Chapter Summaries

Lin Chen reunited with Qingkong, drove off the Facehugger monsters pursuing Sword Lord, Slaughter, and Cangwu, while Blade Venerable faced pressure from powerful figures who wanted Lin Chen and Qingkong in their factions. In the Murong Star Domain, Lin Jia recognized a statue of True Lord of Pure Source and Wondrous Way, whom Mu Rongyu identified as an ancient Human Race expert.

• Hu Xing'er criticized Lin Chen for eating with Qingkong while his wife was about to give birth, and Shen Yingqing urged her to trust her boyfriend.
• Gu Fire True God and Red Gold True God argued over Lin Chen, while Holy Light True God stopped them and suggested Lin Chen and Qingkong join Heavenly Venerable Hall.
• Lin Chen spoke with Qingkong about her past and Blue Star, but she said she could not remember anything.
• Sword Lord, Slaughter, and Cangwu arrived pursued by six Queen-level Facehugger monsters, which fled when they saw Lin Chen.
• Sword Lord asked Qingkong whether she had fallen for Lin Chen, and Qingkong ignored him and closed her eyes.
• Lin Jia saw a statue in the Murong Star Domain and recognized it as True Lord of Pure Source and Wondrous Way; Mu Rongyu explained he was an ancient Human Race expert.

Lin Jia discovered that the Soaring Star River honored deities resembling figures from Blue Star legends, deepening her suspicion that the two Human Races were connected. Meanwhile, Lin Chen and his companions faced a monstrous force tearing through the new stage world, and Lin Chen declared that he would not run.

• Lin Jia learned from Mu Rongyu that the Soaring Star River revered True Lord of Pure Source and Wondrous Way, but Mu Rongyu had never heard of the Great Sage Equal to Heaven.
• Lin Jia recognized a temple statue as Zhu Bajie, while Mu Rongyu identified him as the Pure Altar Envoy, a hero from the same era as True Lord of Pure Source and Wondrous Way.
• Lin Jia heard that the enshrined figures were historical heroes who had protected the Human Race, and she continued memorizing the temples while suspecting Blue Star's Human Race had come from the Soaring Star River.
• As a new sun rose over the new stage world, the Sword Lord spotted black mist and terrifying auras gathering in the city, while Lin Chen calmly prepared breakfast.
• A huge force rolled beneath the streets, collapsing buildings and sending the surviving geniuses fleeing as the Sword Lord, Slaughter, Cangwu, and Qingkong stayed with Lin Chen.
• When the Sword Lord asked whether they should run, Lin Chen stood and declared that running away was not in his dictionary.

Lin Chen faced a King-Ranked Immortal-level Facehugger that emerged beneath the competition city after his blade strike brought down the streets. As the monster slaughtered fleeing contestants, Lin Chen stepped forward and urged the others to fight.

• Lin Chen used Earth-Absolute Blade to split the city streets and collapse the buildings, then returned to the platform as the disturbance subsided.
• A King-Ranked Immortal-level Facehugger emerged from underground, shocking the Sword Lord and drawing the Holy Light True God's attention.
• Viewers on the Apocalypse Universe Information Network mocked Lin Chen, while Upal posted insults under alternate accounts until his account was banned.
• Lin Jia concluded that the people and traditions of the Soaring Star River were closely connected to Blue Star and asked Mu Rongyu to take her to meet the Five Surnames and Seven Houses.
• The Facehugger killed fleeing geniuses, and the Sword Lord doubted they could defeat it before Lin Chen stepped forward and called for a fight.

Lin Chen killed a King-Ranked Immortal-level Facehugger with one strike, ending the Talent Competition in first place. The geniuses were summoned to Round Table Space for recruitment, where Holy Light True God offered Lin Chen a place in the Heavenly Venerable Hall.

• Lin Chen unleashed Mysterious Thunder Blade and killed the Facehugger, sending his points to first place.
• The Talent Competition ended, and Lin Chen and the other geniuses were transported to Round Table Space for their rewards and recruitment.
• Lin Chen spotted Blade Venerable among the gathered figures, and the two exchanged a hostile look.
• Sword Lord told Lin Chen he came from the Soaring Star River and invited him to visit and challenge him again.
• Holy Light True God invited Lin Chen to join the Heavenly Venerable Hall.

