Ch. 181Pioneers of the Future Empire

Su Yuan cleared the hundredth layer of the Ten Thousand Layer Labyrinth in just over a hundred breaths, stunning strategists and attracting attention from powerful Galactic Human Empires. After accepting several hundred friend requests, he met the Cosmic Saint Jitian, who arrived seeking his advice and showed him a star map.

  • The Three-Pupil Man and other strategists discovered that Ming had cleared the hundredth layer, then debated his extraordinary speed and concluded he must be a special Stellar Lifeform-level strategist.
  • The Three-Pupil Man's Third Ancestor said Ming was not a Saint, explaining that the Virtual Network World had protected Ming's identity information, and predicted that he would soar to the skies.
  • Su Yuan saw the flood of friend requests, credited the Information Matrix Qingxu with protecting his identity, and accepted several hundred requests from people he expected could help him in the future.
  • Jitian, a Cosmic Saint who would later establish a Galactic Human Empire, requested entry to Su Yuan's personal space, and Su Yuan agreed to meet him.
  • After discussing Su Yuan's rapid labyrinth clear, Jitian accepted Su Yuan's offer to ask questions directly and produced a massive star map.

Ch. 182Su Yuan's Reminder

Su Yuan advised Jitian to target the Bifang Race and Tongyuan Race while warning him to beware of the Abyss, then watched him leave to pursue his plans for a new Galactic Human Empire. In the World of Divine Bodies, Su Yuan prepared to travel to the Eastern Wasteland’s center to gather late-stage Starry Sky Lifeforms around an emerging divine herb, and left the Lord of Luoyang City with a Sea-Stabilizing Pearl.

  • Jitian asked Su Yuan which neighboring alien races would be easiest to challenge, and Su Yuan recommended the Bifang Race and Tongyuan Race while warning him about the Abyss.
  • Jitian paid Su Yuan one hundred million Primordial Coins for the advice and left, intending to consult him again in the future.
  • Su Yuan reflected that Jitian’s plans had already been shaped by top strategists and that alien forces would secretly obstruct the new empire.
  • Su Yuan stopped cultivating in Luoyang City and decided to head for the Eastern Wasteland’s center, where an emerging divine herb would attract many late-stage Starry Sky Lifeforms.
  • Su Yuan gave the Lord of Luoyang City a Sea-Stabilizing Pearl in recognition of his service, then vanished before the Lord could respond.

Ch. 183Killing Two Birds with One Stone

He Wen Xien welcomed Su Yuan to Canghai Tower, where the Canghai Tower Master asked him to help protect a divine herb hidden in a dangerous Sumeru Cave Abode. Su Yuan agreed, intending to use the gathering of powerful Empire Citizen players to advance his cultivation and obtain rare treasures from the Xien Family.

  • After recovering from his injuries, He Wen Xien learned that Su Yuan had arrived at Canghai Tower and went out to welcome him.
  • Su Yuan and He Wen Xien caught up, and Su Yuan said he was traveling while secretly waiting for the divine herb in Canghai Tower's Sumeru Cave Abode.
  • The Canghai Tower Master learned Su Yuan was visiting and decided to ask him to serve as outside aid against the factions converging on the cave abode.
  • The Canghai Tower Master offered Su Yuan a reward in exchange for protecting the divine herb, and Su Yuan accepted because he planned to target the powerful visitors and acquire rare Xien Family treasures.

Ch. 184Spirit Swallows a Million Miles

Su Yuan arranged to use a Sumeru Cave Abode’s divine herb as bait to draw powerful Eastern Wasteland cultivators together. When the herb emerged and eight peak Ninth-Rank experts fought over it, Su Yuan finally made his move and pulled the herb toward himself.

  • Su Yuan agreed to help Canghai Tower and asked its master to obtain rare treasures he needed for his Stellar Lifeform breakthrough.
  • Su Yuan arrived at Canghai Tower’s Sumeru Cave Abode and waited, knowing the divine herb would emerge after several days of excavation.
  • Su Yuan released his aura to deter an arriving peak Ninth-Rank expert and attract more cultivators to the site.
  • Eight peak Ninth-Rank experts and many other cultivators gathered near the cave, then the divine herb flew out and the peak experts began fighting over it.
  • Su Yuan stood and drew in the surrounding spatial ripples, stopping the chaos and pulling the divine herb toward himself.

Ch. 185The Invincible Su Yuan

Su Yuan used his growing mastery of space to suppress a million li around him while the eight peak ninth-rank experts attacked him over the divine medicine. After his spatial barriers broke, his Indestructible Golden Body nullified their attacks, and when the experts tried to retreat, Su Yuan activated the completed World in the Palm.

