Chapter Summaries

Xu Qing learned how cheaply people from the Solar System could be sold and decided to buy powerful Radiance Rank slaves for protection. He ordered a group of high-ranked slaves and then visited a vast slave market, where Red Feather explained that even Cosmic Rank beings could be enslaved.

• Xu Qing learned that a Ninth Order Martial Artist from the Solar System sold for only fifty Virgo Coins and that Star Rank slaves cost tens or hundreds of thousands.
• The slave trader quoted prices for Radiance Rank Ninth Order slaves, and Buckwheat recommended a team of Mental Power Masters and Martial Artists to protect Xu Qing.
• Xu Qing ordered two Radiance Rank Ninth Order Mental Power Masters, eight Ninth Order Martial Artists, and twenty Seventh Order slaves, insisting on quality over a discount.
• The slave trader transferred ownership of the available slaves to Xu Qing, who ordered them to wait aboard his spaceship.
• Xu Qing followed the trader and Red Feather to a huge slave market, where Red Feather explained how powerful criminals and other people could become controlled Cosmic Rank slaves.

Xu Qing visited the Rock Climbing store with Red Feather to buy Star Soul Stones for a friend's soul injury and Heaven Crystal Liquid to strengthen Radiance-level warriors. He began negotiating the sale of a used Star-level battle sword, and Agatha offered 200 million Virgo Coins for it.

• Xu Qing assigned Lian Sheng and Group B to wait at the airport while he and Red Feather went to the Rock Climbing store.
• Agatha used a mental illusion to tease Red Feather, but Xu Qing called her out and asked Red Feather to wait outside.
• Xu Qing bought six Star Soul Stones for 300 million Virgo Coins each and 500 kilograms of Heaven Crystal Liquid for 2.5 billion Virgo Coins.
• Xu Qing took out a used Star-level battle sword, and Agatha offered to buy it for 200 million Virgo Coins.

Xu Qing sold Star-Rank weapons to Agatha, then accepted Red Feather’s invitation to dinner and began building a friendship with him. After confirming he had found medicine for Shangguan Qinghong, Xu Qing prepared to return, leaving with Red Feather’s family token and a new connection in the Black Jade Empire.

• Xu Qing sold seven Star-Rank weapons to Agatha for 3.82 billion Virgo Coins and received a VIP card and a 5% discount on his purchase.
• Xu Qing told Red Feather he had finished his errands and accepted his invitation to eat, deciding that Red Feather was worth befriending.
• Buckwheat told Xu Qing that the Bone Jade Family was powerful and that Red Feather was the family head’s youngest son, while Galaxy Company and Xu Qian remained out of contact.
• Xu Qing told Shangguan Qinghong over video call that he had found medicine for soul injuries and would return soon.
• Xu Qing and Red Feather shared Golden Lake Dragon Crystal, and Xu Qing gave Red Feather a pair of chopsticks.
• Red Feather gave Xu Qing a family insignia token that would let him travel freely in the Black Jade Empire.

Xu Qing visited the Galaxy Network Company branch on North Bird Star and bought a long-term account along with temporary accounts and sensory connectors for friends back home. After returning to his spaceship, he entered the Galaxy Virtual Network for the first time and appeared on a street.

• Xu Qing asked Red Feather to look for Galaxy Company in Ru Lan City and exchanged Virtual Network contact information with him.
• Buckwheat praised Galaxy Network Company as Xu Qing and his servants traveled to its North Bird Star branch.
• Xu Qing bought a 1,000-year account and ten temporary accounts with sensory connectors.
• Buckwheat urged Xu Qing to return to the spaceship before connecting his consciousness to the Virtual Network.
• Xu Qing entered the Virtual Network Universe and appeared on a modern British-style street.

Xu Qing explored the Galaxy Virtual Network with Buckwheat and learned about its services, realistic simulations, and training opportunities. He teleported to a Fighting Arena on Ziwei Continent, eager to challenge powerful fighters from across the universe.

