Chapter Summaries

Key Plot Points and Events

• Jiang Chuan and Shen Zhiyi travel to Skywatch City and Stellar Crown Academy.
• Jiang Chuan is tested at Darkstar Institute, withstanding attacks from the peak of the eighth rank.
• Lin Tianzheng requests to retrieve Lin Yueming's body, but Shen Zhiyi refuses due to security concerns.

Character Developments

• Jiang Chuan demonstrates his extraordinary physical prowess and resistance to attacks.
• Shen Zhiyi shows concern for humanity's future and Jiang Chuan's safety.
• Lin Tianzheng displays desperation to retrieve his son's body, hinting at potential ulterior motives.

Significant Themes

• The importance of humanity's last line of defense, Skywatch City, and Stellar Crown Academy.
• The power and potential of class users, focusing on Jiang Chuan's unique abilities.
• The tension between the Lin Family and the academy, with possible collusion with another race.

Character Interactions

• Shen Zhiyi and Jiang Chuan: Shen Zhiyi guides Jiang Chuan and expresses concern for his safety.
• Jiang Chuan and Lin Tianzheng: Tension arises between them due to Lin Tianzheng's request and Shen Zhiyi's refusal.
• Qin Tianheng and Jiang Chuan: The head president of Stellar Crown Academy tests Jiang Chuan's abilities and expresses interest in his potential.

Key Plot Points and Events

• Jiang Chuan undergoes physical and mental strength tests at Stellar Crown Academy.
• He demonstrates extraordinary resistance, strength, and speed, equivalent to peak eighth-rank professionals, without using his talent's power.
• His mental strength test exceeds the instrument's measurement limit, suggesting it's beyond the ninth rank.

Character Developments

• Jiang Chuan: Proves his exceptional physical and mental abilities, surpassing expectations and shocking the test administrators.
• Qin Tianheng: Initially skeptical, he becomes deeply shaken and awestruck by Jiang Chuan's capabilities.
• Han Sinan: A research scholar, he's frustrated by the gap between SSS-grade talents (like Jiang Chuan) and the SS-grade talents he's spent his life studying.

Significant Themes

• The extraordinary nature of SSS-grade talents and the gap between them and lesser talents.
• The importance of mental strength as a foundation for breaking through to higher ranks.

Character Interactions

• Qin Tianheng and Han Sinan: Qin Tianheng is initially cautious but becomes more impressed and concerned for Jiang Chuan's well-being, while Han Sinan is driven by scientific curiosity and determination to explore Jiang Chuan's limits.
• Shen Zhiyi and Jiang Chuan: Shen Zhiyi, the test administrator, is increasingly amazed by Jiang Chuan's abilities and shows concern for his safety during the mental strength test.

Key Plot Points and Events

• Jiang Chuan's mental strength is revealed to exceed the ninth rank, driving experts into a frenzy.
• Experts believe he has a certainty to break through the ninth rank, potentially saving humanity.
• Scholars swarm around Jiang Chuan, seeking samples for research.
• Elder Jiang, a prominent academic, suggests using Jiang Chuan to produce SSS-class offspring through breeding with top female warriors.

Character Developments

• Jiang Chuan: Becomes a symbol of hope for humanity due to his extraordinary mental strength.
• Han Sinan: Recognizes Jiang Chuan's potential and is eager to study him for the benefit of humanity.
• Elder Jiang: Shows no qualms about using Jiang Chuan for breeding purposes, believing it's necessary for humanity's survival.

Significant Themes

• The importance of mental strength for breaking through ranks and saving humanity.
• The ethical implications of using an individual for breeding purposes, even if it's for the 'greater good.'

Character Interactions

• Jiang Chuan and the scholars: Jiang Chuan is overwhelmed by the scholars' eagerness to study him.
• Han Sinan and Qin Tianheng: Discuss the implications of Jiang Chuan's mental strength and the ethical concerns of Elder Jiang's proposal.
• Elder Jiang and Shen Zhiyi: Elder Jiang suggests Shen Zhiyi as a potential mate for Jiang Chuan, but Shen Zhiyi objects.

