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Lu Qingshan reflected on his rise from a Martial Apprentice to the strongest man on Xuanhuang Star and his efforts to advance the planet’s technology so he could eventually reach cosmic civilization. He left his chamber with Xu Zhong to attend his third son’s Martial Saint banquet.

• Xu Zhong told Lu Qingshan that the third young master's Martial Saint banquet was about to begin.
• Lu Qingshan recalled how his late-bloomer destiny accompanied extraordinary cultivation talent, making him a Martial Saint by age twenty and revealing that Xuanhuang Star was part of the Swallowed Star World.
• Lu Qingshan remembered leading technological advances in Qin and Xuanhuang Star, while recognizing that the planet still lacked the spacecraft and cosmic coordinates needed to reach other civilizations.
• Lu Qingshan considered his Planetary Level eight cultivation and hoped to reach higher realms as technology developed, despite Xuanhuang Star's scarcity of resources.
• Xu Zhong confirmed that the guests had arrived, and Lu Qingshan left his chamber to go to the banquet hall.

At Lu Wenyuan’s Martial Saint banquet, Qin awarded him the title of Marquis Tianyuan while the leaders discussed their families, the sea demonic beasts, and space exploration. Lu Qingshan’s banquet conversation was interrupted when he and the other important guests received urgent communications.

• Zhou Ruilong asked Zhao Gang to recommend his niece as a possible wife for Lu Wenyuan, and Zhao Gang agreed to pass along her information.
• Lu Qingshan arrived at the banquet, greeted the powerful guests, and told Lu Wenyuan to begin the proceedings.
• Qin’s prime minister announced that Lu Wenyuan had been granted the title of Marquis Tianyuan, and the banquet officially began.
• Chu Zhongtian and Wei Changsheng discussed their heirs, the possibility of nurturing another Martial God, and whether Martial Gods could defeat the sea demonic beasts.
• Lu Qingshan asked Zhao Gang about spaceship speed, and Zhao Gang reported a costly new energy source that could increase maximum speed by thirty percent.
• Lu Qingshan ordered the Academy of Sciences to build new spaceships and continue exploring, then he and nearly all the banquet’s important guests received urgent communications.

Demon Saint Meng Qi broke through to the Demon God level and destroyed Jiujiang Base, prompting humanity’s leaders to seek a way to stop him. After a nuclear bomb failed to catch him in its full blast, they realized that defeating him would require their strongest fighters to risk their lives.

• Chu State’s emperor told Chu Zhongtian that Demon Saint Meng Qi had become a Demon God and destroyed Jiujiang Base.
• Chu Zhongtian showed the leaders footage of Meng Qi destroying the base and killing everyone inside before flying toward Wulin Base.
• Wei Changsheng, Chu Zhongtian, and Zhao Gang discussed using nuclear weapons, but Zhao Gang warned that Meng Qi could evade the blast’s core.
• Humanity planted its strongest nuclear bomb at the seventh military base, but Meng Qi escaped the full force and suffered only injuries.
• Humanity concluded that nuclear bombs could not eliminate Meng Qi and that stopping him would require the top powerhouses to risk their lives.

As Demon God Meng Qi threatened humanity, Wei Changsheng, Chu Zhongtian, Lu Qingshan, and other Martial Saints volunteered to fight him. Wei Changsheng urged Lu Qingshan to stay behind as humanity’s last hope, and the chapter ended as strange earthy-yellow airflow appeared in the banquet hall.

• The emperor of Chu State called on the gathered leaders to find a way to stop Demon God Meng Qi after the strongest nuclear bomb failed to kill him.
• Wei Changsheng argued that humanity had to kill Meng Qi rather than rely on hidden survival bases, and he vowed to fight him to the death.
• Chu Zhongtian and other Martial Saints joined Wei Changsheng, each volunteering to face Meng Qi.
• Lu Qingshan chose to join the battle, deciding that fighting alongside humanity was better than retreating to pursue his own future strength.
• Wei Changsheng and Chu Zhongtian asked Lu Qingshan to remain behind as humanity’s last hope, while other experts offered him cultivation resources.
• Earthy-yellow airflow suddenly appeared throughout the banquet hall.

