Chapter Summaries

Chen Yuan defeated Luo Hai by evading his attacks, then met Yu Qinglan practicing the movements she had seen in their match. She explained that her Wind of Existence Conception let her perceive past events through the wind, and Chen Yuan resolved to learn it.

• Trainees praised Chen Yuan after he evaded Luo Hai's attacks and won when Luo Hai broke the agreed rules by using a force-amplification technique.
• Chen Yuan and Luo Hai discussed Chen Yuan's improvement and agreed to review their fight in Virtual Space.
• Yu Qinglan practiced Chen Yuan's apparent movement technique at night, and Chen Yuan told her that he had predicted Luo Hai's movements rather than used a technique.
• Yu Qinglan explained that her Wind of Existence Conception allowed her to perceive past events through the wind.
• Chen Yuan realized the Conception might help him approach the Law of Time and decided he had to learn it.

Chen Yuan learned that his Gale Sword Art had caused Yu Qinglan’s swordsmanship and movement technique to imitate his, and he offered to create a cultivation technique to undo the effects. In exchange, Yu Qinglan agreed to let him observe her Wind of Existence Conception.

• Yu Qinglan explained that memories left by Chen Yuan’s Conception had disrupted her training and made her techniques increasingly resemble his.
• Chen Yuan learned from the system that the Gale Sword Art was tailored to him and would make other practitioners reject incompatible cultivation methods.
• Chen Yuan considered the risk of exposing his optimization ability and decided that tailoring a technique for Yu Qinglan would not attract powerful figures’ attention.
• Chen Yuan offered to create a technique suited to Yu Qinglan so she could resist the Gale Sword Art’s influence and practice other manuals again.
• Yu Qinglan agreed to let Chen Yuan observe her use of the Wind of Existence Conception in exchange for his help, and they sealed the deal with a high-five.

Chen Yuan waited for the Meditation Method optimization to finish while collecting data from Yu Qinglan’s cultivation and training his swordsmanship. The system completed the Source Star Meditation, whose extraordinary effects promised to raise his Brain Domain Width and consciousness strength as he cultivated it.

• Chen Yuan watched Yu Qinglan cultivate the Wind of Existence while using his Power of Mind to gather data, then returned to Jiangnan Pavilion to train his swordsmanship.
• Chen Yuan waited two days for the system to finish optimizing the Hibernation Method: Crystal Meditation.
• The system completed the optimization and produced the secret technique Source Star Meditation.
• Chen Yuan discovered that Source Star Meditation could increase Brain Domain Width by up to 30 points and raise consciousness strength to two major realms above his body.
• Chen Yuan realized these effects could greatly improve his aptitude and make him exceptionally powerful at hypnosis and illusion combat.

Chen Yuan optimized Yu Qinglan’s Red Lotus swordsmanship into a Wind Artistic Conception art called Fierce Wind Sword Art, then continued training his Gale Sword Art. On December 31, one month after entering the Training Camp, he reached Completion Level with it.

• Chen Yuan read Yu Qinglan’s Red Lotus manual and created an optimization task to remove its Fire Artistic Conception content, retain its Violence branch, and tailor it to her physique.
• Chen Yuan completed the Entering Stillness Method’s first meditation session and classified it as a Planetary Ultimate Secret Method.
• The system finished optimizing Red Lotus, and Chen Yuan named the resulting fivefold-force sword art Fierce Wind Sword Art.
• Chen Yuan withheld the new manual from Yu Qinglan and continued his usual training while the system collected data on the Wind of Existence Conception.
• The system completed its data collection, and Chen Yuan finished reading his purchased manuals before focusing entirely on the Gale Sword Art.
• On December 31, Chen Yuan brought the Gale Sword Art to Completion Level.

Chen Yuan reached Completion Level in the Gale Sword Art, cleared the Trial Tower’s fourth floor, and comprehended a powerful killing move. After deciding to seek the Martial Artist Basic Secret Method in Ruins No. 9, he gave Yu Qinglan the optimized Fierce Wind Sword Art.

