Chapter Summaries

Lin Yuan fought Kailan in a life-and-death duel on a Flame Planet, revealing his hidden sixfold Domain of Metal to overcome Kailan’s fire-based attacks. Kailan awakened a new insight into his Domain of Fire and struck Lin Yuan down, leaving the duel unresolved as Lin Yuan lay gravely wounded.

• Lin Yuan entered the duel against Kailan, whose Domain of Fire was strengthened by the Flame Planet’s environment.
• Lin Yuan used his eighth-level Domain of Earth to withstand Kailan’s firebird, but flaming blades wounded him as Kailan tried to wear him down.
• Lin Yuan revealed his hidden sixfold Domain of Metal and combined it with his Domain of Earth to rush Kailan and deliver a heavy axe blow.
• Kailan recalled his promise to his father and discovered how to greatly amplify his Domain of Fire, allowing him to evade Lin Yuan’s strike.
• Kailan sent the firebird at Lin Yuan from behind, and Lin Yuan blocked it with his axe but was sent flying and left gravely wounded.

On the brink of death in his battle with Kailan, Lin Yuan comprehended the Law of Earth Origin and used a Lucky Roulette reward to cross its threshold, killing Kailan with one blow. He woke in a Nutrient Pod, where another draw awarded him a Golden Leaf from the Kras Ancient Tree.

• As Kailan's Firebird attacked, Lin Yuan comprehended a trace of the Law of Earth Origin and repelled it with his Giant Axe.
• Lin Yuan activated his Lucky Roulette and claimed a reward that advanced his Law of Earth Origin comprehension past the threshold.
• Lin Yuan overwhelmed Kailan with his strengthened Domain of Earth and killed him with a single axe strike.
• Bart watched the battle recording and instructed his subordinate to bring Lin Yuan to him if he won his thousandth match.
• The supervisor sent Lin Yuan to recover in a Nutrient Pod, where Lin Yuan woke and used a new roulette draw to win a Golden Leaf from the Kras Ancient Tree.

Lin Yuan stored the Golden Leaf of the Kras Ancient Tree in System Space and used his waiting time to train for his next life-and-death battle. Five months later, he faced Light, a Universe Level 9 warrior, as spectators expected Lin Yuan to win.

• Lin Yuan learned that the Golden Leaf could help Immortal Gods comprehend the Law of Space Origin, but kept it in System Space because claiming it could expose him.
• Lin Yuan reflected on his last battle, identified his poor footwork against Spirit Reader Controllers, and practiced the Law of Earth and Army-Breaking Seven Axes.
• After five months of training, Lin Yuan boarded a spaceship bound for an abandoned mining planet where his next life-and-death battle would take place.
• Spectators gathered in the Virtual Universe and discussed Lin Yuan’s previous victory and his opponent, Light, who had 899 victories but had not comprehended an Origin Law.
• The life-and-death battle began, and Light charged at Lin Yuan with his Battle Blade.

Lin Yuan continued winning Great Axe life-and-death battles, advanced to Universe Level 9, and won the soul technique Ten Thousand Hearts Undying. After thirty years, he had 999 victories and was one battle away from freedom.

• Lin Yuan defeated his opponent with his combined Domains and new axe technique, earning his 883rd victory.
• After reaching his 922nd victory, Lin Yuan advanced to Universe Level 9 and drew Ten Thousand Hearts Undying, which he stored in the System Space and began studying.
• Over the next thirty years, Lin Yuan won battles and mastered more than half of the technique’s first layer, bringing his will close to the Domain Lord level.
• While studying the Golden Leaf, Lin Yuan gained a trace of insight into the Law of Gold Origin and drew a bottle of Godly Drunkenness, which he planned to sell.
• Lin Yuan reached 999 victories, leaving him one win away from gaining his freedom.

Lin Yuan fought Moriya in his thousandth Great Axe Arena Life-Death Battle, overcoming her Domain Lord-level illusion and earning his freedom within reach. He broke through to Domain Lord-level mental will and resumed his attack as Moriya appeared to accept defeat.

