Chapter Summaries

After transmigrating into the world of Swallowed Star, Luo Yuan struggled with his poverty and lack of martial arts training while preparing to visit the Limitless Martial Hall. He met his new roommate, Xu Qian, and went to bed aware that this world was dangerous and real.

• Luo Yuan recalled waking in the world of Swallowed Star as an orphan living in the South Bank Residential District, near Luo Feng’s family.
• Luo Yuan checked his bankbook, found only 2,000, and decided to use a discount voucher to visit the Limitless Martial Hall the next day.
• Luo Yuan cooked egg fried rice and saw his new roommate hurry into the bathroom.
• Xu Qian introduced herself, teased Luo Yuan, and took some of his food.
• Luo Yuan showered and went to bed, resolved to treat the world as real rather than a game.

Luo Yuan discovered that he could see and absorb bubbles that increased his physical abilities while touring the Limitless Martial Hall. After his sudden burst of speed drew attention, an instructor stopped him and barred him from the upper floors, so Luo Yuan decided he would need to enroll to continue exploring.

• Luo Yuan visited the Limitless Martial Hall and watched its students enter the training buildings.
• In the junior student teaching building, Luo Yuan noticed that only he could see white bubbles dropping from the students.
• Luo Yuan touched the bubbles and gained strength, speed, and defense, then ran around the practice hall at astonishing speed.
• An instructor intercepted Luo Yuan and demanded to know why he was disrupting the hall.
• Luo Yuan admitted he was a visitor, asked to see the upper floors, and accepted the instructor's refusal as he decided to become a student.

Luo Yuan sought a way to earn tuition for the Limitless Martial Hall, and Xu Qian gave him a VIP card to apply for a dangerous monster-keeper job. He studied his cheat and discovered a personal attribute panel showing that he had become a Junior Trainee.

• An instructor refused to let Luo Yuan use the Limitless Martial Hall's testing equipment because he was not a trainee.
• Luo Yuan asked a martial arts forum how to make money, but returned to his apartment without useful replies.
• Luo Yuan asked Xu Qian for advice, and she described dangerous jobs as a monster keeper or an underground fighter.
• Luo Yuan chose the monster-keeper job, and Xu Qian gave him a VIP card for Happy Monster Pet Park.
• Luo Yuan examined his cheat, opened his personal attribute panel, and saw that he had reached Junior Trainee strength.

Luo Yuan visited the Happy Monster Pet Park, withdrew 400,000 Huaxia Currency from the black card, and explored the park with Dong Lanlan guarding him. He discovered he could store collected attribute bubbles in an attribute space and continued gathering them while Dong Lanlan protected him from attacking monsters.

• Luo Yuan used the black card to enter the Happy Monster Pet Park and learned it had a balance of two million.
• Luo Yuan requested a job, but the receptionist offered to refund twenty percent of the balance instead, and he accepted the 400,000 Huaxia Currency transfer.
• Luo Yuan chose to tour the park and was assigned Dong Lanlan, an Advanced Student from the Limitless Martial Hall, as his guard.
• Luo Yuan saw attribute bubbles dropping from the monsters and collected Strength, Speed, and Defense attributes.
• Luo Yuan discovered he could store the attribute bubbles in an attribute space and ran through the park, while Dong Lanlan blocked attacks from disturbed monsters.

Luo Yuan spent the day collecting attributes at Happy Monster Pet Paradise, then absorbed them overnight and became an advanced student. He went to the Limitless Martial Hall to enroll so he could collect attributes openly, but learned that ordinary students had to pay tuition.

• Luo Yuan spent the day gathering attributes at Happy Monster Pet Paradise, then left without choosing a pet, frustrating Dong Lanlan.
• Luo Yuan absorbed the collected attributes at home, endured intense pain, and passed out.
• The next morning, Luo Yuan smashed his alarm clock by accident and saw that his strength had reached advanced-student level, with 500 kilograms of spirit.
• Luo Yuan decided to enroll at the Limitless Martial Hall and went there instead of heading to class.
• A soldier directed Luo Yuan to the registration entrance, where a staff member told him tuition was twenty thousand in Huaxia Currency a year and urged him to sign and pay.

Luo Yuan entered the Yangzhou Limitless Martial Hall and chose to take the Advanced Student assessment directly. He passed all three tests and received his Advanced Student ID, allowing him to enter the hall and openly collect attributes.

