Chapter Summaries

Lu Yuan spent the night with Jiang Xuanran, then went to Ye Qingyue to continue learning the ninth level of the Frost Wing Spirit Tempering Technique. After Ye Qingyue mistook the marks on his neck for injuries, Lu Yuan began explaining their cause to her.

• Lu Yuan woke with Jiang Xuanran asleep on his chest, and she gave him a good-morning kiss when she awoke.
• Lu Yuan left Jiang Xuanran resting and traveled to Island 12 of the No. 1 Lake Heart Island to meet Ye Qingyue.
• Lu Yuan took over watering the irises before joining Ye Qingyue in the cultivation room for guidance on the ninth level of the Frost Wing Spirit Tempering Technique.
• Ye Qingyue noticed marks on Lu Yuan's neck and asked whether he was injured.
• Lu Yuan realized the marks were from Jiang Xuanran and quietly began explaining their cause to Ye Qingyue.

Lu Yuan mastered the ninth level of the Frost Wing Spirit Tempering Technique and received the Profound Ice Overlord Spear from Dean Fang. After testing the living weapon in the training room, he noticed several messages from Jiang Xuanran.

• Lu Yuan spent seven million Evolution Points mastering the ninth level, raising his blood energy to 240,000 cal and his spirit to 99,800 Hz.
• Lu Yuan told Ye Qingyue he had mastered the technique and planned to use Evolution Points for the tenth level so she could focus on her impending ninth-rank breakthrough.
• Fang Yi arrived at Lu Yuan's home in disguise and delivered the Profound Ice Overlord Spear, warning him to keep the EX1-grade resource safe.
• Lu Yuan discovered that the spear was alive and could change its weight at his command.
• Lu Yuan practiced with the spear for three hours, put it away, and noticed several messages from Jiang Xuanran.

Lu Yuan worried when he could not reach his mother, but the mayor reassured him that she was safe. After supporting Jiang Xuanran with contribution points, Lu Yuan sought Ye Qingyue’s permission to leave Tiangong City for a mission related to the newly discovered passage to the Underground World.

• Lu Yuan failed to reach his mother by phone, and Jiang Xuanran calmed him down.
• Lu Yuan called Fengyang City’s mayor, who explained that Fang Wan was safe but had forgotten her phone when officials came to collect her.
• Lu Yuan transferred 1,000 contribution points to Jiang Xuanran, who accepted them.
• Lu Yuan found that missions involving the Underground World passage had already been taken, then went to Ye Qingyue’s residence to ask permission to leave Tiangong City.
• Ye Qingyue opened the door to Lu Yuan just as she was preparing to enter seclusion and break through to the ninth rank.

Ye Qingyue gave Lu Yuan her treasured Ice Protection Necklace and took him by fighter jet from Tiangong City to Fengyang City in Jiangnan Province. They arrived at the newly appeared Underground World passageway as a crowd of unaffiliated ability users watched.

• Ye Qingyue told Lu Yuan she had decided not to hold him back from venturing out, and Lu Yuan accepted the Ice Protection Necklace she had received as a child.
• Lu Yuan resolved to become stronger so he could protect the people around him and keep them from worrying.
• Ye Qingyue led Lu Yuan to the Ice Snow Supernatural Ability Hall headquarters, where they boarded a silver-white fighter jet.
• Lu Yuan explored the spacious, pilotless fighter jet as it flew toward Fengyang City.
• A crowd of unaffiliated ability users gathered at the Underground World passageway, and Ye Qingyue and Lu Yuan arrived by fighter jet as the onlookers watched.

Lu Yuan entered the new Underground World, where only ability users at Seventh-rank Grandmaster level or below could enter, and began hunting its ferocious beasts for Evolution Points. After accumulating more than five hundred thousand points on his way across the grasslands, he reached a lake and attacked a Sixth Order Upper Rank Explosive Hippopotamus.

• The mayor warned Lu Yuan that an Eighth-rank Great Grandmaster could not enter the Underground World, and Lu Yuan jumped inside.
• Lu Yuan killed several Shadow Cats with ice spikes and gained Evolution Points.
• Lu Yuan used Spiritual Power to find an Explosive Hippopotamus near a lake and flew toward it, killing beasts along the way with Ice Blade.
• Lu Yuan checked his gains and found that his Evolution Points had increased by more than five hundred thousand.
• Lu Yuan reached the lake, faced the dozing Explosive Hippopotamus, and launched Ice Dragon's Roar.