Lin Chen rejected the Heavenly Venerable Hall and declined the Sky-Metal Elemental Family, while the Judgment Prefecture granted him Level Ten access without requiring him to join. After hearing of the Skyfire Elemental Family’s decline, Lin Chen accepted Gu Fire True God’s offer to join and urged the Four Elemental Families to stop fighting.

• Lin Chen refused Holy Light True God’s invitation to join the Heavenly Venerable Hall, and Qingkong and Cangwu joined while Slaughter and Sword Lord declined.
• The Judgment Prefecture granted Lin Chen the title of top-tier Sequence Prodigy and Level Ten access without requiring him to join, and Lin Chen promised to repay its kindness.
• Red Gold True God offered Lin Chen a place in the Sky-Metal Elemental Family, but Lin Chen refused.
• Gu Fire True God invited Lin Chen to return to the Skyfire Elemental Family, while Red Gold True God mocked the family’s decline.
• Lin Chen urged the Four Elemental Families to stop fighting and accepted Gu Fire True God’s offer to join the Skyfire Elemental Family.

After winning the competition, Lin Chen accepted Gu Fire True God’s invitation to join the Skyfire Elemental Family and rushed to the hospital as Shen Yingqing went into labor. The chapter ended with a nurse reporting that Shen Yingqing was in critical condition and asking whether to save her or the baby.

• Lin Chen agreed to join the Skyfire Elemental Family and promised to travel to the Fire Star Domain after handling Blue Star’s affairs.
• Blade Venerable decided to have Lin Chen killed on his way to the Fire Star Domain.
• Lin Chen hurried to the operating room, where he waited anxiously while Shen Yingqing gave birth and recalled how they had met at school.
• Qingkong felt increasingly unsettled after the competition, while Blade Venerable looked forward to the Strange Land opening in three months.
• A nurse emerged from the operating room and asked whether the doctors should save Shen Yingqing or the child.

Lin Chen used his Psychic Venerable Lord power to save Shen Yingqing when doctors said they could save only her or the baby, and the delivery room finally heard a newborn cry. Elsewhere, Lin Jia followed Mu Rongyu to his palace, while the Holy Light True God discussed the Four Elemental Families’ growing conflict with the Blade Venerable.

• Doctors told Lin Chen that Shen Yingqing was too frail and that they could save only her or the baby, but he ordered them to save Shen Yingqing and used his power to stabilize her.
• Chief Night Owl, the Silver Dragon Chief, Cao Shuang, Wang Chong, Li Longyun, and others gathered outside the operating room but could not approach because of the psychic energy inside.
• Mu Rongyu showed Lin Jia his palace and offered it to her if she married him, but an old servant reported that someone had returned and shattered the barrier, so Mu Rongyu flew out and Lin Jia followed.
• The Holy Light True God told the Blade Venerable that his chance to become a True God depended on his performance, then learned that three of the Four Elemental Families were besieging the Fire Family.
• After nearly three hours with no news, Hu Xing'er heard a baby cry from the delivery room.

After Lin Chen and Shen Yingqing welcomed their son, Lin Huang, the Beast Arena's Fifth Elder arrived on Blue Star to seek peace. Lin Chen attacked the Beast Arena delegation and confronted the Fifth Elder, intent on killing him.

• Lin Chen emerged from the operating room with his newborn son and announced that mother and child were safe.
• The Fifth Elder arrived at Blue Star with the Mad Lion Commander, but a border guard refused them entry and condemned the Beast Arena for attacking Lin Chen's pregnant wife.
• Lin Chen named his son Lin Huang and learned that the Fifth Elder had come to seek peace.
• Lin Chen's mental pressure destroyed the Beast Arena spaceship and killed its crew, leaving the Fifth Elder and Mad Lion Commander alive.
• Lin Chen appeared before the Fifth Elder, rejected his offer of compensation, drew the Demon Blade, and challenged him to fight.

