Chapter Summaries

Hugo bought six Star Traveller Tier 9 slaves and led his group to Tai Shi Star to take the Apprentice Mercenary Assessment in Emberlight World. As they prepared for the mission, two men waiting at an inn spotted their target arriving.

• Qi Yuan revealed that he had advanced to Star Traveller Tier 7, and Hugo decided to buy stronger slaves before entering the assessment world.
• Hugo purchased four Zhalin Race Star Traveller Tier 9 warriors and two Wuxia Race Psychic Masters; Qi Yuan discovered that one Wuxia slave had a base return multiplier of twenty-nine times.
• Hugo's group registered for the Apprentice Mercenary Assessment and traveled to Tai Shi Star.
• The group planned to hunt Ghost Face Scorpions in the Brilliant Stone Wasteland before searching for Aurora Stones in the Aurora Corridor.
• At an inn on Tai Shi Star, San Yan recognized the target arriving and told his four-armed companion to get ready.

Qi Yuan and Hugo’s team entered Emberlight World for the Apprentice Mercenary Assessment and headed toward the Brilliant Stone Wasteland’s central region to hunt Ghost Face Scorpions. Elsewhere, a newly arrived team struggled with the world’s gravity and set out to meet San Yan and the others.

• Qi Yuan, Hugo, and their guards passed identity checks and entered Emberlight World together.
• The group was dragged down by the Small World’s heavy gravity, and Old Wu caught Hugo before he fell.
• Qi Yuan identified their location as the outskirts of the Brilliant Stone Wasteland, where Hugo’s team needed to hunt Ghost Face Scorpions in the central region.
• Two Wuxia Race Psychic Masters scouted the direction of the central region, and Hugo led his team after them.
• A silver-scaled man and a four-armed man arrived elsewhere, complained about the gravity, and headed for the Aurora Corridor to meet San Yan and the others.

Hugo’s group reached the Black Rock Mountain Range and hunted Ghost Face Scorpions for their stingers. After killing five, they detected a much larger threat approaching from deep within the ravine.

• Hugo’s group crossed the Light Shadow illusion and identified the Black Rock Mountain Range as a Ghost Face Scorpion gathering place.
• Hugo led the group into the mountains and searched the ravines and caves with his Detector.
• Hugo detected five Ghost Face Scorpions approaching a ravine and ordered Old Wu and a Wuxia Race Psychic Master to block their retreat.
• Old Wu and the guards killed all five Ghost Face Scorpions, and Old Wu collected their venomous stingers.
• A rumbling shook the ravine as dense red life signals appeared on Hugo’s Detector, and Hugo ordered everyone to run.

Qi Yuan and Hugo’s group escaped a swarm of Ghost Face Scorpions by fleeing through the hallucinatory Light Shadow Layer, where the creatures lost interest and returned to their nest. Meanwhile, mysterious guests met with Adona on Lanka Star and discussed his alliance against his own family, hinting that his powerful backer was a controlled puppet.

• More than fifty Ghost Face Scorpions charged from the rift, killing two guards and attacking Qi Yuan’s fleeing group.
• Qi Yuan severed a scorpion’s tail, and Old Wu used psychic force to pull him forward as the group fled toward the Light Shadow Layer.
• Qi Yuan’s group crossed the Light Shadow Layer, whose hallucinations confused the pursuing Ghost Face Scorpions and drove them back to their nest.
• Hugo recovered from his nausea and told Old Wu that he wanted to rest for a day before moving on.
• On Lanka Star, Adona received several black-robed guests, who discussed his betrayal of his family and revealed that his powerful backer was a controlled puppet.

Hugo’s team collected enough Ghost Face Scorpion poison stings and traveled to the Aurora Corridor, where they chose to enter through the Aurora passage. As they arrived, a disguised group of mercenaries spotted them and identified them as their target.

• Qi Yuan’s group fled a flock of Three-headed Strange Birds and took shelter in a karst cave.
• Old Wu confirmed that he had collected enough Ghost Face Scorpion poison stings for the mission, and Hugo announced they would head to the Aurora Corridor.
• Qi Yuan considered the corridor his last chance to break away from Hugo’s group without endangering Cang Fan and the Lei Yuan Clan members.
• Hugo’s group reached the Crystal Giant Tree at the heart of the Emberlight World and chose the Aurora entrance.
• A four-armed man and a Silver Scale Man discussed the four-armed man’s son before the Silver Scale Man spotted Hugo’s group and called for San Yan and the others.

