Chapter Summaries

Lu Nao tried to win Lu Yuan’s attention by copying his sister, but his mispronounced encouragement made his father laugh. Lu Yuan teased Xia Qingyin by declaring that she should be punished for their son’s speech, and she understood his playful intent before going with him to the bedroom.

• Lu Nao saw Lu Yuan lift and kiss Lu Jingjing, then anxiously tried to imitate her by cheering his father on.
• Lu Nao mispronounced his words, prompting Lu Yuan to joke that his son had called him a childish word for poop.
• Lu Yuan gently rubbed Lu Nao’s head, reassuring Xia Qingyin that he cared for the child.
• Lu Yuan teased Xia Qingyin that she was at fault for Lu Nao’s speech and would take his punishment.
• Xia Qingyin recognized Lu Yuan was joking, gently blamed Lu Nao, and went with Lu Yuan toward the bedroom.

After several days with Xia Qingyin, Lu Yuan reached the second layer of the Ice Profound Meaning through steady cultivation. He learned from Ying Luan that his Frost Domain and ice-element abilities had accelerated his comprehension, while his rapid breakthrough to the Star Evolution Realm astonished her.

• Lu Yuan and Xia Qingyin shared an intimate moment in the bedroom.
• Lu Yuan realized he had advanced to the second layer of the Ice Profound Meaning in less than a month, despite not entering a Star Realm or earning Sublimation Points.
• Lu Yuan told Ying Luan about his unusually rapid progress, concealing the system and Sublimation Points.
• Ying Luan asked whether Lu Yuan had reached the Star Evolution Realm and formed a domain, and Lu Yuan confirmed he had reached First Order Lower Rank and condensed the Frost Domain.
• Ying Luan explained that the Frost Domain, Lu Yuan's EX6 Level ice-element ability, and his Spiritual Power foundation had greatly accelerated his Dao comprehension.
• Ying Luan marveled that Lu Yuan had advanced from the eighth-order Middle Rank of the Star Core Realm to the Star Evolution Realm in only one or two months.

Lu Yuan spoke confidently with Ying Luan, who looked forward to seeing his future accomplishments and meeting him at the Galaxy Genius Exchange Meeting. After their call, Ying Luan revealed that she was the meeting’s chief judge and that Lu Yuan’s participation had made the event interesting to her.

• Lu Yuan told Ying Luan that she would see many more surprises from him, and she said she looked forward to witnessing his miracles at the Galaxy Genius Exchange Meeting.
• After ending the call, Lu Yuan wondered how Ying Luan would meet him at the event, then decided not to speculate.
• Ying Luan reflected on Lu Yuan’s character and on the possibility of finding a sincere partner of her own, then set those thoughts aside.
• Ying Luan focused on the upcoming Galaxy Genius Exchange Meeting, which she had previously considered unimportant until Lu Yuan joined it.
• Ying Luan revealed that she was the chief judge of the Galaxy Genius Exchange Meeting.

Lu Yuan read the Galaxy Genius Exchange Meeting rules and learned that finalists would hunt aliens and compete for points on a deadly planet, where rivals could also attack and plunder one another. The champion’s custom R1-Class gear and Universe Ring caught his attention, and he resolved to win the competition.

• Lu Yuan read that the competition would send the top one million geniuses to a dangerous planet, where alien hunts earned points and defeating rivals could steal some of their points.
• The announcement explained that contestants first had to survive a Virtual Universe selection, and that the real competition’s imperfect protection bracelets could not prevent every death.
• Lu Yuan remained unconcerned by the rules and focused on the champion’s rewards: custom R1-Class equipment, cultivation resources, and a Universe Ring.
• Lu Yuan recognized that the custom equipment could suit his current abilities and that the Universe Ring could hold living beings in its own miniature universe.
• Lu Yuan decided he had to win the championship and claim the Universe Ring.

Lu Yuan entered the Galaxy Genius Exchange Meeting’s virtual screening and began its beast-challenge trial, effortlessly defeating waves of increasingly powerful Star Core Realm beasts. His wives watched from the stands, while Su Yaqing competed elsewhere; the trial continued after Lu Yuan killed a colossal eighth-stage beast.

