Chapter Summaries

Liu Yun woke in the Swallowed Star World after inheriting the memories of a disabled Martial Artist who had attempted suicide. He discovered that a Machine Race Life Core had bonded with him, giving him a powerful clone and a possible path forward.

• Liu Yun regained consciousness in a rundown room after a streak of light entered his body and left behind a crystal ball.
• Liu Yun recalled that his predecessor had lost his Martial Artist strength to a spinal injury, been abandoned by his girlfriend, and tried to end his life rather than burden his younger sister.
• Liu Yun considered using his knowledge of the Swallowed Star World to seek help from Luo Feng, but decided not to rely on him.
• Liu Yun extinguished the furnace and discovered that the crystal ball was the Life Core of a Machine Race being that had bonded with him.
• Liu Yun learned that the Machine Race Clone could produce troops, build bases, and manufacture advanced weapons, and resolved to rely on it.

Liu Yun used the Machine Race Clone’s medical and combat support to recover from his illness and began training to rebuild his strength. After regaining his Warrior Level abilities with the clone’s help, he heard someone knocking and calling for him.

• The Crystal Ball healed Liu Yun and activated combat assistance, then advised him to build a primary base to unlock more support.
• Liu Yun decided to regain enough strength to pass the base’s assessment and legally return to the wilderness.
• Liu Yun ate, trained with his weapons, and used the Machine Race Clone to analyze his movements and plan his nutrition.
• Liu Yun hid the shrinking Crystal Ball in a silver pendant and bought meat and medicinal herbs for his recovery.
• Liu Yun used the Crystal Ball to prepare strengthening food and regained the abilities of a powerful Warrior Level Martial Artist.
• Someone knocked on Liu Yun’s door and called his name, leaving him wondering who had come to see him.

Liu Yun’s old comrade Wang Tianba visited and warned him that the Limit Dojo had put off his strength recovery test. After Li Lei publicly mocked Liu Yun, Liu Yun resolved to take the test and prove his recovery while keeping the Machine Race Clone secret.

• Wang Tianba visited Liu Yun, urged him to rely on modern medicine, and told him the Limit Dojo had delayed his recovery test until it could be held with newcomers.
• Liu Yun realized that most people in the neighborhood had forgotten him since he lost his strength, and he resolved to hide the Machine Race Clone’s abilities.
• Li Lei mocked Liu Yun in front of the neighborhood residents and ordered him to get out of his way.
• Li Lei backed down after a lackey reminded him that Wang Tianba might defend Liu Yun, then led his group away.
• Liu Yun planned to drink more of his restorative medicine and take the strength test, confident that his power could reach War General Level.

Liu Yun used Chinese medicine and Machine Race Clone calculations to raise his strength to War General level, then went to retake the Martial Artist assessment alongside Luo Feng. At the Limit Dojo, Li Lei plotted to make Liu Yun fail or kill him outside, while Liu Yun privately resolved to deal with Li Lei.

• Liu Yun trained with computer-assisted punches and spear techniques, then spent a month taking Chinese medicine until his punching strength reached 8,000 kilograms and he became a War General.
• Liu Yun went to the Limit Dojo for the assessment and greeted the guards who knew him from before his injury.
• Liu Yun met Luo Feng at the assessment hall, and the two began talking as they waited for the other candidates.
• Jiang Nian led the assembled Martial Artists to the training ground, where Liu Yun saw Li Lei among the group.
• Li Lei secretly planned to prevent Liu Yun from passing or kill him in the wilderness, while Liu Yun decided to kill Li Lei once they were outside.

Liu Yun stunned the Limit Dojo by passing the strength test with a 9330 KG punch, revealing that he had recovered and reached War General Level strength. After Wu Tong upheld the result, Liu Yun rejected his former tormentors’ apologies and encouraged Luo Feng, whose own test went well.

• Wu Tong began the Limit Dojo test, and Li Lei’s friends Xia Lin and Wang Huifeng mocked Liu Yun as he stepped up to the punching target.
• Liu Yun struck the target for 9330 KG, and the punch’s shockwave injured Xia Lin and Wang Huifeng.
• Li Lei demanded that Wu Tong cancel Liu Yun’s result, but Wu Tong declared it valid and had the injured men taken for treatment.
• Wu Tong questioned Liu Yun about the injuries, and Liu Yun claimed they were accidental before Wu Tong called Luo Feng for his test.
• Liu Yun encouraged Luo Feng, who recorded a 1715 KG punch, then refused apologies from Li Lei’s former allies.

