Chapter Summaries

Xu Qing secured Sea Cow’s protection and brought Li Chengguang, their guards, and friends into the Black Abyss Secret Realm, while weighing the benefits and risks of aligning Galaxy Company with the Bone Jade Family. The group arrived in the realm and discovered its extreme gravity as Buckwheat announced her intention to search for valuable treasures.

• Xu Qing agreed to Sea Cow’s terms to enter the Black Abyss Secret Realm with about twenty friends, paying ten percent of their gains, and revealed his friendship with Red Feather.
• Sea Cow invited Xu Qing and Li Chengguang to stay at Bone Jade Manor and attend a banquet, then publicly escorted them to the secret realm the next morning.
• Xu Qing told Li Chengguang in the Virtual Network universe that the Bone Jade Family could give Galaxy Company a valuable backer, and Li Chengguang agreed the secret realm was an opportunity.
• Xu Qing, Li Chengguang, and their guards entered the Black Abyss Secret Realm and struggled briefly against its roughly twelve-hundred-times-Blue-Star gravity.
• Buckwheat emerged from Xu Qing’s light computer, spotted promising resources, and urged the group to loot the secret realm; Li Chengguang then led them toward an explored area where Aurora Fruit grew.

Xu Qing’s group crossed the Green Sea, escaped a swarm of Blood Drop Insects, and discovered ancient ruins built from Cosmic Energy Crystals. When they uncovered a hidden metal capsule and were attacked by Azure Armor warriors, Xu Qing’s group defeated them and captured one of their fighters.

• Buckwheat explained that Cosmic Energy Crystals were crystallized universe source energy and extremely valuable.
• Li Chengguang led Xu Qing’s group into the Green Sea to escape the Blood Drop Insects, and the group continued through the forest.
• Xu Qing’s group found vast ruins made from Cosmic Energy Crystals and uncovered a buried metal capsule near a stele identifying Mo Luo’s manor.
• Azure Armor warriors attacked the group, and Xu Qing ordered his guards to leave one attacker alive.
• Xu Qing and Li Chengguang captured a sixth-stage Radiant-tier warrior as the remaining Azure Armor fighters fled.

Xu Qing’s group uncovered Realm Source Marrow and a Black Abyss Crystal, then learned that the crystal qualified its holder to compete for a Realm Rank inheritance. Xu Qing agreed to help Li Chengguang pursue the inheritance, but their search for Aurora Fruit found the orchard stripped bare, where Buckwheat discovered something unexplained.

• Xu Qing learned that the silver device collected valuable Realm Source Marrow and took a Black Abyss Crystal from an Eyes of the Azure Star martial artist before Dark Soul killed him.
• Xu Qing’s group collected the Realm Source Marrow, destroyed evidence of the battle, and left after failing to move the silver device.
• Xu Qing gave the Black Abyss Crystal to Li Chengguang and agreed to help him obtain the Black Abyss Realm Lord’s inheritance for the sake of Solar System humanity.
• Li Chengguang led Xu Qing’s group to an orchard where the Aurora Fruit trees and Cat Crystal Beasts had already been stripped and killed.
• Xu Qing split up the group to search the orchard, then summoned Buckwheat after he reported finding something.

Xu Qing found and consumed an Aurora Fruit, advancing his Light Domain to the fourth realm and gaining a powerful but costly ability to shuttle through light. After Li Chengguang went to investigate a Black Abyss Crystal fluctuation, Xu Qing found a Cosmic-level battle blade among the spoils and learned how costly high-rank training rooms could be.

• Buckwheat led Xu Qing to an Aurora Fruit, where Xu Qing encountered Alina of the Mei Race and gave her the false name Makka Pakka before she left.
• Xu Qing retrieved the Aurora Fruit, then moved with his group to a hidden Stone Chamber and consumed it under guard.
• Xu Qing completed the absorption in less than two days, raised his domain to the fourth realm, and demonstrated Light Domain Shuttle to Dark Soul.
• Xu Qing learned that Li Chengguang had gone ahead with four guards to investigate a fluctuation from his Black Abyss Crystal, and chose to wait for him.
• Xu Qing inspected the spoils from Eyes of the Azure Star warriors and discovered a new Cosmic-level battle blade in a Storage Ring.
• Buckwheat explained that training rooms at higher ranks cost enormous sums, leaving Xu Qing stunned by the price of a World Rank room.

