Chapter Summaries

Lin Xuan’s connection to Iron Mountain promised Great Xia major influence and protection, while Su A’lei’s guardian Di Kui proved to be a hidden powerhouse with ties to Li Gute. The chapter left Lin Xuan suspecting that Di Kui had crossed to Earth Origin Star through one of the Three Great Contracts and that Su A’lei’s nonhuman ancestry was extraordinary.

• Ping Shen realized Lin Xuan’s apprenticeship to Iron Mountain could greatly strengthen Great Xia’s position in the Earth Safety Council.
• Yi Feng congratulated Lin Xuan and left with Li Shi, giving Ping Shen a chance to speak with him.
• Di Kui calmly answered Quinn’s questions, prompting Lin Xuan and Ping Shen to suspect he was a powerful hidden figure.
• Li Gute claimed kinship with Di Kui and promised to protect Su A’lei, while Di Kui left her in Li Gute’s care.
• Li Gute told Lin Xuan that neither he nor Quinn could see through Di Kui, but he sensed true Dragonkin blood in him.
• Lin Xuan deduced that Di Kui likely traveled between Old Soil and Earth Origin Star through a contract with Su A’lei, and wondered about her origins.

Di Kui confronted Jia Liu and Jia Nan Sen after overhearing their plan to target Earth Origin Star, then used overwhelming bloodline suppression to stop Jia Liu’s attack. He revealed that he belonged to the Earth Dragon Race, leaving both Earth Armor Clan leaders helpless before him.

• Jia Liu regretted killing Jia Ke Yi publicly, while Jia Nan Sen suggested investigating Lin Xuan and striking before Cast Iron Tower could protect him.
• Di Kui appeared before Jia Liu and Jia Nan Sen and said he would eliminate them to keep Earth Origin Star safe for his young lady.
• Jia Liu and Jia Nan Sen tried to negotiate and threatened retaliation, but Di Kui said he trusted neither their promises nor their oaths.
• Jia Liu attacked Di Kui from behind using his mastery of the earth, but Di Kui’s bloodline suppression froze him in place.
• Jia Liu identified Di Kui as a member of the Earth Dragon Race and realized the Earth Armor Clan could not resist him.

After the banquet, Lin Xuan considered why Ito Akihiko, Wang Chongtian, and Roche had refused to take masters. News then arrived that the Earth Armor Clan’s Ba Wu Giant City branch had been wiped out, and Lin Xuan and Li Gute suspected Di Kui was responsible.

• Lin Xuan accepted that Ito Akihiko, Wang Chongtian, and Roche had each chosen not to take a master, though for different reasons.
• Di Kui returned to the banquet and told Li Gute that he had swatted a group of flies to death.
• Ling Xi reported that unknown attackers had exterminated the Earth Armor Clan’s base in East Seventeenth District, leaving no survivors there.
• Quinn said the East Pavilion was investigating, and Ling Xi reported that its master had vowed to make the culprit pay.
• Li Gute and Lin Xuan connected Di Kui’s absence to the clan’s destruction, and other guests began staring at him in fear.

The East Pavilion arrived at Lotus Restaurant to investigate the Earth Armor Clan’s destruction and demanded that the people who had clashed with the clan be handed over. Li Gute stepped forward to answer Sha Gu’er, but Quinn intervened before the confrontation could escalate.

• After the Earth Armor Clan’s destruction was announced, the guests suspected Di Kui might be responsible because he had been absent when it happened.
• Sha Gu’er led twelve East Pavilion guards into Lotus Restaurant and ordered Ling Xi to hand over those who had clashed with the Earth Armor Clan.
• Li Delong, Sha Gu’er’s deputy and Li Gute’s distant uncle, tried to ease the exchange while warning Li Gute not to greet him.
• Li Gute identified himself and his companions as the people Sha Gu’er sought, leaving Li Delong caught between his clan and his captain.
• Quinn addressed Sha Gu’er, who recognized the Cyclops Clan ancestor and greeted him as an old acquaintance.

Sha Gu'er moved to take Quinn, Li Gute, Lin Xuan, and the others to the East Pavilion for questioning, but Quinn refused Sha Gu'er's offer to become his subordinate. Feng Niangzi arrived and blocked Sha Gu'er from taking anyone in her establishment, then secretly addressed Lin Xuan as the Silver Moon Envoy.

• Quinn explained his connection to Sha Gu'er and pleaded for leniency, but refused to join him when Sha Gu'er offered to spare the others.
• Sha Gu'er ordered his men to take everyone away, while Li Delong restrained Li Gute and promised to try to protect the captives.
• Lin Xuan worried that the East Pavilion would endanger the weaker members of Earth Origin Star and watched Di Kui for a response.
• Feng Niangzi entered and told Sha Gu'er he could not take the people in her establishment, making him pause by warning that some captives might be difficult to release.
• Feng Niangzi secretly greeted Lin Xuan as the Silver Moon Envoy and called him her lord.

