Chapter Summaries

Qi Yuan awakened in the body of a Lei Yuan Star warrior after his people were enslaved and sold, and discovered that a mysterious system had activated. The system blocked his Biological Chip’s control, giving him a hidden chance to survive and eventually free his people.

• Young Master Hugo bought the Lei Yuan Clan slaves, and their spacecraft departed Bibo Star.
• Qi Yuan awakened among the enslaved Lei Yuan Clan and learned that the original Qi Yuan had died after their home world was conquered.
• Qi Yuan vowed to reclaim Lei Yuan Star and save his people, but feared that his slave status left him little chance to survive.
• The Disciple Return System activated and blocked the Biological Chip’s interference with Qi Yuan’s consciousness.
• Qi Yuan decided to conceal the system’s effect and remain cautious aboard the spacecraft.

Qi Yuan studied the Disciple Return System, bound Cang Fan as his first disciple, and kept his unusual abilities hidden while traveling as a slave to Lei Bao Star. He realized his cultivation method was inadequate and resolved to find a better one.

• Qi Yuan examined the system’s return rules and found that most Lei Yuan Clan members had low multipliers, while Cang Fan had the highest at eight times.
• Qi Yuan bound Cang Fan as his disciple but postponed testing the return function because he had no gifts and feared attracting his master’s attention.
• Qi Yuan decided to conceal his ability to resist the Biological Chip until he found an opportunity after the spaceship landed.
• Qi Yuan learned that Lei Bao Star’s valuable Thunder Crystal Ore made it a major resource planet owned by the Ortega Family.
• Qi Yuan cultivated aboard the spaceship, found his technique too weak to make progress quickly, and resolved to obtain a more complete cultivation method.

Qi Yuan met his new master, Hugo Ortega, and was assigned to guard duty while his clansmen mined Thunder Crystal Ore on Lei Bao Star. At Mine No. 5, Qi Yuan considered how to strengthen himself and escape his master's control.

• Qi Yuan met Hugo Ortega, who praised his talent and assigned him to the Guard Team under Old Wu.
• Hugo ordered Qi Yuan to manage his clansmen and ensure they mined enough Thunder Crystal Ore for him.
• Old Wu gave Qi Yuan a Space Ring containing a battle suit, weapon, and resources, and sent him the Guards' cultivation technique.
• Qi Yuan learned he could not pass on the Guards' exclusive cultivation technique because his clansmen were controlled by Biological Chips.
• Old Wu took Qi Yuan to Mine No. 5, where his clansmen had to produce at least three million tons of ore each year.
• After Old Wu left, Qi Yuan planned to test the System Return function and seek a chance to escape.

Qi Yuan tested the System Return by giving Cang Fan half a kilogram of Earth Soul Liquid, earning 704 Wood Sap Crystals after a critical reward. After sending Cang Fan away to cultivate, Qi Yuan prepared to study the complete cultivation technique his master had provided.

• Qi Yuan examined the equipment and Earth Soul Liquid Old Wu had given him, then poured half the liquid into a stone jar for Cang Fan.
• Qi Yuan gave Cang Fan the Earth Soul Liquid and promised to use half his monthly resources to help him reach the Star Traveller Level.
• Qi Yuan persuaded Cang Fan to accept responsibility for helping the Lei Yuan Clan, and Cang Fan vowed to rescue their suffering clansmen.
• The System returned 704 Wood Sap Crystals to Qi Yuan after an 88-fold critical reward.
• Qi Yuan dismissed Cang Fan and turned his attention to the cultivation technique prepared by his master.

Qi Yuan studied the Nine Radiance cultivation technique and used its body-tempering movements to absorb the energy of a Wood Sap Crystal. The transformation of his cells broke his bottleneck, advancing him to Star Traveller Tier 3.

• Qi Yuan sorted through the materials Old Wu had sent and learned that Nine Radiance included the Nine Radiance Body Tempering method and the Nine Radiance Sky Blade secret technique.
• Qi Yuan practiced the first set of Nine Radiance Body Tempering movements, exhausting the energy in his cells.
• Qi Yuan drank Earth Soul Liquid and absorbed a Wood Sap Crystal to replenish and strengthen his cells.
• Qi Yuan's cells transformed and expelled impurities as Gene Primary Energy gathered in his dantian.
• Qi Yuan broke through to Star Traveller Tier 3, forming a third miniature star in his dantian.