Lin Chen challenged the Beast Arena's Fifth Elder, a Cosmic Venerable, and injured him with the Demon Blade despite the difference in their realms. After the Fifth Elder struck Lin Chen with his Dharma Form and thought he had killed him, Lin Chen reappeared and declared that the real fight was beginning.

• Lin Chen rejected the Fifth Elder's offer of compensation and challenged him to a fight to the death.
• Lin Chen attacked with the Demon Blade and several techniques, but the Fifth Elder shattered his blade energy with near-origin laws.
• Lin Chen wounded the Fifth Elder's palms with the Demon Blade, shocking the watching crowd.
• The Fifth Elder enlarged into his forty-seven-meter Dharma Form and struck Lin Chen with a massive punch as Lin Chen attacked in Slaughter Form.
• The Fifth Elder believed Lin Chen had been killed, but Lin Chen reappeared in a burst of starlight and said the real fight was beginning.

Lin Chen revealed that he had reached the ninth level of Psychic Venerable Lord and overwhelmed the Fifth Elder, who had targeted his family. As Lin Chen demanded that the Fifth Elder kneel before dying, Upal discovered a treasure in the mysterious gray fog and Blade Venerable prepared to eliminate Lin Chen.

• Lin Chen used his Psychic Domain to conceal his strength and revealed that he had reached the ninth level of Psychic Venerable Lord, shocking the Fifth Elder and Mad Lion Commander.
• Lin Chen told the Fifth Elder that anyone who threatened his wife and children would die, then shattered the Fifth Elder's rule power with his Metal Rule.
• Upal watched Lin Chen's display online, lamented how far Lin Chen had surpassed him, and spotted treasure light inside the gray fog.
• Blade Venerable discussed the incomplete map with Qingkong, who had advanced to the Immortal Level, and resolved not to let Lin Chen survive this time.
• Lin Chen advanced on the Fifth Elder with the Demon Blade and ordered him to kneel, saying he would keep his promise to kill him.

Lin Chen fought Silver Sword assassin Void Break after the Fifth Elder hired him, while the Lord of Asura Hall sent Tun Hai to save Lin Chen. The Fifth Elder began gathering power to destroy Blue Star, leaving Lin Chen furious and blocked from returning to defend it.

• The Fifth Elder summoned Void Break, a gold-medal assassin and Apex Cosmic Overlord, to kill Lin Chen, who revealed that he had reached Peak Level Nine Psychic Venerable Lord.
• The Lord of Asura Hall ordered Situ to send Tun Hai to save Lin Chen as spectators watched the battle.
• Lin Chen and Void Break fought across the asteroid belt, while Lin Chen drew the fight deeper into the Solar System to protect Blue Star.
• Chief Night Owl and Shen Yingqing watched the livestream and hoped Lin Chen would survive.
• The Fifth Elder gathered Cosmic Venerable-level energy to destroy Blue Star, and Void Break blocked Lin Chen from returning to stop him.

The Fifth Elder launched an attack that threatened to destroy Blue Star, but the Judgment Prefecture intercepted it and Lin Chen defeated him. Afterward, Tun Hai thanked Lin Chen and hinted that the Judgment Prefecture would soon ask him for help.

• The Fifth Elder sent an energy sphere toward Blue Star, and Lin Chen charged after it despite Void Break's obstruction.
• The Judgment Prefecture's triangular symbol appeared and devoured the energy sphere before it could strike Blue Star.
• Lin Chen severed the Fifth Elder's limbs, immobilized Void Break with his Time Domain, and used Taotie and Destruction Toxin to torment the Fifth Elder before sending him to the Judgment Hall.
• Void Break gave Lin Chen an assassin's token and left after declaring that the Fifth Elder's death ended their connection.
• Tun Hai met Lin Chen near Blue Star, explained that the Judgment Prefecture would soon seek his help, and departed.

