Chapter Summaries

Lin Chenxing used his strength and benefits to secure cooperation from the Immortals around the Solar System, then decided to break through to become an Immortal. Before he could begin, Hong and the others invited him to reunite in the Virtual Universe, where the six brothers gathered after thousands of years apart.

• Lin Chenxing negotiated with the Immortals and demonstrated his strength through King Jiangliu's Divine Power Clone, earning their respect and reducing their interest in rumors about Luo Feng's possible death.
• Lin Chenxing returned to Bamboo Mountain and decided to attempt a breakthrough to Immortal after his clones had reached high levels of Law comprehension.
• Hong and the others invited Lin Chenxing to meet in the Virtual Universe, and he accepted.
• Lin Chenxing appeared at his home on Black Dragon Mountain Island, where the six brothers reunited after rarely meeting for several thousand years.

Hong and the other brothers discussed Xiao Liu’s disappearance, their dangerous lives on the Outer Battlefield, and the Blue Star Lineage’s continued expansion. They revealed that the Undying Venerable was already attempting to become a Universe Master, news Lin Chenxing had not heard before.

• Hong and the others compared their World Lord achievements and discussed how their combat styles had earned them reputations on the Outer Battlefield.
• Hong asked Lin Chenxing whether he trusted Xiao Liu to escape, and Lin Chenxing said they had no way to rescue him and could only hope he found a way out.
• Hong and the other brothers admitted they were each in dangerous places, while Lin Chenxing said Xiao Liu’s absence would not disrupt the Blue Star Lineage.
• Thunder God and Hong told Lin Chenxing that the Undying Venerable was expected to become a Universe Master soon and was likely already in the middle of the breakthrough.
• Lin Chenxing was surprised by the news, while Mohanderson and East learned of it for the first time.

Lin Chenxing congratulated the Undying Lord on breaking through to the Universe Master realm and prepared to gather his clones on Mars for his own breakthrough. As his clones left the secret realms, the chapter recounted the Nine Tribulations Realm’s trials and the disciples the Lightning Clone chose to take on.

• Lin Chenxing congratulated the Undying Lord, who asked him to keep the breakthrough secret so humanity could catch the Alien Races off guard.
• The Undying Lord postponed visiting Blue Star until he had stabilized his power and mentioned future experiments that could benefit Lin Chenxing.
• Lin Chenxing returned to preparing for his breakthrough as his clones finished their work in the secret realms and headed back to Mars with some disciples.
• The chapter described how the Wuhua Secret Realm’s old battlefield became a renowned site for visitors seeking insights and martial techniques.
• The Lightning Clone gave a ninth-ring champion a Spirit Bamboo Seed, while taking the two World Lords who passed the trial as Spirit Bamboo Dojo disciples.

Lin Chenxing spent a thousand years meditating on how to fuse all the laws and create a path of his own, but his attempts to push a secret technique beyond its limit repeatedly collapsed. After discovering that his Internal World and Origin Core had changed dramatically, he was left to examine the results of his retreat.

• Lin Chenxing gathered all nine bodies on Bamboo Mountain and tried to combine the laws into a complete whole as preparation for becoming an undying.
• He fused laws in pairs and created embryonic secret techniques, but combining more laws caused his models to collapse.
• Lin Chenxing set aside his first approach and began expanding a rudimentary composite-law model to create a technique capable of breaking the Origin Core's constraints.
• A Ghost briefly observed Lin Chenxing and sent him an email from an unknown source, but Lin Chenxing did not notice it.
• As Lin Chenxing's Secret Patterns reached about half the Law Essence in each branch, matching patterns appeared across the continents of his Internal World and began flashing in unison.
• Lin Chenxing added another stroke of Secret Pattern, causing his model to collapse at its limit; after recording the failure, he noticed how much his Internal World had changed during the thousand-year retreat.

Lin Chenxing expanded his Internal World to ten billion kilometers, then attempted to break through its restriction after comprehending the Origin Law of Wood. His effort failed, leaving him facing a difficult path and realizing that others who followed his cultivation method could become trapped at the World Lord level.

• Lin Chenxing used the Lin Family's resources to expand his Internal World to a diameter of ten billion kilometers.
• Lin Chenxing comprehended the Origin Law of Wood and began his breakthrough to immortality.
• Lin Chenxing formed a spear from energy drawn from the Law of Wood and struck the Origin Core's restriction, but its fissures were repaired by the Law Secret Patterns.
• Lin Chenxing realized that insufficient accumulation and experience prevented him from breaking through, even with his secret technique.
• Lin Chenxing concluded that future practitioners of his path would need exceptional talent and powerful secret techniques, and might remain World Lords forever.