Liu Yun ignored recruitment pressure from Wang Tianba and trained at home, where the Crystal awakened his Psychic Power and upgraded his blade into a transforming weapon. He prepared to travel to Monster Town, intending to hide there and eventually build up the Machine Race's base.

• Liu Yun told Wang Tianba he would take the scheduled field assessment, then hung up when Wang Tianba pressed him about joining another faction.
• Liu Yun trained with his Machine Race Clone and quickly mastered the First Form of the Ninefold Thunder Blade.
• The Crystal explained that it could help Liu Yun awaken his Psychic Power, then shared a small amount of its capacity with him despite the painful process.
• Liu Yun used his new Psychic Power to pull his broken phone into his hand and realized he had strength at the Advanced War General level.
• The Crystal transformed Liu Yun's Straight Blade into a weapon with gun, melee, and shield forms.
• Liu Yun bought field supplies and a new phone, then planned to use Monster Town as a hiding place while pursuing greater strength and upgrading the Machine Race's base.

Liu Yun entered the martial artist examination’s deadly second round while keeping his future affiliation undecided. After revealing his immense Psychic Power in Monster Town, he drew even greater interest from the rival factions watching him.

• Liu Yun joined more than a thousand martial artists at Monster Town, where officials issued protective gear and confiscated firearms.
• Wu Tong brought Liu Yun and Luo Feng to meet representatives of the Limit Dojo, Thor Dojo, and HR Alliance, who competed to recruit Liu Yun.
• Liu Yun told the recruiters he had not decided which faction to join and wanted to focus on passing the test as a newcomer.
• Officials released starving monsters into Monster Town and announced that the bottom forty percent of contestants would fail.
• Liu Yun cut down the monsters blocking his way and sped into town, prompting the observers to realize he had awakened Psychic Power.

Liu Yun drew the attention of the Limit Dojo, Thor Dojo, and HR Alliance after demonstrating his strength, then searched Monster Town for a base. He found an abandoned factory that the Crystal Ball restored and identified as capable of producing combat robots and starships.

• Zhuge Tao ordered the Limit Dojo to make Liu Yun an offer, while the Thor Dojo and HR Alliance also decided to recruit him at any cost.
• Liu Yun killed an Iron-Haired Wild Boar and several Shadow Cats as he searched Monster Town for a suitable base.
• Liu Yun entered a subway passage and found an abandoned factory hidden beyond the tunnels.
• The Crystal Ball identified the factory as a rudimentary industrial site and restored power to its machinery.
• The Crystal Ball said the factory could produce Primary Auxiliary Combat Robots and starships, and the machinery built a laser-firing robot.

Liu Yun activated the abandoned factory as a Mechanical Base and tested its first Primary Auxiliary Combat Robot against an Iron-Haired Wild Boar. After returning to the base and establishing its energy and control systems, he set out to find more Chinese herbs.

• Liu Yun watched the Crystal Ball revive the factory and produce the first Primary Auxiliary Combat Robot.
• Liu Yun took the robot to the wilderness and watched it kill an Iron-Haired Wild Boar with one laser shot.
• Liu Yun returned to the base as the Crystal installed solar-collecting plants and activated the central display.
• Liu Yun decided he needed more Chinese herbs and left to search for a nearby, well-hidden place to use as a base.

Liu Yun dominated the monster hunt and stunned the other Quasi-Martial Artists with his Psychic Power, while Luo Feng completed the test with a much smaller haul. After the hunt, Zhuge Tao offered Liu Yun generous rewards to rejoin the Limit Dojo, but Liu Yun cared only about upgrading his base and escaping Earth.

• Liu Yun killed hundreds of monsters in Monster Town and collected 241 ears, far outscoring Luo Feng, who collected 36.
• The Iron-Haired Wild Boar Liu Yun had ridden charged into the gathered Quasi-Martial Artists, so Liu Yun restrained it with Psychic Power and killed it before it could hurt anyone.
• Liu Yun left the test and spoke with Luo Feng after watching him complete it.
• Zhuge Tao arrived with Wu Tong and offered Liu Yun a senior instructor position, 500 million in start-up funds, and the rest of the Thunder God Blade Technique if he returned to the Limit Dojo.
• Liu Yun rejected the Limit Dojo's appeal in favor of upgrading his base, building a Starship, and leaving Earth.

