Recaps

On Mars, Li Xin seized control of nine ancient energy pyramids, improved their output, and used his Mechanical Evolution talent to create intelligent mechanical life. After five days of mining and construction, he left the growing operation under remote control and departed with his strongest creations.

• Li Xin took control of Mars's nine energy pyramids and planned to use their improved power output to supply the Eternal Divine Furnace.
• Li Xin evolved an a8-grade Mechanical Puppet into intelligent life, named him Black Iron, and assigned him to lead other mechanical workers.
• Li Xin discovered that Mechanical Evolution upgraded puppets and gave them intelligence, then created more intelligent machines to oversee mining and construction.
• Li Xin evolved a b8-grade puppet into a b9-grade intelligent robot and made two hundred more puppets before energy costs stopped him.
• After five days, Li Xin left Mars with ninety a9-grade puppets, ten b9-grade intelligent lives, and Black Iron, while the remaining machines continued mining and building energy systems.

Li Xin returned to Earth and trained intensively to strengthen his mental power, determined to protect Earth's sovereignty when its secrets were exposed. After reaching a twentyfold mental power amplitude, he turned to studying the Star Annihilation secret technique.

• Li Xin returned to Earth in stealth mode, brought a hundred B9 Grade Mechanical Puppets to his Tianjin District factory, and began cultivating nearby.
• With help from Eternal Divine Brain No. 1, Li Xin practiced the Basic 312 Forms by attacking shielded Mechanical Puppets with flying swords.
• After seven days and nights of intensive training, Li Xin reached a twentyfold mental power amplitude and demonstrated it by blasting a puppet into a mountain.
• Li Xin chose the Star Annihilation Circle and its matching Star Annihilation secret technique for his next stage of cultivation.
• Li Xin read that Star Annihilation had four levels, each requiring greater mental power and other abilities while amplifying the technique's power.

Li Xin showed Jia Yi his mass-producible combat robots and offered to sell them to China through barter so the country could defend its base cities and reclaim lost territory. Jia Yi accepted the Water of Life for Li Xin’s father, and China began gathering the materials Li Xin needed.

• Li Xin began nurturing the Star Annihilation Circle, then learned from Li Houzhong that Jia Yi had sent Water of Life for his father.
• Li Xin invited Jia Yi to his factory and demonstrated robots that defeated a monster horde, including five Lord-level Monsters.
• Li Xin offered China the robots in exchange for requested supplies and gave Jia Yi the first batch as a gift.
• Jia Yi accepted the Water of Life on Li Xin’s behalf, and the two agreed to a successful partnership for China’s prosperity.
• Jia Yi took the robots to Kyoto Base City, where the nation’s leaders unanimously approved gathering Li Xin’s requested materials.

Li Xin restored his father’s arm, strengthened his family, and left powerful robots to guard them before returning to train. As global powers sought to buy his mass-produced robots, Black Iron rejected their request and killed Philip after he insulted Li Xin.

• Li Xin gave Li Houming the Water of Life, explained his factory deal with Jia Yi, and watched his father regrow his severed arm.
• Li Xin gave his parents and uncles purple energy solution to raise their strength and assigned robots to guard the family.
• Li Xin returned to training while China supplied his factory and deployed his robots against monsters, drawing the attention of powers around the world.
• Representatives of major organizations arrived at Li Xin’s factory to place orders, but Black Iron turned them away and said Li Xin was cultivating in seclusion.
• Philip insulted Li Xin, and Black Iron killed him with an energy sword.

Li Xin mastered the first level of Star Annihilation, raised his strength, and flew to Mist Island after hearing that plant spirits had appeared there. When Atkin threatened him over Philip’s death and coveted his technology, Li Xin killed him with a golden blade.

