Chapter Summaries

After completing his fifth advancement, Lin Mu accepted Zhou Pingxia’s offer to explore the world beyond the Star Gate and prepared to travel there with Lilith and Elvira. As the Pioneers reported a safe foothold on mining planet E-7, Lin Mu arrived at the Arctic base, where his sudden appearance alarmed the command center.

• Zhou Pingxia invited Lin Mu to travel beyond the Star Gate, and Lin Mu agreed despite the lack of intelligence or support there.
• Lin Mu returned to Cloud Viewing Residence, where Chen Feng, Ye Chen, Elvira, and Lilith reacted to his fifth advancement.
• Lin Mu told Chen Feng to sort the spoils, distribute unneeded items to the state, and help his companions gain levels alongside Luo Tian, Xiao Lie, and Su Xiaoxiao.
• Lin Mu, Lilith, and Elvira entered a rift to the Far North Star Gate, while Chen Feng and Ye Chen vowed to grow stronger and follow him.
• At Great Wall No. 1 Base, Li Weiguo learned the Pioneers had safely reached mining planet E-7, then received an alarm about a powerful spatial fluctuation.
• Lin Mu, Lilith, and Elvira emerged from a rift above the base, startling Li Weiguo and the command center.

Lin Mu entered the Star Gate and arrived on the abandoned mining planet E-7, where he reunited with Elder Sun and the Pioneers. After learning the planet was infested with high-level monsters, he eagerly set out to hunt them.

• Li Weiguo escorted Lin Mu and his group through the base to the Star Gate, and Lin Mu stepped into the energy vortex.
• Lin Mu endured the Star Gate's spatial rejection and arrived on E-7 with Lilith and Elvira.
• Elder Sun and the Pioneers were astonished when Lin Mu revealed he had completed his fifth class advancement and reached level 112.
• Elder Sun explained that swarms of level 120–130 Crystal Rock Worms infested the mining pits, while more powerful creatures lurked deeper on the planet.
• Lin Mu rejected the suggestion to rest and told Elder Sun to take him to the monsters immediately.

Lin Mu visited a mining pit filled with level 125 Crystal Rock Worms and found they offered far more experience than monsters on Blue Star. He instantly killed one with Bone Tooth, then unleashed Bone Spike Impact as Elder Sun and the other fifth-turn powerhouses watched in stunned disbelief.

• Elder Sun led Lin Mu and the others to a vast mining pit and warned that its Crystal Rock Worms were too numerous and durable to clear easily.
• Lin Mu examined the level 125 Elite worms and learned that killing them would grant over ten times the experience of comparable Blue Star monsters.
• Lin Mu used Bone Tooth to instantly kill a Crystal Rock Worm, leaving Elder Sun and the others shocked.
• Lin Mu decided that killing the worms individually was too slow and cast Bone Spike Impact, shaking the mine pit and the surrounding ground.

Lin Mu effortlessly wiped out the Crystal Rock Worms in one mine pit, then learned the planet held at least a thousand more pits and a powerful presence near its core. He opened tens of thousands of Styx Rifts and ordered the Undead Scourge to advance.

• Lin Mu used his bone staff to unleash a forest of bone spikes that killed every Crystal Rock Worm in the mine pit.
• Elder Sun and the other Pioneers watched in shock as Lin Mu dismissed the attack as too slow and the mine pit too small.
• Elder Sun told Lin Mu that at least a thousand monster-filled mine pits covered the planet and that a powerful being slept near its core.
• Lin Mu welcomed the prospect of more monsters and declared that the warm-up was over.
• Lin Mu opened tens of thousands of Styx Rifts and commanded the Undead Scourge to advance.

Lin Mu unleashed his Undead Scourge across the abandoned mining planet and ordered it to clear the terrain, monsters, and obstacles. As the army began its sweeping assault, he sensed a mysterious summons coming from deep beneath the planet.

• Lin Mu summoned ninety million Iron Cavalry Skeleton Generals, nine million Skeleton Tactical Artillery units, ninety thousand Super-Tier Skeleton Mages, and two Death Dragon Knights from the Styx Rifts.
• Lin Mu ordered the undead army to clear the planet in every direction and create a topographical map as quickly as possible.
• The undead army bombarded the Crystal Rock Worms and surrounding terrain with artillery, magic, and cavalry charges, while Lin Mu's experience rapidly increased.
• Lin Mu lifted himself, Lilith, and the ten Pioneers into the air to observe the planet's cleanup.
• Lin Mu sensed a faint, emotionless summons from deep beneath the planet and suspected it concealed unknown secrets.

