Chapter Summaries

Tang Wen defeated Shen Wu with poison, discovered that Shen Wu’s despair came from his impossible love for the qin master Yang Susu, and persuaded him to pursue her through other instruments and music. Shen Wu became Tang Wen’s disciple, and together they prepared Qilin Island to resist an attack from the Sun Kingdom.

• Tang Wen used the Heavenly Insect’s poison to incapacitate Shen Wu, then deduced that Shen Wu was lovesick over a woman whose qin skill he could never surpass.
• Tang Wen learned that the woman was Yang Susu, the famed Ten-Finger Qin Demon, and played several pieces on an electronic keyboard to convince Shen Wu that he could win her over through other instruments and compositions.
• Shen Wu accepted Tang Wen as his master, drank Spirit Marrow to recover his vitality, and summoned his three disciples, Cui Sheng, Zhan Hong, and Hong Yu, to meet their grandmaster.
• Tang Wen gave the three disciples Vermilion Fruit Kings and taught them and Shen Wu the Flood Dragon Lure cultivation technique, raising the three disciples to the Origin Nurturing Initial Stage and Shen Wu to the Origin Gathering Middle Stage.
• Tang Wen supplied the group with weapons, equipment, and Void Bags, then ordered He Tian to teach them how to build gun emplacements and use cement and crushed stone.
• After nightfall, three hundred Tang soldiers swam ashore to Qilin Island and began secretly training Shen Wu’s men for the coming Sun Kingdom attack.

Tang Wen learned that Ridge-Sea Academy was marching on Goat Island and secretly positioned his fleet to exploit the Sun Kingdom’s ambush. After Ridge-Sea Academy’s army was trapped and devastated, Tang Wen arrived to rescue its survivors and attack the Sun Kingdom from the shore.

• Tang Wen learned Ridge-Sea Academy had set out with more than fifteen thousand men and planned to attack Goat Island, so he sent word to the island’s defenders and arranged to hide his fleet nearby.
• Tang Wen’s men knocked out Ridge-Sea Academy’s spies and sailed to waters near Goat Island, while Qiu Zhaohai sent thirty thousand Linghai troops on a separate route to mislead the Sun Kingdom.
• The Sun Kingdom secretly landed nearly thirty thousand troops on Goat Island and lured Ridge-Sea Academy’s forces into an ambush, where gunfire and cannon bombardments killed most of Gao Qiu’s army.
• Tang Wen’s Frogman Team blew up the Sun Kingdom’s ships, and his forces seized the vessels and sailed toward Goat Island.
• Tang Wen’s fleet attacked the Sun Kingdom’s forces surrounding Wei Yang, Zhang Mingdong, Gao Qiu, and the remaining Ridge-Sea Academy troops, and Tang Wen called on the survivors to strike from both sides.

Tang Wen’s forces crushed the Sun Kingdom’s troops on Goat Island, then Tang Wen confronted and struck Ridge-Sea Academy Head Gao Qiu over the catastrophic losses. After Feng Jiuxue arrested Gao Qiu and Wei Yang, Tang Wen withdrew to White Crane Island and made secret preparations for the coming battle for Qilin Island.

• Tang Wen’s army routed the Sun Kingdom’s forces, captured Murayama Akiya, and Shen Wu killed the enemy commander Tengye Jiuhe.
• Zhou Chengzhang reported the battle’s heavy casualties, and Tang Wen berated Gao Qiu and Wei Yang for leading their forces into a trap.
• Gao Qiu challenged Tang Wen, who slapped him; Shen Wu knocked Gao Qiu down, and Feng Jiuxue ordered his men bound and arrested him and Wei Yang.
• Tang Wen withdrew his troops to White Crane Island and ordered five thousand soldiers secretly sent to Qilin Island while Chu Zhao contacted Lord Wan for reinforcements.
• Tang Wen sent He Tian and Luo Kun to Jiangzhou to help track Lin Zhi and Qiu Zhaohai, and warned his allies to prepare for Sun Gate’s experts and possible assassins.

After Tang Wen’s victory earned him widespread acclaim and a breakthrough in cultivation, Qiu Zhaohai arranged to get Wei Yang transferred out of Feng Jiuxue’s custody. Tang Wen strengthened his islands against the Sun Kingdom and then offered Shen Gongyang access to his Cultivation Tower, accurately guessing why Shen had come seeking another chance to advance.