Lu Qingshan entered the Earth Domain during his breakthrough, giving the people of Xuanhuang Star hope that he could fight Demon God Mengqi. The chapter ended with the gathered leaders celebrating as Lu Qingshan said he was confident he could deal with Mengqi.

• Earthen-yellow air spread around Lu Qingshan, and Wei Changsheng identified it as a domain based on a historical record about a Martial Saint who had defeated a Martial God.
• Wei Changsheng explained that a domain surpassed Unity of Heaven and Man and could let a Martial Saint fight stronger opponents, though he could not confirm its power against a Martial God.
• Lu Qingshan completed his breakthrough and realized he had comprehended the first level of the Earth Domain after more than three hundred years of effort.
• Lu Qingshan dismissed his domain and confirmed to Wei Changsheng that he had entered the domain realm.
• When Chu Zhongtian asked whether a domain could contend with a Martial God, Lu Qingshan said he was confident he could deal with Demon God Mengqi.
• The experts and leaders in the banquet hall erupted in celebration at the prospect of surviving Mengqi's threat.

After entering the Domain Realm, Lu Qingshan prepared to confront Demon God Meng Qi, who was recovering in the sea, and chose eighteen veteran Martial Saints to join him. When Meng Qi emerged and attacked another Chu State military base, Lu Qingshan and his companions flew out to face him as their journey was broadcast across Xuanhuang Star; they reached the thousand-meter demon just as the battle was about to begin.

• Lu Qingshan said he could use his Earth Domain without a long period of practice, but planned to wait until Demon God Meng Qi left the sea before attacking.
• Wei Changsheng, Chu Zhongtian, and other Martial Saints volunteered to accompany Lu Qingshan, and the group settled on eighteen veterans nearing the ends of their lifespans.
• Lu Qingshan and the eighteen Martial Saints arranged their affairs before setting out, while Lu promised to protect their families and descendants if they died.
• Three days later, Demon God Meng Qi emerged from the sea and attacked a Chu State military base from a distance, prompting Lu Qingshan and his companions to pursue him.
• As their flight was broadcast across Xuanhuang Star, Lu Qingshan and the others spoke about the stakes of the battle and reached Demon God Meng Qi, a huge six-winged serpent-like demon.

Lu Qingshan and the human powerhouses fought Demon God Meng Qi, whose strength far exceeded their expectations. After Meng Qi killed several Martial Saints and gravely wounded Wei Changsheng, Lu Qingshan burned his soul to unleash a desperate power-up, leaving him one minute to try to defeat the beast.

• Demon God Meng Qi charged at Lu Qingshan, whose first direct clash revealed that Meng Qi's explosive power vastly exceeded his own.
• Lu Qingshan warned the human powerhouses to avoid head-on clashes, and they surrounded Meng Qi and attacked while Lu held him off with his Earth Domain.
• Meng Qi changed targets and killed five Martial Saints, then severed Wei Changsheng in two as the human fighters continued attacking without retreating.
• Lu Qingshan burned his soul to unleash a desperate finishing move, greatly amplifying his strength at the cost of having only one minute to fight.

Lu Qingshan and the human powerhouses killed Demon God Meng Qi, but their victory cost many lives and left Lu Qingshan unconscious. The chapter ended with Xuanhuang Star’s factions announcing the battle’s devastating losses.

• Lu Qingshan struck Demon God Meng Qi with the Heaven-Shaking Long Staff, badly injuring his wing and giving the other human powerhouses a chance to attack.
• The human fighters risked their lives to wound Meng Qi, and Liu Dehui died while helping Lu Qingshan strike the Demon God’s tail.
• Meng Qi tried to flee toward the sea, but human fighters blocked his path at the cost of their lives while Lu Qingshan battered him to death.
• After Meng Qi died, Lu Qingshan lost consciousness and began falling; Chu Zhongtian caught him and led the survivors away with him, Wei Changsheng, and Meng Qi’s corpse.
• The factions announced that Lu Qingshan had fallen into a deep sleep, Wei Changsheng had died from his grievous injuries, and eleven fifth- and sixth-tier Martial Saints had perished.

