Chapter Summaries

Into the Abyss began selecting people on Exile Planet A518 for observation as Yi Chen transmigrated to the planet and chose the Cultivation Path from his Strongest Talent System. Yi Chen tried to create a cultivation technique himself while the program selected him as its final observation subject and divided its audience among ten live-stream rooms.

• Host Wei Wei introduced Into the Abyss, and the AI Brain selected Ji Heng, the one-armed chief of the Qi Lin Tribe, as an observation subject.
• Yi Chen awoke in a Mountain Cave on Flame Mountain, realized he had transmigrated to Exile Planet A518, and activated the Strongest Talent System.
• Yi Chen selected the Cultivation Path, gaining the Human Race's strongest cultivation talent, and inferred that his talent bonus depended on the size of his territory.
• Unable to find a cultivation technique, Yi Chen sat cross-legged and tried to sense his Qi Sea so he could create one himself.
• Into the Abyss presented Yi Chen as its tenth observation subject, and viewers debated whether he could survive another month.
• The program confirmed its ten observation subjects and split the Live Stream Room into ten rooms, with Wei Wei assigned to one of them.

Yi Chen spent more than ten days studying the energy in the air and experimenting with how qi moved through his meridians and acupoints to create a cultivation technique. He gained a partial understanding of the energy and began testing circulation routes, but the work left him in severe pain.

• Yi Chen sensed his Qi Sea and discovered a nearly invisible thread of qi within it.
• Yi Chen reasoned that a cultivation technique must guide qi through meridians and acupoints, and began studying the properties of energy in the air.
• Yi Chen spent more than ten days sensing that energy while viewers in No. 10 Live Stream Room dwindled and many believed he had gone insane.
• Yi Chen gained a partial understanding of the energy and started guiding qi through his meridians into acupoints, withdrawing it whenever he sensed danger.
• Yi Chen discovered that acupoints bestowed traits on qi, and that incompatible traits could cause adverse reactions, making each circulation route a risky maze of combinations.
• Yi Chen continued testing acupoints despite exhaustion, aches, cramps, and a splitting headache.

Yi Chen completed the circulation route for the Chaos Art and began cultivating, using Spiritual Energy to strengthen his Spiritual Power and reduce his need for food. More than ten days later, he had reached the Qi Condensation Realm Third Stage and was attempting to break through to the Fourth, while viewers wondered why he looked so energetic despite eating almost nothing.

• Yi Chen devised a Qi Sea-based circulation route that drew Spiritual Energy through his meridians and converted it into Spiritual Power.
• Yi Chen named his technique the Chaos Art, recorded its circulation route and cultivation chant on the cave wall, and began revising the chant.
• Viewers in Number Ten's Live Stream Room mocked Yi Chen for hiding in the Mountain Cave and eating only one wild fruit a day.
• Yi Chen secretly broke through to the Qi Condensation Realm Second Stage, allowing him to absorb Spiritual Energy faster and need less food.
• More than ten days later, Yi Chen reached the Qi Condensation Realm Third Stage and began trying to advance to the Fourth Stage, prompting a viewer to question why he still looked radiant.

Viewers discovered that Yi Chen’s physical fitness had improved despite his prolonged starvation, apparently because energy circulating below his abdomen absorbed and transformed external energy particles. His sudden rise to fame sparked media coverage and expert debate, while the program’s producers resisted pressure to cancel the show.

• Viewers compared Yi Chen’s current physical data with his earlier measurements and found that his indicators had improved by about twenty percent despite more than a month without food.
• Viewers traced Yi Chen’s staged improvement to energy circulating in his lower abdomen, which drew in and transformed external energy particles.
• The No. 10 Live Stream Room’s audience surged as viewers and media outlets publicized Yi Chen’s apparent method of improving physical fitness without equipment or medicine.
• Velocity News Network interviewed experts and scholars, who argued that Yi Chen’s method resembled past enhancement practices, would be difficult and dangerous to imitate, and had a very low ceiling.
• Pharmaceutical and medical equipment groups pressured Interstellar Media Group to cancel the program, but the company resisted because the show was gaining attention.

Jiang He continued cultivating the Chaos Art after sensing the Qi Sea, while Yi Chen advanced to the Qi Condensation Realm Fifth Stage and left the Mountain Cave to gather Thorn Fruits for a ranged attack technique. Viewers worried about his safety, but the map showed no Ferocious Beasts along his route.

• Jiang He sensed the Qi Sea in one hour and ten minutes and chose to keep studying the Chaos Art, hoping to improve his basketball prospects.
• Jiang He learned to control Spiritual Power and cultivate with the Chaos Art in less than half a day.
• After several days of rising viewership, Yi Chen broke through to the Qi Condensation Realm Fifth Stage and gained another ten percent in physical fitness.
• Yi Chen decided to collect Thorn Fruits and create a hidden-weapon-type cultivation art rather than rely on close combat.
• Yi Chen left the Mountain Cave after a month and a half, and viewers checked the map and saw no Ferocious Beasts along his route.

