Chapter Summaries

Footage showed Lu Yuan safely leaving Steel Fortress after embracing an Elf Race girl, prompting Die’s jealous outburst and Ying Luan’s teasing. Die tried to cuddle up to Ying Luan, but Ying Luan stopped her, leaving their playful rivalry unresolved.

• The footage showed Lu Yuan and an Elf Race girl embrace after leaving Steel Fortress, then depart in different directions.
• Die grew angry and jealous at Lu Yuan’s apparent romance, while Ying Luan felt relieved that he was safe.
• Ying Luan teased Die about her figure, leaving Die stunned and on the verge of tears.
• Die tried to throw herself into Ying Luan’s embrace, but Ying Luan held her back and refused to let her touch her.

Lu Yuan hunted alien races on Giant Salt Star and used his Sublimation Points to advance to the Third Order Upper Rank of the Star Evolution Realm. After sensing a colossal creature beneath the desert, he launched a spear attack toward it.

• Lu Yuan spent two weeks hunting alien races across the desert and accumulated 1.61 billion Sublimation Points.
• Lu Yuan spent 1.5 billion points to advance from the Third Order Lower Rank to the Third Order Middle Rank of the Star Evolution Realm.
• After another half month, Lu Yuan had accumulated 2.01 billion points and used 2 billion to reach the Third Order Upper Rank.
• Lu Yuan sensed an immense presence underground and realized a colossal creature was hidden in the desert.
• Lu Yuan formed an Ice Soul Silver Spear and unleashed Spinning Ice Sky Rush toward the depths of the desert.

Lu Yuan bored through the desert above Giant Salt Star and discovered a pureblood Sky Mountain Earth Dragon sleeping deep underground. The young dragon completed its body-refinement cultivation, sensed Lu Yuan, and awoke to confront the intruder.

• Lu Yuan carved a deep ice tunnel through the desert and watched for signs of the creature below.
• The Sky Mountain Earth Dragon was revealed as a pureblood young dragon at seventh-order Upper Rank in the Star Evolution Realm, secretly imprisoned beneath Giant Salt Star as a trial beast.
• The dragon's memories revealed that human experts had captured it, sealed its bloodline, and separated it from its mother.
• The Sky Mountain Earth Dragon completed Divine Dragon Body Refinement and sensed Lu Yuan's attack through the underground rock.
• The dragon opened its eyes, stirred the earth around it, and regarded Lu Yuan as an unwelcome intruder rather than prey.

Lu Yuan confronted the Sky Mountain Earth Dragon after provoking it in its underground home, and the colossal dragon emerged from beneath the desert. Sensing its pure Dragon race bloodline awaken his Demon Bloodline, Lu Yuan realized he faced a genuine dragon.

• The Sky Mountain Earth Dragon's hatred of humanity erupted when Lu Yuan invaded its territory, and it decided to attack him.
• Lu Yuan sensed the earth shaking and rose above the desert on his Ice Wings to prepare for the creature's emergence.
• The Sky Mountain Earth Dragon burst through the ground and revealed its immense, ancient form.
• The dragon's powerful bloodline stirred Lu Yuan's dormant Demon Bloodline and awakened his battle intent.
• Lu Yuan recognized that the Sky Mountain Earth Dragon was a genuine member of the Dragon race.

Lu Yuan challenged the Sky Mountain Earth Dragon and discovered it could wield both an Earth Domain and a True Dragon Domain, overwhelming his Frost Domain. Their battle began with Lu Yuan's ice attack stopped by the dragon's shield, and the dragon's counterattack narrowly missed him.

• The Sky Mountain Earth Dragon confronted Lu Yuan for disturbing its seclusion and threatened to kill him.
• Lu Yuan unleashed his Frost Domain, but the Sky Mountain Earth Dragon resisted it with earth energy from the veins beneath it.
• The Sky Mountain Earth Dragon released its Earth Domain and True Dragon Domain at the same time, surprising Lu Yuan.
• Lu Yuan taunted the dragon about being captured by humans, then charged with Spinning Ice Sky Rush.
• The Sky Mountain Earth Dragon blocked Lu Yuan's attack with Earth-Covering Mountain Shield and swung its tail at him; Lu Yuan dodged and sent Ice Blades toward its body.

Lu Yuan exploited the juvenile Sky Mountain Earth Dragon’s inexperience and weakened defenses to kill it with Spinning Ice Sky Rush. He landed beside the corpse and considered collecting its valuable remains.

