Chapter Summaries

After Xu Jingming decided to seek an Eternal Core for his Cosmic Tier breakthrough, Moon Shadow went to ask her mother, the Elf Sovereign Ilena Yongge, for one. Ilena immediately recognized that Moon Shadow was asking on Xu Jingming’s behalf.

• Xu Jingming told Moon Shadow that he planned to break through to the Cosmic Tier and needed a Life Seed.
• Moon Shadow offered to ask her mother for an Eternal Core by claiming she wanted it for herself, but Xu Jingming asked her to present Frost Crown Dominator’s offer of a top-grade Life Seed and a personal favor instead.
• Moon Shadow entered the Virtual Universe and traveled to the Elf Imperial Court to meet her mother, Ilena Yongge.
• Moon Shadow gradually steered their conversation toward Life Seeds and asked whether the Elf Race still had Eternal Cores in reserve.
• Ilena recognized that Moon Shadow wanted the Eternal Core for Xu Jingming.

Moon Shadow asked her mother, Yongge, to support Frost Crown Dominator’s offer of a top-grade Life Seed and personal goodwill in exchange for the Elf Race’s Eternal Core. Yongge agreed to bring the proposal before the Elders’ Council and asked to meet Xu Jingming; meanwhile, Xu Jingming returned to the Virtual Universe, where Ling Shuang and the other women welcomed him.

• Yongge explained that footage of Xu Jingming protecting Moon Shadow had spread through the Elf Race, and she acknowledged his exceptional talent and strength.
• Moon Shadow urged Yongge to consider Frost Crown Dominator’s offer for the Eternal Core, but Yongge stressed that the clan treasure represented the Elf Race’s inheritance and future.
• Yongge asked whether Moon Shadow was serious about Xu Jingming, and Moon Shadow declared that she had chosen him.
• Yongge agreed to submit the offer and Moon Shadow’s wishes to the Elders’ Council, but asked to meet Xu Jingming before the matter proceeded.
• Xu Jingming returned to the Blue Star villa in the Virtual Universe, where Ling Shuang embraced him and summoned Ye Lan, Su Qingli, Aimes, Lu Yunji, Song Qiuyun, and the other women.

Xu Jingming reunited with the women at Star Dome Academy, promised to return to Blue Star within a month, and learned that Eva had been out of contact for three months. After Moon Shadow arrived, he changed course for the Elf Kingdom to meet its ruler and investigate Eva’s disappearance.

• Xu Jingming reunited with Ling Shuang and the others, promised to return to Blue Star within a month, and heard that Niki was leaving for the Outer Domain Battlefield.
• Ling Shuang told Xu Jingming that Eva had been unreachable for about three months, and he decided to ask Moon Shadow to find out what had happened.
• Xu Jingming introduced Moon Shadow to the women, and Moon Shadow told him that the ruler of the Elf Kingdom wanted to meet him.
• Xu Jingming decided to travel to the Elf Kingdom to meet its ruler and look for Eva, who had returned to her homeland.
• On the third day of the voyage, Xu Jingming and Moon Shadow left the starship, boarded Moon Shadow’s S1 Level cosmic spacecraft, and headed for the Elf Kingdom.

Xu Jingming and Moon Shadow arrived at the Elf Race's home planet, Rabel Star, where she explained the Elf Race's two ways of having children and her own birth through the Flower of Life. They reached the palace on the Ancient Life Tree, where the Elf King's chief secretary, Della, greeted them and announced that the Elf King was waiting inside.

• Moon Shadow showed Xu Jingming Rabel Star and the Ancient Life Tree, explaining that it was sacred to the Elf Race and nurtured the Life Core.
• Moon Shadow told Xu Jingming that elves could have children naturally or through the Flower of Life, and that she had been born from her mother's blood essence after ten thousand years.
• Xu Jingming and Moon Shadow landed on a branch platform of the Ancient Life Tree and walked toward the palace.
• Della, the Elf King's chief secretary, greeted Moon Shadow and Xu Jingming and told them the Elf King was waiting in the hall.

Xu Jingming met Elf sovereign Yongge to negotiate for an Eternal Core, but she set an apparently impossible Sacred Tablet test because he lacked Elf blood. After Xu Jingming challenged her terms, Yongge promised to give him the Eternal Core outright if he could comprehend a T2 Ultimate Skill.

• Della escorted Xu Jingming and Moon Shadow into the palace to meet sovereign Yongge.
• Xu Jingming formally greeted Yongge as Frost Crown's disciple, and Yongge said he would have to pass a test to obtain the Eternal Core.
• Yongge required Xu Jingming to comprehend a T3 Ultimate Skill from the Elf Race's Sacred Tablet, while Moon Shadow warned that outsiders could not awaken its inheritances.
• Xu Jingming asked what would happen if he comprehended a higher-level skill, and Yongge offered to give him the Eternal Core if he mastered a T2 Ultimate Skill.

