Chapter Summaries

Ye Fan awakened a spatial Dao Seed and used Teleportation to evade the Vine Emperor’s attacks and reach the center of Lante Continent. At the lake, he sensed an unusual disturbance from the incomplete copper fragment he had found in the Red Moon Realm.

• Ye Fan discovered that his Transcendent Saintly Realm movement technique had nurtured a Seventh-grade Dao Seed with spatial abilities, including Teleportation and Space Jump.
• Ye Fan dodged a Vine Spear by teleporting, leaving Hambuyev, Gangcun Jiro, Cang Xiaohai, and the watching Azure Vault Realm experts astonished.
• Can Jiu recognized Ye Fan’s spatial power, and Ye Fan noted that Teleportation strained his body and would require him to grow stronger.
• Ye Fan repeatedly teleported through the Vine Emperor’s attacks and reached a vast lake at Lante Continent’s center.
• Ye Fan sensed an unusual disturbance from the incomplete copper fragment he had obtained in the Red Moon Realm.

Ye Fan entered the Vine Emperor’s Barrier Inner Lake and learned from Can Jiu that rare Essences of Grass and Wood were hidden there. After failing several times to catch them, he used their curiosity to gather a large group and captured them all, leaving with a bumper harvest.

• Ye Fan noticed that the broken bronze fragment resonated with something at the bottom of the lake, but Can Jiu told him the barrier contained Essences of Grass and Wood.
• Can Jiu explained that the rare treasures could heal injuries, strengthen physiques, and were marked by red beads that indicated their age.
• Ye Fan spotted an Essence of Grass and Wood and repeatedly tried to catch it, but it escaped underground and summoned more of its kind.
• Ye Fan used his failed attempts to draw out a group of nine Essences of Grass and Wood, including one with dozens of red beads.
• Ye Fan caught the group by wrapping a rope around their stems and lifting them from the ground.

Ye Fan harvested Essence of Grass and Wood inside the Vine Emperor's Barrier, sending his contribution score soaring and spurring the other geniuses to use their hidden abilities. As Hambuyev arrived at the lake, Ye Fan leaped into the water to avoid a fight.

• Ye Fan's nine plants of Essence of Grass and Wood amazed the Azure Vault Realm experts, and his uploaded harvest raised his ranking to first place with 360 contribution points.
• The rising score alerted the geniuses inside the barrier to the treasure trove, and they resolved to push toward the core region using their strongest methods.
• Hambuyev displayed Minor Accomplishment Profound Meaning, while Paige Rockefeller, Gangcun Jiro, and Mohe Brahmin used powerful weapons and techniques to cut through the vines.
• Ye Fan caught five more plants after the frightened Essence of Grass and Wood hid underground, bringing his total to fourteen and securing enough to share with his family.
• Hambuyev spotted Ye Fan and the plants, so Ye Fan leaped into the lake rather than fight him.

Ye Fan dove into the Vine Emperor’s Barrier Inner Lake, where the Ancient Broken Bronze Fragment resonated with something below. He reached the lakebed and discovered an alien Mechanical Spaceship, leaving him wondering how it had come to Blue Star.

• Hambuyev caught a three-hundred-year-old Essence of Grass and Wood, while Paige Rockefeller, Gangcun Jiro, Mohe Brahmin, and the others arrived and began fighting over other spirit herbs.
• Ye Fan entered the lake and followed the fragment’s resonance deeper, using the Dragon Emperor’s Three Absolutes to move through the water.
• Can Jiu identified the Spirit Water Swordfish as nourishing Water Essence Ginseng, and Ye Fan captured several while diving.
• Ye Fan sensed a powerful mental assault from the lakebed, but the Soul Suppressing Bell protected him as he continued downward.
• Ye Fan saw a huge circular Mechanical Spaceship on the lakebed, and Can Jiu identified it as belonging to an alien race from the cosmic starry sky.

Ye Fan used his Wormhole-Jump Dao Seed to enter the sealed Mechanical Race spaceship, while Long Qing learned of his entry and hoped he might uncover clues about a prophecy. Inside the ship, a cold voice began scanning Ye Fan as a Human Race entrant.

• Can Jiu told Ye Fan that Blue Star and the Human Race’s Five Great Life Planets had continued to face secret invasions from starry-sky races, and suggested the tournament assessment site and Contribution Points Ranking had been arranged deliberately.
• Ye Fan used the incomplete copper fragment to locate a subtly different section of the Mechanical Race spaceship, but could not open its entrance.
• Ye Fan activated his Wormhole-Jump Dao Seed and, despite rapidly draining his Mental Power and spiritual power, passed through a Space Wormhole into the spaceship.
• On Ziwei Emperor Star, Ma Yunteng informed Long Qing that Ye Fan had entered the Number Three Mechanical Race spaceship, and Long Qing hoped he would gain something and trace the prophecy’s source.
• Inside the spaceship, the exhausted Ye Fan sat on the cold floor as a voice announced that it was scanning a Human Race entrant.

