Chapter Summaries

Chu Tiannan and Luote dined at the Gathering Immortals Restaurant, where Chu Tiannan learned about the Human-Fox Clan’s enslavement and exchanged contact information with Luote. As they left, they saw a pale young man berating Cailing over a soup-stained compass.

• Chu Tiannan and Luote waited an hour, then entered the restaurant and ordered a lavish meal.
• Luote explained that Human-Fox Clan members were enslaved, and Chu Tiannan reflected on how fortunate he was to be able to cultivate.
• After the meal, Luote gave Chu Tiannan his virtual world number and offered to help him anywhere in the Galaxy Kingdom.
• Chu Tiannan and Luote heard an argument and saw a pale young man scolding the frightened Cailing while holding a soup-stained blue compass.

Chu Tiannan parted ways with Luote, then recognized Cailing when a wastrel scion attacked her over a soiled Winged Tiger Plate. As the scion reached for her, Chu Tiannan intervened and offered to buy the plate.

• Luote offered Chu Tiannan his help and parted ways with him.
• A sickly young man slapped Cailing and threatened her for getting his Winged Tiger Plate dirty.
• The restaurant manager offered Cailing to the young man as an apology, leaving her terrified.
• Chu Tiannan recognized Cailing and stopped the young man from grabbing her with Cosmic Qi.
• Chu Tiannan calmly offered to buy the Winged Tiger Plate.

Chu Tiannan protected Cailing from Long Liji and refused to back down when Long Liji invoked the Long Family’s power. Long Liji summoned armed Starry Sky Level fighters to arrest them, but a mysterious golden token interrupted the confrontation.

• A barrier of Cosmic Qi stopped Long Liji from touching Cailing, and Chu Tiannan let her take shelter behind him.
• Chu Tiannan called the Long Family local tyrants, and Long Liji challenged him and gave his name.
• Long Liji summoned battle-hardened fighters, including an elder at the Starry Sky Level Eighth Stage, and ordered them to arrest the group.
• A streak of light delivered a small golden token into Long Liji’s hand, leaving him astonished.

After Long Liji recognized Luote’s token, he begged for mercy and ordered his sister slapped for insulting them. Chu Tiannan dismissed the Long Family, leaving Luote and the onlookers wondering what power stood behind him, though Chu Tiannan had no backing and was only acting ruthlessly to survive.

• Long Liji caught Luote’s token, recognized it, and knelt to return it while begging for mercy.
• Long Liji ordered Butler Li to slap his sister after she insulted Luote and Chu Tiannan.
• Long Liji offered Chu Tiannan the Winged Tiger Plate and pleaded to be let go.
• Chu Tiannan told Long Liji and his group to get lost, and they rolled out of Gathering Immortals.
• Luote wondered about Chu Tiannan’s status, unaware that Chu Tiannan had no powerful backing.

Chu Tiannan visited the Virtual World Group and learned about humanity’s five giants and the virtual world’s reach. He paid one billion universe coins for permanent access, while Devour Dog rushed inside to enjoy himself.

• Chu Tiannan parted ways with Luote and headed to the floating Virtual World Group building.
• Devour Dog explained that the Virtual World Group was one of humanity’s five giants and described the other four.
• Chu Tiannan learned that the Virtual World Group was humanity’s richest giant because nearly everyone used its virtual world.
• Chu Tiannan paid one billion universe coins to activate permanent access to the virtual world.
• Devour Dog eagerly entered the virtual world, and Chu Tiannan lamented how often he needed to spend money.

After bringing Cailing aboard his spaceship, Chu Tiannan declined her attempt to serve him intimately and told her to make herself at home. He explored the virtual world with Devour Dog and decided to buy a home in the Luoshen Universe Country.

