Recaps

Nolan Shan noticed five promising fighters in the Decisive Battle Space and arranged for a powerful Universe Two-Star Mercenary to meet them. The mercenary explained how life-and-death battles and bloodlines affected evolution, then showed them a chart ranking human bloodlines.

• Nolan Shan identified Killer, Thunder God, Madman, Ice and Snow, and Seven Sins as promising recruits and asked the Hundred Tiger Tower representative to contact them.
• A Killing Field staff member invited the five fighters to meet the owner of a Meditation Room, while Lin Chenxing stayed behind.
• The five met a burly Universe Two-Star Mercenary, who questioned why they trained so much in the Killing Field instead of undertaking life-and-death adventures.
• The mercenary explained that bloodlines determined how quickly people evolved and displayed a chart of ten human bloodline ranks for them to examine.

Ming Yu explained bloodline levels and the Virtual Universe Company's elite classifications to Luo Feng and the others, then offered them membership. They rejected the restrictive inner circle and joined as external members, with Lin Chenxing also qualifying as an elite.

• Ming Yu explained that Earthlings had a low bloodline level, making cultivation difficult, but that Bloodline Evolution Agents could improve their potential.
• Ming Yu introduced himself as an external steward and assessed Luo Feng, Hong, Thunder God, Mohanderson, and East as elites of varying ranks.
• Hong asked about the obligations of joining, and the group rejected inner-circle membership because they could not accept its long cultivation period or leave Blue Star under the Nolan Mountain Family's threat.
• Ming Yu offered them external membership, explaining that they would have more freedom but fewer benefits and could buy limited quantities of Evolution Agents.
• Hong brought Lin Chenxing forward, and Ming Yu judged his Third-Stage Domain sufficient to qualify him as a Level 1 Elite.
• Ming Yu welcomed Luo Feng, Hong, Thunder God, Mohanderson, East, and Lin Chenxing as external members under his supervision.

Luo Feng and the others accepted an invitation from the Hundred Tiger Tower, hoping to use its influence to resolve the Nolan Mountain Family’s threat to Blue Star and Mars. At the banquet, they confronted Nolan Shan, who offered to withdraw his people and protect their star system, though he still intended to investigate the treasures there.

• Hong, Thunder God, Luo Feng, Mohanderson, and East decided to join the Universe Mercenary Alliance, while Lin Chenxing said one of his clones could go with them.
• The six received an invitation from the Hundred Tiger Tower and agreed to attend its banquet to seek help against Nolan Shan.
• The Hundred Tiger Tower recruiter introduced Nolan Shan, and Thunder God confronted him over the Nolan Mountain Family’s attacks on their home planet.
• Nolan Shan blamed the incidents on an explorer’s false report and promised to order his descendants to turn back.
• Nolan Shan offered to station troops around the group’s star system until they had a Universe-level powerhouse, while secretly deciding to investigate the treasures on Blue Star and Mars.

Luo Feng and the others realized the Nolan Mountain Family might target the treasures on Blue Star and Mars, so they prepared to defend the Solar System while training. Lin Chenxing used the Bloodline Evolution Agent and Moya Crystal to break through to Stellar Level One.

• Hong and the others suspected Nolan Shan had become interested in the hidden Solar System after learning they owned Blue Star and Mars, and they expected the Nolan Mountain Family's fleet to arrive in three years.
• Luo Feng told the group that his Golden Horned Beast was nearing Universe Level, and Hong and Thunder God accepted him as one of the Blue Star People.
• Five days later, Lin Chenxing gave Hong and the others his new Bamboo Fruits, then began secluded cultivation with them.
• Lin Chenxing injected the Bloodline Evolution Agent and endured its painful effects as his Spirit Bamboo Clone nourished his transforming body.
• Lin Chenxing used Moya Crystal energy to fuel his transformation, and his nine dantian planets condensed into a miniature star as he reached Stellar Level One.

During three months of rapid growth on Blue Star, Lin Chenxing struggled to reach the laws while the Three Realms Plan and new training programs advanced. Unable to send Universe Level members to the Solar System, Nolan Shan ordered Pula to infiltrate Blue Star and Mars to search for unrecorded treasures.

