Chapter Summaries

Qi Yuan selected ten Na Wu Clan members as registered disciples and gave each Dragon Origin Essence to consume. As the disciples endured its painful effects, Liao Li informed him that she had received the fleet and was heading back.

• Qi Yuan chose ten Na Wu Clan members from more than ten thousand candidates and sent the rest away.
• Qi Yuan accepted the ten as registered disciples, including an Apprentice Level youth with a twenty-four-times return multiplier.
• Qi Yuan gave each disciple Dragon Origin Essence, and they swallowed it in the Divine Temple.
• Qi Yuan wondered whether Dragon Origin Essence could enhance the effects of Bloodline Evolution Potions.
• Liao Li contacted Qi Yuan and said she had received the other party's fleet and was returning.

Qi Yuan rewarded his Na Wu Clan disciples for enduring a bloodline transformation and invited them to compete for a chance to become his third Personal Disciple. He then welcomed Liao Li and a Cosmic River Bank team to Red Leaf Star, where they agreed on a century-long plan to develop his territory.

• Qi Yuan gave his ten disciples Dragon Vein Fruits and assigned each a secret-pattern stele, promising the first to complete its array a chance to become his third Personal Disciple.
• Liao Li arrived at Red Leaf Star with Cosmic River Bank staff, and the Na Wu Clan elders followed her to meet Qi Yuan.
• Samonka introduced his team and outlined plans to inspect Qi Yuan's territory within a month, upgrade its facilities within a year, and build its industries and trade routes within ten years.
• Qi Yuan asked the team to establish a lasting organizational framework and help local residents adapt to it during the hundred-year contract.
• Qi Yuan and Samonka toasted their cooperation.

Qi Yuan approved Samonka’s development plans for his territory and began studying the Eight Formations—Thunder in the Tiangong Tower’s Training Room. He made rapid progress until Liao Li contacted him with news about Yuan Mu.

• Samonka presented Qi Yuan with administrative, commercial, talent, and defense plans for the territory, and Qi Yuan approved them.
• Qi Yuan considered having Cang Fan eventually help manage the territory, then resumed cultivation while Samonka began the renovation project.
• The team prioritized Red Leaf Star, planning a forest corridor, a Na Wu Clan residential and tourism area, and a commercial district with help from elders such as Qishen.
• Qi Yuan studied the Eight Formations—Thunder in a Tiangong Tower Training Room, where the tower’s ancestral insights helped him understand formations and advance his grasp of domains and Laws.
• Liao Li contacted Qi Yuan and told him that Yuan Mu had deciphered the formation patterns Qi Yuan had passed down.

Qi Yuan made Yuan Mu his third Personal Disciple after the youth solved his formation-pattern test first. He gave Yuan Mu access to the Eight Formations—Light inheritance, while the system rewarded Qi Yuan with incomplete volumes of the Time Formation and the True Explanation of Formations.

• Yuan Mu showed Qi Yuan that he had repaired the formation pattern, and Qi Yuan confirmed that he had completed the test.
• Qi Yuan named Yuan Mu his third Personal Disciple, and Yuan Mu performed the disciple-acceptance ceremony.
• Qi Yuan brought Yuan Mu to a cultivation space in Tiangong Tower and explained how to enter and leave it.
• Qi Yuan gave Yuan Mu the Eight Formations—Light inheritance and warned him to study it only in the cultivation space and keep it secret.
• The system returned an incomplete volume of the Time Formation and an incomplete volume of the True Explanation of Formations to Qi Yuan.

In a cultivation space inside Tiangong Tower, Qi Yuan examined two rewards: a fragment of the Time Formation and a Chaos Crystal Shard that could reveal the principles behind any question. He resolved to improve his Law Comprehension, seek an understanding of the Law of Time, and find disciples suited to the Array Dao so he could pursue the complete formation inheritance.

• Qi Yuan absorbed the transparent crystal fragment and learned it contained an incomprehensible fragment of the Time Formation, which could exile enemies into the river of time.
• Qi Yuan examined the Chaos Crystal Shard and discovered it could reveal both answers and the underlying principles of any subject he sought.
• Qi Yuan guessed that gifting different elemental inheritances to suitable disciples might earn him further Time Formation fragments and perhaps a Space Formation.
• Qi Yuan recalled that gifting the thunder-element inheritance to Liao Li had yielded no critical reward because she was unsuited to formations and did not need it.
• Qi Yuan decided to focus on improving his Laws and realm while seeking more disciples talented in the Array Dao.

