Chapter Summaries

Ye Fan cleared the tenth through thirteenth floors of the Star Tower and reached the fourteenth floor, drawing astonishment from Emperor Star Palace’s students and demigods. Facing the formidable Water Race trial, he revealed that he had mastered Three Thousand Thunder Illusions enough to create wind and lightning clones.

• Ye Fan defeated a Mechanical Race warrior on the tenth floor with his self-created Thunder-Fire-Wind: Annihilation spear art, matching Huyan Zhuoye’s record and humiliating the Wu Qu Star faction.
• Daili mocked the Wu Qu Star martial artists while Ye Fan continued through the eleventh, twelfth, and thirteenth floors.
• Ye Fan reached the fourteenth-floor trial, where he faced a huge Water Race creature that had nearly overwhelmed Marcus.
• Ye Fan invoked Three Thousand Thunder Illusions and split into a lightning clone and a wind clone, shocking the spectators and demigods.
• Ma Yunteng realized Ye Fan had exchanged for the God-tier Star Art only a little over ten days earlier and had already achieved major mastery.

Ye Fan used his lightning and wind techniques to evade and distract the Deep-Space Water Race while searching for its weakness. He found its Resurrection Spring and attacked it with his spear, leaving the result uncertain.

• The demigods realized Ye Fan had mastered the God-tier Three Thousand Thunder Illusions in half a month and praised his talent in wind, fire, and lightning.
• Ye Fan entered the fourteenth-floor battle space and used his lightning and wind clones to fight the Deep-Space Water Race’s shrimp soldiers and crab generals.
• Ye Fan used Lightning Conduction to move through the water and evade the alien while his clones drew its attention.
• Ye Fan discovered the Resurrection Spring at the heart of the Deep-Space Water Race, where its slain soldiers revived and a Marsh Kunpeng was forming.
• Ye Fan appeared beside the Resurrection Spring and thrust his Silver Dragon Spear at it with Spiral Meteor Kill.

Ye Fan defeated the Deep-Space Water Race being in his first Star Tower Battle and reached the Upper Seven Layers, joining the Emperor Star Palace’s core ranks before turning twenty. His achievement stunned the spectators and demigods, who recognized him as the second person in the Palace’s history to reach the core ranks so young, after Ma Yunteng.

• Ye Fan used the Sky Breaking Shuttle to pierce the Resurrection Spring and defeat the Deep-Space Water Race being, winning the fourth layer’s Star Tower Battle.
• The Skyward Realm host announced Ye Fan’s victory and warned his avatars that the captured being was meant to serve as a future trial.
• Ye Fan emerged from the water to cheers, while Daili DuPont mocked the spectators who had doubted him and Marcus lost his confidence.
• Wang Hao and Nangong Shu realized Ye Fan had surpassed their expectations and joined the core ranks in his first assessment.
• Davis celebrated his wager on Ye Fan, while Ke Jingwu and the other core disciples praised the young genius from Blue Star.
• The demigods declared that Ye Fan had made history as the Emperor Star Palace’s second-ever core disciple to achieve the feat before twenty, after Ma Yunteng.

The Demigods discussed Ye Fan’s extraordinary rise, comparing him with Ma Yunteng and Marcus as they assessed whether his speed and comprehension made him a true prodigy. Moon Chan revealed that Ye Fan had already lit up three Perfect Star Veins, leaving the gathered big shots stunned.

• Moon Chan told the Demigods that Ma Yunteng had entered the upper seventh tier at eighteen, then described his remarkable achievements in the Martial Way.
• Moon Chan revealed that Ye Fan had grown from an entry-level martial artist to his current strength in only a year and a half, shocking the Demigods.
• Jason questioned whether an ancient soul had possessed Ye Fan, and Ma Yunteng replied that Long Qing had personally examined him and found nothing wrong.
• Ma Yunteng praised Ye Fan’s comprehension, citing his rapid mastery of the God-tier Star Art Three Thousand Thunder Illusions.
• Myriad Beasts Demigod asked about Ye Fan’s Star Veins, and Moon Chan announced that he had lit up three Perfect Star Veins.