• Luo Yuan bypassed the Newcomer Area and registered for the Advanced Student assessment despite warnings that he could only take it once that year.
• Luo Yuan scored 805 kilograms on the punch test and ran at 22.8 meters per second, meeting the Advanced Student standards.
• Luo Yuan dodged the rubber bullets in the neural reaction test, taking twenty hits in sixty seconds without touching the red boundary.
• An examiner awarded Luo Yuan his Advanced Student ID as the 128th Advanced Student of the Yangzhou Limitless Martial Hall.
• Luo Yuan was pleased that he could now enter the hall with his ID and openly pick up attributes.

After qualifying as an advanced student, Luo Yuan explored the Limitless Martial Hall and collected attribute bubbles from its training halls. His unusual speed and behavior earned him the nickname “Madman” and caught branch head Jiang Nian’s attention.

• Luo Yuan learned that the Limitless Martial Hall waived his tuition and offered him a monthly stipend of five thousand.
• Luo Yuan entered the advanced students’ training hall, met Li Qiong and Yang Wu, and discovered that bubbles there granted attribute points.
• Luo Yuan collected bubbles in the advanced, intermediate, and beginner training halls, while his evasive movements grew more practiced.
• Luo Yuan’s frantic bubble collecting earned him the nickname “Madman” throughout the Yangzhou Limitless Martial Hall.
• Jiang Nian watched Luo Yuan’s movements on surveillance, checked his personal file, and wondered who had taught him and why he ran through the halls.

Luo Yuan reviewed what he had learned about his attribute-collecting ability, explored the Limitless Martial Hall forum, and began fusing his accumulated attributes after Xu Qian left. He woke at noon the next day in pain and was shocked by his new personal attributes.

• Luo Yuan told Xu Qian he would repay part of the refunded money, but she told him to keep it.
• Luo Yuan reviewed the rules of his ability, ignored Cui Dashan’s missed calls, and planned to withdraw from school.
• Luo Yuan found a malicious forum post about his training and studied movement techniques and Warrior ranks.
• After Xu Qian left, Luo Yuan locked himself in his room and began fusing his accumulated attributes.
• Luo Yuan regained consciousness the next day at 12:18 and stared in shock at his personal attribute panel.

After awakening as a Beginner Warrior with exceptionally high attributes and micro-level movement technique, Luo Yuan went to withdraw from Yian Third High School. He was still waiting for the school’s decision when Liu Ting, an Advanced Student of the Limitless Martial Hall, arrived to speak with him.

• Luo Yuan woke from his coma and discovered that his strength and speed had risen well beyond the Quasi-Warrior Assessment standards, while his movement technique had reached the micro level.
• Luo Yuan decided to leave school and went to Yian Third High School, where head teacher Cui Dashan dismissed his plans to withdraw.
• The dean of students and principal refused to process Luo Yuan’s withdrawal until he showed them his Advanced Student ID, then said they needed to discuss it.
• Luo Yuan waited in class while his classmates ignored him, and Liu Ting arrived and politely asked him to talk.

Luo Yuan withdrew from school, planned to take the quasi-warrior assessment early, and witnessed the destructive power of an S-Rank Black-Crowned Golden Eagle. Back at his apartment, he learned Xu Qian was injured and asked about training, prompting her to offer two options and leaving him asking about her organization and background.

• Liu Ting tried to befriend Luo Yuan, but he politely brushed her off before Cui Dashan and the school administrators gave him his diploma.
• Luo Yuan visited the Limitless Martial Hall, learned when the quasi-warrior assessment was held, and decided to take it on June 1.
• Luo Yuan saw an S-Rank Black-Crowned Golden Eagle fly over the city and shatter skyscraper windows with its piercing cry.
• Luo Yuan returned to find Xu Qian wounded, showed her his Advanced Student ID, and asked how to improve his practical combat skills.
• Xu Qian offered Luo Yuan a choice between the dangerous Underground Arena and her organization's virtual training equipment, and he asked her to explain the organization and her circumstances.

Luo Yuan learned about Xu Qian’s Shadow Assassin Group and decided to consider joining, then visited the Monster Pet Park to collect mental power from Illusion Foxes. He bought a four-tailed Illusion Fox and returned to the Limitless Martial Hall, where Yang Wu offered to introduce him to Luo Feng.

