Chapter Summaries

Mo Jia and seven others trained under Lin Chenxing, then joined Qi Shanheng’s growing army as the Eight Guards of the Bamboo Forest. After the army formed and Qi Shanheng sensed Lin Chenxing’s importance, he approached him to request that he become the Qi Army’s strategist.

• Mo Jia and the other seven visited Lin Chenxing in the Bamboo Forest, learned from him, and grew into admired young talents in Nine Springs Town.
• A refugee leader named Qi Shanheng united the bandits and refugees around Nine Springs Town and surrounded the town, but a warning bell alerted its people and ended his chance of a surprise attack.
• Qi Shanheng negotiated with the town and sought to recruit the eight; after asking Lin Chenxing’s advice, they joined his group and became the Eight Guards of the Bamboo Forest.
• Qi Shanheng declared himself ruler, formed the Qi Army, and made Nine Springs Town its stronghold as an unusual aura entered his body.
• After the Eight Guards revealed Lin Chenxing’s location, Qi Shanheng visited the Bamboo Forest and asked Lin Chenxing to serve as the Qi Army’s strategist.

Lin Chenxing refused Qi Shanheng's offer to become his strategist, then helped the Qi State grow indirectly by welcoming the Hesi Clan and its academy. Twenty years after entering the secret realm, Lin Chenxing returned to a mineral planet, found a rich deposit of Leather Gold Mother, and discovered a glowing blue lake with a strange whirlpool.

• Lin Chenxing turned down Qi Shanheng's recruitment but allowed him to visit the Bamboo Forest to learn from him.
• Qi Shanheng conquered Yi City, built a powerful army, and later established the Qi State as one of the land's seven great powers.
• Lin Chenxing welcomed Jize Hesi and five other members of the Tai Gu clan, who established an academy that trained future Qi State generals.
• After twenty years, Lin Chenxing's two clones reached the mineral planet carrying an E1-level laser cannon and found that the bamboo at the site of a clone's death was still green.
• Lin Chenxing discovered a cave rich in Leather Gold Essence and Leather Gold Mother, then entered it while his ship guarded the entrance.
• At the cave's end, Lin Chenxing found a glowing blue lake, collected some of its liquid for testing, and saw a whirlpool at its center.

Lin Chenxing entered Tree God Hugelder’s god kingdom and learned that Hugelder wanted to study how he created a traveling clone. Hugelder accepted Lin Chenxing as his disciple and agreed to give him a token so he could visit Lin Chenxing’s home planet.

• Lin Chenxing let the whirlpool pull him into a hidden realm and changed into bamboo to pass through safely.
• Tree God Hugelder revealed that the realm was his god kingdom and explained that he had brought Lin Chenxing there to learn how his clone could travel outside.
• Lin Chenxing explained that his human main body enabled the clone’s ability, and Hugelder offered to make him a disciple.
• Lin Chenxing accepted, then suggested Hugelder give a token to one of his other clones so the Tree God could travel to his home planet.
• Hugelder agreed and sent spring water from the lake outside the cave, where Lin Chenxing’s waiting clone received it.

Lin Chenxing survived the Peak Powerhouse Tournament preliminaries and sent Thunder God’s team into the Smoke Saint Secret Realm to strengthen Qi State. Eight years into the expected period of peace, a border incident escalated into a war between two states.

• Lin Chenxing placed among the final thirty contestants in his arena, while Thunder God finished around fortieth and the other Blue Star contenders failed to reach the main competition.
• Lin Chenxing posted a Dojo mission to explore the Smoke Saint Secret Realm and improve Qi State, and He Meng, Jiang Zhicheng, and Qi Caining signed up.
• Thunder God led the team into the secret realm with Peng Tianwen and dozens of fighters after paying the entrance fee.
• An idle soldier killed a hunter who had crossed the border, prompting the hunter’s daughter’s fiancé to lead a squad to demand an explanation.
• Soldiers at the opposing town mistook the squad for an attack and killed them, sparking clashes that grew into a war between the two states.

Lin Chenxing watched the Battle of Bird Hunting begin while avoiding direct involvement, then met his teacher Hugelder in the God Kingdom and demonstrated how to shape plants into humanoid forms. Hugelder grasped the fundamentals and created his first humanoid clone.

• The kingdoms gathered more than ten million troops for the Battle of Bird Hunting, while Lin Chenxing stayed out of the conflict and focused on obtaining the King Qi Jades of the two doomed dynasties.
• Lin Chenxing's clone returned from the Sota Universe Kingdom to Mars, and spring water reached his main body.
• Lin Chenxing entered the God Kingdom and met Hugelder, who asked him to demonstrate his talent.
• Lin Chenxing used his ability to shape a banyan sapling into a human form, helping Hugelder understand the technique's principles.
• Hugelder planted branches to grow more saplings and successfully created his first humanoid clone.