• Feng Jiuxue’s account of the battle drew tens of thousands of people to demand that Ridge-Sea Academy return their loved ones and that Tang Wen receive a promotion.
• Tang Wen absorbed the people’s popularity, advanced to early-stage Origin Gathering, and increased the Heaven Domain Three Dragons Canon to its second stage.
• Qiu Zhaohai agreed to arrange Wei Yang’s transfer to the Six Fan Division in Sea Saint City, where his allies could maneuver to free him and possibly kill him.
• Tang Wen strengthened his islands’ defenses, established Frogman Hall under Hong Yu, and taught its members Wave-Exhausting Ninefold Layers.
• Chu Cong brought Shen Gongyang to Tang Wen, who offered Shen a chance to use the Cultivation Tower for a fee of one hundred thousand taels a day.
• Tang Wen guessed that Shen had entered Origin Nurturing in the Dog Realm ten years earlier and was now seeking another opportunity to break through to Origin Gathering.

Tang Wen showed Shen Gongyang the Cultivation Tower and offered him spirit marrow in exchange for land and servants. Shen agreed to trade Horse-Racing Mountain and ten thousand laborers, while Tang planned to develop the site into a satellite city.

• Shen Gongyang visited Tang Wen’s Cultivation Tower and was astonished by its spiritual energy, which he said rivaled the Dog Realm.
• Tang Wen revealed a drop of spirit marrow, and Shen explained its rarity and how it had helped the Seventh Prince Chu Luoxiang advance in cultivation before he was defeated by Luo Shen.
• Tang Wen offered spirit marrow for ten thousand qing of land near Capital City and ten thousand servants, and Shen proposed Horse-Racing Mountain.
• Tang Wen and Shen signed a contract witnessed by Chu Cong, agreeing to exchange the spirit marrow for Horse-Racing Mountain and the laborers.
• Shen revealed that Horse-Racing Mountain was a depleted, ruined copper mine the Shen family had bought at great expense, but Tang accepted the deal and planned to build a manor and future satellite city there.
• Shen offered to send for the land deed and asked Tang how he wanted to handle the laborers, prompting Tang to ask whether any were capable martial artists.

Shen Gongyang explained the Secret Agent Bureau's tightening standards and revealed that Chu Cong's father, Chu Guang, was a Half-Step Thought-Connecting Realm expert. Tang Wen rejected joining the Bureau on ordinary terms, while Lin Zhi sought the four hidden elders' help to arrange Tang Wen's assassination during the battle for Qilin Island.

• Shen Gongyang told Chu Cong that the Secret Agent Bureau was raising its cultivation requirements and that Chu Cong's father, Chu Guang, had concealed his Half-Step Thought-Connecting Realm strength.
• Tang Wen and Wen Jinyuan discussed the gulf between Linghai and the capital and concluded that the Tang family needed to cultivate stronger experts to expand its business.
• Tang Wen declined to join the Secret Agent Bureau unless he could retain his freedom.
• Wang Haiting sent Tang Wen surveillance footage showing Lin Zhi sneaking into Ridge-Sea Academy's Back Mountain Heavenly Pit to meet four elders.
• Lin Zhi told Elder Zhu, Elder Wood, Elder Shi, and Elder Tie that he planned to bargain with Sun Gate and assassinate Tang Wen during the battle for Qilin Island.

Ridge-Sea Academy planned to kill Wei Yang before his transfer exposed its dealings with the Sun Kingdom, while Tang Wen considered recruiting Shen Gongyang to protect him. Tang Wen revealed his Origin-Gathering Realm strength to Zhuang Qiyang and Feng Jiuxue, then offered hope of helping Zhuang Qiyang advance and retain his post.

• Lin Zhi urged Ridge-Sea Academy's elders to send assassins against Wei Yang before Chen Cang escorted him to Sea Saint City.
• Tang Wen watched the recorded discussion and proposed seeking Shen Gongyang's help to save Wei Yang.
• Zhuang Qiyang arrived with Feng Jiuxue and demanded access to the Cultivation Tower's top half-floor to advance and preserve his deputy commissioner position.
• Tang Wen explained that Shen Gongyang occupied the tower under a deal involving Horse-Racing Mountain and fifteen thousand household servants.
• Tang Wen demonstrated his strength by drawing over a distant stone ball, reshaping it into a javelin, and throwing it several li away, shocking Zhuang Qiyang and Feng Jiuxue.
• Tang Wen suggested he could help Zhuang Qiyang reach the Qi Nourishing Realm, and Zhuang Qiyang offered his entire fortune in return.