• Chen Yuan’s Gale Sword Art reached Completion Level during the Trial Tower battle, letting him kill the remaining Bloodthirsty Tanks and clear the fourth floor.
• Chen Yuan learned that his increased Wind Law Affinity had helped him comprehend a Violent Wind killing move that could combine with his fivefold force exertion for tenfold power.
• Chen Yuan decided to delay optimizing the Gale Sword Art until he obtained the Martial Artist Basic Secret Method from Ancient Civilization Ruin No. 9, and planned to update his Combat Power Amplitude first.
• Chen Yuan copied the Fierce Wind Sword Art and brought the manuscript to Yu Qinglan.
• Yu Qinglan examined the sword art, praised Chen Yuan, and accepted its name as the Fierce Wind Sword Art.

Chen Yuan claimed his dojo contract rewards and used Millennium Iron Birch Marrow to strengthen himself while exploring the Virtual Universe for the first time. The marrow’s effects left him an Intermediate War God, and he planned to learn the Universal Language after his first visit exposed his communication difficulties.

• Chen Yuan declined Yu Qinglan’s invitation, then confirmed with the dojo that his Combat Power Amplitude had reached 25 and specified his reward requirements.
• The dojo delivered an Auxiliary Optical Brain and Millennium Iron Birch Marrow, while Chen Yuan’s custom Force weapon was scheduled for delivery in two to three months.
• Chen Yuan swallowed the Iron Birch Marrow, activated the Optical Brain, and entered the Virtual Universe, where he named its assistant Wind Sprite.
• Chen Yuan checked his account on Black Dragon Mountain Island and found 50,000 Black Dragon Coins from the converted Black God Set.
• Chen Yuan wandered the city, struggled to communicate without the Universal Language, and exited the Virtual Universe when his body finished transforming.
• Chen Yuan checked his status and saw that his strength had risen to 168,550 kilograms and his realm had become Intermediate War God.

Chen Yuan secured entry to Ancient Civilization Ruin No. 9, where he hoped to obtain a Black God Set, and traveled there with eight other War Gods. The group boarded a Qiankun-class Fighter Jet and flew toward the ruin.

• Chen Yuan told Jiang Fang he had reached Intermediate War God level and wanted to enter Ruin No. 9, and she approved his leave and arranged clearance.
• Jiang Fang informed Chen Yuan that his entry was approved and that he would join a group departing the next morning.
• Chen Yuan spent the night in the Virtual Space Trial Tower, cleared the fifth-floor stages A and B, and reached a score of 5.7 before leaving for the headquarters.
• Chen Yuan joined eight other War Gods at the Limit Dojo headquarters and learned that Liu He would lead them to the ruin.
• Liu He led the group aboard a Qiankun-class Fighter Jet, which took off toward Ancient Civilization Ruin No. 9.

Chen Yuan entered Ancient Civilization Ruin No. 9, qualified for its Elite Passage, and killed the eighteen Black-Robed Men who attacked him. Trapped in an assessment chamber with three years to escape, he studied the universe’s basic martial arts secret method and began optimizing his Gale Sword Art.

• Liu He brought Chen Yuan and the other War Gods to the entrance of Ancient Civilization Ruin No. 9, then left them to enter with the Red-Robed Elder.
• Chen Yuan entered the ruin first, qualified for the Elite Passage with a Brain Domain Width of 21, and chose a route through its branching corridors.
• Eighteen peak War God Black-Robed Men surrounded Chen Yuan, but he killed them all in less than three seconds.
• The ruin trapped Chen Yuan in an assessment chamber and gave him three years to break out by studying 208 basic forms of the genetic Martial Artist secret teachings.
• Chen Yuan translated and studied the secret method, then used the system to establish a Gale Sword Art optimization task costing 99 Kill Points and taking 48 hours.