• Lu Yuan recognized that the Sky Mountain Earth Dragon relied on its domains and brute strength but lacked combat experience, and he steadily gained the advantage.
• Lu Yuan used precise attacks and movement to wear down the Earth Dragon and force it to expend energy defending itself.
• Lu Yuan seized an opening when the Earth Dragon activated its Earth Domain and struck its damaged neck with Spinning Ice Sky Rush.
• The ice attack froze and fatally wounded the Earth Dragon, causing its domains to collapse before its body fell lifeless.
• Lu Yuan landed beside the corpse and noted the value of its flesh, blood, scales, bones, horns, and dragon core.

Lu Yuan harvested the Sky Mountain Earth Dragon and gained 9 billion Sublimation Points, then used 4 billion to break through to the Star Evolution Realm West Tier Lower Rank. He reflected on Aiselandier and their plans before the chapter ended with his new aura spreading across the western desert.

• Lu Yuan collected the Sky Mountain Earth Dragon’s scales, horns, blood, Dragon Core, bones, and marrow.
• The system awarded Lu Yuan 9 billion Sublimation Points for killing the seventh-order Upper Rank dragon.
• Lu Yuan recalled the Mechanical Lifeform fortress that had yielded 75 billion points and thought of Aiselandier and their promise to visit the sacred Elf Planet after the second round of the Galaxy Genius Exchange Meeting.
• Lu Yuan spent 4 billion Sublimation Points to break through from the Star Evolution Realm Third Order Upper Rank to the Star Evolution Realm West Tier Lower Rank.
• Lu Yuan completed his breakthrough as his stronger aura spread across the western desert.

After more than half a year in the Galaxy Genius Exchange Meeting, Su Yaqing was eliminated while Lu Yuan continued to fight on Giant Salt Star. Ying Luan watched Lu Yuan defeat a Sky Mountain Earth Dragon and decided to preserve a secret realm talisman stone for him to use if he reached the Star Extreme Realm within a thousand years.

• Su Yaqing returned safely to Nebula Manor after being eliminated from the competition.
• The women at Nebula Manor watched Lu Yuan defeat a seventh-order Upper Rank Star Evolution Realm Sky Mountain Earth Dragon with Spinning Ice Sky Rush.
• Ying Luan watched the battle and recognized Lu Yuan's precise, seasoned combat skills.
• Ying Luan examined an entrance talisman stone to an ancient secret realm in the Nether Abyss Galaxy, which would expire after one thousand years.
• Ying Luan stored the talisman stone in her Universe Ring, intending to take Lu Yuan to the secret realm if he reached the Star Extreme Realm in time.

Lu Yuan advanced to Sixth Order Upper Rank by slaughtering alien races on Giant Salt Star and discovered that the Insect Race Queen could produce an endless swarm, though she soon ended his chance to farm it. As the trial entered its ninth month and contestants’ coordinates and rankings were revealed, Lu Yuan opened his Virtual Watch to see where his points placed him.

• Lu Yuan hunted relentlessly for three months, rose to Sixth Order Upper Rank in the Star Evolution Realm, and discovered an Insect Race nest beneath the desert.
• Lu Yuan farmed the Insect Race Queen’s summoned warriors until she realized his scheme, stopped producing foot soldiers, and attacked him herself.
• Lu Yuan killed the Insect Race Queen and resolved to capture and control queens in the future to create a steady source of Sublimation Points.
• The second trial reached its ninth month, and Lu Yuan opened his Virtual Watch as contestant coordinates and point rankings were unlocked.

Lu Yuan reviewed the Galaxy Grand Competition leaderboard, where he held seventh place and Aiselandier led by a vast margin. With three months of competition remaining, he resolved to keep growing and challenge the top contestants, while recognizing that facing Aiselandier at full power could leave him at a disadvantage.

• Lu Yuan saw that he ranked seventh with 86,015,000 points, while Aiselandier led with 24,645,000 points.
• Lu Yuan recalled that Aiselandier had earned the points from defeating the Mechanical Tyrannosaurus Rex, while he had supported her with Frost Domain and gained no points.
• Lu Yuan privately joked about the other contestants learning that Aiselandier was his woman, then focused on hunting the top-ranked contestants during the final three months.
• Lu Yuan acknowledged that Aiselandier's Elf Morph could make her stronger than him, and decided he could ask her for resources if he could not claim first place.
• As Lu Yuan prepared to close the virtual screen, he noticed another detail.

