Recaps

He Lan came to Liu Yun’s villa hoping to win him back, but Liu Yun rejected her with the help of Yang Xiaolong, Ruby, Xueni, and Blacka. After He Lan fled, Glinda delivered an invitation to a Xu Family banquet, and Liu Yun revealed that he had reached the Planetary Stage.

• He Lan arrived at Liu Yun’s villa intending to regain his affection and make him her ally.
• Liu Yun returned with Yang Xiaolong, Ruby, Xueni, and Blacka, then told He Lan that the women were his girlfriends.
• He Lan refused to believe Liu Yun had moved on, so he threatened to call the guards and remove her.
• Glinda arrived, frightened He Lan into fleeing, and gave Liu Yun an invitation to the Xu Family banquet, where Xu Xin would be present.
• Liu Yun accepted the invitation and revealed his breakthrough to the Planetary Stage, startling Glinda.

Xu Xin resisted her family’s plan to marry her to Liu Yun but agreed to attend the banquet after sending Luo Feng a letter about her situation. As Liu Yun’s arrival became the focus of powerful factions gathered at the Xu Family banquet, Xu Xin faced a turning point in her future.

• The Xu Family patriarch urged Xu Xin to marry Liu Yun for the family’s benefit, but Xu Xin refused to sacrifice her happiness.
• The patriarch told Xu Xin to think carefully about whether Luo Feng returned her feelings, then let her leave without forcing an answer.
• A month later, Xu Xin prepared for the banquet after writing to Luo Feng about her circumstances.
• Xu Xin dressed for the banquet and walked to the hall, determined to face whatever came.
• Xu Yunguo welcomed Thunder God, who said he had come to meet someone he was interested in.
• Experts from the HR Alliance, the military, and the Limit Dojo gathered to await Liu Yun and seek his support.

Liu Yun attended Xu Yunguo’s birthday banquet, where representatives from powerful factions competed for his support and the Cell Evolution Fluid. After Xu Yunguo interrupted a discussion about the formula, Liu Yun overheard him pressuring Xu Xin and wondered if the old man was using her as a honey trap.

• Xu Yunguo introduced Liu Yun to HR Alliance representative Mr. Zhang and military representative Li Yunlong as the banquet guests gathered around him.
• Thunder God asked Liu Yun to demonstrate his Councilor-level strength, then urged him to leave the HR Alliance and offered to split the evolution fluid venture fifty-fifty.
• The military representative invoked Liu Ling and proposed that Liu Yun work with the military, which Liu Yun was inclined to accept because he intended to give them several formulas.
• Xu Yunguo stopped the discussion and led Liu Yun away, then quietly threatened Xu Xin for refusing to cooperate.
• Liu Yun overheard Xu Yunguo and, seeing Xu Xin near tears, wondered whether Xu Yunguo was trying to use a honey trap.

At Xu Yunguo’s birthday banquet, Liu Yun announced that he would cooperate with the military to sell Cell Evolution Fluid cheaply and pursue his Huaxia All War Gods Plan. The announcement shocked the gathered factions, and Xu Yunguo warned Liu Yun that his ambitions would bring danger.

• Xu Xin thanked Liu Yun for attending the banquet, then privately admitted her family had sent her to win his favor; Liu Yun told her his decision was already made.
• Liu Yun gathered the military representatives and announced his Huaxia All War Gods Plan, offering Cell Evolution Fluid to the military at the price of a bottle of cold medicine.
• The military representative confirmed that the military had received the formula and intended to cooperate, shocking Xu Yunguo, Thunder God, and the other guests.
• Xu Xin asked Liu Yun whether she could become a War God, and he said she would no longer have to cling to someone she did not like.
• Xu Yunguo warned Liu Yun that exposing his plan and distributing the fluid could bring him serious trouble.

The HR Alliance planned to recruit or eliminate Liu Yun to gain control of the Evolution Fluid, while Liu Yun prepared for their interference and secured Liu Ling’s safety. He then launched Cell Evolution Fluid across Huaxia, where it rapidly boosted people’s strength.