Qi Yuan broke through to Star Traveller Tier 3, learned the basics of the Nine Radiance Sky Blade, and began an intense routine of blade practice and body tempering. He continued improving rapidly as he pushed his body to exhaustion and replenished it with Wood Sap Crystals.

• Qi Yuan broke through to Star Traveller Tier 3 after absorbing a Wood Sap Crystal with the Nine Radiance Body Tempering technique.
• Qi Yuan studied the Nine Radiance Sky Blade and learned that its force-amplification levels could greatly increase his combat power.
• Qi Yuan tested the technique with his Force Battle Blade and barely managed to perform its fourth level.
• Qi Yuan devoted himself to repeated blade practice, using Nine Radiance Body Tempering and Wood Sap Crystals to recover and strengthen his body.
• Qi Yuan continued the cycle of exhausting himself, replenishing his energy, and improving his technique and physical strength.

After receiving his monthly resources, Qi Yuan taught Cang Fan about Origin Laws and domains, then triggered a system return by sharing cultivation experience. He received cultivation insights related to the Thunder Domain.

• Old Wu delivered Qi Yuan's monthly Earth Soul Liquid and a Wood Sap Crystal, then left with Mine No. 5's Thunder Crystal Ore.
• Qi Yuan summoned Cang Fan and chose to trigger a return by imparting cultivation experience instead of gifting the Wood Sap Crystal.
• Cang Fan asked about the Great Dao, and Qi Yuan explained Origin Laws, domains, and the path toward using the universe's Laws.
• Qi Yuan and Cang Fan discussed cultivation for two days, and Qi Yuan gave Cang Fan half of his Earth Soul Liquid.
• Qi Yuan received a 400x return of cultivation insights related to the Thunder Domain.

Qi Yuan gained Thunder Domain insights through the system, advanced his cultivation over six months, and was summoned to accompany the Lord of Lei Bao Star back to the Ortega Family’s ancestral home on Lanka Star. He wondered whether the journey would bring new opportunities.

• Qi Yuan received Thunder Domain insights from a critical system return and used the domain to improve his Nine Radiance Sky Blade cultivation.
• Qi Yuan’s next teaching return yielded only basic Planetary-level insights, leading him to conclude that varied gifts and fresh surprises helped trigger critical rewards.
• Qi Yuan continued cultivating and testing the system, reaching the fourth stage of Star Traveller after receiving and consuming a Dragon Vein Fruit in the fourth month.
• Qi Yuan used Earth Soul Liquid as a gift in the fifth month and received 480 Wood Sap Crystals from a tenfold critical return.
• In the sixth month, Qi Yuan taught Cang Fan and received more Thunder Domain insights, bringing him close to the domain’s second level.
• Old Wu told Qi Yuan that the Lord of Lei Bao Star was returning to the family’s ancestral home on Lanka Star, and Qi Yuan wondered what opportunities awaited there.

Hugo traveled from Lei Bao Star to Lanka Star with his Thirteenth Sister, Hu Ya, and Qi Yuan as the Ortega Family gathered to celebrate its founder’s breakthrough to Realm Lord. At the port, Hugo clashed with his hostile Sixth Brother, who warned him that they would meet again in the family trial.

• At a banquet on Lei Bao Star, Hugo’s Thirteenth Sister scolded him for indulging in food and drink, then urged him to use the planet’s resources to grow stronger.
• Hugo told his sister and Hu Ya about Qi Yuan, a slave he had bought from Bibo Star who had advanced two stages in half a year after receiving the Nine Radiance secret art.
• The group traveled to Lanka Star, where Ortega Family members had gathered after their founder advanced to Realm Lord.
• At the direct-line port, Hugo’s Sixth Brother mocked him about his C9-class spaceship and his past exile to Lei Bao Star.
• Hugo traded insults with Sixth Brother and left with his group, while Sixth Brother warned that Hugo would face him in the family trial.

Qi Yuan accompanied Hugo to Lanka Star for Lord Jialong’s Lord of Domain Banquet and enjoyed the planet’s bustling life. After witnessing a slave’s master kill him for losing a gladiator match, Qi Yuan resolved to escape before he suffered the same fate.