• Lin Yuan and Moriya entered the white dwarf where their Life-Death Battle would take place, while hundreds of millions of spectators gathered to watch the potential creation of a new Giant Axe Warrior.
• The host introduced Lin Yuan as a 999-victory slave fighter and Moriya as a 929-victory Lonko Race Illusionist, then announced the start of their battle.
• Moriya caught Lin Yuan in an illusion that showed him losing his freedom and failing to advance, but he awakened the full first layer of Ten Thousand Hearts Undying and broke free.
• Lin Yuan blocked Moriya's Silver Light Wheel and received a system notification that his mental will had advanced to Domain Lord Level; his draw awarded him a bottle of Purple Fire Ape Wine.
• Lin Yuan charged Moriya and cleaved through her protective armor, while she closed her eyes as though accepting her fate.

Lin Yuan celebrated becoming a Giant Axe Warrior and considered how to handle the valuable Purple Fire Ape Wine. At the Flame Dragon Star Sector branch, Saiwen offered him a place as Marquis Yuankun’s disciple and advised him to pursue the Core Layer rather than commit to the Great Axe Arena.

• Lin Yuan won his life-and-death battle, earning the Giant Axe Warrior title, while Bart recognized his talent and Marquis Yuankun decided he would make a good disciple.
• Lin Yuan learned that his Purple Fire Ape Wine could be worth 80 billion Hunyuan and decided to keep it until he could sell it safely or drink it after his Bio-chip was removed.
• The Domain Lord supervisor told Lin Yuan that Bart wanted to meet him and that the branch would remove his Bio-chip and award him a Giant Axe Medal.
• At the Flame Dragon Star Sector branch, Saiwen revealed that Marquis Yuankun wanted Lin Yuan as his disciple, and Lin Yuan accepted.
• Saiwen advised Lin Yuan to avoid becoming too involved with the Great Axe Arena and to delay advancing to Domain Lord Level so he could pursue the Core Layer.

After regaining his freedom, Lin Yuan declined World Lord Bart’s offer to take him in and traveled with Saiwen toward the Nine Flame Sacred Land. He entered the real Virtual Universe for the first time and realized he was living more than a million years before Luo Feng’s rise.

• Lin Yuan met World Lord Bart, accepted an invitation to join the Great Axe Arena as an Outer Member, but refused Bart’s offer of mentorship so he could travel independently.
• Saiwen gave Lin Yuan a Smart Optical Brain with one million Universe Coins and invited him to call him Seventh Senior Brother.
• Lin Yuan boarded Saiwen’s E-Class spaceship for the Nine Flame Sacred Land and chose to save his Purple Fire Ape Wine until he had a private place to drink it.
• Lin Yuan connected to the Virtual Universe, browsed its mall, and recognized an advertisement for a Black Dragon Mountain X81 spaceship.
• Lin Yuan realized the advertisement placed him more than a million years before Luo Feng’s rise and resolved to grow strong enough to surpass King-level Immortal.

Lin Yuan arrived on Red Flame Planet and became Marquis Yuankun’s eleventh disciple. Marquis Yuankun gave him valuable cultivation equipment and set him the goal of reaching the top thousand in the Cosmic Humans Peak Warrior Tournament, then Lin Yuan asked to see his teacher demonstrate the Law of Space Origin.

• Saiwen brought Lin Yuan to Red Flame Planet to meet his teacher, Marquis Yuankun.
• Marquis Yuankun accepted Lin Yuan as his eleventh disciple after praising his will, character, and talent for the Law of Earth Origin.
• Marquis Yuankun told Lin Yuan to enter the top thousand in the Cosmic Humans Peak Warrior Tournament in two hundred years and join the Core Layer of the Great Axe Arena.
• Marquis Yuankun gave Lin Yuan an E8 Grade Battle Suit, a Thousand Mountain Axe, and a strange stone that aided comprehension of the Law of Earth Origin.
• Lin Yuan asked Marquis Yuankun to demonstrate the mysteries of the Law of Space Origin, surprising him.