• Luo Feng reached Star Level Two, while Lin Chenxing, Mohanderson, and East broke through to Star Level One as Blue Star's training drove hundreds of people to Planetary Level.
• Lin Chenxing sensed a barrier between his domain and the laws, and his attempts to push further injured him, though the upgraded Jade Bamboo Fruit helped him recover.
• Huaxia developed three Human World devices to help users comprehend domains, while America began building meditation chambers in space around Blue Star and Mars.
• The Three Realms Plan expanded as Blue Star became a training ground, Mars received settlers, and Venus opened as a trial ground for Advanced War Gods.
• After Three Axe Mountain pressured the Hundred Tiger Tower to restrain the Nolan Mountain Family, Nolan Shan could not send Universe Level members to the Solar System and ordered Pula to send people to search Blue Star and Mars.

The Nolan Guards led by Tuo Leiwu infiltrated Mars, prompting a planetwide search that ended with Luo Feng and the others capturing them. Tuo Leiwu denied ties to the Nolan Mountain Family and threatened Blue Star, provoking Lin Chenxing and the councilors to attack more fiercely.

• A probe anomaly near the Solar System led to reports of further anomalies, and the forces on Mars prepared to investigate and defend their territory.
• Tuo Leiwu led his Nolan Guard squad into Mars's atmosphere, triggering alarms that alerted the planet's fighters to the intruders.
• Hong and the other councilors organized searches across Mars's 520 sectors as Tuo Leiwu's squad evaded the search teams.
• Luo Feng and Lin Chenxing caught up with the squad, and Lin Chenxing used his Domain and vines to restrain the Nolan Guards.
• Tuo Leiwu denied working for the Nolan Mountain Family and threatened to destroy Blue Star, prompting Lin Chenxing and the other councilors to unleash stronger attacks.

Lin Chenxing proposed stock trading, mercenary missions, and calling on Lord Ming Yu as ways to raise funds and protect Blue Star and Mars. The six set out for the Universe Apprentice Mercenary Assessment, and the chapter left them preparing to enter the World Lord World on Canglan Planet.

• Lin Chenxing suggested building a stock-trading team around Luo Hua and joining the Universe Mercenary Alliance to earn wealth and improve their strength.
• Lin Chenxing said they could ask Lord Ming Yu for help as a last resort, though the group would need to pay a price and could not be sure his people would be trustworthy.
• Hong proposed that the group take the Universe Apprentice Mercenary Assessment, and Luo Feng suggested bringing two of his Star Level Nine slaves as servants.
• The six left Mars aboard the Black Dragon Mountain X81 Spaceship and traveled to Qiu Long Planet to register as adventurers.
• Eight applicants paid the assessment fee and received instructions to enter the World Lord World on Canglan Planet, collect three wind hornstones and a One-Horned Iron Rhino horn, and hand them to the Universe Mercenary Alliance staff.

Luo Feng, Lin Chenxing, Thunder God, and their group gathered Wind Horn Stones in Wind Thunder Canyon while Thunder God studied its lightning. A violent quake opened a hidden entrance in the mountain, and the adventurers realized it might lead to a World within a World.

• Luo Feng led the group through Thunder World’s dangers until they reached Wind Thunder Canyon, where Lin Chenxing urged Thunder God to study its lightning.
• The group gathered Wind Horn Stones from a cave near the canyon, using Luo Feng’s Cloud-Touching Vine and Lin Chenxing’s branches and roots to reach stones in the gale.
• On their thirty-second day in the canyon, a quake shook Thunder World and lightning tore open a black rift in a nearby mountain.
• Thunder God’s Domain formed spherical bolts of lightning as he absorbed inspiration from the event, reaching the fifth layer and sensing that it concealed something more.
• Tens of thousands of adventurers identified the rift as a possible entrance to a World within a World.

Lin Chenxing and his companions explored the World within a World, collected large amounts of Universe Crystals, and reached the central Thunder Castle. The castle opened and a voice welcomed everyone, saying it had waited more than ten million years for this day.

