Chapter Summaries

Yang Yu mastered the second Thunder Diagram and advanced to Intermediate War God level after a month of intense cultivation, then began patrolling Huaxia and hunting Lord Level Monsters to strengthen his soul. After absorbing the True Spirits of an Intermediate Lord Diamond Ape and a Senior Lord Desert Giant Scorpion, he resolved to pursue further growth through hunting as he looked toward the wider universe.

• Yang Yu trained in the Heavenly God Diagrams and the Thunder Diagram, reaching twelvefold Strength Amplitude and sixteenfold Psychic Amplitude.
• On the final day of 2015, Yang Yu crossed into Intermediate War God level, shattered the Purple Sphere in his Consciousness Sea, and gained immense Thunder Spiritual Force.
• Yang Yu flew across Huaxia on patrol at up to 1,500 meters per second, learned that only five nations remained, and discovered Huaxia was distributing cultivation manuals.
• Yang Yu killed an Intermediate Lord Diamond Ape and absorbed its True Spirit, improving his soul strength and comprehension.
• Yang Yu killed a Senior Lord Desert Giant Scorpion, absorbed its greater True Spirit, and concluded that hunting Lord Monsters would fuel his growth.

Yang Yu hunted Lord Level monsters across Huaxia and the Pacific, using their True Spirits to strengthen his soul and comprehension. After reaching Domain Second Level, he reflected on the universe’s greatest geniuses and resolved not to grow complacent, while wondering how he would fare beyond Earth.

• Yang Yu searched Huaxia for Lord Level monsters, then crossed the East Sea and discovered that its intelligent sea monster lords had fled the coast after hearing of his hunts.
• Yang Yu killed an Intermediate Lord Level Mountain-Quaking Whale and learned from its memories that the East Sea Azure Dragon had warned the sea monsters about him.
• Yang Yu entered the territory of a Senior Lord Level octopus monster, killed it, and used its memories to find and defeat thirteen more Lord Level sea monsters.
• Yang Yu rested on an island and realized that killing more than twenty Lord Level monsters had strengthened his soul by twenty percent and let him control his manifested Thunder.
• Yang Yu broke through to Domain Second Level, then considered the powerful geniuses of the universe and reminded himself to guard against arrogance and impatience.

Yang Yu reached Mist Island, killed its Willow Tree King, and obtained a Millennium Willow Wood Heart while discovering that plant spirits greatly enhanced his True Spirit. His arrival attracted Babata’s attention, and after drinking the Willow Wood Heart’s essence, Yang Yu began undergoing a bodily transformation.

• Yang Yu hunted more than two hundred Lord Level sea monsters on his way to Australia, then learned that his soul and comprehension had reached their current limits until his strength advanced.
• Yang Yu found Mist Island and killed its Willow Tree King, whose True Spirit delighted his soul and whose memories revealed that life-energy crystals lay underground.
• Babata spotted Yang Yu’s Brain Domain Width, Thunder Domain Prototype, and combat abilities, then decided to lure him into accepting the Yunmo Planet Inheritance.
• Yang Yu extracted and drank the Millennium Willow Wood Heart’s essence, then sat down to await its effects as grayish-black matter began seeping from his skin.

After absorbing the Millennium Willow Wood Heart, Yang Yu perfected his Apprentice Stage body and psychic power, advanced his cultivation diagrams, and collected Spirits of Plants and Trees and nearly three hundred Muya Crystals. He entered the Yunmo Planet Spaceship, met Babata, and paid respects to Hu Yanbo, while his own Thunder Inheritance left Babata suspecting he had already inherited another legacy.

• Yang Yu absorbed the Millennium Willow Wood Heart and transformed his body and Spiritual Force to the Apprentice Stage limit, unlocking new information about the Soul Devour Secret Technique.
• Yang Yu advanced the Heavenly God Diagram and Thunder Net Diagram, raising his Body Force Output to thirteen times and his Psychic Amplitude to twenty-fourfold.
• Yang Yu collected five Spirits of Plants and Trees on Mist Island, then excavated underground and gathered thirty-one Muya Crystals before entering the Yunmo Planet Spaceship.
• Babata revealed himself to Yang Yu, explained Hu Yanbo's death and the spaceship's history, and invited him to pay respects to his Master.
• Yang Yu bowed three times to Hu Yanbo, and Babata concluded that Yang Yu had probably already obtained another inheritance.