Universe Adventurers led by Weilusi found an abandoned spacecraft and learned its data pointed to an inhabited planet whose people had not contacted cosmic civilization. They set course for the planet, which lay in the star system containing Xuanhuang Star.

• Weilusi's team returned from surveying a barren planet, finding only low-value black iron deposits.
• Enstan detected an unidentified spacecraft, and Weilusi ordered the team to investigate it.
• Mig used an unmanned probe to retrieve the spacecraft's storage devices and discovered it had been launched by an uncontacted civilization.
• Mig traced the spacecraft's journey to an inhabited planet a little over three months away at sublight speed.
• Weilusi ordered the team to race toward the planet, heading for the star system containing Xuanhuang Star.

Three months after the battle against Demon God Meng Qi, Xuanhuang Star had recovered while Lu Qingshan remained asleep. An adventurer team led by Weilusi arrived in orbit and began investigating the planet, unaware that its inhabitants had not detected their ship.

• Li Yunshang told Zhao Gang that Lu Qingshan showed no sign of waking and learned that unrest among the Academy of Sciences' experts had slowed its research.
• Li Yunshang assigned her eldest son, Lu Wenye, to help Zhao Gang keep the Academy of Sciences operating and reminded him to protect its focus on technological research and discovering other civilizations.
• Weilusi and his adventurers approached Xuanhuang Star in a C9-Class Spaceship and found that the planet's satellite could not detect them.
• Weilusi ordered the ship intelligence Morty to investigate Xuanhuang Star's economy, religion, experts, military, and technology, especially the strength of its experts.
• Morty began gathering information from Xuanhuang Star's widely available online networks and displaying key findings to Weilusi's group.

Weilusi's adventurer crew learned that Xuanhuang Star had no Star Level warriors and debated how to profit from claiming it. A combat recording revealed both the valuable Ziqian Myriad Snake and Lu Qingshan's astonishing domain, leaving Weilusi shocked by the Planetary Level warrior's talent.

• Morty reported that Xuanhuang Star had over five billion humans, more than two thousand Planetary Level warriors, and no Star Level warriors, prompting the adventurers to celebrate.
• Weilusi said he intended to subjugate the planet and report it to his family, while a crew member proposed selling it to the White Dragon Society and Enstan and Mig warned of the dangers and cruelty involved.
• Weilusi decided that the crew would choose what to do with the planet after investigating further.
• Morty showed the crew a recording of Lu Qingshan and other Planetary Level natives fighting Demon God Meng Qi, whom Enstan identified as a Ziqian Myriad Snake worth hundreds of billions of Golden Lion Currency.
• Weilusi focused on Lu Qingshan's domain and realized that a Planetary Level native had reached the Domain Realm, a feat that astonished him.

Weilusi’s adventurer team watched Lu Qingshan kill Demon God Meng Qi and learned that Lu had entered the Domain Realm despite being a young Planetary Level warrior. Recognizing his extraordinary potential, Weilusi decided to recommend him to Ancestor Kanuo rather than exploit Xuanhuang Star.

• Weilusi ordered Morty to check whether Lu Qingshan had survived, and Morty reported that Lu had been taken home unconscious and had not awakened.
• Weilusi explained that Lu’s Domain Realm achievement made him rarer and more valuable than the Ziqian Myriad Snake, astonishing the adventurer team.
• The team reviewed Lu’s records, learned he was only a little over three hundred years old, and praised his talent and loyalty.
• Weilusi proposed giving Xuanhuang Star to the family and recommending Lu to Ancestor Kanuo as a disciple.
• Enstan and the rest of the team agreed to support Weilusi’s plan, and Weilusi said he would contact the ancestor.

Weilusi told Ancestor Kanuo about Lu Qingshan’s Planetary Level domain and recommended him as a disciple, while also reporting the newly discovered inhabited planet. Weilusi’s party reached the Lu family estate and revived Lu Qingshan with a Green Mulberry Fruit.