After failing to break through during seclusion, Lin Chenxing reconsidered whether his cultivation path could lead his disciples to Immortality and decided to let them choose whether to continue following it. Xi Qing refused to give up, challenging his confidence and reminding him that others had persevered through far greater setbacks.

• Lin Chenxing ended his seclusion, admitted to Xi Qing that he had failed to break through, and learned that she had reached World Lord Third Stage.
• Xi Qing told Lin Chenxing that Luo Feng had returned briefly and that he seemed powerful enough to stand above ordinary King-Rank Immortals.
• Lin Chenxing realized he remained far behind Luo Feng and told Xi Qing he would let disciples who wanted the conventional path return to it.
• Xi Qing declared she would keep following Lin Chenxing’s path and urged him not to abandon it after a single failure.

After Xi Qing sent Lin Chenxing back to Bamboo Mountain to reconsider his path, he reflected on his achievements and worries about leading his family and disciples toward a dead end. An anonymous message warned that his path had gone astray because he had confused what was primary and secondary, leaving him searching for the flaw in his cultivation.

• Xi Qing scolded Lin Chenxing, dragged him back to the summit of Bamboo Mountain, and told him to stay until he had figured things out.
• Lin Chenxing surveyed the bamboo varieties and remembered how his experiments had transformed Mars, built the Blue Star Lineage, and shaped his rise.
• Lin Chenxing realized Xi Qing had mistaken his uncertainty for an intent to abandon his path, and he opened his mailbox to reassure her.
• Lin Chenxing found an anonymous email warning that his path had gone astray because he had treated the primary and secondary incorrectly.
• Lin Chenxing considered whether he should develop all his derived laws into Origin Laws, but doubted that a path dependent on his many clones could be followed by others.

After more than a thousand years of seclusion, Lin Chenxing returned home and decided to spend time with his family. Before joining them for a banquet, he agreed to address tensions at the Dojo by separating its two paths and putting Bian Shuo in charge of one.

• Lin Chenxing received Xi Qing's email inviting him home and reflected on their shared hopes for the Blue Star Lineage and their family.
• Lin Chenxing walked down Bamboo Mountain, admired the bamboo he had grown, and returned to the home he had not visited in over a thousand years.
• Lin Chenxing sat with Father Lin, learned about his father's Virtual Universe game, and considered joining him for a few battles.
• Lin Chenxing visited Mother Lin, Xi Qing, and Fang Hexian as they prepared a family banquet, then agreed to handle problems at the Dojo.
• Lin Chenxing decided that Bian Shuo, who was strong enough to be a World Lord, could take charge of a separate Dojo for one of the two paths.

Lin Chenxing investigated the factions arguing at the Lingzhu Dojo and pieced together how disputes over cultivation paths, challenges, and resources had escalated. After summoning the disciples, he announced that the dojo would be reorganized starting the next day.

• Lin Chenxing secretly listened as Bian Faction and He Faction disciples argued over cultivation paths, former disciples, challenges, and resources.
• Lin Chenxing concluded that former Origin One Path disciples had tried to persuade holdouts to switch paths, while supporters challenged their opponents and distributed resources to keep wavering disciples committed.
• Lin Chenxing summoned the dojo disciples to their usual classroom and announced that the Lingzhu Dojo would be reorganized starting tomorrow.

Lin Chenxing reorganized Lingzhu Dojo, dividing it into Lingzhu Dojo and Origin One Dojo while warning that the Path of Origin One demanded exceptional talent. He left Bian Shuo and He Meng in charge of the two Dojos and urged disciples to choose their cultivation paths carefully.

• Lin Chenxing announced that Path of Origin One cultivators would form Origin One Dojo, with Bian Shuo overseeing Lingzhu Dojo and He Meng overseeing Origin One Dojo.
• Lin Chenxing set resource shares, membership limits, and evaluations every hundred years for Origin One Dojo disciples.
• A disciple asked how evaluations would treat people delayed by bottlenecks, and Lin Chenxing said the path required far more talent than conventional cultivation.
• Lin Chenxing explained that He Meng's Internal World was several times more stable than average, making the breakthrough to immortality correspondingly harder for Origin One cultivators.
• Lin Chenxing warned that disciples who reached World Lord could no longer change paths, while suggesting other cultivators study Origin One after reaching that stage.

Lin Chenxing gave the Origin One Path disciples until the next morning to choose whether to follow its bright road or its uncertain narrow path, then brought Bian Shuo and He Meng home for dinner and a discussion of their cultivation. There, Lin Chenxing reunited with his family over a traditional feast.