• After Black Iron killed Philip, Venina and the other War Gods fled and reported what happened to their superiors.
• Atkin and the other councilors considered using Hong to punish Li Xin, but they left for Mist Island when they heard plant spirits had appeared there.
• Li Xin mastered the first level of Star Annihilation, increased his strength from planetary level two to level four, and headed for Mist Island to seek the Yunmo Star Ship’s legacy.
• Babata detected Li Xin on Mist Island and decided not to approach him, while continuing to observe Luo Feng as a possible inheritor.
• Atkin accused Li Xin of violating the War God Palace’s rules and demanded that he turn himself in, while nearby councilors watched and coveted his technology.
• Li Xin sent a golden blade through Atkin’s heart, piercing his Black God Set and leaving him to die.

Li Xin confronted Hong and Thunder God after killing Atkin, then demonstrated that his speed and strength surpassed Hong’s in combat. Hong was left struggling to close the distance while Li Xin kept attacking from afar.

• Hong arrived after sensing Atkin’s death and challenged Li Xin over killing a fellow human.
• Li Xin argued that the strong made the rules and declared he could fight both Hong and Thunder God.
• Hong insisted on fighting first and charged Li Xin, who escaped to a ten-kilometer distance and attacked with his golden swords.
• Hong met Li Xin’s attack with his strongest World Annihilation technique but was blasted back more than a dozen kilometers.
• Hong tried to close in while Li Xin maintained his distance and relentlessly attacked, leaving Hong increasingly injured.

Li Xin defeated Hong after comprehending his own Light Domain during their battle, becoming Earth's number one. Hong accepted his loss and broke through to the seventh stage of the Planetary Level, while Li Xin went on to defeat Thunder God as well.

• Hong activated his Light Domain, but Li Xin used his speed to keep him at a distance and quickly understood how domains worked.
• Li Xin comprehended his own Light Domain and unleashed Starlight Splendor, his strongest attack, against Hong.
• Li Xin's attack overwhelmed Hong's spear and injured him, forcing Hong to concede defeat and name Li Xin Earth's number one.
• Hong's defeat cleared his bottleneck, advancing him from the sixth to the seventh stage of the Planetary Level.
• Thunder God challenged Li Xin and lost, confirming Li Xin's position as Earth's strongest fighter.

After Li Xin defeated Hong and Thunder God, the three reached an understanding and agreed to cooperate in strengthening Earth and supporting China’s unification. Li Xin became known as the world’s strongest, while his search for the Yunmo Star Ship’s legacy on Mist Island came up empty.

• Li Xin shared information about the universe with Hong and Thunder God, then explained his plan to protect Earth, eliminate powerful monsters, and support China’s Unification of All Global Forces.
• Li Xin gave Hong and Thunder God warrior forms and weapon techniques from the Machine Race legacy, and they promised to support his plan.
• Hong and Thunder God left to study the techniques, while Councilor Fal and the others departed after seeing the three part on friendly terms.
• Li Xin searched Mist Island for guidance to the Yunmo Star Ship but found nothing unusual.
• News spread that Li Xin had defeated Hong and become the world’s strongest, ending schemes to target his Factory and prompting Luo Feng and the China Military Region to celebrate.

Li Xin focused on cultivation while China used his Mechanical Puppets to repel a Beast Tide and reclaim territory, then spent six months advancing to Star Level. After enduring the painful merger of Eternal Divine Brain No. 1 with his soul, he gained a way to be reborn and advanced his Light Domain to its sixth stage.

• Li Xin planned to raise his mental power, deepen his Light Domain, and reach the planetary ninth rank while China expanded its Mechanical Puppet production.
• China's Mechanical Puppet Legion defeated a massive Beast Tide without serious damage to its base cities, prompting factions to seek robots and the Extreme Martial Hall and Thunder Dojo to join China's camp.
• Over six months, China reclaimed territory as Li Xin reached the planetary ninth rank, a fortyfold mental power amplitude, and the fifth stage of his Light Domain.
• Eternal Divine Brain No. 1 reached the Planetary Level limit, and Li Xin began its upgrade aboard the spaceship, enduring severe pain for half a month before cutting through it with his will.
• Eternal Divine Brain No. 1 completed its merger with Li Xin's soul, raising him to the first rank of Star Level and allowing him to be reborn if the brain remained intact.
• Li Xin used his upgraded Eternal Divine Brain to advance his Light Domain from the fifth stage to the sixth.

