit Ring Bracelet’s sword light toward Shi Renzhong, prompting Shi Hongyi to attack her; Ji Xinghuo intercepted him, and their clash wrecked the office floor.
• Shi Hongyi offered Ji Xinghuo a chance to leave and consider the bigger picture, but Ji Xinghuo rejected the offer and launched another attack.

Ji Xinghuo and Zhao Manying fought Shi Hongyi, who revealed his formidable abilities as a Superpowered Martial Ancestor, and Ji Xinghuo wounded him before he escaped. The conflict ended with Shi Renzhong released, and Ji Daosheng arrived with Luo Yimeng and Luo Baoguo’s squad to ask Ji Xinghuo why he had clashed with Chairman Shi.

• Ji Xinghuo’s opening punch missed when Shi Hongyi used Fold-Jump, and Shi Hongyi counterattacked with Ice-Fire Spiral Force.
• Zhao Manying’s sword lights and Ji Xinghuo’s lightning failed to break Shi Hongyi’s Wind Force Wall, so Ji Xinghuo weakened it with an Electromagnetic Javelin and pierced it with the Blade of Light.
• Ji Xinghuo feinted during their close-range exchange and struck Shi Hongyi in the ribs, while Zhao Manying’s sword lights forced the wounded Shi Hongyi to flee.
• Ji Xinghuo restrained Shi Renzhong with steel bars, but released him after Shi Hongyi refused to intervene and Ji Xinghuo could not bring himself to kill him.
• Ji Daosheng, Luo Yimeng, and Luo Baoguo arrived with Titanium Cobalt Dragon Men, and Ji Daosheng asked Ji Xinghuo why he had fought Chairman Shi.

Ji Xinghuo and Zhao Manying confronted Shi Hongyi over Zhao Cangming’s disappearance, and Ji Daosheng intervened to stop the fight and uncover the hidden truth. The President revealed that Shi Hongyi had likely kidnapped Zhao Cangming to threaten Zhao Manying, while the siblings’ search for him remained unresolved.

• Ji Xinghuo admitted he had started the fight with Shi Hongyi because Zhao Cangming had gone missing, and revealed that Zhao Cangming and Shi Buke had last been seen together in Asuncion.
• Ji Daosheng secretly questioned Ji Xinghuo and Zhao Manying in a mindscape, learned that Shi Hongyi had killed Zhao Manying’s father, and ordered both sides to end the fight.
• Ji Daosheng ordered Sima Hanzhang to investigate Zhao Cangming and Shi Buke’s whereabouts, while Shi Hongyi reluctantly agreed not to pursue the matter further.
• Ji Xinghuo took Zhao Manying to meet Ji Daosheng, who disclosed that he had entered Shi Renzhong’s mind and learned Shi Hongyi had told him about his grudge with Zhao Ke months earlier.
• Ji Daosheng told Zhao Manying that Shi Hongyi had likely kidnapped Zhao Cangming to use him as leverage against her.

Ji Xinghuo and Zhao Manying learned that the secret Zhao Ke left behind concerned an interstellar spaceship in the True Dragon Dynasty, while Shi Hongyi had kidnapped Zhao Cangming to pressure her. After receiving a threat and proof that Cangming was alive, Zhao Manying refused to go to the True Dragon Dynasty and hid the truth from her mother.

• Ji Daosheng revealed that Shi Hongyi had spent years searching for a spaceship in the True Dragon Dynasty and suspected Zhao Manying could help him enter it.
• Ji Daosheng warned Zhao Manying not to rush into the True Dragon Dynasty to rescue Zhao Cangming, and told Ji Xinghuo that another dangerous enemy was watching him.
• A clone avatar delivered Zhao Manying a severed finger identified as Cangming's and ordered her to reach Xu Ye Territory within twelve hours or face the consequences.
• Zhao Manying told Ji Xinghuo to inform Ji Daosheng that she would not go to the True Dragon Dynasty, then assured Zhuo Yanran that Cangming had entered the Star Realm on his own.

Ji Xinghuo sought help from the Void Spirit Traveler to find Zhao Cangming and returned to Skyfall Cliff to request an audience. He reached the Snow Ape Tribe, where the Void Spirit Traveler sensed his urgency.

• Zhuo Yanran welcomed Ji Xinghuo and Zhao Manying, and the three celebrated Zhao Manying's league championship over lunch and shopping.
• Ji Xinghuo told Zhao Manying he might be able to find Zhao Cangming through a senior in the Star Realm, then left to seek the President's help.
• Ji Daosheng lent Ji Xinghuo Flight Shoes and arranged for Huo Keji to help him depart Olympia unseen.
• Huo Keji gave Ji Xinghuo a Warp Crystal, which he used to teleport away before flying at supersonic speed toward Skyfall Cliff.
• Ji Xinghuo reached the Snow Ape Tribe, showed Cold Hill Chieftain the Skyfall Token, and asked to meet Senior Void Spirit.
• The Void Spirit Traveler contacted Ji Xinghuo and asked why he seemed to be in a hurry.