Lin Mu’s undead army uncovered an alien mining complex on the Abandoned Mining Planet and destroyed its mechanical and undead guardians. Beneath the ruins, Lin Mu found the tenth ??? Fragment, but the ten pieces still did not fuse, and he wondered whether more fragments lay elsewhere in the Star Domain.

• A Skeleton Legion discovered a buried alien complex in a basin, and Lin Mu ordered his undead army to investigate.
• Abandoned Mining Robots and Mutated Miner Zombies emerged from the ruins and attacked the Iron Cavalry Skeleton Generals.
• The Iron Cavalry Skeleton Generals defeated all the enemies in less than ten minutes.
• Lin Mu found the tenth ??? Fragment in an empty pedestal atop a pyramid-like structure.
• Lin Mu gathered all ten ??? Fragments, sensed a faint connection between them, and put them away when they failed to fuse.

Lin Mu uncovered records linking the black fragments to a mining disaster and found a star map pointing toward another fragment. He ordered the planet cleared and Huaxia’s first Star Domain outpost built, while the undead army continued its sweep and uncovered another find underground.

• The Formation True Person and a Great Scholar speculated that the fragments were connected to the legendary Origin and had drawn the mining civilization to the planet.
• Lin Mu ordered the undead to resume excavating the ruins, where Skeleton Soldiers found damaged data chips and a Broken Star Map.
• Lin Mu interpreted the surviving records and learned that the miners had disturbed a taboo, triggering chaos, mutations, and the destruction of their base.
• Lin Mu spotted a planet marked with information about the black fragments on the star map and ordered the planet cleared for Huaxia’s first Star Domain outpost.
• Elder Sun and the other Pioneers began planning the outpost as the undead scourged the planet, and a squad of Iron Cavalry Skeleton Generals reported another discovery in the deep mines.

Lin Mu and his group explored an underground lake and discovered crystal moss and powerful mutated fish. After Elvira destroyed the fish, a planetary-level Star Core Guardian emerged from the lake and addressed Lin Mu telepathically.

• Lin Mu, Lilith, Elder Sun, and the others reached the underground lake, where Lin Mu identified valuable Crystallized Moss.
• Dozens of LV.140 Mutated Crystal Rockfish leaped from the lake and attacked Lin Mu's group.
• Elvira used Holy Light Judgment to destroy all the Mutated Crystal Rockfish.
• Lin Mu sensed a more powerful presence beneath the lake as its waters boiled and formed an energy vortex.
• A LV.160 Star Core Guardian rose from the vortex, fixed its eye on Lin Mu, and sent him an emotionless thought.

Lin Mu killed the Star Core Guardian and claimed another fragment, then ordered Elder Sun to develop the Abandoned Mining Planet into Huaxia’s first interstellar colony. The group returned to the surface as Elder Sun and his people prepared to receive more personnel and supplies from Blue Star.

• Lin Mu used Undead Kingdom to sever the Star Core Guardian’s connection to the planet’s core and weaken all its attributes by 99%.
• Lin Mu attacked with Bone Tooth and Bone Spike Impact, destroying the Star Core Guardian and earning experience.
• Lin Mu collected a large black fragment and tried unsuccessfully to combine it with the ten smaller fragments he already had.
• Lin Mu told Elder Sun to plan and build a colony on the Abandoned Mining Planet and prepare for the arrival of a second batch of personnel and supplies from Blue Star.
• Elder Sun and the others vowed to complete the mission and help establish Huaxia’s interstellar colony.

After the Pioneers established a stronghold on the E-7 Abandoned Mining Planet, Lin Mu ordered Blue Star to send personnel and equipment to build it into Huaxia’s first permanent strategic forward base. Huaxia approved the Trailblazers Plan and sent a second group of more than a hundred specialists and powerhouses through the Star Gate.