Li Xin and his sworn younger brothers killed the two Beast Emperors as a global monster tide began, then waited for the other nations to surrender before helping defeat the King-level monsters. Earth was unified under China, and Li Xin prepared to take Hong and Thunder God into the universe.

• Li Xin warned Li Houyi to prepare China for the final monster tide and flew to the Pacific to meet Hong and Thunder God.
• The Beast Emperors’ roars triggered a worldwide monster tide, and Li Xin killed the Eight-Clawed Beast Emperor with a single strike.
• Hong and Thunder God killed the Thunder Dragon Emperor, while Li Xin planned to aid the nations that surrendered and sell them Mechanical Puppets.
• After India and Europa surrendered, Thunder God and Hong flew off to hunt King-level monsters in those regions.
• China announced that the monster threat had been eliminated and that Europa, India, America, and the Soviet Union had joined China.

Li Xin took Hong and Thunder God beyond Earth aboard upgraded Black Dragon Mountain Spaceships, then brought them to Qiu Long Star to register identities and secure funds. The chapter ended with Li Xin offering a spaceship and B8-grade Mechanical Puppets for sale at a Rare Treasure Shop.

• Li Xin revealed that he had taken control of three Black Dragon Mountain Spaceships and led Hong and Thunder God on a journey out of the Milky Way Galaxy.
• The group arrived at Qiu Long Star, where Thunder God paid the docking fee and the companions explored the busy trade planet under the protection of Flowing Silver Guards.
• Li Xin registered as a citizen of the Black Dragon Mountain Empire under a false birthplace and planned for Hong and Thunder God to register in other empires to conceal Earth's origins.
• Li Xin took Hong and Thunder God to the Rare Treasure Shop, where he offered to sell a Black Dragon Mountain Spaceship and B8-grade Mechanical Puppets.

Li Xin sold a modified spaceship and four hundred B8 Grade Mechanical Puppets to Helen’s Rare Treasure Shop for Qianwu Coins, then bought equipment and weapons for himself and his companions. He gave Hong and Thunder God their gear and planned to send them out with money, a spaceship, and bodyguards after one final stop.

• Helen inspected Li Xin’s spaceship and Mechanical Puppets, and her experts confirmed their quality and advanced technology.
• Li Xin agreed to Helen’s offer of twenty million Qianwu Coins for the spaceship and two hundred thousand for each Mechanical Puppet, earning eight hundred and twenty million Qianwu Coins in total.
• Li Xin spent three hundred and sixty million Qianwu Coins on battle suits and weapons, including gear intended for Hong and Thunder God.
• Li Xin gave Hong and Thunder God two Tier 2 Force Battle Suits and weapons, then said he would take them to one final stop before providing them with money, a spaceship, and bodyguards.
• Hong and Thunder God welcomed the plan to leave Li Xin’s protection and make their own way.

Li Xin bought the Lemon Race slaves and promised to free them after a hundred years, then arranged for Hong and Thunder God to travel separately while he prepared to cultivate and earn money. He settled on Qiu Long Star, guarded by slaves and Mechanical Puppets, and looked forward to fighting in the Virtual Universe.

• Li Xin, Hong, and Thunder God toured the slave market and were shaken by the scale of slavery in the universe.
• Li Xin bought every Lemon Race slave from Ferry for two hundred million Qianwu Coins and promised to free them after a hundred years of service.
• Alex Clarkson introduced himself, and Li Xin renamed him Lemon and inspired the Lemon Race slaves with the prospect of freedom and future support.
• Li Xin bought three hundred anonymous Virtual Universe accounts and helmets, then gave Hong and Thunder God money, slaves, Mechanical Puppets, and a spaceship before sending them to register citizenship in distant empires.
• Li Xin began buying raw materials to make spaceships and weapons, rented a large estate on Qiu Long Star, and prepared to fight in the Virtual Universe.