• Weilusi contacted Kanuo through the Golden Lion Empire’s virtual network and reported the new planet and Lu Qingshan’s talent.
• Kanuo agreed to take Lu Qingshan as his disciple and set off to meet Weilusi, who headed for the Lu family estate with his team.
• Weilusi’s spaceship arrived openly at the estate, and he reassured Li Yunshang, Zhao Gang, and the others that his party meant no harm.
• Weilusi gave the unconscious Lu Qingshan a Green Mulberry Fruit, and Lu Qingshan soon woke up.

After awakening, Lu Qingshan learned that Weilusi’s team had found Xuanhuang Star by tracking a spacecraft and had revived him with a Green Mulberry Fruit. Weilusi explained the surrounding cosmic powers and offered to recommend Lu Qingshan as a disciple to his family’s powerful ancestor, potentially making Xuanhuang Star his planet to govern.

• Lu Qingshan thanked Weilusi and his adventurers for saving him, then welcomed them to the Lu Family and asked Li Yunshang to inform the other factions while keeping them away from the guests.
• At a reception, Weilusi explained that the Scorpio System was ruled by the Purple River Empire, which served the Golden Lion Empire and the Heavenly Star Universe Country.
• Lu Qingshan asked what would happen to Xuanhuang Star, and Weilusi said his Kanuo Family could claim it, purchase it, or jointly govern it with an empire.
• Weilusi revealed that he wanted to recommend Lu Qingshan, who had reached the Domain Realm at the Planetary Level, as a disciple to the Kanuo Family ancestor.
• Lu Qingshan accepted, and Weilusi said the ancestor was already on his way and might place Xuanhuang Star under Lu Qingshan’s name if he became his disciple.

After learning about events on Xuanhuang Star, Lu Qingshan punished the factions that had caused trouble and prepared to leave with Kanuo, who accepted him as his fifth personal disciple. The chapter ended with Lu Qingshan departing for Purple Water Star while Weilusi and others stayed behind to help bring Xuanhuang Star into interstellar civilization.

• Li Yunshang told Lu Qingshan that Wei Changsheng had died and that people were exploiting his death, while the Spear Saint's disciple had been ambushed and robbed.
• Lu Qingshan and Weilusi tracked down the troublesome factions and experts on Xuanhuang Star, punished or killed them, and informed the planet's factions about interstellar civilization.
• Weilusi brought Lu Qingshan to meet Kanuo, who accepted him as his fifth personal disciple and told him to travel to Purple Water Star after settling affairs at home.
• Kanuo explained how Xuanhuang Star could join interstellar civilization and how Lu Qingshan's companions could contact or visit him.
• After Lu Qingshan arranged matters on Xuanhuang Star, he left for Purple Water Star with Kanuo and Weilusi, while Enstan remained behind to maintain stability.

The Human Race’s leaders debated expanding their territory, but Original Ancestor chose to attempt a dangerous breakthrough to seize control of the Primal Universe. He entrusted Chaos with the Palm Universe and made Giant Axe promise to protect humanity if he fell, then began his secret technique and provoked the fury of the Original Universe’s Origin Will.

• A newly advanced Universe Strongest and other Human Race powerhouses urged Original Ancestor to expand their territory, but he said he would wait until after his breakthrough.
• Original Ancestor told Giant Axe and Chaos that the Human Race would have to rely on them if the Origin Will killed him during the attempt.
• Original Ancestor gave Chaos the Palm Universe, a Supreme Treasure that could unleash two peak sixth-tier attacks within its range in the Primal Universe.
• Original Ancestor told Giant Axe to take his True Supreme Treasure if he fell, trusting Giant Axe to defend the Human Race.
• Original Ancestor unleashed his secret technique across the Primal Universe and into its Origin Land, causing the Origin Will to erupt in fury and alerting powerful beings throughout the universe.

The white-robed man attempted to seize control of the Original Universe’s Origin Will, but the Supreme Rule empowered it to break free and suppress him. As his disciples failed to rescue him and were restrained in turn, he regretted bringing his Supreme Treasures but vowed never to submit.

