Chapter Summaries

Xu Jingming enjoyed dinner with Ye Lan, while Ninth Prince Tyr grew enraged and tried to order his assassination. After a month of hunting demon beasts in the Holy Land, Xu Jingming was stopped by Black Feather.

• Xu Jingming shared dinner with Ye Lan at the Star Dome Restaurant and learned about training on Black Stone Star.
• Tyr learned that Xu Jingming and Ye Lan had dined together, then ordered the Shadow Guard to kill Xu Jingming, but it refused because he was Lu Wen’s True Disciple of Eternal God.
• Tyr decided to seek another way to have Xu Jingming killed after he left the Holy Land.
• Ye Lan returned Xu Jingming to Residence Area A-708 and resolved to deal with the danger in her Succubus Bloodline.
• Xu Jingming spent a month hunting demon beasts in the Holy Land and killed six Crimson Flame Demon Lizards at a volcano.
• Black Feather appeared before Xu Jingming and told him to stop killing.

Black Feather warned Xu Jingming that he had slaughtered too many demon beasts and suspended his access to the trial area until the Sacred Land Exchange Competition ended. Xu Jingming returned to the Imperial Academy to reunite with the girls and his children.

• Black Feather showed Xu Jingming that he had killed more than half the demon beasts and warned him to prepare for the exchange competition and attend classes.
• Black Feather suspended Xu Jingming's access to the Demon Beast Trial Area, and he left to return to the Imperial Academy.
• Xu Jingming arrived at the villa and learned that Aimer, Ling Shuang, Qingli, Catherine, and Leng Yuechan's sister were pursuing training or assessments with powerful teachers.
• Xu Jingming handed Xu Xinghe and Xu Xinglan to Eva's robots, then went to bathe with Song Qiuyun, Jiang Chuxuan, Sakuragi Rin, and Leng Yuechan.

Xu Jingming spent 164,000 Origin Points to raise his level to Star Radiance Sixth-Order and greatly strengthen his domains and Dharma Form, then departed for Black Stone Star. A powerful group of assassins watched him leave Noah Homeworld and began pursuing him.

• After spending time with Song Qiuyun and the other women, Xu Jingming went to the training room and reviewed his system panel with Eva.
• Xu Jingming used his Origin Points to advance from Fourth-Order Star Radiance to Star Radiance Sixth-Order, raise his Destruction Domain to the Eighth Level and Thunder and Lightning Domain to the Fourteenth Level, and improve his Dharma Form to Intermediate.
• Xu Jingming sensed his greatly increased Qi-Blood and Mental Strength, and judged that he could challenge the Abyss Arena's Master rank.
• Xu Jingming boarded his Qinghui S-200 Cosmic Spaceship and departed for Black Stone Star.
• A group of four powerful attackers saw Xu Jingming leave Noah Homeworld and set off after him, expecting their target to be an easy kill.

Xu Jingming was ambushed by the Skull Squad while traveling through space, but Lu Yunji detected the pirates and warned him. He stored his spaceship and faced the four attackers, confident despite their numbers and strength.

• Blood Horn ordered the Skull Squad to wait until Xu Jingming was far from the Noah Homeworld before attacking.
• Lu Yunji detected the Viper Spaceship pursuing Xu Jingming and contacted him with a warning and her coordinates.
• Xu Jingming and Lu Yunji changed course to rendezvous, but Blood Horn activated the Viper's extreme mode to catch up.
• Xu Jingming left the Qinghui and stored it in his Space Ring as the Viper stopped nearby.
• Blood Horn and three other Star Radiance cultivators emerged, and Xu Jingming challenged them despite their combined strength.

Xu Jingming crushed the Skull Squad after learning they had come to assassinate him. He left Blood Horn alive and began questioning him as Lu Yunji hurried toward them, unaware of the battle.

• Xu Jingming revealed his Star Radiance Sixth-Order strength, and Blood Horn decided the Skull Squad would attack despite the faulty intelligence.
• Blood Horn and the others unleashed their Dharma Forms, but Xu Jingming destroyed Blood Horn’s rhino Dharma Form with Thunder Dragon Roar.
• Xu Jingming killed two fleeing squad members with Lightning Punishment Technique and stopped the blue-haired assassin’s ambush with his Dark Abyss Spear.
• Xu Jingming caught the wounded Blood Horn as he tried to escape, and Blood Horn begged for his life by offering the Skull Squad’s assets.
• Xu Jingming questioned Blood Horn, who confirmed that the Skull Squad was an assassination squad and that Xu Jingming had been their target.
• Lu Yunji rushed toward the battle from tens of millions of kilometers away, unaware of what had happened.

