Chapter Summaries

Song Chi successfully awakened a Colorless Kindling Seed at Jiangyuan First Ember Academy, while his friend Sun Hao awakened a rarer White one. As the ceremony ended, Song Chi’s Star Sea Market Token suddenly heated up, hinting at an unknown change.

• Song Chi watched a broadcast of Jiangyuan City's graduates deploying into the Star Sea and trained his Guidance Art before his own Kindling Awakening ceremony.
• At Jiangyuan First Ember Academy, students succeeded or failed at awakening; Sun Hao awakened a White-quality Kindling Seed, and Song Chi congratulated him.
• Song Chi successfully awakened a Colorless Kindling Seed and worried briefly about its low potential before recalling that its quality could be improved.
• Song Chi felt his Star Sea Market Token grow scorching hot and wondered what had changed, but the sensation faded before he could examine it.
• The academy's ceremony ended with fewer than two hundred of more than six hundred students having awakened Kindling Seeds, and the crowd reacted with joy and grief.

Song Chi and the other awakened students completed Psionic modification and fused with their first Kindling Starships. Song Chi’s new shuttle appeared in his Ancestral Aperture, and he began inspecting its attributes before the chapter ended.

• Principal Zhu Yaokui announced that awakened students should follow their teachers to the Kindling Tower and that those who failed to awaken had to leave the academy.
• Song Chi saw that sixteen students in Class 5 had awakened Kindling Seeds and followed them into the Psionic Modification Pods.
• Song Chi and the other students completed Psionic modification and opened their Kindle Ancestral Apertures.
• Yang Minghui led the students to the starship base, where Song Chi fused his Kindling Seed with a Scout-Class Shuttle.
• Song Chi examined the shuttle’s attribute panel and learned that its basic components were all level zero.
• All the awakened students completed their fusions without failure, preserving their chance to explore an alien star domain during the three-day protection period.

After awakening a colorless Kindling Seed, Song Chi returned home, where his parents gave him resources to strengthen his Psionic Shuttle before his first expedition. He discovered that the Star Sea Market Token had awakened with his psionic energy and revealed itself as a growth-type marvel.

• Yang Minghui told Class 5 to gather at the academy square at eight the next morning and warned them that expeditions could be dangerous.
• Song Chi returned home and used deep-sea mackerel’s blood-energy to cultivate his Psionic Guidance Technique; he told Song Chao and Chen Lixia that he had awakened a colorless Kindling Seed and would begin exploring an alien river domain the next morning.
• Song Chao gave Song Chi one thousand strands of Zero-Rank Floating Continent Essence and a white-quality Fire Sunflower Soldier Tree component as starting resources.
• Song Chi examined the Star Sea Market Token and saw dark psionic radiance appear on it.
• The Star Sea Market Token displayed an attribute panel identifying it as a level-zero growth-type marvel that could connect to a specific Star Sea Market and advance when certain conditions were met.

Song Chi used Void Energy on the Star Sea Market Token and was transported to an ancient Market Ruins in the void, where he became its owner. After learning about its facilities and upgrade needs, he considered activating the space gate platform but held back.

• Song Chi discovered that the Star Sea Market Token was a growth-type Star Sea Marvel and infused it with Void Energy.
• A pulling force transported Song Chi from his bedroom to an unfamiliar Market Ruins surrounded by the dangerous void.
• Song Chi learned that the Market Ruins belonged to the ancient Immortal Domain Civilization and that its Disaster Evasion trait had protected it from Void Storms.
• Song Chi inspected the Market Ruins and learned that its cultivation room boosted Void Energy cultivation while its space gate platform could open ten temporary gates across the Shattered Star Sea.
• Song Chi considered activating the platform to connect with other starfields and build transaction volume, but ultimately suppressed the impulse.

Song Chi discovered that he could summon his Kindling Starship inside the market, giving him a potential way to store equipment and expedition resources beyond the shuttle’s normal capacity. He named the market Myriad Heavens Market and the shuttle Cangqiong, then inspected the shuttle’s attributes.

• Song Chi tested the market’s carry restriction and found that he could bring in items he could personally lift and hold.
• Song Chi summoned the Psionic Shuttle inside the market and realized he could use it as extra storage during alien starfield explorations if he could still access the market after deployment.
• Song Chi named the market Myriad Heavens Market.
• After several rejected name choices, Song Chi named the Psionic Shuttle Cangqiong.
• Song Chi checked Cangqiong’s attributes and saw its level-zero components and two available special component slots.

Song Chi inspected the Psionic Shuttle’s components and realized the Market Ruins’ All-Attribute Cultivation Room could accelerate his cultivation far more than the shuttle’s platform. He decided to develop the Market Ruins as his foundation and the shuttle as his source of firepower, then installed the Fire Sunflower Soldier Tree before his first alien starfield exploration.