The rankings revealed Lu Yuan in seventh place, ahead of Quila, while Aiselandier remained first with an overwhelming lead. Aiselandier planned to team up with Lu Yuan before facing him in a fair final duel, and Quila was left stunned by Lu Yuan's score.

• Lu Yuan saw that Quila was eighth and took satisfaction in outranking him.
• Aiselandier saw her first-place ranking and planned to join Lu Yuan, eliminate the other top contestants, and then duel him without using her Elf Morph.
• At Nebula Manor, Su Yaqing and the other girls celebrated Lu Yuan's seventh-place result and reacted with amazement to Aiselandier's huge lead.
• Quila checked the rankings, saw himself in eighth place with nearly eight million points, and found Lu Yuan directly above him with 86,015,000 points.
• Quila struggled to believe Lu Yuan's score and was overwhelmed by shock, jealousy, and resentment.

The chapter revealed that six Rebirth Demons lay buried beneath Giant Salt Star and that three were due to revive in two months. Duo Feng, a wounded second-tier Star Dome Realm Rebirth Demon, learned that the galaxy’s top young geniuses were gathered there and took over the three dormant demons, preparing to descend in its complete form.

• Six Rebirth Demons had been killed and buried beneath Giant Salt Star a thousand years earlier, and three were nearing the end of their thousand-year dormancy.
• Duo Feng crossed into the Galaxy Star System and sensed the buried demons’ remaining bloodline aura.
• Duo Feng contacted the dormant demons through the Devil Race’s secret language and learned about Giant Salt Star and the Galaxy Genius Exchange Meeting.
• Duo Feng decided to use its final chance to kill the gathered geniuses rather than continue fleeing its pursuers.
• Duo Feng devoured the souls of the three dormant Rebirth Demons and replaced them with its own soul.

As the rankings and coordinates became public, Quila hunted for Lu Yuan while Aiselandier set out to find him and offer her support. After half a month of fighting through Giant Salt Star, Lu Yuan learned Aiselandier was approaching and worried her presence would deter challengers he hoped to defeat for points.

• Quila dismissed Lu Yuan's high score as luck and raced toward his coordinates to settle their score.
• Aiselandier abandoned point hunting and hurried to find Lu Yuan, hoping they could clear the arena's other prodigies before facing each other.
• Lu Yuan traveled across the desert, killing beasts and defeating groups of prodigies who challenged him.
• Lu Yuan killed a Sixth Order Middle Rank Withered Rock Behemoth and gained 280 million Sublimation Points.
• Lu Yuan spotted Aiselandier approaching from less than a hundred kilometers away and regretted that her presence might scare off challengers.

Aiselandier reunited with Lu Yuan on Giant Salt Star, and they embraced and kissed before he explained why her quick arrival could complicate his plans. She proposed that they take the initiative and seek out their opponents as the trial area steadily shrank.

• Aiselandier ran to Lu Yuan and clung to him after they reunited.
• Lu Yuan and Aiselandier shared a tender kiss.
• Lu Yuan explained his concerns about Aiselandier coming to find him so quickly.
• Aiselandier proposed that she take Lu Yuan with her to find opponents and fight them.
• The chapter explained that Giant Salt Star's active territory would shrink over time, forcing contestants toward confrontations.

The contestants learned that Aiselandier had allied with Lu Yuan, and the pair began advancing together toward nearby opponents. Ying Luan rejected a judge’s request to review the alliance, leaving the team free to continue.

• Contestants across Giant Salt Star saw that Aiselandier and Lu Yuan shared the same coordinates and realized they had formed an alliance.
• Many contestants envied Lu Yuan for becoming Aiselandier’s partner, while others questioned whether their alliance violated the rules.
• Aiselandier and Lu Yuan moved together at high speed toward nearby groups of contestants.
• The women at Nebula Manor teased Lu Yuan, while Ying Luan predicted he could place second.
• Ying Luan denied a judge’s request to review whether Lu Yuan and Aiselandier’s alliance broke the rules.

Lu Yuan and Aiselandier hunted the arena’s strongest contestants together, with Aiselandier restraining opponents and yielding their points to Lu Yuan. After two months, Lu Yuan had reached eighth-order Lower Rank in the Star Evolution Realm and narrowed the gap to Aiselandier to less than one million points.

