Chapter Summaries

Lu Yuan and Celicia rushed to Fortress No. 2 as massive numbers of fierce beasts attacked every fortress around Tiangong City. At the academy, Wilson confessed to spying for the fierce beasts, and Hu Minghao proposed using him to feed them false information before realizing Wilson had no remorse.

• Lu Yuan and Celicia learned that every fortress faced at least three eighth-order fierce beasts and tens of thousands of beasts, then headed for Fortress No. 2.
• Interrogators used the special prison cell to break Wilson's resistance and learned that he had become a spy after taking a black pill from the fierce beasts.
• Wilson explained that he had supplied the fierce beasts with important information to obtain the potion that kept him alive.
• Hu Minghao offered Wilson a deal to send the fierce beasts false information in exchange for another dose of the potion.
• Wilson agreed, but Hu Minghao saw through his attempt to buy time and warned that he would not hold back.

Ye Qingyue stayed home because the agreement prevented her from fighting, while Lu Yuan and Celicia raced toward Fortress No. 2. Lu Yuan reached the fortress first, then flew out to attack the approaching ferocious beast horde and gather Evolution Points.

• Ye Qingyue reminded Lu Yuan to be careful and let him keep the Ice Blessing Necklace before staying home to water her irises.
• Lu Yuan raced ahead of Celicia and arrived at Fortress No. 2, where the students greeted him as Tiangong Supernatural Ability Academy’s strongest student.
• Lu Yuan decided to attack the approaching beasts before they reached the fortress and flew off despite the other students trying to stop him.
• Lu Yuan reached the horde and repeatedly unleashed Ice Dragon's Roar, killing large numbers of beasts and earning Evolution Points.
• Lu Yuan reflected that Falling Stars would have been especially effective against the massed horde.

Lu Yuan survived the Heart Shaker King’s mental shock thanks to the Ice Blessing Necklace and returned to the city wall to warn the defenders about the beast’s power. Kemil arrived and offered to use his psychic ability to deal with the threat.

• The Heart Shaker King’s mental shock dazed Lu Yuan and stopped his Ice Wings, but the Ice Blessing Necklace shielded him and cleared his mind.
• Lu Yuan’s intelligent assistant identified the attacker as the eighth-order Middle Rank, Supreme-grade Upper-rank Ferocious Beast, Heart Shaker King.
• Lu Yuan flew back to the city wall, where Celicia and the fortress commander met him.
• Lu Yuan told the defenders about the Heart Shaker King’s mental attack, frightening the people gathered on the wall.
• Kemil, an eighth-order Upper Rank with an awakened SS-rank Psychic ability, offered to handle the ferocious beast.

Lu Yuan and Celicia engaged the Lightning Flood Dragon and Forest Sky-Swallowing Ape while Kemil faced Heart Shaker King. Lu Yuan pierced the dragon’s lightning sphere and trapped it with ice, while Celicia wounded the ape with One Thought Annihilation Slash.

• Lu Yuan assigned himself to fight the Lightning Flood Dragon and Celicia to fight the Forest Sky-Swallowing Ape, while Kemil stopped Heart Shaker King’s mental attack and countered with spirit blades.
• Lu Yuan charged the Lightning Flood Dragon with Extreme Cold Piercing Kill, broke through its lightning sphere, and forced it to dodge.
• The Lightning Flood Dragon fired a beam that killed two students, and Lu Yuan angrily trapped it in a Mystic Ice Strangling Array.
• Celicia attacked the Forest Sky-Swallowing Ape with One Thought Annihilation Slash and carved a shallow gash into its arm.
• The Forest Sky-Swallowing Ape roared and gathered Grass Element Primal Energy in its mouth to use Magic Flying Leaves.

Lu Yuan killed the Forest Sky-Swallowing Ape after saving Celicia from its surprise attack, gaining 2,400,000 Evolution Points. The Lightning Flood Dragon then unleashed Heavenly Thunderbolt, and Lu Yuan repeatedly shielded himself and Celicia with Myriad Flower Ice Mirror as the attack continued.

• The Forest Sky-Swallowing Ape attacked Celicia with its tail-vines, and Lu Yuan shoved her aside and blocked the blow with Myriad Flower Ice Mirror.
• Lu Yuan killed the weakened Forest Sky-Swallowing Ape with Extreme Cold Piercing Kill and received 2,400,000 Evolution Points.
• The Lightning Flood Dragon finished off the Ice Blades, leaving itself badly wounded, and unleashed Heavenly Thunderbolt with its remaining energy.
• Lu Yuan pulled Celicia close and cast Myriad Flower Ice Mirror four times in a row to block the lightning.