Tang Wen used the popularity gained from Horse-Racing Mountain to raise Zhuang Qiyang’s cultivation and win him over to the Tang family. Zhuang Qiyang reached the Origin-Gathering Realm and ended the chapter kneeling to Tang Wen as his disciple.

• The system told Tang Wen he had acquired fifteen thousand household servants and ten thousand eight hundred qing of land, and that he could delay absorbing popularity for up to two hours.
• Tang Wen gave Feng Jiuxue spirit marrow after she kissed his cheek, and she hurried off to cultivate.
• Tang Wen offered to help Zhuang Qiyang advance if he joined the Tang family, and Zhuang accepted under a written agreement.
• Tang Wen taught Zhuang Qiyang the Flood Dragon Lure technique and absorbed popularity from Horse-Racing Mountain while Zhuang cultivated.
• After two hours, Zhuang Qiyang had advanced to the middle stage of Origin Gathering, while Tang Wen’s system showed a wealth increase of four thousand tons of gold.
• Zhuang Qiyang knelt and asked Tang Wen to accept him as a disciple, believing Tang had transferred centuries of cultivation to him.

Tang Wen accepted Zhuang Qiyang as his disciple and arranged to investigate the officials conspiring against Wei Yang before opening the third Traversal Gate. In its ocean world, he gained control over liquids, reached Origin Gathering great perfection, and then emerged in a river in a new world, where he rescued a dead man who looked remarkably like him.

• Tang Wen accepted Zhuang Qiyang as his disciple, gave him a Void Bag, and ordered him to investigate Zhang Shuikang and Qiu Zhaohai while helping Feng Jiuxue escort Wei Yang.
• Zhuang Qiyang explained the power of the Imperial Court's secret agents, and Tang Wen considered whether to obtain a secret agent Command Token.
• Feng Jiuxue and Zhuang Qiyang returned to Jiangzhou, and Feng Jiuxue's strength rose to Transcendent Grade Late Stage after she consumed Spirit Marrow.
• Tang Wen entered the third Traversal Gate, absorbed water spirits that gave him control over liquids, and helped restore Shangguan Chuqing as she gave him a Primordial Spirit Thread.
• Tang Wen's martial arts realm advanced to Origin Gathering great perfection, his Telekinesis range grew to 1,000 meters, and his Telekinesis Threads divided into seven colors.
• Tang Wen arrived in another world by falling into a river, pulled a drowned man ashore, and discovered that the dead man looked about eighty percent like him.

Tang Wen devoured the soul of his namesake, a young man from the Star Illusion Empire, and gained his identity and memories after surviving a struggle with a dark vortex. He copied the dead man’s appearance and clothes, then pretended to be unconscious as search-and-rescue workers approached.

• Tang Wen found that the dead man shared his name, then used his black Telekinesis Threads to devour the man’s soul while a dark vortex tried to pull them both away.
• Shangguan Chuqing gave Tang Wen another drop of Primordial Spirit Liquid, and he used his white Telekinesis Threads to escape the vortex and consume the soul.
• Tang Wen absorbed the dead man’s memories, learning about his family, life, and the Star Illusion Empire’s society and Star Cards.
• When search-and-rescue workers appeared, Shangguan Chuqing explained that Tang Wen’s Heavenly Insect could copy the corpse’s appearance, and he transformed himself and took the man’s clothes.
• Tang Wen collapsed from the strain of shapeshifting, then saw city patrol members approach and pretended to be unconscious when they found him.

Tang Wen was taken to an Imperial Medical University hospital after saving more than a hundred people, where doctors discovered his organs had extraordinary internal capacity. The staff classified him as a possible evolved human and planned to study him, while Tang Wen realized their talk of alien energy and magical formations resembled his own martial arts and abilities.

• Officials identified Tang Wen and arranged for City Patrol Guards to take him to a hospital in a flying shuttle.
• Tang Wen watched the shuttle expand its doorway and discovered its interior was far larger than its exterior before receiving emergency treatment.
• Dr. Shen and the medical staff scanned Tang Wen and found that his heart and other organs had internal structures roughly ten times larger than those of ordinary people.
• The doctors concluded Tang Wen was a mutated or evolved native of the Star Illusion Empire and discussed keeping his condition secret for research.
• Tang Wen listened as the doctors discussed extraterrestrial energy and magical formations, recognizing them as similar to his martial arts and knowledge.

Tang Wen awakened in the hospital after hearing his family grieve, used his newfound popularity to strengthen them, and escaped an operation to replace a cerebral nerve. He reunited with his family and returned to their cramped home, where his suggestion to celebrate at a seafood restaurant stunned his brother with the cost.