• Lu Yuan chose to target contestants ranked in the top twenty, and Aiselandier agreed to follow his lead.
• Lu Yuan and Aiselandier began hunting high-ranking contestants across the shrinking Giant Salt Star battlefield, with Aiselandier binding opponents and leaving the finishing blows and points to Lu Yuan.
• Aiselandier also gave Lu Yuan opportunities to hunt powerful beings of other races, helping him build his points and Sublimation Points.
• Over two months, Lu Yuan defeated more than a dozen top-twenty prodigies and countless other-race beings, while saving Quila for the end.
• Lu Yuan reached 23,640,000 points, less than one million behind Aiselandier, and advanced to eighth-order Lower Rank in the Star Evolution Realm.

After reaching the eighth-order Lower Rank of the Star Evolution Realm, Lu Yuan flirted with Aiselandier as the Giant Salt Star trial approached its final month. With just over a hundred contestants left, the judges gathered to witness the decisive final clashes.

• Lu Yuan advanced to the eighth-order Lower Rank of the Star Evolution Realm, astonishing Aiselandier with his rapid progress.
• Lu Yuan teased Aiselandier through Spiritual Power transmission and gently touched her elf ears, making her blush and ask him to stop.
• Lu Yuan resolved to pursue Aiselandier once the trial rules were lifted.
• The Giant Salt Star trial dwindled from over a million contestants to just over a hundred, with one month remaining.
• The chief and deputy judges arrived at the space platform above Giant Salt Star to oversee the final contest and rankings.

Duo Feng’s soul neared its revival beneath Giant Salt Star as the trial’s shrinking territory forced the remaining prodigies into the central desert. Lu Yuan exposed Quila’s schemes and revealed his eighth-order Lower Rank Star Evolution Realm, but the gathered contestants joined forces against him and Aiselandier just as an unexpected accident occurred.

• Duo Feng devoured the souls of three Rebirth Demons, rooted itself beneath the desert, and prepared to burst from the earth as its body finished reviving.
• Lu Yuan confronted Quila over the smear campaigns, revealed that Gagner had traced them to Quila, and unleashed his eighth-order Lower Rank Star Evolution Realm aura.
• Quila and the gathered prodigies were shocked by Lu Yuan’s realm, and some contestants argued over whether to surrender or fight.
• A prodigy rallied the remaining contestants to join forces against Lu Yuan and Aiselandier, and the crowd turned on them together.
• Ying Luan watched Lu Yuan’s display from the competition base with pride as an unexpected accident disrupted the tense arena.

Duo Feng emerged from underground in his reshaped demonic body and trapped the contestants on Giant Salt Star beneath the Lock Heaven Net. With rescue blocked, Aiselandier awakened her complete elven form as the prodigies joined forces against Duo Feng, who revealed his colossal true demon form.

• Duo Feng emerged from the desert with the power of a second-tier Star Dome Realm expert and threatened to make the contestants his burial companions.
• Ying Luan rushed from the space base to rescue the contestants, but Duo Feng released the Lock Heaven Net and sealed off the battlefield.
• The Lock Heaven Net cut off spatial passages and disabled the contestants’ devices and artifacts, leaving them without a way to call for rescue.
• Aiselandier awakened her complete elven form, and the trapped prodigies transformed, spread their Domains, and united against Duo Feng.
• Duo Feng expanded into a colossal true demon and prepared to show the contestants his power.

The judges, led by Ying Luan, attacked the Lock Heaven Net from outside while Lu Yuan and the other prodigies fought Duo Feng inside. Ying Luan estimated they needed two minutes to break through, as Aiselandier weakened and Lu Yuan’s attempts to restrain Duo Feng failed.

• Ying Luan ordered the judges to attack the Lock Heaven Net and calculated that they needed two minutes to break it.
• Ying Luan worried about Lu Yuan, unable to see or sense what was happening inside the sealed battlefield.
• Duo Feng shrugged off the prodigies’ attacks, while Aiselandier fought him alone and gradually weakened.
• Duo Feng mocked the prodigies, and despair spread among them as they realized the gulf between their strength and his.
• Lu Yuan stayed back, used his Frost Domain and ice skills to hinder Duo Feng and support Aiselandier, but Duo Feng’s Demonic Flame Domain melted the frost and his scales resisted Lu Yuan’s attacks.