• Song Chi reviewed the Psionic Shuttle’s basic components and noted how Kindling Seed quality affected special component slots and starship strength.
• Song Chi examined the Psionic Cultivation Platform and compared its cultivation bonus with the All-Attribute Cultivation Room in the Market Ruins.
• Song Chi concluded that the Market Ruins could speed his life-level advancement while the Kindling Starship would provide resources and combat power.
• Song Chi prepared the Psionic Shuttle for his first Alien Starfield Exploration and installed the Fire Sunflower Soldier Tree in one of its special component slots.

Song Chi spent his resources upgrading the Psionic Shuttle’s defenses, engine, and weapon before its first deployment. He left the mall with the Psionic Shield, Hull Armor, and Psionic Engine at lv7 and the Psionic Main Cannon at lv5.

• Song Chi counted his funds, reserved resources for supplies and mining equipment, and went to East River Spark Mall to buy Life Cores.
• Song Chi upgraded the Psionic Shield to lv7, spending 59 strands of Zero-Rank Floating Continent Essence, 56 Life Cores, and 2,800 Dark Energy Points.
• Song Chi raised the Hull Armor to lv7, using 28 tons of Refined Iron and 77 strands of Floating Continent Essence.
• Song Chi upgraded the Psionic Engine to lv7 and stored the 188 remaining Zero-Rank Life Cores in the shuttle.
• Song Chi raised the Psionic Main Cannon to lv5, improving its power and reducing its charge and cooldown times.

Song Chi strengthened his Sky-Patrol Radar and Fire Sunflower Soldier Tree, then bought equipment for his upcoming starfield exploration. The next morning, he set out with his classmates from Jiangyuan First Ember Academy while his parents followed close behind.

• Song Chi upgraded the Sky-Patrol Radar to lv9 and the Fire Sunflower Soldier Tree to lv10, leaving only 104 strands of Floating Continent Essence for emergencies.
• Song Chi bought medical and repair kits, a mining vehicle, a prospector, and an exoskeleton from Eagle Machinery Store, paying 4,940,000 Duchy Credit Points through a mix of credit points and Floating Continent Essence.
• Song Chi practiced the Psionic Guidance Technique in the Omni Training Room but noticed no obvious progress after several hours.
• The next morning, Song Chi went to the academy and joined his classmates from Jiangyuan First Ember Academy as they headed toward the outskirts of the city, with his parents and other parents following behind.
• Song Chi and his classmates encountered awakened students from other Kindling Academies along the way.

Song Chi arrived in an unknown starfield and confirmed that he could still enter the Myriad Heavens Market. He then began searching the empty region for resources before his twenty-four-hour exploration period ran out.

• Jiangyuan City deployed its newly awakened students into the Star Sea, and Song Chi and Sun Hao entered the same batch.
• After arriving, Song Chi activated the Cangqiong’s Psionic Shield and found no nearby celestial bodies or debris fields on its screens and radar.
• Song Chi used the Star Sea Market Token and successfully entered the Myriad Heavens Market, then returned to his shuttle.
• Song Chi powered up the Cangqiong and set off at near-light speed while scanning the Sky-Patrol Radar for resource points.

Song Chi reached a small fragment belt and began exploring it with the Cangqiong, relying on ten First Rank Fire Sunflower Soldier Figurines for protection. The Raging Tiger Mining Vehicle’s prospector detected only small deposits of ordinary minerals, so he continued searching rather than stopping to mine them.

• After the Cangqiong cruised for over an hour, its radar detected a sizable fragment belt, and Song Chi chose to explore it instead of searching for a nearby floating continent.
• Song Chi put on a Basic Duchy Civilian Exoskeleton and summoned ten First Rank Fire Sunflower Soldier Figurines using the Fire Sunflower Soldier Tree.
• Song Chi stored the Cangqiong in his Kindle Ancestral Aperture, briefly went into space, and returned with several large objects.
• Song Chi and two Fire Sunflower Soldier Figurines installed the Mining Vehicle Prospector on the Raging Tiger I Floating Land Mining Vehicle.
• Song Chi guided the Cangqiong slowly through the fragment belt as the prospector detected small deposits of black copper, refined iron, and gold, but he passed them by as unworthy of mining.

Song Chi used the Raging Tiger I Floating Land Mining Vehicle to quickly harvest Mithril and begin mining a vast Purple Copper deposit while surveying nearby fragments. The Sky-Patrol Radar then detected hundreds of distant fragments moving at once, and Song Chi chose not to investigate the abnormal disturbance.