Qi Yuan advanced his Thunder Origin Law and formation studies over two years, while his progress in the Law of Time remained slow. After receiving notice of the upcoming Lanting Auction, he decided to raise more funds and contacted Samonka.

• Qi Yuan trained, studied formations, and taught Liao Li as her cultivation and comprehension improved, strengthening his own understanding of the Origin Laws.
• Two years later, Qi Yuan defeated a thousand simulated Cosmic Level Nine opponents in the Virtual Universe's Slaughter Arena using his mastery of thunder.
• Qi Yuan reflected on his strong progress in the Thunder Origin Law and formations, but noted that he had only just begun sensing the Law of Time.
• Qi Yuan received notice that the Lanting Auction would begin in ten days and realized his bank-client status qualified him to attend.
• Qi Yuan decided to secure more funds for the auction and contacted Samonka to discuss a business deal.

Qi Yuan attended the Lanting Auction, where the host opened the event by unveiling a powerful Mechanical Race spaceship. Bidding began and the price rapidly climbed.

• Qi Yuan joined the vast queue of Realm Lords and entered the auction hall, where he found his enormous assigned seat.
• A dragon-horned Star Traveller questioned Qi Yuan about whether he had attended before, while the Realm Lord seated on his other side watched him closely.
• Xue Shang welcomed the 1,934,562 attendees and announced a surprise before the official auction began.
• Xue Shang revealed an E-Class Peak Mechanical Race spaceship formerly owned by an Immortal and described its weapons and defenses.
• Bidding for the spaceship opened at 1,500 Hun Yuan Units, and the price quickly rose as attendees competed.

Qi Yuan attended the Lanting Auction, bought three Qian Yu Vine seedlings for his disciples, and watched the wealthy guests outbid him for Life Fruits. While browsing the fifth batch of items, he spotted an Origin Crystal.

• A Star Traveller girl seated beside Qi Yuan won the peak E9-grade Mechanical Race spacecraft for 3500 Hun Yuan Units.
• Qi Yuan bid on Qian Yu Vine seedlings and acquired three for 95 billion, 98 billion, and 102 billion Cosmic Coins.
• Qi Yuan gave up bidding on the Life Fruits as their prices climbed to 2.6 trillion Cosmic Coins.
• Qi Yuan examined the fifth batch of auction items and spotted an Origin Crystal.

Qi Yuan bid aggressively for Origin Crystals, hoping to use one to accelerate his comprehension of the Law of Time. He won two of the five crystals and was told to prepare payment after the auction batch ended.

• Xue Shang explained the Origin Crystals’ value and opened bidding for five, each starting at 500 billion Cosmic Coins.
• Qi Yuan placed bids, intending to secure at least two Origin Crystals for himself and a disciple.
• The bids climbed past two trillion Cosmic Coins as Qi Yuan competed with wealthy bidders.
• Qi Yuan raised his bids until the fifth-highest offer reached 2.705 trillion Cosmic Coins.
• Xue Shang announced the five winners, and Qi Yuan’s token confirmed that he had won two Origin Crystals.

At the Lanting auction, Qi Yuan spent heavily on treasures useful to himself and his disciples, while Naxia learned he had failed to secure Origin Crystals and ordered his followers to raise funds. The auction ended with Qi Yuan satisfied with his purchases and eager to see what gifts would yield for his disciples.

• Naxia learned from Gu Lao that Origin Crystals had sold for too much and demanded that his subordinates gather 3 trillion Cosmic Coins within three years.
• After paying for two Origin Crystals, Qi Yuan continued bidding at the auction and bought two Heart Calming Fruits for himself and a disciple.
• Qi Yuan later purchased three units of Lan Ke Fruit, while his remaining funds prevented him from bidding on other lots.
• Xue Shang announced that the auction had concluded, and Qi Yuan left pleased with his treasures and curious about the returns from gifting them to his disciples.

After the Lanting Auction, Qi Yuan returned to Red Leaf Star and received the treasures he had purchased, including Lan Ke Fruits, Origin Crystals, Qian Yu Vines, and Heart Calming Fruits. He planned to use the Return System on them and summoned Liao Li to give him a great treasure.

