Recaps

Lu Qingshan trained under Kanuo’s guidance, rapidly improving his force application with the Force Exertion Analysis technique. After learning that his relatives and the family fleet were arriving, he left to meet them before preparing to move to Pastoral Song Star, while Kanuo began planning how to advance his disciple’s future cultivation.

• Lu Qingshan focused on Force Exertion Analysis because his force application was his greatest weakness, while postponing the other two secret techniques.
• Kanuo watched Lu Qingshan increase his force output from twelvefold to fifteenfold in two days and told him that further progress would take sustained cultivation.
• Kanuo told Lu Qingshan that his relatives and the family fleet were arriving and planned for him to cultivate at Pastoral Song Star.
• Weilusi reported that Enstan and the others had reached the spaceship docking port, and Kanuo instructed Weilusi to help Lu Qingshan with his relatives and home planet’s development.
• Lu Qingshan left with Weilusi for the docking port, while Kanuo considered finding him a place in a major power within the Golden Lion Empire.

Lu Qingshan arranged for Li Yunshang and the others to return to Xuanhuang Star and oversee its development while he stayed in the Purple River Empire to cultivate. After seeing them off with Nielsen's fleet, Lu Qingshan accompanied Kanuo to Pastoral Song Star, while Weilusi set out on another adventure.

• Lu Qingshan explained his plans for developing Xuanhuang Star and gave Li Yunshang and the others cultivation resources and funds.
• Li Yunshang asked to stay with Lu Qingshan, but he entrusted her with overseeing Xuanhuang Star and reassured her that Kanuo had sent a fleet to protect it.
• Lu Qingshan urged his children, especially Lu Wenxuan, to cultivate and spoke with Zhao Gang, Chu Zhongtian, and the others.
• Lu Qingshan introduced Li Yunshang and the others to Nielsen, who welcomed them before taking them aboard his fleet toward Xuanhuang Star.
• Lu Qingshan returned to Kanuo's manor and accompanied Kanuo to Pastoral Song Star, while Weilusi led his team on another adventure.

After fifteen years of cultivation on Pastoral Song Star, Lu Qingshan broke through to Star Level second stage. He estimated that reaching Star Level ninth stage would take around eight hundred years at his current pace.

• Kanuo brought Lu Qingshan to Pastoral Song Star and introduced him to the Kanuo Family's core figures, including Huang Ziwei and Aolina.
• Lu Qingshan began cultivating with Kanuo's guidance and access to Pastoral Song Star's facilities.
• After more than twelve years of energy accumulation, Lu Qingshan formed a second miniature star in his dantian and reached Star Level second stage.
• Lu Qingshan assessed his slow energy accumulation and estimated that reaching Star Level ninth stage would take around eight hundred years.

Lu Qingshan decided to seek a major power’s cultivation resources to accelerate his growth, while recognizing that he needed to inform Kanuo first. After meeting Huang Ziwei outside the cultivation chamber, he learned that Kanuo was contacting his senior brother through the Golden Lion Empire’s communications system.

• Lu Qingshan reasoned that joining a major power could earn him rare resources and save time, and planned to tell Kanuo before choosing a faction.
• Lu Qingshan left the gravity cultivation chamber and met Huang Ziwei, who noticed that Lu Qingshan had reached star level second stage.
• Huang Ziwei praised Lu Qingshan’s talent and invited him to advise the young elites, but Lu Qingshan declined.
• Huang Ziwei received a call from Kanuo through the Golden Lion Empire’s communications system and connected it.

Kanuo ordered Huang Ziwei and Lu Qingshan to travel to the Purple River Empire's Imperial Capital Star and secure a Virtual Universe Company office for the Kanuo Family on Pastoral Song Star. After Huang Ziwei arranged matters on the planet, they set out together aboard his C9-grade spaceship.