Marquis Yuankun warned Lin Yuan not to neglect the Law of Earth Origin while studying the Law of Space Origin, but Lin Yuan gained a trace of insight from his teacher’s demonstration and won the innate secret technique Clone. After settling into his new residence on Red Flame Planet, Lin Yuan realized he still needed to register as a citizen.

• Marquis Yuankun cautioned Lin Yuan that pursuing the Law of Space Origin too early could undermine his path to becoming undying, then demonstrated the space technique Body Merging into Void.
• Lin Yuan connected the rocky planets in the demonstration to the law patterns on the Golden Leaf of the Kras Ancient Tree and entered a deep state of comprehension.
• After three days, Lin Yuan comprehended a trace of the Law of Space Origin and drew the special reward Innate Secret Technique "Clone," which he stored in the System Space.
• Lin Yuan thanked Marquis Yuankun, who praised his talent but urged him not to become fixated on space-law study, and Saiwen escorted him to his residence.
• Saiwen left for the Seventh Legion, and Lin Yuan admired his manor before realizing he was still undocumented and heading to the Administrative Building to register.

Lin Yuan obtained citizenship in the Nine Flames Universe Kingdom, opened accounts, and deposited the proceeds from selling Godly Drunkenness. After discovering his Clone innate secret technique, he considered what clones to nurture and planned to seek suitable biological samples at the Nine Flames Auction.

• Lin Yuan applied for Nine Flames Universe Kingdom citizenship and paid 50 Universe Coins despite having no prior citizenship or registered Virtual Universe account.
• Lin Yuan opened Virtual Universe Company and Cosmic Galaxy Bank accounts, sold Godly Drunkenness for 7,600 Hunyuan Units, and bought a Space Ring for Marquis Yuankun's strange stone.
• Lin Yuan received notice that his three-star status qualified him for the Nine Flames Auction, scheduled to take place in four years.
• Lin Yuan reviewed his Clone innate secret technique and considered choosing a survival-focused clone, a combat clone, and one related to the Nine Nether Blood Sea.
• Lin Yuan decided to look for suitable clone samples at the auction and prepared to return to his estate to drink Purple Fire Ape Wine.

Lin Yuan drank Purple Fire Ape Wine and advanced his comprehension of the Law of Fire Origin, earning two system draws. He tested the stone Marquis Yuankun had given him and looked forward to improving his cultivation further.

• Lin Yuan returned to his estate, instructed the steward and servants to stay away from his villa and cultivation room, then drank a cup of Purple Fire Ape Wine and passed out.
• Lin Yuan woke at noon to find that he had comprehended the Law of Fire Origin and used a draw to claim a Void-Slicing Blade.
• Lin Yuan crossed the threshold of the Origin Law and used a second draw to claim an E-Grade Peak Spaceship.
• Lin Yuan stored the spaceship, then used the dark yellow stone from Marquis Yuankun to double his speed of comprehending the Law of Earth Origin.

Lin Yuan joined the Nine Flame Sacred Land by entering its Virtual Universe assessment and passed the Grade A test. He chose to face Grade B, where he confronted a stronger opponent and reflected on how the Lucky Wheel might be improving his comprehension.

• Lin Yuan visited the Nine Flame Sacred Land and learned that his Giant Axe Medal qualified him to take the student assessment.
• In the Virtual Universe, Lin Yuan selected his familiar armor and axe, then fought a Black-Clad Man in the Grade A assessment.
• Lin Yuan defeated the Black-Clad Man with the Army-Breaking Seven Axes and chose to continue to Grade B.
• The receptionist watched Lin Yuan proceed to the next test and prepared his student paperwork.
• In Grade B, Lin Yuan faced a Black-Clad Man wielding the Law of Fire Origin and used his partially merged Domains of Earth and Metal.
• Lin Yuan wondered whether the Lucky Wheel had been increasing his comprehension.

Lin Yuan passed the Grade B Assessment by using his understanding of the Law of Space Origin to defeat the Black-Clad Man, then challenged the C-Rank Assessment. He was quickly defeated by the opponent’s perfectly fused Domain of Fire and returned to the real world having passed Grade B.