Chen Yuan completed the optimization of his Gale Sword Art, named the resulting Planetary Level Peak secret method the Thousand Wind Secret Canon, and cultivated it throughout the Death Assessment. After a month, he struck the crystal wall with enough force to shatter it.

• The Bald Crystal Man observed Chen Yuan sleeping at the start of the Death Assessment and warned that failure to finish within three years meant certain death.
• Chen Yuan completed two days of meditation as the system finished optimizing the Gale Sword Art into a secret method with a thirtyfold force-exertion limit and multiple Wind Conception branches.
• Chen Yuan learned that the new method could activate its Conception branches simultaneously and named it the Thousand Wind Secret Canon.
• Chen Yuan cultivated the Thousand Wind Secret Canon and trained in the Trial Tower, reaching Proficient level and a force-exertion level of twelve after a month.
• Chen Yuan unleashed Fierce Wind and shattered the crystal wall.

After completing the Death Assessment, Chen Yuan received his rewards from the Ruin Intelligence, including a Yunmo Planet Token that could help him approach Luo Feng. He left Ancient Civilization Ruin No. 9 on February 7, 2078, and planned to contact Uncle Wei.

• Chen Yuan left the Crystal Room and met the Bald Crystal Man, who questioned why he had slept during the first two days of the assessment.
• Chen Yuan claimed he had slept to recover after training in the Virtual Space, and the Bald Crystal Man presented him with a Black God Set, an Auxiliary Optical Brain, the Heaven Breaker secret technique, and a Yunmo Planet Token.
• The Bald Crystal Man told Chen Yuan to find the Yunmo Ship's master and revealed that Luo Feng had earned a token twenty years earlier, though it believed Luo Feng could not be the ship's master.
• Chen Yuan accepted the token and learned that the Bald Crystal Man could not access information outside the ruin because the Yunmo Ship's Sentient AI controlled Earth's system.
• Chen Yuan collected his rewards, exited Ancient Civilization Ruin No. 9, and decided to contact Uncle Wei.

After emerging from Ancient Civilization Ruin No. 9, Chen Yuan received the Wood Bud Crystal from Wei Wen and began preparing for his eventual breakthrough to Planetary Level. He signed up for the Wilderness Zone Reclamation Plan in Jiangnan City and headed there to join his assigned team.

• Chen Yuan bathed after leaving the ruins, then called Wei Wen and asked him to fulfill his promise of a Wood Bud Crystal.
• Wei Wen brought Chen Yuan the Wood Bud Crystal, which Chen Yuan swallowed and which began steadily increasing his strength.
• Chen Yuan told Wei Wen he wanted to hunt Monsters in the Wilderness Zone before advancing and build up Kill Points.
• Wei Wen showed Chen Yuan the Wilderness Zone Reclamation Plan, and Chen Yuan chose to clear the Wilderness Zones around Jiangnan City.
• Wei Wen registered Chen Yuan, whose application was approved immediately, and Chen Yuan asked Wei Wen to take him to Jiangnan City.

Chen Yuan arrived at the Limits Branch Hall in Jiangnan City to lead a mission clearing Overlord Monsters from the Wilderness Zone. After arranging military support and communications, he set off in the Smart Fighter Jet with the soldiers and Limit Dojo representative Zhang Yunhao.

• Wei Wen brought Chen Yuan to the Jiangnan Limits Branch Hall, where Chairman Zhou Zhengyong welcomed them and discussed assembling Chen Yuan's team.
• Commander Li Dawei arrived with elite Southeast Military Region soldiers and explained the military's plan to scout Overlord Monsters and relay their locations.
• Chen Yuan said his combat style and stamina let him fight the beast hordes alone, so Li Dawei assigned the soldiers to follow and transport Monster materials instead.
• Li Dawei transferred the Smart Fighter Jet's authority and synchronized the communications relay to Chen Yuan's Optical Brain.
• Zhang Yunhao volunteered to accompany Chen Yuan, who then boarded the jet with the military squad and flew toward the Wilderness Zone.