Yi Chen escaped a Roaring Tiger by using Spiritual Power to run at extraordinary speed, revealing a powerful application of the Chaos Art to the Live Stream Room. Inspired by what he saw, Jiang He used Spiritual Power to dominate a basketball game, then publicly praised Yi Chen and the Chaos Art.

• Yi Chen headed toward the thorn bushes, but a Roaring Tiger ambushed him; he flooded his legs with Spiritual Power and outran it before circling back toward his destination.
• Viewers in No. 10 Live Stream Room realized Yi Chen had reached thirty meters per second by channeling Spiritual Power into his legs and discussed the Chaos Art’s benefits and possible side effects.
• Jiang He watched the stream, then entered the game for the Glory Team and used Spiritual Power to score, steal the ball, and deliver an outstanding performance despite his team’s loss.
• After the game, Jiang He thanked Yi Chen in an interview and declared that he would worship him, earning headlines across A1637 Planet.

Yi Chen spent a month developing the Flying Knife Art and reached the sixth level of the Qi Condensation Realm. He left his Mountain Cave to seek a Tribe, while viewers worried that he had not recorded the new cultivation formula for them.

• Yi Chen gathered over a hundred Thorn Fruits and practiced throwing them for more than half a month to understand hidden-weapon cultivation arts.
• Yi Chen experimented with guiding Spiritual Power through acupoints in his arm and developed a circulation route for strengthening thrown weapons.
• After another half month, Yi Chen completed the Flying Knife Art and advanced from the fifth to the sixth level of the Qi Condensation Realm.
• Yi Chen left the Mountain Cave carrying his Thorn Fruits and set out to find the Green Grass Tribe, hoping to become its Tribal Chief and spread Chaos Art.
• Viewers realized Yi Chen had not recorded the Flying Knife Art’s formula, and they could not obtain it from the Scanner without him speaking or writing it.

Yi Chen rescued a powerful woman from a Unicorn Boar by killing it with Thorn Fruits. He left the woman alive and recovering, while the viewers criticized his awkward approach to courting her.

• Yi Chen heard a woman fighting a wounded Unicorn Boar and watched from hiding, waiting until she was near death before intervening.
• The Unicorn Boar struck the exhausted woman into a tree, leaving her unable to stand as it charged again.
• Yi Chen threw a Thorn Fruit into the boar’s wound, then struck it between the brows with another and killed it.
• Yi Chen retrieved his Thorn Fruit before asking the injured woman if she was all right, and she managed to stand after recovering some strength.
• The viewers debated Yi Chen’s tactics and criticized his failure to carry the woman to the boar and offer her its blood.

Yi Chen saved Gu Li, helped her transport the Unicorn Boar, and learned about the Flame Mountain Tribe’s contest to choose its next Tribal Chief. Gu Li invited him to join the tribe, and Yi Chen accepted, leaving her excited by his arrival and increasingly taken with him.

• Yi Chen told Gu Li she could have the Unicorn Boar he had killed.
• Yi Chen made rolling logs from small trees and used them, with Gu Li’s help, to drag the Unicorn Boar toward the Flame Mountain Tribe.
• Gu Li explained that the tribe’s aging Tribal Chief, Tai Shi, had set a three-month hunting contest to choose his successor between Gu Li and Luo Ge.
• Yi Chen realized he could win the Tribal Chief position by hunting enough prey after joining the tribe.
• Gu Li invited Yi Chen to join the Flame Mountain Tribe, and he accepted after pretending to consider it.
• Gu Li rejoiced at Yi Chen’s decision and imagined that affection might grow between them.

Yi Chen broke through to the Spirit Release Realm First Level, discovering that the Chaos Art could no longer support his cultivation and that he would need to improve it. His breakthrough astonished the Live Stream Room viewers, who also found that his Repair Gene had doubled, potentially extending his maximum lifespan from 120 years to 240.

• Yi Chen settled into the Flame Mountain Tribe but repeatedly declined hunting trips, angering some members while cultivating rapidly to the Qi Condensation Realm Ninth Level.
• After more than twenty days of cultivation, Yi Chen broke through to the Spirit Release Realm First Level and learned that he could release Spiritual Power beyond his body.
• Yi Chen found that the Chaos Art drew in almost no Spiritual Energy at his new Realm, so he began studying how to improve it before competing for Tribal Chief.
• The Live Stream Room viewers were stunned by the qualitative changes in Yi Chen's Spiritual Power, Qi Sea, and meridians, and many decided to cultivate the Chaos Art.
• Viewers examining Yi Chen's genetic data discovered that his Repair Gene had doubled, suggesting his maximum lifespan could rise from about 120 years to 240.