  • Su Yuan suppressed the space within a million li, shocking the distant onlookers and collapsing the spatial techniques of the eight peak ninth-rank experts.
  • The eight experts joined forces to stop Su Yuan from taking the divine medicine, while he used their decision to buy time to shape the surrounding space into his World in the Palm.
  • The experts' attacks gradually crushed Su Yuan's spatial barriers, but his Indestructible Golden Body absorbed their next wave without being damaged.
  • The eight experts realized they could not harm Su Yuan and began to scatter and retreat.
  • Su Yuan said it was too late, raised his hand, and overturned heaven and earth with the World in the Palm.

Ch. 186Five Years Later

Su Yuan used World in the Palm to suppress the battlefield and killed eight peak ninth-rank experts, then defeated the other fighters and secured the Divine Herb for the Canghai Tower Master. He gathered the essence of their cosmic-force great cycles and entered seclusion; five years passed as he absorbed and comprehended it.

  • Su Yuan fully activated World in the Palm, trapping and weakening the eight peak ninth-rank experts as they tried to flee.
  • Su Yuan killed Jin Xingkong with three punches and defeated the Bald Giant with Eye of the Nether, then swiftly killed the remaining peak ninth-rank experts.
  • Su Yuan used Eye of the Nether to defeat the watching eighth- and ninth-rank experts and collected the essence of their cosmic-force great cycles.
  • Su Yuan examined the Divine Herb, took a branch to study its cosmic-force great cycle, and gave the herb to the Canghai Tower Master, who pledged the loyalty of Canghai Tower and the Xien Family.
  • Su Yuan retreated to a hidden cave, activated the Heaven-Swallowing Demon Art, and spent five years absorbing and comprehending the gathered essence.

Ch. 187The Strongest

The Heavenly Secret Pavilion ranked Wu third on the God Ranking, shocking visitors at Wanyun Inn with accounts of his overwhelming abilities. Su Yuan, who was Wu, reflected on five years of travel and cultivation and remained in Central Province, preparing to grow stronger before opening his Inner World.

  • Empire Citizen players at Wanyun Inn read the new God Ranking and found Wu of the Canglan Galactic Human Empire ranked third, below Wanxing Primordial and Giant Spirit Demon Mountain.
  • The Heavenly Secret Pavilion's account described how Wu had killed eight peak Ninth Rank experts in the Eastern Wasteland and detailed his powerful domain, defense, and mind-targeting attack.
  • The players discussed Wu's rise and learned that he had spent only a few months in the World of Divine Bodies before his battle five years earlier.
  • Su Yuan ate at Wanyun Inn and recalled spending three years absorbing his gains before traveling through the Western Desert, Southern Frontier, and Northern Plains to Central Province.
  • Su Yuan considered delaying the opening of his Inner World, which the Grey Mirror estimated could initially span thirteen million li in radius, and reviewed his growing comprehension of Ultimate Yang and Ultimate Yin.

Ch. 188Undying Divine Herb

Su Yuan planned to draw peak ninth-rank experts back into the World of Divine Bodies by forcing the Undying Divine Herb to appear, so he could use their cosmic force cycles to perfect his own. He continued building Blue Star and cultivating with the Origin Stone of Ultimate Yang, then met Ye Kunlun, whose trial in the Heavenly Phoenix Clan had deepened his awe of Su Yuan.

  • Su Yuan learned from the Grey Mirror that no late-stage Starry Sky Lifeform in the World of Divine Bodies could match his current strength, and he considered how to further perfect his Great Cycle of Yin-Yang and Five Elements.
  • Su Yuan decided that provoking the appearance of an Undying Divine Herb could lure more than two hundred peak ninth-rank experts into the World of Divine Bodies.
  • Su Yuan reviewed Blue Star's growth, including its more than five hundred thousand Empire Citizens and the Starry Sky Lifeforms he had personally cultivated.
  • Su Yuan studied the Origin Stone of Ultimate Yang and estimated that it would last a hundred years, enough time for him to reach the Cosmic Saint level.
  • Ye Kunlun met Su Yuan in the Virtual Network World after passing the first stage of the Heavenly Phoenix Clan's trial, and he realized how far Su Yuan surpassed the clan's strongest geniuses.

Ch. 189No Need to Stop

Su Yuan helped Ye Kunlun prepare for the Heavenly Phoenix Clan’s second trial stage, then force-ripened an Undying Divine Herb in the World of Divine Bodies. When the game observers considered stopping him with a heavenly tribulation, they consulted Lord Qingxu, who ordered them to let the herb emerge.