• Tang Wen heard Tang Yu and the rest of his family mourning him, and his tears alerted Dr. Shen and the hospital team that he was responding.
• As more than 180 million citizens watched and prayed for him, Tang Wen gained massive popularity, upgraded the Great Landlord System to 7.0, and used small streams of it to strengthen Tang Jiayin and his family.
• Dr. Qian Yong and the other doctors debated replacing one of Tang Wen's cerebral nerves with an Artificial Nerve, but Tang Wen woke deliberately before they could operate.
• Tang Wen pulled out his medical tubes, insisted he was fine, and reunited with Tang Yu and the rest of his family before returning home.
• At dinner, Tang Wen offered to take the family to a seafood restaurant with his reward money, and Tang Jiayin explained that a single cooked sturgeon cost twenty thousand.

Tang Wen discovered that most goods he had brought to the Star Illusion Empire were unsellable, but its powerful storage batteries offered a promising business opportunity. After learning that a Boxing Champion could win fifty million Star Illusion Coins, he considered competing for the prize and saw a way to fund his plans.

• Tang Linde, Tang Jiayin, and Tang Wen discussed the dangers and high costs of seafood, fish farming, and meat in the Star Illusion Empire.
• Tang Wen spent two days researching the empire and realized that his gold, silver, tobacco, alcohol, and other goods had little value there and could not pass sales inspections.
• Tang Wen recognized that the empire's compact, high-capacity storage batteries could sell for a fortune in Yunhai City and the Chu Kingdom, but he lacked the money to buy them.
• Tang Wen dismissed opening a martial arts school because the empire favored biological drugs and its people might not endure training.
• Tang Yu cheered for boxer Luo Feng, and Tang Wen learned from Tang Jiayin that a heavyweight Boxing Champion could win fifty million Star Illusion Coins.
• Tang Jiayin imagined buying a home with the prize money, while Tang Linde offered to give up his and his wife's bedroom for Tang Jiayin's future bridal chamber.

Tang Wen investigated the Star Illusion Empire’s boxing ranks and went to the Imperial Boxing Gym to find a way to challenge a Fighter without waiting for official certification. After pushing his way to the front of the registration queue with true qi, he was called over by director Li Liang.

• Tang Jiayin’s family discussed his savings and marriage, while Tang Wen learned that championship bouts could offer huge prizes but carried deadly risks.
• Tang Wen researched Gao Jian and learned about Mechanical Fighters, Magnetic Force Pills, and the empire’s Fighter ranks.
• Tang Wen visited the Imperial Boxing Gym and decided to challenge a level-eight Fighter, but found that official certification would take a month.
• Tang Wen forced his way toward the front of the new-student registration queue by knocking people over with true qi.
• The angry newcomers accused Tang Wen of causing trouble, and registration director Li Liang called him over and asked whether he had been responsible.

Tang Wen went to the Imperial Boxing Gym to earn money through a challenge, but the gyms tried to recruit him instead. He secured a written five-million payment from the City Guard Army Boxing Gym and prepared to face level-ten fighter Zhou Chuandong, with the prize and ticket revenue at stake.

• Tang Wen revealed that he had trained himself to level eight and wanted to earn money by challenging a fighter for potion funds.
• Deputy Chief Instructor Wang Xiao and Director Zhan Piaoliu tried to recruit Tang Wen, but he rejected their offers and insisted on a challenge.
• After learning that a level-ten challenge paid four million, Tang Wen agreed to fight for the Imperial Boxing Gym, and Wang Xiao promised him another five million in writing.
• Zhan Piaoliu chose Zhou Chuandong, one of the gym's top six level-ten fighters, as Tang Wen's opponent.
• More than ten thousand spectators gathered at the Combat Hall, and Zhan Piaoliu said Tang Wen could take all the ticket revenue if he won.

Tang Wen defeated the Imperial Boxing Gym’s level-ten boxer Zhou Chuandong with one throw, winning a large betting payout and attracting offers from businesses and boxing gyms. He left the arena and explored Star Radiance City, where he found that its technology far surpassed Yunhai City’s.

• Tang Wen agreed to give the Imperial Boxing Gym the ticket revenue from his challenge against Zhou Chuandong, and the gym opened betting on the fight.
• Wang Xiao borrowed ten million for Tang Wen to wager, then staked his remaining 2.3 million on him as well.
• Zhou Chuandong attacked Tang Wen as soon as the fight began, but Tang Wen caught his fist and threw him into the crowd, winning instantly.
• Tang Wen repaid Wang Xiao’s loan with a million in interest and declined offers from both the City Guard Army Boxing Gym and the Imperial Boxing Gym.
• After learning that Tang Wen was the hero who had rescued more than a hundred citizens, advertisers and real estate representatives offered him endorsement deals.
• Tang Wen collected business cards, left the gym, and explored Star Radiance City’s malls, where he saw advanced drones and televisions unavailable in Yunhai City.