After the battle, Lu Yuan returned to Tiangong Supernatural Ability Academy with Celicia, who kissed his cheek to thank him for saving her. Lu Yuan kissed her back, and Celicia asked whether he accepted her feelings; his response made it clear that he did.

• Heart Shaker King fled after Kemil defeated the other two beasts, leaving Lu Yuan to regret missing out on its Evolution Points.
• Lu Yuan and Celicia headed back toward Tiangong Supernatural Ability Academy as the other fortresses’ battles were being resolved.
• Near the academy, Celicia kissed Lu Yuan’s cheek and thanked him for saving her several times.
• Lu Yuan pulled Celicia close and kissed her on the lips, then asked whether she had finally decided to tell him how she felt.
• Celicia asked if Lu Yuan accepted her feelings, and his smile showed her that he did.

Celicia and Jiang Xuanran grew close and planned to go shopping together, while Lu Yuan returned to Ye Qingyue after surviving the battle at the No. 2 Lost Ruin. Ye Qingyue tended to a small wound on his arm, and the chapter ended with her applying medicine to him.

• Celicia and Jiang Xuanran chatted like sisters, and Celicia agreed to Jiang Xuanran's suggestion for tonight.
• Jiang Xuanran took Celicia out to shop for clothes while Lu Yuan went to see Ye Qingyue.
• Lu Yuan thanked Ye Qingyue for lending him the Ice Blessing Necklace, which had protected him from the Heart Shaker King's mental shock.
• Ye Qingyue noticed a small cut on Lu Yuan's arm and insisted on treating it.
• Ye Qingyue gently applied ointment to Lu Yuan's wound.

Lu Yuan spent 55 million Evolution Points to raise his realm to Seventh-Order Middle Rank, enduring a violent surge of Ice Elemental Energy outside Tiangong City. After fourteen hours, he completed the breakthrough and checked his greatly increased attributes.

• After leaving Ye Qingyue's residence, Lu Yuan returned home and found Celicia and Jiang Xuanran gone.
• Lu Yuan saw that he had 74.26 million Evolution Points and took Little Ice outside Tiangong City to avoid damaging his residence during a breakthrough.
• Lu Yuan spent 55 million Evolution Points to advance from Seventh-Order Lower Rank to Seventh-Order Middle Rank.
• Little Ice patrolled the area while Lu Yuan focused on controlling the hundredfold increase in Ice Elemental Energy surging through him.
• After fourteen hours, Lu Yuan completed the breakthrough and found his Spiritual Power had reached 1,264,400 Hz, his Blood Qi 2,637,000 cal, and his Annihilation Force 500 units.

After breaking through to seventh-order Middle Rank, Lu Yuan trained with Ye Qingyue and gave her a day to rest before returning. He found Jiang Xuanran and Celicia waiting for him in his bedroom, inviting him to bed.

• Lu Yuan visited Ye Qingyue after breaking through, ate breakfast, and told her his wounds had healed.
• Lu Yuan trained with Ye Qingyue for the day and improved his understanding of Falling Stars.
• Lu Yuan said he would skip the next day’s lesson so Ye Qingyue could rest, and she told him to return the day after.
• Lu Yuan sensed two people in his bedroom and found Jiang Xuanran and Celicia waiting for him.
• Jiang Xuanran invited Lu Yuan to bed.

Over two weeks, Lu Yuan advanced his spiritual power and learned the SSS-rank spell Falling Stars, then used Evolution Points to raise it from Beginner to Perfected proficiency. He tested the spell outside Tiangong City and was stunned by its destructive power, though casting it consumed more than half his Ice Elemental Energy.

• Lu Yuan comprehended the Observation of Hidden Moon Starry Sky Scripture to the Second Level, raising his Spiritual Power to 1.721 million hertz.
• With Ye Qingyue's instruction, Lu Yuan reached Beginner proficiency in Falling Stars and unlocked it on his System Panel.
• Lu Yuan spent Evolution Points to upgrade Falling Stars through every proficiency level to Perfected, leaving him with 1,473,800 points.
• Lu Yuan rode Little Ice outside Tiangong City and cast Falling Stars, summoning icy meteors that froze and devastated the area.
• Lu Yuan marveled at the spell's power and discovered that casting it had consumed more than half of his Ice Elemental Energy.