Ye Fan removed his Soul Suppressing Bell’s defenses so the Mechanical Spaceship could test his Mental Dimension, which barely met its minimum requirement. After recovering and preparing for the assessment, he learned he had to study a volume of the Mechanical Race’s Control Codex.

• Can Jiu advised Ye Fan to follow the Mechanical Spaceship’s instructions and remove his soul-defense treasure.
• Ye Fan withdrew the Soul Suppressing Bell’s defenses and let the spaceship examine his Mental Power for nearly an hour.
• The spaceship measured Ye Fan’s Mental Dimension at 22, just above the requirement for the assessment.
• Ye Fan asked what Mental Dimension meant and reflected that his Mental Power had grown through the Void Spirit Refining Technique and the enlightenment system.
• After five minutes, the spaceship began the assessment and told Ye Fan to memorize and comprehend a volume of the Control Codex within three days.

After several hours in the Barrier Inner Lake, Ye Fan used the Mechanical Race spaceship’s Control Manual to prepare for a test of his ability to operate a mechanical arm. Hambuyev and several other geniuses followed Ye Fan into the lake, hoping to discover what he had found.

• Hambuyev collected five Essences of Grass and Wood, then jumped into the lake after suspecting Ye Fan had found a treasure.
• Paige Rockefeller, Gangcun Jiro, and Mohe Brahmin also entered the lake to follow Hambuyev and Ye Fan.
• Inside the Mechanical Spaceship, Ye Fan memorized the enormous Control Manual and raised his willpower from Level 42 to Level 43.
• Ye Fan told the spaceship’s mechanical voice that he had mastered the manual, and it assigned him Basic Mechanical Arm No. 135 to use against a Mountain Sea Realm Peak warrior.
• Ye Fan spent one Enlightenment Point to rapidly improve his understanding of the mechanical arm as the test began.

Ye Fan used Enlightenment Points to master a Mechanical Race arm and defeated a Mechanical Race warrior during the control trial. He then excelled in tests of other Mechanical Race equipment and received a Perfect rating.

• Ye Fan attached mechanical arm serial number 135 and tested its Death Grip and Extreme Speed Cutting functions.
• Ye Fan entered the Battle Zone and used the mechanical arm to overpower and disarm the Mechanical Race warrior.
• Ye Fan dodged the warrior’s laser attacks, located its core, and defeated it with the Energy Gathering Cannon.
• Ye Fan passed tests involving Mechanical Race weapons, armor, flying wings, and other equipment.
• The mechanical voice announced that Ye Fan had passed the assessment with a Perfect rating.

After receiving a Flawless rating in the Mechanical Spaceship’s combat assessment, Ye Fan claimed Star Energy Ore and used it to strengthen his Fourth Star River and begin lighting up his Fifth. Meanwhile, Hambuyev and the other tournament contenders reached the spaceship but could not find a way inside.

• Ye Fan received a Flawless rating and followed the guiding lights to a reward room.
• The Mechanical Spaceship identified the ore as Star Energy Ore, and Can Jiu explained that it was Star-Dotting Spirit Crystal, a potent aid for lighting stars.
• Ye Fan began absorbing the ore to raise his Fourth Star River to Perfect grade before lighting his Fifth Star River.
• Hambuyev, Paige Rockefeller, Gangcun Jiro, and Mohe Brahmin reached the spaceship beneath Lante Continent’s central blue lake.
• The four searched the spaceship for an entrance but found no opening.

Ye Fan completed his fourth Perfect Star River and illuminated his fifth while cultivating inside the Mechanical Race spaceship. After three days, he followed the ship’s instructions to claim his next reward, arriving at a huge glass sphere.

• Hambuyev, Gangcun Jiro, Mohe Brahmin, and Paige Rockefeller discussed forcing their way into the spaceship, then turned to hunting Spirit Water Swordfish and plotting to rob Ye Fan.
• Ye Fan used Star Energy Ore to raise his fourth Star River to Perfect and began illuminating his fifth.
• Azure Vault Realm experts watched the tournament contestants gather treasures and discussed buying Spirit Water Swordfish and collecting Vine Emperor vines.
• After three days, Ye Fan finished illuminating his fifth Perfect Star River but reached a bottleneck when he tried to continue.
• Ye Fan gathered his remaining Star Energy Ore and followed the mechanical voice to an enormous semi-transparent glass sphere for his next reward.

Ye Fan entered the Mechanical Race’s Brain Domain Impact chamber, enduring a brutal assault that rapidly raised his Mental Power and willpower. As his Mental Power climbed from level 40 to 44, he pushed for an even greater increase.