Feng Niangzi tried to stop Sha Gu’er from taking people from Lotus Restaurant by claiming a Red Chamber Silver Moon Envoy was among them, but Di Kui’s intervention revealed the situation was tied to the Earth Armor Clan’s own conflict. Sha Gu’er withdrew after learning that Di Kui was a powerful member of the Earth Dragon Race, leaving Lin Xuan’s group safe for the moment.

• Feng Niangzi confronted Sha Gu’er and secretly told him a Red Chamber Silver Moon Envoy was present, though she refused to identify the person.
• Sha Gu’er doubted Feng Niangzi’s claim and pressed her for an explanation, while Feng Niangzi prepared to summon Red Chamber reinforcements.
• Di Kui stepped forward and used his aura to make Sha Gu’er reconsider, and Feng Niangzi explained that the Earth Armor Clan had offended someone they should not have offended.
• Sha Gu’er accepted that the matter was a misunderstanding, waived the damages, and left Lotus Restaurant with his men.
• Li Delong told Sha Gu’er that Di Kui was from the Earth Dragon Race, and Kuer confirmed Di Kui was a third-level Monarch Realm cultivator.

After the banquet ended early, Feng Niangzi revealed that she considered herself Lin Xuan’s subordinate, leaving his companions stunned and wondering about his true status. Lin Xuan accepted her help as a favor, while Feng Niangzi recalled that she had been ordered to protect the Silver Moon Envoy by a figure above her direct superior.

• The guests left the banquet early, and Su A'lei departed with Di Kui after formally bidding farewell to her friends.
• Ling Xi invited Lin Xuan, Quinn, Li Gute, and Jack to Lotus Restaurant’s hidden rooftop, where Feng Niangzi offered them a ninety percent discount.
• Feng Niangzi bowed to Lin Xuan and called herself his subordinate, shocking Ling Xi and making Quinn and Li Gute suspect Lin Xuan had powerful connections beyond the four regions.
• Lin Xuan told Feng Niangzi he did not blame her for the incident and counted her intervention as a favor.
• Feng Niangzi revealed that she had been ordered to protect Lord Silver Moon Envoy by a major figure above her direct superior, the Blazing Sun Envoy.

Feng Niangzi warned Lin Xuan and his companions that a power struggle among Central City’s leading figures would bring growing chaos to the Four Directions Region. Back at Cast Iron Tower, Lin Xuan told Iron Mountain, who already knew of the conflict.

• Feng Niangzi explained that Red Chamber had ordered her to protect Lin Xuan and warned him to be cautious in the Four Directions Region.
• Lin Xuan rebuked Feng Niangzi for ignoring Li Gute’s question, and she revealed that Central City’s City Lord’s Mansion factions were using their subordinates to fight in the Four Directions Region.
• Feng Niangzi allowed Li Gute to share the information with his clan and offered Lin Xuan future help.
• Li Gute returned to Cast Iron Tower with Lin Xuan and Jack, where Iron Mountain and Tu Mo teased him about the East Pavilion and the Earth Armor Clan’s destruction.
• Lin Xuan told Iron Mountain about Feng Niangzi’s warning, and Iron Mountain showed that he already knew about the conflict.

Iron Mountain explained Lin Xuan’s protected status as Zhao Qiankun’s disciple and warned his followers that Lin Xuan could be the Cast Iron Tower’s only hope in a crisis. The chapter then shifted to Sky Net Giant City, where a black-haired, black-eyed Primal Human youth was stopped before entering.

• Lin Xuan left to cultivate while Iron Mountain heard Li Gute and Jack’s account of the day’s events.
• Iron Mountain explained that Zhao Qiankun was a member of Ba Wu Giant City’s Council of Elders and that the East Pavilion could not safely target Lin Xuan.
• Iron Mountain told Li Gute, Tu Mo, and Jack that Lin Xuan could be the Cast Iron Tower’s only hope if it faced an overwhelming crisis.
• Iron Mountain asked Jack to thank Brother Quinn and offered to forge him one Mysterious-Rank Source Artifact if Quinn supplied the materials.
• A black-haired, black-eyed Primal Human youth arrived outside Sky Net Giant City and was ordered to stop before he could approach it.

A black-haired Primal Human youth without city credentials chose to enter the Sky Net Giant City by taking the Ultimate Test against the Highest Intelligence. As the test continued, he lasted longer than Old Grey had, leaving the city’s observers astonished.