Xu Qing and Buckwheat discussed mercenary organizations before Xu Qing’s group confronted a powerful Mental Power Master sent by the Eyes of the Azure Star. After defeating and questioning the young man, Xu Qing called Sea Cow to ask how to handle him.

• Buckwheat explained the Cosmic Mercenary Alliance’s requirements for establishing a mercenary organization and becoming a two-star mercenary.
• Li Chengguang returned with a golden palm-shaped token, while Buckwheat noticed that an eighth-stage Mental Power Master had followed him.
• The young man revealed himself from a boulder, demanded Xu Qing hand over a fruit, and used the Thousand Soul Divine Split Stream to create ten combat-ready Mental Power Clones.
• Xu Qing’s Aurora Domain and spear attacks overwhelmed the young man, who revealed that the Eyes of the Azure Star had put Xu Qing on its blacklist and issued a bounty on him.
• Xu Qing asked Li Chengguang whether to kill the captive, then contacted Sea Cow and claimed that he had been bullied.

Xu Qing entered a mist-shrouded region of the Black Abyss Secret Realm, where he encountered Meili and survived her illusion before killing her. He escaped the ruins with another Black Abyss Crystal and continued exploring the secret realm.

• Xu Qing secured Sea Cow’s approval to kill their enemies, then killed the captured young Mental Power Master and left with his companions.
• Xu Qing and his group entered a misty forest that separated them and teleported them into ancient ruins filled with visions of a destroyed civilization.
• Meili ambushed Xu Qing with an illusion of his old home, but Xu Qing resisted the deception, killed her, and took her possessions.
• Xu Qing searched the ruins, found nothing else of value, and escaped through the spatial barrier into a plain.
• Xu Qing examined Meili’s belongings and found another Black Abyss Crystal.

Xu Qing learned the Void Escape Technique from the Black Abyss Crystal, entered the Void, and used his attribute points to raise the technique to its second layer. After reuniting with Li Chengguang and their guards, he left the secret realm and found a tense confrontation waiting outside.

• Xu Qing studied the Black Abyss Crystal and learned the Void Escape Technique, the foundation of Lord of the Black Abyss's legacy.
• Buckwheat identified Lord of the Black Abyss as a long-dead Realm-level genius and explained that the true inheritor would be selected after an assessment at Black Abyss Valley.
• Xu Qing used the misty mountain forest to enter the Void for the first time, then spent two attribute points to raise the Void Escape Technique to its second layer.
• Xu Qing and Dark Soul waited for the others, and Li Chengguang emerged after finding an energy pool that raised him to the ninth stage of the Radiance rank.
• Xu Qing and his group left the secret realm and saw a Cyan Battle Armor-clad lord from the Eyes of the Azure Star demanding an explanation from Sea Cow.

Xu Qing exposed the Eyes of the Azure Star’s attacks, sold his gains, and spent months cultivating under Sea Cow’s guidance. After learning that a newly discovered region held Realm Rank weapons, he joined Li Chengguang and the Bone Jade Family’s team to explore it, then was randomly teleported upon entering.

• Xu Qing projected footage showing Wu Jun and Meili attacking him, leaving Azure Star unable to justify the Eyes of the Azure Star’s deaths.
• Xu Qing sold a Cosmic Rank battle blade and Realm Source Marrow through Sea Cow, shared part of the proceeds with Li Chengguang, and spent six months cultivating at Bone Jade Manor.
• Sea Cow’s guidance helped Xu Qing reach the fourth stage of Luminary Rank, while Xu Qing raised the Void Escape Technique to its fifth level.
• Li Chengguang told Xu Qing that the Lord of the Black Abyss’s Palace had emerged and that a newly discovered ancient battlefield contained treasures, including a Realm Rank weapon.
• Xu Qing and Li Chengguang arranged to explore the unknown region with a Bone Jade Family team nearly a thousand strong, then entered its mist and were teleported apart.
• Following Buckwheat’s guidance, Xu Qing flew toward nearby ruins where unusual energy fluctuations suggested a battle or hidden treasure.

After spending half a year hunting in the Black Abyss Secret Realm, Xu Qing completed a difficult mission and was summoned before Kun Yu to claim a World Rank weapon. Kun Yu discovered Xu Qing had reached the Void Escape Technique’s eleventh level and offered him the inheritance early, but Xu Qing questioned how it would be passed down and revealed he already possessed an inheritance.