Lu Yuan said goodbye to Celicia and Jiang Xuanran before visiting Ye Qingyue to tell her he would spend two months hunting ferocious beasts in the Underground World. After he left, Ye Qingyue realized she had developed romantic feelings for him, but lamented that she was his teacher.

• Lu Yuan spent several days dating Celicia and Jiang Xuanran before telling them he was leaving, and both women accepted his decision.
• Lu Yuan flew to Ye Qingyue's home on Island 11 to say goodbye and told her he planned to hunt ferocious beasts in the Underground World for about two months.
• Ye Qingyue asked Lu Yuan to hug her before he left, and he embraced her briefly while keeping proper boundaries.
• After Lu Yuan flew away, Ye Qingyue realized she had feelings for him and wished she were not his teacher.

Lu Yuan shared his recent progress with Xia Qingyin, his teacher Qin Tianlong, and his mother before returning to the Underground World. He entered the guarded site determined to reach the eighth-order Lower Rank so he could make use of Gu Li’s resources.

• Xia Qingyin told Lu Yuan that her grandfather Xia Jianfeng had recovered after receiving his treasure, then kissed Lu Yuan on the cheek.
• Lu Yuan told Qin Tianlong that his ability had reached SSS-rank, and Qin Tianlong watched him leave with emotion.
• Lu Yuan visited his mother, told her about Celicia, and showed her a photo before the two women spoke briefly by phone.
• Lu Yuan reached the guarded entrance to the Underground World, revealed his identity to the soldiers, and was allowed inside.
• Lu Yuan returned to the Underground World and set a goal of reaching the eighth-order Lower Rank before seeking out Gu Li again.

The Five Great Beast Emperors gathered beneath the sea to watch the gigantic egg they believed would hatch into an Overlord. They left convinced it would hatch in about a year and help the ferocious beasts defeat humanity.

• The Five Great Beast Emperors—Mo Qiu, Shuang Zheng, Yan Chi, Xuan Ao, and Tu Xiao—gathered hundreds of thousands of meters beneath the sea around the gigantic egg.
• Mo Qiu, Shuang Zheng, Yan Chi, and Xuan Ao celebrated the expected birth of the Overlord and spoke of humans becoming the ferocious beasts’ slaves.
• The chapter explained that the Five Great Beast Emperors and Xiao Chengjun were evenly matched at the Star Core Realm, prompting both sides to sign a peace agreement while pursuing their own plans.
• The gigantic egg shook violently, and the Five Great Beast Emperors headed toward the surface, estimating that it would hatch in about a year.

Lu Yuan spent ten days hunting ferocious beasts in the Underground World, building up Evolution Points while growing strong enough to kill a Vajra Earthwalker Sub-dragon with one thrust. He evolved Little Ice to seventh-order Middle Rank and ended with enough points to advance himself to seventh-order Upper Rank.

• Lu Yuan hunted ferocious beasts across the Underground World for ten days and amassed tens of millions of Evolution Points.
• Lu Yuan killed a seventh-order Middle Rank Vajra Earthwalker Sub-dragon with a single thrust of his Profound Ice Overlord Spear.
• Little Ice hunted ferocious beasts alongside Lu Yuan and killed a seventh-order Middle Rank beast, earning him 4,000,000 Evolution Points.
• Lu Yuan spent 27,500,000 Evolution Points to raise Little Ice to seventh-order Middle Rank.
• Lu Yuan accumulated 71,002,000 Evolution Points and prepared to advance to seventh-order Upper Rank.

After reaching seventh-order Upper Rank, Lu Yuan continued hunting ferocious beasts to build his Evolution Points toward the eighth-order Great Grandmaster realm. He sensed Gu Li’s Interstellar Spaceship and visited her, where she asked what he needed.

• Lu Yuan stabilized his breakthrough at seventh-order Upper Rank and found that he had 8,010,020 Evolution Points.
• Lu Yuan continued hunting ferocious beasts for days as his Evolution Points grew.
• After more than a month in the Underground World, Lu Yuan sensed Gu Li’s Interstellar Spaceship and decided to visit her.
• Gu Li detected Lu Yuan’s Spiritual Power and opened the spaceship’s hatch for him.
• Lu Yuan entered the central control room and greeted Gu Li, who asked what he needed while continuing to play her game.

Lu Yuan lured the Storm Golden Crow to him, intending to defeat the eighth-order beast and claim its Evolution Points. Their attacks collided as Lu Yuan unleashed his five-ring spell, Falling Stars.