Yang Yu accepted registered-disciple status in the Yunmo Planet Lineage after Babata confirmed his transformed spiritual force prevented him from becoming a direct disciple. Babata equipped him with rare treasures and cultivation resources, and Yang Yu returned to the surface with a Smart Brain that analyzed the plants he had collected.

• Babata confirmed Yang Yu's thunder spiritual force came from a powerful separate inheritance and offered him registered-disciple status instead of core inheritance.
• Yang Yu completed the initiation ceremony and agreed to keep his Yunmo Planet affiliation secret from the lineage's powerful enemy.
• Babata gave Yang Yu a Space Ring, Black God Battle Suit, Moyun Vine, cultivation manuals, a Smart Brain, and the Thunder Blade, which could function as both a spiritual weapon and a force weapon.
• Yang Yu bonded with the Moyun Vine, which absorbed his blood and a precious fruit that would bring it to Planetary Level One after it awakened.
• Babata sent Yang Yu back from the Yunmo Planet Spaceship, and Yang Yu used the Smart Brain to identify the uses of his collected spirits of plants and trees.

Yang Yu mastered the Thunder Blade’s first blade formation, then gave Grandpa Yang and Wang Lin Emerald Spirit Fruit and Millennium Black Crow Root spirit liquid to improve their strength. After returning home to prepare for seclusion, he flew to a secluded valley to attempt a breakthrough to Planetary Level and pursue his plans to enter the universe.

• Yang Yu studied the Thunder Blade’s demanding requirements and used his Thunder Domain to form sixteen blades, testing their power by destroying a reef and a cliff.
• Yang Yu returned to Jiangnan Base City, cultivated Millennium Black Crow Root with Muya Crystal powder, and prepared its spirit liquid alongside Emerald Spirit Fruit for Grandpa Yang and Wang Lin.
• Grandpa Yang and Wang Lin consumed the fruit and spirit liquid, felt their strength rise, and agreed to keep the treasure secret.
• Yang Yu answered their martial arts questions, told them he would enter seclusion, and flew to a secluded valley several hundred kilometers away.
• Yang Yu prepared to break through to Planetary Level so he could develop his strength, locate Babata and the spaceship, and seek to become Earth’s Lord.

Yang Yu completed his Thunder Net Diagram and broke through to Planetary Level as both a Martial Artist and a Spirit Reader, awakening the rare Thunder Body ability. He acquired the Thunder Soul Refining Technique and returned to Jiangnan Base City with a cultivation manual to share with trusted allies.

• Yang Yu spent half a month cultivating in a secluded valley, completed the third Thunder Net Diagram, and mastered the second Heavenly God Diagram.
• Yang Yu formed a purple Miniature Planet in his dantian, became a Planetary Level Martial Artist, and awakened the Thunder Body special ability.
• Yang Yu condensed a Lightning Light Sphere in his Consciousness Sea and became a Planetary Level Spirit Reader.
• Yang Yu unlocked the Thunder Soul Refining Technique, found it extremely difficult to master, and decided to study it gradually.
• Yang Yu returned to Jiangnan Base City carrying a shortened Liulan Star Secret Manual to give the military and help Hong, Thor, and others improve their cultivation.

Yang Yu gave Huaxia the Liulan Star Secret Manual, then entered closed-door cultivation and crossed the threshold of the Lightning Origin Law, fusing it with his Thunder Domain. He decided to prepare for a journey into the universe while Babata searched Earth for a usable spaceship, and resumed cultivation with the Thunder Soul Refining Technique.

• Yang Yu entrusted Wang Ying'an with the Liulan Star Secret Manual and asked him to protect its core contents while distributing the rest through Huaxia.
• Yang Yu returned to the valley and, after three days of cultivation, crossed the threshold of the Lightning Origin Law and expanded his Thunder Domain to an eight-hundred-meter radius.
• Yang Yu fused his Lightning Origin Law comprehension with his Thunder Domain, increasing its power, while Babata watched and regretted not discovering him sooner.
• Yang Yu told Babata he wanted to enter the universe and secure Earth's ownership, so Babata agreed to search Earth's ruins for an intact spaceship and help him prepare.
• Yang Yu resumed cultivation, using Muya Crystals to raise his strength and studying the Thunder Soul Refining Technique in the Inheritance Palace.