Li Xin entered the Virtual Universe with Hong and Thunder God and explained how the Killing Field could help them train. He fought a simulated opponent for six hours, absorbed its combat techniques, and defeated it with his own version of the third level of the Star Annihilation secret technique.

• Before entering the Virtual Universe, Li Xin drew energy from the Eternal Divine Furnace to strengthen his body while his consciousness was elsewhere.
• Li Xin bought a residence in Xueming District, and Hong and Thunder God visited him after logging in.
• Li Xin explained how they could use the Killing Field to train, and the three entered the Killing Space.
• Li Xin configured a powerful simulated opponent and spent four hours learning its techniques and two more applying them.
• Li Xin used Stars Surround the Moon to trap and defeat the opponent, then spent half an hour processing what he had learned.

Li Xin spent a month honing his combat skills in the Killing Field and Decisive Battle Space, earning a nine-star rating after defeating a string of opponents. After beating Molly in his first close fight, he entered the Qianwu Universe Country's Gambling Battle Platform to seek combat and profit.

• Li Xin chose the name Dugu Qiubai and defeated Peak Number One Expert in their first Decisive Battle Space match.
• Li Xin trained in the Killing Field and tested his progress in the Decisive Battle Space, winning 999 consecutive matches and reaching Star Level Five.
• Hong and Thunder God improved their domains but remained stuck at planetary ninth rank, so they decided to enter the Universe Mercenary Selection for life-and-death trials.
• Li Xin accepted Molly's challenge and killed her with his Star Annihilation Secret Art after defending against her close-range attack.
• Li Xin reached a nine-star rating, qualified for gambling battles, and teleported to the Qianwu Universe Country's Gambling Battle Platform.

Li Xin entered the Qianwu Betting Platform and demonstrated overwhelming strength in his first match, earning a large payout as he challenged stronger Star Level fighters. Meanwhile, Man Luo learned that Li Xin had instantly defeated Molly and ordered Ming Yu to recruit Hong and Thunder God first so they could provide information about Li Xin.

• Li Xin registered as a gladiator, exchanged Qianwu Coins for Universe Coins, and challenged fifth-stage Star Level fighters with a 10,000-Universe-Coin stake.
• Lonely Expert accepted Li Xin's challenge, and spectators built a prize pool while most bet against Li Xin.
• Li Xin used Stars Surround the Moon to crush Lonely Expert's metal-domain spear and kill him instantly, winning 810,000 Universe Coins.
• Li Xin continued challenging higher-stage Star Level fighters and staking 10,000 Universe Coins on each match.
• Ming Yu reported that Molly had been killed instantly by Li Xin, and Man Luo asked whether Li Xin could be contacted.
• Ming Yu said he could not reach Li Xin, so Man Luo told him to recruit Hong and Thunder God and ask them about their friend.

Ming Yu invited Hong and Thunder God to join the Virtual Universe Company and asked them to bring Li Xin to him, unaware that Li Xin was dominating the Betting Space as Dugu Qiubai. After hundreds of consecutive wins, Li Xin faced Peak Killer, and their battle began with Li Xin revealing his eightfold light domain.

• Ming Yu invited Hong and Thunder God to join the Virtual Universe Company, and they accepted as external members.
• Hong told Ming Yu that Li Xin was betting in the Ganwu Betting Space, so Ming Yu asked them to invite Li Xin to the Quiet Mind Room when he returned.
• Li Xin won hundreds of betting matches against opponents from Star Level Six through Universe Level Three, earning fame as Dugu Qiubai.
• Peak Killer accepted Li Xin's challenge, drawn by the four million Universe Coins at stake, while Feng Ling bet on Li Xin to win again.
• Peak Killer attacked with his fivefold wind domain, and Li Xin countered with his eightfold light domain.

