Recaps

Lu Yuan and Gu Li restored the Interstellar Spaceship’s fuel enough for it to travel, and Gu Li urged him to leave Blue Star. Lu Yuan decided to return home, prepare a grand wedding for his girlfriends, and ask whether his family and loved ones wished to join him before departing.

• Gu Li transferred Lu Yuan’s specially made fuel into the spaceship, raising its reserves above half and making normal takeoff possible.
• Gu Li asked Lu Yuan when they would leave Blue Star so she could pursue revenge among the stars.
• Lu Yuan said he would return home to think carefully, weighing his ties to Blue Star and his family.
• Lu Yuan decided to begin preparing a spectacular wedding for Ye Qingyue, Xia Qingyin, Jiang Xuanran, Celicia, and Shamirra.
• Lu Yuan resolved to bring his family and loved ones if they wished to come, but not to pressure anyone who wanted to stay.
• Gu Li accepted his decision and told him she would wait until he was ready to leave.

Lu Yuan returned home and told his family that he was preparing to leave Blue Star for interstellar travel, asking them to come with him. The five girls agreed immediately, and he turned to his mother, Fang Wan, to ask if she would go too.

• Lu Yuan returned from the Underground World and arrived home as dinner was being served.
• He joined Fang Wan, Ye Qingyue, Xia Qingyin, Shamirra, Celicia, and Jiang Xuanran for dinner.
• Lu Yuan told everyone he was nearly ready to leave Blue Star and explore the universe.
• He asked the people he cared about to leave with him, and Xia Qingyin, Jiang Xuanran, Celicia, Shamirra, and Ye Qingyue all agreed.
• Lu Yuan asked Fang Wan whether she would come with him, and she took his hand warmly.

Lu Yuan received Xiao Chengjun’s warning that a powerful Unicorn Demon Dragon was heading from the Underground World toward the surface. After learning that the infant beast was already at Star Core Realm Second Order Middle Rank, Lu Yuan realized he had to stop it before it reached Blue Star’s cities.

• Xiao Chengjun sent Lu Yuan an urgent message reporting that a gigantic horned dragon was moving toward the entrance to the Underground World.
• Lu Yuan watched Xiao Chengjun’s footage of the colossal creature devastating the underground terrain as it advanced.
• Lu Yuan ordered his smart assistant to analyze the beast, which identified it as an infant Unicorn Demon Dragon at Star Core Realm Second Order Middle Rank.
• Lu Yuan realized that Xiao Chengjun and Blue Star’s forces could not stop the dragon, and that its arrival on the surface would destroy the cities and their people.

Lu Yuan reassured the five women that his troubled expression had nothing to do with losing interest in them, then told them about the Unicorn Demon Dragon’s threat to Blue Star. He promised he had a way to stop it and drew Ye Qingyue into his arms.

• Ye Qingyue, Xia Qingyin, Jiang Xuanran, Celicia, and Shamirra emerged from the bathroom and grew worried when they saw Lu Yuan looking dispirited.
• Lu Yuan apologized and explained that Xiao Chengjun had reported a cosmic ferocious beast, the Unicorn Demon Dragon, which would destroy Blue Star’s cities in half a year.
• The five women listened and worried about the dragon’s power, but none of them backed away from Lu Yuan.
• Lu Yuan promised he had a way to protect Blue Star and everything he cared about, then drew Ye Qingyue close and kissed her collarbone.

Lu Yuan prepared to leave Blue Star for several months to fight the powerful Unicorn Demon Dragon, saying goodbye to the women and entrusting his family to Fang Wan. He left home after Fang Wan encouraged him to go, as news footage showed the monster devastating southern Baizhou.

• Lu Yuan spent two days and nights with Ye Qingyue, Xia Qingyin, Jiang Xuanran, Celicia, and Shamirra, then promised the sleeping women he would return and give them a magnificent wedding.
• Lu Yuan quietly left the bedroom and asked Fang Wan to prepare nourishing supplements for the women, telling her he would be away for a long time.
• A television report showed the Unicorn Demon Dragon destroying a city in southern Baizhou while conventional weapons and ability users failed to hurt it.
• Fang Wan asked Lu Yuan if he was leaving because of the monster, and Lu Yuan confirmed it was stronger than anyone on Earth.
• Fang Wan told Lu Yuan to go and promised to look after home, and Lu Yuan left through the front door.