Key Plot Points and Events

• Elder Jiang and other scholars propose that Jiang Chuan should mate with Shen Zhiyi to produce SSS-class offspring for the Federation's future.
• Jiang Chuan refuses, asserting his right to decide about his bloodline and offspring.
• He agrees to provide blood, hair, skin tissue, and other research materials but insists on consent and knowledge of all results.
• Jiang Chuan collects samples with Han Sinan while Shen Zhiyi watches, feeling pressured by Elder Jiang's expectations.

Character Developments

• Jiang Chuan: Stands firm against the scholars' proposal, prioritizing his personal autonomy over the greater good. He shows willingness to cooperate in scientific research but sets clear boundaries.
• Shen Zhiyi: Struggles with her role in the situation, feeling pressured to collect Jiang Chuan's samples. She understands the importance of the task but also respects Jiang Chuan's autonomy.
• Elder Jiang: Persists in her belief that Jiang Chuan should contribute to the Federation's future through his bloodline, showing a single-minded focus on her academic goals.

Significant Themes

• Autonomy vs. Greater Good: Characters grapple with the tension between personal autonomy and the greater good, with Jiang Chuan prioritizing his rights while Elder Jiang emphasizes the importance of his contributions to humanity.
• Scientific Research vs. Ethics: The chapter explores the ethical implications of scientific research, particularly when it involves human subjects and their autonomy.
• Pressure and Expectations: Characters face pressure and expectations from others, with Shen Zhiyi feeling the weight of Elder Jiang's expectations and Jiang Chuan resisting the scholars' demands.

Character Interactions

• Jiang Chuan and Elder Jiang: Their interaction highlights the conflict between personal autonomy and the greater good, with Jiang Chuan refusing to comply with Elder Jiang's proposal.
• Shen Zhiyi and Elder Jiang: Shen Zhiyi feels pressured by Elder Jiang's expectations, leading her to reluctantly agree to collect Jiang Chuan's samples.
• Jiang Chuan and Shen Zhiyi: Their interaction is tense, with Jiang Chuan making a light-hearted remark about cooperating with Shen Zhiyi, which she takes seriously, leading to an awkward moment.

Key Plot Points and Events

• Jiang Chuan and Shen Zhiyi are left alone after old scholars depart.
• Jiang Chuan expresses exhaustion from the encounter.
• Shen Zhiyi offers to show Jiang Chuan around Darkstar Institute and discusses a training plan.
• Jiang Chuan asks about changing classes, and Shen Zhiyi explains the two methods: inheriting an existing human class or competing at the Starry Sky Temple.
• Shen Zhiyi details the harsh conditions and low survival rate for humans at the Starry Sky Temple.
• Jiang Chuan decides to go to the Starry Sky Temple to fight for a better inheritance.

Character Developments

• Jiang Chuan: Shows determination and confidence in his abilities, deciding to face the challenges of the Starry Sky Temple.
• Shen Zhiyi: Demonstrates concern for Jiang Chuan's safety and understanding of the harsh realities of the Starry Sky Temple.

Significant Themes

• The pursuit of power and strength, with Sublimation class changes offering significant increases in abilities.
• The harsh competition and survival rates in the Starry Sky Temple, reflecting the brutal nature of the Source Realm.
• The importance of heritage and legacy, with the Starry Sky Temple being a sacred site for class changes shared by all races.

Character Interactions

• Jiang Chuan and Shen Zhiyi: They interact professionally, with Shen Zhiyi providing information and guidance, and Jiang Chuan expressing his intentions and decisions.
• Jiang Chuan's determination and confidence are met with Shen Zhiyi's approval and concern for his safety.

Key Plot Points and Events

• Jiang Chuan familiarizes himself with Darkstar Institute facilities before the Starry Sky Temple opens.
• Ling Aoshuang, with an SS-rank talent, is recruited into the Darkstar Institute.
• Jiang Chuan and Ling Aoshuang enter the Starry Sky Temple via a teleportation array, joining other human talents.
• They encounter several prominent groups, including Chu Minghui (S-rank warrior) and Li Chenfeng (S-rank archer), who recruit scouts for their teams.
• Jiang Chuan and Ling Aoshuang refuse Li Chenfeng's offer, causing Wang Tong, a youth in Li Chenfeng's group, to antagonize them.