• Xu Qing tested the virtual world's realistic rain, streets, and sensations while Buckwheat explained the network's features and risks.
• Buckwheat told Xu Qing he could train against highly intelligent virtual opponents and use them to learn combat techniques such as Nine Stars Across the Sky.
• Buckwheat urged Xu Qing to fight Radiant-level opponents because he had not yet faced a healthy expert and his combat methods were crude.
• Xu Qing learned how Ziwei Continent, teleportation, and shared property worked, then chose to visit a Fighting Arena.
• Xu Qing paid one Virgo Coin to teleport to the arena and entered, where the crowds and cosmic powerhouses caught his attention.

Xu Qing visited the Martial God Hall’s Ziwei Fighting Arena, learned about its rooms and services, and rented a Radiant Rank training room. After Buckwheat identified the ranks of nearby warriors, Xu Qing entered his room and examined the training options, unsure what to choose.

• Xu Qing asked a Goblin bartender about renting a Radiant Rank training room and learned it cost three million Virgo Coins or three thousand Ziwei Coins per day.
• The bartender explained the fighting arena’s training rooms, Battle Arenas, Trial Towers, and Martial God Towers, and gave Xu Qing a free drink.
• Xu Qing paid for the training room, and Buckwheat reported the ranks of warriors Xu Qing passed while explaining he could assess fighters up to World Rank Level 9.
• Xu Qing found his room on the second floor, unlocked it, and examined its light screen and numerous training settings.
• Xu Qing called for Buckwheat when he could not decide which training options to choose.

Xu Qing tested his combat skills in the Virtual Network while using Heaven Crystal Liquid and a Spirit Core to accelerate his cultivation. After repeated battles against one hundred Radiant-tier First Order Martial Artists, he continued training, eager to improve and grow stronger.

• Xu Qing defeated ten Radiant-tier First Order Martial Artists in the Virtual Network, including a skilled long-blade wielder.
• Buckwheat advised Xu Qing to cultivate in Heaven Crystal Liquid aboard the spaceship, and Xu Qing added a Spirit Core to the medicinal solution.
• Xu Qing fought one hundred enemies, was overwhelmed and killed, and realized his Void Movement Technique had flaws against large groups.
• Xu Qing repeatedly returned to battle, improving his performance until only thirteen enemies remained in his best attempt.
• After less than three hours, Xu Qing’s medicinal solution was nearly depleted, and he returned to the Virtual Network for another fight.

After days of arena battles, Xu Qing trained his movement technique against a space-talented Rakshasa martial artist and improved through repeated fights. He returned from the training with his Void movement method at Masterful and one Attribute Point available, ready to test his progress against a hundred opponents.

• Xu Qing spent three days fighting opponents in the Virtual Network's Fighting Arena, then rested before Buckwheat shifted him to targeted movement training.
• Buckwheat matched Xu Qing against a Radiant-rank Second-Order Rakshasa martial artist whose Space Talent and Flashing Void Current movement art outclassed Xu Qing's at first.
• Xu Qing used his Light Domain to suppress the Rakshasa martial artist and win the exchange, then restarted the fight without his domain to study the opponent's movements.
• After dozens of battles, Xu Qing predicted the Rakshasa martial artist's position, adjusted his movement technique, and eventually killed him after a fierce fight.
• Xu Qing's Void movement method broke through to Masterful, and Buckwheat suggested he fight a hundred Radiant-rank Second-Order martial artists again to measure his improvement.

Xu Qing tested his strength against increasingly difficult opponents and trained in the Nine Stars Across the Sky supreme art during the spacecraft journey. He returned to the Solar System with medicine for his master and reassured his master's wife that the treatment would soon wake him.

• Xu Qing defeated one hundred second-stage Radiance-level martial artists with few injuries, then tested himself against Mental Power Masters wielding Universe-level weapons and narrowly lost.
• Xu Qing fought a martial artist matching his own strength who used Nine Stars Across the Sky, narrowly winning after an hour and seeing how the technique could repel his Aurora Domain.
• Xu Qing trained in reality with Buckwheat and fought Rakshasa Race martial artists in the Virtual Network for six days as the spacecraft crossed the Dark Universe.
• Xu Qing arrived near the Moon and called Zhou Tong, telling her to meet him at the hospital because he had brought medicine for his master.
• After the Lunar Defense Force requested identification, Xu Qing received calls from Du Baiyu, Fei Yu Sheng, and his master's wife, whom he reassured about the treatment.