Lu Yuan and Gu Li traveled from the Underground World through Blue Star’s atmosphere and entered the universe, where Lu Yuan was awestruck by the stars. Gu Li identified Red Lotus Star as their first stop and explained that Lu Yuan needed to register his identity with the Cosmic Civilization Alliance.

• The Interstellar Spaceship broke through the Underground World’s spatial barrier and soared through Blue Star’s atmosphere.
• Lu Yuan gazed at the universe for the first time as Gu Li welcomed him to the greater world beyond Blue Star.
• Gu Li opened an interstellar map and named Red Lotus Star as their first destination.
• Gu Li explained that Red Lotus Star was governed by the Cosmic Civilization Alliance and that Lu Yuan had to register his identity to travel and conduct business legally.

After seven days in space, Lu Yuan and Gu Li arrived at the desolate, beast-infested Red Lotus Star, where the Cosmic Civilization Alliance had ignored the residents’ distress signal. The chapter ended as the inhabitants spotted their Interstellar Spaceship descending through the clouds.

• Lu Yuan meditated during the journey while Gu Li monitored the Interstellar Spaceship’s course and energy.
• Gu Li pointed out that Red Lotus Star had no satellites or defenses, and Lu Yuan wondered whether it had any near-space protection.
• Lu Yuan and Gu Li descended through the planet’s atmosphere and saw its barren, impoverished settlements and signs of ferocious beast attacks.
• Red Lotus Star’s residents, whose distress signal to the Cosmic Civilization Alliance had gone unanswered, spotted the Interstellar Spaceship approaching.

Lu Yuan arrived on Red Lotus Star, where its residents mistook him for an Alliance rescue fighter amid an invasion of vicious beasts. Eager to gain Evolution Points by fighting the beasts, he asked for directions to the Alliance office and flew west to register his identity.

• Red Lotus Star’s residents crowded around Lu Yuan as he descended from his spaceship.
• The Planet Master welcomed Lu Yuan as the Alliance fighter sent to save the planet and described the vicious beasts pouring through space-time rifts.
• Lu Yuan realized killing the beasts could earn him Evolution Points, but remembered he needed to register for a universe ID card first.
• Lu Yuan asked the Planet Master where the Alliance office was, despite knowing the residents might discover he was not an official rescue worker.
• The Planet Master directed Lu Yuan west, and Lu Yuan unfurled his Ice Wings and flew toward the office.

Lu Yuan registered for a Cosmic Civilization Alliance identity and reported that a powerful Unicorn Demon Dragon was destroying cities on Blue Star. The clerk’s weariness vanished as she reacted to the threat.

• Lu Yuan flew to the Cosmic Civilization Alliance outpost on Red Lotus Star to register his cosmic identity.
• The clerk recorded Lu Yuan’s name, species, and home planet, Blue Star, which he identified as an unregistered life-bearing planet.
• The scanning array recorded Lu Yuan’s Ninth-rank Upper Realm cultivation and SSS-rank ability.
• Before the clerk could print his identity card, Lu Yuan reported Blue Star’s coordinates and said an infant Unicorn Demon Dragon had reached the Second Order Middle Rank of the Star Core Realm.
• The clerk lost her weary expression when Lu Yuan explained that the Unicorn Demon Dragon was destroying Blue Star’s cities.

After the Planet Master believed help had failed to arrive, Lu Yuan returned to Red Lotus Star and offered to clear the ferocious beasts from the settlement’s region. The Planet Master learned that Lu Yuan was not an Alliance rescue worker, but was willing to help.

• The Planet Master returned to his stone hut and despaired over Red Lotus Star’s plight after learning Lu Yuan had only come to register his identity.
• A guard rushed into the hut and announced that Lu Yuan had returned and was flying toward the settlement.
• The Planet Master hurried outside and saw Lu Yuan descend into the settlement’s central clearing.
• Lu Yuan told the Planet Master he was not an Alliance rescue worker but would stay and clear the ferocious beasts from the area.