Li Xin defeated Peak Assassin with his newly mastered Star Annihilation Circle technique, then ended ten days of Virtual Universe battles with a fortune of twenty-five trillion Universe Coins. After waking stronger but finding the Eternal Divine Furnace low on energy, he sent Black Iron and a force back to the Milky Way Galaxy to gather resources and build Intermediate Energy Manufacturing Pyramids.

• Li Xin suppressed Peak Assassin's Wind Domain and killed him by splitting the Star Annihilation Circle around his spear, demonstrating his grasp of the law of light and the art's final layer.
• Feng Ling celebrated winning her bet on Li Xin, while Li Xin reviewed the battle and tallied his earnings after ten days and more than five hundred fights.
• Li Xin ignored invitations from numerous factions, logged out of the Virtual Universe, and fell asleep from exhaustion.
• Li Xin woke to find that he had reached Star Level stage six and that the Eternal Divine Furnace Mother Core had only eighty percent of its previous energy.
• Li Xin gave Black Iron ten Space Rings and ordered him to return people to the Milky Way Galaxy, gather resources, and build Intermediate Energy Manufacturing Pyramids.

Li Xin bought Earth through the Black Dragon Mountain Empire and declined Princess Bu Luoxin’s recruitment offer, citing invitations from the Virtual Universe Company and the Giant Axe Arena. He then went to the Universe Galaxy Bank to request intelligent service, where an employee discovered his Three-Star User Account and sought the bank manager’s help.

• Li Xin told Black Iron to use the ten Space Rings and planned to build a Mechanical Puppet factory on Mars and bring Earthlings into the wider universe.
• Li Xin paid an official four billion Qianwu Coins to acquire Earth, and the planet was registered under his ownership within half a day.
• Li Xin met Helen and Princess Bu Luoxin, who offered to recruit him into the Black Dragon Mountain Empire, but he declined and exchanged Virtual Universe contact information with Bu Luoxin.
• Li Xin visited the Universe Galaxy Bank and asked to use its intelligent service.
• The cat-eared bank employee saw Li Xin’s Three-Star User Account and said she needed to report his request to the bank manager.

Li Xin used his three-star Galaxy Bank privileges to buy powerful weapons, World Rings, and supplies for Earth, then tested an SS-Class Bloodline Evolution Agent on himself. As the painful transformation began, he used his newly developed Hundred Refinements Spirit-Tempering Method to harden his will.

• Li Xin requested automated service at the Galaxy Bank and bought the Illusion God Weapon, two World Rings, an SS-Class Bloodline Evolution Agent, and other items for Earthlings.
• The bank delivered Li Xin’s purchases to his residence within three days.
• Li Xin stored his purchases in a World Ring and began nurturing the Illusion God Weapon with his mental power.
• Li Xin injected the SS-Class Bloodline Evolution Agent, which began replacing his Earthling cells with superior genetic cells.
• Li Xin endured the agony and used each wave of pain to temper his will through the Hundred Refinements Spirit-Tempering Method he had developed.

After improving his bloodline, willpower, strength, and mastery of the Law of Light, Li Xin learned that Hong and Thunder God had discovered a dangerous newly emerged world. He rushed to explore it before anyone else could claim its treasures, arriving as the world continued to emerge from the space interlayer.

• Li Xin tested his Hundred Refinements Spirit-Tempering Method and found that his SS-Class Bloodline Evolution Agent greatly improved his comprehension of the Law of Light.
• Li Xin absorbed energy, advanced to Star level, seventh order, and grasped the ninth-level Light Domain.
• Hong told Li Xin that he and Thunder God had found a world guarded by holy light that only Star Level beings could enter, and that its monsters had destroyed their Mechanical Puppets.
• Li Xin told Hong and Thunder God to leave the area, then set out to explore the world before anyone else discovered it.
• Thunder God reminded Li Xin that Ming Yu had invited him to join the Virtual Universe Company, but Li Xin postponed discussing it.
• Li Xin reached the world in his Machine Race Spaceship and sensed the dense Law of Light as the world continued emerging from the space interlayer.