• Lin Yuan defended against the Black-Clad Man’s powerful attacks, studied his axe technique, and used space-origin principles to strike with a barrage of axe afterimages.
• Lin Yuan defeated the Black-Clad Man, passed the Grade B Assessment, and chose to continue to the C-Rank Assessment.
• The uniformed woman saw that Lin Yuan had reached the C-Rank Assessment, and Lord Fenyu recognized him as Marquis Yuankun’s disciple and reprimanded her for letting him take the trial.
• The Black-Clad Man revealed a Domain of Fire that perfectly fused the Laws of Fire and Space, stopped Lin Yuan’s axe, and defeated him.
• The assessment system confirmed that Lin Yuan had passed Grade B, and Lin Yuan exited the Virtual Universe without losing confidence in his potential to improve.

Lin Yuan joined the Nine Flame Sacred Land, where Fenyu explained its student rankings, training resources, and opportunities. Lin Yuan entered the Universe Level Core Layer and learned he could claim a free S-Rank Bloodline Evolution Agent, while the chapter left him exploring the Holy Land.

• Fenyu welcomed Lin Yuan and explained that Marquis Yuankun had arranged for him to join the Holy Land, allowing him to enter the Universe Level Core Layer directly.
• Fenyu described the Core Layer's training benefits and told Lin Yuan that axe instructors and an upcoming lecture by Military Lord Moke could help him improve.
• Fenyu explained that passing the C-Rank Assessment before the Peak Warrior Tournament could earn Lin Yuan guidance from the Nine Flame Kingdom Lord, and named Brian as the only Universe Level student who had passed it.
• Fenyu learned that Lin Yuan had a sixth-rank bloodline and told him Core Layer students could claim a free S-Rank Bloodline Evolution Agent.
• Lin Yuan gave Fenyu his Virtual Universe account number, left the reception room, and entered the Holy Land.

Lin Yuan tested the Earth Law Tower and found its benefit barely improved the Dark Yellow Strange Stone’s effect, so he moved to the Space Tower to pursue a breakthrough in the Law of Space Origin. There he met Cohen, a fifth-ranked student and fellow Giant Axe Warrior, and began cultivating with plans to attend Lord Moke’s lecture in seven days.

• Lin Yuan learned that his top-ten status gave him three months of annual Law Tower cultivation and entered the Earth Law Tower to test its effect alongside the Dark Yellow Strange Stone.
• Lin Yuan found the combined benefit underwhelming and left the Earth Law Tower for the Space Tower, hoping to cross the threshold of the Law of Space Origin.
• Lin Yuan met Cohen outside the Space Tower, and they introduced themselves as disciples of Marquis Yuankun and Marquis Huanyu, respectively.
• Cohen chatted at length with Lin Yuan about their weapons, cultivation, and the Sacred Land before entering the Space Tower.
• Lin Yuan entered the Space Tower and began comprehending the Law of Space Origin with the Golden Leaf, planning to cultivate for seven days before attending Moke’s public lecture.

Lin Yuan attended Immortal Mentor Moke’s lecture on the Law of Fire Origin, then tried to ask him about axe techniques. Moke was about to leave until Lin Yuan revealed that Marquis Yuankun was his teacher.

• Lin Yuan collected his S-Rank Bloodline Evolution Agent and went to Moke’s lecture, where he met Cohen.
• Moke explained that the Law of Fire Origin contained 108 fundamental mysteries and demonstrated several of the simplest ones.
• Lin Yuan became absorbed in Moke’s explanations, quickly grasping the demonstrations because of his talent in the Law of Fire Origin.
• After the lecture, Lin Yuan asked Moke about axe techniques, and Moke challenged him to master the mysteries from the lesson first.
• Lin Yuan told Moke that Marquis Yuankun was his teacher, causing Moke to stop and turn back.

Lin Yuan asked Mentor Moke for guidance on axe weapons, Secret Techniques, and improving his mobility, and learned more about his teacher Marquis Yuankun's status. Moke also recognized Lin Yuan's talent for the Law of Fire Origin and advised him to consider deepening his understanding of a second Origin Law before the next Peak Warrior Tournament.