• Xu Qian explained that the Shadow Assassin Group was an underground network of killers with strength-based ranks and virtual training equipment, and Luo Yuan asked for a day or two to decide whether to join.
• Luo Yuan visited the Monster Pet Park and discovered that Illusion Foxes produced mental power attribute bubbles.
• Luo Yuan collected mental power bubbles and bought a four-tailed Illusion Fox for 1.5 million.
• Luo Yuan collected attribute bubbles at the Advanced Student building, impressing Li Qiong and Yang Wu with his speed.
• Yang Wu asked whether Luo Yuan knew Luo Feng and offered to introduce them, and Luo Yuan agreed.

Jiang Nian invited Luo Yuan to join the Limitless Martial Hall after witnessing his remarkable strength and footwork. Luo Yuan accepted, received a ten-million subsidy and free access to private training rooms, while Jiang Nian explained to his aides why he believed Luo Yuan had extraordinary potential.

• A staff member told Jiang Nian that Luo Yuan’s speed and evasive footwork exceeded the Advanced Student standard, so Jiang Nian went to watch him on the surveillance feed.
• Jiang Nian saw Luo Yuan’s Beginner Warrior-level speed and micro-level footwork, then went with several administrators to invite him to talk.
• Jiang Nian offered Luo Yuan a villa, salary, starting funds, and martial arts manuals if he joined the Limitless Martial Hall.
• Luo Yuan agreed to join and asked for money in advance, so Jiang Nian gave him a ten-million subsidy and free use of the private training rooms.
• Jiang Nian told his aides that Luo Yuan’s talent could make him a future War God Level expert and qualify him for Global Headquarters Special Training.

After fusing his collected attributes, Luo Yuan discovered that his spiritual power had grown far more than his physical abilities, and he accepted a villa and money from the Limitless Martial Hall. He said goodbye to Xu Qian and moved into his new home in the Mingyue Residential Area.

• Luo Yuan fused his attributes, passed out from the pain, and woke to find his spiritual power had tripled while his other attributes had barely changed.
• Luo Yuan reflected on the limits and abilities of Psychic Masters and decided he needed to collect attributes from stronger beings.
• A staff member gave Luo Yuan the key to a villa in the Mingyue Residential Area and a gold card containing ten million in Huaxia Currency.
• Luo Yuan told Xu Qian he would join the Limitless Martial Hall instead of her organization, and she declined his offer to live in his villa.
• Luo Yuan made breakfast for Xu Qian, left the South Bank Residential District, and later entered the Mingyue Residential Area to reach villa No. 200.

Luo Yuan visited the Limitless Martial Hall’s Jiangnan City headquarters and asked to take his Quasi-Warrior Assessment ahead of schedule. After he surpassed the required standards, the supervisor approved generous contract terms and offered to cover up to two hundred million in training manuals, weapons, and equipment.

• Jiang Nian brought Luo Yuan to the Limit General Hall and explained how its headquarters was organized for warriors of different levels.
• The supervisor met Luo Yuan at a martial arts hall and agreed that his strength test could count as an early Quasi-Warrior Assessment.
• Luo Yuan scored 2200 kilograms in punch strength, 45 meters per second in speed, and micro-level nerve reaction, meeting Intermediate Warrior standards.
• The supervisor praised Luo Yuan and offered to cover up to two hundred million in manuals, weapons, and equipment under his contract.

Luo Yuan joined the Limitless Martial Hall after Zhuge Tao raised his manual allowance to two hundred million, then learned about genetic origin energy and its cultivation method. He returned to his villa that evening, planning to train at the Limit Hall before his practical assessment and pursue manuals after officially becoming a Warrior.

• Zhuge Tao signed Luo Yuan's contract and increased his manual allowance to two hundred million, but told him he needed Warrior access before he could buy manuals or receive his starting funds.
• Uncle Bai and Wu Tong explained Zhuge Tao's authority and warned Luo Yuan that becoming a War God would be difficult.
• Luo Yuan asked Wu Tong to let him train at the Limit Hall and spar with an experienced Warrior before the August first practical assessment, and Wu Tong agreed to make an exception and ask about a sparring partner.
• Jiang Nian taught Luo Yuan the Five Hearts Toward Heaven Cultivation Method, while Wu Tong explained how Guidance Techniques increased cultivation efficiency.
• Jiang Nian took Luo Yuan to lunch with several Warriors, and Luo Yuan returned to his detached villa that evening.

Luo Yuan successfully cultivated cosmic energy for the first time, causing a dramatic increase in his physical attributes and advancing him to Advanced Warrior. He went to the Limit Hall to resume picking up attributes and found that he had temporary access to its second through ninth floors.