Xu Jingming accepted the trial to reach the Elf Race’s Sacred Tablet and traveled with Moon Shadow and Della to the Sacred City. There, Elvis challenged him over his closeness to Moon Shadow, but Xu Jingming dismissed him as too weak, leaving the plaza tense as Elvis grew furious.

• Xu Jingming agreed to undertake the trial, and Della led him and Moon Shadow toward the Sacred City.
• During the flight, Xu Jingming reassured Moon Shadow that accepting the trial was worth the risk because another test might be harsher.
• Della brought Xu Jingming and Moon Shadow to the Sacred City, where Xu Jingming saw statues of the Elf ruler and Lingge Dominator.
• The Sacred City’s young elves recognized Xu Jingming and Moon Shadow, and many reacted angrily to their closeness.
• Elvis blocked Xu Jingming and challenged him to a fair fight, but Xu Jingming called him too weak, provoking Elvis and angering the watching elves.

Xu Jingming arrived at the Elf Sacred City to comprehend the Sacred Tablet, while Della defended him against the arrogant Elf prodigies. He touched the tablet and found its Life and wood-law patterns nearly impossible to understand without Elf blood, but believed Deep Blue could help him overcome the obstacle.

• Della released her Peak Eternal God aura and rebuked Elvis and the other Elf prodigies for disrespecting Xu Jingming, forcing Elvis to apologize.
• Della escorted Xu Jingming and Moon Shadow to the Sacred Tablet Plaza as news of his visit spread and Elf prodigies gathered to watch.
• Xu Jingming embraced Moon Shadow in front of the crowd, provoking the jealous Elf prodigies, while Della noticed how attached Moon Shadow had become to him.
• Moon Shadow told Xu Jingming she would ask her mother to change the condition if he failed to comprehend the tablet, but he reassured her and approached it.
• Xu Jingming touched the Sacred Tablet and was overwhelmed by intricate Life and wood-law patterns that were far harder for him to comprehend without Elf blood.
• Xu Jingming recognized that the patterns resembled a previous tablet test and ordered Deep Blue to start adding points.

Xu Jingming used Origin Points to crack all eighty-four levels of the Sacred Tablet’s inheritance and received the T0-level Eternal Azure Emperor Scripture. The tablet’s unprecedented reaction shocked the Elf Race prodigies, while Xu Jingming realized the bloodline-restricted technique could not be cultivated by him.

• Xu Jingming spent Origin Points to decipher the Sacred Tablet’s secret patterns, advancing through its levels despite Elf Race prodigies expecting him to fail.
• Xu Jingming cracked the eighty-fourth secret pattern, activating the tablet’s supreme inheritance and receiving the Eternal Azure Emperor Scripture.
• Xu Jingming learned that the body-tempering technique could nurture an Eternal Seed and allow rebirth after the destruction of body and soul, but only Silver Moon Bloodline holders could cultivate it.
• Xu Jingming considered the scripture an unexpected gift for Moon Shadow, since he already cultivated the Star Core Thunder Gang Body and could not use the new technique.
• The Sacred Tablet erupted in emerald light and released a massive azure pillar that bathed Sacred City in life energy.
• Della recognized the phenomenon as a sign of a T0-level inheritance and stared in disbelief at Xu Jingming, an outsider who had triggered it.

Xu Jingming activated the Sacred Tablet’s T0 Level inheritance, astonishing the Elf Race and the Elf King, Yongge. Though she regretted that he was human, she decided to honor her promise and give him the Eternal Core.

• Yongge sensed the Sacred Tablet’s azure pillar of light and hurried to the plaza to reward the prodigy who had activated its T0 Level inheritance.
• After the light faded, Xu Jingming confirmed to Moon Shadow that he had comprehended a T0 Level Ultimate Skill.
• Yongge arrived and asked the crowd to identify the prodigy, then froze when Moon Shadow and Della revealed it was Xu Jingming, a human.
• Yongge regretted that Xu Jingming had no elf blood, but reconsidered her opposition after noticing Moon Shadow beside him.
• Yongge told Xu Jingming she would honor her promise now that he had comprehended a T0 Level Ultimate Skill.

Xu Jingming learned that he had comprehended the Azure Emperor’s lost Ultimate Skill and offered to share it with the Elf Race. Yongge showed him the two remaining Eternal Cores, and despite her warning that the lightning-mutated one could ruin his cultivation, Xu Jingming chose it.