• He Ruo and Hong reported the discovery of the World within a World to their organizations, and Ming Yu told Hong to act in Three Axe Mountain’s name.
• Luo Feng led the team in searching for buried Universe Crystals, and they collected 31,000 cubic meters in three days.
• Lin Chenxing and the others gathered 96,000 cubic meters of Universe Crystals by the eighth day and received Ming Yu’s message about a coming wave of nearly two million adventurers.
• After enduring repeated ambushes, Lin Chenxing and his companions reached the central region, where major factions had gathered around a deep-blue castle.
• When Ninth Prince Brolin’s bodyguard approached the castle gates, lightning struck him dead, and the castle transformed into a Thunder Castle.
• The castle gates opened, its lightning vanished, and an unseen speaker welcomed everyone to the World within a World.

Lin Chenxing and his companions gathered 1.87 million Thunder Stones and exchanged them for two Life Fruits and the Space-Suppressing Ding. After the Ninth Prince learned that Lord Wu revealed buyers’ exchanges, he ordered troops to hunt the group, who unknowingly left the camp with a thousand-man force following them.

• Lin Chenxing, Luo Feng, and their six companions formed a team and used their plant life-forms to collect Thunder Stones across several deposits, amassing 1.87 million.
• The group decided to return to Morningstar and exchange Thunder Stones for Life Fruits to strengthen Luo Feng and Hong’s Cloud-Touching Vines.
• Luo Feng exchanged 1.78 million Thunder Stones for two Life Fruits and the Fifth-Order Psionic Weapon, the Space-Suppressing Ding, while his companions concealed his purchase from Brolin.
• Mohanderson discovered that Lord Wu disclosed whether people in line had exchanged for treasures, and the group realized their diversion had kept Brolin from learning about Luo Feng’s purchase.
• Brolin learned that valuable treasures had already been claimed and ordered his troops to hunt people who had exchanged before him and later left to gather Thunder Stones.
• Lin Chenxing and the others left the camp to find a place for the Cloud-Touching Vines to evolve, unaware that a thousand-man force was following them.

After their exchange, Lin Chenxing and the other seven were pursued by a thousand Star Level Ninth Order fighters. Luo Feng escaped aboard a C9-class spaceship, but Lin Chenxing was left gravely wounded after shielding the hatch.

• Thunder God celebrated the squad's gains as they flew away from the camp, but Luo Feng noticed a group following them.
• Luo Feng led the squad on a sharp turn, while the pursuing captain ordered a thousand fighters to catch and kill them.
• Lin Chenxing scattered seeds that grew into vines, briefly slowing some of the pursuers before they caught up.
• The pursuers fired a barrage of Telepathic Weapons, and Luo Feng brought out a C9-class spaceship to shield the squad.
• Luo Feng, Hong, Thunder God, Mohanderson, and East boarded the spaceship as Lin Chenxing, Ao Gu, and Tie Nanhe covered the hatch.
• Lin Chenxing transformed into bamboo to block the incoming weapons, was riddled with holes, and collapsed inside after the hatch sealed; the spaceship escaped.

Luo Feng’s group escaped an ambush by Brolin’s forces, but Lin Chenxing’s Spirit Bamboo shoot clone died protecting them. Back on Mars, Lin Chenxing received the clone’s memories and began growing a replacement while his squad prepared to target Brolin’s forces and pursue Thunder Stones.

• Lin Chenxing’s Spirit Bamboo shoot clone revealed it had reached Star Level One and died after shielding Luo Feng’s group from the Telepathic Weapons.
• Babata identified the attackers as men serving Ninth Prince Brolin, and Luo Feng resolved to target Brolin’s forces for Thunder Stones.
• Hong warned the group about Brolin’s nine C2-grade Laser Guns, while East suggested ambushing a squad to seize any weapons they carried.
• On Mars, Lin Chenxing received the dead clone’s memories, felt relieved that Tie Nanhe had survived, and resumed his seclusion.
• A new Spirit Bamboo shoot grew into Lin Chenxing’s likeness, reached Star Level One, and broke free of its roots.

After returning to Mars, Luo Feng and his companions told Lin Chenxing about their gains from the World within a World and handed over three rare plants he wanted to study. The group left with a fortune and valuable rewards, while Lin Chenxing began planning how to cultivate and analyze the plants.