Lu Yuan used his Spiritual Power to locate a vast gathering of ferocious beasts and killed a horde with two Ice-elemental techniques. He opened the System Panel after receiving a different prompt than usual.

• Lu Yuan spread his Spiritual Power across the surrounding area and detected countless ferocious beasts near the spatial turbulence.
• Lu Yuan descended toward the largest nearby gathering and unleashed Ice Dragon's Roar, crushing and freezing several beasts.
• Lu Yuan cast Mystic Ice Strangling Array and killed the fleeing beasts with a storm of Ice Blades.
• Lu Yuan opened the System Panel because its latest prompt differed from the ones he had received before.

Lu Yuan hunted powerful beasts to gather Sublimation Points and encountered a rare, majestic phoenix in a basin. He prepared to fight it, leaving its strength and the outcome unknown.

• Lu Yuan killed a Star Dust Realm Ninth Order Upper Rank beast with Extreme Cold Piercing Kill and gained one Sublimation Point.
• Lu Yuan complained that Sublimation Points were difficult to gather and flew on to search for more beasts so he could break through to the Star Core Realm.
• After several hours of searching, Lu Yuan sensed a rare beast with an imposing, ancient-divine-beast aura in a sunken basin.
• Lu Yuan quietly approached and discovered a crimson-gold phoenix with five claws, whose presence made him pause in astonishment.

Lu Yuan used Mysterious Ice Dragon Soaring to badly injure the Five-Clawed Phoenix and pursued it when it fled. With escape cut off, the Phoenix resolved to detonate its strength and take Lu Yuan down with it.

• Lu Yuan attacked the Five-Clawed Phoenix with Mysterious Ice Dragon Soaring, and its ice dragons shattered the Phoenix's fiery shield and severely injured it.
• The Five-Clawed Phoenix fled, but Lu Yuan launched Mysterious Ice Dragon Soaring again and formed an enormous ice dragon that sealed off its escape routes.
• The trapped Five-Clawed Phoenix swore that Lu Yuan would die with it and detonated its mental power, vitality, and Destruction Power.

After two weeks of hunting vicious beasts on Red Lotus Star, Lu Yuan used his Sublimation Points to break through from the Ninth Order Upper Rank of the Stardust Realm to the Star Core Realm. After a week spent stabilizing his new power, he rose with his strength greatly increased and declared that he had finally made it.

• Lu Yuan saw the breakthrough indicator on his panel after hunting beasts across Red Lotus Star and decided to spend his Sublimation Points.
• Lu Yuan tapped the indicator and endured a surge of Ice Elemental Energy as the surrounding land, plants, clouds, and air froze.
• Lu Yuan’s realm barriers shattered as his Dantian, Spiritual Power, physical strength, and control over Ice Elemental Energy grew.
• Lu Yuan spent a week stabilizing the power within him, then rose and confirmed that he had reached the Star Core Realm.

After spending two weeks wiping out the vicious beasts on Red Lotus Star, Lu Yuan returned to the settlement and confirmed that the planet was safe. The Planet Master and residents thanked him as their savior, while Lu Yuan prepared to leave and seek further opportunities to grow stronger.

• Lu Yuan swept Red Lotus Star for two weeks, killing every vicious beast and reaching 300 Sublimation Points.
• Lu Yuan flew back to the settlement, intending to leave Red Lotus Star and search the universe for more beasts, opportunities, and resources.
• The residents recognized Lu Yuan as their savior and gathered around him to ask whether the vicious beasts were gone.
• Lu Yuan told the Planet Master that Red Lotus Star's vicious beasts had been wiped out, their nests destroyed, and the threat near the space-time turbulence eliminated.
• The Planet Master wept with relief, bowed in the highest-ranking prostration ceremony, and joined the residents in thanking Lu Yuan.