• After Ye Fan received a perfect clearance, the Mechanical Race awarded him a Brain Domain Impact and explained that it could enhance his Mental Power through a painful process.
• Ye Fan stepped into the glass chamber, released the protection over his Sea of Consciousness Space, and prepared for the impact.
• The Brain Domain Impact struck Ye Fan’s brain domain with repeated, hammer-like blows, but he gritted his teeth and held on.
• Can Jiu watched from the Fire God Space as Ye Fan endured the torment without yielding.
• System notifications showed Ye Fan’s willpower rising from level 43 to 44 and his Mental Power climbing from level 40 to 44.
• Ye Fan roared inwardly and drove his Mental Power toward level 45.

Ye Fan endured the Mechanical Spaceship’s Brain Domain Impact and raised his willpower and Mental Power to Level 45, then received Mecha No. 10 as his third reward. The Smart Brain showed him a damaged bronze vessel matching his fragment and a hole in the ship’s floor, beginning to explain that the incident originated with the Mechanical Race.

• Ye Fan stopped the Brain Domain Impact after his willpower and Mental Power reached Level 45, and the Smart Brain praised him as an odd genius.
• The Smart Brain revealed that Ye Fan’s advancement had consumed four hundred years’ worth of the spaceship’s energy, and Ye Fan thanked it for the opportunity.
• Following the guidance, Ye Fan entered the core chamber and received the Mechanical Race’s Mecha No. 10 as his third reward.
• The Smart Brain showed Ye Fan a cracked bronze vessel whose opening matched his fragment, then pointed out a fist-sized hole in the spaceship’s floor.
• The Smart Brain began explaining that the damage had originated with the Mechanical Race.

Ye Fan learned that the Vine Emperor had grown from a seed of the catastrophic Morning Vine Night Python, which the Mechanical Race had sealed on Blue Star. After acquiring Mechanical Battle Armor and leaving the spacecraft, he found Hambuyev and three others blocking his way and demanding its treasures.

• The Mechanical Race Smart Brain explained that a traitor had carried the Morning Vine Night Python seed to Blue Star, where it was sealed inside the spacecraft.
• Can Jiu recognized the Morning Vine Night Python as a terrifying plant-and-animal existence, and Ye Fan grew furious at the danger it posed to Blue Star.
• The Smart Brain said the Vine Emperor had grown by absorbing nutrients from the seed and offered the spacecraft's treasures to help Ye Fan prepare for future threats.
• Ye Fan imprinted his soul on Mechanical Battle Armor numbered 10, put it on, and left the spacecraft intending to report the danger to Long Qing.
• Hambuyev, Gangcun Jiro, Paige Rockefeller, and Mohe Brahmin surrounded Ye Fan as he emerged, and Gangcun Jiro and Mohe Brahmin demanded that he share the treasures.

Ye Fan faced Hambuyev, Paige Rockefeller, Gangcun Jiro, and Mohe Brahmin after they chased him from Azure Blue Lake, while Daili DuPont and Di Yi offered to help. Ye Fan insisted on fighting alone and defeated all four with a single wave of flying blades, leaving the higher-ups stunned.

• Ye Fan raced toward the surface of Azure Blue Lake as Mohe Brahmin summoned a giant snake and pursued him with Hambuyev, Paige Rockefeller, and Gangcun Jiro.
• Ye Fan and the four Heavenly Kings emerged from the lake amid the others fighting over the Essence of Grass and Wood.
• Daili DuPont and Di Yi stepped forward to support Ye Fan, but he thanked them and declared that he would face all four opponents alone.
• Ye Fan formed four flying-blade formations from 324 blades and attacked as the Four Heavenly Kings struck at him together.
• Ye Fan's single wave of attacks made Hambuyev and the other three cough blood and fly backward, shocking the higher-ups watching.

Ye Fan overwhelmed Hambuyev and the other top competitors, then shared the spoils with Di Yi and Daili DuPont as the competition rankings locked. He finished first and was recognized as Blue Star’s top young genius.

• Experts marveled at Ye Fan’s strength and speculated about the Mechanical Race spacecraft beneath the lake as officials prepared to end the competition.
• Ye Fan used his level-35 Psychic Power to defeat Hambuyev, Pecci Rockefeller, Gangcun Jiro, and Mohe Brahmin again, damaging their weapons and leaving them badly wounded.
• Ye Fan told Di Yi to take half of Pecci Rockefeller’s points, and Di Yi accepted.
• Ye Fan let Daili DuPont choose between Gangcun Jiro and Mohe Brahmin, and she took Gangcun Jiro’s points.
• Ye Fan took the points of Hambuyev and Mohe Brahmin as the rankings locked, placing first with 1482 points.