• Thunder God returned to Mars and proudly told Lin Chenxing that he had received World Lord Kabu’s legacy, but Lin Chenxing guessed the truth behind it and deflated his excitement.
• Luo Feng and the others told Lin Chenxing how they had survived the fighting, collected eleven treasures and 11.26 million Thunder Stones, and purchased forty-one more treasures at the castle.
• Luo Feng gave the Void-Slicing Blade to Ming Yu, who transferred it to a Three Axe Mountain general in exchange for ownership of one hundred planets.
• Luo Feng sold forty-nine of his remaining treasures for twelve trillion Universe Coins and kept Thunder God’s Lightning Secret Technique and three plants for Lin Chenxing.
• Lin Chenxing eagerly took the Purple Thunder Fruit Tree, Thunder-Gathering Lotus Seed, and Thunder-Fire Fruit Vine, intending to cultivate and study their attributes.

Over two years, Lin Chenxing, Luo Feng, and their companions developed Blue Star and the Solar System while strengthening their cultivation and defenses. The Nolan Mountain Family's spacecraft finally reached the edge of the Solar System, with Baikaluo and Dewen watching Blue Star approach.

• Lin Chenxing discovered that his three plants needed energy related to the universe's laws to mature and produce fruit with their proper abilities.
• Luo Feng and the others built up Blue Star's wealth and defenses, bought powerful Universe Level slaves, and expanded the Solar System's gun platforms.
• Blue Star's martial artists and experts grew stronger, with Luo Feng reaching Star Level Eight and the highest Domain level among the group, while Lin Chenxing struggled to reach the laws.
• On October 28, 2065, Baikaluo and Dewen arrived at the edge of the Solar System aboard a D3-grade spacecraft and focused on the distant Blue Star.

Lin Chenxing used the Life Fruit to strengthen his plant domain and Spirit Bamboo Clone, but he still could not sense the laws as the Genius Tournament approached. The chapter ended with the Virtual Universe announcing the upcoming Peak Genius Tournament.

• Lin Chenxing sensed Luo Feng leave Mars to confront the Nolan Mountain Family, then welcomed Baikaluo after Luo Feng returned and introduced the enslaved Blade Race warrior.
• The Potter Family ship and another vessel were refused entry to Earth because it was under Three Axe Mountain.
• Luo Feng returned from the Ganwu Auction with a Yan Shen Armament, Mosha Race skin, Lanke Fruits, and a Life Fruit, after his companions pooled money for him.
• Lin Chenxing used the Lanke Fruits to raise his Spirit Bamboo Clone to Universe Level Third Order and release his second Sub-plant Clone.
• Lin Chenxing opened the Life Fruit between himself and his Spirit Bamboo Clone, strengthening his plant domain and raising the clone to Universe Level Sixth Order, but he still could not sense the laws.
• The Virtual Universe announced the upcoming Peak Genius Tournament across Black Dragon Mountain Island.

Lin Chenxing and his brothers learned about the Peak Genius Tournament and discussed their chances in the competition. They decided that Blue Star’s new Stellar Level fighters should participate too.

• Lin Chenxing received a message from his second brother and realized it was time for the Genius Tournament.
• Thunder God gathered the six brothers and showed them the tournament announcement and its rewards.
• The brothers discussed the strength of the competition and assessed their prospects, including Lin Chenxing’s ninth-level domain and lack of law comprehension.
• Hong asked whether to notify Blue Star’s three new Stellar Level One fighters, and Lin Chenxing agreed that Jia Yi, Sokolov, and Xi Qing should compete.

Lin Chenxing and the other Blue Star contestants registered for Ganwu Universe Country’s Genius Tournament, then entered their assigned World Zones for the Preliminary Elimination. In World Area 52, Lin Chenxing hid from the early fighting, seized an opening to reach a garden, and earned seven points along the way.