Yang Yu advanced his Lightning Origin Law comprehension, mastered the Thunder Blade’s second layer, and gained an initial grasp of the Thunder Soul Refining Technique before discovering the Thunder Soul-Suppressing Tower in the inheritance. After completing the tower and recovering, he surveyed a quiet valley where his actions had helped keep the area around Huaxia Base City peaceful.

• Yang Yu spent ten days studying the Thunder Soul Refining Technique and finally merged its light dot with his consciousness, enduring intense pain as it began tempering his will.
• Yang Yu explored farther into the Inheritance Palace, found the Thunder Soul-Suppressing Tower, and learned that it could protect his soul from soul attacks and illusions.
• Yang Yu refined his spiritual force and constructed the Thunder Soul-Suppressing Tower around his soul, completing it after a night and half a day of focused work.
• Yang Yu absorbed Muya Crystal energy to recover and planned to advance toward Planetary Level Two as he continued cultivating.
• Yang Yu surveyed the valley, where no Monsters remained nearby after he cleared the area and displayed an Earth Dragon King’s head; Lord Monsters across Huaxia had shifted their territorial conflicts into the wilderness.

Yang Yu reviewed Babata’s high-value ruin discoveries, waited for the Moyun Vine to awaken, and prepared to explore Ruins 12 in the Pacific. With Babata’s help, he reached the deep-sea route leading to the suspected crashed interstellar fleet and continued descending toward it.

• Babata reported more than thirty likely ruins, and Yang Yu selected Ruins 12, a suspected crashed interstellar fleet, as the most worthwhile target.
• Yang Yu advanced his cultivation and domain, and the Moyun Vine awakened at Planetary Level 3; he named it Xiao Mo and fed it a Muya Crystal.
• Yang Yu traveled toward Australia, observing sea monsters and killing threats near Base Cities along the way.
• Babata gave Yang Yu a red crystal containing his consciousness and storage space, then stored the Yunmo Planet Spaceship inside it.
• Yang Yu and Babata reached Ruins 12’s coordinates and began descending through the ocean toward the ruin, passing a depth of 5,100 meters.

Yang Yu and Babata discovered an intact Black Dragon Mountain X81 spaceship buried beneath the seabed and fought their way inside to seize it. After Babata destroyed its self-destructing system, Yang Yu collected its valuables while Babata stored the ship for repairs, leaving them with a future vessel for their journey into the universe.

• Yang Yu followed Babata's directions through the seabed and found a mothership containing a Black Dragon Mountain X81 spaceship.
• Yang Yu crossed the ship's laser passage using his Thunder Movement Technique, then defeated three Maintenance Robots while Babata opened the gate and disabled them.
• Yang Yu and Babata entered the Command Center, where they found the former owner reduced to dust and three dormant Liquid Silver Guards.
• Babata attacked the spaceship's Intelligent System, destroyed its Self Destruct Program, and said he would install a new Control Program.
• Yang Yu gathered the valuable antiques, robots, and Liquid Silver Guards, while Babata placed the Black Dragon Spaceship in his Storage Space for maintenance.

Yang Yu and Babata repaired the Black Dragon Spaceship and set out for Mars so they could gather starting funds for Yang Yu’s journey into the universe. After seeing Earth from space, Yang Yu reached Mars and discovered ancient pyramids and an Underground City beneath them.

• Babata stored the mothership, took Yang Yu’s three broken Liquid Silver Guards to repair, and proposed collecting a Steel Base on Mars for seed capital.
• Yang Yu cultivated for two weeks while Babata repaired the Black Dragon Spaceship and its weapons, then visited Grandpa Yang and Wang Lin before leaving Earth.
• Babata launched the Black Dragon Spaceship, concealed it from Earth’s satellites, and showed Yang Yu a simulated view of Earth and the starry sky.
• Yang Yu and Babata arrived on Mars, where Yang Yu adapted to its weaker gravity and found nine decayed pyramids above an Underground City.
• Babata told Yang Yu that Mars and Earth had once belonged to the Yinlan Empire, and that Earth had been a Livestock Planet for breeding and selling Monsters.