• Lin Chenxing told the disciples studying the Origin One Path to decide by the next morning whether to follow the bright road or the narrow path.
• Lin Chenxing reminded Bian Shuo and He Meng that they had been lax in managing the dojo and told them to examine their role in its conflict.
• Lin Chenxing invited Bian Shuo and He Meng to dinner so they could discuss their cultivation progress.
• Lin Chenxing reunited with Lin Chenming, Lin Jun, and Lin Yi, and learned about their lives and cultivation.
• Lin Chenxing's family and disciples shared a traditional Blue Star feast prepared by Mother Lin, Mother Xi, and Xi Qing.

After his failed attempt to break through to Immortality, Lin Chenxing spent time with Xi Qing and then visited his teacher Hugelder to discuss his progress and the risks of relying on clones. Hugelder praised Lin Chenxing’s powerful Internal World and Peak Secret Technique but warned that he needed more direct experience with life and death.

• Lin Chenxing reassured Xi Qing that his failed breakthrough would not defeat him, and they reflected on their long years of work and their family.
• Lin Chenxing arranged to see Lin Li in two days and decided to visit Hugelder the next morning.
• Lin Chenxing visited Hugelder and brought him tea made from leaves given by his disciple Cassio.
• Lin Chenxing explained that his Origin Core was too powerful for him to break through and that his Internal World had grown stronger while he prepared.
• Hugelder learned that Lin Chenxing had created a Peak Secret Technique and warned him that relying on clones had limited his understanding of life and death.
• Lin Chenxing challenged Hugelder to experience life and death for himself.

Lin Chenxing visited Hugelder and his junior brother Cassio, gave Cassio a metal gift and notes on converting between the Origin Laws of Wood and Gold. Hugelder agreed to let Cassio leave his God Kingdom and adjust to the outside world at Lin Chenxing’s Lingzhu Dojo.

• Hugelder teased Lin Chenxing, then called Cassio over from the Metal Forest.
• Lin Chenxing gave Cassio F2-Grade metal and playfully ruffled his hair.
• Lin Chenxing offered Cassio notes on deriving the Law of Gold from the Origin Law of Wood, and Cassio eagerly accepted them.
• Lin Chenxing invited Hugelder to leave his God Kingdom with him, but Hugelder declined.
• Lin Chenxing asked Cassio to go outside, and Hugelder agreed to send him to Lin Chenxing’s Lingzhu Dojo.

Lin Li showed Lin Chenxing a tiny puppet clone he had developed from studying Lin Chenxing’s clone technique, and Lin Chenxing approved funding the research through the Three Realms Company. The technique remained limited to plant-related beings, and Lin Li learned that the company would review his experiments alongside the family.

• Lin Chenxing brought Cassio’s clone to the Lingzhu Dojo and left him with Bian Shuo.
• Lin Li visited Lin Chenxing at Bamboo Mountain with bags of research materials and revealed his progress on a clone technique.
• Lin Li demonstrated a tiny plantlike puppet that he could control and supply with energy.
• Lin Li explained that the technique only worked for plant-life clones, plant life-forms, and people who had once become plants.
• Lin Chenxing made Lin Li’s research a top priority for the Three Realms Company and promised him access to needed resources.
• Lin Chenxing told Lin Li that the family and the company would review his experiments, leaving Lin Li discouraged.

Lin Chenxing met with Lin Li, gave him a blood sample for his research, and invited former Xingyan Group directors to reconnect and strengthen his will. As the old friends discussed their lives and the Lingzhu Dojo, Lin Chenxing encouraged Ma Tianxing and Guo Qichang to keep cultivating.

• Lin Chenxing examined Lin Li's potions and gave him a drop of blood to analyze, then watched him hurry off to begin his research.
• Lin Chenxing invited Gao Zheng, Chen Yanbing, He Qishun, Ma Tianxing, Guo Qichang, Meng Chang, and others to meet him in the Virtual Universe so he could reconnect with them and reinforce his will.
• Guo Qichang and Ma Tianxing said they were content with their lives and had little interest in further cultivation, while Meng Chang and Gao Zheng challenged their outlook.
• He Qishun and Chen Yanbing urged Ma Tianxing and Guo Qichang to keep cultivating, and Lin Chenxing reminded them that their talented descendants still needed their protection.
• Ma Tianxing asked why Lin Chenxing had split the Lingzhu Dojo, and Lin Chenxing explained that factional disorder and the needs of his cultivation path had prompted the division.