• Lin Chenxing and eight others from Blue Star registered for the tournament, which drew more than 822.5 billion participants from Ganwu Universe Country.
• The contestants learned that their physical abilities would be equalized and that the Preliminary Elimination would narrow the field to 100,100 survivors.
• Hong, Thunder God, Mohanderson, Lin Chenxing, East, Luo Feng, Jia Yi, Sokolov, and Xi Qing announced their assigned World Zones before teleporting into the competition.
• Lin Chenxing appeared in a city building in World Area 52, stayed hidden while fighters battled nearby, and waited for an opportunity to leave.
• When Blade Soul drew the city's fighters into his challenge, Lin Chenxing slipped toward a garden, collected plants, and gained seven points by killing three opponents.

Lin Chenxing, known as Demon Vine, used his vines to hunt powerful fighters during the Preliminary Elimination. After killing thirteen Martial Artists who attacked him, he rose to rank 3688, while an unseen observer watched from a nearby building.

• On the eighth day, Lin Chenxing ignored a man trapped in his vines and checked his points and rank.
• Lin Chenxing directed his vines toward areas with powerful opponents as his territory emptied and his reputation as Demon Vine spread.
• Thirteen Martial Artists ambushed Lin Chenxing among the high-rises, but his layered vines stopped their attacks.
• Lin Chenxing revealed his ninth-level domain and bound all thirteen attackers, who then broke through his domain and attacked again.
• Lin Chenxing drew a branch-like spear and unleashed a flower-filled illusion that killed the thirteen Martial Artists.
• Lin Chenxing's points rose to 81374 and his rank improved to 3688, while an unseen person watched from a nearby building with a flickering flame in their eyes.

Lin Chenxing and the other top fighters in the city confronted the newcomer Lan Ming, whose mastery of water and bow overwhelmed them. After killing Prisoner and repelling Aurora, Lan Ming broke through Lin Chenxing's defenses, leaving their fight unresolved.

• Lin Yi, Lin Jun, and Xi Qing watched as Lin Chenxing climbed into the top three thousand in the rankings.
• On day 17, Lin Chenxing called out Red Demon, Prisoner, and Aurora, and Red Demon revealed that Lan Ming had challenged the city's strongest fighters.
• Lan Ming blocked attacks from Lin Chenxing, Aurora, and Prisoner, then fired a powerful arrow that killed Prisoner.
• Lan Ming's blades cut through Lin Chenxing's vine defenses, but Lin Chenxing stopped them with leaves from his spear.
• Aurora unleashed her invisible sword attack, but Lan Ming parried her and sent her retreating from the fight.

Lan Ming killed Lin Chenxing in the final clash, ending Lin Chenxing’s run in the competition and dropping his score and rank. Back with his friends, Lin Chenxing watched the standings as the contest continued, while his final rank settled at 1053.

• Red Demon interrupted Lan Ming’s attack on Lin Chenxing, then retreated when Lan Ming turned toward Lin Chenxing again.
• Lin Chenxing expanded and concentrated his Domain, charged Lan Ming, and raised a vine shield, but Lan Ming’s arrow pierced the shield and killed him.
• Lin Chenxing returned with Xi Qing and checked the rankings, seeing Lan Ming at rank eight and learning that Mohanderson remained in the competition.
• Lin Chenxing reflected that Luo Feng, Hong, and Thunder God could bring more attention to the Blue Star Lineage, while its secrets were better kept hidden.
• At the end of the thirtieth day, Lin Chenxing’s rank settled at 1053.

After the Arena Melee and early elimination matches, Luo Feng advanced while Hong entered the Reincarnation Battle, and Lin Chenxing resumed studying the Law of Wood. A year later, his investigation of the law revealed a strange energy-draining blind spot at Mars’s northernmost pole.

• Lin Chenxing congratulated Luo Feng, Hong, Thunder God, and Mohanderson on their preliminary results, while Mohanderson explained how he had broken through to the Fifth-Level Domain and placed 998th.
• Black Dragon Mountain Empire envoys offered rewards for the Blue Star Lineage’s top performers, including galaxies for Luo Feng and Hong or Thunder God and a sacred-land disciple place every five hundred years.
• Luo Feng and Hong reached the Arena Melee’s top ten, but Thunder God and Mohanderson were eliminated before then.
• Luo Feng defeated Savage Rong Jun in his fourth match, while Hong lost his third match and entered the Reincarnation Battle.
• Lin Chenxing left the Virtual Universe to study the Law of Wood through his Domain’s connection to the planet’s plants.
• One year into the Reincarnation Battle, Lin Chenxing noticed that his Domain’s energy kept draining into a blind spot at Mars’s northernmost pole.