Ye Fan battled a Red Sun Giant on the fifteenth floor of the Emperor Star Tower, using the fight to rapidly improve his spear mastery and martial insight. When the giant unleashed its flowing flame attack, Ye Fan summoned a Flame Qilin from the Flame Domain, astonishing the watching martial artists.

• The demigods watched Ye Fan enter the fifteenth floor and face the same Red Sun Giant Tribe opponent as Marcus.
• Ye Fan and the giant clashed head-on, and Ye Fan used his Three Thousand Thunder Illusions to evade the giant's axes and fight alongside his clones.
• Ye Fan discovered that his clones fed battle insights back to him, raising his Fifth-tier Spear Technique and Spear Technique Profound Meaning by three percent each.
• The Red Sun Giant unleashed Earthcore Flowing Flame, sending blazing magma arrows at Ye Fan.
• Ye Fan used Flame Domain Lifeform Descent to summon a Flame Qilin, leaving the martial artists watching in shock.

Ye Fan summoned a powerful Fire Qilin and defeated the Red Sun Giant Tribe warrior on the Emperor Star Tower's fifteenth floor, surpassing Marcus as the year's top newcomer. His victory secured him the first-grade Martial God Legacy, while Davis celebrated his winning bet and Moon Chan Demigod accepted Jason Demigod's Divine Blessing.

• Ye Fan summoned a Fire Qilin, whose flames suppressed the Red Sun Giant Tribe warrior and turned the molten earthfire calm.
• The host declared Ye Fan the winner, and Ye Fan stopped the Fire Qilin from attacking the defeated warrior.
• Ye Fan cleared the fifteenth floor, surpassed Marcus, and became the year's foremost newcomer to enter the Emperor Star Palace.
• Three third-grade legacies and Marcus's second-grade legacy fused into a first-grade Martial God Legacy owned by Ye Fan.
• Davis celebrated winning eighteen thousand Emperor Star Palace Points, while Ke Jingwu resolved to befriend Ye Fan.
• Moon Chan Demigod thanked Jason Demigod for supporting Kunlun Martial University's young sovereign and accepted the Divine Blessing.

Moon Chan Demigod secured support from the martial halls for Ye Fan and invited the gathered Demigods to celebrate as he reached the Emperor Star Tower’s sixteenth floor. There, Ye Fan faced the notoriously durable Earth Emperor, and the Flame Qilin’s first attack failed to hurt it.

• Jason Demigod offered Thunderclap Martial Hall’s support for Ye Fan, and Myriad Beasts Demigod pledged Candle Flame Martial Hall’s Divine Blessing.
• Moon Chan Demigod treated the gathered Demigods to Dreamlike Drunkenness and Jade Nectar to celebrate Ye Fan’s achievement.
• Ye Fan entered the sixteenth floor and learned that the Earth Emperor’s defense was exceptionally difficult to break.
• Students and core students recognized the Earth Emperor as a notorious obstacle, while Davis and Wang Hao worried that Ye Fan might be stopped.
• Ye Fan sent the Flame Qilin to attack the Earth Emperor, but its Rock-Earth Heavy Fists blasted the Qilin back without taking damage.

Ye Fan fought the Earth Emperor on the sixteenth floor of the Emperor Star Tower, using the battle to improve his spear mastery and artistic conception despite being unable to harm the Earth Emperor. After the Flame Qilin withdrew and spectators assumed Ye Fan would surrender, he charged back in, signaling that he still had a trump card.