• Luo Yuan spent hours practicing the Five Hearts Toward Heaven Cultivation Method before sensing faint wisps of cosmic energy.
• Luo Yuan focused on absorbing energy through his five hearts, and his cells and genes began to change as his body evolved.
• Luo Yuan passed out from the mixture of pain and pleasure, then woke the next morning with greatly increased strength, speed, defense, and mental power.
• Luo Yuan checked his personal attribute panel and discovered that he had reached Advanced Warrior.
• Luo Yuan went to the Limit Hall and used its facial recognition scanner, which granted him temporary access to floors two through nine.

Luo Yuan collected higher-grade attributes at the Limitless Martial Hall and met Wang Qian, who had been assigned to teach him practical combat. After explaining fighting techniques and monster behavior, she prepared to spar with him.

• Luo Yuan gathered attribute bubbles on the second through ninth floors of the Limitless Martial Hall while hiding his true strength.
• Advanced Warriors on the ninth floor noticed Luo Yuan's speed and micro-level evasive movement technique.
• Wang Qian introduced herself as an Advanced Warrior sent by Head Instructor Wu and tested Luo Yuan's strength with a handshake.
• Luo Yuan told Wang Qian that practicing the Five Hearts Facing the Sky Method had raised him from Intermediate Warrior to Advanced Warrior overnight.
• Wang Qian agreed to teach Luo Yuan over the next three months and instructed him in practical combat skills and monster behavior.
• Wang Qian tossed Luo Yuan a Blood Shadow Battle Blade and prepared to fight him in a sparring session.

Luo Yuan trained with Wang Qian and spent more than two months raising his attributes to intermediate war general level. On August 1, he joined Luo Feng, Yang Wu, and other Quasi-Martial Artists on a train to the martial artist combat assessment, where the HR Alliance presented its recruitment pitch.

• Wang Qian taught Luo Yuan practical blade combat, then invited him to visit her villa as they parted for the evening.
• Luo Yuan settled into a routine of collecting attributes, training with Wang Qian, and cultivating, eventually reaching intermediate war general level by July 31.
• Luo Yuan recalled watching Luo Feng's quasi-warrior assessment and meeting him after Supervisor Zhuge Tao introduced them.
• Luo Yuan, Luo Feng, Yang Wu, and more than thirty other Quasi-Martial Artists boarded a train for the August 1 combat assessment.
• An HR Alliance representative promoted the organization to the recruits aboard the train, while Luo Yuan thought of Xu Qian.

Luo Yuan, Luo Feng, and Yang Wu arrived at the Jiangnan City North Military District for the martial artist combat assessment, where 1,680 Quasi-Martial Artists gathered to prepare. Before the assessment began, Thunder Dojo recruits Wan Dong and Ma Xiao challenged Luo Yuan and Luo Feng, but the two showed little interest.

• Luo Yuan, Luo Feng, and Yang Wu discussed the dangers of the assessment as their train approached the military camp.
• The Quasi-Martial Artists entered the heavily guarded camp, where officers welcomed them and warned that the assessment would test both their skills and survival.
• Luo Yuan collected his combat gear, kept his Blood Shadow Battle Blade, and discarded the Hexagonal Shield.
• Wu Tong brought Luo Yuan and Luo Feng to meet Zhuge Tao and Thunder Dojo representatives, including the recruits Wan Dong and Ma Xiao.
• Wan Dong challenged Luo Yuan and Luo Feng to compete for first place in assessment points, but Luo Feng refused and Luo Yuan remained silent.
• Zhuge Tao sent Luo Yuan and Luo Feng back as the assessment was about to begin.

Luo Yuan entered Monster Town for the Martial Artist Combat Assessment and quietly collected attributes while hiding most of his ability. Officials watching the assessment noticed that Luo Yuan and Luo Feng had movement techniques at the Micro Level, prompting Wang Heng to plan to recruit them for the Thunder Dojo.

• An officer explained the assessment rules, including that the top 60 percent of the 1,680 Quasi-Martial Artists would qualify as Warriors, then ordered them into Monster Town.
• Luo Yuan collected Attribute Bubbles and handled attacking monsters with ease while limiting his displayed speed to the Advanced Warrior level.
• Wang Heng spotted Luo Yuan on the surveillance screen and recognized his Advanced Warrior speed and Micro Level movement technique.
• Iron Monkey arranged for the surveillance footage of Luo Feng, who was being attacked by five Shadow Cats, to appear again; Wang Heng also recognized his Micro Level movement technique.
• Wang Heng decided to poach Luo Yuan and Luo Feng for the Thunder Dojo and asked Iron Monkey to copy their recordings.