Chen Yuan led a team across the Wilderness Zone, killing Overlord Monsters and clearing their nests with his SS-Grade Battle Sword. After days of purges, he reached City 002 and checked his panel, showing his strength and kill points had grown substantially.

• Chen Yuan jumped from a fighter jet above City 037 and glided into an Overlord Monster nest, where he killed an Azure Mang Ox with two sword strikes.
• Chen Yuan slaughtered the nest’s Beast Generals and Beast Soldiers before his team arrived and was astonished by the number of corpses and the Azure Mang Ox’s size.
• Zhang Yunhao arranged for dojo members to collect the Monster corpses, then rejoined the team as Chen Yuan headed for the next area.
• Over the following days, Chen Yuan led his team across thousands of miles, clearing hundreds of nests and killing more than three hundred Overlord Monsters and over a hundred thousand Beast Generals.
• On February 25, 2078, Chen Yuan finished clearing a nest in City 002, sat atop a Winged Azure Wolf’s corpse, and checked his updated panel.

After helping clear Monsters across Jiangnan, Chen Yuan was sent to guard Gourd Mouth during a sea Monster beast tide. He used Mental Radiation to make the Monsters attack one another, and the slaughter continued as he moved through their ranks.

• Chen Yuan learned from Li Dawei that a King Level Monster was leading a beast tide at the Yangtze River estuary.
• Li Dawei assigned Chen Yuan to defend Gourd Mouth, where he could attack Monsters coming ashore without entering the water.
• Chen Yuan flew to Gourd Mouth and waited alone until the Level One beast tide erupted.
• Chen Yuan spread Mental Radiation over the advancing Monsters and made them attack their companions.
• The Monsters that came ashore continued slaughtering one another even after Chen Yuan moved beyond the ability's range.

Chen Yuan used his Star Level Consciousness Strength and Mind Domain to turn the Monsters at Gourd Mouth against one another and clear the beast tide’s corpses. After several days of defending the area, he learned that the hidden King Level Monster had been slain and the invasion was over.

• Chen Yuan expanded his Mind Domain across Gourd Mouth, hypnotizing Monsters into attacking one another and then controlling aquatic Monsters to haul the corpses ashore.
• Chen Yuan called Li Dawei, who arranged military convoys to remove the enormous piles of Monster corpses while Chen Yuan continued guarding the area.
• When another beast tide arrived, Chen Yuan repeated his method, causing the Monsters to slaughter one another and directing amphibious Monsters to move the corpses.
• On February 27, Chen Yuan waited in Gourd Mouth, but no Monsters appeared, and Li Dawei called to report that the hidden King Level Monster had been slain and the beast tide was over.
• Chen Yuan accepted the news, looked at the calm sea, and checked his panel, which showed 558,300 kilograms of Strength and 21,853,200 Kill Points.

Chen Yuan returned to the Training Camp after receiving honors and ownership of a King-Level Smart Fighter Jet for his role in the battle against the Monsters. On the flight, he studied the Heaven Breaker secret art and started optimizing its first level; back at the camp, he offered to spar with the discouraged Luo Hai.

• Li Dawei welcomed Chen Yuan, awarded him Four-Star Hero status, and transferred the King-Level Smart Fighter Jet to him.
• Chen Yuan agreed to let the military display his medal and certificate in the Memorial Hall, then departed for the Training Camp as the soldiers saluted him.
• During the flight, Chen Yuan read the first level of Heaven Breaker and created a task for the system to optimize it for his techniques and Conception abilities.
• Chen Yuan arrived at the Training Camp and encountered Luo Hai, who had been scolded by his teacher for making no progress and failing to comprehend Conception.
• Chen Yuan sensed Luo Hai's condition and challenged him to a real-life match, saying he could provide the pressure Luo Hai needed.