Lu Yuan encountered a seventh-order Middle Rank Vajra Earthwalker Sub-dragon with a Rare-grade bloodline and decided to fight it rather than flee. He charged toward the beast, determined to grow strong enough to protect those close to him.

• The Vajra Earthwalker Sub-dragon emerged to hunt and swallowed two Gale Demon Wolves before sensing Lu Yuan's abundant Primal Energy.
• Lu Yuan sensed the approaching beast and recognized its rank and Rare-grade bloodline.
• Lu Yuan considered retreating but chose to fight, recalling Ye Qingyue's residence and his wish to protect everyone by his side.
• Lu Yuan accelerated his flying vehicle toward the Vajra Earthwalker Sub-dragon, which noticed him approaching.

Lu Yuan froze the Vajra Earthwalker Sub-dragon with his Ice Protection Necklace and spent most of his Evolution Points to perfect Extreme Cold Piercing Kill. After mastering the skill, he prepared to attack the immobilized creature again.

• The Vajra Earthwalker Sub-dragon's armor withstood Lu Yuan's Extreme Cold Piercing Kill, and it tried to strike him with its tail.
• Lu Yuan charged back in and used the Ice Protection Necklace to freeze the Vajra Earthwalker Sub-dragon solid when it struck him.
• Lu Yuan spent 4,286,000 Evolution Points to raise Extreme Cold Piercing Kill to Perfected Level.
• After absorbing the skill's memories, Lu Yuan gathered Ice Elemental Energy into the Profound Ice Overlord Spear to attack the frozen Vajra Earthwalker Sub-dragon.

Celicia discovered that Lu Yuan had killed the Vajra Earthwalker Sub-dragon and marveled at his rapid growth. After a week of hunting, Lu Yuan spent 16 million Evolution Points to raise his rank, unleashing a surge of energy that killed nearby beasts before he finished controlling his new power.

• Celicia found the Vajra Earthwalker Sub-dragon's corpse and identified Lu Yuan as the likely killer from its Ice Elemental wounds and spear injuries.
• Celicia felt happy for Lu Yuan and believed his talent would eventually let him surpass her and strengthen the Human Race.
• Lu Yuan hunted increasingly powerful ferocious beasts for a week, accumulating 16.4 million Evolution Points.
• Lu Yuan spent 16 million Evolution Points to raise his rank, and the resulting surge of Ice Elemental Energy killed every nearby ferocious beast and earned him millions more points.
• After ten hours of controlling the unruly energy, Lu Yuan opened his eyes and felt power unlike anything he had experienced before.

Lu Yuan fought his way through Mandala Snake Valley, collecting Evolution Points and discovering that even its branches were S-minus-rank resources. After finding freshly killed Mandala Snakes with clean sword cuts, he suspected someone had entered before him but chose to continue deeper.

• Lu Yuan killed two Mandala Snakes with Ice Blade and entered the fog using an Ice Seal Shield to keep it at bay.
• Lu Yuan killed dozens of Mandala Snakes with his Profound Ice Overlord Spear and cleaned the fresh blood from the weapon with snow and ice.
• Lu Yuan used his smart assistant computer to learn that the branches where the snakes perched were S-minus-rank resources that could boost vitality and nourish the body.
• Lu Yuan found many Mandala Snake corpses with clean sword marks and fresh blood, concluding that someone had recently passed through the valley.
• Lu Yuan decided to keep moving deeper despite the danger and found still more corpses.

Lu Yuan and Celicia joined forces to explore a mist-filled pit where they suspected a rare treasure lay. After agreeing to split any treasure and retreat if danger overwhelmed them, they descended and encountered a large number of Mandala Snakes.

• Celicia noticed that Lu Yuan had advanced to Sixth Order Upper Rank and called him a monster.
• Lu Yuan and Celicia found a massive pit filled with thick mist, suspected it concealed a rare treasure, and agreed to explore it together.
• Celicia and Lu Yuan agreed to split any treasure they found and to retreat if they faced danger they could not handle.
• Celicia descended into the pit first, followed by Lu Yuan.
• Mandala Snakes attacked in the mist, and Lu Yuan and Celicia fought back with spear and sword, killing several of them.

Lu Yuan and Celicia discovered an SSS+ Mysterious Hidden Sacred Spring deep in the pit, but an eighth-order Lower Rank Mandala Snake ambushed them. After the snake destroyed Celicia’s flying device and sent her falling, Lu Yuan chose to stay and went down to help her.