• Isadora and Atkin led the HR Alliance’s meeting, where its leaders planned to investigate and approach Liu Yun before resorting to controlling or killing him.
• Venina Polenas warned that Liu Yun would be difficult to recruit and urged the Alliance to kill him if they could not obtain his cooperation; Isadora agreed that they would do so if necessary.
• Liu Yun watched the Alliance’s meeting and worried that Liu Ling might be in danger, so he demanded that the military return her after he had given them the formula.
• The military returned Liu Ling to Liu Yun, and he immediately teleported her aboard the Excalibur Brave for safety.
• Liu Yun ordered the rollout of Cell Evolution Fluid, which went on sale cheaply across Huaxia’s bases as people began reaching beginner-level Martial Artist strength.

As Cell Evolution Fluid transformed Jiangnan City and boosted Huaxia’s fighters, Liu Yun planned to make everyone strong enough to reach the War God level. In the War God Palace, Luo Feng learned that Xu Xin had been invited to a banquet with Liu Yun and rushed to find her, while Li Lei secretly hoped to turn Luo Feng against Liu Yun.

• People across Jiangnan City used Cell Evolution Fluid to gain strength, and Liu Yun observed the changes while planning further evolution for Huaxia.
• Luo Feng became a War God but felt that the widespread breakthroughs had made his own talent seem ordinary.
• Li Lei told Luo Feng that Xu Xin had attended a banquet where Liu Yun was the guest of honor and that the gathering had been arranged as a blind date.
• Luo Feng left the War God Palace to hear Xu Xin’s decision from her directly.
• Li Lei watched Luo Feng go and hoped his actions would help provoke opposition to Liu Yun.

Luo Feng was turned away from Xu Xin’s home and believed their relationship was over, while Liu Yun secretly dealt with Li Lei and arranged a meeting to clear up the rumors. The chapter ended with Luo Feng and Xu Xin reunited at dinner, unaware that Liu Yun’s own troubles were just beginning.

• Xu Gang blocked Luo Feng from seeing Xu Xin and told him she was close to Councilor Liu Yun, leaving Luo Feng convinced they had been separated by an insurmountable gulf.
• Liu Yun monitored Li Lei, altered his psychic link through the Machine Race Clone, and killed him with a burst of Psychic Power.
• Liu Yun called Xu Xin and invited her to dinner, and she accepted despite feeling guilty about Luo Feng.
• Xu Xin arrived at Liu Yun’s restaurant and unexpectedly saw Luo Feng there.
• Liu Yun revealed that he had invited Luo Feng, explained that the rumors were false, wished the pair well, and left them together.

Liu Yun faced Atkin, Isadora, and Yan Hai when the HR Alliance councilors tried to seize his Cell Evolution Fluid formula. After breaking through to the fourth level of the Planetary Stage and using four combat robots, he subdued Atkin and Isadora, leaving the HR Alliance under his control.

• Atkin, Isadora, and Yan Hai confronted Liu Yun and demanded that he hand over the Cell Evolution Fluid formula or join the HR Alliance.
• Liu Yun attacked Atkin, then fought all three councilors and gained the upper hand with help from the Machine Race Clone.
• Liu Yun injected a new Cell Evolution Fluid and broke through to the fourth level of the Planetary Stage.
• Liu Yun summoned four Planetary Stage super combat robots, which trapped Atkin and Isadora as Yan Hai knocked them unconscious.
• Yan Hai revealed that he had long served Liu Yun, and Liu Yun had the robots implant nanochips in Atkin and Isadora to control them.

A mysterious old man sent a black egg to Earth, where it hatched into a Golden Horned Beast that devoured its shell and reached stellar-level rank nine. While the beast secretly began developing in the ocean, Liu Yun remained unaware and considered seeking the Yun Mo Star inheritance.