Chen Yuan fought Luo Hai at full strength to push him past his bottleneck, and Luo Hai awakened a powerful blade technique under the pressure. The chapter ended with their final clash shattering both weapons.

• Chen Yuan and Luo Hai agreed to spar without Chen Yuan using his Illusion Technique or unusual movement technique, then headed to the Training Ground.
• Chen Yuan and Luo Hai exchanged more than a hundred blows and entered a strength contest, where Chen Yuan blocked Luo Hai’s two-handed strike with one hand.
• Chen Yuan overwhelmed Luo Hai with rapid attacks, pushing him to adapt and gradually raise his Force Exertion Level from 5.5 times to 6 times.
• Luo Hai released the power building within him through his blade technique, unleashing Hundred Fierce: Mountain Destroyer.
• Chen Yuan countered with Fierce Wind, and their clash collapsed the arena floor and snapped both their weapons.

After defeating Luo Hai, Chen Yuan prepared for the Planetary Level and studied cosmic knowledge while continuing his cultivation. He broke through on March 5, formed a blue-green miniature planet in his dantian, and awakened the rare Heart of Wind ability.

• Chen Yuan defeated Luo Hai in a final exchange, and Luo Hai conceded after learning Chen Yuan’s force exertion was sixteen times.
• Chen Yuan and Luo Hai returned to Jiangnan Pavilion and secluded themselves, planning to break through to the Planetary Level within days.
• Chen Yuan studied universal language and cosmic knowledge, while the optimized Heaven Breaker technique became the Thousand Wind Secret Canon branch Mountain Tilter.
• Luo Hai broke through to the Planetary Level on March 4, and Chen Yuan reached the Apprentice Level peak before continuing his cultivation.
• On March 5, Chen Yuan gathered genetic energy in his dantian and formed a blue-green miniature planet, transforming his body as he entered the Planetary Level.
• Chen Yuan discovered that he had awakened the rare wind-attribute Heart of Wind, which improved his potential for comprehending wind Conceptions and Laws.

After breaking through to the Planetary Level, Chen Yuan saw that the Optimization Panel had upgraded with a new item-optimization function. He decided to postpone binding his equipment until he left Earth and applied to graduate from Jiang Fang's school.

• Chen Yuan planned to comprehend all nine Conception branches, gain a Domain, and attract the Virtual Universe Company's attention.
• Chen Yuan checked the upgraded panel and found he had gained the Heart of Wind and could optimize items as well as secret methods.
• Chen Yuan learned that binding the Black God Set would cost three million Kill Points and grant exclusivity, soul protection, and self-evolution.
• Chen Yuan canceled the optimization task because an item altered on Earth could draw the attention of Founder of the Giant Axe.
• Chen Yuan called Jiang Fang, announced his Planetary Level breakthrough, and applied to graduate.

Chen Yuan graduated from the Training Camp and decided to venture into the universe, while Luo Hai returned to his family to cultivate. After Chen Yuan reported his improved strength to Inspector Wang, Pavilion Master Hong summoned him to the Virtual Universe, where Chen Yuan arrived and found Thor with Hong.

• Jiang Fang, Luo Hai, Yu Qinglan, and Chen Yuan discussed their breakthroughs and plans after graduation.
• Luo Hai said he would return home to cultivate until Star Level, while Chen Yuan chose to venture into the universe.
• Luo Hai left aboard a Luo Family aircraft, and Chen Yuan stayed at Jiangnan Pavilion while awaiting instructions from the dojo.
• Inspector Wang called Chen Yuan, learned that his Force Exertion Level had reached seventeen times, and told him Pavilion Master Hong wanted to meet him.
• Chen Yuan logged into the Virtual Universe, accepted Hong's invitation to Nine Star Bay, and found Hong speaking with Thor beside a lake.