• Little Ice told Lu Yuan that the Storm Golden Crow was chasing it, and Lu Yuan ordered Little Ice to lead the beast to him.
• Lu Yuan planned to use his Ice Blessing Necklace to freeze the Storm Golden Crow if he could not defeat it directly.
• The Storm Golden Crow arrived and challenged Lu Yuan, confident that its eighth-order Upper Rank strength surpassed his seventh-order Upper Rank.
• The Storm Golden Crow launched Sky Burning Feathers as Lu Yuan finished charging Falling Stars.
• Lu Yuan summoned enormous ice meteorites, and the chapter ended as the attack descended.

After killing the Storm Golden Crow, Lu Yuan gained 50 million Evolution Points and realized he was still short of the 100 million needed to advance. As he resumed hunting, he sensed the Black Blood Cult's Grand Archbishop nearby and went to confront him.

• Lu Yuan received 50 million Evolution Points for killing the Storm Golden Crow and calculated that he needed about 100 million to reach the eighth-order Lower Rank realm.
• Lu Yuan rested for two days to recover from the Bloodthirsty Qi before returning to hunt ferocious beasts.
• The Black Blood Cult's Grand Archbishop searched for the Ironblood Lotus to cure the side effects of a strength-enhancing drug.
• The Black Blood Cult's Grand Archbishop sensed Lu Yuan, recognized him, and decided to kill him while pursuing the Ironblood Lotus.
• Lu Yuan sensed the Black Blood Cult's Grand Archbishop and raced toward him, judging that his opponent was probably at the eighth-order realm.

Lu Yuan gained enough Evolution Points from killing the Black Blood Cult's High Archbishop to break through to the eighth-order Great Grandmaster realm. After enduring nearly thirty hours of destabilizing Ice Elemental Energy, he completed the breakthrough and discovered that his Annihilation Force had increased tenfold.

• Lu Yuan received 20 million Evolution Points for killing the Black Blood Cult's High Archbishop, bringing his total above 100 million.
• Lu Yuan waited for his Ice Elemental Energy to recover, then spent 100 million Evolution Points to advance to the eighth-order Lower Rank.
• Lu Yuan's breakthrough unleashed a vast icy wave that froze and shattered grass, trees, and clouds around him.
• After nearly thirty hours, Lu Yuan completed the breakthrough and found that the energy fluctuations had earned him over nine million Evolution Points.
• Lu Yuan checked his new attributes and discovered that his Annihilation Force had risen from 1,000 Yin to 10,000 Yin.

Ye Qingyue helped Ji Yunxi fix her spellcasting and spent the day distracted by thoughts of Lu Yuan. The chapter ended with Ye Qingyue admitting to herself that she had fallen for her disciple and dreaming about marrying him.

• Ye Qingyue watched Ji Yunxi practice and identified that her Ice Elemental Energy needed to pass through four meridians instead of two.
• When Ji Yunxi struggled to change her technique, Ye Qingyue repeatedly drifted off and advised her to practice using two unfamiliar meridians first.
• At lunch, Ji Yunxi teased Ye Qingyue for thinking about someone, while Ye Qingyue urged her to learn from Lu Yuan’s progress.
• By afternoon, Ji Yunxi overcame the problem and learned to cast Second Ring Spells.
• That evening, Ye Qingyue realized she had fallen for Lu Yuan and recalled dreams in which they married and became husband and wife.

Lu Yuan returned to the Interstellar Spaceship after reaching the eighth-order Lower Rank of the Stardust Realm, and Gu Li rewarded him with a modified Obsidian Battle Armor and pills. He learned that the armor was mining equipment and left eager to explore the universe, but aware that he still needed greater strength and a way to deal with the spaceship’s fuel and the ferocious beasts.

• Lu Yuan reached the eighth-order Lower Rank of the Stardust Realm and flew back to the Interstellar Spaceship.
• Gu Li welcomed Lu Yuan aboard and gave him a special-made Obsidian Battle Armor, explaining that it could protect him against attacks from powerful opponents.
• Lu Yuan compared the Obsidian Battle Armor to his Crimson Firmament Battle Armor and learned that both had originally been used by miners in the universe.
• Gu Li explained that the Obsidian Battle Armor was for high-level miners, which eased Lu Yuan’s disappointment.
• Lu Yuan became eager to set off into the universe but recognized that he still needed to grow stronger and resolve the spaceship’s fuel and ferocious-beast problems.