Hugelder left his God Kingdom, transformed Mars into a more complete life-bearing planet, and settled there as Lin Chenxing’s teacher. With an Undying now protecting the Blue Star Lineage, Lin Chenxing reconsidered his plans and told the gathered Universe Levels that a World Lord would remain on Mars.

• Hugelder emerged on Mars, where his powers reshaped plants and established rivers and lakes.
• Hugelder toured Mars, criticized the Blue Star Lineage’s weakness, and offered to train Lin Chenxing and Thunder God.
• Hugelder chose to stay on Mars rather than tour the Milky Way Galaxy, citing the danger of encountering another Undying.
• Lin Chenxing recognized that Hugelder’s presence could protect the Blue Star Lineage from threats posed by powerful families and revised his plans.
• Lin Chenxing summoned the Universe Levels to Nine Star Bay and announced that Hugelder was his World Lord teacher who would stay on Mars.

Lin Chenxing moved to expand the Blue Star People's reach beyond the Black Dragon Mountain Empire as the Smoke Saint Secret Realm's conflict ended with Qi State in the lead. The forces backing the three remaining states negotiated over who would claim the final King Qi Jade, but Ruiwei raised the stakes with an offer of a secret-realm guide.

• Lin Chenxing persuaded the Universe Levels to prepare to spread the Blue Star People's activity throughout the Black Dragon Mountain Empire and neighboring medium-sized Universe Countries.
• The Battle of Bird Hunting ended with Qi State victorious, and the three surviving states divided the realm as their King Qi Jade took shape.
• Ke Shi explained that Yumang State had given up on winning and proposed negotiating compensation so one side could secure the final King Qi Jade.
• Ruiwei offered Cloud Pattern Iron materials in exchange for the victory, while Lin Chenxing countered with twenty C7-grade weapons and a hundred C5-grade weapons.
• Ruiwei added a guide to a small secret realm that only those below Star Level could enter.

Lin Chenxing helped establish the Cang Dynasty and prepared to leave the secret realm with the Blue Star Lineage. After He Meng and the others witnessed strange auras rise from an old battlefield during the founding ceremony, Lin Chenxing hurried there to investigate.

• Lin Chenxing negotiated with the Amonhan Family and the White Feather Family, sharing two King Qi Jades and weapons in exchange for the secret realm's guidance.
• Qi Shanheng asked whether Lin Chenxing would leave, and Lin Chenxing told him to reach the sky if he wanted to find him, adding that he would wait no longer than a thousand years.
• Three years later, the Cang Dynasty unified the world and held its founding ceremony, creating a King Qi Jade above the capital and a hidden bamboo-shaped jade near Lin Chenxing.
• Peng Tianwen urgently summoned Lin Chenxing after He Meng, Jiang Zhicheng, and Qi Caining reported seeing bloody aura rise from an old battlefield and turn into a yellow cloud during the ceremony.
• Lin Chenxing arrived at the battlefield after the aura had vanished and examined the land and clouds for clues.

Lin Chenxing discovered that the unusual cloud was a fragment of an Earth-Cloud corpse that formed the core of the Smoke Saint Secret Realm, and learned how the King Qi Jade and the realm’s rules came to be. He wondered whether the secret realm he had found on Mars had also been shaped by an Earth-Cloud’s influence.

• Lin Chenxing sent the Planetary Level disciples out and searched the secret realm’s skies with the Star Level and Universe Level warriors until he found the unusual cloud.
• When Lin Chenxing touched the cloud, he saw memories revealing that the Jiayu Empire’s founder had exterminated the Earth-Cloud Race and that their accumulated corpses later gave rise to the Smoke Saint Secret Realm.
• Lin Chenxing learned that an Earth-Cloud corpse had become the realm’s foundation and that its ability to transform blood essence had led to the creation of King Qi Jade.
• Lin Chenxing discovered that the first emperor to unify the sealed realm had found the cloud, created the first King Qi Jade, and later became the Universe Mercenary Alliance’s secret-realm guardian.
• Lin Chenxing realized the cloud he held was a fragment of the secret realm’s core and wondered whether the Earth-Cloud Race had also influenced the secret realm he found on Mars.

After leaving the secret realm, Lin Chenxing expanded trade with the Jiayu Empire, while Thunder God became Hugelder’s disciple and began cultivating under an undying’s guidance. Over the next thirty years, Lin Chenxing reached the ninth rank of Universe Level and prepared to advance his plan for founding a new cultivation school.