  • Ye Kunlun told Su Yuan that the second stage of the Heavenly Phoenix Clan’s trial required him to master a soul-level secret technique, and Su Yuan instructed him to cultivate it while circulating the Nine-Turn Life-Burning Sacred Method.
  • Su Yuan traveled to a distant mountain range and used World in the Palm to gather leyline essence, accelerating the growth of the Undying Divine Herb beneath it.
  • After seven days, Su Yuan released his suppression and the Undying Divine Herb emerged, while his World in the Palm blocked its aura from reaching nearby powerhouses.
  • The emergence caused phenomena across Central Province and the surrounding regions, but peak ninth-rank powerhouses could not locate the herb.
  • The game observers decided to consider stopping Su Yuan with a heavenly tribulation, then learned that he bore Lord Qingxu’s mark and summoned him for a ruling.
  • Lord Qingxu watched the scene and told the observers there was no need to stop the Undying Divine Herb from emerging.

Ch. 190The Grand Stage of Central Province

Su Yuan forced the Undying Divine Herb to emerge early, suppressed it, and invited peak ninth-rank powerhouses to challenge him for it in Central Province. His announcement drew Wanxing Primordial and other powerful beings back into the World of Divine Bodies, setting up a month of battles.

  • Su Yuan used his connection to the Information Matrix Qingxu to ripen the Undying Divine Herb early without being punished by the World of Divine Bodies Observer.
  • Su Yuan suppressed the herb as it tried to escape through space, then studied its patterns and the small world it contained.
  • Su Yuan withdrew his World in the Palm, revealing the herb’s aura across Central Province and drawing peak ninth-ranks toward him.
  • Su Yuan announced that anyone who defeated him within the next month could claim the Undying Divine Herb, prompting powerful challengers to rush toward Central Province.
  • Wanxing Primordial and other powerful beings chose to descend into the World of Divine Bodies to pursue the newly emerged herb.

Ch. 191Pushing Through

Luo Lixiu livestreamed as hundreds of peak ninth-rank powerhouses gathered around Su Yuan and the Undying Divine Herb, which Su Yuan had used as bait. Su Yuan announced that one strike would decide who survived and could claim the herb, then unleashed an attack that shattered space around the gathered fighters.

  • Luo Lixiu arrived in the World of Divine Bodies and livestreamed the Undying Divine Herb and the powerhouses assembled around Su Yuan.
  • The peak ninth-rank powerhouses discussed why Wu had offered the herb and suspected that he was using it as bait.
  • Wanxing Primordial and Giant Spirit Demon Mountain agreed to join forces, while Wanxing shared his teacher's view that Wu's plan was likely a trap.
  • Su Yuan counted the 637 peak ninth-rank experts who had gathered and rose to address them.
  • Su Yuan rejected a one-on-one contest and said he would strike once, with whoever survived eligible to claim the Undying Divine Herb.
  • Su Yuan raised his hand, unleashing an attack that shattered layers of space and left the gathered powerhouses struggling like boats in a storm.

Ch. 192Devour Ten Thousand Bodies, Transform into Chaos

Su Yuan trapped more than six hundred peak Ninth Rank experts inside his World in the Palm and annihilated them with the Eye of the Nether. After collecting their cosmic-power cycles, he began absorbing them as his divine-body aura started to take on a chaotic quality.

  • Su Yuan enclosed the gathered peak Ninth Rank experts, including Wanxing Primordial and the Shadow Figure, in his World in the Palm.
  • The experts attacked the spatial prison, but Su Yuan opened the Eye of the Nether and extinguished their minds and wills.
  • Giant Spirit Demon Mountain, Wanxing Primordial, the Shadow Figure, and the remaining peak Ninth Rank experts died under Su Yuan’s assault.
  • Onlookers saw the gray domain disperse and discovered that all the trapped experts had fallen; Su Yuan then erased their divine bodies.
  • Su Yuan absorbed the experts’ great cycles of cosmic power with the Heaven-Swallowing Demon Art, and his divine-body aura began to merge into a chaotic whole.

Ch. 193The True Limit

Su Yuan completed the Acquired Chaotic Divine Body by devouring the great-cycle essences of more than six hundred peak ninth-rank powerhouses, astonishing the World of Divine Bodies’ observers and revealing a path with the potential to reach Chaotic Lifeform. After more than a month of cultivation, he mastered the Great Chaotic Cycle and reached the true limit of a late-stage Starry Sky Lifeform, ready to break through to Stellar Lifeform.