• Qi Yuan exchanged Virtual Universe account numbers with Shamar, a three-eyed Realm Lord elder, while they waited to leave the auction.
• Qi Yuan returned to Red Leaf Star two years into its transformation, as the planet’s cities, Miracle Yuan Towers, and tourism flourished.
• Virtual Universe Company staff delivered Qi Yuan’s auction purchases to Red Leaf Star, and he inspected and stored the goods in his Space Ring.
• Qi Yuan reflected that the Return System could multiply the treasures’ value and called Liao Li over to give him a great treasure.

Qi Yuan gave Liao Li an Origin Crystal to help her sense the Origin Laws, then received thousands more Origin Crystals and a Chaos Crystal through his system. He entered seclusion to absorb the Chaos Crystal and improve his perception of the Law of Time.

• Qi Yuan asked Liao Li about her cultivation and learned she expected to grasp a domain within a few months.
• Qi Yuan gave Liao Li an Origin Crystal and told her to use it immediately to sense the Origin Laws.
• Qi Yuan's system returned 3,600 Origin Crystals and a Chaos Crystal after Liao Li accepted the gift.
• Qi Yuan learned that the Chaos Crystal could permanently increase his clarity of perception of the Ten Great Origin Laws tenfold.
• Qi Yuan sent Liao Li away, entered a cultivation space, and opened the Chaos Crystal to absorb its energy.

Qi Yuan gained a much clearer perception of the Origin Laws and began comprehending the Law of Time before pausing his cultivation to await Yuan Mu. Meanwhile, Frensa reported to Boss Reg that Fengyue Star was moving vast quantities of valuable materials and that a young Star Traveller possessed an extremely expensive Psionic Weapon.

• Qi Yuan absorbed the mysterious energy, gained tenfold compatibility with the Origin Laws, and immersed himself in the Law of Time for a month.
• Qi Yuan learned that Liao Li was nearing a Universe Level breakthrough and that Yuan Mu was testing Formation patterns with the Samonka Team, so he asked Xiao Ai to summon Yuan Mu.
• Xiao Ai told Qi Yuan that Yuan Mu was returning and would arrive in two days.
• Frensa returned to the hidden vessel and told Boss Reg and the others that shipments through Fengyue Star carried materials worth several hundred billion Lan Ting Coins.
• Frensa revealed that a Second Stage Star Traveller kid had used a fourth stage Void Shuttle worth over ten billion Qian Wu Coin and urged Boss Reg to pursue the opportunity.

Qi Yuan gave Yuan Mu a Heart Calming Fruit to strengthen his soul and support his Formation research, then consumed the returned Soul Refining Fruit himself. After enduring intense soul-tempering pain, Qi Yuan’s soul became far more condensed, triggering a powerful transformation in his body.

• Qi Yuan met Yuan Mu after two years and heard how studying with Cosmic River Bank’s Secret Pattern Masters had improved his Formation knowledge.
• Qi Yuan gave Yuan Mu a Heart Calming Fruit, and the System Return succeeded.
• Qi Yuan consumed the returned Soul Refining Fruit in Tiangong Tower’s cultivation space.
• The fruit greatly expanded Qi Yuan’s sea of consciousness and strengthened his soul before its remaining energy subjected him to intense torment.
• Qi Yuan’s soul power condensed and improved in quality, setting off an even more intense transformation in his body.

Qi Yuan broke through from Cosmic Level Nine to Domain Lord Level One after his body, soul, and powers reached perfect harmony, undergoing a major life transformation. When his Slave Chip activated and destroyed itself, he healed and expelled its fragments, then vowed to deal with the evils directly affecting him.

• Qi Yuan's Soul Refining Fruit helped make up for his soul's weakness, allowing his body, soul, will, domain, and Laws to fuse in perfect harmony.
• Qi Yuan triggered his breakthrough, and his Vortex Galaxy collapsed into a Life Core as violet-gold energy transformed his body.
• Qi Yuan completed his transformation and sensed that his strength had increased more than tenfold at Domain Lord Level One.
• Qi Yuan's origin energy activated the Slave Chip in his brain, causing it to self-destruct and damage his head.
• Qi Yuan healed with his Domain Lord Power, removed the chip fragments, and condemned the slave trade before vowing to deal with the filthy matters involving him.