Lie Tao and his companions arrived in Moonlight City to kill the unconscious Ning Zhan Kong and take his Storage Ring, while Shangguan Ai waited for Xu Qing’s medicine to save her husband. Lie Tao entered the hospital room after disabling the guards, and Shangguan Ai saw Zhou Tong and Dou Dou collapse as he introduced himself and demanded something from her.

• Lie Tao and two companions arrived in Moonlight City and planned to kill Ning Zhan Kong and take his Storage Ring.
• Shangguan Ai spoke to her unconscious husband, saying Xu Qing had found medicine that could help him recover.
• Zhou Tong brought Dou Dou to visit Shangguan Ai, and they discussed Ning Zhan Kong waking up soon.
• Lie Tao’s companion caused the Ninth Order Martial Artists guarding the hospital room to faint, while the two Councilor Rank guards left.
• Lie Tao entered the room, and Zhou Tong and Dou Dou collapsed to the floor as he introduced himself and asked Shangguan Ai for something.

Xu Qing stopped Lie Tao from taking Ning Zhan Kong’s Storage Ring and forced him to reveal that the Starfire Organization had hired him. Xu Qing left Lie Tao at his mercy and turned his attention toward Starfire’s repeated provocations.

• Lie Tao threatened Shangguan Ai, Dou Dou, and Zhou Tong until Shangguan Ai handed over Ning Zhan Kong’s Storage Ring.
• Xu Qing appeared, caught the ring, returned it to Shangguan Ai, and forced Lie Tao to retreat from the hospital room.
• Xu Qing’s allies killed the two guards and the young man outside, while Xu Qing kept the corridor isolated from the passing patients.
• Xu Qing interrogated Lie Tao, who identified himself as a newly advanced second-stage Radiant-level Mental Power Master.
• Lie Tao confessed that the Starfire Organization hired him to kill Ning Zhan Kong and lure Fei Yu Sheng to the Moon for an ambush on his spacecraft.
• Xu Qing condemned Starfire and questioned how it had acted so recklessly despite its rivalry with Galaxy Company.

Xu Qing subdued Lie Tao and learned that Starfire was targeting the Solar System, then returned to the hospital and reunited with his friends and family. Lie Tao left Moonlight City to report to Starfire, while Xu Qing prepared to deal with the remaining attackers.

• Lie Tao offered to serve Xu Qing, but Lian Sheng and Dark Soul revealed themselves as his Ninth Rank Radiance subordinates and placed Lie Tao under Xu Qing's control.
• Xu Qing questioned Lie Tao again and ordered him to contact Starfire; five minutes later, Lie Tao flew from the hospital as experts pursued him, and Moon entered emergency alert.
• Xu Qing comforted Zhou Tong and Shangguan Ai, promised to kill the remaining enemies, and agreed that Lie Tao would be blamed for the deaths of the two Councilor Rank guards.
• Du Baiyu and Wang Mu arrived at the hospital, and Xu Qing left with them to discuss what to do next and introduce them to his friends.
• Lie Tao reached the interstellar airport and told a Starfire councilor to begin the next phase of the plan, then asked how Starfire intended to deal with Fei Yu Sheng.

Lie Tao learned that Spark planned to use an alien laser cannon to assassinate Fei Yu Sheng, and his conversation was secretly relayed to Buckwheat and Xu Qing. After the attack failed and the crew was arrested, Xu Qing learned they had confessed, and an order from Space Defense Force headquarters launched a crackdown across the Solar System.