Li Xin entered the unknown world, where the Law of Light was unusually powerful, and fought an enormous swarm of Holy Qilin Tricorn Beasts. As he slaughtered them, his Light Domain grew stronger, leaving him surrounded but in control of the battle.

• Li Xin confirmed that only Star Level beings could enter the unknown world and brought Lemon and nine Star Level Nine clansmen inside to scout.
• Lemon reported that the world was filled with hostile creatures, and Li Xin entered after judging the danger manageable.
• Li Xin encountered attacking Holy Qilin Tricorn Beasts and scanned nearly a hundred thousand nearby, including fifteen at Universe Level.
• Li Xin brought Lemon and the others into his World Ring, then used his Light Domain and Star Annihilation Circle to kill the beasts charging him.
• Li Xin deepened his understanding of the Light Domain during the battle, transforming it so that beasts within it moved at just one-twentieth of their normal speed.

Li Xin fought the Holy Qilin Tricorn Beasts in the Holy Light Divine Kingdom, using their Light Domains to improve his own and create a powerful new technique. After he defeated the Universe Level beasts, a Domain Lord Level beast shattered his domain, while Kesha sent Abedo to bring him to her.

• Li Xin released Lemon and the others to fight the Star Level beasts while he faced fifteen Universe Level Holy Qilin Tricorn Beasts.
• Li Xin studied the beasts’ Light Domains, incorporated his comprehension of the Law of Light into his own domain, and suppressed their speed.
• Li Xin used Prairie-Blazing Hundred Slashes to kill the Universe Level beasts, while Lemon and the others watched in awe.
• Kesha watched Li Xin’s battle from her palace, judged him a promising successor, and ordered Abedo to bring him to her.
• After Li Xin killed the beasts, Abedo arrived as a Domain Lord Ninth Stage Holy Qilin Tricorn Beast and broke Li Xin’s Light Domain.

Li Xin was taken to the Holy Light Divine Kingdom to undergo Lady Kesha's master's inheritance trial, which required him to master a soul secret technique and climb ten steps within three months. Instead, he used the steps' illusions and soul pressure to temper his will, reaching the ninth step as Kesha watched anxiously.

• Abedo carried Li Xin into the Palace, where Kesha appeared and told him he had passed her trial and must face her master's test or die.
• Kesha sealed the hall and revealed that Li Xin had three months to master the basics of the Seven-Colored Soul-Annihilating Bell and reach the tenth step.
• Li Xin tested the steps without learning the technique, endured the pressure and illusions through the fifth step, and chose to use them to improve his Hundred Refinements Spirit-Tempering Method.
• Li Xin spent a day on the sixth step, five days on the seventh, six days on the eighth, and seven days on the ninth, while Kesha worried that he was ignoring the intended technique.

Li Xin endured the tenth layer’s Domain Lord-level soul pressure, mastered the first level of the Seven-Colored Soul-Annihilating Bell, and passed Caesar’s trial. Kesha revealed Caesar’s legacy and handed it to Li Xin, who realized she planned to remain in the collapsing divine kingdom.

• Kesha hoped Li Xin could survive the tenth layer and eventually avenge her master.
• Li Xin endured eight days of soul pressure on the tenth step, then learned the first level of the Seven-Colored Soul-Annihilating Bell in one day.
• After Li Xin mastered the technique, the soul pressure vanished, and Caesar declared him his successor.
• Kesha explained that Caesar, the Illusory Light Marquis, had been killed by Soul-Annihilating King Fleming and asked Li Xin to seek revenge if he reached King level.
• Kesha gave Li Xin Caesar’s World Rings, collected legacies, and bank account details, then Li Xin asked whether she intended to stay in the collapsing divine kingdom.