• The mining vehicle detected over ten tons of Mithril, and Song Chi directed the Cangqiong to the fragment and had the vehicle mine it.
• The Raging Tiger I collected ten tons of Mithril in thirty-five minutes, which Song Chi stored in the Myriad Heavens Market before continuing the exploration.
• The mining vehicle found a Purple Copper deposit estimated at over five hundred tons, so Song Chi left it mining under the guard of three Fire Sunflower Soldiers and took the prospector to survey nearby fragments.
• The prospector detected ten kilograms of Mercury Crystal, which Song Chi decided was too little to mine.
• The Sky-Patrol Radar alarmed as hundreds of distant fragments shifted together, and Song Chi judged the disturbance dangerous and stayed away.

Song Chi discovered a small void pocket where White-Wing Clan members were fighting over an unknown prize and upgraded the Cangqiong’s Psionic Shield to First Rank. After returning near the end of his exploration, he found that more than two hundred White-Wing Clan members remained, including nearly twenty First Rank beings.

• Song Chi investigated an energy disturbance and spotted winged aliens swarming onto a large fragment and slaughtering one another.
• The Cangqiong’s shipboard AI identified the aliens as the White-Wing Clan, whose weak attacks struggled against shields of the same rank.
• Song Chi calculated that his reserves could raise the Psionic Shield to First Rank and upgraded it from lv7 to lv10, leaving his resources nearly depleted.
• Song Chi withdrew to retrieve the Fierce Tiger Mining Vehicle and gather marked resources, planning to return near the end of the exploration period.
• More than ten hours later, Song Chi returned to find over two hundred White-Wing Clan members on the fragment and nearly twenty First Rank members.

Song Chi discovered that the large fragment contained a Type-1 Floating Continent Essence Core Fusion Body and raced the Cangqiong into a fissure to reach it. With the Psionic Shield rapidly weakening under energy pressure and White-Wing Clan attacks, he accelerated toward the core, which appeared just ahead.

• Song Chi identified the fragment's anomaly as a Type-1 Floating Continent Essence Core initial fusion body and decided to seize it.
• Hundreds of White-Wing Clan members united against the Cangqiong, but Song Chi dodged their weapons and plunged into a fissure.
• White-Wing Clan members pursued Song Chi as the energy pressure drained the Cangqiong's Psionic Shield.
• Song Chi accelerated deeper into the fissure, risking collisions and attacks to reach the core before the shield failed.
• The Type-1 Floating Continent Essence Core Fusion Body came into view, and Song Chi steered the Cangqiong straight toward it.

Song Chi pulled the Floating Continent Essence Core Fusion Body into the Cangqiong while the Fire Sunflower Soldier Puppets held off the White-Wing Clan. With the shuttle’s shield failing, he fled toward the rift as pursuers battered its hull.

• Song Chi used the Cangqiong’s tractor beam to tow the resistant Essence Core Fusion Body toward the shuttle bay while its Psionic Shield rapidly weakened.
• More than a dozen Tier 1 White-Wing Clan members attacked the towing process, but Song Chi ordered ten Fire Sunflower Soldier Puppets to block them.
• The Cangqiong pulled the Essence Core Fusion Body aboard just before its Psionic Shield ran out, and Song Chi ordered the shuttle bay closed and the shuttle to flee at overloaded speed.
• Song Chi directed the Cangqiong toward the rift while its cannons fired at the pursuing White-Wing Clan and the Soldier Puppets held back their Tier 1 attackers.
• The Psionic Shield shattered under the pursuit, and attacks struck the Cangqiong’s hull, which held on thanks to its level 7 Hull Armor.

Song Chi escaped the White-Wing Clan’s pursuit after pushing the damaged Cangqiong to its limits, then discovered the purple-quality Atomic Fusion Nuclear Engine component. The Cangqiong began returning just as Song Chi rushed back to the pilot’s seat.

• A First Rank White-Wing Clan member struck the Cangqiong repeatedly while Song Chi activated repairs and fled upward.
• Song Chi escaped the rift and used the overloaded engine to outrun the White-Wing Clan’s barrage, reaching the asteroid belt exhausted.
• Song Chi realized he had briefly pushed his multitasking beyond his usual limits and believed he could train to master the ability.
• Song Chi checked the Fire Sunflower Soldier Tree and found that all ten soldiers had died, but their kills had earned the Cangqiong two strands of Zero-Rank Floating Continent Essence.
• Song Chi discovered that the First Rank Floating Continent Essence Core had transformed into a purple-quality Atomic Fusion Nuclear Engine.
• As the Cangqiong began its active return, Song Chi hurried back to the pilot’s seat.