• Qi Yuan learned from Old Wu that Hugo had returned to Lanka Star to attend Lord Jialong’s banquet celebrating his breakthrough to World Lord.
• During the month before the banquet, Qi Yuan accompanied Hugo to social gatherings and learned about the Ortega family and local society.
• Hugo and Qi Yuan watched a gladiator match between a Fifth Stage Star Traveller warrior and a fourth stage Star Traveller Psychic Master at Hugo’s cousin’s Arena.
• The warrior defeated the Psychic Master, but the slave’s master detonated his Biological Chip and killed him after he surrendered.
• Qi Yuan remembered that he was still a slave and decided to find a chance to escape.

Hugo encountered Sixth Brother and the Seventh Prince while leaving the arena, and the prince pressured him to wager on a gladiatorial fight. Hugo agreed to risk control of his slaves and Lei Bao Star’s mining rights, leaving the match yet to take place.

• Hugo tried to leave the arena, but Sixth Brother stopped him and introduced the Seventh Prince.
• The Seventh Prince pressed Hugo to stage a wagered fight and offered a Void Splitting Wing as the prize.
• Sixth Brother offered Bing Lan and his Cloud Light Race slaves as stakes, demanding unrestricted mining rights to Lei Bao Star if Hugo lost both matches.
• Hugo agreed to two matches, wagering for Bing Lan and control of all Sixth Brother’s Cloud Light Race slaves.

Qi Yuan was forced by Hugo to fight Meng Shan in the Arena and was badly outmatched by the Tie Gao Clan warrior. As Hugo bargained with Adona to spare him, Qi Yuan unleashed his Thunder Domain, abruptly changing the battle.

• Hugo sent Qi Yuan into the Arena to fight Meng Shan, and the two introduced themselves before the match began.
• Qi Yuan attacked with the seventh level of the Nine Radiance Sky Blade, but Meng Shan evaded his strike and countered with overwhelming strength.
• Meng Shan's rapid staff attacks overwhelmed Qi Yuan and knocked him into the sea, leaving Qi Yuan to realize he could not match his opponent's combat skills.
• Qi Yuan decided to reveal his Domain, while Hugo asked Adona to spare him and the brothers argued over mining rights on Lei Bao Star.
• Qi Yuan's Thunder Domain erupted in purple lightning across the battlefield.

Qi Yuan comprehended a Thunder Domain and defeated Meng Shan, who thanked him for granting the liberation he had requested before dying. His display stunned the spectators, and Hugo demanded that Adona honor their bet and transfer Bing Lan’s control rights to him.

• Qi Yuan revealed his Thunder Domain and used it to outmaneuver Meng Shan’s attack.
• Qi Yuan struck Meng Shan’s neck with a lightning-infused blade, fatally wounding him despite his Force Battle Suit.
• Meng Shan thanked Qi Yuan for helping him find liberation before falling into the sea.
• The spectators and Hugo’s family were stunned that Qi Yuan had mastered a domain at Star Traveller fourth stage.
• Hugo laughed and demanded that Adona transfer Bing Lan’s control rights to him as agreed in their bet.

Qi Yuan’s domain talent drew the Seventh Prince’s attention, but Hugo refused to sell him and later promised to provide him with cultivation resources. Back at his manor, Hugo offered Qi Yuan a reward for helping him win a Tier 3 Psionic Weapon.

• The Seventh Prince asked Hugo to sell Qi Yuan, while Adona urged Hugo to accept the offer.
• Hugo refused to transfer Qi Yuan, and the Seventh Prince left the promised Tier 3 Psionic Weapon behind before departing.
• Adona canceled the next gladiatorial match and avoided honoring his wager, prompting Hugo to curse him on the way back to his manor.
• Hugo asked Qi Yuan when he had mastered a domain, and Qi Yuan claimed he had only recently grasped it.
• Hugo promised Qi Yuan a Combat Secret Technique, Star Traveller Tier 9 resources, and access to basic secret techniques, then offered him a reasonable reward.

Qi Yuan connected to the Virtual Universe for the first time and learned that Luo Feng’s rise had happened thousands of years earlier. He explored the network’s training features, but discovered that the Slaughter Arena cost far more than he could afford.

• Qi Yuan used the Virtual Universe account Hugo had given him and marveled at the bustling virtual city.
• Qi Yuan searched for Luo Feng, Earth, and the Cosmic Genius War, learning that Luo Feng had competed 6,500 years earlier and that the next war was 3,500 years away.
• Qi Yuan realized Luo Feng was already an immensely powerful figure and abandoned his hope of taking him as a disciple.
• Qi Yuan explored the Virtual Universe’s Slaughter Arena and learned that a day of training would cost five million Eternal Coins.