Kunlun Martial University celebrated winning the Blue Star Youth Martial Arts Competition, while Ye Fan realized the Azure Vault Realm experts planned to kill the Vine Emperor. He flew up to stop them, but the Sakura Country expert intensified his attack.

• Dean Cang and Sun Qian celebrated Kunlun Martial University's first-place finish, with Nie Weiguo fifth and Hu Feiyu nineteenth, while Daili DuPont and Di Yi secured second and third place.
• The officials signed and uploaded the results, officially ending the Blue Star Youth Martial Arts Competition.
• More than a dozen Azure Vault Realm experts descended into Vine Emperor Inner Lake as the young competitors watched.
• The Vine Emperor attacked the experts, who retaliated and targeted it for its value as a spiritual being and refining material.
• Ye Fan flew in and warned the experts that the Vine Emperor could not be killed, but the Sakura Country expert intensified his attack.

Ye Fan challenged Inoue Cunfu and a Henghe Kingdom Azure Vault Realm expert after they attacked him and threatened the Vine Emperor. Using Mechanical Battle Armor and the Sky Breaking Shuttle, he counterattacked both experts and blasted them away.

• Inoue Cunfu slashed at Ye Fan, but Sun Qian blocked the attack, while Cang Xiaohai furiously defended Ye Fan.
• Ye Fan rebuked the experts who demanded respect, listing his status and contributions to Huaxia and the Human Race.
• Inoue Cunfu continued his attack, and Ye Fan charged at him despite Sun Qian and Cang Xiaohai trying to protect him.
• A Henghe Kingdom expert joined Inoue Cunfu in attacking Ye Fan, who activated his Mechanical Battle Armor and attacked with the Sky Breaking Shuttle.
• Ye Fan's counterattack sent both Azure Vault Realm experts flying more than a hundred zhang away.

Ye Fan stopped Inoue Cunfu and the others from killing the Vine Emperor, but he refused to reveal the hidden danger he had discovered. As the experts fought over the Vine Emperor’s remains, its main body collapsed and exposed an empty pit.

• Ye Fan’s Supreme God Armor and psychic weapon stunned the Azure Vault Realm experts, who recognized his strength as nearly Sky-tier.
• When an examiner asked why he had stopped the attack on the Vine Emperor, Ye Fan refused to disclose his reason but swore he acted for Human Civilization.
• Inoue Cunfu and the Henghe Kingdom expert accused Ye Fan of selfishness and collusion with the Vine Emperor.
• An expert from the Sun Never Sets Country began cutting apart the Vine Emperor’s main body, and Sakura Country, the Henghe Kingdom, and others blocked Ye Fan as he tried to stop them.
• Ye Fan warned that harvesting the Vine Emperor could bring disaster to Blue Star, then its main body collapsed to reveal that whatever had been in the pit beneath it was gone.

Ye Fan discovered that the evil object sealed beneath the Vine Emperor had vanished, then returned to Huaxia with Kunlun Martial University. His first-place finish in the Blue Star Youth Martial Arts Competition shook the world and prompted Qiangsheng Technology, the DuPont Family, and Moon Chan Demigod to react.

• Ye Fan sensed that the Morning Vine Night Python seed had disappeared and asked the Azure Vault Realm experts to let him inspect their Space Treasures, but Dean Cang took him away after the experts rebuked him.
• Ye Fan and the Kunlun Martial University group returned to Huaxia Country as the competition's final rankings reached influential figures across Blue Star.
• Han Mei ordered Qiangsheng Technology to promote Ye Fan worldwide, raise his endorsement fee, and provide VIP services to his family.
• Ai Wei's mother ordered the DuPont Family to stop preventing Ai Wei from interacting with Ye Fan, though she said his achievements were not yet enough to win her daughter.
• Moon Chan Demigod reacted with astonishment and delight when she learned Ye Fan had placed first in the competition.

After winning the Blue Star Youth Martial Arts Competition, Ye Fan asked Moon Chan Demigod to arrange an audience with the Dragon Alliance Leader so he could report an urgent matter. As news of his victory spread and boosted Qiangsheng Technology, the Dragon Alliance Leader approved the meeting and summoned Ye Fan to Kunlun Martial University.

• Cang Xiaohai contacted Moon Chan Demigod, who arranged for Ye Fan to request an audience with the Dragon Alliance Leader.
• Ye Fan told Moon Chan Demigod he needed to report an important matter in person, and she agreed to seek an audience for him.
• News of Ye Fan's victory and achievements spread across Blue Star, and Zhou Liang recognized him on television and told Xiao Cheng that Ye Fan was his backer.
• Qiangsheng Technology's advertising campaign featuring Ye Fan caused a sensation, and Li Lei told Han Mei that the company's stock had risen by 1000%.
• Moon Chan Demigod informed Ye Fan that the Dragon Alliance Leader had approved his request and summoned him to Kunlun Martial University.