Ji Xinghuo hired the Void Spirit Traveler to locate Zhao Cangming, then rescued him from Shi Hongyi’s abductors in Thousand Peaks Abyss Forest. After learning Shi Buke had helped the plot against his family, Zhao Cangming killed her.

• Ji Xinghuo paid the Void Spirit Traveler a thousand Aether Crystals and provided Zhao Cangming’s photograph, severed finger, and last known location.
• The Void Spirit Traveler tracked Zhao Cangming through Olympia and Thousand Peaks Abyss Forest, then left Ji Xinghuo near the captive’s escort.
• Ji Xinghuo attacked the dragonhawk convoy, killing or disabling its escorts and freeing Zhao Cangming.
• Ji Xinghuo captured the wounded Legendary Tracker and subdued Shi Buke after she attacked him.
• Ji Xinghuo told Zhao Cangming that Shi Hongyi had killed his father and kidnapped him to threaten Zhao Manying.
• Zhao Cangming rejected Shi Buke’s plea for forgiveness and stabbed her through the heart.

Ji Xinghuo rescued Zhao Cangming from Shi Hongyi’s abductors and brought him safely back to Earth, where Zhao Cangming reunited with Zhao Manying. The President’s interrogation of the captured Tracker failed to uncover evidence against Shi Hongyi, leaving Ji Xinghuo suspecting that a powerful alien Mind Hacker was protecting him.

• Zhao Cangming killed Shi Buke, then mutilated the captured legendary Tracker under Ji Xinghuo’s instruction before sparing his life.
• Ji Xinghuo found Silver Winged Pegasuses to carry them toward Olympia and shot down a flock of Human-faced Owls that attacked along the way.
• Ji Xinghuo and Zhao Cangming reached Olympia, returned to Earth through the star gate, and Zhao Cangming reunited with Zhao Manying after having his severed finger reattached.
• Zhao Manying offered to repay Ji Xinghuo for the Aether Crystals he spent rescuing Zhao Cangming, but he refused to take the full amount.
• The President’s mind interrogation triggered a hidden mental imprint that erased the Tracker’s relevant memories, and Ji Xinghuo suspected Shi Hongyi had help from a powerful alien Mind Hacker.

Ji Xinghuo arranged protection for his family amid his feud with Shi Hongyi, while Zhao Manying retired from competitive play and Zhao Cangming and Zhong Ming prepared to enter the Star Realm. The chapter ended with Ji Xinghuo bringing them to Olympia to join his friends in a hunting team.

• Zhuo Yanran agreed to let Zhao Cangming enter the Star Realm after Zhao Manying and Ji Xinghuo reassured her, while Zhao Manying said she would retire and move in with her mother.
• Ji Xinghuo hired An Yitian and An Zhisu to protect both families, offering them Super-Limit Ability Seeds and five hundred Aether Crystals per year.
• Ji Xinghuo persuaded Zhong Ming to leave his club and enter the Star Realm, and he prepared his family for the security risks posed by Shi Hongyi.
• Zhao Manying announced her retirement, the Empyrean Star Club threatened legal action, and she said she would pay the contract penalty.
• In 2227, Ji Xinghuo led Zhong Ming and Zhao Cangming through the Star Gate to Olympia, where they met Jiangnan Cai Yi, Chi Zhonglin, Lu Yunhai, and Zhuo Ligetu.

Ji Xinghuo formed a Hunting Team to train Zhong Ming and Zhao Cangming in the Rock Forest Lake Area, while he refrained from fighting and focused on cultivation. After Zhong Ming proved himself and led the team to establish a foothold, Ji Xinghuo prepared to leave them to continue on their own.

• Ji Xinghuo gathered the team, introduced its members, and explained their plan to hunt in the dangerous Rock Forest Lake Area.
• Ji Xinghuo led the team out of human territory and began cultivating while the others took turns keeping watch.
• A pack of Night-Walking Bats attacked the camp, and Zhong Ming, Zhao Cangming, and the others defeated them without Ji Xinghuo intervening.
• Zhong Ming impressed the team during the journey, and Ji Xinghuo predicted that he would become at least a Celestial King.
• After half a Star Realm month in the Rock Forest Lake Area, Zhong Ming had led the team through dangerous encounters and established a foothold, so Ji Xinghuo decided to leave.

Ji Xinghuo traveled toward the Bloody Highlands and avoided a trap set by three Celestial Kings from the Americas Federation. He reached Skyfall Cliff and bought the Apocalypse One Star weapon Song of the Spirit String from the Void Spirit Traveler.