• Mentor Moke confirmed that Lin Yuan was Lord Yuankun's disciple and asked what Secret Techniques and weapon he used.
• Moke recommended the Thousand Mountain Secret Code for Lin Yuan's Thousand Mountain Axe and offered to send him a list of divine axe weapons.
• Lin Yuan asked how to improve his movement, and Moke recommended the Ten Thousand Shadow Steps, which could eventually lead to Teleportation.
• Moke explained that Marquis Yuankun was one of the most prestigious Peak Marquis powerhouses in the Nine Flames Universe Kingdom.
• Moke recognized Lin Yuan's talent for the Law of Fire Origin and suggested that comprehending two Lower Origin Laws deeply could boost his tournament prospects, then told him to consult his teacher.

Lin Yuan told Marquis Yuankun that he had discovered a talent for the Law of Fire Origin and planned to focus on the Laws of Earth and Fire Origin. After studying Marquis Yuankun’s demonstrations and receiving his new Secret Techniques, Lin Yuan deepened his understanding of the Law of Earth Origin.

• Cohen asked Lin Yuan whether he was talented in the Law of Fire Origin, and Lin Yuan admitted he had some aptitude before heading to see Marquis Yuankun.
• Marquis Yuankun bought Lin Yuan the Thousand Mountain Secret Code and Ten Thousand Shadow Steps after Lin Yuan chose them.
• Lin Yuan told Marquis Yuankun that he had gained insight into the Law of Fire Origin and planned to focus on the Laws of Earth and Fire Origin instead of the Law of Gold Origin.
• Marquis Yuankun approved Lin Yuan’s cultivation plans and spent a day demonstrating the 108 mysteries of the Law of Earth Origin.
• Lin Yuan recognized several of Marquis Yuankun’s demonstrated mysteries from his system-granted comprehension and received word that his Secret Techniques had arrived.

Lin Yuan received the Thousand Mountain Secret Code and Ten Thousand Shadow Steps and cultivated with them for nearly two months before attending Instructor Moke’s class on the Law of Fire Origin. After class, Moke offered to guide him personally and asked what difficulties he had encountered.

• A black-robed courier delivered the Thousand Mountain Secret Code and Ten Thousand Shadow Steps to Lin Yuan, who studied both techniques in his cultivation room.
• Lin Yuan cultivated for nearly two months, practiced the Thousand Mountain Secret Code with his axe, and used an S-Rank Bloodline Evolution Agent and Purple Fire Ape Wine to recover, but the wine barely improved his affinity for the Law of Fire Origin.
• Lin Yuan met Cohen at the Teaching Tower, where Cohen told him Marquis Yuankun had praised him as a talented disciple.
• Instructor Moke began teaching the middle mysteries of the Law of Fire Origin, and Lin Yuan absorbed his explanations rapidly.
• Lin Yuan told Moke he had decided to focus on the Laws of Earth and Fire Origin rather than the Law of Space Origin, and Moke offered personal guidance before asking about his difficulties.

Lin Yuan studied the Burning Universe Flame Wild Axe and spent four years cultivating the Laws of Fire and Earth while training with his axes and other techniques. After receiving an invitation to the Nine Flames Auction, he considered buying treasures to improve his law affinity or will and finding creature remains suitable for a clone.

• After mastering the nine simplest mysteries of the Law of Fire Origin, Lin Yuan read Instructor Moke's list of divine weapons and ordered the Burning Universe Flame Wild Axe.
• Lin Yuan spent four years cultivating the Laws of Fire and Earth, studying the Law of Space Origin, and training in secret techniques and with his axes.
• Lin Yuan received an invitation to the Nine Flames Auction and decided not to sell rare treasures like Purple Fire Ape Wine, since future scrutiny could expose their suspicious origin.
• Lin Yuan reviewed his needs for the auction and settled on law-affinity or will-strengthening treasures and creature remains that could serve as clone candidates.