• The Flame Qilin and the Earth Emperor clashed, but the Earth Emperor's earth defenses resisted the Flame Qilin's fire attacks.
• Ye Fan studied the Earth Emperor's defenses, then attacked with his Thunder and Wind Avatars to gain combat experience.
• Ye Fan's spear techniques and Sky Breaking Shuttle left craters in the Earth Emperor's body but failed to damage his core, and the Earth Emperor mocked him.
• After twenty minutes, Ye Fan sent the Flame Qilin back to the Flame Domain while spectators doubted he could defeat the Earth Emperor.
• Ye Fan's spear mastery and spear artistic conception both reached Minor Accomplishment, and he charged at the Earth Emperor again as observers suspected he had another trump card.

Ye Fan attacked the Earth Sovereign with his strongest spear and psychic techniques, using the Space Attribute to make them strike its core and wound it. The spectators realized he had comprehended the Space Attribute, and Ma Yunteng rushed to tell Long Qing, who reacted in shock.

• Wu Ying Demigod and Ma Yunteng praised Ye Fan's rapid improvement in Spear Art and Martial Dao Artistic Conception, while Moon Chan Demigod predicted he still had a trump card.
• Ye Fan launched Spiral Meteor Kill, Thunder-Fire-Wind: Annihilation, and a Mountain Breaking Cone at the Earth Sovereign.
• Ye Fan used Space Power to redirect his attacks into the Earth Sovereign's core, making its rocky body collapse as it howled in pain.
• The watching Demigods identified Ye Fan's power as the Space Attribute, which Long Qing had urged him to comprehend from the Vast Divine Kingdom's Eighth Ancestor God hand.
• Ma Yunteng appeared before Long Qing and told him Ye Fan had comprehended the Space Attribute, leaving Long Qing shocked.

Long Qing recognized Ye Fan as the Human Race’s foremost young genius and arranged for a master of Space Power to train him. The master agreed after Long Qing vouched for Ye Fan’s exceptional comprehension and offered him the Void Slicer, though he remained curious whether Ye Fan would live up to the praise.

• Ma Yunteng showed Long Qing Ye Fan’s battle footage, and Long Qing ordered Ye Fan’s protection and cultivation priority raised to the highest level.
• Long Qing told Ma Yunteng he would find Ye Fan a teacher for Space Power, and Ma Yunteng accepted the decision.
• Long Qing visited a mysterious space and asked its master to teach Ye Fan, who had only just awakened the Space Attribute.
• The space master objected to teaching a rookie, but Long Qing explained that Ye Fan already excelled in thunder, fire, and wind and was the top genius of his generation.
• Long Qing gave the Void Slicer to the space master, who agreed to teach Ye Fan while wondering if the young genius would justify Long Qing’s efforts.

Ye Fan defeated Earth Emperor on the Emperor Star Tower’s sixteenth floor, tying the second-best first-battle record in its history. After learning that Palace Master Ma held the top record, Ye Fan was sent to the seventeenth floor, where a Myriad-Snake Broodmother and its snakes attacked him.

• Ye Fan’s victory over Earth Emperor amazed the spectators, and Marcus admitted that his defeat had been deserved.
• Gan Jiumei and the Rider realized Ye Fan wielded the Space Attribute and discussed how his fame could bring danger while motivating others to grow.
• The host announced that Ye Fan had cleared the sixteenth floor and tied Fido Coleman’s second-best first-battle record.
• Ye Fan asked about the top record and learned that Palace Master Ma had tied the seventeenth-floor guardian.
• The host teleported Ye Fan to the seventeenth floor, where Ye Fan identified the Myriad-Snake Broodmother and its snakes immediately charged at him.

Ye Fan fought the Myriad-Snake Broodmother on the seventeenth floor of the Emperor Star Tower while spectators watched and debated whether he could pass. He deliberately stopped short of claiming the historical first-place record, leaving the Demigods impressed by both his strength and social savvy.