Lin Chen reassured Shen Yingqing and Chief Night Owl that Blue Star was protected and thriving before preparing to leave for the Skyfire Elemental Family. After three days with his family, he departed with Yuan Shui, the Molo Cat, and Sophia, intending to fulfill his promise to help Sophia’s family rise again.

• Lin Chen comforted Shen Yingqing and their son, then told Chief Night Owl that he would leave Blue Star’s affairs in their hands before heading to the Skyfire Elemental Family.
• Yuan Shui asked Lin Chen to take her back to her clan, and he agreed to depart in three days; Divine Flame urged her to move the whole clan to Blue Star.
• Lin Chen visited Old Zhang on Tianfu Avenue and chatted with his old friend before leaving.
• Mu Rongjian returned to the Soaring Star River and challenged Mu Rongyu to fight after damaging his palace, while Lin Jia taunted him.
• After spending three days with Shen Yingqing and their child, Lin Chen entered the Judgment Hall with Yuan Shui, the Molo Cat, and Sophia, then promised the Judgment Hall Master he would begin sending him home.

Lin Chen accompanied Yuan Shui to the Water Star Region, where he discovered that Yuan Shui’s clan had been exiled and attacked the officials who barred their way. After overwhelming the region’s defenders, Lin Chen forced its Immortal Level expert and dozens of peak World Lord Level experts to submit as slaves.

• On the way to the Water Star Region, Sophia reported that the Skyfire Elemental Family was losing ground in the renewed war among the Four Elemental Families.
• Yuan Shui reached the Water Star Region and learned that his clan had been exiled to the frontier because he had missed a summons.
• A peak World Lord Level guard struck Yuan Shui when he tried to enter, so Lin Chen appeared and killed the guard.
• An Immortal Level expert arrived with dozens of peak World Lord Level experts, but Lin Chen immobilized them with his spiritual pressure.
• The Moro Cat revealed its peak Void True God pressure, and Lin Chen made the Immortal Level expert and the remaining defenders submit as slaves.

Lin Chen traveled with Yuanshui World Lord to search for his missing clansmen and learned they had been sent to the Water Elemental Family’s battlefield. As he headed there, Blade Venerable trapped him in a sealed region and prepared to kill him.

• Lin Chen followed Ai Kun through the Water Star Region, where Yuanshui World Lord discovered his clansmen were gone and learned they had likely been sent to the battlefield.
• Lin Chen asked Ai Kun to bring a star map so they could hurry to the Water Elemental Family and rescue Yuanshui World Lord’s clansmen.
• Gu Fire True God learned the Skyfire Elemental Family’s western front had fallen and worried that his family would be destroyed, while thinking of his missing son and the gifts he had prepared for Lin Chen.
• Lin Chen sensed danger in the star region ahead, left the Judgment Hall, and flew out to investigate after Sophia’s scan detected nothing unusual.
• Blade Venerable appeared among several black holes and revealed that he had prepared a trap for Lin Chen.
• Lin Chen tried to escape through the Golden Space but found it sealed, leaving him to face Blade Venerable in a desperate fight.

Blade Venerable trapped Lin Chen beneath an overwhelming palm and tried to refine him with the Southern Netherworld Flame, while Lin Chen’s mysterious Demon Blade resisted. After three days of torture, Lin Chen was near death, and the Lord of Asura Hall was still racing to find him.

• Lin Chen unleashed his full strength and broke Blade Venerable’s Word-Follows-Law restraint by entering the King of Slaughter state.
• Blade Venerable summoned a gigantic palm that suppressed Lin Chen, but the Demon Blade shielded him and surprised Blade Venerable with its power.
• Blade Venerable surrounded Lin Chen with Southern Netherworld Flame and began draining his strength as he tried to refine him.
• The Lord of Asura Hall sensed the danger to Lin Chen, surged into the Void True God realm, and headed toward the Water Star Region to find him.
• After three days and three nights of refinement, Lin Chen had withered to a near-death state, but he cursed Blade Venerable instead of surrendering.

Lin Jia learned that her brother Lin Chen was trapped and near death while she faced a forced marriage in the Soaring Star River. Mu Rongjian set out to help, and a bronze-armored hand suddenly appeared to threaten Blade Venerable as he prepared to kill Lin Chen.