  • Su Yuan used the Heaven-Swallowing Demon Art to absorb the great-cycle essences of more than six hundred peak ninth-rank powerhouses and pursue the Acquired Chaotic Body.
  • Observers saw Su Yuan’s cosmic-force auras merge and recognized that he was constructing a Chaotic Divine Body; Qingxu concluded that his path could lead to Chaotic Lifeform.
  • Wanxing Primordial revived, wondered which Galactic Human Empire Su Yuan came from, and returned to the World of Divine Bodies alongside other defeated ninth-rank peaks.
  • Wanxing Primordial and Giant Spirit Demon Mountain found Su Yuan cultivating beneath the firmament, and the assembled ninth-rank peaks speculated that he had reached tenth rank.
  • After more than a month, Su Yuan opened his eyes and declared his Chaotic Body complete, realizing he could tear space apart and had mastered the Great Chaotic Cycle.
  • Su Yuan reached the true limit of a late-stage Starry Sky Lifeform and decided it was time to break through to Stellar Lifeform.

Ch. 194Stellar Lifeform (End of this volume)

Su Yuan sold the Undying Divine Herb to Wanxing Primordial for six Life Origin Fruits, then left the World of Divine Bodies to begin his breakthrough. He successfully opened a thirty-six-million-li Inner World and became a Stellar Lifeform.

  • Su Yuan offered to sell the Undying Divine Herb for six Life Origin Fruits, and Wanxing Primordial agreed after consulting his elder.
  • Wanxing Primordial asked why Su Yuan was selling the herb, whether his strength had increased, and whether he surpassed Ximo Primordial; Su Yuan answered that the herb was useless to him and that he was stronger than Ximo Primordial.
  • Su Yuan and Wanxing Primordial signed a Virtual Network World contract, and Su Yuan handed over the Undying Divine Herb before leaving the World of Divine Bodies.
  • Su Yuan checked the Grey Mirror, which showed his Life Level at Level 39 (99%) and predicted no unexpected variables in his breakthrough.
  • Su Yuan used the Six-Dimensional Cultivation Method and the Great Chaotic Cycle to open an Inner World that expanded to thirty-six million li in radius.
  • Su Yuan completed his breakthrough to Stellar Lifeform and shattered the space before him with a sweep of his hand.

Ch. 195Su Yuan's Strength

After becoming a Stellar Lifeform, Su Yuan explored his vast Inner World, sensed the Nine Supreme Rules, and tested his growing mastery of Ultimate Yang and Ultimate Yin. He concluded that his immense Inner World and weakened Yin-Yang Dharma Robe made him stronger than most peak Stellar Lifeforms, and he decided to cultivate his World Sapling into a World Mother Tree.

  • Su Yuan examined his thirty-six-million-li Inner World and found that its all-encompassing foundation came from the Great Chaotic Cycle.
  • Su Yuan observed the World Sapling at the continent’s center and decided to use a method from the Grey Mirror to cultivate it into a World Mother Tree.
  • Su Yuan sensed the Nine Supreme Rules and found that his comprehension of Ultimate Yang and Ultimate Yin had risen to 27% and 25%.
  • Su Yuan used his Inner World to condense a weakened Yin-Yang Dharma Robe that could withstand attacks from most Stellar Lifeforms.
  • Su Yuan assessed his strength and concluded that his Inner World and secret arts let him sweep through most peak Stellar Lifeforms.

Ch. 196Refining a Planet

After becoming a Stellar Lifeform, Su Yuan used his new ability to cross space and plunder treasures across nearby star regions, then returned to Blue Star to cultivate. When Qingxu sensed Su Yuan in the Virtual Network World and examined him, his pupils contracted in surprise.

  • Su Yuan reflected on the opportunities and secret arts that becoming a Stellar Lifeform had opened to him, then used the Grey Mirror to locate treasures.
  • Su Yuan crossed 2,361 light-years in an instant and refined a dead planet into a huge mass of Eternal Darkness Crystal.
  • Over five days, Su Yuan plundered valuable treasures across hundreds of thousands of light-years, including six alien-inhabited life-bearing planets for his Inner World.
  • Su Yuan returned to Blue Star, resumed comprehending the Origin Stone of Ultimate Yang, and entered the Virtual Network World during a rest.
  • Qingxu noticed Su Yuan had become a Stellar Lifeform, examined him, and reacted with contracted pupils.