Qi Yuan faced a shortage of safe ways to turn his treasures into money and obtain cultivation resources, while considering whether to join the Virtual Universe Company. Samonka warned him that Universe Level Star Pirates had attacked his territory and suggested his neighbor on Blood Sun Star was preparing a desperate final move.

• Qi Yuan decided to seek enough money to buy Universe Level Nutrient Fluid rather than pursue Virtual Universe Company membership for now.
• Xiao Ai connected Qi Yuan with Samonka, who reported repeated Star Pirate raids and an attack on a transport ship near Fengyue Star.
• Samonka explained that the Star Pirates included multiple Universe Level cultivators, beyond his team's defensive capabilities.
• Samonka described the Belong Family's seizure of funds, heavy taxes, forced investments, and massacre of groups trying to leave Blood Sun Star.
• Qi Yuan concluded that the neighbor on Blood Sun Star was preparing a final desperate gamble.

Frensa, Reg, and their companions argued over a dangerous mission for Lord Naxia, and Reg killed Bisa after exposing his betrayal. On Red Leaf Star, Qi Yuan agreed to let Liao Li and Yuan Mu investigate the Star Pirates, while deciding to use his wealth to lure the unstable ruler of Blood Sun Star into acting.

• On Yellow Stone Star, Bisa urged Frensa and Reg to abandon their mission and flee with their stolen goods rather than risk provoking the Cosmic River Bank.
• Reg revealed that he had transmitted Bisa's words to Lord Naxia, then killed Bisa with a golden projectile when he tried to escape.
• Reg ordered Frensa and their other companion to complete Lord Naxia's task, and they swore loyalty to him.
• On Red Leaf Star, Liao Li and Yuan Mu asked Qi Yuan to investigate the Star Pirates, with Liao Li noting that she had reached the Universe Level.
• Qi Yuan considered Samonka's warning about the unstable ruler of Blood Sun Star and decided to draw the powerful neighbor's attention by flaunting his wealth.
• Qi Yuan agreed to let Liao Li investigate and promised to give her protective treasures.

Fengyue Star’s merchants discussed the planet’s rapid development as two of the lord’s disciples arrived to investigate a transport ship attack. Reg learned that one of them was the Star Traveller with a fourth stage Psionic Weapon and decided to pursue him despite his companion’s concerns.

• A Golden-haired Unicorn Youth told fellow merchants that Fengyue Star had prospered under its new lord and that he had been appointed to lead a small merchant caravan.
• A Purple-Haired Girl and a blue-skinned bald youth arrived at the Defense Office to investigate a recent transport ship attack.
• An informant told Reg that the rich kid he had targeted was a disciple of the lord who bought territories from Lord Naxia.
• Reg dismissed his companion’s concerns and ordered their group to set out and capture the disciple.

Liao Li stopped Reg and his Star Pirates from raiding Fengyue Star, killing Frensa and Gulong and crushing their spacecraft with her Metal Life weapon. After cleaning up the attack, she returned to the Defense Administration and asked her teacher whether any more big fish would come.

• Reg led Frensa and Gulong in an attack on Fengyue Star, splitting them up to target the Defense Administration and port warehouses.
• Frensa attacked the Defense Administration, but Liao Li killed him before he could strike.
• Liao Li killed Gulong and wounded Reg, who escaped into the blue-gray spacecraft.
• Liao Li used her golden bracelet to crush the D2-grade spacecraft, killing Reg and destroying the Star Pirates' remaining force.
• Liao Li told the Defense Administration officials to clean up the wreckage and returned to the building, where she told her teacher she had cleaned up and wondered if more big fish would come.

Naxia saw Liao Li’s power and treasures as a chance to seize wealth and set out to kill her on Fengyue Star. His surprise attack failed when Liao Li vanished, and Bumblebee trapped him and carried him toward outer space.

• Naxia watched footage of Liao Li destroying a spaceship with Metal Life and resolved to steal her treasures to fund his search for an Origin Crystal.
• News of Liao Li killing three Universe Level Star Pirates spread across Fengyue Star, boosting the planet’s reputation for safety.
• Naxia arrived at Fengyue Star’s Interstellar Port and used his natural talents to evade notice before approaching the Defense Office headquarters.
• Naxia burst into Liao Li’s room and struck at her forehead, but Liao Li vanished before his finger could reach her.
• Bumblebee enveloped Naxia in Golden Liquid, and Liao Li ordered it to carry him into outer space before he could break free.