Liu Yun weighed recruitment offers from four factions and chose the HR Alliance for its freedom and access to resources. Glynda Goodwitch registered him at the Alliance’s Yangzhou City base and gave him a membership badge.

• Wang Heng offered Liu Yun five billion and one yuan, Thunder God’s instruction, and the later Nine-Fold Thunder Blade manuals, prompting Zhuge Tao to raise Limit Dojo’s offer.
• The Military and Glynda Goodwitch offered Liu Yun doubled compensation, while Glynda also promised he could refuse HR Alliance missions.
• Liu Yun ruled out the Military, Limit Dojo, and Thor Dojo, then chose the HR Alliance so he could travel and pursue rare materials with fewer restrictions.
• Glynda took Liu Yun by helicopter to the HR Alliance’s Yangzhou City base, where he reviewed the terms and officially registered as a member.
• Glynda gave Liu Yun an HR Alliance badge and pointed him toward the organization’s intranet before leaving him to explore.

Liu Yun trained to develop his own martial and psychic skills, then entered the Wilderness Zone to gather resources with the help of Machine Race technology. After the HR Alliance contacted him about a mission in Southeast Asia, he considered whether to accept it.

• Liu Yun reviewed his HR Alliance profile and bought Psychic Advanced Techniques to improve his cultivation.
• Liu Yun trained day and night, mastered basic psychic abilities, and advanced Nine-Fold Thunder Blade to its third stage.
• Liu Yun entered the Wilderness Zone with robotic support to hunt monsters and collect materials for Cell Evolution Fluid.
• The Machine Race Base upgraded Liu Yun’s Thunder War Blade and supplied him with suicide drones and a solo battle vehicle.
• Glinda contacted Liu Yun in Southeast Asia to offer him a mission, and Liu Yun decided he would consider reasonable assignments.

Liu Yun moved into the Jiangnan Landscape Residential Area, where Glinda revealed she knew he was a War God Level Psychic and tried to win his favor. He then set out alone to hunt an Undying Fire Bird, unaware that someone was following him.

• Glinda welcomed Liu Yun to his villa beside hers and said his strength would greatly benefit the HR Alliance.
• Glinda explained that she had arranged the villa after noticing Liu Yun's extraordinary mental power, but Liu Yun kept his true strength private and eventually sent her away.
• Liu Yun emailed Liu Ling to explain that dangerous travel would keep him from returning for a long time.
• Liu Yun accepted a mission to kill an Undying Fire Bird in southern Huaxia for a reward of 200 million Huaxia Currency and 200,000 mission points.
• At a wilderness base, Liu Yun ignored the Military's advice to form a team, equipped an off-road pickup with weapons and ammunition, and drove alone into the wilderness as someone watched him from behind.

Li Wei, Kalon, and Pan Ya pursued Liu Yun with plans to ambush him, but Liu Yun discovered their tracker and transferred it to a flying monster. Li Wei remained determined to intercept Liu Yun at the location of his phoenix-hunting mission.

• Li Wei insisted on taking revenge on Liu Yun, and Kalon proposed waiting until Liu Yun rested in the wilderness before attacking together.
• Liu Yun left his truck after the road was blocked and found a concealed tracker beneath its license plate.
• Liu Yun attached the tracker to a large white bird with his Psychic Power and continued toward his mission location.
• Li Wei, Kalon, and Pan Ya saw the tracker veer off course and suspected Liu Yun might have War God-level Psychic Power.
• Li Wei chose to keep pursuing Liu Yun and planned to wait for him at the phoenix mission location.

Liu Yun killed the Undying Bird at the cost of severe injuries and discovered an Undying Bird Egg hidden in a volcanic cave. When Li Wei, Kalon, and Pan Ya arrived, Liu Yun hid with the egg and prepared to fight them despite his weakened state.

• Liu Yun charged the Undying Bird’s volcano, killed its smaller Firebirds, and wounded the giant bird with his Reverse Scale Flying Blade.
• The Undying Bird attacked with lightning, but Liu Yun amplified his Psychic Power and pierced its head, killing it while suffering severe injuries.
• Liu Yun found a hidden cave in the crater and discovered a glowing Undying Bird Egg inside.
• Li Wei, Kalon, and Pan Ya arrived, and Li Wei called out that Liu Yun was badly hurt.
• Liu Yun hid with the egg and concealed his Reverse Scale Flying Knives among the rocks, ready to fight if discovered.