• Xu Xin negotiated a Jiayu Planet restaurant partnership with a Jiayu Sacred Land disciple, giving the disciple three-tenths of the profits in exchange for a license and one-tenth of the costs.
• Thunder God returned to Mars, where Hugelder accepted him as his second disciple and Lord Wu provided World Lord Kabu’s legacy to help guide his cultivation.
• Lin Chenxing reflected on Blue Star’s growing strength and decided that the benefits of Hong and Thunder God gaining powerful mentors outweighed the risks of changing the future.
• Lin Chenxing studied the King Qi Jade and the Origin of the Law of Wood, while his clone listened to Hugelder’s insights in the God Kingdom.
• Over thirty years, Lin Chenxing reached the ninth rank of Universe Level and found a point of compatibility between the Law of Earth and the Origin of the Law of Wood.
• Lin Chenxing planned to seek resources connected to the Laws of Metal, Water, Wind, Rain, and Light so he could test the next stage of his cultivation plan.

Mycroft Landon and his crew arrived on Mulan Star in the Milky Way Galaxy, prompting the Blue Star Council to investigate their intentions. Mycroft revealed his family ties and said they had discovered a wormhole, leaving Gao Zheng to arrange their registration and consider his request to bring Blue Star restaurants to his territory.

• Mycroft Landon’s ship emerged near the Milky Way Galaxy and traveled to Mulan Star to locate its position in Ganwu Universe Country.
• The Mulan Star administrator reported the arrival of powerful outsiders to the Blue Star Council, which sent Di Fan, Baikaluo, and Gao Zheng to meet them.
• Gao Zheng found Mycroft’s crew enjoying Blue Star cuisine and saw that they were causing no trouble despite their strength.
• Mycroft introduced himself as a member of the Landon Family of Dream-Eroding Universe Country, and Gao Zheng recognized his connection to Marquis Ewei.
• Mycroft told Gao Zheng that his group had found a wormhole and asked to register it, then suggested opening Blue Star restaurants in his territory.

Mycroft reported the Blue Star Lineage’s rapid development to Marquis Ewei, who asked to meet one of its decision-makers. Thunder God and Lin Chenxing investigated what Mycroft might have discovered and prepared to accept the summons.

• Mycroft told Marquis Ewei that Luo Feng’s race had advanced rapidly and that the quality of its traded supplies had steadily improved.
• Marquis Ewei asked Mycroft to invite an authorized representative of the Blue Star Lineage to meet him in the Virtual Universe.
• Gao Zheng told Thunder God and Lin Chenxing about Marquis Ewei’s request, and they questioned whether Mycroft had been gathering information on them.
• Lin Chenxing consulted the Think Tank, which considered information about Hu Yanbo, the Milky Way’s business dealings, and Luo Feng’s progress as possible reasons for the summons.
• After preparing for the meeting, Lin Chenxing and Thunder God contacted Gao Zheng and agreed to accept the invitation.

Marquis Ewei invited Lin Chenxing and Thunder God to learn about Luo Feng’s people and was impressed by Blue Star’s philosophical works. In return for the writings, he offered the Blue Star Clan a star system and the chance for its Domain Lords to become his nominal disciples.

• Marquis Ewei welcomed Lin Chenxing and Thunder God and asked about Luo Feng and their race.
• Thunder God described Blue Star’s creation myths and philosophical works, with Lin Chenxing adding details.
• Marquis Ewei praised the depth of Blue Star’s ideas and asked to buy copies of the writings.
• Thunder God gave Marquis Ewei a book of the works, which he read and said had helped him.
• Marquis Ewei offered the Blue Star Clan a star system under his protection and nominal discipleship for members who reached the Domain Lord level.

Lin Chenxing and Thunder God refused to abandon the Milky Way, and Marquis Ewei rewarded them with a star system and a promise of aid. Meanwhile, Luo became an immortal, and Hong shared the news as the Blue Star Lineage gained new support.

• Lin Chenxing and Thunder God told Marquis Ewei they would not move their race from the Milky Way, so he offered them the Quling Star System instead of special treatment.
• Marquis Ewei asked about Luo Feng's Qualification Battle, and Thunder God expressed confidence that Luo Feng could enter the Primal Secret Region.
• Marquis Ewei ordered Mycroft to give the Quling Star System to Lin Chenxing and Thunder God and provide them with a token promising his help in one crisis.
• Luo emerged from closed-door cultivation after breaking through to immortality and told Hong he would guard Hong's home planet for a thousand years.
• Hong contacted Thunder God and Lin Chenxing with the news, and they celebrated Luo's breakthrough and the Blue Star Lineage's growing support.

Mohanderson and East told Lin Chenxing and Hong how they had become trapped in a secret realm with a family that had ties to Star Pirates they had fought before. Lin Chenxing reassured them that he would meet them when they left, with help from his teacher’s avatar and token.

• Mohanderson and East recounted how they had fought Star Pirates during an earlier mission and later found two of the pirates among the mercenaries detained in a secret realm.
• Mohanderson explained that their contract required the family to escort them out safely and imposed penalties if it failed to do so.
• Hong urged Mohanderson and East to face the forced sparring calmly and suggested they might improve their strength.
• Lin Chenxing warned that the family could attack them after they left the secret realm, then promised to meet them with his teacher’s avatar and token for protection.

