Chapter Summaries

After Li Xin destroyed the beast tide, Hong and Jia Yi tried to secure his support, but he declined formal membership while promising to help China in a crisis. He then returned to his hidden factory and upgraded the Eternal Divine Brain, whose power and his own mental sharpness increased.

• At the War God Training Camp, Zhao Ruo told Luo Feng about Li Xin’s rise to Beyond War God-level strength, and Luo Feng resolved to stay humble and keep training.
• Hong reviewed Li Xin’s records, ordered Yao Rao to invite him to the War God Palace and offer him a Black God Set, and reflected on Earth’s weakness before the wider universe.
• Li Xin absorbed monster corpses from more than a dozen base cities until the Eternal Divine Brain met its upgrade requirements.
• Jia Yi thanked Li Xin for stopping the beast tide and invited him to join the China Military Region, but Li Xin declined while pledging to defend China when needed.
• Li Xin returned to his factory, activated the Eternal Divine Brain’s upgrade, and watched it absorb a supercomputer phantom as its core grew and its computational power increased.

Li Xin endured seven days of agony as the Eternal Divine Brain advanced to the Planetary Level, then woke to discover it had created a sub-brain that could become a powerful, replaceable avatar. Meanwhile, his family dealt with visitors and growing attention to Li Xin, who remained in seclusion.

• Li Xin suffered through seven days of unbearable pain while receiving information unlocked by the Eternal Divine Brain's advancement to the Planetary Level.
• Li Houming turned away visitors seeking Li Xin and warned the family to stay cautious and avoid becoming a burden to him.
• The Black Water Squad sent the Liu Family's heads to the Li Family as thanks for Li Xin saving their families, and captain Fu Qidong planned to settle in Kyoto Base City and align with the Li Family.
• Li Xin's transformation ended, and he slept for three days before waking after ten days undisturbed in seclusion.
• Li Xin learned that the Eternal Divine Brain had created a sub-brain that could fuse with objects or living creatures to create an avatar, which could be restored if destroyed.

Li Xin reached Planetary Level, awakened the blazing light ability, and learned that his upgraded Eternal Divine Furnace could absorb many forms of energy. He returned to the Li Family home, reassured his relatives, and prepared to meet the visitors gathered outside.

• Li Xin planned to seek a Machine Race clone to research upgrades for Eternal Divine Brain No. 1, then broke through to Planetary Level after condensing his genetic origin energy into a planet-like body.
• Li Xin awakened blazing light force, which increased his speed and attack power, and reviewed the upgraded Eternal Divine Brain and Eternal Divine Furnace’s capabilities.
• Li Xin ordered materials to upgrade the Eternal Divine Furnace and make subsidiary furnaces, then left his laboratory and returned to the Li Family home.
• Li Houming and Li Houzhong welcomed Li Xin, and he promised to protect and support the family.
• Li Xin reunited with his cousins Li Ding and Li Xiang, agreed that Li Houming could accept the gifts left by visitors, and went out to greet the gathered representatives.

Li Xin accepted Hong’s invitation to become a War God Palace councilor, received a Black God Set, and searched for information about the Ancient Ruins. He merged Eternal Divine Brain No. 2 with the Machine Race spaceship in Bermuda, but the ship’s vast knowledge and its deceased master’s memories flooded his mind.

• Yao Rao invited Li Xin to join the War God Palace as a councilor and offered him an Inspector position, which he declined.
• Li Xin accepted the councilor role and the Black God Set but refused Hong’s invitation to visit the Extreme Martial Hall headquarters.
• Li Xin bonded with the Black God Set, accessed Ancient Ruins information through Limit Home, and traveled to the Machine Race spaceship in Bermuda.
• Li Xin chose the machine race life evolution mode for Eternal Divine Brain No. 2, which merged into the spaceship.
• The spaceship’s memories and knowledge overwhelmed Li Xin, leaving him afraid he might lose his sense of self.

After absorbing a Machine Race Immortal’s memories, Li Xin gained the Mechanical Evolution talent, acquired cultivation techniques, and claimed an intact E9-class spaceship as his avatar. He left Earth for Mars to gather resources and test his new body, while Earth’s factions searched for whoever had taken Ruin No. 1.

• Li Xin organized the Machine Race Immortal’s memories and gained the Mechanical Evolution talent, along with cultivation experience and basic techniques for mental masters and warriors.
• Li Xin inspected the E9-class spaceship, found a laboratory and a Space Ring containing a mid-grade, fourth-tier telekinetic weapon called the Starry Ring, and planned upgrades for his equipment.
• Li Xin chose Mars as his destination and ordered the spaceship to activate stealth and concealment mode.
• Li Xin’s spaceship avatar left Earth and reached Mars in five minutes, after he briefly looked back at Earth from space.
• Earth’s warriors discovered that Ruin No. 1 had flown away, and factions began searching for the person who had taken it.

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.