• A young councilor told Lie Tao that Spark had salvaged an alien warship and planned to lure Fei Yu Sheng into space before firing its powerful laser cannon.
• Lie Tao agreed to help while Buckwheat and Xu Qing received the conversation through his optical computer.
• A concealed spaceship fired its laser cannon at the approaching target, but the Solar System Space Defense Force detected and surrounded the attackers.
• Zhou Teng arrested Captain Ta Fulei and the crew for betraying humanity and attempting to assassinate the Fourth Vice Chairman.
• Xu Qing visited the interrogation team, learned the crew had confessed, and an order from headquarters triggered a storm across the Solar System.

Xu Qing divided the response to the Starfire Organization’s coup with Fei Yu Sheng and sent Shangguan Qinghong to support Galaxy Company’s people on North Bird Star. There, Zun Wu arrived on behalf of Red Feather Bone Jade and offered help to Xu Qian, revealing that Xu Qing had sent a powerful servant to assist them.

• Xu Qing assigned Fei Yu Sheng to deal with Mars and the Lie Family while he took responsibility for Blue Star and the Moon, then sent Buckwheat to investigate a possible conspirator.
• Xu Qing warned Shangguan Qinghong that the Starfire Organization might be working with extraterrestrial forces, and Shangguan Qinghong set out for North Bird Star.
• Xu Qian refused to abandon North Bird Star despite the danger, while Wang Mu and the other executives urged her to escape.
• Zun Wu arrived at the basement on behalf of Red Feather Bone Jade and offered help because Xu Qing was his young master's friend.
• Zun Wu surprised Xu Qian and the executives by asking why Xu Qing's ninth-level Radiant-rank servant was not already helping them.

Zun Wu helped Galaxy Company destroy Spark Organization’s forces on North Bird Star and secured the Carden Family’s apology, compensation, and cooperation. After Xu Qing learned the crisis was over and arranged for Xin Wuji to take his ministerial duties, the story jumped a year ahead, where Xu Qing trained against his awakened master, Ning Zhan Kong.

• Xu Qian told Zun Wu that Starfire Company had colluded with the Carden Family and caused Galaxy Company’s losses, and Zun Wu arranged for Spark’s forces in White Jade City and Ru Lan City to be wiped out.
• Lance Carden apologized to Xu Qian, offered 200 million Virgo Coins, and promised the Carden Family’s cooperation with Galaxy Company.
• Xu Qing learned from Xu Qian that the Bone Jade Family had resolved the North Bird Star crisis, then recommended Xin Wuji as his replacement and left two Radiant Rank seventh-tier guards to protect her.
• The Solar System’s purge of Spark Organization ended, and Ning Zhan Kong woke up, bringing the unrest to an end and uniting humanity in the Solar System.
• One year later, Xu Qing trained with Ning Zhan Kong over the Pacific Ocean, while Buckwheat noted Xu Qing’s rapid progress to the fifth level of the Stellar Seven Epochs method and third rank of the Radiance level.

Xu Qing reviewed his cultivation and reforms in the Solar System before meeting Li Chengguang, who revealed how Galaxy Company rose to power. Li Chengguang then introduced the Black Abyss Cosmic Secret Realm, leaving Xu Qing eager to learn more about it.

• Xu Qing checked his cultivation panel and planned to spend his remaining attribute points on Nine Stars Across the Sky.
• Xu Qing reflected on his reforms as Sun Palace’s Fourth Vice Chairman, including banning human slavery in the Solar System, improving Blue Star, distributing diluted medicinal liquid, and founding the Ultimate Path Martial Hall.
• Xu Qing met Li Chengguang at the martial hall headquarters and learned that Li had arranged his early entry into Galaxy Company.
• Li Chengguang explained that he and Shangguan Qinghong led Galaxy Company, which had gained a foothold in the Virgo Empire after one of their purchased Radiance Level Ninth Order slaves broke through to the Cosmic Level.
• Li Chengguang said he and four slaves had been delayed by the Black Abyss Cosmic Secret Realm, and Xu Qing asked whether it was a dangerous space containing treasures.

Li Chengguang told Xu Qing about a newly discovered Cosmic Secret Realm and offered him a chance to explore it. That night, Xu Qing upgraded Nine Stars Across the Sky to Level 2 and discovered that its spear techniques pointed toward the laws of the universe.