Character Developments

• Jiang Chuan remains calm and composed, showing no interest in joining prominent groups and avoiding unnecessary conflicts.
• Ling Aoshuang, though protective of Jiang Chuan, follows his lead and refrains from teaching Wang Tong a lesson.
• Su Yao, now part of Li Chenfeng's circle, watches the scene unfold from afar, feeling bitterness and regret.

Significant Themes

• The competition and hierarchy among human talents.
• The dangers and challenges within the Starry Sky Temple, which require cooperation and strategic planning.
• The importance of self-reliance and avoiding unnecessary conflicts, as emphasized by Jiang Chuan.

Character Interactions

• Jiang Chuan and Ling Aoshuang display a strong bond, with Jiang Chuan acting as the calm and rational leader and Ling Aoshuang as his loyal and protective disciple.
• Wang Tong and Li Chenfeng's group exhibit arrogance and condescension toward less prominent talents, viewing them as potential cannon fodder.
• Su Yao's internal struggle reflects the social dynamics and power imbalances within the human race's younger generation.

Key Plot Points and Events

• Over a hundred human geniuses, including Jiang Chuan, are teleported to the first floor of the Starry Sky Temple, a vast gray wasteland with no sun, moon, or stars.
• Teams form and head towards different ruins based on notes left by predecessors.
• Jiang Chuan and Ling Aoshuang decide to head north to retrieve a key from a ruin to reach the second floor.
• They encounter Li Chenfeng's team, who are also heading to the same ruin. Li Chenfeng invites Ling Aoshuang to join his team, but she declines.
• Li Chenfeng suggests splitting up to explore the ruin, with his team taking the safer front entrance and Jiang Chuan and Ling Aoshuang taking the more dangerous rear entrance.

Character Developments

• Jiang Chuan: He remains calm and collected, revealing no fear or concern about the dangerous rear entrance. He accepts Li Chenfeng's suggestion without hesitation, showing confidence in his abilities.
• Ling Aoshuang: She is cold and aloof, declining Li Chenfeng's invitation without any explanation. She follows Jiang Chuan without question, demonstrating her trust in him.
• Li Chenfeng: He is cunning and manipulative, trying to use Jiang Chuan and Ling Aoshuang as scouts for the dangerous areas of the ruin. He also harbors greed for Ling Aoshuang's beauty.
• Wang Tong: He is fawning and disrespectful, laughing at Jiang Chuan's expense and trying to curry favor with Li Chenfeng.
• Su Yao: She remains silent, torn between warning Li Chenfeng about Jiang Chuan's true strength and maintaining her connection with Li Chenfeng's team.

Significant Themes

• Trust and Loyalty: Jiang Chuan and Ling Aoshuang's trust in each other is evident as they choose to explore the dangerous rear entrance together.
• Manipulation and Greed: Li Chenfeng's cunning plan to use Jiang Chuan and Ling Aoshuang as scouts and his greed for Ling Aoshuang's beauty highlight the darker aspects of human nature.
• Appearance vs. Reality: Su Yao's knowledge of Jiang Chuan's true strength contrasts with the others' perceptions of him, raising questions about appearances being deceptive.

Character Interactions

• Jiang Chuan and Ling Aoshuang: They work together seamlessly, with Ling Aoshuang following Jiang Chuan's lead without question.
• Li Chenfeng and Jiang Chuan: Li Chenfeng underestimates Jiang Chuan, trying to manipulate him into taking on the most dangerous part of the ruin. Jiang Chuan accepts the challenge without revealing his true strength.
• Li Chenfeng and Wang Tong: Li Chenfeng uses Wang Tong as a pawn to ridicule and belittle Jiang Chuan, while Wang Tong fawns over Li Chenfeng in return.
• Su Yao and Li Chenfeng: Su Yao remains silent, torn between warning Li Chenfeng about Jiang Chuan's true strength and maintaining her connection with his team.

Key Plot Points and Events

• Li Chenfeng's team encounters a trap zone, and two team members are sent to scout ahead, risking their lives.
• A rumble from the main hall indicates that someone else has triggered the seal, prompting Li Chenfeng's team to rush forward.
• Jiang Chuan and Ling Aoshuang reach the main hall and defeat the level 10 Inheritance Guardian, an incredibly powerful boss for their level.
• They obtain two items: a dark-gold longsword and a bronze key, but no professional inheritance.
• Li Chenfeng's team arrives to find Jiang Chuan and Ling Aoshuang standing over the defeated guardian and the two items.