Xu Jingming learned that an anonymous employer had hired Blood Horn’s squad to kill him and suspected Ninth Prince Tyr, whose power threatened Xu’s family and friends on Blue Star. After killing Blood Horn, Xu Jingming met Lu Yunji, who was stunned by his Star Radiance Sixth-Order aura.

• Lu Yunji rushed through space to reach Xu Jingming, fearing she might arrive too late to save him.
• Xu Jingming interrogated Blood Horn, who revealed that an anonymous employer had paid ten million Universal Currency and told the squad when Xu left the Noah Homeworld.
• Xu Jingming suspected Ninth Prince Tyr and considered finding a way to reach Star Tier power so he could kill Tyr without exposing his identity or endangering his loved ones.
• Blood Horn offered his bank card and spaceship in exchange for his life, but Xu Jingming refused the bargain and killed him with Sun Devouring Divine Lightning.
• Lu Yunji arrived and found Xu Jingming unharmed among the attackers’ charred corpses, then froze in shock at his Star Radiance Sixth-Order aura.

After killing the Skull Squad, Xu Jingming met Lu Yunji, who was astonished by his rapid rise to Star Radiance Sixth-Order and invited him to travel with her to Black Stone Star. He accepted a ride aboard her spaceship and tallied nearly 7 billion Noah Coin in spoils from the assassins.

• Lu Yunji found Xu Jingming among the charred corpses of the Skull Squad and was shocked that he had reached Star Radiance Sixth-Order in three months.
• Xu Jingming claimed the dead were space pirates, then declined Lu Yunji's invitation to travel together because he wanted to wander alone.
• Lu Yunji teased Xu Jingming about being Nantong and offered him a ride to Black Stone Star, which he accepted.
• Xu Jingming boarded Lu Yunji's luxurious spaceship, shared Blood Amber Dew with her, and chatted during the journey.
• Xu Jingming assessed his spoils, including a D2-class Viper Ship, bank cards, other resources, and enough neurotoxin for three people, worth nearly 7 billion Noah Coin altogether.

Xu Jingming arrived at Black Stone Star with Lu Yunji, registered at Base No. 104, and prepared to train alone. After rejecting Lu Yunji’s offer to accompany him, he set out for a region with many Star Radiance Level demon beasts and no nearby Star Tier beasts.

• Lu Yunji explained Black Stone Star’s harsh conditions and brought Xu Jingming to Base No. 104.
• Xu Jingming registered his identity through a VIP passage and received a black metal card and a topographical map.
• Lu Yunji invited Xu Jingming to hunt with her, but he declined, and she flew south alone.
• Xu Jingming asked Eva to find a suitable training area, and she identified a location about 110,000 kilometers southeast.
• Xu Jingming flew southeast through the forest toward the selected area.

Xu Jingming hunted demon beasts in Black Stone Star’s wilderness and used his accumulated Origin Points to break through to Star Radiance Eighth-Order. After Eva tallied his valuable spoils, a distant eruption of Origin Energy suggested that Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures were emerging.

• Xu Jingming spent 80,000 Origin Points to advance from Star Radiance Seventh-Order to Star Radiance Eighth-Order, raising his physique and spirit attributes.
• Eva praised Xu Jingming’s strength, and he noted that he could defeat ordinary Ninth-Order Star Radiance cultivators but still lagged behind holy land geniuses.
• Eva counted 1,404 demon beasts Xu Jingming had killed and estimated his materials and corpses were worth 85.1 billion Noah Coins.
• Xu Jingming considered seeking a Lightning Talisman through the Black Market because his funds fell far short of its price, then decided to keep hunting.
• A violent tremor and distant Origin Energy surge reached Xu Jingming’s cave, and he recognized them as signs that Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures were emerging.

Xu Jingming arrived at a valley where an A5 Grade Nine-Colored Mystic Lotus had appeared, only to find several powerful groups contesting it. After Lu Yunji and two Sacred Land rivals joined him, the other experts united and demanded an even split or threatened to wait for Star Tier experts.

• Xu Jingming sensed the Nine-Colored Mystic Lotus forming and flew to the valley, where he learned it was worth seven hundred million Cosmic Coins.
• Xu Jingming arrived to find six Star Radiance experts divided into three wary groups, and one group invited him to cooperate.
• Lu Yunji arrived and proposed that she and Xu Jingming take the lotus and split it evenly.
• Yuli and Tuck arrived, and Lu Yunji warned Xu Jingming that Yuli was her rival and told him not to clash with them.
• The six experts united and demanded that Xu Jingming's group split the lotus with them or wait for Star Tier experts to arrive.