• Yongge asked Xu Jingming about his T0 Level Ultimate Skill, and he named it the Eternal Azure Emperor Scripture.
• Moon Shadow and Yongge recognized the Scripture as the Azure Emperor’s inheritance, which no one had previously comprehended from the Sacred Tablet.
• Xu Jingming promised to record the Scripture for the Elf Race, and Yongge took him, Moon Shadow, and Della to the Ancient Life Tree’s inner core.
• Yongge revealed two remaining Eternal Cores and offered Xu Jingming the pure emerald one for his breakthrough.
• Xu Jingming sensed a strong resonance with the lightning-mutated Eternal Core and chose it despite Yongge’s warning about the risks.

Xu Jingming began his Cosmic Tier breakthrough on the Ancient Life Tree’s platform, using a Star Origin Pill and Deep Blue to shatter his bottleneck before fusing the mutated Eternal Core into his body. He survived the dangerous energy conflict and began condensing his Life Core, leaving Yongge and Moon Shadow waiting to see what power it would grant him.

• Yongge gave Xu Jingming the mutated Eternal Core and offered to guard his breakthrough, and he chose to begin immediately.
• Yongge brought Xu Jingming, Moon Shadow, and their companion to an energy-rich platform within the Ancient Life Tree, where Xu Jingming swallowed a Star Origin Pill.
• When the pill’s energy failed to break his bottleneck, Xu Jingming used Deep Blue to advance from Star Peak to Cosmic First Order.
• Xu Jingming clenched the mutated Eternal Core and endured its violent lightning and life energy as he forced the two forces to fuse and began condensing his Life Core.
• The breakthrough’s enormous pillar of lightning-green light alarmed Sacred City’s Elf prodigies, while Yongge confirmed that Xu Jingming had passed the most dangerous stage and Moon Shadow celebrated.

Xu Jingming broke through to the Cosmic Tier and discovered that his mutated Eternal Core had given him two top-grade Life Cores and two powerful secret techniques. After Yongge confirmed the breakthrough, Xu Jingming returned to Moon Shadow’s palace and reviewed his strengthened attributes, new Life Law, and depleted Origin Points.

• After five days beneath the pillar of light, Xu Jingming absorbed its lightning and green radiance and completed his breakthrough to the Cosmic Tier.
• Xu Jingming discovered two Life Cores in his Sea of Consciousness and learned the [Star Shattering Thunder Spear] and [Endless Vitality] secret techniques.
• Yongge identified both Life Cores as top-grade, while Moon Shadow was astonished that Xu Jingming had condensed two.
• Xu Jingming thanked Yongge for protecting him and promised to treat Xiao Ying well.
• Xu Jingming returned with Moon Shadow to her palace and checked his system panel, noting his new Life Law and that only just over three million Origin Points remained.

After breaking through to the Cosmic Tier, Xu Jingming considered entering the Outer Domain Battlefield to hunt Alien Races for Origin Points. He tested his strength in the Virtual Arena, discovered that his Star Shattering Thunder Spear could defeat a Cosmic Eighth Order opponent, and decided to seek Teacher Frost Crown’s advice before going.

• Xu Jingming decided that his Eternal Seed made the dangers of the Outer Domain Battlefield more manageable, but he chose to test his strength before venturing there.
• Xu Jingming entered the Virtual Universe and asked No. 1 to assess his combat ability against Star Dome Academy genius templates.
• Xu Jingming easily defeated opponents from Cosmic First Order through Cosmic Sixth Order, then struggled against a Cosmic Seventh Order opponent.
• Xu Jingming used Star Shattering Thunder Spear to annihilate the Cosmic Seventh Order opponent and estimated that his combat power was roughly equivalent to Cosmic Eighth Order.
• Xu Jingming decided to ask Teacher Frost Crown for advice and report that he had broken through to the Cosmic Tier.

Xu Jingming reported his breakthrough and dual Life Cores to Frost Crown Dominator, then asked to train on the Outer Domain Battlefield. She warned him about Soul Enslavement but agreed to provide powerful soul-defense equipment before he went.

• Xu Jingming told Frost Crown Dominator how he obtained the Eternal Core, broke through to the Cosmic Tier, and formed dual Life Cores.
• Frost Crown Dominator praised his fortune and learned that his Life Core Secret Techniques were Star Shattering Thunder Spear and Endless Vitality.
• Xu Jingming asked to train on the Outer Domain Battlefield, and Frost Crown Dominator cautioned him about alien soul-enslavement techniques.
• Xu Jingming reconsidered going immediately, but Frost Crown Dominator offered him an SSS1 Level soul-defense piece of equipment before his departure.
• Frost Crown Dominator ended the meeting, and Xu Jingming returned to reality in the Elf Race's Sacred City.

After learning that Eva was fighting for her planet, Xu Jingming set off to help her. On Elven Planet, Eva prepared to face another assault, confident in her new combat skill but unaware of Xu Jingming’s arrival.