Yang Yu and Babata thoroughly looted Mars’s underground Steel City, collecting vast quantities of Dark Iron and dismantling the city before setting off for Qiu Long Planet. During the journey, Yang Yu advanced his Thunder Blade Formation and neared Planetary Level 3; the chapter ended as the spaceship prepared to arrive at Qiu Long Planet.

• Yang Yu and Babata surveyed Mars, discovered its rich Dark Iron deposits, and cut the Energy Tower pipes to safely collect the ore.
• Yang Yu and Babata found Dark Iron Essence and Dark Iron Mother in warehouses, a basement, and several Force headquarters, then gathered nearly all the city’s remaining metals.
• Yang Yu, three Maintenance Robots, and three Liquid Silver Guards dismantled the Underground Steel City, collecting 9.28 billion tons of Dark Iron Raw Material.
• Yang Yu and Babata repaired the Black Dragon Spaceship’s Auxiliary Power System and departed for Qiu Long Planet through the Dark Universe.
• Yang Yu cultivated during the journey, mastered the Thunder Blade First Form third layer, and approached Planetary Level 3.
• Babata told Yang Yu that they would perform a Universe Shuttle to Qiu Long Planet in half an hour.

Yang Yu arrived on Qiu Long Planet and explored its crowded, prosperous city before visiting the Black Dragon Mountain Empire’s office to register as a citizen. After completing the process, he obtained Black Dragon Mountain nationality and was entered into the Universe Citizen System.

• Yang Yu and Babata landed on Qiu Long Planet, paid the spaceship parking fee, and flew toward Qiu Long City with two Liquid Silver Guards.
• Yang Yu entered Qiu Long City, observed its diverse residents and architecture, and learned from Babata where to register for Black Dragon Mountain nationality.
• Yang Yu reached the Black Dragon Mountain Empire’s office and told the staff that he had never held a nationality.
• Yang Yu paid the processing fee with a Ganwu Dollar, and a clerk expedited his registration through several offices.
• Yang Yu received his Black Dragon Mountain ID card, and his details were added to the Universe Citizen System.

Yang Yu opened Virtual Universe accounts, explored the network, and arranged to sell his stockpile of Darksteel to fund his plan to buy Earth. After agreeing to Zhaluo’s offer, he brought the trader to his Black Dragon Spaceship to complete the massive transaction.

• Yang Yu bought ten anonymous accounts and Consciousness Sensing Helmets, then opened a Black Dragon Bank account and exchanged Ganwu Dollars for Black Dragon Dollars.
• Yang Yu connected to the Virtual Universe, where Babata explained its features and advised him about cultivation and games.
• Yang Yu learned that Earth would cost 3 trillion Black Dragon Dollars and resolved to earn the money himself.
• Yang Yu and Babata visited Star Sea Trading Main Store, where Zhaluo offered to buy Yang Yu’s Dark Iron Essence, Dark Iron Mother, and raw Dark Iron for a fair price.
• Yang Yu accepted Zhaluo’s offer and took him to the Black Dragon Spaceship’s warehouse to carry out the transaction.

After selling his Darksteel for 30.54 million Black Dragon Dollars, Yang Yu searched Qiu Long City for ways to earn enough to buy Earth and discovered the deadly Survivor Competition. He registered despite the warnings and threats, leaving his plans to bet on himself and face his rivals hanging over the coming contest.

• Yang Yu sold his Darksteel to Zhaluo at the Planet Spaceport and received 30.54 million Black Dragon Dollars.
• Yang Yu visited the Slave Market, learned the prices of slaves across several power levels, and decided he could not afford the high-level slaves he wanted.
• Yang Yu learned about the Survivor Competition, which offered a large prize pool and a chance to hunt Planetary Level Nine Fierce Beasts, and planned to bet heavily on himself.
• Yang Yu went to the registration site and dismissed Sela's warning that his apparent Planetary Level Two strength made the competition dangerous.
• Nuoci and his companion mocked and threatened Yang Yu, but Yang Yu paid the fee, signed the agreement, and registered for the competition.
• Yang Yu checked into the organizers' hotel, where contestants had to remain until the competition began.