• The white-robed man used a secret technique to find the Origin Will and enveloped it in a net of divine power, demanding that it submit.
• The Supreme Rule descended, strengthening the Origin Will, which escaped and sent chains of laws along the white-robed man’s divine power.
• A towering old ancestor sensed the Supreme Rule’s intervention and reflected that the white-robed man had advanced too quickly without an inheritance.
• The gold-robed man and the Savage Giant attacked the law-chain cocoon, but their blows had little effect, and colored chains restrained the Savage Giant until his aura weakened.
• The white-robed man realized the Origin Will intended to suppress him and regretted bringing his Supreme Treasures, but declared that he would never submit.

The Original Ancestor was suppressed by the Original Universe’s Origin Will, while Giant Axe and Chaos responded to a mysterious place he had left behind. Meanwhile, Kanuo brought Lu Qingshan and Weilusi to Purple Water Star to help Lu Qingshan obtain citizenship and protect his homeworld.

• The white-robed man fused part of his consciousness with his secret technique, then disappeared as the Original Universe’s laws suppressed him.
• Giant Axe deduced that the Original Ancestor’s body and will had been suppressed, and he and Chaos connected to a mysterious place the Original Ancestor had left behind.
• Weilusi explained the vast universe to Lu Qingshan during their journey through the Dark Universe aboard Kanuo’s spaceship.
• Kanuo told Lu Qingshan that they would buy him an intelligent Optical Computer on Purple Water Star and help him gain Golden Lion Empire citizenship.
• Kanuo’s spaceship reached Purple Water Star, and he warned Lu Qingshan to follow planetary guidance signals when entering inhabited worlds.

Kanuo brought Lu Qingshan and Weilusi to Purple Water City to register Lu Qingshan as a citizen of the Golden Lion Empire and purchase Xuanhuang Star. After paying for the planet, Kanuo named Lu Qingshan its owner, and the application entered expedited review.

• Kanuo explained Purple Water City’s communication tower to Lu Qingshan and led him and Weilusi to the imperial administration office.
• Lu Qingshan registered as a Golden Lion Empire citizen after officials confirmed he had never held a nationality.
• Weilusi submitted Xuanhuang Star’s coordinates, samples, data, and flight logs, and officials quoted Kanuo five hundred billion Golden Lion Currency for the planet.
• Kanuo paid the purchase price and declared Lu Qingshan the planet’s owner, then Lu Qingshan submitted his identification details.
• Officials began an expedited review expected to take one to three days, while staff later remarked on Lu Qingshan’s good fortune.

After buying Xuanhuang Star, Kanuo rewarded Weilusi for discovering it and gave Lu Qingshan funds to buy supplies as he began his life in the universe. Lu Qingshan and Weilusi then set out to shop on Purple Water Star while Kanuo returned to his manor.

• Kanuo made Weilusi a core member of the Kanuo Family and transferred him one hundred billion in Golden Lion Currency.
• Kanuo opened a Golden Lion Empire Bank account for Lu Qingshan and transferred him one hundred billion in Golden Lion Currency.
• Lu Qingshan recalled that Demon God Meng Qi had awakened the Ziqian Myriad Snake bloodline, and that his corpse remained on Xuanhuang Star until it could be transported for sale.
• Weilusi told Lu Qingshan that the Ancestor had treated him generously and offered to help him find treasures and resources.
• Lu Qingshan thanked Weilusi and followed him toward a shop on Purple Water Star.

Lu Qingshan visited the Treasure Pavilion with Weilusi, bought battle gear, and searched for treasures to accelerate his cultivation. He focused on costly Wood Bud Crystals, whose power could rapidly advance a cultivator.

• Weilusi brought Lu Qingshan to the Treasure Pavilion and explained its reputation and guaranteed quality.
• Weilusi advised Lu Qingshan to wear a Force Battle Suit beneath alloy armor, and Lu Qingshan ordered a tier 2 Yellow Dragon Battle Suit and C2-grade alloy battle armor.
• Weilusi described the extreme cost of auxiliary lifeform battle suits and said the ancestor had spent thousands of years nurturing a Cloud-Touching Vine.
• Lu Qingshan decided to focus on improving his own strength before acquiring an auxiliary lifeform, then asked the attendant for cultivation-accelerating treasures.
• The attendant showed Lu Qingshan several dozen products, and he settled on Wood Bud Crystals priced at a hundred thousand Golden Lion Currency each.