• Li Chengguang explained that the Cosmic Mercenary Alliance had granted his company the right to bring explorers into a Cosmic Secret Realm opening in two months.
• Xu Qing said he would consider joining because he wanted to focus on the Solar System’s development and travel with Zhou Tong, and Li Chengguang gave him a token allowing entry under a Domain Rank powerhouse.
• Xu Qing accompanied Li Chengguang around the city and then took him to Blue Star.
• That night, Xu Qing spent five Attribute Points to upgrade Nine Stars Across the Sky to Level 2.
• Xu Qing experienced the art’s spear-training memories and realized that its techniques described the laws of the universe.

Xu Qing mastered the second level of Nine Stars Across the Sky and learned that Lie Shenwu had publicly challenged him over the Lie Family’s punishment. Xu Qing appeared ready to use the challenge to intimidate hidden Radiance-level fighters, but the chapter ended before he answered Zhou Teng’s advice to ignore it.

• Xu Qing spent three days studying Nine Stars Across the Sky, reached its second level, and tested his strength in the Virtual Network universe.
• Buckwheat marveled at Xu Qing’s rapid breakthrough and told him that Lie Shenwu, a third-stage Radiance-level fighter from the Lie Family, had publicly challenged him.
• Xu Qing asked Buckwheat to investigate how many Radiance-level fighters were hiding in the Solar System.
• Zhou Teng reported that Lie Shenwu demanded Xu Qing admit his judgment of the Lie Family was wrong and release its innocent members if Xu Qing lost.
• Zhou Teng advised Xu Qing to ignore the challenge, and Xu Qing teased him for caring so much about the martial arts academy.

Xu Qing accepted Lie Shenwu’s challenge and defeated the secretly Radiance Rank Level Five genius with one spear during a Solar System-wide livestream. After the battle, Xu Qing demanded that Lie Shenwu honor the condition and teach at the Extreme Dao Martial Hall for one hundred years.

• Xu Qing accepted Lie Shenwu’s challenge and required him to serve as an instructor at the Extreme Dao Martial Hall for one hundred years if he lost.
• While exploring Blue Star, Xu Qing learned Zhou Tong wanted to study cosmic botany and pharmacology so she could contribute to his life and care for him.
• Lie Shenwu arrived at the Martial Hall headquarters and declared that he challenged Xu Qing for the Lie Family’s honor and Martian freedom.
• Lie Shenwu revealed his Radiance Rank Level Five strength and attacked Xu Qing with a massive crimson sword.
• Xu Qing shattered Lie Shenwu’s attack with a spear strike that took the form of a crimson star, and Lie Tao caught the wounded challenger.
• Xu Qing told Lie Shenwu to fulfill his promise and serve as an instructor for one hundred years, and Lie Shenwu was surprised by the terms.

Xu Qing postponed his honeymoon with Zhou Tong to pursue an Aurora Fruit in the Black Abyss Secret Realm, which could greatly improve his Aurora Domain. After arriving at Black Abyss Star and meeting Li Chengguang, he confronted Azure Cloud Cave martial artists at a market and drove them away.

• Xu Qing accepted that Lie Shenwu had lost and said the Lie Family would face legal consequences for any crimes, then assigned Xin Wuji to oversee the Starfire Organization arrests and trials.
• Li Chengguang told Xu Qing about Aurora Fruits in the Black Abyss Secret Realm, and Buckwheat explained that one could raise Xu Qing’s Aurora Domain by several levels.
• Xu Qing got Zhou Tong’s agreement to delay their honeymoon and left the Solar System with two teams of ninth-stage Radiance Rank guards and ten seventh-stage Radiance Rank slaves.
• During the month-long journey, Xu Qing trained aboard the spaceship and challenged Radiance Rank fighters and Mental Power Masters on the Virtual Universe Network.
• On Black Abyss Star, Xu Qing met Li Chengguang and learned that Lord Sea Cow might have room for his guards in the secret realm.
• When an Azure Cloud Cave martial artist insulted Xu Qing and spat on his shoe, Xu Qing kicked him down, then his guards intervened and the group fled.