• Chu Tiannan told Cailing she could stay by his side as a helper and did not need to call him Master.
• Cailing tried to help Chu Tiannan relax by undoing his belt, so he hurried back to his room and told her to enjoy the spaceship’s facilities.
• Chu Tiannan connected to the virtual world while studying a secret manual and cultivating.
• Chu Tiannan handed the virtual world’s cultivation, games, business, and investment options to Devour Dog to manage.
• Devour Dog asked where Chu Tiannan planned to buy a home, and Chu Tiannan chose the Luoshen Universe Country.

After two years traveling toward the Luoshen Universe Country, Chu Tiannan had grown stronger while cultivating and exploring the virtual world. As the spaceship neared its destination, he looked forward to confronting Luo Quan.

• Chu Tiannan explored the virtual world, where he could play games, gamble, cultivate, and travel across the universe nations.
• Devour Dog told Chu Tiannan that their Jade Emperor Ya supply was nearly gone and that they would need to change their cultivation plan.
• Chu Tiannan reflected on how his human body had reached starry sky level fourth stage while his Bauhinia Star Beast clone had reached starry sky level ninth stage.
• Devour Dog warned Chu Tiannan not to underestimate the many powerful geniuses across the universe.
• Chu Tiannan clenched his fists and vowed to beat Luo Quan when they met.

Chu Tiannan reflected on his resolve to reach Star God Level so he could reunite with the girl he loved and eventually resurrect his loved ones. He reassured Cailing that he did not disdain her and gave her a book that could let her change her fate.

• Chu Tiannan vowed to grow strong enough to reunite with the girl he loved and protect her from danger.
• Chu Tiannan found Cailing asleep in the spaceship's main hall and asked whether she had settled in.
• Cailing offered to prepare food, worried that Chu Tiannan no longer wanted her or thought her useless.
• Chu Tiannan reassured Cailing that he had never disdained her and told her she no longer needed to fear others' judgment.
• Chu Tiannan gave Cailing a book and told her that learning from it would let her control her own destiny.

Chu Tiannan gave Cailing the Myriad Souls Secret Codex and urged her to cultivate her Soul Power as a Controller, leaving her determined to grow strong enough to protect her people. Elsewhere, a veiled girl defied her family’s demand that she marry and activated a console that revealed a spaceship in the Dark Universe.

• Chu Tiannan gave Cailing the Myriad Souls Secret Codex and explained that she could cultivate her Soul Power instead of Cosmic Qi.
• Cailing agreed to try, inspired by the possibility of becoming strong enough to save her people from the demons who abducted them every eighteen years.
• Devour Dog said Cailing’s strong Soul Power could make her an asset, but Chu Tiannan replied that she was helping herself, not him.
• A veiled girl accused her father and brother of lying and vowed to accept death rather than marry the man they had chosen.
• The veiled girl activated a circular console, which displayed a pitch-black spaceship traveling through the Dark Universe.

Chu Tiannan entered Luoshen Universe Country’s virtual world and bought a costly home in the Heavenly Dragon Island Empire, leaving him with a sharply reduced budget. After exploring his new residence and reading about the country’s history, he asked Devour Dog what they would do next.

• A distant girl gazed toward a spaceship and prayed that its occupant would hold back and not come yet.
• Chu Tiannan received permission to enter Luoshen Universe Country in the virtual world and examined its enormous territory.
• Devour Dog told Chu Tiannan that only two billion Universe Currency remained for a home after reserving three billion for cultivation.
• Chu Tiannan spent 1.8 billion Universe Currency to buy an economy home in the Heavenly Dragon Island Empire.
• Chu Tiannan customized his virtual residence, read about Luoshen Universe Country’s history, and asked Devour Dog for the next step in their plan.

Three years later, Chu Tiannan emerged from cultivation and learned how demanding the later stages of his three divine artifacts would be. He arrived in the prosperous Heavenly Dragon Island Empire and discovered that the home he had bought in the virtual world was a vast estate in reality.