Yi Chen’s breakthrough revealed that Chaos Art might double humanity’s lifespan, triggering a Milky Way-wide frenzy and a collapse in pharmaceutical, healthcare, and cosmetics stocks. After stabilizing his Spirit Release Realm cultivation with an improved Chaos Art, he left viewers concerned they could not advance without its cultivation mnemonic, until Billion Medicines Group announced it would develop and freely release a better method.

• Viewers saw that Yi Chen’s Spirit Release Realm breakthrough had doubled his Repair Gene data and improved his strength, agility, skin, and apparent lifespan, causing people across the Milky Way to consider cultivating Chaos Art.
• Major news outlets warned of unconfirmed limits and fatal side effects, but interest in imitating Chaos Art surged while pharmaceutical, healthcare, and cosmetics stocks plunged.
• Yi Chen spent three days improving Chaos Art for Spirit Release Realm cultivation, then practiced it for half a day to stabilize his realm.
• Viewers realized that although scanners could reveal the improved Chaos Art’s circulation diagram, they could not provide its cultivation mnemonic, potentially limiting others to Spirit Release Realm First Level.
• Billion Medicines Group announced it would hire researchers and talented cultivators to develop a better cultivation method and release it for free, helping pharmaceutical stocks stabilize and rise.

Lian Zhan Cheng recruited cultivation geniuses to develop a technique surpassing the Chaos Art, while Yi Chen left the Flame Mountain Tribe to hunt the Green Leopard before the Tribal Chief’s competition deadline. The Live Stream Room viewers worried that Yi Chen might be heading toward a Level 10 Ferocious Beast he was not strong enough to face.

• Lian Zhan Cheng ordered Billion Medicines Group to recruit cultivation geniuses across the Milky Way with high salaries and no limit on hires.
• Lian Zhan Cheng planned to develop and freely release a cultivation technique superior to the Chaos Art, hoping to advance his pursuit of longevity and personal strength.
• After nearly a month in the small Wooden House, Yi Chen left the Flame Mountain Tribe with three days remaining before the competition deadline.
• Yi Chen headed toward the southern forest, planning to kill the Green Leopard and secure food for the tribe while strengthening his claim to become Tribal Chief.
• The Live Stream Room audience spotted Yi Chen’s route toward the Level 10 Green Leopard and feared for his safety.

Yi Chen hunted down the enormous Green Leopard and defeated it with a barrage of Thorn Fruit, astonishing the billions watching his live stream. The viewers’ shock at his power left the Human Race’s dependence on his cultivation breakthroughs—and the risks he posed—plainly in view.

• Yi Chen searched the forest for the Green Leopard, relying on his Spirit Release Realm strength and the trees to evade its attacks.
• Viewers in the Live Stream Room worried that Yi Chen was risking his life, since his survival and cultivation research served their interests.
• After searching for more than two hours, Yi Chen found the Green Leopard and surveyed the terrain before preparing his Thorn Fruit.
• The Green Leopard ignored Yi Chen’s shout, but his first Thorn Fruit pierced its abdomen at tremendous speed.
• Yi Chen repeatedly struck the Green Leopard’s vital points while dodging its pounce, weakening it until it could no longer stand.
• The viewers watched in shock as Yi Chen defeated the level-10 ferocious beast within minutes, and the Scanner recorded his Thorn Fruit’s initial velocity at 1,100 meters per second.

After breaking through to the Spirit Release Realm First Level, Yi Chen used the Flying Knife Art to kill the Green Leopard, then decided not to improve the technique because he expected to rely on sword and saber techniques instead. He returned to The Valley to find help transporting the beast’s enormous body.

• Viewers discussed Yi Chen’s increased strength and predicted that research institutions would soon create a cultivation technique superior to the improved Chaos Art.
• Yi Chen wore down the Green Leopard with dozens of Thorn Fruits and killed it after nearly twenty minutes.
• Yi Chen identified the Flying Knife Art’s sonic booms and limited damage as flaws, but decided it was not worth improving because he expected to use sword and saber techniques in the future.
• Viewers were stunned that Yi Chen considered the powerful Flying Knife Art temporary and expendable.
• Yi Chen confirmed the Green Leopard was dead and returned to The Valley to find people who could help transport it.

Yi Chen showed Gu Li and Luo Ge that he had killed the Green Leopard, convincing them that the Flame Mountain Tribe was safe and could claim the forest’s resources. Gu Li boldly confessed her desire for Yi Chen, but he recoiled from her advances.

• Yi Chen met Gu Li and Luo Ge in the forest and told them he had killed the Green Leopard.
• Gu Li and Luo Ge found the Green Leopard’s corpse pierced by Thorn Fruit and accepted that Yi Chen had slain it.
• Yi Chen ordered Gu Li and Luo Ge to bring the tribe’s people to carry the Green Leopard home, and they realized the forest would now be safe for the tribe to use.
• Gu Li turned back and confessed that she liked Yi Chen, then bashfully offered to be with him immediately.
• Yi Chen felt bewildered by Gu Li’s advances and decided he would rather remain alone than accept her.