Lu Yuan accepted the Demon Black Bead and left Red Lotus Star. On Blue Star, the Unicorn Demon Dragon destroyed the White Continent and headed toward Beautiful Country, while Lu Yuan’s companions in Great Xia Kingdom watched in horror and longed for his return.

• Lu Yuan accepted the Demon Black Bead from the Planet Master and boarded his spaceship to leave Red Lotus Star.
• The Unicorn Demon Dragon finished destroying the White Continent, sank into the Atlantic Ocean, and began swimming toward Beautiful Country.
• A global news broadcast reported the White Continent’s destruction, the collapse of the global defense system, and the dragon’s expected arrival at Beautiful Country within three days before the signal cut out.
• At Lu Yuan’s residence, Xia Qingyin, Jiang Xuanran, Celicia, Shamirra, and Ye Qingyue watched the news and reacted with fear and grief.
• Ye Qingyue warned that the dragon was growing stronger, and Xia Qingyin said she missed Lu Yuan.

After reaching the Star Core Realm through slaughter, Lu Yuan asked Gu Li to contact Blue Star. A real-time link was established, while Ye Qingyue, Jiang Xuanran, Celicia, Shamirra, and Xia Qingyin waited anxiously at his home.

• Gu Li praised Lu Yuan's rapid breakthrough, and he explained that fighting and slaughter drove his cultivation.
• Gu Li accepted Lu Yuan's dangerous cultivation path after seeing how quickly he had advanced.
• Lu Yuan asked Gu Li to contact Blue Star, and she teased him about missing the women back home.
• Gu Li activated a quantum communications link between the Interstellar Spaceship and Blue Star.
• At Lu Yuan's home, Ye Qingyue, Jiang Xuanran, Celicia, Shamirra, and Xia Qingyin watched news of the Unicorn Demon Dragon approaching the Beautiful Country and worried in silence.

Lu Yuan spoke with Gu Li after a call with the women he missed, then showed her the Demon Black Bead and asked what it could do. Gu Li reacted with shock upon seeing it.

• After Lu Yuan's communicator went quiet, Gu Li teased him for making suggestive remarks while she was nearby.
• Lu Yuan admitted he missed Ye Qingyue, Jiang Xuanran, Celicia, Shamirra, and Xia Qingyin, but knew he had to grow stronger while Blue Star remained in danger.
• Gu Li briefly remembered her parents’ deaths and the loneliness she had endured for a thousand years.
• Lu Yuan noticed Gu Li’s sadness and quietly waited until her usual liveliness returned.
• Lu Yuan took out the Demon Black Bead and asked Gu Li to identify its origins and abilities.
• Gu Li stared at the bead in shock.

Gu Li explained that the Demon Black Bead was worth more than a planet and could awaken the powerful Demon Bloodline, though success was uncertain. She left Lu Yuan with the warning that a Demon Fruit would be needed to guarantee a complete awakening.

• Gu Li told Lu Yuan that the Demon Black Bead was worth at least as much as a Red Lotus Star and several times more than Blue Star.
• Gu Li explained that the Demon Bloodline was one of the universe’s peak bloodlines and could surpass the Unicorn Demon Dragon’s Demon Dragon Bloodline.
• Gu Li clarified that Demon Bloodline branches varied in strength, but even the weakest was far superior to Lu Yuan’s ordinary Human Bloodline.
• Gu Li warned Lu Yuan that the Demon Black Bead only offered a chance at awakening the Demon Bloodline and that a Demon Fruit was needed to guarantee a complete awakening.

Gu Li chose Luochen Star as Lu Yuan’s next training ground, but planned a stop at Rogue Star first to buy a Demon Fruit for his Demon Bloodline awakening. The Interstellar Spaceship departed for Rogue Star, beginning a ten-day journey.

• Gu Li explained that Luochen Star was a dangerous planet overrun by ferocious beasts and designated as a training ground for Star Core Stage ability users.
• Gu Li showed Lu Yuan prosperous Rogue Star and said they would buy a Demon Fruit there before traveling to Luochen Star.
• Gu Li set the route from Rogue Star to Luochen Star, which would take five days after their purchase.
• Lu Yuan agreed to Gu Li’s plan, and Gu Li set the Interstellar Spaceship’s destination to Rogue Star.
• The Interstellar Spaceship launched toward Rogue Star.