Li Wei had Kalon and Pan Ya plant C4 around the crater to force Liu Yun out and trigger a volcanic eruption. As they attacked him, Liu Yun used his War God Level Psychic Power to seize the detonator and set off the charges, unleashing the eruption with everyone still inside the crater.

• Li Wei ordered Kalon and Pan Ya to plant C4 around the crater while Liu Yun watched from behind a boulder.
• Liu Yun revealed himself and used the Scale-Reversing War Blade to wound Kalon as he dodged Pan Ya’s attacks.
• Liu Yun noticed Li Wei and the others were distracted and decided to use his Psychic Power to take the detonator.
• Liu Yun overwhelmed Li Wei’s defenses, seized the detonator, and pressed the button.
• The explosives triggered a violent volcanic eruption that swept through the crater, leaving no one able to escape.

Liu Yun survived the volcanic eruption and escaped while concealing his location, then traveled through Yingzhou to gather materials and strengthen himself. Li Yao and Venina searched for Li Wei’s killer but ruled Liu Yun out, while Liu Yun ended the chapter meditating in a secluded valley.

• Liu Yun used the Undying Bird’s remains to shield himself from the eruption, escaped on the Undying Bird, and altered his tracking data to point to Yingzhou.
• Liu Yao discovered that Li Wei and his bodyguards could not be reached and ordered searches for nearby War Gods and Advanced War Generals.
• Venina Polenas arrived and provided the S-level authorization needed to search for Advanced War Generals, but the results revealed no likely suspects nearby.
• Li Yao and Venina ruled Liu Yun out after learning that he appeared to be wandering around Yingzhou.
• Liu Yun traveled through Yingzhou’s mountains, defeated mutant beasts, and collected materials requested by his Machine Race Clone.
• Liu Yun processed the tiger remains and entered meditation in a secluded valley, determined to grow stronger.

Liu Yun returned to his secret base with rare metals and monster materials, allowing the Machine Race core to upgrade the base and produce a new Cell Evolution Fluid. After gaining the strength of an intermediate War God, he learned that Li Yao and Venina Polenas were pursuing a plan to kill every Martial Artist who had traveled during the period of Li Wei’s death.

• Liu Yun secretly brought his supplies and rare metals into the underground base and asked the core Crystal Ball to prepare a serum.
• The core Crystal Ball upgraded the base, expanded its Defense Robots to three hundred, and gained the ability to assist Liu Yun in combat.
• The core Crystal Ball offered to erase Liu Yun’s movements from the HR Alliance network and monitor Li Yao and Venina Polenas.
• Liu Yun received the Cell Evolution Fluid, endured its painful effects, and evolved to High-Level War General strength, with Psychic abilities bringing him to intermediate War God strength.
• Li Yao and Venina Polenas traveled to the volcanic eruption site to search for clues, then devised a plan to kill every Martial Artist who had gone out during the relevant period.

After Li Yao’s death, Venina offered a 100 billion Huaxia Currency bounty for information identifying her son’s killer, triggering a worldwide search. Liu Yun learned the news and decided to accelerate his plans to gain War God-level strength before his identity was exposed.

• Venina announced a 100 billion Huaxia Currency reward for evidence identifying Li Wei’s killer.
• Zhuge Tao watched the bounty announcement on the morning news and saw that War God-level Martial Artists were already discussing it.
• Intelligence networks and Martial Artists around the world began searching for the killer, with City 023 drawing particular attention.
• Liu Yun received the news from Wang Tianba while training his Reverse Scale Flying Blades and realized he needed to reach the Planetary Stage before his identity was exposed.
• Liu Yun called Glinda for help, and she hurried over from next door.

Liu Yun passed Glinda’s test and officially joined the War God Palace after using his Psychic Power and Machine Race Clone to defeat her six Crystal Sword Blades. He received a Consciousness Sensor Helmet, then ordered his clone to upgrade it and breach the War God Palace system.

• Liu Yun revealed intermediate War God-level Psychic Power and asked Glinda to promote him without requiring him to hunt a Lord-level Monster.
• Glinda challenged Liu Yun with six Crystal Sword Blades, and Liu Yun used computer assistance to shatter them all.
• Glinda approved Liu Yun’s entry into the War God Palace and warned that he still needed to prove himself through his contributions.
• Three staff members delivered Liu Yun a Consciousness Sensor Helmet and explained the War God Palace’s privileges and responsibilities.
• Liu Yun told his Machine Race Clone to upgrade the helmet, and the clone breached the War God Palace security system.