Recaps

Xu Jingming won the Elf Race’s Eternal Core by awakening its Sacred Tablet inheritance, then broke through to the Cosmic Tier and rescued Eva from Krogg’s invasion. After returning to Blue Star and receiving new protections and training from Frost Crown, he prepared to enter the Outer Domain Battlefield.

• Xu Jingming asked Moon Shadow to secure an Eternal Core, and Yongge agreed to consider Frost Crown Dominator’s offer after meeting him.
• Xu Jingming passed Yongge’s Sacred Tablet trial by comprehending the T0-level Eternal Azure Emperor Scripture, then chose the lightning-mutated Eternal Core and broke through to the Cosmic Tier with two Life Cores.
• Xu Jingming tested his strength, reported his breakthrough to Frost Crown Dominator, and learned about the dangers of soul-enslavement on the Outer Domain Battlefield.
• Xu Jingming and Moon Shadow reached Aierwen Star as Eva’s defenses faltered, and Xu Jingming killed Krogg before Della stopped Daryl and uncovered that his memories of the mastermind had been erased.
• Xu Jingming returned to Blue Star, reunited with his family and friends, and spent half a year with them before Ling Ge tried to recruit him and Frost Crown gave him the Ice Heart Crown and a new cultivation method.
• Xu Jingming acquired mental combat skills and equipment, hunted Thunder Beasts in the Heavenly Punishment Thunder Realm, and was barred from returning there for a hundred years after accumulating 320 million Origin Points.
• Roy learned that Xu Jingming had reached the Cosmic Tier and decided to cultivate toward the same breakthrough, while Xu Jingming prepared to leave for the Outer Domain Battlefield.

Xu Jingming joined Lin Qianxue’s Ember Battle Team, proved his strength with Wildfire Squad, and advanced through missions and cultivation. At the Black Flame Demon Nest, he enslaved the remnant soul Vera and used her charm to lure demons for a sustained hunt before withdrawing to regroup.

• Xu Jingming reached Planet Fortress No. 102, where Lin Qianxue welcomed him as her Little Junior Brother and assigned him to Ember Battle Team.
• Xu Jingming defeated Lin Qianxue in their test at the lower tiers, then joined Duke’s Wildfire Squad after she judged he could fight ordinary Cosmic Eighth Order opponents.
• Xu Jingming helped Wildfire Squad eliminate demons on missions, then spent his rewards to advance to Cosmic Tier Three and strengthen the Origin Core Secret Tome.
• Xu Jingming left for the Black Flame Demon Nest, killed demon patrols, and discovered a remnant soul in a ring that possessed him.
• Xu Jingming used the Heart-Eating Mark to subdue the remnant soul, Vera, who revealed she was the Desire Dominator and agreed to serve him.
• Vera used her Charm Technique to lure demons toward Xu Jingming, who killed successive waves and collected their Origin Points and resources.
• After three days of hunting brought Xu Jingming’s Origin Points to 11.98 billion, Vera warned that the local demons were nearly wiped out, so Xu Jingming ordered her to find a concealed planet for them to regroup.

Xu Jingming left his squad to grow stronger, then joined the Starfall Secret Realm preparations and secured permission to train independently with Lin Qianxue. After three months of hunting demons and mastering the Killing Combat Method, they returned to Aries Planet for the final assessment.

• Xu Jingming advanced to Cosmic Sixth Tier, hunted demons near the Black Flame Demon Nest, and escaped an Eternal Tier Flame Demon before collecting and exchanging thousands of Space Rings for Military Merit.
• Xu Jingming won Joel’s wager, left Wildfire Squad to act alone, and headed for the Corrupt Poison Swamp after bidding farewell to Duke and the others.
• Summoned to Aries Planet, Xu Jingming defeated Joel with one blow, revealed his growing strength to Lin Qianxue, and beat her in a Virtual Universe battle.
• Nine Swords Sovereign announced that only 200 of the gathered generals would qualify for the Starfall Secret Realm, then taught them the Killing Combat Method and challenged them to master it.
• Xu Jingming mastered the method immediately and persuaded Nine Swords Sovereign to let him train independently, with Lin Qianxue joining him under the same harder final-assessment condition.
• Xu Jingming taught Lin Qianxue the method aboard her ship, then used Vera’s Charm Technique to draw demons to them and killed them for resources and killing intent.
• Over three months, Xu Jingming reached Cosmic Peak and perfected the Killing Combat Method while Lin Qianxue advanced to its advanced proficiency.
• Xu Jingming, Lin Qianxue, and Vera returned to Aries Planet, where the generals were shocked by Xu Jingming’s Cosmic Peak aura.

Xu Jingming passed the Nine Swords Sovereign’s assessment, prepared for the Starfall Secret Realm, and entered despite the Demon Race’s efforts to mark and hunt him. He enslaved Linyin and gathered more than a hundred demons, leaving him poised to hunt them for Origin Points.

• Xu Jingming defeated nine Nine-star Generals with his perfected Slaughter Domain and Thunder Spear, earning five billion Military Merit and a place among the Starfall Secret Realm’s selected warriors.
• Xu Jingming borrowed Military Merit from Lin Qianxue and her acquaintances to buy the Dark Star Battle Suit and Nine-Layer Thunder Prison Spear, then learned how much Lin Qianxue had borrowed on his behalf.
• At the Secret Realm entrance, Linyin marked Xu Jingming so the Demon Race could track him, but he entered anyway and told Lin Qianxue he would face the pursuit.
• Xu Jingming killed Demon Race attackers and harvested Origin Points by fighting Aike’s Insect Warriors, then killed Aike when she could no longer produce troops.
• Xu Jingming followed a Perception Demon Seal to Linyin and fought her, resisting her Phantom Demon illusion before trapping her in a Thunder Prison Cage.
• Vera broke the Phantom Demon Barrier protecting Linyin’s soul, allowing Xu Jingming to enslave her and take control of her World Ring.
• Xu Jingming ordered Linyin to summon the demons across the Secret Realm, and more than a hundred gathered in the valley for him.