Lin Chenxing discussed his failed breakthrough and the risks of his cultivation path with Gao Zheng and the others, then decided to travel in his true body and experience the world directly. His companions warned him that the Monster Race had learned about his clones and placed him on its assassination list, so he prepared to leave cautiously.

• Gao Zheng and Ma Tianxing asked Lin Chenxing about splitting the Dojo, discouraging disciples from following his path, and failing to break through to immortality.
• Lin Chenxing said he planned to travel but had not decided when or where to go, and Gao Zheng urged him to set out in his true body rather than rely on his clones.
• Lin Chenxing realized that his clones' experiences had felt detached since his sub-plant clone became a true clone and its death stopped mattering to him.
• Chen Yanbing and He Qishun reassured Lin Chenxing that the Blue Star Lineage could handle the alien immigrants and did not need him to stay behind.
• Lin Chenxing decided to set out after making preparations, and Gao Zheng warned him that the Monster Race had put him on its assassination list.

Lin Chenxing decided to travel across planets and experience other civilizations to overcome his bottleneck and advance along his path. After discussing the dangers with Xi Qing and compiling his cultivation insights into a manual for her, He Meng, and Bian Shuo, he prepared to set out into the sea of stars.

• After talking with Gao Zheng and the others, Lin Chenxing settled on traveling and experiencing more of the universe as his next step.
• Lin Chenxing told Xi Qing he planned to leave, and she supported him while warning him to beware of powerful soul techniques.
• Xi Qing offered to pack food and asked to accompany Lin Chenxing if she could.
• Lin Chenxing compiled his cultivation insights and secret techniques into a book named Origin One, ending it with the words “To be continued.”
• Lin Chenxing finished his preparations and was ready to leave for the sea of stars.

Lin Chenxing returned to the Smoke Saint Secret Realm to learn how the people he had once supported were doing. He discovered that nine former trainees had become guards there, and they reunited with him at the palace entrance.

• Lin Chenxing traveled to the Smoke Saint Secret Realm and requested permission to ask about its history.
• The secret realm's officials detected Lin Chenxing as a World Lord Level Nine and prepared to welcome him.
• Inbaier recognized Lin Chenxing from the records and summoned Qi Shanheng and eight others to greet him.
• Inbaier told Lin Chenxing that people he once supported had come to welcome him, and Lin Chenxing recognized nine former trainees among the guards.
• The nine former trainees removed their masks and hurried over to Lin Chenxing, trembling with excitement.

Lin Chenxing reunited with the nine disciples who had reached Universe Level and arranged to take them away from the Smoke Saint Secret Realm. Inbaier then revealed that an Earth-Cloud Race corpse could open a hidden garbage dump containing an awakened World Lord-level Bug Race Mother Emperor, and asked Lin Chenxing to help confront her.

• Lin Chenxing greeted Qi Shanheng, Mo Jia, and the other seven disciples, then asked Inbaier to let him take them along.
• Inbaier agreed, sent the nine disciples to wait in their rooms, and brought Lin Chenxing to his reception room.
• Inbaier asked Lin Chenxing about the Earth-Cloud Race cloud that had vanished from the secret realm, and Lin Chenxing sensed the message it contained about a hidden Treasure Vault.
• Lin Chenxing learned that the Earth-Cloud Race had sealed a vast garbage dump and that an Earth-Cloud Race corpse could serve as its key.
• Inbaier revealed that he had opened the dump but fled after finding an awakened, World Lord-level Bug Race Mother Emperor inside, and he asked Lin Chenxing for help because he believed Lin Chenxing was stronger than her.

Lin Chenxing and Inbaier entered the Bug Race’s hidden territory to kill the Mother Emperor and claim the treasures surrounding her nest. Inbaier held off the approaching Zerg Legion while Lin Chenxing charged uphill, where he discovered that his spear could pierce even the heavily armored bug guards.

• Inbaier used the Earth-Cloud Race to open a passage through the rock wall, and he and Lin Chenxing entered before the entrance vanished behind them.
• Inbaier told Lin Chenxing that the Mother Emperor mainly produced scouts and siege bugs and commanded fewer than a thousand World Lord-level bugs.
• Lin Chenxing followed Inbaier to the treasure-laden mountain and agreed to follow their plan to attack quickly.
• After Inbaier signaled, Lin Chenxing charged toward the Mother Emperor’s nest at the summit while Inbaier prepared to confront the approaching legion.
• Lin Chenxing killed the first Shield-Armor Bug with a spear thrust that pierced its thick armor.