• Ji Xinghuo left Olympia and flew west, passing over Absolute Peak Valley without stopping to hunt Stone Scythe Goblins.
• Ji Xinghuo spotted Hurricane Earl and used Myriad Aspects of the Universe to discover that the Sheriff and Shadow of Death were also lying in wait.
• Ji Xinghuo chased Hurricane Earl, then stopped before entering the hidden Celestial Kings' trap; Hurricane Earl withdrew without either side taking the bait.
• Xing Lie and Luo Yimeng emerged from their ambush, and Ji Xinghuo said goodbye before continuing to the Bloody Highlands.
• Ji Xinghuo met Cold Hill Chieftain at Skyfall Cliff and asked him to contact the Void Spirit Traveler.
• Ji Xinghuo paid four thousand Aether Crystals for Song of the Spirit String, and the Void Spirit Traveler handed him the longbow and its thumb-ring attachment.

Ji Xinghuo tested the Apocalypse-level Song of the Spirit String and discovered its powerful, versatile attacks. After learning that a Warp Array in Eternal Day City could take him toward the True Dragon Dynasty, he set off for Peach Blossom Valley and spotted a Gale Wind Beast.

• Ji Xinghuo learned to use the Song of the Spirit String, whose arrows consumed Stellar Force and could fire in several specialized modes.
• Ji Xinghuo asked the Void Spirit Traveler to take him to the True Dragon Dynasty, but the traveler declined and suggested he use Eternal Day City's Warp Array.
• Ji Xinghuo searched Skyfall Cliff for Xia Qingyu, found his courtyard occupied, and left without pursuing the matter.
• Ji Xinghuo tested the bow and found that its electromagnetic Stellar Force arrows had great speed, range, penetration, and several distinct attack modes.
• Ji Xinghuo headed toward Peach Blossom Valley to visit Ren Mian and spotted a Gale Wind Beast hiding in a mountain ravine.

Ji Xinghuo hunted a Gale Wind Beast and ate its heart to gain a fusion opportunity, then successfully fused and tested the Shadow Clone ability. After upgrading it to Level 2 and learning to control four clones, he headed for Peach Blossom Valley to see Ren-jie.

• Ji Xinghuo spotted a Gale Wind Beast ambushing Big Rock Sheep and killed it with an Electric Arc Arrow from Song of the Spirit String.
• Ji Xinghuo collected the Gale Wind Beast's Ability Seeds, ate its heart, and gained another opportunity to fuse an Ability Seed.
• Ji Xinghuo fused the Shadow Clone Ability Seed and tested how the clones copied his appearance, equipment, senses, and abilities while using his Stellar Force.
• Ji Xinghuo upgraded Shadow Clone to Level 2, gaining four clones, and practiced coordinating with them.
• Ji Xinghuo set off for Peach Blossom Valley, eager to see Ren-jie.

Ji Xinghuo returned to Ren Mian’s Secret Realm and learned she was seven months pregnant with his triplets, conceived intentionally. Ren Mian revealed that she was the Celestial King Ye Zhen and explained how her Eclipse-level Reincarnation ability let her begin evolving again while preserving her fusion slots and greatly extending her life.

• Ji Xinghuo reunited with Ren Mian and discovered she was pregnant with his children.
• Ren Mian said she had deliberately conceived triplets and planned to return to Earth to give birth without demanding that Ji Xinghuo marry her or take responsibility.
• Ren Mian explained that the children would take twenty-eight to thirty months to gestate because of their extraordinary constitutions, and that she expected to reach Legendary in about a year.
• Ji Xinghuo asked whether Ren Mian was Ye Zhen, and she confirmed that she knew about the country's highest circle of power without directly denying his conclusion.
• Ren Mian revealed that she had once been a Celestial King before using Reincarnation to return to an Elementary Esper and evolve again.
• Ren Mian explained that Reincarnation was an Eclipse-level Ability Seed that preserved her fusion slots, youth, and a lifespan of several thousand years.

Ji Xinghuo learned that Ren Mian was the Celestial King Ye Zhen and that she was carrying their triplets, then discovered her ties to the President and settled into life with her in Peach Blossom Valley. After spending half a Star Realm month with Ye Zhen, he prepared to leave for his other pursuits while she remained pregnant.