Hugo's group explored the Aurora Corridor in search of Aurora Stones and encountered a Light-Eating Worm, but a squad of thirteen Star Traveller Tier 9 attackers ambushed them. With most of Hugo's guards dead, Qi Yuan spotted a chance to act.

• Hugo led his group through the Aurora Corridor's maze of crystal passages for several days without finding Aurora Stones or other people.
• Old Wu told Hugo that Aurora Stones were more common where Light-Eating Worms appeared, and a Light-Eating Worm burst through the crystal wall soon afterward.
• Hugo ordered an attack, but the Light-Eating Worm deflected the Psionic Weapons and escaped through the passage wall.
• Old Wu blocked a surprise volley aimed at Hugo, but redirected streaks of light killed six guards, including two Zhalin Race warriors at Star Traveller Tier 9.
• San Yan and twelve other Star Traveller Tier 9 fighters in black Battle Armor appeared, while Qi Yuan saw an opportunity and began forming a plan.

Hugo and his companions fled through the Crystal Passage after mercenaries attacked them, but their pursuers caught up. As Hugo prepared to sacrifice his guards to escape, Qi Yuan charged back toward the enemies to hold them off.

• Hugo learned that the San Yan man’s group had been hired to capture or kill him, and he refused their demand to surrender and accept a Biological Chip.
• Hugo and Old Wu used a B6-grade Radium Mother Bomb to collapse the passage and escape, but the pursuers broke through the rubble with a Golden Little Snake.
• After more than two hours of flight through branching tunnels, Hugo realized the enemies had tracked them with a superior Detector and were closing in.
• Hugo told Qi Yuan to split off and escape while the four Star Traveller Tier 9 guards held back the pursuers.
• Qi Yuan leaped off the Psionic Weapon and charged toward the enemies, telling Hugo to go while Thunder Light gathered around him.

Qi Yuan unleashed his fifth-level Thunder Domain and killed San Yan and the Blood Blade pursuers, clearing the Crystal Passage. He severed the control terminal’s connection to his Biological Chip and hurried toward Emberlight World’s exit, leaving his life as a slave behind.

• Qi Yuan used his lightning domain to cover Old Wu and Hugo’s escape, then stayed behind to face San Yan’s group.
• San Yan ordered his Star Traveller Tier 9 fighters to attack Qi Yuan, who killed the golden python, the silver-scaled youth, and the four-armed warrior.
• Qi Yuan killed San Yan and cut down the remaining Blood Blade fighters as they tried to flee the narrow passage.
• Qi Yuan collected the enemies’ storage devices and corpses, crushed Hugo’s bracer computer, and severed the connection between his Biological Chip and its control terminal.
• Qi Yuan concealed himself with his Force Battle Suit and rushed toward the exit of Emberlight World.

Qi Yuan arrived on Tai Yue Star after escaping Emberlight World and began establishing himself as a citizen of the Eternal Empire. After selling a valuable weapon and buying a spacecraft, he headed toward the slave market.

• Qi Yuan traveled from Tai Shi Star to Tai Yue Star in disguise and landed in Tie Jun City.
• Qi Yuan registered as an Eternal Empire citizen and opened Virtual Universe and bank accounts.
• Qi Yuan sold San Yan's Shadow Shuttle to Ling Bao Pavilion for 4.5 billion Eternal Coins.
• Qi Yuan bought a C2-class small alloy spacecraft and received a new Auxiliary Brain from the attendant.
• Qi Yuan left Ling Bao Pavilion and headed toward the slave market.

Qi Yuan searched the Tai Yue Star slave market for a Star Traveller disciple whose aptitude would yield strong returns from his system. After scanning slave warehouses through the fortieth floor, he finally selected someone, but the chapter ended before revealing who it was.

• Qi Yuan visited the Tai Yue Star slave market, reflecting on the slaves’ helplessness and his need to grow stronger.
• Qi Yuan decided to search for a Star Traveller slave to become his disciple and negotiated with a merchant manager to inspect the slaves in person.
• The manager took Qi Yuan to the underground warehouses, where Qi Yuan used his system to scan the Star Traveller slaves’ return multipliers.
• Qi Yuan rejected the slaves on the earlier floors and selected someone on the fortieth floor.