• Moon Shadow told Xu Jingming that Eva had reached the Cosmic Tier and was battling an invasion on Elven Planet.
• Xu Jingming learned Eva’s location and ordered Moon Shadow to take him there at top speed.
• On Elven Planet, Eva and her wounded defenders prepared to resist the enemy’s next attack as the Emerald Sky Curtain failed.
• Alice urged Eva to contact Xu Jingming, but Eva refused to trouble him and said she would avenge her family herself.
• Eva told Alice that her newly mastered T3 Level combat skill would let her kill Krogg, but an intrusion alarm sounded across the fortress.

Eva and Aierwen Star’s defenders faced Krogg and the Cosmic Seventh Order Daryl, but the Elf Imperial Court fleet arrived before Daryl could attack. The chapter left the battlefield staring at a fleet of ten immense ships and more than a hundred Cosmic Tier warriors.

• Eva prepared to defend Aierwen Star as Krogg’s fleet approached with his warships.
• Krogg brought Daryl before Eva and revealed that Daryl was a Cosmic Seventh Order powerhouse who had come to help kill her.
• Eva and Alice despaired as Daryl’s pressure overwhelmed the battlefield and Krogg ordered him to attack.
• Daryl sensed a disturbance in space, and the Elf Imperial Court fleet emerged near Aierwen Star.
• Ten Ancient Life Tree warships arrived carrying more than a hundred Cosmic Tier experts, including several high-tier powerhouses.

Xu Jingming arrived on Aierwen Star with Moon Shadow and reunited with Eva, who had been fighting to defend her homeland. After Eva asked him to kill Krogg for destroying her home and slaughtering her people, Xu Jingming killed him with Nihility Divine Lightning.

• Moon Shadow, Xu Jingming, and Della emerged from the flagship, and Krogg and the other elf warriors bowed to Moon Shadow as an Eternal God.
• Eva recognized Xu Jingming, ran to him, and wept in his arms while Krogg realized they were close.
• Moon Shadow introduced herself to Eva, who recognized her as the Elf Race's Princess, and Xu Jingming said they would explain later.
• Xu Jingming asked Eva how to deal with Krogg, and she demanded his death for destroying her home and slaughtering her people.
• Xu Jingming pierced Krogg's brow with Nihility Divine Lightning, destroying his Life Core and killing him.

Xu Jingming rescued Eva from Krogg’s attack, killed Kroll, and captured Daryl with Della’s help. After discovering Daryl’s memories had been erased and suspecting Colt had ordered Eva’s murder, Xu Jingming had Daryl killed and went with Eva to see her home.

• Xu Jingming casually erased Kroll, shocking the defenders and Krogg’s soldiers.
• Della identified Daryl as a human, stopped his escape, and broke the protective talisman he used to resist her.
• Della discovered that Daryl’s memories of the mastermind had been erased, leaving only an order to help Krogg kill Eva.
• Xu Jingming suspected Colt had targeted Eva in retaliation for his son Collins’s execution and vowed to remember the debt.
• Xu Jingming ordered Della to kill Daryl, then went with Eva to see her home and hear how she had joined the Elf Race.

Xu Jingming reunited with Eva and met her sister Alice, then toured Aierwen Star and bought cultivation resources for his friends on Blue Star. That night, Eva showed Moon Shadow intimate recordings of Xu Jingming and the other women, and Moon Shadow decided to stay with them.

• Alice joined Eva and Xu Jingming, and Xu Jingming gave her an S1 Level Star Brilliance Grass as a first-meeting gift.
• Xu Jingming considered buying resources for Song Qiuyun, Ling Shuang, Ye Lan, and the others, then toured the war-torn Aierwen Star with Eva and Moon Shadow.
• Xu Jingming explained his situation and his relationship with Moon Shadow to Eva as they flew around the planet.
• Xu Jingming ordered cultivation resources for the women on Blue Star through the Eternal Star Alliance marketplace.
• Eva invited Moon Shadow to stay the night and showed her recordings of Xu Jingming with the other women; after watching, Moon Shadow agreed to stay.

Xu Jingming received a rare healing potion from the Elf Sovereign and returned to Blue Star with Moon Shadow and Eva. As Blue Star celebrated his arrival as the Thunder Emperor, Colt remained determined to avenge his son.

• Della gave Xu Jingming the SSS9 Level Moonspring on behalf of the Elf Sovereign, and Moon Shadow said her mother had accepted him.
• Colt learned that his attempt to target Eva had failed and vowed to make Xu Jingming pay for his son’s death.
• Xu Jingming’s spacecraft arrived at the heavily rebuilt and fortified Solar System, where he reflected on Blue Star’s growing importance.
• Blue Star’s defense system recognized Xu Jingming, disarmed its weapons, and welcomed him as the Thunder Emperor.
• Holograms of Xu Jingming appeared across Blue Star as citizens cheered his return, and Eva guessed Lu Yunji had arranged the spectacle.