• Kanuo contacted Huang Ziwei and Lu Qingshan and told them to leave immediately for the Imperial Capital Star.
• Kanuo explained that the Virtual Universe Company was establishing offices across the Golden Lion Empire and Heavenly Star Universe Country, and that it planned to select important planets in the Purple River Empire.
• Kanuo tasked Huang Ziwei with getting an office built on Pastoral Song Star and advised him to seek help from the Kunbu Family.
• Kanuo told Lu Qingshan to accompany Huang Ziwei to the Imperial Capital Star.
• Huang Ziwei arranged matters on Pastoral Song Star, then he and Lu Qingshan departed aboard his C9-grade spaceship.

Lu Qingshan and Huang Ziwei traveled to Imperial Capital Star to seek a Virtual Universe Company office qualification for Pastoral Song Star. Buerwo agreed to contact a company staff member for them, but warned that they must not attempt a bribe.

• Huang Ziwei welcomed Lu Qingshan to his manor and offered to lend him money if he needed it.
• Huang Ziwei learned that the Virtual Universe Company would select six hundred prosperous life planets and said Pastoral Song Star’s limited development could hurt its chances.
• Huang Ziwei and Lu Qingshan went to the Kunbu Family to ask for help securing a qualification.
• Buerwo explained that quotas were scarce and Pastoral Song Star was not prosperous enough, but offered to contact a Virtual Universe Company staff member.
• Buerwo warned Huang Ziwei and Lu Qingshan that bribing company staff could get their families blacklisted.

Lu Qingshan and Huang Ziwei secured approval for a Virtual Universe Company branch on Pastoral Song Star, opened Virtual Universe accounts, and explored the newly launched network. After they reported their success to Kanuo, he told them to wait on Imperial Capital Star for a new assignment.

• Buerwo introduced Lu Qingshan and Huang Ziwei to a Virtual Universe Company employee, and Huang Ziwei persuaded the employee to approve a branch on Pastoral Song Star.
• Lu Qingshan and Huang Ziwei opened Virtual Universe accounts, and Lu Qingshan bought anonymous accounts and consciousness-sensing helmets for Xuanhuang Star's ordinary people.
• Lu Qingshan connected to the Virtual Universe and met Huang Ziwei there, where they discussed its early features.
• Huang Ziwei called Kanuo and reported that the branch application had succeeded, and Kanuo praised him and told both disciples to wait for his next assignment.

Kanuo reunited with Lu Qingshan and Huang Ziwei on Imperial Capital Star, then explained that he had researched major factions in the Golden Lion Empire to find a place where Lu Qingshan could advance his cultivation. Lu Qingshan agreed to join Heavenly Pillar Mountain, and Kanuo planned to take him to Heavenly Eye Star for its recruitment in six months.

• Kanuo arrived at Huang Ziwei's manor, praised Huang Ziwei's work, and told him to coordinate the Virtual Universe Company branch on Pastoral Song Star.
• Kanuo told Lu Qingshan that his talent had surpassed what Kanuo could teach him and recommended that he join a major faction for further guidance and resources.
• Kanuo described the Golden Lion Empire's twelve super factions and said Heavenly Pillar Mountain was the best fit for Lu Qingshan.
• Lu Qingshan accepted Kanuo's recommendation to join Heavenly Pillar Mountain.
• Kanuo told Lu Qingshan to prepare for their journey to Heavenly Eye Star after Kanuo visited friends on Imperial Capital Star.

Lu Qingshan arrived at Heavenly Eye Star with Kanuo and joined Heavenly Pillar Mountain as a Second Grade Elite, with the chance to test for First Grade status. After hearing the mountain's rules, he joined a small group of higher-ranked elites boarding an E-class ship for headquarters.

• Kanuo brought Lu Qingshan to Heavenly Eye Star, where Deacon Spencer confirmed his earth domain and offered him Second Grade Elite status.
• Lu Qingshan agreed to join Heavenly Pillar Mountain, and Kanuo left after Spencer took charge of him.
• Lu Qingshan met Molik, another Second Grade Elite, while waiting with other recruits.
• A Domain Lord explained Heavenly Pillar Mountain's rules and separated the Third Grade Elites from the higher-ranked recruits.
• Lu Qingshan and the other Second Grade Elites boarded an E-class ship with Spencer and other Universe Level powerhouses, bound for headquarters.