Qi Yuan freed Liao Li from her Biological Chip and accepted her as his disciple, then gave her a battle suit that earned him a powerful system reward. With his plans for wealth and cultivation taking shape, he wondered whether he should find himself a powerful backer.

• Qi Yuan accepted Liao Li, a Second Stage Star Traveller with a 30x base return multiplier, as his disciple.
• Qi Yuan destroyed Liao Li’s control terminal, freeing her from the Biological Chip and telling her he expected nothing beyond diligent cultivation.
• Qi Yuan gave Liao Li a Second Stage Force Battle Suit, which the system turned into a Third Stage Force Battle Suit through a 900x return.
• Liao Li chose a room in the courtyard to rest while Qi Yuan planned to focus on earning money and raising his strength.
• Qi Yuan considered finding himself a powerful backer.

Qi Yuan entered the Slaughter Arena to test his combat ability and learn from simulated opponents. After forty-five battles, he learned to compress his Thunder Domain into a purple glow around his blade and finally defeated an opponent without using Thunder Light.

• Qi Yuan linked his bank account at the Slaughter Arena and entered its battle space.
• Qi Yuan configured a Star Traveller Tier 7 opponent with a Level 5 domain and fought him in a thunderstorm wilderness.
• The opponent split Qi Yuan's Thunder Domain with a purple-glowing blade, and both warriors struck each other down.
• Qi Yuan realized the opponent's technique could teach him how to use his domain more effectively and began a series of rematches.
• After forty-five battles, Qi Yuan wrapped his blade in a hazy purple glow formed from his Thunder Domain and narrowly defeated his opponent.

Qi Yuan used the Slaughter Arena to sharpen his combat skills, then entered the Duel Space to attract the Virtual Universe Company's attention. He built an undefeated streak that drew the interest of top-tier experts.

• Qi Yuan fought more than a thousand simulated battles in the Slaughter Space and improved his combat experience.
• Qi Yuan learned how the Duel Space worked and challenged a one-star Star Traveller Tier 7 opponent.
• Qi Yuan defeated the green-skinned man with a Purple Arc, then won his next matches and earned a one-star rating.
• Qi Yuan accepted a stream of challenges and defeated opponents up to seven and eight stars with his fifth-level Thunder Domain.
• Qi Yuan's record climbed past 200 victories with no defeats, attracting the attention of top-tier experts.

Qi Yuan fought a nine-star Psychic Master whose Water Domain and serpent-like Psionic Weapon overwhelmed him. Under pressure, Qi Yuan grasped a new understanding of lightning, prompting the watcher in a private Meditation Room to call him a treasure.

• Qi Yuan faced a green-haired nine-star Psychic Master and attacked, but the man's serpent-like Psionic Weapon deflected his blade and threatened to bind him.
• Qi Yuan activated the Thunder Light secret technique to break free and pursue his opponent, who trapped him inside a powerful Water Domain.
• The green-haired man used the Domain to slow Qi Yuan and attack with his Psionic Weapon, forcing Qi Yuan to spend Force and stamina to defend himself.
• Qi Yuan reasoned that lightning held qualities beyond violence, recognizing its gentleness, erosion, and capacity for new life as he searched for a way to overcome the Water Domain.
• Qi Yuan experienced a sudden insight into lightning, and the petite figure watching from a private Meditation Room sat upright and called him a treasure.

After sensing the Origin Laws in reality, Qi Yuan joined the Virtual Universe Company's external division to preserve his freedom and the use of his system. Bu Chen told him that an important person had arranged a free S-class Bloodline Evolution Potion for him.

• Qi Yuan spent a month immersed in sensing the Origin Laws and suspected his enhanced bloodline had made it easier.
• Lady Soya waited for Bu Chen to contact Qi Yuan after he stopped receiving Virtual Universe messages.
• Qi Yuan read Bu Chen's accumulated messages and met him in the Virtual Universe Slaughter Arena.
• Bu Chen invited Qi Yuan to join the Virtual Universe Company and explained the benefits of internal and external membership.
• Qi Yuan insisted on joining the external division, and Bu Chen agreed to register him under his name.
• Bu Chen told Qi Yuan that an important person would pay for his free S-class Bloodline Evolution Potion.