Mohanderson and East attended a banquet hosted by a powerful elder, expecting trouble after being recognized by members of the clan. The elder instead thanked them for helping train the clan’s youngsters, apologized for Su Yade’s past piracy, and gave them six treasures.

• Mohanderson and East earned the clan’s reward for training its members and stopped participating in sparring matches.
• After two Star Pirates suspected them of being involved in a failed mission, the clan elder invited Mohanderson and East to his residence.
• At the banquet, the elder thanked Mohanderson and East for helping the clan’s youngsters advance and explained that the rewards were only a small gesture of gratitude.
• Su Yade apologized for having robbed Mohanderson and East as a member of the Confusion Star Pirates, and they said they did not blame him.
• The elder presented Mohanderson and East with six treasures, and they expressed interest in working with the clan again.

In April 2275, Mohanderson and East organized a migration from Blue Star to the Quling Star System, where they planned to develop a new home for the Blue Star Lineage while pursuing their cultivation. More than seven billion people joined the move, and ten spaceships set out for the wormhole near the Milky Way Galaxy.

• Mohanderson and East decided to develop the Quling Star System and advance their cultivation toward World Lord Level.
• East led a squad to the Quling Star System, signed the transfer agreement, and organized a settlement on Heaven Planet, where his and Mohanderson's dojos relocated.
• Mohanderson moved the dojos' members and relatives, recruited Blue Star residents who wanted to explore the universe, and brought 20% of Blue Star's population to the new settlement.
• Mohanderson recruited younger members of the Blue Star Lineage from life-bearing planets across the Milky Way Galaxy, adding more than a billion migrants.
• Nearly ten Universe Level cultivators led the migrants aboard ten C9 Rank spaceships toward the wormhole near the Milky Way Galaxy.

At Nine Star Bay, the brothers discussed Blue Star’s future as Mohanderson and East prepared to develop the Quling Star System, and Hong revealed that he had fallen in love. Lin Chenxing then proposed expanding the Blue Star Lineage’s influence across Ganwu Universe Country, and Hong agreed to help its people grow stronger.

• Mohanderson and East asked Lin Chenxing to help terraform planets in the Quling Star System, but he said he could not spare a clone until he reached the Domain Lord level.
• Hong suggested that Lin Chenxing ask his teacher to help, and Thunder God agreed to manage the Solar System in Lin Chenxing’s absence.
• Thunder God asked Hong what was different about him, and Hong revealed that he and a young woman had confessed their feelings for each other.
• Lin Chenxing decided to raise the Blue Star Lineage’s standing in Ganwu Universe Country to improve Hong’s prospects with Ji Qing and prepare for Luo Feng’s return.
• Lin Chenxing proposed lifting all restrictions on leaving Blue Star and letting its people face the wider universe, and Hong offered to guide those who needed his help.

Luo Feng learned that Hong was being kept from Phantom Spirit King by her powerful teacher and decided to return to Ganwu Universe Country to help him. Three months later, Luo Feng arrived at Qiongyu Planet with his Guard Army.

• Hong and Thunder God learned that Phantom Spirit King’s King-level Immortal teacher was preventing Hong from meeting her, and Lin Chenxing said Hong needed greater standing to approach her.
• Thunder God proposed asking Luo Feng for help, and Hong, Thunder God, and Lin Chenxing summoned him to explain the situation.
• Luo Feng offered to ask his teacher, King Zhen Yan, or return to Ganwu Universe Country after advancing to Domain Lord, but Hong declined to rely on him.
• Luo Feng decided to leave his dangerous-level mission and return to Ganwu Universe Country to help Hong and support the Blue Star Lineage.
• Three months later, Luo Feng arrived at Qiongyu Planet with his Guard Army and ordered them to descend.

Luo Feng visited Army Lord Luo on Lin Chenxing’s behalf and brought him valuable spacecraft materials, while Dylan accompanied him as his guard. When Dylan challenged Luo to test his strength, Luo revealed his new Five-Colored Aurora technique and earned the title Marquis Aurora from the watching Immortals.

• Hong welcomed Luo Feng and Dylan into the Divination Family and brought them to meet Luo.
• Luo Feng presented Luo with F-class metal materials and an inactive spacecraft intelligent life on behalf of Lin Chenxing.
• Luo Feng introduced Dylan, and Luo learned that Dylan’s teacher was King Zhen Yan.
• After Luo said he could barely reach Marquis-Rank, Dylan challenged him to fight in the void as Immortals from Qiongyu Planet gathered to watch.
• Luo used his Five-Colored Aurora saber technique, and the Immortals declared that he deserved the title Marquis Aurora.