• The black-haired Primal Human youth stopped when Bo Si warned him that he lacked credentials, then asked to take the Ultimate Test as a third way into the city.
• Bo Si explained that the Highest Intelligence would use computational power equivalent to a first-layer Monarch Level being, but the youth insisted on taking the test.
• The Highest Intelligence began the test, drawing nearby spherical machines whose operators watched and discussed the youth’s chances.
• Gu Luo De Yi provoked Old Grey by questioning his sanity, so a high-ranking voice destroyed Gu Luo De Yi’s spherical machine and the others promised to punish him.
• Old Grey said he had lasted seven days in the test as a Low-Ranking Commander, but the black-haired Primal Human youth reached and passed the seventh day, shocking everyone.

Lin Wu survived the Ultimate Test against Highest Intelligence and passed, stunning Sky Net Giant City’s leaders. Grey abducted him from the city and declared him his disciple, leaving Lin Wu in Grey’s hidden base as Grey realized his new student had challenged Highest Intelligence and won.

• Old Grey watched Lin Wu surpass his own record by lasting into the eighth day of the Ultimate Test.
• On the tenth day, the test ended, and Lin Wu calmly announced that he believed he had passed.
• The leaders of Sky Net Giant City fell silent before arguing over who would recruit Lin Wu, and their fight gave Grey a chance to escape with him disguised as a metal bee.
• Bo Si discovered that Grey had taken Lin Wu, and the city’s leaders cursed Grey as he fled in the form of a metal eagle.
• Grey brought Lin Wu to a hidden base and insisted that Lin Wu become his disciple, promising him his accumulated wealth.
• After Lin Wu pointed out that he had just challenged Highest Intelligence, Grey froze in shock.

Lin Wu accepted Ash as his master and learned that Ash would help bring his family from Earth Origin Star to the Myriad Machine Royal Court. Meanwhile, Lin Long won a wager against Finderles and entered Secret-Keeping City, leaving Finderles baffled by the secret she knew.

• Lin Wu inspected Ash's base and asked whether it was far from the Great Martial Royal Court.
• Ash warned Lin Wu about the Great Martial Royal Court's belligerent reputation, then offered to accompany him there and help bring his family to safety.
• In the Truth Royal Court, Lin Long used a potion to reveal Finderles and challenged him to a Truth Arbitration.
• Lin Long's secret outweighed Finderles's memories and treasures, so Finderles admitted defeat and offered to grant her request.
• Lin Long asked to enter Secret-Keeping City, and Finderles swallowed her and Xiao Jin to send them inside.

Zhao Qiankun brought Lin Xuan to Two Realms Mountain, where Lin Xuan discovered that its violent Source Power suited his Natural Absorption talent. In Zhao Qiankun’s cave abode, Lin Xuan encountered a colossal white crane who appeared to be his third senior brother.

• Zhao Qiankun told Lin Xuan about Red Asura Ghost, their sworn siblings, and the difficult histories that led them away from their clans.
• Zhao Qiankun explained that Two Realms Mountain was formed from the Yin Water Realm and Yang Mountain Realm, whose strongest experts had offended the Ba Wu Council of Elders.
• Zhao Qiankun led Lin Xuan through the chaotic Source Power between the mountains toward his cave abode, while Lin Xuan secretly absorbed the mixed energy with his Natural Absorption talent.
• Zhao Qiankun brought Lin Xuan into his bright cave abode, where a huge white crane swooped down from the sky.
• Zhao Qiankun shrank the white crane to a tiny size and caught him, and Lin Xuan realized the crane was likely his third senior brother.

Lin Xuan met his Third Senior Brother, Crane's Cry, and Second Senior Sister, Jiu Zhi, after Zhao Qiankun introduced him as his new disciple and chosen successor. Crane's Cry's panicked attempt to defend the cave from a supposed mind-controlled Zhao Qiankun ended with his head feathers plucked, and Lin Xuan learned about his senior siblings and Crane's Cry's Immortal Spirit Royal Court origins.

• Zhao Qiankun introduced Lin Xuan to Crane's Cry, who was shocked to see his master treating a Primal Human youth warmly and realized Lin Xuan was a new junior brother.
• Crane's Cry mistook Zhao Qiankun's behavior for mind control, flew into the sky, and called for the defensive formation and Jiu Zhi.
• Jiu Zhi arrived, recognized that Crane's Cry had misunderstood the situation, and Zhao Qiankun later plucked the feathers from Crane's Cry's head.
• Crane's Cry explained that Lin Xuan was Zhao Qiankun's chosen successor and described the backgrounds and ambitions of Dongliu Sheng, Jiu Zhi, and himself.
• Lin Xuan learned that Crane's Cry belonged to the Azure White Crane Clan of the Immortal Spirit Royal Court, where cultivation followed the path of immortals.

Zhao Qiankun explained how he defeated Yan Ershisan to secure Jiu Zhi’s release and revealed that Lin Xuan had exceptional talent in the path of space. He kept Lin Xuan’s true 89-point compatibility secret, then assigned Crane's Cry to teach him cultivation techniques and Jiu Zhi to guide his martial combat.