Qi Yuan received an S-class Bloodline Evolution Potion and used his System Return opportunity by giving it to his disciple, Liao Li, along with a Dragon Vein Fruit. Liao Li accepted the gifts and vowed to live up to his expectations, while Qi Yuan received confirmation that the gift had been successfully given.

• Qi Yuan inspected the Virtual Universe treasury and noted the restrictions and high costs on its rarest items.
• Three couriers delivered Qi Yuan an S-class Bloodline Evolution Potion at his residence in Tie Jun City.
• Qi Yuan summoned Liao Li and explained the Human Race's bloodline ranks, learning that her tribe's members usually reached the planetary level as adults.
• Qi Yuan gave Liao Li the S-class Bloodline Evolution Potion and his last Dragon Vein Fruit, explaining how they would help her bloodline transformation and cultivation.
• Liao Li accepted the gifts, kowtowed to Qi Yuan, and promised not to disappoint him; the System confirmed the gift had been successfully given.

Qi Yuan received Dragon Origin Essence and a Dragon Origin Crystal as a perfect return for gifting Liao Li an S-class Bloodline Evolution Potion. After Liao Li’s bloodline evolved and her return multiplier rose, Qi Yuan consumed the crystal and began a painful transformation that left his leap in Life Level underway.

• Qi Yuan received 300 drops of Dragon Origin Essence and a Dragon Origin Crystal after gifting Liao Li the potion, and learned that the crystal could increase Life Gene Level.
• Qi Yuan sent Liao Li back to cultivate with the S-class Bloodline Evolution Potion and Dragon Vein Fruit.
• After Liao Li completed her evolution, Qi Yuan saw her Base Return Multiplier rise from 30x to 33x.
• Qi Yuan pierced the Dragon Origin Crystal and swallowed its Golden Liquid essence.
• Qi Yuan endured nearly an hour of bodily and spiritual breakdown and reconstruction as his Leap in Life Level began.

After a life-level leap accelerated his Law comprehension and cultivation, Qi Yuan spent a year and a half training and using the System’s returns to strengthen himself. He broke through to Universe Level in Tie Jun City.

• Qi Yuan found that his life-level leap had more than doubled his physical strength, vitality, and perception of Laws.
• Qi Yuan cultivated, honed his combat techniques in the Slaughter Arena, and used System returns to gain Law comprehension and resources.
• A spatial storm in a remote region of the Eternal Empire shattered the surrounding space and left a vast broken continent in its wake.
• A year and a half after joining the Virtual Universe Company’s external division, Qi Yuan pushed his dantian’s nine stellar fireballs to their limit.
• Qi Yuan’s nine fireballs exploded into a galaxy with a miniature black hole at its core, and he entered Universe Level.

After breaking through to the Universe Level, Qi Yuan accepted an invitation to explore an ancient Secret Realm ruin near the Cang Xuan Star System. He planned to enter independently and bought a Spirit Sealing Bracelet to conceal his life aura before setting out.

• Soya ordered Bu Chen to invite Qi Yuan to join the Secret Realm exploration team and said the company would stop paying attention to him if he refused to pursue growth.
• Bu Chen noticed Qi Yuan had advanced from Star Traveller Tier 7 to the Universe Level and explained that explorers could keep any gains they found in the unstable ruins.
• Qi Yuan agreed to explore the ruins but declined to travel with the Imperial Sea Pavilion army because he could not arrive in time.
• Qi Yuan left the Virtual Universe and decided to be cautious because the Eternal Empire's major forces would all send explorers.
• Qi Yuan bought a Spirit Sealing Bracelet for 46 billion Eternal Coins, postponing his plans to upgrade his spaceship.

Qi Yuan entered the Secret Realm ruins and searched its barren continents, racing ahead of the Star Traveller teams to find treasure. On his eighth day, he discovered a hidden cave and spotted a mysterious creature watching him before it fled inside.

• Qi Yuan showed his Virtual Universe Company medal at Canghai Star's temporary port and flew toward the ruins' entrance.
• Qi Yuan crossed a safe passage through unstable spatial cracks and entered the ruins, where shattered continents filled the void.
• After finding no treasures on the first continent, Qi Yuan sped deeper into the ruins to get ahead of the other explorers.
• On his eighth day, Qi Yuan sensed he was being watched and searched a barren mountain range.
• Qi Yuan spotted eyes inside a concealed cave, and their owner fled deeper into it as a golden afterimage.