Tang Wen explored Starshine Sea’s advanced technology and considered which devices he could afford to bring home, then returned to find his family overwhelmed by gifts from people seeking him. During dinner, a television show revealed that Tang Wen had defeated Zhou Chuandong in one move and won millions, while Chen Zhengming challenged him to fight.

• Tang Wen examined drones, weapons, walkie-talkies, telescopes, and vehicles, deciding he could buy some devices but not restricted weapons or military shuttles.
• Tang Wen returned home with expensive food and found that visitors had left piles of gifts and business cards for him; Tang Linde insisted the family should return the gifts.
• The Tang family shared a lavish dinner, and Tang Wen reassured them that he had earned his money himself.
• A television program revealed that Tang Wen had defeated Zhou Chuandong in one move and won four million Star Coins from the Imperial Boxing Gym.
• Sister Liangliang explained that Tang Wen had borrowed money to bet on himself and won more than ten million Star Coins overall.
• The program announced that Chen Zhengming had challenged Tang Wen and demanded an apology if he refused.

Tang Wen publicly accepted Chen Zhengming’s challenge after raising the prize, and the two sides agreed to fight the next day at the Star Fantasy Arena. On his way home, Tang Wen gained a huge number of fans, then jumped into a river to save someone under attack by a giant electric eel.

• A Luo and the Star Fantasy Star panelists condemned the Imperial Boxing Gym’s challenge, while Tang Wen’s family begged him not to fight.
• Tang Wen called the live show and agreed to fight Chen Zhengming for a prize of eighty million, with Chen promising another twenty million if Tang Wen won.
• Cui Hongxi and Tang Wen signed on to a duel scheduled for the next day at the Star Fantasy Arena, while Chen Zhengming threatened to cripple him.
• Tang Wen’s challenge made him a sensation in Star Radiance City, earning him 887,562 new loyal fans and a surge of Popularity.
• Tang Wen entered a river to rescue a person being attacked by a giant electric eel, and the Heavenly Insect swallowed the creature.

Tang Wen rescued Zhao Jun from the electric eels, learned about the conflict between humans and intelligent sea beasts, and returned home to find his family trying to stop him from fighting Chen Zhengming. He revealed his superpowers to convince them he could win the duel, leaving his family amazed and his secret at risk of discovery.

• Tang Wen treated the injured Zhao Jun with Spirit Marrow and the Flood Dragon Lure method, gaining Popularity and advancing to mid-stage Mind-Penetration.
• Zhao Jun explained the feud between the Zhao Lineage, the Yun family, and the Electric Eel Lineage, and described the war between humans and intelligent sea beasts.
• Tang Wen accepted a Zhao Lineage guest retainer card from Zhao Jun and returned home after midnight to a crowd of reporters and fans waiting outside.
• Tang Wen's family begged him to cancel his duel with Chen Zhengming, with Liu Yangmei threatening to die if he fought.
• Tang Wen demonstrated his telekinetic powers by levitating household objects and a distant stone pig, convincing his family he could defeat Chen Zhengming.

Tang Wen revealed that he had strengthened his brother Tang Jiayin, then learned more about the fighters’ ranks and the immense ticket revenue tied to his upcoming duel with Chen Zhengming. As the fight approached, Tang Wen arrived at Star Fantasy Arena with his family and faced reporters and public ridicule.

• Tang Wen told Tang Jiayin that he had granted him superhuman strength, and Tang Jiayin lifted a safe weighing over two thousand jin before accidentally dropping it.
• Tang Wen explained that Tang Jiayin’s strength now matched a Ninth-Level Fighter and promised to teach him martial arts after the duel.
• Tang Wen compared the fighter rankings with martial arts realms and realized that Starshine Sea had fighters as powerful as Human Realm martial artists.
• Tang Wen watched Sister Liangliang report that the arena was sold out, then spoke with Zhao Jun, who predicted Tang Wen could earn two billion Star Coins from the fight and promised a gift from his father if Tang Wen won.
• Tang Wen arrived at Star Fantasy Arena with his family and told reporters he planned to buy a larger house and provide for his family, drawing scorn from people who called him vulgar and doubted he could win.