After the students returned from their first Alien Starfield Exploration, Song Chi concealed his valuable discoveries while discussing gains with Sun Hao. A classmate's blue-quality main cannon appeared for sale in the chat group, prompting Song Chi to weigh its firepower against the resources needed to upgrade it.

• Nearly two hours after the first shuttles returned, Jiangyuan City’s 1,032 newly awakened students had all returned or been accounted for, with 52 dead or stranded in alien starfields.
• On the ride back to school, Sun Hao told Song Chi he had gathered fifty tons of valuable Gas Ore, while Song Chi claimed he had found ten tons of Mithril.
• Song Chi kept his Purple Copper, Myriad Heavens Market, and purple Atomic Fusion Nuclear Engine component secret because revealing them could bring trouble.
• Deng Chang posted a blue-quality Superconducting Laser Cannon for sale in the class chat, drawing excited responses from students and a teacher.
• Song Chi told Sun Hao that selling the cannon could give Deng Chang resources to upgrade his Psionic Shuttle and improve his chances of surviving future explorations.

After graduation, Song Chi inspected the purple Atomic Fusion Nuclear Engine he had obtained and planned how to prepare the Myriad Heavens Market for its first trade session. He decided to sell his accumulated ores to raise funds, leaving the Cangqiong ready to transport them from the Market Ruins.

• Wang Yuan praised Song Chi and Sun Hao, then tried to persuade Sun Hao to join a group of awakened students, while Song Chi moved away.
• At the academy’s final gathering, Song Chi declined invitations from Sun Hao, Wang Yuan, and the others and hurried home to enter the Myriad Heavens Market.
• Song Chi inspected the Cangqiong’s purple Atomic Fusion Nuclear Engine and chose not to install it yet, hoping first to see whether alien traders would offer a better price for it.
• Song Chi planned to stock up on widely valued goods to sell at a markup during the Market’s first trade session.
• Song Chi decided to sell the ores stored in the Market Ruins to raise capital and summoned the Cangqiong to transport them.

Song Chi sold the purple copper and other materials he had collected, then prepared the Myriad Heavens Market for its first opening. He selected a Mechanical Clan civilization as the destination for one of its ten space gates and opened the market to visitors.

• Song Chi sold several kinds of materials at Eagle Machinery Store and spent the proceeds on supplies for the Cangqiong.
• Song Chi disguised himself and sold over 550 tons of purple copper in batches through Jiangyuan City's black market, accepting a steep loss to avoid suspicion.
• Song Chi exchanged his remaining Floating Continent Essence for 720 Life Cores, returned home, and recovered from mental exhaustion by sleeping for twenty hours.
• Song Chi stocked the Myriad Heavens Market's ten shops and learned that its first opening let him designate the destination of one space gate.
• Song Chi chose coordinates in a Mechanical Clan civilization's territory and activated the deployment platform to open ten space gates.
• Song Chi stationed ten Fire Sunflower Soldiers at the gates, placed a Starsea Universal Translator at the entrance, and displayed the market's trading rules.

Song Chi opened the Market Ruins and welcomed its first visitors, including an Ox-Headed Person who tested a Basic Gene Optimization Potion and discovered its remarkable effects. The first customers rushed out to summon their kin, while Song Chi limited potion purchases to draw more visitors.

• Song Chi set the Market Ruins' rules and entered as an ordinary visitor to demonstrate how to browse its shops.
• An Ox-Headed Person arrived, examined the goods, and found the Basic Gene Optimization Potion shop.
• Song Chi offered a personal trial in exchange for a deposit, and the Ox-Headed Person drank a potion and felt its strength nearly double.
• The Ox-Headed Person tried to buy all the remaining potions, but a big-headed creature also wanted them.
• Song Chi capped purchases at ten potions per customer, and the Ox-Headed Person and the big-headed creature each bought ten before leaving to summon their own kind.

Song Chi expanded the Market Ruins and searched its crowded stalls for profitable goods, where he unexpectedly bought a white marvel called Fine-Gold Rawstone. As the Market Ruins opening wore on, he remained disappointed that no Mechanical Clan members had arrived.

• Song Chi sold his wholesale goods at a steep markup and earned less than a thousand strands of Zero-Rank Floating Continent Essence.
• Song Chi spent 150 strands of Zero-Rank Floating Continent Essence to upgrade the Market Ruins to lv5, expanding its dimensions and street stall area.
• Song Chi searched the stalls for bargains but found most goods overpriced or difficult to resell profitably.
• Song Chi haggled with a bull-headed stall owner and bought the white marvel Fine-Gold Rawstone for seventy-five Zero-Rank Life Cores.
• Song Chi bought several uncommon supplies but found no other Star Sea marvels, and he grew disappointed that no Mechanical Clan members had entered the Market Ruins.