Lu Qingshan compared cultivation resources and chose Silver Light Marrow for his own advancement, while also ordering supplies for the people of Xuanhuang Star. Weilusi warned him about the expense, but Lu Qingshan argued that helping his homeworld grow would bring future benefits; Weilusi recognized the system’s mining potential.

• Weilusi explained the cost and cultivation benefits of Blue Stone Powder, Silver Light Marrow, and Star Essence to Lu Qingshan.
• Lu Qingshan chose Silver Light Marrow, deciding its cost was worthwhile for his future cultivation.
• Lu Qingshan ordered wood bud crystals, Thousand-Year Spirit Marrow, and purple light dew for Xuanhuang Star’s people.
• Weilusi warned Lu Qingshan that spending heavily on his subjects before the planet generated income could leave him short of funds for technology and mining.
• Lu Qingshan said Xuanhuang Star was his home and that stronger people there could earn him more wealth.
• Weilusi recalled the system’s rich A-grade metal deposits and recognized that future mining operations could bring Lu Qingshan substantial income.

Lu Qingshan bought cultivation supplies, equipment, and other resources for developing Xuanhuang Star, then recruited scientific and technical personnel from a slave market. He returned to Kanuo's estate with plans to advance Earth's technology and develop Xuanhuang Star.

• Lu Qingshan spent 9.7 billion Golden Lion Currency on treasures and supplies after discounts at the Treasure Pavilion.
• The Treasure Pavilion arranged to deliver some purchases to Purple Water Star and large-scale resources to Xuanhuang Star within ten days.
• The Treasure Pavilion manager gave Lu Qingshan a membership card offering a five-percent discount, while Weilusi realized the Pavilion likely believed Lu Qingshan owned a life planet.
• Lu Qingshan spent 100 million Golden Lion Currency on slaves, mainly Planetary Level scientific and technical personnel, and Weilusi stopped him from buying Star Level slaves.
• Lu Qingshan and Weilusi returned to Kanuo's estate after spending the afternoon in Purple Water City.

After learning that Xuanhuang Star belonged to him, Lu Qingshan received Kanuo’s promise to protect it and demonstrated his abilities so his teacher could assess him. Kanuo then gave Lu Qingshan manuals for improving force exertion, defending against spirit attacks, and developing his Earth Domain.

• Zi Ying, the thirteenth prince of the Purple River Empire, visited Kanuo, and Weilusi told Lu Qingshan that Zi Ying was a candidate for the throne.
• Kanuo told Lu Qingshan that the Golden Lion Empire had transferred ownership of Xuanhuang Star to him, and promised to station a family fleet there to deter Star Pirates.
• Kanuo took Lu Qingshan to the training grounds and asked him to demonstrate his methods, including his Earth Domain and his tier-two Origin Force weapon, Mountain Suppression.
• Kanuo assessed Lu Qingshan’s force exertion as inadequate and gave him Force Exertion Analysis, Soul Tempering, and the Thick Earth Secret Canon.

The Human Race’s supreme beings discussed how to respond to the Demon Race’s threat after the Original Ancestor was suppressed and how to develop his Virtual Universe secret technique. They decided to establish the Virtual Universe Company to verify humans and provide access to the network.

• Giant Axe told the Human Race’s supreme beings that Demon Ancestor Zhen had demanded the return of seized territory and threatened war.
• Chaos proposed that the Human Race cooperate with the Zerg and Machine Race to contain the stronger Demon Race, and Giant Axe agreed to contact their leaders.
• Giant Axe led a discussion about the Virtual Universe’s ability to transmit information and allow users to comprehend laws without consuming energy.
• The supreme beings concluded that Venerable Hengtie, Venerable Yunxing, and other Machine Race life-forms could help build the Human Race’s communication system, though their processing power limited its potential.
• After Venerable Hengtie and Venerable Yunxing joined the meeting, the Human Race’s leaders decided to establish the Virtual Universe Company to verify humans and open accounts for them.