Qi Yuan trained intensely while Hugo attended the Ortega Family’s Realm Lord Feast, and Qi Yuan advanced his Nine Radiance Sky Blade without help from the System. The chapter ended with Hugo returning in a grim mood and ordering everyone to leave for Lei Bao Star.

• Qi Yuan decided he needed to escape Hugo’s control so he could make better use of the System and seek stronger disciples.
• Hugo went to the Realm Lord Feast in the Cloud Palace and ordered Qi Yuan, Old Wu, and the other guards to remain at the manor.
• Old Wu lamented that slaves controlled by Biological Chips had little hope of freedom, even if they reached Realm Lord.
• Qi Yuan trained his blade, movement, and defensive techniques while studying free cultivation advice in the Virtual Universe.
• Qi Yuan comprehended the Eighth Layer of the Nine Radiance Sky Blade and raised his force amplitude to twenty-four times without the System’s help.
• Hugo returned from the feast looking grim and ordered Old Wu to gather the guards so they could return to Lei Bao Star.

Hugo returned to Lei Bao Star and prepared for the Apprentice Mercenary Assessment, which Adona had forced him to face in one year instead of ten. Qi Yuan saw a chance to escape, while Adona secretly arranged a further threat and Qi Yuan began studying the Combat Secret Technique “Thunder Light.”

• Hugo told Old Wu to triple the resources for guards at Star Traveller Tier 7 and above and ordered Qi Yuan to increase Thunder Crystal Stone output at Mine No. 5.
• Qi Yuan asked Hugo to take him to the assessment, and Hugo agreed only if Qi Yuan reached Star Traveller Tier 6 within a year.
• Hugo sent Qi Yuan the “Thunder Light” Combat Secret Technique, which Hugo had obtained from the Ortega Family's ancestor.
• After the Seventh Prince departed Lanka Star, Adona contacted Mu Guluo and ordered him to approach the Blood Saber Organization.
• Qi Yuan studied “Thunder Light” in the Virtual Universe and realized it could greatly improve his combat power.

Qi Yuan gave Cang Fan ten Wood Sap Crystals, framing them as an inheritance and responsibility before a dangerous trial. The system rewarded him with twenty Dragon Vein Fruits and a drop of Dragon Origin Essence, which Qi Yuan eagerly went to inspect.

• Cang Fan reunited with Qi Yuan and described how slowly his cultivation had progressed during his teacher's absence.
• Qi Yuan gave Cang Fan ten Wood Sap Crystals and told him to strengthen himself in case Qi Yuan did not return from a life-or-death trial.
• Cang Fan accepted the crystals and vowed to continue the Lei Yuan Clan's legacy.
• The system triggered a hundredfold critical strike and awarded Qi Yuan twenty Dragon Vein Fruits and one drop of Dragon Origin Essence.
• Qi Yuan sent Cang Fan away warmly, then eagerly checked his rewards.

Qi Yuan discovered that Dragon Origin Essence could greatly enhance bloodlines and consumed it, triggering a painful transformation that rebuilt his cells and genes. Exhausted but aware that the moment after evolution was ideal for absorbing life energy, he sat down to cultivate.

• Qi Yuan examined the Dragon Origin Essence and learned that it could greatly evolve a flesh-and-blood lifeform’s bloodline.
• Qi Yuan realized that the essence was an extraordinary bargain and decided to use it to strengthen his bloodline.
• Qi Yuan swallowed the Dragon Origin Essence, and its energy shattered his cells and genetic fragments.
• The essence’s life force restored and reorganized Qi Yuan’s cells and genes, rapidly transforming his body.
• Qi Yuan recovered his breath, sat cross-legged despite his exhaustion, and prepared to absorb life energy.

Qi Yuan used Dragon Vein Fruits to recover from Bloodline Evolution and break through to form a new star in his dantian, then spent a year strengthening his Thunder Domain and comprehending the secret technique Thunder Light. The chapter ended when he received an urgent order to gather at the Castle.

• Qi Yuan ate two Dragon Vein Fruits, recovered his energy, and broke through as a new star formed in his dantian.
• Qi Yuan focused on cultivating the Thunder Domain and comprehending the Thunder Light secret technique while preparing for the Apprentice Mercenary Assessment.
• Qi Yuan used his return opportunities to teach Cang Fan about the Thunder Domain and gained major cultivation insights from critical rewards.
• After a year of cultivation, Qi Yuan received a call ordering him to gather at the Castle immediately.