Lin Chenxing cleansed his domain beside the black hole, which formed into a portal that drew him into a small secret realm. As his domain’s energy shaped the realm and brought forth a Giant Bamboo, the Blue Star Lineage gathered outside and entered to find him.

• Lin Chenxing used the black hole to cleanse his domain until it stopped absorbing energy and formed a ring-shaped portal.
• Lin Chenxing touched the portal’s rippling surface and was pulled into a small space filled with energy from his domain.
• Lin Chenxing watched the energy form land, sky, and gravity, then saw a Giant Bamboo and countless smaller bamboos grow.
• The Blue Star Lineage gathered at the portal on Mars and learned that Lin Chenxing’s clones knew only that he was alive.
• Luo Feng identified the portal as an entrance to a secret realm, and Mohanderson and Hong led the others inside.

Lin Chenxing’s group explored a secret region shaped by his bamboo-focused domain, and he decided to use it as a laboratory for improving Spirit Bamboo. After Hong lost the Reincarnation Battle, Army Lord Luo offered to take him as a disciple, and Lin Chenxing asked whether one Origin of Laws could give rise to another.

• Lin Chenxing explained that the secret region’s bamboo plants and structure had formed from the wills in his domain, and he proposed using the region to experiment with Spirit Bamboo.
• Hong agreed that the secret region should belong to Lin Chenxing, and the group surveyed it before sealing its entrance behind a tower.
• The Blue Star Lineage discovered that only Planetary Level and higher could enter the secret region, while Luo Feng remained its sole contender to advance to the final battle.
• Ming Yu brought General Jiang Tianchen and Army Lord Luo to meet Hong, and Luo offered to take Hong as his disciple for a twenty-thousand-year journey through the universe.
• Hong accepted Luo’s offer and asked him to explain Lin Chenxing’s discovery; Lin Chenxing asked whether one Origin of Laws could give rise to another, and Jiang Tianchen said laws could not do so.

Lin Chenxing learned from Luo how one Origin of Laws might give rise to others, then studied the process in the Thousand Bamboo Realm while Blue Star opened limited contact with other planets. Meanwhile, Luo Feng reached the Nine Line Flow and placed second in the Trial Tower eliminations, becoming the most revered hero of the Blue Star Lineage.

• Lin Chenxing described the fleeting streams of colored air he had witnessed, and Luo theorized that recombining similar essences could let one Origin of Laws derive others.
• Luo postponed his journey by a month after gaining new insight, while Lin Chenxing returned to the Thousand Bamboo Realm and began observing its expansion and forming matter.
• After Luo Feng received ownership of the Milky Way Galaxy, Lin Chenxing, Thunder God, and others allowed each Blue Star faction to send a few people to habitable planets while keeping the solar system as the Blue Star Lineage’s holy land.
• Luo Feng achieved the Nine Line Flow in the Trial Tower and placed second overall after killing 2,866 Nine-Headed Pythons on the sixth tower’s second level.
• The Blue Star Lineage celebrated Luo Feng, whose achievement made him its most revered hero.

Lin Chenxing studied other Origin Laws while Luo Feng prepared to leave for Virtual Universe Company Headquarters. Before departing, Luo Feng promised to help Blue Star grow stronger, and Lin Chenxing advised him to save his points for guidance and manuals at headquarters.

• After Hong departed on his travels, Lin Chenxing trained against Star Level fighters in the Killing Field to study their different laws.
• Luo Feng lost to Long Yun in the final arena tournament, leaving only Long Yun and Death God Bolan to enter the Primal Secret Region.
• Hong warned Luo Feng to survive and shoulder the responsibility of protecting the Blue Star Lineage, while the brothers shared plans to develop its fighters.
• Mohanderson and East planned to take qualified Star Level fighters on Universe Mercenary missions, while Thunder God volunteered to oversee the Training Base.
• As Luo Feng set off, Lin Chenxing advised him to save his points for the teachers and manuals at Virtual Universe Company Headquarters, including Floating Blood.