Ch. 197Nine-Orifice Exquisite Heart

Su Yuan let the Information Matrix Qingxu observe his Stellar Lifeform breakthrough, prompting Qingxu to favor him with better access to resources. After advancing through ten labyrinth layers, Su Yuan claimed the Nine-Orifice Exquisite Heart, a treasure essential to his future plans.

  • Su Yuan reasoned that Qingxu's attention would protect and benefit him, and deliberately displayed his enormous Inner World to earn greater support.
  • Su Yuan recalled Qingxu's origin as a Rule Lifeform of the Supreme Rule of Illusion and the role Qingxu would play in preserving humanity's knowledge if the Human Race faced destruction.
  • Su Yuan cut off his thoughts about the Human Race's Supreme Beings of Chaos before they formed causal connections that could alert them.
  • Qingxu judged Su Yuan's talent exceptional and began tilting the Virtual Network World's resources toward him.
  • Su Yuan entered the Ten Thousand Layer Labyrinth world and cleared layers 441 through 450 with the Grey Mirror's optimal plans.
  • Su Yuan selected the Secret Realm Raw Stone reward, recognizing it as the Nine-Orifice Exquisite Heart needed for his future plans.

Ch. 198Holy Spirit

Su Yuan obtained the Nine-Orifice Exquisite Heart, a nearly formed Holy Spirit he planned to refine into a clone, and received six Life Origin Fruits to strengthen himself and his World Sapling. The chapter ended with the Nine-Orifice Exquisite Heart arriving at Blue Star and Su Yuan finding it inside a storage bracelet.

  • Su Yuan selected the Secret Realm Origin Stone reward from the Ten Thousand Layer Labyrinth, unaware that it was the Nine-Orifice Exquisite Heart he wanted.
  • Su Yuan considered how the unformed Holy Spirit could become a powerful clone, while the Information Matrix Qingxu mistook it for a body-strengthening treasure and turned its attention to Jitian's plan to found a new Galactic Human Empire.
  • A transport delivered six Life Origin Fruits to Su Yuan, who stored them in his Inner World and fed one to his World Sapling to help it eventually become a World Mother Tree.
  • A month later, a robot delivered a black storage bracelet containing the Nine-Orifice Exquisite Heart to Su Yuan at Blue Star.
  • Su Yuan refined the bracelet and saw the Nine-Orifice Exquisite Heart inside.

Ch. 199I Don't Seek the Dao, the Dao Naturally Comes

Su Yuan activated the hidden Holy Spirit inside a cyan boulder, bound it to his divided consciousness, and began nurturing it as an avatar of Destruction. He discovered that the avatar let him comprehend the Supreme Rule of Destruction rapidly, while Tega Chayun settled into his new position as patriarch of the Chiyun Family.

  • Su Yuan used three Life Origin Fruits to awaken the life aura inside the cyan boulder, revealing a Nine-Orifice Exquisite Heart and a Holy Spirit favored by the Supreme Rule of Destruction.
  • Su Yuan split off one-tenth of his mental consciousness and installed it in the Holy Spirit, making it his avatar and allowing the essence of Destruction to flow to him.
  • Su Yuan used his Inner World's origin to nurture the avatar, estimating that it would be fully formed in two months and would master the Supreme Rule of Destruction in twelve years.
  • Su Yuan checked his Grey Mirror data and saw that his Power of Destruction had already reached 4%.
  • Tega Chayun took the patriarch's throne on the Chiyun Family home planet and recognized that Su Yuan had secretly helped him rise to power.

Ch. 200Two Months

Tega Chayun became head of the Chiyun Family and restored its reputation by rescuing powerful figures trapped in a spatial rift, while realizing Su Yuan had likely engineered the crisis. Su Yuan secured rare cultivation treasures from the family and continued preparing for Jitian’s plan to establish a new galactic human empire as two months passed.

  • Tega Chayun visited Su Yuan, who told him to restore the Chiyun Family’s reputation after its sightseeing fleet vanished in a spatial rift.
  • Su Yuan gave Tega Chayun the precise location of the missing spacecraft, and the Chiyun Family rescued its passengers and six Stellar Lifeforms.
  • Tega Chayun suspected Su Yuan had orchestrated the crisis and rescue to replace the previous patriarch and secure Tega Chayun’s position.
  • Su Yuan received thirty-seven rare treasures from the Chiyun Family in exchange for supporting Tega Chayun’s rise to family head.
  • Su Yuan joined Jitian’s strategist meeting, then returned to cultivating the Supreme Yang, Ultimate Yin, and Destruction rules.
  • Two months passed as Su Yuan continued sensing the universe’s powers and receiving Destruction insights from his Holy Spirit avatar.
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