• Lu Yuan put on his Virtual Universe Helmet and connected to the trial arena as the first-round screening began.
• Xia Qingyin, Jiang Xuanran, Celicia, Shamirra, and Ye Qingyue watched Lu Yuan from the virtual spectator seats, while Su Yaqing took part in the screening herself.
• Lu Yuan instantly killed successive Star Core Realm beasts with his Ice Blade skill as their stages rose from the first to the seventh.
• When an eighth-stage Star Core Realm giant appeared, Lu Yuan used Ice Dragon's Roar to freeze and destroy it.

Ye Qingyue remembered how she had once passed Ice Dragon's Roar to Lu Yuan, while he continued crushing the Virtual Universe trial. As Star Evolution Realm beasts appeared, Lu Yuan unleashed Frost Domain and took control of the arena.

• Ye Qingyue recalled meeting Lu Yuan, giving him Ice Dragon's Roar, and later building a family with him after he cured her Black Scale Disease.
• Lu Yuan rapidly slaughtered successive waves of beasts as the Virtual Universe increased the trial's difficulty.
• After Lu Yuan eliminated the Star Core Realm beasts, several Star Evolution Realm beasts appeared and attacked him.
• Lu Yuan activated Frost Domain, blanketing the arena in ice and suppressing the beasts while amplifying his own ice-type skills.

Lu Yuan withdrew from the virtual audition rather than reveal his Devil Form, then learned he had placed 997th and qualified for the second round. Su Yaqing also advanced, placing in the nine hundred eighty-thousands, and celebrated with him.

• Lu Yuan swept through the lower-ranked beasts in his Frost Domain until three Star Evolution Realm fourth-rank beasts suppressed it with their own domains.
• Lu Yuan considered using his Devil Form but rejected it to keep his trump card hidden, then ended his virtual trial and returned to Nebula Manor.
• Lu Yuan found his wives watching him with admiration, but they dispersed without explaining their reaction.
• Su Yaqing asked Lu Yuan for his final rank, and he told her he had placed 997th.
• Su Yaqing kissed Lu Yuan to celebrate his result and told him she had placed in the nine hundred eighty-thousands and advanced to the second round.

Lu Yuan teased Su Yaqing about exercising his rights as her husband, then reassured her that he was only joking because she was still exhausted from the previous night. The story left off when Celicia approached Lu Yuan and told him she wanted intimacy.

• Su Yaqing joked that Lu Yuan's praise sounded like Versailles, and Lu Yuan teased her in return.
• Su Yaqing panicked at Lu Yuan's suggestion of another round because she was still sore and weak from their intimacy the previous night.
• Lu Yuan gently stroked Su Yaqing's hair and reassured her that he was joking and would not push her while she was exhausted.
• Celicia walked over to Lu Yuan and said that she wanted him.

Lu Yuan and Su Yaqing traveled by spaceship to Giant Salt Star for the second round of the Galaxy Genius Exchange Meeting, while Gu Li hoped to recover her true body and draw closer to Lu Yuan. The seven-day journey began with Lu Yuan cultivating as he prepared to compete for points, glory, and the champion’s reward.

• Lu Yuan woke beside Su Yaqing after spending the night with her and reflected that his Star Evolution Realm made precautions unnecessary.
• Lu Yuan and Su Yaqing left Nebula Manor aboard Gu Li’s spaceship and set course for Giant Salt Star.
• Su Yaqing greeted Gu Li aboard the ship, while Gu Li felt embarrassed because Lu Yuan had discovered her peeping the previous night.
• Lu Yuan began cultivating during the seven-day voyage to stabilize his Star Evolution Realm foundation.
• Gu Li eagerly anticipated finding the Silver Dragon Star and recovering her true body, and she also hoped to openly stay by Lu Yuan’s side.

Lu Yuan and Su Yaqing arrived at Giant Salt Star’s space station, where a million second-round prodigies had gathered. As the crowd watched and discussed them, Lu Yuan reassured the nervous Su Yaqing, and they continued forward together.

• Lu Yuan piloted the spaceship to its berth at the space station above Giant Salt Star and brought Su Yaqing ashore.
• Lu Yuan and Su Yaqing entered the crowded station, where competitors from across the galaxy had gathered before the next round.
• The prodigies recognized Lu Yuan and discussed his age, cultivation, and reputation while also admiring Su Yaqing.
• Su Yaqing grew nervous under the crowd’s attention and gripped Lu Yuan’s hand.
• Lu Yuan used Spiritual Power to reassure Su Yaqing, who regained her composure and walked beside him.