• Chu Tiannan learned that advancing the Heaven-Deriving Sword required immense Devour Points and higher levels, while its sixth stage required Eternal Star God Level and the souls of three Star God Level powerhouses.
• Chu Tiannan discovered that Heavenly Sin Hundred Streams and the Chaos Cloak had the same advancement requirements, and Devour Dog laughed at his reaction.
• Chu Tiannan entered the Heavenly Dragon Island Empire aboard the Chaos after paying the entry toll.
• Chu Tiannan arrived at residence A20 in Xinglong Bay and was astonished to find that his 1.8 billion Universe Currency purchase was an enormous estate.
• Devour Dog told Chu Tiannan that land was cheap in the vast universe, and Chu Tiannan decided the purchase had been worthwhile.

Chu Tiannan left Cailing with money and began preparing for long-term cultivation by seeking a Luoshen Dojo qualification certificate. After paying the fee and placing his hand on the test sphere, he triggered a startling change in it.

• Chu Tiannan gave Cailing a hundred million cosmic coins and told her to stay home while he entered secluded cultivation.
• Chu Tiannan left Xinglong Bay and headed to the Luoshen Dojo to obtain a qualification certificate.
• At the registration office, a gray-robed old man tested Chu Tiannan with cosmic pressure, but Chu Tiannan remained unmoved.
• Chu Tiannan paid ten thousand cosmic coins and placed his hand on a white sphere, which changed dramatically before the old man's astonished eyes.

Chu Tiannan received gold-leaf certification from the Luoshen Dojo after the elder sensed his recognition by the Law of Chaos. The Devour Dog revealed that the certification would help Chu Tiannan enter the combat arena at a discount, where he would push toward higher cultivation levels.

• The gray-robed elder examined Chu Tiannan's cultivation and recognized his connection to the Law of Chaos, then welcomed him into the Luoshen Universe Country and gave him a gold leaf.
• Chu Tiannan left the Luoshen Dojo with his new certification and wondered whether he would ever return.
• The Devour Dog explained that the gold leaf would give Chu Tiannan a fifty-percent discount at the combat arena.
• Chu Tiannan hesitated because he had not fully mastered his teacher's cultivation system, but the Devour Dog said arena combat was part of his plan and urged him to reach starry sky level ninth stage or galaxy level first stage.
• Chu Tiannan accepted the challenge and declared that greater pressure would motivate him.

Chu Tiannan entered a virtual arena for training and easily defeated a Starry Sky Level First Order Emperor Poison Dragon Scorpion recreated from Tianhai City. He complained that the basic exercise was too easy, and Devour Dog prepared to raise the challenge.

• Devour Dog explained that the virtual arena could recreate opponents and training scenarios, then brought Chu Tiannan into a training room.
• Chu Tiannan recognized the recreated setting as 001 Tianhai City and faced a virtual Emperor Poison Dragon Scorpion.
• The virtual arena reproduced the Heaven-Deriving Sword and its abilities, including the killing moves Momentum and Stagnation.
• Chu Tiannan quickly defeated the scorpion and complained that the fight required no combat techniques.
• Devour Dog grinned and pressed a button to begin the next part of the training.

Devour Dog put Chu Tiannan through escalating trials against Emperor Poison Dragon Scorpions, forcing him to spend universe coins to recover and use increasingly powerful techniques. The chapter left Chu Tiannan overwhelmed as the surviving third-order scorpions engulfed him.

• Devour Dog released ten first-order Emperor Poison Dragon Scorpions, and Chu Tiannan killed them after they formed a battle formation.
• Devour Dog unleashed a hundred first-order scorpions, which Chu Tiannan annihilated using Momentum and Stagnation, leaving him exhausted.
• Devour Dog restored Chu Tiannan with ten thousand universe coins and sent eleven second-order scorpions against him, which he killed with Momentum and Stagnation.
• After another recovery, Chu Tiannan faced a hundred third-order scorpions and used Heavenly Sin Hundred Streams to kill fifty before the rest engulfed him.