• Lu Yuan slaughtered increasingly powerful Mandala Snakes as he and Celicia descended farther into the pit.
• Lu Yuan identified a clear pool as the Mysterious Hidden Sacred Spring, which could increase Spiritual Power and improve its concealment.
• Lu Yuan sensed danger and shoved Celicia aside when an enormous venomous spike appeared.
• The eighth-order Lower Rank Mandala Snake brought down rubble with its venomous Primal Energy, destroying Celicia’s flying device and sending her falling.
• Lu Yuan chose not to run and sent his flying device toward the bottom of the pit to help Celicia, who landed with only minor injuries.

Lu Yuan used the Hidden Holy Spring to raise his Frost Wing Spirit Tempering Technique to the tenth level, while Celicia absorbed some of it too. After they grew stronger, they attacked the trapped Mandala Snake, which survived their combined strikes.

• Lu Yuan froze the Hidden Spring, then gave Celicia 20% of it after she declined half.
• Lu Yuan spent 30,000,000 Evolution Points to raise his Frost Wing Spirit Tempering Technique to the tenth level, and Celicia began absorbing the frozen spring.
• Lu Yuan’s vital energy rose to 812,000 cal, and he gained the ability to manifest Ice Wings.
• Lu Yuan and Celicia prepared their strongest moves, and Lu Yuan asked Celicia to attack first so he could claim the Mandala Snake’s Evolution Points.
• Lu Yuan released the ice around the Mandala Snake, and their successive attacks badly struck the eighth-order beast, but it did not die.

Lu Yuan rescued Celicia from Mandala Snake Valley, then flew off after telling Ye Qingyue that he had mastered the Frost Wing Spirit Tempering Technique. Meanwhile, Black Blood Cult members revealed that their cult had brought a large force into the Underground World to gather resources.

• Lu Yuan carried Celicia out of the pit, and she thanked him before leaving to search for more rare resources.
• Lu Yuan flew away, messaged Ye Qingyue about reaching the tenth level of the Frost Wing Spirit Tempering Technique, then rested in his tent and took a Clear Spirit Pill.
• Two sixth-rank Black Blood Cult members compared their kills and discussed the pills that had raised their ranks but required monthly doses of a special drug.
• The Black Blood Cult had sent nearly a thousand members, including two red-robed Grand Archbishops, into the Underground World to obtain resources.

Great Xia’s military learned that Black Blood Cult members had appeared inside the Underground World and sealed its entrance. A week later, Lu Yuan discovered a seemingly intact crashed spaceship, entered it after its rear opened, and found that its interior blocked Spiritual Power perception.

• Chen Feng ordered the newly appeared Underground World sealed after reports of Black Blood Cult members massacring people inside, while Scarface urged a military attack.
• A week later, Lu Yuan detected a huge metal object about 32 kilometers away and flew toward it.
• Lu Yuan found a colossal silver-white spaceship buried beneath the ground and failed to damage it with his attacks.
• The spaceship’s rear opened by itself, and Lu Yuan decided to enter, trusting that its occupant meant him no harm and relying on his Ice Blessing Necklace’s ready ninth-rank Ice Seal Shield.
• Inside the dark, intricately designed spaceship, Lu Yuan probed with Spiritual Power and discovered that a device blocked his perception.

Lu Yuan met Gu Li, a powerful Dragon Human who recognized him through his intelligent auxiliary brain and offered to take him as her disciple. After demonstrating her overwhelming strength, Gu Li accepted Lu Yuan as her student and explained the universe’s cultivation realms, leaving him with his first glimpse of how Blue Star’s ranks fit into the wider world.

• Lu Yuan questioned Gu Li about her identity, and she introduced herself as a member of the Dragon Human Race.
• Gu Li explained that the Realm of Time and Space in the No. 2 Lost Ruin was known across the universe as a Level 1 Spatial Heaven and Earth.
• Gu Li offered to take Lu Yuan as her disciple because of his exceptional speed at learning skills.
• Gu Li released some of her aura, overwhelming Lu Yuan and forcing him unconscious before she suppressed it again.
• Lu Yuan respectfully accepted Gu Li as his master and asked about her cultivation realm.
• Gu Li said she was at the Star Evolution Realm Seventh-Order Middle Rank and explained the Stardust, Star Core, and Star Evolution realms.

Lu Yuan learned that Gu Li was only a surviving consciousness and received potions and a secure Spatial Ring from her. After hearing about the powerful realms beyond the Star Evolution Realm, he felt eager to face the challenges of the universe.