• Lin Chen weakened under the Southern Netherworld Flame as Blade Venerable demanded the Demon Blade.
• Lin Jia questioned Mu Rongjian about Lin Chen, and Mu Rongjian told her about Lin Chen's victories in the Myriad Races Genius Tournament.
• Lin Jia asked Mu Rongjian to help her escape an arranged marriage to Mu Rongyu, but he warned that Lin Chen would be killed if he came to the Soaring Star River.
• Lin Jia withdrew her request, while Mu Rongjian headed off to take action on his own.
• After three more days, Lin Chen had fallen to the First-Layer Planetary Level, and Blade Venerable intensified the flames to finish him.
• A giant bronze-armored hand tore through the void and threatened to kill anyone who harmed Lin Chen.

After Lord of Asura Hall drove off Blade Venerable, Lin Chen recovered in the Golden Space and emerged into a Sky-Metal Family attack on the Fire Family. He slaughtered a thousand Sky-Metal warriors and regained much of his strength, while a besieged Fire Family squad learned that the enemy was retreating.

• Lord of Asura Hall shattered Blade Venerable’s barrier and nearly killed him, but a white-robed phantom rescued Blade Venerable before Lord of Asura Hall departed.
• Lin Chen assessed his severe injuries in the Golden Space, then emerged into a village where Sky-Metal Family warriors were massacring the Fire Family.
• Lin Chen merged with the First Clone, reached the Ninth-Layer Stellar Level Peak, and killed and devoured a Sky-Metal warrior to restore some strength.
• Lin Chen slaughtered a thousand Planetary Level Sky-Metal warriors, recovering his qi-blood and psychic power.
• At a Fire Family stronghold, a squad captain urged his exhausted warriors to fight to the death, but a scout reported that the Sky-Metal Family was retreating.

Lin Chen slaughtered Metal Family forces across the Western Continent and rapidly recovered his strength, while Huyan Zhuo and the Fire Family soldiers witnessed his power. As Lin Chen neared his peak, a King-Ranked Immortal appeared and challenged him.

• Huyan Zhuo led several hundred Fire Family soldiers toward the seemingly empty battlefields after hearing that the Metal Family was retreating.
• The soldiers found Lin Chen alone, having wiped out tens of thousands of Metal Family warriors and recovered to peak Cosmic Level.
• More Metal Family forces descended from their spacecraft, and Lin Chen ordered Huyan Zhuo's group to stay close before charging into battle.
• Lin Chen killed the arriving Metal Family warriors, recovering to Peak Domain Lord Level and Great Psychic Lord as Huyan Zhuo and the others followed him.
• Lin Chen spread his Mental Power across the Western Continent and slaughtered roughly a hundred thousand Metal Family warriors, reaching peak Immortal Level and the first level of Psychic Venerable Lord.
• A King-Ranked Immortal appeared and demanded to know who was killing his subordinates.

Lin Chen devoured Huntuo, a King-Ranked Immortal, and ordered Huyan Zhuo to gather the surviving Fire Family warriors after declaring the Metal Family wiped out on the Western Continent. Three days later, Huyan Zhuo assembled three hundred survivors and awaited Lin Chen’s orders.

• Lin Chen trapped Huntuo with the Time Domain and devoured him with the Taotie Technique, restoring some of his vitality and mental strength.
• Huyan Zhuo offered to follow Lin Chen in the fight against the Metal Family, and Lin Chen told him to gather the Western Continent’s survivors within three days.
• Lin Chen tried to contact Sophia and release the Judgment Hall, but neither was available, so he rested and reflected on his increased strength after rebirth through fire.
• At a Metal Family fortress, Chikong told Red Gold True God that they had lost contact with the Western Continent and Huntuo; Red Gold True God ordered an investigation and promised Chikong a chance to learn the Four Symbols Technique after the Fire Family fell.
• Three days later, Huyan Zhuo reported that he had gathered three hundred surviving Fire Family warriors and asked Lin Chen for orders.