Yi Chen returned to the Flame Mountain Tribe after killing the Green Leopard and used his new prestige to claim the position of Tribal Chief. With the Tribe's support, he began his plan to spread the Chaos Art and expand his territory.

• Gu Li and Luo Ge returned to the Flame Mountain Tribe and told its people that Yi Chen had killed the Green Leopard, but Yi Chen went to cultivate instead of explaining.
• Tribal Chief Tai Shi investigated the southern forest and confirmed the Green Leopard's death, prompting the Tribe to celebrate and gather its meat.
• Gu Li invited Yi Chen to the celebration, where the tribespeople cheered him as their greatest hero.
• Yi Chen asked Tai Shi about the succession rule and declared that he would become Tribal Chief two days early.
• The tribespeople unanimously supported Yi Chen, and he resolved to begin conquering the world from his new position.

After becoming the Flame Mountain Tribe's Tribal Chief, Yi Chen saw his territory and talent bonus expand, then began carving cultivation and combat techniques onto the valley wall for the tribespeople. His ambition extended far beyond the Tribe: he wanted to rule the planet and the sea of stars.

• The Live Stream Room audience concluded that Yi Chen had hunted the Green Leopard to win the position of Tribal Chief, rather than acting out of kindness.
• Yi Chen checked the Strongest Talent System and confirmed that becoming Tribal Chief had expanded his territory to all of The Valley and increased his talent bonus.
• After meditating overnight, Yi Chen summoned the Flame Mountain Tribe's people to the valley center the next morning.
• Yi Chen borrowed Gu Li's short knife and carved the first-generation Chaos Art's formula and circulation route onto a stone wall.
• The Live Stream Room audience debated why Yi Chen was sharing the Chaos Art and Flying Knife Art, unaware that his ambitions reached beyond the Flame Mountain Tribe to the whole planet and the stars.

Yi Chen tried to teach the Flame Mountain Tribe the Chaos Art and Flying Knife Art, but the High Priest opposed him to protect his authority. Yi Chen threatened the High Priest into submission and ordered him to teach the tribe that Yi Chen alone was their god.

• Yi Chen carved the Chaos Art and Flying Knife Art on the wall and announced that the tribespeople could gain power by learning them.
• The High Priest warned that sharing god-given abilities would bring divine punishment, and the tribespeople became afraid to study the methods.
• Yi Chen realized the High Priest opposed him because widespread cultivation would weaken the High Priest’s status and authority.
• Yi Chen led the High Priest aside and demanded that he change his stance or die.
• The High Priest submitted, declaring Yi Chen the gods’ incarnation, and Yi Chen ordered him to establish that the tribe had only one god: Yi Chen.

After establishing himself as a god to the Flame Mountain Tribe, Yi Chen let the High Priest teach the Chaos Art and spent a day and a half studying the wind and animal movement. He leaves the tribe with its people learning the cultivation method, while viewers continued waiting for research institutes to release new methods.

• The High Priest announced that Yi Chen was a god and that the cultivation methods were divine gifts, prompting the Flame Mountain Tribe to celebrate.
• Yi Chen climbed a towering tree in the southern forest and began studying the wind instead of cultivating.
• Yi Chen observed birds and beasts for a day and a half, using Thorn Fruit to provoke them and study how they moved.
• More than half the tribe memorized the Chaos Art, and Yi Chen gathered them to explain its principles, precautions, and practice in detail.
• After perceptive tribespeople began teaching the others, Yi Chen returned to the forest, while Live Stream Room viewers complained that no research institute had released a new cultivation method.

At Billion Medicines Group’s research institute, Lian Zhan Cheng ordered a failed test to continue despite the danger to the subject, hoping to discover how Yi Chen created cultivation methods. The test ended in disaster, and Lian Zhan Cheng prepared another attempt while the chapter explained why Yi Chen’s talent remained unmatched.

• At the research institute on A1314 Planet, Test Subject No. 7’s Spiritual Power turned violent inside an acupoint and began destroying his meridians.
• Lian Zhan Cheng ordered the staff to stop emergency treatment and continue the experiment, promising the test subject extra compensation.
• Test Subject No. 7’s meridians were destroyed, and he fainted without producing a breakthrough.
• Lian Zhan Cheng ordered the institute to prepare Test Subject No. 8, frustrated that seven experiments had failed to replicate Yi Chen’s achievements.
• The chapter explained that Yi Chen’s rare combination of intuition, perception, comprehension, and reaction speed let him create cultivation methods, and that only his Strongest Talent System could help him surpass his current limits.