• Ye Fan used True Sun Fire, Sky Breaking Shuttle Blades, and his Silver Dragon Spear to battle the Broodmother’s venomous snakes without deploying the Supreme God Armor.
• Students and martial artists watched Ye Fan hold his ground, while Nangong Shu and Wang Hao praised his strength and record-breaking performance.
• Davis cheered Ye Fan on, and members of the Landy and Rothschild families discussed recruiting or befriending him.
• The Poseidon Demigod, Wu Ying Demigod, and Myriad Beasts Demigod considered offering Ye Fan guidance, with the Myriad Beasts Demigod expressing interest in teaching him beast taming.
• The Demigods realized Ye Fan had likely chosen to finish second in the historical records to yield first place to Ma Yunteng, who praised the clever young disciple.

Ye Fan ended his first Emperor Star Tower battle after reaching the seventeenth floor, earning the second-best record in the tower’s history. Emperor Star Palace awarded him a first-grade Martial God Legacy and twenty thousand points, while Ma Yunteng revealed that multiple Demigods might seek his favor.

• Ye Fan surrendered against the Myriad-Snake Broodmother after improving his spear mastery and decided not to risk breaking Ma Yunteng’s record.
• The host announced that Ye Fan had fought on the seventeenth floor for the time it took to burn two incense sticks and achieved the second-best result in Emperor Star Tower history.
• Sima Honglie announced that the wagered legacies would be merged into a first-grade Martial God Legacy for Ye Fan and awarded him twenty thousand Emperor Star Palace Points.
• Ma Yunteng told Ye Fan that Moon Chan Demigod had secured a blessing for him at the Martial God Hall.
• Ma Yunteng warned Ye Fan that more than one Demigod might contact him and express goodwill, leaving the watching students envious of his standing.

After the Emperor Star Tower battle, Ye Fan drew the attention of students and core disciples while Marcus and Huyan Zhuoye acknowledged his strength. Davis then jokingly tried to pair his sister Daili with Ye Fan, who said he already had a girlfriend.

• Marcus congratulated Ye Fan and admitted he hoped to catch up to him, while Huyan Zhuoye also conceded that Ye Fan was beyond him for now.
• Daili ignored Huyan Zhuoye, and Ye Fan received congratulations from Wang Hao and Nangong Shu.
• Ke Jingwu and several core disciples approached Ye Fan, Di Yi, and Hambuyev to welcome them into the core circle.
• Daili proudly introduced Ye Fan to her brother Davis, who called Ye Fan his future brother-in-law.
• Ye Fan said he already had a girlfriend, but Davis suggested that did not rule out having another one, prompting the others to roll their eyes.

After Ye Fan’s rise to core disciple, he was summoned by the Palace Master and learned that Moon Chan Demigod had secured him an opportunity to receive the Divine Blessing. Meanwhile, Jason Demigod personally committed to guiding Marcus for a year so he could strive to catch up with Ye Fan.

• Davis agreed to pay for a welcoming banquet for Ye Fan, and Ye Fan invited Wang Hao and Nangong Shu to join them.
• The Azure Vault Realm host summoned Ye Fan to meet the Palace Master.
• Jason Demigod praised Marcus’s potential, challenged him to keep pursuing improvement, and promised to guide his cultivation for the next year.
• Sima Honglie advised Ye Fan to accept the Martial God Legacy soon, while Ma Yunteng revealed that Moon Chan Demigod had secured him an opportunity to receive the Divine Blessing.

Ye Fan received news of a Divine Blessing appointment and the Void Demigod as his teacher, while the Dragon Alliance Leader ordered the highest level of protection for him. He went to choose a core disciple’s Cave Mansion and learned that Cave Mansion No. 7 offered exceptional cultivation effects but might bring trouble.

• Ma Yunteng told Ye Fan he would arrange his Divine Blessing after the Martial God Legacy and advised him to stay focused on Martial Dao.
• Ma Yunteng informed Ye Fan that the Dragon Alliance Leader had arranged for the Void Demigod to teach him about space.
• Ma Yunteng told Sima Honglie to give Ye Fan the highest protection level, and Sima Honglie proposed that Ye Fan conceal his identity during missions.
• Wu Gang escorted Ye Fan to select a core disciple’s Cave Mansion and encouraged Teacher Fang to show him the best remaining choices.
• Teacher Fang displayed the available Cave Mansions and warned Ye Fan that Cave Mansion No. 7 had excellent cultivation effects but might cause trouble.