• Xu Qing evaded a giant shadow and a horde of Blood Apes while finishing the mission to gather blood qi from thirty thousand apes.
• Xu Qing returned to the Bone Jade Family’s group, then traveled with them to the Black Abyss to submit his mission.
• Kun Yu received Xu Qing in the gray palace, tested whether he had completed the mission alone, and offered him a choice of World Rank weapons.
• Kun Yu learned Xu Qing had cultivated the Void Escape Technique to its eleventh level and announced that he could receive the inheritance ahead of the other inheritors.
• Xu Qing asked how the inheritance would be passed down and explained that he already had an inheritance; Kun Yu accepted his claim after Xu Qing said he was from the Rakshasa Race.

Xu Qing secured Lord of the Black Abyss's inheritance and three Realm Rank weapons, then led the Bone Jade Family team out of the secret realm. After Sea Cow welcomed the team home, Xu Qing sold him a Realm Rank Killing Sword for sixty billion Cosmic Coin, while Zhan Ya was named a seed of the Bone Jade Family.

• Xu Qing persuaded Kun Yu to pass the inheritance to his ninety-four-year-old master, and Kun Yu agreed to leave an avatar and decoy treasures in the secret realm while taking the treasury and giving Xu Qing three Realm Rank weapons.
• Xu Qing reunited with Zhan Ya and the Hundred Cold River team, which defeated the Black Leaf Mercenary Group's ambush with hidden ninth-rank Mental Power Masters and Xu Qing's Flowing Light Domain.
• Hui Sheng invited Zhan Ya and Xu Qing to search for Lord of the Black Abyss's treasury, but Zhan Ya declined until he could consult Sea Cow.
• Sea Cow welcomed the team outside the secret realm, heard Zhan Ya's report, and postponed deciding about Hui Sheng's proposal after Xu Qing hinted that he had obtained a major prize.
• Xu Qing revealed a Realm Rank Killing Sword and sold it to Sea Cow for sixty billion Cosmic Coin, and Sea Cow appointed Zhan Ya a seed of the Bone Jade Family.

After leaving the Black Abyss secret realm, Xu Qing learned that Sea Cow had registered him for the Virgo Empire’s talent protection program and told him about the Universe Proud Son Competition ten years away. Buckwheat planned for Xu Qing to buy territory around the Solar System and cultivate for the competition, while Xu Qing continued building his strength.

• Sea Cow turned down Bai Wuxing’s invitation to search for the Black Abyss Treasure Vault, choosing to keep the Bone Jade Family’s gains and avoid further risks.
• Azure Star learned that Xu Qing had developed a domain and was protected by the Virgo Empire, then ordered an investigation into his background and worried about facing him in the competition.
• Sea Cow told Xu Qing he had entered the Virgo Empire’s talent registry and explained the Universe Proud Son Competition and its rewards for top-ranked contestants.
• Buckwheat advised Xu Qing to buy unclaimed Life Planets near the Solar System so he could secure the region for its inhabitants, then prepare for the competition.
• After returning to North Bird Star, Xu Qing spent three of his four Free Attribute Points on the Stellar Seven Epochs Secret Method and planned to reach Radiant Rank 9 before cultivating Nine Stars Across the Sky.

After receiving ownership of the Solar System, Xu Qing settled on North Bird Star and discussed the Black Abyss Realm Lord's inheritance with Li Chengguang. Buckwheat then sent Xu Qing to the Fighting Arena to attract the Four Giants' attention, where he entered the Radiant Rank battles as Glaucoma.

• Xu Qing received his lord certificate for the Solar System and learned from Buckwheat that Imperial assistance offered little practical benefit.
• Red Feather visited Xu Qing, and Li Chengguang discussed Galaxy Company's progress on North Bird Star.
• Xu Qing showed Li Chengguang the Black Abyss inheritance administrator Kun Yu, who rejected Li Chengguang as an inheritor and awaited Ning Zhan Kong.
• Xu Qing told Li Chengguang that he had reached the Void Escape Technique's eleventh level, prompting Li Chengguang to leave in frustration.
• Xu Qing met Zhou Tong in the Virtual Network, then followed Buckwheat's plan to enter the Fighting Arena and seek a high Radiant Rank placement.
• Xu Qing registered as Glaucoma in the Virgo Empire war zone and began a random Radiant Rank challenge.