Xu Jingming refused to share the Nine-Colored Mystic Lotus and revealed that he had reached Star Radiance Seventh-Order. After holding off Tuck’s domains, Xu Jingming faced Tuck’s Dharma Form True Body by summoning his own Thunder Abyss Devouring Sun.

• Yuli proposed that the group temporarily cooperate to secure the Nine-Colored Mystic Lotus, but Xu Jingming declared he wanted the treasures for himself.
• Xu Jingming released his aura, shocking Lu Yunji, Yuli, and Tuck by revealing his Star Radiance Seventh-Order strength.
• Tuck attacked Xu Jingming with his Gold and Earth domains, but Xu Jingming countered with his Lightning and Destruction domains.
• Tuck summoned his T8 Class Vajra Demon Ape Dharma Form True Body and demanded that Xu Jingming back down.
• Xu Jingming unleashed his own Dharma Form, the T7 Level Thunder Abyss Devouring Sun.

Xu Jingming used his advanced-proficiency Thunder Abyss Sun Eater Form to defeat the Blacklight Family group and drive them away from the Nine-Colored Mystic Lotus. He stood with Lu Yunji as he claimed the A5 Grade treasure.

• Xu Jingming manifested his advanced-proficiency T7 Thunder Abyss Sun Eater Form, shocking Tuck, Yuli, and Lu Yunji.
• Tuck and five Blacklight Family experts joined forces against Xu Jingming while Yuli fought Lu Yunji.
• Xu Jingming unleashed a Thunder Sea that shattered the attackers’ Dharma Forms and sent them flying.
• Xu Jingming swung a colossal lightning sword, opening a vast chasm, but spared Tuck and Yuli, who fled with the others.
• Lu Yunji praised Xu Jingming’s strength, and he turned toward the Nine-Colored Mystic Lotus.

Xu Jingming and Lu Yunji fled a Star Tier Golden Scaled Earth Dragon after Xu Jingming claimed the Nine-Colored Mystic Lotus. Lu Yunji carried him into a Black Sandstorm, where the storm slowed their pursuer and gave them a chance to escape.

• Xu Jingming took the Nine-Colored Mystic Lotus, but a Star Tier Golden Scaled Earth Dragon appeared and pursued him and Lu Yunji.
• Xu Jingming prepared to use Lu Wen's Lightning Talisman, but Lu Yunji asked him to wait and activated her Crimson Flame Sky Phoenix Aspect after taking a pill.
• Lu Yunji carried Xu Jingming on the phoenix as they flew from the dragon, but her speed boost could last only ten minutes.
• Xu Jingming and Lu Yunji spotted a Black Sandstorm and turned into it to hinder the much larger dragon.
• Xu Jingming used his Lightning Domain to shield them from the sand, while the storm battered and slowed the Golden Scaled Earth Dragon.

Xu Jingming carried the weakened Lu Yunji through the Black Sandstorm and escaped into the Death Zone, where they found a cave to recover. After noticing her torn battle suit, he openly admitted he had not seen enough before leaving so she could change.

• Xu Jingming followed Eva's recommended route and forced his way through the Black Sandstorm while carrying Lu Yunji.
• Xu Jingming and Lu Yunji emerged into the Death Zone, and Lu Yunji explained its immense gravity and dangerous mutated beasts.
• Xu Jingming sensed an empty cave nearby and brought Lu Yunji there to rest.
• Xu Jingming noticed Lu Yunji's battle suit had been torn, and he admitted he had not seen enough when she asked.
• Xu Jingming left the cave while Lu Yunji changed into a new azure battle suit from her Space Ring.

Xu Jingming and Lu Yunji recovered in a cave after the Black Sandstorm stranded them in the Death Zone, where the force field disabled their positioning and spacecraft. After learning the region was formed by the lingering power of a fallen Master Level powerhouse, they prepared to leave on their own.

• Xu Jingming found that the Death Zone's force field had disabled their positioning and that the extreme gravity prevented their spacecraft from taking off.
• Xu Jingming and Lu Yunji agreed to wait until she recovered before setting out, while Eva searched the Virtual Universe for information about the Death Zone.
• During their recovery, Lu Yunji admired Xu Jingming's strength and composure and developed a burning attraction to him.
• After twenty-four hours, Lu Yunji recovered, and Eva reported that two Master Level powerhouses had fought in the Death Zone about six hundred thousand years earlier and one had fallen there.