Lu Qingshan arrived at Heavenly Pillar Mountain's headquarters and was revealed to be a first grade elite, alongside Terrance. Domain Lord Lin Tian took the two of them away for further cultivation while Spencer and the others returned to Heavenly Eye Star.

• Lu Qingshan and the other elites arrived at Heavenly Pillar Planet, where headquarters staff explained that cultivators still had to compete for resources.
• Most of the arrivals followed a green-robed deacon to the second grade elites' cultivation grounds, while Lu Qingshan and Terrance stayed behind as first grade elites.
• Molik realized Lu Qingshan was a first grade elite and decided he should get closer to him.
• Lin Tian praised Lu Qingshan's Earth Domain and Terrance's Wind Domain, predicting Terrance could become a special grade elite.
• Lin Tian took Lu Qingshan and Terrance with him, while Spencer and the others returned to Heavenly Eye Star.

Domain Lord Lin Tian brought Lu Qingshan and Terrance to Heavenly Pillar Mountain’s elite training grounds, where Lu Qingshan had to pass the Trial Tower assessment to qualify as a first-tier elite. The chapter ended with Lu Qingshan putting on a trial helmet to begin.

• Domain Lord Lin Tian led Lu Qingshan and Terrance into a vast World Lord World inside Heavenly Pillar Mountain’s manor.
• Terrance asked to watch Lu Qingshan’s test, and Domain Lord Lin Tian agreed.
• Lin Tian explained that elites competed in the Trial Pagoda for rankings and resources, and that those stuck in the bottom three for ten years were demoted.
• Lin Tian told Lu Qingshan he had to clear the Trial Tower’s seventh floor, where the trial restricted physical attributes to Planetary Level Nine.
• Lu Qingshan put on a bright silver helmet to enter the trial space.

Lu Qingshan entered the Trial Tower to qualify as a First Grade Elite of Heavenly Pillar Mountain and rapidly cleared its first six floors. He reached the sixth floor’s end after defeating a hundred Sky Wolves, with the seventh-floor challenge still ahead.

• Domain Lord Lin Tian explained that Lu Qingshan had to clear the Trial Tower’s seventh floor to become a First Grade Elite, and the tower equalized their physical attributes at planetary level nine.
• Lu Qingshan chose Mountain Suppression and a First-Order Force Battle Suit, then cleared the first floor by killing ten Azure Sky Demon Apes in under half a minute.
• Lu Qingshan defeated ten Ziqian Myriad Snakes on the second floor and ten Sky Wolves on the third floor.
• Lu Qingshan cleared the fourth floor by killing a hundred Azure Sky Demon Apes in under five minutes, then defeated a hundred Ziqian Myriad Snakes on the fifth floor in just over eight minutes.
• Lu Qingshan killed a hundred planetary level nine Sky Wolves on the sixth floor after about thirteen minutes.

Lu Qingshan cleared the Trial Tower’s seventh floor by using the city buildings to defeat ten powerful Azure Sky Demon Apes one by one, earning first grade elite status at Heavenly Pillar Mountain. He was killed on the eighth floor after defeating only one of ten Ziqian Myriad Snakes, then emerged from the tower and received Lin Tian’s congratulations.

• Lin Tian watched Lu Qingshan clear the sixth floor and expected the seventh floor to test his combat ability beyond his first-layer domain.
• Lu Qingshan faced ten Stellar Level One Azure Sky Demon Apes, underestimated their strength, and struggled when they surrounded him.
• Lu Qingshan escaped into a high-rise building and used his movement technique and the surroundings to kill all ten apes within eighteen minutes.
• Lin Tian declared Lu Qingshan a first grade elite of Heavenly Pillar Mountain after he cleared the seventh floor.
• Lu Qingshan fought ten Ziqian Myriad Snakes on the eighth floor, killed one, and was killed by the remaining nine.
• Lu Qingshan was ejected from the Trial Tower, and Lin Tian congratulated him on his new status and privileges.