Xu Qing dominated the Fighting Arena’s ranked matches, climbing from his placement at Silver Tier 1 to Master rank and earning a place among the top 10,000 Radiant Rank consecutive winners. Buckwheat explained Cross-Rank Challenge Mode, and Xu Qing decided to use it to reach King rank and attract the Four Giants’ attention.

• Xu Qing won all ten placement matches and was assigned Silver Tier 1, then defeated a Radiant Rank Level 7 opponent with his Void Movement and Void Escape techniques.
• Xu Qing used Void Escape to win several more battles and advance to Gold rank.
• Xu Qing spent three days fighting in the Virtual Network universe, rising from Black Iron to Diamond Tier 4 after 63 consecutive victories.
• Xu Qing began using his first-level domain against stronger opponents and climbed to Master rank.
• Buckwheat explained Cross-Rank Challenge Mode, and Xu Qing chose to activate it so he could challenge higher-ranked martial artists directly.

Xu Qing defeated a ninth-stage Radiant Rank fighter, then told his Solar System allies that he had bought the Solar System and planned to attract the Four Giants’ attention by reaching the King tier. He began a challenge against a fifth-stage King tier Wind Fox Race Mental Power Master, and the chapter ended as their attacks collided.

• Xu Qing defeated a mocking ninth-stage Radiant Rank opponent with a rapid spear attack.
• At the Fighting Arena Tavern, Xu Qing told Wang Mu, Zhou Teng, Li Chengguang, Ning Zhan Kong, and Shangguan Qinghong that he had bought the Solar System and sought the Four Giants’ attention to prepare for the Universe Proud Son Competition.
• Xu Qing revealed that he was a first-stage Master close to entering the King tier, and Ning Zhan Kong and the others urged him to prepare without fearing failure.
• After the gathering, Zhou Teng stayed behind to train, while Xu Qing completed a passive challenge and faced a fifth-stage King tier Wind Fox Race Mental Power Master.
• Xu Qing dodged the opponent’s wind-blade barrage, used his domain and illusions to conceal himself, then appeared behind the young man and attacked with the Red Star.
• The Wind Fox Race opponent merged his arc discs into a giant blade and sent it toward Xu Qing’s Red Star.

Xu Qing defeated a powerful swordsman in the Fighting Arena, reached King Rank Level 2, and attracted the attention of the Four Giants. After negotiating with their representatives, he considered Martial God Hall’s offer to become a core seed member and faced questions about his ambitions for the Universe Proud Son Competition.

• Xu Qing defeated the short-haired youth through relentless close combat, advanced to King Tier Five, and reviewed the battle before challenging more opponents.
• Xu Qing used the perfected Void Escape Technique to defeat the white-robed swordsman, then discovered his rank had risen to King Rank Level 2.
• Xu Qing met representatives of Sky Universe Bank and Martial God Hall, rejecting Sky Universe Bank’s restrictive membership terms but accepting Martial God Hall’s external-member arrangement.
• Lan Ye offered Xu Qing a chance to enter Martial God Hall’s true core as a seed member and asked whether he would join the Four Giants if he placed in the top hundred of the Universe Proud Son Competition.

Xu Qing accepted Lan Ye’s recommendation to challenge the Martial God Tower for a chance to become a core member of Martial God Hall. He entered the tower and quickly reached the tenth floor while Lan Ye watched amid criticism from his rival Wen Yan.

• Xu Qing weighed the benefits of joining a major power, then agreed to attempt Lan Ye’s recommended Martial God Tower Trial.
• Xu Qing declined the other companies’ invitations and followed Lan Ye to Martial God Hall’s headquarters in the Virtual Network Universe.
• Lan Ye explained the tower’s escalating Radiance-rank challenges, and Xu Qing entered to begin his trial.
• Onlookers questioned Xu Qing’s chances because he was only fourth-stage Radiance rank, while Lan Ye watched closely to protect his position as branch head.
• Xu Qing cleared the first nine floors in under two minutes, drawing notice as Wen Yan criticized Lan Ye’s recommendation.
• Xu Qing reached the tenth floor, probed his opponent’s strength and methods, and held back from killing them immediately.

Xu Qing cleared the Martial God Tower’s fiftieth floor and earned a place in the Martial God Hall Core. When Flying Feather Saint Venerable demanded that he leave for Martial God Mountain for at least three hundred years, Xu Qing refused rather than abandon his family and friends, then withdrew from the Virtual Network universe.