Ye Fan chose Cave Mansion No. 7, the former home of the fallen genius Ning Feiyu, despite warnings that Ning’s supporters might resent him. After Ye Fan entered the mansion, Tan Tai Xuan learned of his choice and became furious.

• Teacher Wu Gang explained that Emperor Star Palace disciples faced dangerous missions and that Cave Mansion No. 7 had belonged to the deceased Ning Feiyu.
• Ye Fan chose Cave Mansion No. 7 despite Teacher Fang’s warning about provoking Ning Feiyu’s former friends and supporters.
• Ye Fan completed his core disciple registration and gave Teacher Wu Gang Spirit Water Swordfish meat in thanks.
• Ye Fan entered Cave Mansion No. 7 as several core disciples witnessed him.
• A male disciple told Tan Tai Xuan that a newcomer had taken Ning Feiyu’s cave mansion, and she erupted in anger.

Ye Fan explored and activated Cave Mansion No. 7, discovering its luxurious facilities and combat puppets. Outside, Tan Tai Xuan, enraged that he had taken Ning Feiyu’s former cave mansion, challenged him, while other core disciples plotted to exploit the newcomer for his points.

• Ye Fan entered Cave Mansion No. 7 and marveled at its dense spiritual energy, spiritual spring, and comfortable surroundings.
• Ye Fan connected his Martial Artist Watch to the cave mansion and activated its intelligent AI, Liuying.
• Liuying showed Ye Fan the memory-metal Martial Arts Room and explained that its three Ironclad Silver Guards could train him and defend the cave mansion.
• Tan Tai Xuan arrived outside Cave Mansion No. 7, accused Ye Fan of defiling Ning Feiyu’s former residence, and sent him a challenge letter.
• Core disciples discussed Tan Tai Xuan’s challenge and plotted to target Ye Fan for the tens of thousands of Emperor Star Palace Points he held.

Ye Fan reviewed seven challenge letters from Emperor Star Palace core disciples and accepted six, demanding higher stakes from Arthur Barker for the rights to Cave Mansion No. 7. Arthur agreed to raise the stakes and began borrowing points, while Tan Tai Xuan vowed to reclaim the cave mansion in three months.

• Liuying valued the twenty-year usage rights to Cave Mansion No. 7 at 100,000 Emperor Star Palace Points.
• Ye Fan accepted Tan Tai Xuan’s challenge and the challenges from the other five disciples, who wagered points against him.
• Ye Fan rejected Arthur Barker’s offer of 8,000 points and countered with stakes of 50,000 points, or he would decline the challenge.
• Tan Tai Xuan vowed to reclaim Cave Mansion No. 7 after the three-month exemption period, while Aso Taro celebrated the chance to win points.
• Arthur Barker accepted Ye Fan’s proposed stakes and called his cousin Rothschild to borrow points at one percent daily interest.

Ye Fan trained against Number Three Ironclad Silver Guard to sharpen his combat skills while preparing for the banquet celebrating his rise to core disciple. The chapter ended as he arrived at the restaurant and Daili greeted him.

• Ye Fan learned that Arthur Barker had deposited fifty thousand Emperor Star Palace points for their challenge and began training to prepare for the fight.
• Ye Fan battled Number Three Ironclad Silver Guard, using the puppet’s precise attacks to identify weaknesses and improve his practical combat ability.
• Number One Ironclad Silver Guard remarked on Ye Fan’s youth and rapid progress, while Number Two watched as Ye Fan began to contend with Number Three.
• Ye Fan spent the day training and cultivated the Void Spirit Refining Technique at night.
• Ye Fan arrived at the banquet organized by Ke Jingwu and sponsored by Davis, and Daili greeted him at the restaurant.