At the tournament’s Space Station, Quila struggled to understand Lu Yuan’s breakthrough into the Star Evolution Realm, then grew jealous when Aiselandier greeted Lu Yuan with a smile. The crowd began speculating about the two as Quila kept his resentment to himself.

• Quila was shocked that Lu Yuan had reached the Star Evolution Realm in only a year and could not understand how he had cultivated so quickly.
• Aiselandier arrived at the Space Station, drawing the crowd’s attention as spectators praised her chances of winning the tournament.
• Aiselandier smiled at Lu Yuan, while Su Yaqing watched with a knowing, cheerful expression.
• Quila remembered Aiselandier’s past rejection and grew jealous, but he did not dare act against Lu Yuan.
• The spectators noticed Aiselandier’s smile and began circulating rumors that she and Lu Yuan shared a close relationship.

Lu Yuan and the other prodigies gathered at the space station fell silent as Milky Way Galaxy lord Tuoba Feng arrived and warned them about the dangers of the year-long tournament on Giant Salt Star. As Tuoba began introducing the invited judges, several powerful figures flew into the station.

• Lu Yuan dismissed the crowd's speculation about his connection to a woman and focused on the coming battle on Giant Salt Star.
• Tuoba Feng arrived at the space station, and his presence silenced the million assembled prodigies.
• Lu Yuan recognized Tuoba Feng and resolved to ask him about Silver Dragon Star after the tournament, hoping to end Gu Li's long-held obsession.
• Tuoba Feng welcomed the prodigies and warned them not to risk their lives for rankings because their Protection Bracelets could fail.
• The prodigies answered Tuoba Feng as one, and he began introducing the invited judges as several powerful figures flew in.

Ying Luan appeared as the chief judge of the Galaxy Genius Exchange Meeting, surprising the million contestants with her Star Extreme Realm status. She addressed the contestants about the year-long trial on Giant Salt Star, while Lu Yuan recognized the faint warmth she showed only toward him.

• Ying Luan arrived to serve as chief judge so she could see what her junior brother Lu Yuan could accomplish.
• Tuoba Feng introduced Ying Luan as a Star Extreme Realm powerhouse, prompting astonishment and speculation among the contestants.
• Ying Luan briefly smiled after locating Lu Yuan in the crowd, though the other contestants wondered if she had been looking at them.
• Ying Luan told the contestants they would spend the next year hunting alien races and competing for points on Giant Salt Star.
• Lu Yuan reflected on Ying Luan's contrasting public aloofness and private care, and felt grateful to be Hua Rong's disciple.

Lu Yuan and the other contestants collected Safety Protection Bracelets and teleported from the Space Station to Giant Salt Star as the year-long second round of the Galaxy Genius Exchange Meeting began. Separated from Su Yaqing in the savage wilderness, Lu Yuan looked forward to hunting alien races and growing stronger.

• Lu Yuan and Su Yaqing joined the orderly lines to collect their Safety Protection Bracelets, while Quila glared at Lu Yuan and Aiselandier calmly fastened her own bracelet.
• After the million prodigies had activated their bracelets, Ying Luan opened the teleportation passage and announced the second round's start.
• Lu Yuan teleported to Giant Salt Star and found himself alone in its vast, dangerous wilderness, separated from Su Yaqing.
• Lu Yuan surveyed the wilderness and anticipated a year of slaughter and increased strength.

Lu Yuan arrived on Giant Salt Star and discovered that its wilderness teemed with low-tier alien beasts. He unleashed Frost Domain and began sweeping through them for Sublimation Points, then flew toward another densely populated area to continue hunting.

• Lu Yuan used his Ice Wings to fly above Giant Salt Star and spread his Spiritual Power across the surrounding territory.
• Lu Yuan detected countless Star Core Realm beasts and decided to kill them in bulk rather than search for higher-tier targets.
• Lu Yuan activated Frost Domain, slowing and binding the beasts across a vast area without spending extra Primal Energy to strengthen it.
• Lu Yuan swept a giant Ice Blade through the beast-dense zone, killing countless beasts, including two Scaled Beasts trapped in a cave.
• Lu Yuan received a continuous stream of Sublimation Points and headed toward another beast-dense zone to hunt again.