• Ren Mian told Ji Xinghuo that Qi Feiyang was her main enemy, and Ji Xinghuo promised to protect her before she warned him not to underestimate Qi Feiyang.
• Ji Xinghuo listened to the three heartbeats in Ren Mian's abdomen, learned her true name was Ye Zhen, and found out she had already chosen names for the children.
• Ye Zhen revealed that the President was her maternal great-grandfather and that she had arranged for him to write the letter Ji Xinghuo delivered to Zhou Yishang; she also said the children would bear the Ji surname.
• Xiao Kui visited Ji Xinghuo and asked to play with Azure Rainbow, so Ji Xinghuo and Ye Zhen prepared food that coaxed the sleepy battle pet into playing with her.
• Ji Xinghuo briefly joined a distant Bloody Highlands battle, gained a little over ten thousand Spirit Source Energy, and upgraded Shadow Clone to Level Three.
• After spending half a Star Realm month caring for Ye Zhen in Peach Blossom Valley, Ji Xinghuo heard her tell him he did not need to stay with her until the triplets were born.

Ji Xinghuo secured Bright Candle’s permission to use the Warp Array to travel to Azure Fire Territory in the True Dragon Dynasty, then spent his resources on protective equipment and prepared to depart. The chapter left him meeting Bright Candle in disguise, ready to head for the Warp Array.

• Ji Xinghuo left Ye Zhen and traveled to Eternal Day City, where his Black Crystal Badge let him meet Bright Candle.
• Ji Xinghuo persuaded Bright Candle to let him use the Warp Array to reach Azure Fire Territory for 120 Aether Crystals and 1,000 Eternal Day Merit.
• Ji Xinghuo spent Aether Crystals and Eternal Day Merit bidding on the Tantalum-Silicon Battle Armor, Flickering Battle Boots, and other equipment.
• Ji Xinghuo received the Tantalum-Silicon Battle Armor, tested it alongside his Saint Scale Armor and Manifold Barrier, and prepared his other gear.
• Ji Xinghuo dressed like a True Dragon Person and met Bright Candle, who told him to follow.

Ji Xinghuo used the Crystalline Elves’ Warp Array to travel from Light Radiance Peak to Azure Capital with Azure Rainbow. He passed the city’s entry checks by posing as a member of the prestigious Yuan Magnetic Titanium Cobalt family and left the public array plaza to see the capital for the first time.

• Bright Candle brought Ji Xinghuo to the Warp Array and charged him sixty Aether Crystals to travel to Azure Capital.
• The array’s inspection detected Azure Rainbow, and Ji Xinghuo revealed it before the Crystalline Elves approved its transport.
• Ji Xinghuo and Azure Rainbow completed the five-second warp and arrived at Azure Capital’s public array plaza.
• A Pseudo Dragon Person scanned them, and Ji Xinghuo claimed the identity Yuan Magnetic Clan, Titanium Cobalt Prairiefire.
• Ji Xinghuo paid the discounted entry fee and rode Azure Rainbow out of the plaza, where he saw Azure Capital.

Ji Xinghuo explored Azure Capital, studied the True Dragon Dynasty while disguised as a True Dragon Person, and prepared to travel toward Yuan Magnetic Territory. Before he could leave, Azure Fire Dragons and troops surrounded him and accused him of impersonating nobility.

• Ji Xinghuo surveyed Azure Capital, including its immense city district, volcanic Dragon Nests, and the Azure Fire Dragons who lived there.
• Ji Xinghuo observed the Dragon Lords using a private Warp Array and learned that its network was reserved for powerful members of the True Dragon Dynasty.
• Ji Xinghuo disguised himself as a True Dragon Person and bought Stone Tablets about the dynasty's history, lineages, and geography, reading them in private rooms at several restaurants.
• After studying the Stone Tablets, Ji Xinghuo chose a route from Azure Fire Territory toward Yuan Magnetic Territory through Tungsten Mountain Territory.
• Three Azure Fire Dragons and troops surrounded Ji Xinghuo, accused him of impersonating True Dragon nobility, and prompted him to flee.

Ji Xinghuo escaped Azure Capital by using a Shadow Clone, the Flickering Battle Boots, and a Warp Crystal, then fled across the Green Lush Plateau. A Dragon Marquis with the Eye of Truth caught up with him, and Ji Xinghuo turned to attack with the Song of the Spirit String.

• Ji Xinghuo used a Shadow Clone to draw away the pursuing Dragon Lords, then teleported into a building and warped south with his Warp Crystal.
• A Star Herding Saint sealed space across Azure Capital, interrupting Ji Xinghuo’s third warp, but Ji Xinghuo escaped the lockdown by flying beyond the city’s edge.
• Ji Xinghuo warped twice more and fled across the plateau, wondering whether his false identity or his bookstore purchases had exposed him.
• A fast Azure Fire Dragon carrying a Dragon Marquis with the Eye of Truth found Ji Xinghuo and pursued him across the plateau.
• Ji Xinghuo drew the Song of the Spirit String, entered Myriad Aspects of the Universe, and fired a Rapid Fire Arrow at the Dragon Lord.