• Gu Li told Lu Yuan that her true self had perished in the Cosmic River and her consciousness could survive only aboard the Interstellar Spaceship.
• Gu Li gave Lu Yuan a potion that could raise his SS-rank ability to SSS-rank, advising him to take it at the Eighth Rank of the Stardust Realm.
• Gu Li gave Lu Yuan a second potion to improve Little Ice's bloodline and a secure Spatial Ring that even a Star Extreme Realm powerhouse could not see through.
• Gu Li explained that the Star Dome Realm and Star Extreme Realm stood above the Star Evolution Realm, with even stronger realms beyond them.
• Lu Yuan stopped feeling frustrated by the universe's vastness and grew excited to face its challenges.

After leaving Gu Li’s spaceship, Lu Yuan gave Little Ice a potion that could improve its bloodline. Little Ice began a painful transformation, and the appearance of ice horns led Lu Yuan to realize it was becoming an ice dragon.

• Gu Li explained her affairs to Lu Yuan, sent him off the spaceship, and told him he could contact her through the intelligent auxiliary computer.
• Lu Yuan inspected the potion that could evolve his ability to SSS-rank, but noted that he had to wait until he reached the eighth rank.
• Lu Yuan gave Little Ice a potion that could improve its bloodline, and Little Ice drank it eagerly.
• Little Ice collapsed as ice-blue light enveloped it, then endured a transformation that reshaped its scales, bones, and limbs.
• Two ice horns emerged on Little Ice’s head, and Lu Yuan recognized that it was becoming an ice dragon.

Little Ice transformed into an Ice Prism Giant Dragon and reached Seventh-order Lower Rank, while Lu Yuan continued hunting vicious beasts for Evolution Points. A massive storm-and-flame beast spotted Little Ice and charged at it, as the Black Blood Cult investigated a powerful Primal Energy fluctuation nearby.

• Lu Yuan saw that Little Ice had transformed into an Ice Prism Giant Dragon, whose current rank was Seventh-order Lower Rank and whose potential reached Ninth-order Upper Rank.
• Black Blood Cult members ambushed and killed a team of ability users, then detected a powerful Primal Energy fluctuation about fifty kilometers away and reported it to their High Priest.
• The High Priest decided to investigate the fluctuation, confident he could kill a Blue Star human and ready to flee if he encountered a vicious beast.
• Lu Yuan and Little Ice slaughtered vicious beasts to earn Evolution Points while Lu Yuan considered how many points it would take to raise his ability to SSS-rank.
• Little Ice spotted a huge crimson-gold, storm-wreathed beast with thousand-meter wings, which rushed toward it; Little Ice quickly turned to escape.

Lu Yuan gathered enough Evolution Points to begin advancing from the sixth-order Upper Rank to the seventh-order Lower Rank, while the Black Blood Cult's Grand Archbishop struggled to escape the Storm Golden Crow. Lu Yuan’s breakthrough sent out powerful Primal Energy fluctuations, alerting nearby Black Blood Cult members as two red-robed figures headed toward him.

• Little Ice and Lu Yuan fled over two thousand kilometers from the Storm Golden Crow before resuming their hunt for fierce beasts.
• The Storm Golden Crow chased the Black Blood Cult's Grand Archbishop and set the surrounding forest ablaze with wind and fire.
• Lu Yuan reached 40,010,000 Evolution Points, asked Little Ice to guard the area, and spent 40,000,000 points to advance to the seventh-order Lower Rank.
• As Lu Yuan’s Ice Elemental Energy surged and his Spiritual Power and life force began to blend, nearby Black Blood Cult members detected the breakthrough’s Primal Energy fluctuations and reported them to the two red-robed figures.

Lu Yuan completed his seventh-rank breakthrough, gaining golden Destruction Power, then decided to leave the Underground World before his body and mind reached their limits. On the way to the exit, he spotted Celicia driving an off-road vehicle and told Little Ice to fly down toward her.

• Lu Yuan’s Ice Elemental Energy and blood merged into dazzling gold as his breakthrough neared completion.
• Little Ice warned Lu Yuan that two eighth-rank red-robed figures were approaching, then carried him away before they found him.
• Lu Yuan completed his breakthrough and saw that his panel now showed 200 cause of Destruction Power, alongside greatly increased Spiritual Power and Blood and Qi.
• Lu Yuan decided to head for the exit after killing nearly 100,000 ferocious beasts and pushing his body close to its limits.
• Lu Yuan sensed Celicia driving below and told Little Ice to fly down toward her.