During the first month of the Giant Salt Star trial, Lu Yuan relentlessly swept across the wastelands, slaughtering foreign races and accumulating Sublimation Points. He defeated even Star Evolution Realm beasts with his superior Frost Domain, and his growing stock of points soon let him add points.

• A month passed as the million prodigies fought and died across Giant Salt Star.
• Lu Yuan hunted without resting, spreading his Frost Domain as he flew across the planet’s wastelands and ruins.
• Lu Yuan slaughtered large numbers of low-order and high-order Star Core Realm beasts, earning increasingly greater Sublimation Point rewards.
• Lu Yuan encountered Star Evolution Realm beasts but suppressed their domains with his stronger Frost Domain and killed them.
• Lu Yuan’s Sublimation Points soared, and the time to add points soon arrived.

After a month of hunting on Giant Salt Star, Lu Yuan spent his accumulated Sublimation Points to strengthen Frost Domain and advance his cultivation. With his power increased, he set off to continue hunting.

• Lu Yuan reviewed his gains from a month of nonstop hunting and saw he had accumulated 240 million Sublimation Points.
• Lu Yuan chose to upgrade Frost Domain first, spending 100 million points to raise it to the Second Level and expand its range and suppressive effects.
• Lu Yuan realized he could upgrade more than one attribute and spent another 125 million points to advance from Star Evolution Realm First Order Lower Rank to Middle Rank.
• Lu Yuan put away the system panel and flew across Giant Salt Star, declaring that the slaughter would continue.

After five months of hunting on Giant Salt Star, Lu Yuan had reached the Star Evolution Realm Third Order Lower Rank and greatly strengthened his Frost Domain while keeping his Devil Form hidden. He discovered a concealed steel fortress in the desert and hovered above it, astonished that he had never detected it before.

• Lu Yuan let other contestants pass, planning to wait until later in the trial to plunder their accumulated points.
• He spent five months hunting powerful alien beasts, gaining vast numbers of Sublimation Points and advancing his realm and Frost Domain.
• Lu Yuan considered how his unused Devil Form might raise his combat power, but avoided revealing his Demon Bloodline to the competition authorities.
• While flying over the desert, Lu Yuan spotted an enormous steel fortress that concealed itself from his Spiritual Power detection.

Lu Yuan encountered two Machine Race guards outside the hidden fortress on Giant Salt Star and confirmed they were at the peak of the ninth stage of the Star Core Realm. After detecting that his combat power exceeded their limits, the guards activated Overload Mode, leaving them ready to fight.

• Lu Yuan saw two mechanical life-forms emerge from the fortress and recognized them as members of the Machine Race.
• Lu Yuan sensed the guards' cultivation and found both were at the peak of the ninth stage of the Star Core Realm.
• Lu Yuan realized the fortress's isolation formation had concealed the guards from his spiritual perception.
• The Machine Race guards detected Lu Yuan and reported that his combat power exceeded their judgment limit.
• The two guards activated Overload Mode, powering up their bodies and unlocking their armed modules.

Lu Yuan defeated two overloaded ninth-stage Star Core Realm Machine Race guards outside the Giant Steel Fortress and learned that they yielded substantial Sublimation Points. The fortress then deployed over a thousand third-stage Star Evolution Realm Machine Race lifeforms to confront him, leaving Lu Yuan facing a force matched to his realm.

• Lu Yuan attacked the two overloaded guards with Spinning Ice Sky Rush and dodged their missile barrage by reading its trajectories with his Spiritual Power.
• The guards assessed Lu Yuan as a third-stage Star Evolution Realm opponent and transmitted the data to the fortress's central master-control core.
• Lu Yuan pierced and froze both guards with the Ice Soul Silver Spear, destroying them and earning 1,100,000 Sublimation Points from each.
• As Lu Yuan prepared to enter the fortress, its gates opened and more than a thousand Machine Race lifeforms assembled outside.
• Lu Yuan sensed that every deployed Machine Race lifeform was at the third stage of the Star Evolution Realm and realized the fortress had arranged a force to match him.