Yang Yu entered the Virtual Universe’s Killing Field to test his combat strength before the survival competition. After defeating increasingly powerful opponents, he proved that combining his fourth-level Thunder Domain with the Lightning Origin Law let him instantly kill an opponent with matching cultivation and techniques.

• Yang Yu paid to enter the Killing Field and requested two hundred Planetary Level Nine opponents, killing the Spirit Readers with his Thunder Domain and the Martial Artists with his blade techniques.
• Yang Yu fought one thousand Planetary Level Nine Spirit Readers without using his Domain to suppress them and defeated them all.
• Yang Yu fought one hundred Star Level Two Martial Artists using his Thunder Body Technique and Thunder Blade Technique, then killed one hundred Star Level Two Spirit Readers with his Thunder Domain and Thunder Blade Formation.
• Yang Yu requested a Planetary Level Two Spirit Reader with a fourth-level Domain and Lightning Origin Law, and met a white-clad opponent wielding a Thunder Blade Formation.
• Yang Yu fused his Domain with the Lightning Origin Law, suppressed the white-clad opponent’s Domain, and killed him with a single strike.

Yang Yu tested his combat limits in the Killing Field and, after repeated defeats, comprehended speed as an essential profundity of the Lightning Origin Law. He returned to reality, promised to avenge Babata’s former master, advanced to Planetary Level 3, and asked Babata to check his Survival Competition odds.

• Yang Yu fought increasingly powerful opponents in the Killing Field, lost to a Star Level Two opponent with stronger mental energy, and learned how different origin laws shaped combat.
• Yang Yu continued fighting until he grasped speed as an essential profundity of the Lightning Origin Law and instantly killed his opponent with his new Thunder Body Technique.
• Yang Yu consolidated his breakthrough against more opponents, then left the Killing Space after his fees ran out and discussed the Lightning Origin Law with Babata.
• Yang Yu promised Babata he would avenge Babata’s former master and resumed cultivating in his hotel room on Qiu Long Planet.
• Yang Yu absorbed the remaining Muya Crystal energy and advanced to Planetary Level 3, while the Moyun Vine reached Planetary Level 4.
• Yang Yu asked Babata to check his odds for the upcoming Survival Competition.

Yang Yu entered the Survival Competition and revealed overwhelming strength, killing several Planetary Level Nine opponents and absorbing their True Spirits. He continued into the canyon, where he effortlessly killed a Blood Tooth Dragon, leaving viewers amazed by his power.

• Babata bet 30 million Black Dragon Dollars on Yang Yu, and the competition's prize pool grew to 630 billion Black Dragon Dollars.
• Yang Yu arrived at the canyon, summoned his Blood Red Battle Armor, and killed a giant python, absorbing its True Spirit to strengthen his soul.
• Yang Yu invited Nuoci and Jier to attack him, then killed both with a pair of Force Blade Lights and absorbed their True Spirits.
• Yang Yu walked through the canyon and killed the Blood Tooth Dragon when it sprang from the undergrowth to attack him.

Yang Yu slaughtered Fierce Beasts across the canyon, using their True Spirit Essence to strengthen his soul and improve his comprehension until both reached the Planetary Level limit. He cleared the central area and began cultivating in seclusion, sensing deeper insights into the Lightning Origin Law while the fleeing beasts trampled contestants at the canyon’s edge.

• Yang Yu killed a hundred Planetary Level Nine Fierce Beasts and defeated a contestant who tried to ambush him, drawing the livestream viewers’ and organizers’ attention.
• Yang Yu killed the leader and all 453 Natas Beasts with blade lights, devouring their True Spirit Essence and raising his soul’s strength by more than half.
• Yang Yu hunted a thousand Fierce Beasts in less than half a day, reaching his current soul limit and expanding his spiritual-force range to a five-kilometer radius.
• Yang Yu drove the remaining Fierce Beasts out of the canyon’s center, where they stampeded through the edge zone and killed contestants who had been hiding there.
• Yang Yu sat on a massive rock and cultivated, sensing clearer insight into the Lightning Origin Law and deepening his understanding of the mystery of speed.