• A hooded old man decided Earth needed a greater challenge and sent a black egg through space toward the planet.
• An azure-scaled fish monster tried to bite the egg on the Pacific seabed, broke its teeth, and fled.
• The egg hatched into a Golden Horned Beast, which swallowed its shell and surged to stellar-level rank nine.
• The Golden Horned Beast sensed Beast Emperors in the deep sea and chose to grow stronger before emerging on land.
• Liu Yun considered exploring the ancient ruins to obtain the Yun Mo Star inheritance and worried Babata might discover his Machine Race Clone.
• Liu Yun visited Yang Xiaolong and the others at the base, where Liu Ling helped smooth over Yang Xiaolong's complaint that he had neglected them.

With Huaxia Base’s defenses and production ready, Liu Yun turned to plans for expanding the Cell Evolution Fluid’s reach. Bai Wan proposed marrying him to bind the Onassis Family to the base, but Liu Yun deferred the personal dispute and approved a limited agency arrangement before preparing to explore the ruins.

• Huaxia Base completed production of Cell Evolution Fluid and assembled 108 War God-level guards and twelve Planetary Stage robots.
• Bai Wan accidentally poured hot tea over Liu Yun, then explained that Blacka and the others had urged her to serve him in hopes of securing the Onassis Family’s agency.
• Liu Yun showed the others a message from Hong, who promised that he and Thunder God had warned the HR Alliance and invited Liu Yun to explore ancient ruins in a month.
• Bai Wan proposed marrying Liu Yun to strengthen the alliance between the Onassis Family and Huaxia Base, while Blacka objected and stood between them.
• Liu Yun stopped the argument and agreed to let the Onassis Family distribute some diluted Cell Evolution Fluid under strict secrecy, then turned his attention to the coming ruin exploration.

Liu Yun prepared to explore the No. 9 Ancient Civilization Ruins, hoping his Machine Race Clone could seize control of its intelligent lifeform. At the Limit Dojo gathering, Hong praised Liu Yun before the assembled War Gods, while Xia Lin and Wang Huifeng quietly resented him.

• Liu Yun received the Limit Dojo's notice that War Gods would enter the No. 9 Ancient Civilization Ruins, where the death and disability rate was 72%.
• Liu Yun hacked the Limit Dojo's system, found Xia Lin and Wang Huifeng on the expedition list, and arranged for Yang Xiaolong and others to join as well.
• Liu Yun returned to the Limit Dojo and met Huang Mei, Xiao Wu, and Wang Tianba, who praised his survival and accomplishments.
• Hong arrived at the Limit Dojo with a white man in his aircraft and called Liu Yun forward before the gathered War Gods.
• Hong outlined the ruins expedition, highlighted the Black God Set, and urged everyone to follow Liu Yun's example in helping humanity.
• Xia Lin and Wang Huifeng watched Hong praise Liu Yun with bitter resentment but remained silent.

Liu Yun hacked the No. 9 Ancient Civilization Ruins with his Machine Race Clone and took control of its network, turning the trial into a swift conquest. He left the other participants with Black God Sets, punished Xia Lin and Wang Huifeng, and met the ruins’ crystal humanoid in its central hall.

• Yao Rao explained that the No. 9 Ancient Civilization Ruins separated Martial Artists and Psychics into different passages and used trials to award Black God Sets.
• Hong told Liu Yun they would meet again at Mist Island, and Liu Yun agreed they would fight side by side.
• After entering the ruins, Liu Yun learned that his brain domain width qualified him for the Elite Passage and used the Machine Race Clone to seize control of the ruins’ network.
• Liu Yun arranged for most participants to receive Black God Sets and be sent away, while Xia Lin and Wang Huifeng were confined and subjected to ongoing punishment.
• Liu Yun entered the central hall, where a crystal humanoid greeted him as its honored master, and Yang Xiaolong and the others joined him to inspect the base’s selections.

Liu Yun led Ruby, Yang Xiaolong, Blacka, and Bai Wan through No. 9 Ruins, giving them Yun Mo Star tokens, armor, and cultivation manuals before ordering them to leave. His foreboding grew as he prepared to head to Mist Island immediately, while Yao Rao watched his group depart with concern for what their growing strength might mean for Earth.