Character Developments

• Li Chenfeng shows indifference to the lives of his team members, sending them to their deaths without hesitation.
• Jiang Chuan and Ling Aoshuang demonstrate their formidable strength, easily defeating the powerful guardian and obtaining the items.
• Li Chenfeng is shocked and disbelieving to find Jiang Chuan and Ling Aoshuang in the main hall before him, having cleared the dangerous rear entrance area.

Significant Themes

• The theme of power and its consequences is evident in Li Chenfeng's disregard for his team members' lives and Jiang Chuan's effortless defeat of the powerful guardian.
• The theme of luck and fortune is seen in the rarity of the S-class Sublimation inheritance and the fact that Jiang Chuan and Ling Aoshuang obtained two powerful items without it.

Character Interactions

• Li Chenfeng's team members show no concern for the two sent to scout ahead, highlighting their selfishness and lack of teamwork.
• Li Chenfeng's shock and disbelief at seeing Jiang Chuan and Ling Aoshuang in the main hall reveals his underestimation of their abilities.
• Jiang Chuan and Ling Aoshuang work together seamlessly, with Ling Aoshuang handling the combat and Jiang Chuan extracting the inheritance.

Key Plot Points and Events

• Li Chenfeng realizes Jiang Chuan and Wang Tong might have special knowledge or methods to navigate the ruins' mechanisms.
• The team discovers Jiang Chuan's inheritance is an SS-grade profession ranked 985th, making it highly coveted.
• Li Chenfeng attempts to justify taking Jiang Chuan's inheritance by claiming they deserve it for their protection.
• Jiang Chuan refuses, leading to Li Chenfeng ordering an attack.

Character Developments

• Li Chenfeng becomes greedily fixated on Jiang Chuan's inheritance, seeing it as a means to elevate his status and his family's.
• Jiang Chuan remains calm and unyielding, refusing to be swayed by Li Chenfeng's attempts to justify robbery.
• Wang Tong shows eagerness to side with Li Chenfeng, hoping for rewards.
• Su Yao grows increasingly frightened and tries to escape.

Significant Themes

• Greed and ambition (Li Chenfeng's desire for power and status)
• Hypocrisy (Li Chenfeng's attempt to make robbery seem righteous)
• Consequences of actions (Li Chenfeng's order to attack leads to immediate retaliation)

Character Interactions

• Li Chenfeng and Jiang Chuan: Li Chenfeng tries to manipulate and intimidate Jiang Chuan, but Jiang Chuan remains unimpressed.
• Li Chenfeng and Wang Tong: Li Chenfeng uses Wang Tong to pressure Jiang Chuan, while Wang Tong hopes to gain rewards from Li Chenfeng.
• Li Chenfeng and Su Yao: Li Chenfeng's actions cause Su Yao to fear for her life and attempt to escape.

Key Plot Points and Events

• A Corpse Hound Clan hunting squad attacks the Starry Sky Temple, causing chaos and panic among the students.
• The Corpse Hounds, led by a royal-blooded one, are powerful and deadly, easily killing A-rank warriors.
• Jiang Chuan and Ling Aoshuang, after witnessing the attack, decide to leave, ignoring the pleas of their fellow students.

Character Developments

• Li Chenfeng, initially focused on the inheritance, becomes desperate and fearful when faced with the Corpse Hounds' threat.
• Jiang Chuan and Ling Aoshuang demonstrate their strength, killing Corpse Hounds with ease, but choose to leave their fellow students to fend for themselves.

Significant Themes

• Selfishness vs. Altruism: The students initially prioritize their own gain (the inheritance) over helping each other. Jiang Chuan and Ling Aoshuang, despite their strength, choose to prioritize their own safety over saving their peers.
• Power Dynamics: The Corpse Hounds' arrival highlights the power imbalance between humans and these monstrous creatures, emphasizing the importance of strength in survival.

Character Interactions

• The students initially turn against Jiang Chuan when they think he's stealing the inheritance, but later beg him for help when faced with the Corpse Hounds.
• Jiang Chuan and Ling Aoshuang, despite their strength, show no inclination to help their fellow students, prioritizing their own safety instead.