Recaps

Qi Yuan rose from an enslaved miner to a formidable fighter by mastering the Thunder Domain and using the Disciple Return System, while Hugo kept him under his control. The group entered Emberlight World for the Apprentice Mercenary Assessment, where Qi Yuan saw a chance to escape as Adona’s allies prepared to confront them.

• Qi Yuan awakened as a Lei Yuan Clan slave aboard Hugo Ortega’s spacecraft, and the Disciple Return System shielded his consciousness from the Biological Chip.
• Qi Yuan made Cang Fan his disciple, received critical returns from gifts and cultivation lessons, and advanced while secretly strengthening himself.
• Hugo took Qi Yuan to Lanka Star, where Qi Yuan killed Meng Shan in the Arena by revealing his Thunder Domain, and Hugo won their wager.
• Qi Yuan used the Virtual Universe to study and train, then advanced to Star Traveller Tier 7 while preparing for the Apprentice Mercenary Assessment.
• Hugo’s group entered Emberlight World and hunted Ghost Face Scorpions, but a swarm forced them to flee through the Light Shadow Layer after two guards died.
• Qi Yuan’s group crossed the Crystal Giant Tree toward the Aurora Corridor, which Qi Yuan considered his best chance to escape, as a Silver Scale Man spotted them and called for San Yan.

Qi Yuan escaped Emberlight World, built his strength, and joined the Virtual Universe Company before exploring a dangerous Secret Realm. After winning a Golden Paper in a battle over fissure treasures, he hid Bumblebee and a Space Ring, then returned to the contested ruins in disguise.

• Qi Yuan escaped his pursuers with Old Wu’s help, then killed San Yan and the Blood Blade fighters before leaving Emberlight World.
• Qi Yuan traveled to Tai Yue Star, joined the Eternal Empire, bought a spacecraft, and chose Liao Li as his disciple, freeing her from her Biological Chip.
• Qi Yuan honed his combat skills in the Slaughter Arena, gained insight into his Thunder Domain, joined the Virtual Universe Company, and gave Liao Li an S-class Bloodline Evolution Potion and Dragon Vein Fruit.
• Qi Yuan used a Dragon Origin Crystal to raise his life level, then advanced to Universe Level after cultivating for a year and a half.
• Qi Yuan entered the Secret Realm ruins, subdued the Sky Golden Metal Lifeform Bumblebee, and found a World Ring containing a library of Secret Pattern Master books.
• Qi Yuan gathered treasures in the ruins, then reached a spatially weak zone where experts fought over items emerging from fissures.
• Qi Yuan seized the Golden Paper, killed Gongsun Bai and the pink-eyed woman, and helped Dong Yu’s group escape pursuing experts before Qian Lao Liu intervened.
• After Bumblebee sensed that something important might emerge from a fissure, Qi Yuan hid Bumblebee and a Space Ring, drew pursuit away, and returned to the region disguised as a burly first-rank Universe Level warrior.

Qi Yuan escaped the Eternal Empire with the Tiangong Tower, built up his territory and disciples, and gathered powerful treasures through the Lanting Auction. After the System multiplied his gifts and strengthened his understanding of the Origin Laws, Qi Yuan broke through to Domain Lord Level One and discovered the slave chip in his head.

• Qi Yuan caught the Black Metal Fragment during the battle at the Secret Realm entrance, then Bumblebee fused with the descending Tiangong Tower, awakened its inheritance, and escaped with Qi Yuan.
• Qi Yuan learned that the Tiangong Tower held the Tiangong Clan’s formation inheritance, escaped the Eternal Empire, and received 10 Hun Yuan Units for the Golden Paper’s Soul Defense Secret Method.
• Qi Yuan brought Liao Li to Red Leaf Star, bought a territory of 14,283 planets, recruited ten Na Wu Clan disciples, and hired Samonka’s team to develop the territory.
• Yuan Mu repaired Qi Yuan’s formation pattern and became his third Personal Disciple, earning the Eight Formations—Light inheritance and triggering a System return of formation texts.
• Qi Yuan trained in the Tiangong Tower and the Virtual Universe, then attended the Lanting Auction and bought two Origin Crystals, two Heart Calming Fruits, and three units of Lan Ke Fruit.
• Qi Yuan gave Liao Li an Origin Crystal, receiving 3,600 Origin Crystals and a Chaos Crystal from the System, then absorbed the Chaos Crystal’s energy to improve his perception of the Origin Laws tenfold.
• Qi Yuan gave Yuan Mu a Heart Calming Fruit, consumed the returned Soul Refining Fruit, and strengthened his soul until his body, will, domain, and Laws fused during his breakthrough to Domain Lord Level One.
• Qi Yuan’s breakthrough activated the slave chip in his brain and damaged his head, but he healed himself, removed the fragments, and vowed to deal with the matters involving him.

Qi Yuan destroyed the forces responsible for the Lei Yuan Clan’s suffering, then joined the Virtual Universe Company and built influence by welcoming powerful guests and recruiting talented disciples. After Mireya Stuart and Xue Lan Chang Feng joined him, he used their gifts to complete a Time Crystal and began studying the Time Formation.

• Qi Yuan killed Naxia after Liao Li defeated the Star Pirates, drawing attention from the Lanting Universe Nation and the Virtual Universe Company, and accepted a position as Martial Department Director.
• Qi Yuan returned to Lei Yuan Star, learned how the Slave Organization had devastated the Lei Yuan Clan, and began rebuilding the planet while pursuing those responsible.
• Qi Yuan killed the leaders of the Blazing Blade Merchant Group, prompting the Eternal Empire to dismantle it and reward him, while the Ortega Family was detained for investigation.
• Qi Yuan gave Origin Crystals to ten Lei Yuan Clan members and returned to Red Leaf Star, where he gathered his disciples and began preparing his territory for visitors.
• Qi Yuan took charge of the Martial Department at the Blue Bay Branch and hosted a banquet for Realm Lords and their families, using the Miracle Yuan Tower to identify talented young people.
• Qi Yuan recruited Mireya Stuart as his fourth Personal Disciple and Xue Lan Chang Feng as his fifth, then gave them Dragon Origin Essence and formation manuals.
• Qi Yuan's rewards from the manuals provided fragments that he combined into a complete Time Crystal, and he entered it to study the Time Formation.