• Ruby, Yang Xiaolong, Blacka, and Bai Wan entered the magnificent hall in No. 9 Ruins and marveled at its power and treasures.
• The crystal man gave Liu Yun four Yun Mo Star tokens, and Liu Yun distributed the tokens, displayed a Black God Set, and offered the women cultivation manuals.
• Liu Yun rejected Yang Xiaolong's suggestion that they occupy the ruin and told the group to leave, concealing that he had already gained control of it.
• Liu Yun revealed that he had obtained the Duntian Shuttle and said he wanted the ruin to remain available to future explorers.
• Liu Yun's group left the ruin, reassuring the anxious Yao Rao that they were safe.
• Liu Yun refused Yao Rao's offer to rest and set out for Mist Island immediately, while Yao Rao considered how his companions' advancement could change Earth's situation.

Liu Yun arrived at Mist Island, where Hong and Thunder God were waiting, while the Golden Horned Beast devoured monsters across the oceans and broke through to the Cosmic Level. It continued toward the Atlantic and Indian Oceans, still hungry and preparing to grow stronger before attacking humanity.

• Liu Yun dismissed his sense of impending danger as he accepted the admiration of War Gods outside Ruin No. 9.
• The Golden Horned Beast devoured the Pacific Ocean's monsters until it reached the peak of the Stellar Level, then headed north to the Arctic Ocean.
• The Golden Horned Beast killed and absorbed a Frost Dragon, breaking through to the Cosmic Level and gaining a domain.
• The Golden Horned Beast swam toward the Atlantic and Indian Oceans, intending to reach its utmost strength before attacking humanity.
• Liu Yun flew to Mist Island, where Hong and Thunder God welcomed him, and Hong grabbed him and began talking.

Liu Yun reunited with Hong and Thunder God, learned about the universe’s power levels, and saw a video of Cosmic-Level experts that stirred an inexplicable ache and tears in him. At Mist Island, he learned of a thirteen-tentacled Monster Emperor in the lake and declared he would kill it to pacify the Pacific Ocean.

• Hong and Thunder God welcomed Liu Yun and praised his growth and the hope it gave Earth.
• Hong explained the scale of the universe and showed Liu Yun the ranks of Martial Artists and Psychics, including a video of Cosmic-Level experts fighting near a supernova.
• Liu Yun watched the video, felt an unexplained ache, and wept at the sight of a white dwarf with gravity three hundred million times Earth’s.
• Hong and Thunder God reassured Liu Yun that powerful outsiders had little reason to visit Earth and urged him not to lose confidence.
• At Mist Island, Thunder God showed Liu Yun the monster-filled lake and revealed that a thirteen-tentacled Monster Emperor lived within it.
• Liu Yun vowed to kill the Monster Emperor and pacify the Pacific Ocean.

Liu Yun arrived at Mist Island, where the nations had assembled to compete for its secrets, and learned that the monster emperor lurked thousands of meters beneath the lake. Despite Jia Yi’s warnings about his limited combat experience, Liu Yun secured Jia Yi’s support and entered the lake to pursue the monster emperor and Hu Yan Bo’s inheritance.

• Liu Yun flew over the heavily guarded Mist Island lake and saw teams from six powers setting up equipment around the shore.
• Jia Yi showed Liu Yun a scan of the enormous Tentacle Beast, which hid deep underground beneath the lake and could retract its thirteen regenerating tentacles into a shell.
• Jia Yi warned Liu Yun that the monster emperor was extremely dangerous and argued that Liu Yun’s rapid, pill-assisted growth had left his combat experience insufficient.
• Liu Yun insisted that confronting the monster emperor was the best way to challenge himself and prove his strength.
• Jia Yi agreed to support Liu Yun, who entered the lake to reach the Tentacle Beast and seek Hu Yan Bo’s inheritance.

Liu Yun killed the Tentacle Beast Emperor at the bottom of a lake, proving his strength to Jia Yi and the foreign bases. As Huaxia celebrated his victory, the Golden Horned Beast turned its attention toward India Base.