• Zhao Qiankun explained that Jiu Zhi had shattered a Yan Family Venerable Lord’s sword heart while testing her sword, and that the family had detained her until he defeated Yan Ershisan.
• Zhao Qiankun revealed that he had repeatedly defeated Yan Ershisan, and Lin Xuan showed Crane's Cry the token that let Three-Eyed Uncle act on his behalf once.
• Zhao Qiankun told Crane's Cry and Jiu Zhi that Lin Xuan had 69-point space compatibility, while keeping his true 89-point talent secret to protect him from his enemies.
• Crane's Cry volunteered to supervise Lin Xuan’s cultivation, and Zhao Qiankun assigned him to teach techniques while Jiu Zhi would guide Lin Xuan in martial combat.

Three years after Lin Xuan left Earth Origin Star, rising Source Power and worsening disasters drove the planet to reorganize around superhumans. Lin Hai and Ye Hongyu discussed their children’s absence and planned to travel to the Old Soil to see them.

• Earth Origin Star’s people increasingly became superhumans as the Old Soil mutation raised Source Power and disasters grew more frequent.
• Crimson Flame and the Public Security Bureaus expanded and shifted toward superhuman personnel, while the Earth Safety Council erased Commander-level figures who challenged its authority.
• Ye Hongyu worried that Lin Rou, Lin Xuan, Lin Wu, and Lin Long had been away from home for three years, and Lin Hai reassured her that they could take care of themselves.
• Lin Hai recalled how Li Min, Ping Shen, and other visitors had told the couple that Lin Xuan had become the disciple of a top-tier third-level Monarch and saved Earth Origin Star’s geniuses.
• Lin Hai offered to take leave and travel with Ye Hongyu to the Old Soil, and he promised they would leave in three days.

Li Xue and Zhang Ruoyu arranged safe passage for Lin Hai and Ye Hongyu to Old Soil after warning them that evil god cults might target Lin Xuan’s family. Zhang Ruoyu revealed that he was also taking Duo Duo to Old Soil, while a flight attendant secretly reported their departure.

• Li Xue told Lin Hai and Ye Hongyu that Commander-level experts had secretly protected them because Lin Xuan’s importance made them potential targets.
• Li Xue explained that evil god cults could exploit the international chaos to attack them and cause greater unrest.
• Zhang Ruoyu arrived and offered to escort the couple to Old Soil, where Li Xue would join them.
• Zhang Ruoyu revealed that he was taking Duo Duo to Old Soil because she had built a foundation in the Imperial Capital and needed to advance with the times.
• After the plane took off, a flight attendant whispered that the target had departed.

Lin Hai, Li Xue, Ye Hongyu, and Zhang Ruoyu discovered that four unknown planes had surrounded their jet, only to learn that the aircraft’s crew had been compromised. Zhang Ruoyu exposed the betrayal and identified Feng Yu, the Crimson Flame Headquarters Second Special Operations Team captain, as far stronger than he appeared.

• Lin Hai and Li Xue spotted four planes surrounding the jet, and Li Xue urged Zhang Ruoyu to escape or protect the passengers.
• Zhang Ruoyu reasoned that the attackers had planned the ambush and that the cockpit crew must be involved.
• Zhang Ruoyu called out the people hiding near the cockpit, revealing Xing Taisen and the flight attendant Spirit Sparrow among them.
• Spirit Sparrow admitted her mission was ending, but Zhang Ruoyu revealed he had already investigated her family and knew her parents’ deaths were no accident.
• Zhang Ruoyu introduced the group’s leader as Feng Yu and revealed that the Second Special Operations Team captain had secretly advanced to High-Ranking Commander.

Zhang Ruoyu confronted Feng Yu, a Crimson Flame captain who had secretly served the Star Devouring Lord for thirty years and plotted against Lin Xuan’s parents. Feng Yu tried to recruit Zhang Ruoyu, but Zhang revealed that he had poisoned him, leaving Feng Yu vomiting blood.

• Zhang Ruoyu learned that Feng Yu had joined the Star Devouring Church and had served the Star Devouring Lord since Earth Origin Star’s pioneering years.
• Feng Yu admitted that he had targeted Lin Xuan’s parents to prevent Earth Origin Star from forming close ties with Ba Wu Giant City.
• Feng Yu offered Zhang Ruoyu revenge and the chance to become a Near-God Being if he joined the church.
• Zhang Ruoyu rejected Feng Yu’s offer and refused to rely on the Overlord-level Deities.
• Feng Yu threatened Zhang Ruoyu’s wife, but Zhang revealed he had not been waiting for Feng Yu and had poisoned him.
• Feng Yu realized he had been poisoned, turned pale, and spat out blood.