• Lin Mu told Elder Sun and the other Pioneers to contact Great Wall No. 1 base for manpower and supplies.
• Formation True Person sent the Pioneers’ report to Blue Star, where Elder Sun announced their successful stronghold and requested a second batch of Trailblazers.
• Li Weiguo relayed the message to Supreme Command, and Long Zhan and Zhou Pingxia celebrated the prospect of interstellar colonization.
• Huaxia’s Supreme Command approved the Trailblazers Plan as a top national policy and ordered the formation of a second batch of over a hundred fifth-class powerhouses.
• Huaxia assembled the new Trailblazers with mining equipment, energy devices, supplies, and construction materials, and they entered the Star Gate.

Lin Mu discovered that [Description Tamperer] had gained the ability to add or delete characters, then used it to greatly expand his undead army and strengthen his Bone Dragon skill. As over a hundred Blue Star class holders approached the outpost, he realized the second group had arrived.

• Lin Mu felt [Description Tamperer] refresh and examined its new ability to add or delete characters in descriptions.
• Lin Mu added a digit to [Resurrect Skeleton], raising its maximum summon quantity to 999,999,999,999.
• Lin Mu changed [Immortal Bone Dragon] into an [Immortal Bone Dragon Emperor] and dramatically increased its damage and abilities.
• Lin Mu spotted over a hundred Blue Star class holders racing toward the outpost and recognized them as the second batch.

General Wang Yaohui and 127 Pioneers arrived on Abandoned Mining Planet E-7 to find Lin Mu had turned it into a vast construction site and the beginnings of a Huaxia colony. Lin Mu handed Wang Yaohui the star map and left the colony’s construction to him while preparing to explore another marked location.

• Wang Yaohui and the Pioneers landed on E-7 and saw Steel Skeletons reshaping the planet and a futuristic base rising around the outpost.
• Elder Sun welcomed Wang Yaohui and his team to the Huaxia First Star Domain Colony and pointed out Lin Mu on a watchtower.
• Wang Yaohui and the Pioneers recognized the scale of Lin Mu’s achievements and accepted that the planet had effectively become his domain.
• Lin Mu gave Wang Yaohui the complete star map and tasked him with building a logistics base to support Huaxia’s expansion across the Star Domain.
• Lin Mu returned to the watchtower, saying he would visit a location marked “good stuff,” while Wang Yaohui and Elder Sun organized the Pioneers for work.

Lin Mu used his modification privileges to dramatically enhance his skills, turning Underworld Descent into a vast domain with devastating effects and improving his undead summons and attacks. He finished modifying his abilities with his army-building and combat skills vastly strengthened.

• Lin Mu changed Underworld Descent to drain 8% of enemies’ maximum HP per second, cover a 91,000-meter radius, and recharge in 24 milliseconds.
• Lin Mu modified Summon Flame Monarch to last 10 hours and have a 10-millisecond cooldown.
• Lin Mu enhanced Undead Kingdom, Throne of Withered Bones, Resurrect Corpse Demon, and Soul Stripping with greatly increased effects.
• Lin Mu upgraded and modified his Skeleton Mage, Skeleton Archer, and Death Knight summons, including giving the Skeleton Archer Corps missile launch vehicles.
• Lin Mu strengthened Resentment of the Necromancer, Bone Spike Impact, Bone Tooth, and Grasp of Bones.

Lin Mu modified his skills and the Death God's Blessed Lich Finger Bone, then tested how much equipment could withstand before breaking. After reviewing his strengthened status, he looked toward a distant planet and wondered how to reach it.

• Lin Mu cautiously modified the Death God's Blessed Lich Finger Bone after a reckless change cracked it, settling on safer effects that increased summons ninefold.
• Lin Mu tested numerical changes on the Heaven Burner Scepter and Crystal Flame Soul-Devouring Breastplate, and both pieces of equipment shattered after repeated additions.
• Lin Mu concluded that equipment could not withstand excessive modifications, especially direct increases to numerical values.
• Lin Mu checked his status after his fifth class advancement and saw his attributes had increased substantially.
• Lin Mu looked toward the planet on the star map and wondered how he could get there.

Lin Mu wondered how to reach the destination shown on his star map, but a group of Star Sea Swimmers arrived at the base before he could find a way. He subdued them and left with Lilith and Elvira aboard their leader, using the cosmic behemoth as a taxi to travel to the coordinates.