Chu Tiannan repeatedly challenged the arena trials, clearing the third-stage trial but being overwhelmed by fourth-stage Emperor Poison Dragon Scorpions. His performance attracted the attention of an unknown powerful man, who ordered his aide to keep watching and guide him if needed.

• Chu Tiannan said the repeated slaughter had made his cultivation smoother and his Life Core clearer and more condensed.
• Chu Tiannan returned to the solo trial and defeated the final third-stage Emperor Poison Dragon Scorpion, passing the trial.
• Chu Tiannan entered the fourth-stage trial but was immediately overwhelmed by the Emperor Poison Dragon Scorpions’ combat skills, then kept retrying and losing.
• A round-headed man watched footage of Chu Tiannan’s battles and asked his white-clad swordswoman aide to identify him.
• The aide reported that Chu Tiannan had recently come from the Heaven Dou Universe Nation and had been training in the arena for nearly half a year.
• The round-headed man ordered the aide to keep observing Chu Tiannan and offer guidance when necessary.

After completing the latest simulated trial and reaching Starry Sky Level Sixth Stage, Chu Tiannan entered the combat arena to sharpen his fighting skills. Devour Dog matched him with opponents at his Stubborn Bronze rank.

• Chu Tiannan killed the final Emperor Poison Dragon Scorpion and completed the trial despite losing half his shoulder.
• Chu Tiannan reflected on his slowing cultivation and resolved to grow stronger than Luo Quan so he could see Luo'er.
• Devour Dog changed Chu Tiannan's trial ground into a combat arena and explained that he needed to learn to use his strength effectively.
• Devour Dog began matching Chu Tiannan with Stubborn Bronze opponents, and a beam of light transported him away.

Chu Tiannan entered a vast virtual arena for his first battle and faced Lu Niu, a seasoned axe-wielding fighter who mistook him for an easy source of promotion points. The fight began with Chu Tiannan charging at Lu Niu, who swung his axe to meet him.

• Chu Tiannan opened his eyes in a vast desert battlefield and saw Lu Niu appear with a broad axe.
• Lu Niu checked Chu Tiannan’s profile, assumed he was a novice, and celebrated the chance to earn the ten points he needed for promotion to Silver Rank.
• Chu Tiannan checked Lu Niu’s record and learned that the veteran had fought three hundred matches with a forty-three percent win rate.
• Lu Niu offered to let Chu Tiannan give him his ten starting points, but Chu Tiannan refused and charged with his bronze sword.
• Lu Niu dismissed Chu Tiannan’s attack and swung his broad axe in a thunderous chop.

Chu Tiannan tested his combat skills in the virtual arena and won a string of matches by using his superior Soul Power and perfected Shadowless Sword. He left confident that he could keep defeating opponents who could not perceive or block his attacks.

• Chu Tiannan vanished past Lu Niu’s axe and killed him with a single sword strike, earning 100 victory points.
• Chu Tiannan concluded that Soul Power and combat technique were his main advantages, while noting that Lu Niu’s carelessness had made the win easier.
• Chu Tiannan defeated a cautious Martial Artist in a rainy urban arena match, and the opponent could not figure out how he had died.
• Chu Tiannan won several more matches with his ghostlike sword strike and realized he could combine his Soul Power with the Shadowless Sword’s effects.

Chu Tiannan continued his rapid climb through the arena ranks, defeating a veteran Silver fighter and leaving Ying demoted to Bronze. He ended the match with 1,800 victory points and his undefeated streak intact.

• Chu Tiannan reached Silver Second Division with 1,700 victory points and a one hundred percent win rate, attracting attention from powerful fighters.
• Chu Tiannan was matched for the third time against Ying, a Controller who complained that Chu had drained his points before.
• Ying attacked with a hundred silver knives, but Chu Tiannan countered the attack and broke through Ying's defensive barrier with a fist infused with the Law of Chaos.
• Chu Tiannan cleaved Ying in two with his silver sword and won 100 victory points.
• Ying lost 110 victory points, fell below 1,500, and returned to the Bronze rank.