Lu Yuan learned that Gu Li had one million Azure Dragon coins and was delighted by the prospect of her supporting his cultivation. Gu Li warned him that she would strictly control how the money was spent, and Lu Yuan promised to use it only to grow stronger and address Blue Star’s crisis.

• Lu Yuan asked Gu Li how much money she had available as they prepared to buy a Demon Fruit on Rogue Star.
• Gu Li said she had about one million Azure Dragon coins, astonishing Lu Yuan with the fortune’s value.
• Lu Yuan privately imagined himself as a pretty boy supported by a wealthy woman and welcomed the idea.
• Gu Li warned Lu Yuan that she would not hand over all the money and would allow him to spend it only on cultivation needs.
• Lu Yuan assured Gu Li that he would use the money to grow stronger and return to resolve Blue Star’s crisis.

After ten days of cultivation aboard the Interstellar Spaceship, Lu Yuan and Gu Li arrived at Rogue Star, where they hoped to buy a Demon Fruit. Lu Yuan left the ship for an identity and security inspection while Gu Li remained aboard and watched through their mental link.

• Lu Yuan cultivated for ten days as Gu Li told him stories about the universe and her past.
• Gu Li pointed out that they were nearing Rogue Star and said they could buy a Demon Fruit there.
• Lu Yuan saw Rogue Star's bustling cities, ports, and defensive shields and expressed his awe.
• Two Cosmic Civilization Alliance patrol ships intercepted their vessel and ordered it to land at Rogue Star's North Harbor for inspection.
• Gu Li guided the ship to the landing platform, and Lu Yuan disembarked while she stayed aboard and observed through their mental link.

Lu Yuan searched Rogue Star for a Demon Fruit, only to learn that the fruits had not reached maturity and that he would need to try the Central Auction House. As he left the resource shop, he heard a woman scream and saw an arrogant young master accosting her.

• Gu Li urged Lu Yuan to find a resource shop or auction house and buy a Demon Fruit quickly.
• Lu Yuan asked a three-armed alien for directions, realized he had been sent down a useless alley, and searched the main street himself.
• Lu Yuan found the Rogue Star Outskirts Resource Shop and asked its octopus-headed shopkeeper for a Demon Fruit.
• The shopkeeper told Lu Yuan that no Demon Fruits were available because they had not matured, and that mature fruits could be bought at the Central Auction House.
• Lu Yuan decided to go to the auction house, but stopped when a woman screamed and saw a purple-robed young master accosting her, backed by four guards.

Lu Yuan reached the Rogue Star No. 91 Auction House to bid for the Demon Fruit and was assigned a general seat after the guards checked his ID. He entered the hall, where the divide between ordinary seats and VIP boxes reflected the auction house’s strict hierarchy.

• Lu Yuan followed Gu Li’s directions through Rogue Star and found the Rogue Star No. 91 Auction House.
• Two guards checked Lu Yuan’s ID, saw that he was an unaffiliated Cosmic Wanderer from Blue Star, and assigned him General Seat 188.
• Gu Li objected to the guards’ contempt, but Lu Yuan said he cared only about obtaining the Demon Fruit.
• Lu Yuan entered the auction hall and saw the crowded general section beneath the private VIP boxes.

Lu Yuan waited through most of the auction before three Demon Fruits appeared as the seventieth lot, prompting him to enter the bidding. The fruits were being sold together, and the bidding continued after Lu Yuan offered 2,000 Galactic coins.

• Lina opened the auction at Rogue Star No. 91 Auction House and explained the bidding rules.
• Lu Yuan ignored the early lots and remained seated as other bidders mocked him for appearing poor.
• The auction house presented three intact Demon Fruits as a single lot with a starting price of 1,000 Galactic coins.
• After bids of 1,500 and 1,800 Galactic coins, Lu Yuan raised his paddle and bid 2,000 Galactic coins.