• Xu Qing climbed the Martial God Tower at a steady pace, then surged through the upper floors and passed the forty-fifth-floor requirement for core membership.
• Fei Lan failed to clear the forty-fourth floor, while Xu Qing advanced to the fiftieth and astonished the plaza’s onlookers.
• Flying Feather Saint Venerable and Pity Flower Saint Lord arrived, and Flying Feather Saint Venerable praised Xu Qing’s abilities and noticed his Rakshasa Race blood.
• Flying Feather Saint Venerable told Xu Qing he must go to Martial God Mountain for at least three hundred years, but Xu Qing asked for time to be with his family and friends.
• Pity Flower Saint Lord rejected Xu Qing’s request, so Xu Qing politely gave up his core qualification and left the Virtual Network universe.

Xu Qing returned to the Solar System with Martial God Hall resources, reunited with Zhou Tong, and supported her chance to enter the Ten Stars Secret Sect. He also introduced Kun Yu to Ning Zhan Kong, who proved his talent and accepted the Lord of the Black Abyss’s legacy, before Xu Qing and Zhou Tong began secluded cultivation.

• Xu Qing declined the immediate Martial God Hall invitation but agreed to remain an external affiliate and consider joining after spending more time with his family.
• Xu Qing ordered potions and treasures from the Martial God Hall catalog, then returned to Blue Star and reunited with Zhou Tong.
• Zhou Tong told Xu Qing she had earned junior cosmic botanist and pharmacist qualifications and eligibility for a Ten Stars Secret Sect research exam, and Xu Qing encouraged her to pursue the opportunity.
• Xu Qing told Zhou Tong about passing the Martial God Hall assessment and rejecting the invitation because he valued family, friends, and a meaningful life over strength alone.
• Xu Qing introduced Kun Yu to Ning Zhan Kong, whose four-layer domain convinced Kun Yu that he was worthy to inherit the Lord of the Black Abyss’s legacy.
• Xu Qing distributed resources and began secluded cultivation while Zhou Tong prepared for her exam.

Xu Qing advanced to the ninth level of the Radiant Rank, then was lured into an assassination attempt by Black Scale Bone Jade, a Heavenly Wolf Race scout. After killing him and reporting the attack, Xu Qing grew anxious about protecting his loved ones but returned to cultivation after Buckwheat explained that such attacks were rare.

• Xu Qing oversaw Blue Star’s transformation, expanded his territory, and reached the ninth level of the Radiant Rank ahead of schedule.
• Xu Qing lectured at Galaxy Company’s exchange conference on the universe and the Martial God Hall Core assessment, then met Red Feather after the group dinner.
• Black Scale Bone Jade lured Xu Qing to an abandoned building under the pretense of warning him about a plot against Red Feather, then revealed his intent to kill Xu Qing.
• Xu Qing defeated and killed Black Scale Bone Jade, who confessed that he was a Heavenly Wolf Race assassin targeting an unprotected human genius.
• North Bird Village and the director of the Imperial Talent Protection Office apologized to Xu Qing, who declined their compensation and worried about threats to his family and friends.
• Buckwheat told Xu Qing that the assassination was an unusual, costly incident, and Xu Qing returned to cultivation.

After three years of cultivating Nine Stars Across the Sky and traveling with Zhou Tong, Xu Qing left for Martial God Mountain, where trainees sparred to determine their ranks. Xu Qing instantly defeated An Dong and befriended Thomas Barker, who offered him special privileges for the dangerous mountain trials.

• Zhou Tong passed the Ten Stars Secret Sect examination, and Xu Qing and Zhou Tong celebrated their life together before their five-year appointment arrived.
• Xu Qing departed for Martial God Mountain aboard the Martial God Hall's Musk Spaceship and met Administrator Moli, who explained the trainees would be ranked through sparring.
• Moli introduced Xu Qing to the other trainees, and Xu Qing knocked An Dong unconscious in a single move when their match began.
• Thomas Barker recognized that Xu Qing had used a domain and declared himself Xu Qing's second-in-command, offering him special privileges at Martial God Mountain.
• When Moli overheard Thomas and Xu Qing discussing a deal, Xu Qing claimed they had wagered one hundred million Zi Wei Coins and a naked run around the spaceship, and Thomas reluctantly agreed.