Xu Jingming and Lu Yunji traveled through the Death Zone, where Xu Jingming killed Spirit Blood beasts and gained Origin Points. A Master inheritance Secret Realm appeared, and they entered it together.

• Eva speculated that the family who took the Master-Level inheritance might have left something behind in the Death Zone, but Xu Jingming and Lu Yunji set out to leave.
• Xu Jingming killed a Star Radiance Eighth-Order Black Armored Lizard with the Lightning Punishment Technique and gained 300 Origin Points.
• Xu Jingming and Lu Yunji killed more than ten High-Rank Star Radiance beasts as they traveled, bringing Xu Jingming's Origin Points to 50,000.
• A vast Secret Realm gate appeared beneath a vortex, and the Purple Nightmare Master announced that Star Radiance Tier and Star Tier beings could enter to attempt the inheritance trials.
• Xu Jingming and Lu Yunji rushed to the gate and entered the Secret Realm together.

Xu Jingming and Lu Yunji began the trials for Purple Nightmare Master's inheritance as news of the discovery drew powerhouses from across the Noah Empire. Noah Emperor then took control of entry and reserved the first places for the imperial clan, the Pillars of the Nation families, and the Noah Holy Land.

• Xu Jingming passed the first five secret-pattern stages, while Lu Yunji began the same trial on another platform.
• The inheritance announcement spread across Black Stone Star, and powerhouses rushed to the Death Zone and the Secret Realm.
• Blacklight sealed the Secret Realm entrance and prohibited anyone else from entering.
• Niki arrived, recognized the inheritance, and joined Blacklight at the entrance.
• Noah Emperor arrived and assigned control of entry to the Empire, reserving the first batch of slots for imperial and elite groups, with priority given by talent rank.

After the Noah Emperor established rules for entering the Purple Nightmare Master's Inheritance Secret Realm, Blacklight negotiated with Niki for thirty thousand slots in exchange for an S1 Star Heart. News of the inheritance drew powerful figures to Black Stone Star, and Ye Lan set out to join them after failing to contact Xu Jingming.

• Blacklight offered Niki an S1 Star Heart and an Ancient Star Chart for all fifty thousand of her slots, but they agreed on thirty thousand slots for one S1 Star Heart.
• News of the Master Level inheritance spread across Noah Homeworld, prompting slot holders to head for Black Stone Star.
• Dier abandoned thoughts of assassinating Xu Jingming and traveled from the Ninth Prince's residence to Black Stone Star to pursue the inheritance.
• Ye Lan learned of the inheritance and the Emperor's entry rules, then failed to contact Xu Jingming because he was in an area where communication was unavailable.
• Ye Lan changed into her combat suit and flew toward Black Stone Star, intending to enter as a Level 1 Genius.

Lu Yunji failed the forty-ninth secret rune level and learned that the Noah Empire was building a city around the Inheritance Secret Realm. Inside the trial, Xu Jingming used the Deep Blue System to decipher the fifty-first level and advanced to the fifty-second.

• Lu Yunji failed to decipher the forty-ninth level and was expelled from the Secret Realm.
• Lu Yunji reunited with Kaiyi and Ramon, who told her that many geniuses had entered the trial and that a city was being built around the entrance.
• Lu Yunji wondered how far Xu Jingming would get as she searched for him among the crowds outside.
• Xu Jingming found himself unable to contact Eva or access the Virtual Universe while struggling with the fifty-first level secret runes.
• Xu Jingming used the Deep Blue System to decipher the fifty-first level, spending two Origin Points and advancing to the fifty-second.

Xu Jingming cracked the final secret pattern in the Inheritance Secret Realm and received the T0-level Purple Nightmare Demonic Canon from Purple Nightmare Master. He learned that the art could grant him a powerful demonic bloodline, but cultivating it risked turning him into a slaughtering Demonic Creature.

• Xu Jingming spent 6,500 Origin Points to understand and crack the 108th secret pattern.
• Purple Nightmare Master appeared after the stone stele shattered and praised Xu Jingming for completing the trial.
• Purple Nightmare Master gave Xu Jingming the T0-level Purple Nightmare Demonic Canon, a bloodline art that let humans absorb Demon Essence Blood and Demonic Energy.
• Purple Nightmare Master demonstrated the Purple Nightmare Demon God Body and explained that mastering all nine levels could grant combat power comparable to the Master Level.
• Purple Nightmare Master warned Xu Jingming that failing to control Demonic Energy during cultivation could cause cultivation deviation or turn him into a Demonic Creature.