• Lin Mu considered how to reach his destination while Wang Yaohui, Elder Sun, and the newcomers worked on transforming the planet.
• A Star Sea Swimmer emerged from a spatial rift with more than a dozen others, and their energy attack shattered the base's shield.
• Lin Mu seized the largest behemoth with Grasp of Bones and used Soul Stripping to frighten it into submission.
• Lin Mu projected his destination's coordinates into the Star Sea Swimmers' minds and commanded them to take him there.
• Lilith and Elvira joined Lin Mu on the leading behemoth, which opened a wormhole and carried them away with the others.

Lin Mu traveled through a spatial wormhole aboard a convoy of [Star Sea Swimmers] and arrived in a prosperous Star Domain. His group emerged beside a heavily armed merchant convoy, whose ships immediately targeted them.

• Elder Sun and Wang Yaohui decided to focus on their logistics work and ordered the first phase of base construction completed within three days.
• Lin Mu rode the largest [Star Sea Swimmer] through the wormhole while Elvira and Lilith accompanied him.
• The [Star Sea Swimmers] emerged in a bright, unfamiliar Star Domain filled with planets and stars.
• Lin Mu's convoy appeared beside a merchant convoy escorted by a carrier and warships.
• The merchant fleet sounded alarms and aimed its weapons at Lin Mu's group.

Lin Mu and his companions tried to pass through the Silver Light Trade Route, but Milo von Augustus demanded their largest Star Sea Swimmer as a gift. After Lin Mu refused, Milo threatened them, and Lin Mu opened his eyes in irritation.

• The Silver Light Trade Route's Seventeenth Fleet challenged Lin Mu's group, and Elvira explained that they were peaceful travelers passing through.
• Captain Drake recognized the Star Sea Swimmers' overwhelming power and considered letting the group leave, but Milo von Augustus demanded their largest beast as a gift for his father.
• Lin Mu refused to sell the Star Sea Swimmer, and Elvira told the fleet that they would soon depart.
• Milo angrily threatened to kill Lin Mu's group and enslave them, but Elvira's Holy Light and Lilith's umbrella deflected his psychic assault.
• Lin Mu opened his eyes, irritated by Milo's threat.

Lin Mu killed Milo with [Soul Stripping] after Milo ordered the Silver Light Trade Route’s mothership to attack him with the Void Shackles. With Milo reduced to dust and the weapon fading, Lin Mu asked the command crew who had given them the right to make a fuss.

• Milo ordered Captain Drake to activate the Void Shackles despite Drake’s warning.
• The mothership unleashed a massive energy net toward the [Star Sea Swimmer] as Milo boasted about the Augustus Family’s power.
• Lin Mu calmly used [Soul Stripping] on Milo, whose body turned into grayish-white dust.
• The Void Shackles dissipated after Milo died, and Lin Mu addressed the silent command crew through a mental ripple.

Captain Drake ordered the merchant convoy to surrender its cargo as a toll to Lin Mu, who took the treasure and left through a wormhole with the Star Sea Swimmers. Drake then prepared to report Milo’s death to the Augustus Family as a heroic sacrifice caused by force majeure.

• Captain Drake panicked at Lin Mu’s power and ordered every ship in the convoy to jettison its valuable cargo as a toll.
• The merchant ships dumped tens of thousands of tons of cargo into space, and Lin Mu’s Star Sea Swimmers swallowed it all.
• Lin Mu accepted the goods, told the convoy to leave, and departed through a wormhole with the Star Sea Swimmers.
• Captain Drake collapsed in relief and fear, then ordered his crew to send an encrypted report describing Milo’s death as heroic and blaming force majeure.

Lin Mu, Elvira, and Lilith reached a rust-red planet filled with powerful monsters, and Lin Mu easily slaughtered a swarm of Rust-Burrowing Worms as they landed. A far more terrifying presence then awakened beneath the planet and locked onto Lin Mu.

• Lin Mu arrived at the rust-red planet with Elvira and Lilith after releasing the Star Sea Swimmers from their journey.
• Lin Mu, Elvira, and Lilith descended toward the planet, where tens of thousands of Rust-Burrowing Worms ambushed them with acid.
• Lin Mu froze the worms and destroyed them with Bone Spike Impact, clearing the area and gaining experience.
• The ground shook violently as a powerful will surged from the planet's depths and targeted Lin Mu.