• Liu Yun descended into the lake and ignored the Crystal Ball’s warnings as he searched for the Tentacle Beast.
• Liu Yun used the Machine Race Clone’s analysis to evade the Beast Emperor’s attacks and severed its tentacles with his Straight Blade.
• Liu Yun hauled the Tentacle Beast’s body out of the lake and killed it, while Jia Yi watched in disbelief from the command center.
• Jia Yi ordered headquarters to be informed of Liu Yun’s victory, and people at Huaxia Base celebrated as foreign representatives worried about Huaxia’s rising power.
• Liu Yun believed he had become one of Earth’s top experts, unaware that the Golden Horned Beast had decided to attack India Base.

The Golden Horned Beast destroyed the India Base and rampaged across the Indian Peninsula, devouring people, buildings, and other targets as human defenses failed. India managed to send news of the beast to the world, leaving humanity aware of the threat but unable to stop it.

• The India Base commander ordered laser turrets and fighter jets to attack the approaching Golden Horned Beast, but its armor shrugged off their weapons and it destroyed several fighters.
• The Golden Horned Beast charged into the India Base, smashed it with a claw, and devoured everything in the ruins.
• The Golden Horned Beast rampaged across the Indian Peninsula, destroying bases and striking down people who tried to flee.
• Rescue planes and ships attempting to reach the peninsula were destroyed, while the Golden Horned Beast crushed a building where people had gathered to send distress signals and swallowed it.
• The people of India managed to send news of the Golden Horned Beast to the rest of the world.

After killing the Beast Emperor, Liu Yun learned that a Golden Horned Beast was attacking India and warned that Earth faced an unprecedented crisis. He donated most of the Beast Emperor’s corpse to Huaxia and received a Mu Ya Crystal from Hong, while still hoping to obtain the crystals hidden in the Yun Mo Star ruin.

• The Beast Emperor’s corpse drew interest from world powers and factions, while Liu Yun focused on the hidden ruin beneath the lake and its Mu Ya Crystals.
• Hong and Thunder God arrived, and Hong and the crowd expressed shock that Liu Yun had killed a Beast Emperor without awakening a domain.
• Hong showed Liu Yun footage of the Golden Horned Beast attacking India, and Liu Yun identified it as a terrifying starry sky beast that could devour rock and metal.
• Liu Yun warned Hong that Earth faced an unprecedented crisis and offered most of the Beast Emperor’s corpse to Huaxia for research and weapons development.
• Hong praised Liu Yun and gave him a Mu Ya Crystal, which Liu Yun recognized and hoped to supplement with the crystals aboard the Yun Mo Star.

Hong, Liu Yun, and Thunder God stayed on Mist Island to excavate Mu Ya Crystals and seek the ruins’ power as humanity’s only chance against the Golden Horned Beast. Liu Yun used the Machine Race Clone to locate more crystals, but found their supply far from enough, until the clone offered a suggestion that renewed his hope.

• Hong, Thunder God, and Liu Yun pledged to fight together and pursue the buried power beneath Mist Island while other forces evacuated.
• India Base and EU Base evacuated their people, equipment, and research, while Jia Yi led Huaxia Base away from the island.
• Hong, Liu Yun, and Thunder God entered an underground river, where they found Mu Ya Crystals in the rock and began excavating them.
• Liu Yun asked the Machine Race Clone to scan underground for crystals and used a portal to store each one he collected.
• Liu Yun despaired that the crystals could not match the Golden Horned Beast, but the Machine Race Clone gave him a suggestion that revived his hope.

Liu Yun arranged an evacuation of Earth aboard the Machine Race’s forty-two warships while preparing to seek help in the Mist Island Ruins. He left Hong and Thunder God to hold off the Golden Horned Beast as he headed underground to take control of Babata.

• Liu Yun agreed to evacuate as many people as possible, gave Ruby and Yang Xiaolong authority over the warships, and ordered Liu Ling to leave Earth.
• Ruby and Yang Xiaolong accepted the evacuation mission, while Liu Ling reluctantly boarded a crimson warship.
• Hong and Thunder God returned with Mu Ya Crystals and offered to share them with Liu Yun before fighting the Golden Horned Beast.
• Liu Yun told Hong and Thunder God he would train in the Mist Island Ruins alone and asked them to defend Earth until he returned.
• Liu Yun moved the Machine Race’s heavy cannons to support the defense, then plunged into the underground lake to take control of Babata.

Liu Yun entered Hu Yan Bo’s ruins beneath Mist Island, searching for a way to resist the Golden Horned Beast. He used the Crystal Ball’s Evolution Heart to overwhelm Babata and make it submit, leaving him with control of the ruins’ artificial intelligence.

• Liu Yun discovered the hidden hatch 15,000 meters underground and entered the ruins, where he found hundreds of Mu Ya Crystals.
• Liu Yun passed Hu Yan Bo’s enormous servant’s corpse and found seven corpses in a vast hall, including a damaged Machine Race immortal.
• Babata appeared in the hall and welcomed Liu Yun, but Liu Yun demanded that it submit or kill him.
• Liu Yun’s Crystal Ball revealed the Machine Race’s Evolution Heart and restrained Babata while the Machine Race Clone invaded its core consciousness system.
• Babata submitted to Liu Yun and pledged to serve him.

Liu Yun discovered that the Machine Race Clone would need a month to fuse with the damaged Machine Race Immortal body, so he headed for the Mechanical Base with Babata to find another way. Meanwhile, the Golden Horned Beast conquered Southeast Asia and threatened Huaxia, where Hong and Thunder God returned to Jiangnan City as people sought their guidance.

• Liu Yun placed the crystal ball on the Machine Race Immortal's corpse and learned that the Machine Race Clone could wield only five percent of its power after a month of fusion.
• Liu Yun took the crystal ball and ordered Babata to gather usable resources as they headed for the Mechanical Base.
• The Golden Horned Beast subdued the monsters of Southeast Asia, swallowed a human war base, and led a monster army that devastated the region.
• The Golden Horned Beast turned its attention toward Huaxia as its territory and ambitions grew.
• Hong and Thunder God arrived at the Jiangnan City base, where Jia Yi greeted them and reporters questioned them about resisting the Golden Horned Beast.

As the Golden Horned Beast overwhelmed humanity, the human bases turned to escape plans and launched the Human Inheritance Project, while Liu Yun's warships carried selected civilians away from Earth. Liu Yun returned to the Machine Race Base, where Yang Xiaolong, Ruby, Blacka, and the others had chosen to stay and fight, and began a third upgrade in a desperate attempt to improve their chances.

• Hong and Thunder God reassured reporters that humanity would fight the Golden Horned Beast, though they had no specific battle plan.
• The North American president approved the Human Inheritance Project, and human bases focused on preparing escape warships as the front lines collapsed.
• Liu Yun's warships took selected children and civilians from Huaxia shelters into outer space.
• Liu Yun found Yang Xiaolong, Ruby, Blacka, and the others at the Machine Race Base, where they had chosen to stay and defend it.
• Liu Yun began the Machine Race Base's third upgrade, hoping to raise it to Level Two and gain a chance against the Golden Horned Beast.

Liu Yun used Mu Ya Crystals and a fragment from an immortal Machine Race warrior to upgrade the Machine Race Base, hoping to prepare it to fight the Golden Horned Beast. The upgrade succeeded, and Liu Yun set out with his newly strengthened robot army to suppress and kill the beast.

• Liu Yun began upgrading the Machine Race Base with rare metals and Mu Ya Crystals while Ruby and the others watched.
• Liu Yun gave Mu Ya Crystals to the four women and ordered them into sealed Evolution Chambers, keeping his plan secret from them.
• Babata brought Liu Yun a fragment from an immortal Machine Race warrior, and Liu Yun placed it in the base core's beam.
• The immortal fragment triggered the base's evolution, raising every robot to stellar-level combat power and greatly strengthening Excalibur Brave.
• Liu Yun sent Babata to Mist Island to receive trial takers and announced that he would fight the Golden Horned Beast.