Lu Qingshan and Terrance became First Grade Elites of Heavenly Pillar Mountain, and Domain Lord Lin Tian explained how their rankings would shape their benefits and opportunities. Lu Qingshan studied the elite system and its rewards, while both newcomers began at the bottom of the rankings.

• Domain Lord Lin Tian confirmed that Lu Qingshan passed the Trial Tower test and announced that he and Terrance would become First Grade Elites.
• Lin Tian advised Lu Qingshan and Terrance to focus on demonstrating their talent before accepting recruitment offers from factions.
• Lin Tian registered Lu Qingshan and Terrance as First Grade Elites and placed them 138th and 137th, respectively.
• Lin Tian explained that elite rankings depended on Trial Tower ratings and mission results and determined benefits such as cultivation resources and points.
• Lu Qingshan reviewed the elites' rights, obligations, and rewards, including the requirements for earning top-ranking prizes and Special Grade Elite status.

Lu Qingshan studied Heavenly Pillar Mountain’s Elite ranks and cultivation resources, deciding to focus on advancing his Earth Domain so he could reach the top one hundred First Grade Elites. After watching free lessons, he received an invitation to a welcome banquet hosted by Wang Chen for him and Terrance.

• Lu Qingshan learned that becoming a Special Grade Elite required either ranking first among First Grade Elites for a hundred years or clearing the Trial Tower’s Thirteenth Floor, and he resolved to aim first for the top one hundred.
• Lu Qingshan chose to improve his Earth Domain, believing the second layer would raise his Trial Tower performance and help him qualify for better rewards.
• Lu Qingshan browsed Heavenly Pillar Mountain’s Earth Domain resources and watched free instructional videos because he had no points to spend.
• Deep Blue reminded Lu Qingshan to attend a welcome banquet hosted by Wang Chen for him and Terrance.

Lu Qingshan declined the Wang Family and other factions’ offers, choosing to focus on cultivating his Earth Domain instead. Over the next thirty years, his rankings stayed near the bottom while Terrance steadily rose, and Lu Qingshan continued to turn down Wang Chen’s persistent invitation.

• At a banquet, Wang Chen offered Lu Qingshan a life planet if he joined the Wang Family, but Lu Qingshan declined so he could cultivate in peace.
• Lu Qingshan learned that Terrance had also refused to join the Wang Family, then turned down recruitment offers from other factions.
• Lu Qingshan devoted himself to cultivating his Earth Domain and completed only the minimum adventure missions, ranking 131st after a year; Terrance ranked 88th.
• As the yearly rankings continued, Terrance steadily climbed while Lu Qingshan stayed around 130th, unnoticed by most elites despite his plan to improve his Domain.
• Wang Chen continued treating Lu Qingshan well and kept the Wang Family’s offer open, but Lu Qingshan declined again; another thirty years passed.

After nearly thirty years focused on Earth Domain cultivation at Heavy Mountain Peak, Lu Qingshan broke through to the second level. With the First Grade Elite rankings about to be recalculated, he headed to the Trial Tower to improve his standing and gain access to better rewards.

• Lu Qingshan cultivated at Heavy Mountain Peak, devoting nearly all his time and points to comprehending the Earth Domain while remaining at Star Level Second Stage.
• Lu Qingshan sensed a new insight into the Earth Origin Law and advanced his Earth Domain from the first level to the second.
• Lu Qingshan realized the breakthrough could help him rise into the top forty of Heavenly Pillar Mountain's First Grade Elite rankings, despite his weaker mission results.
• Lu Qingshan recalled that the rankings would be recalculated that day and left Heavy Mountain Peak for the First Grade Elite trial hall to challenge the Trial Tower.

Lu Qingshan returned to the Trial Pagoda as Heavenly Pillar Mountain's first-class elite rankings were about to be updated. After learning that the domain second layer could allow elites to reach the tenth floor, he began a new challenge against ten Stellar Level One Ziqian Myriad Snakes.

• Lu Qingshan arrived at the Trial Pagoda and greeted Beavis, who told him Kedun was aiming to improve his ranking.
• Terrance arrived and drew attention from the gathered elites, while Beavis remarked on spirit readers' advantages over warriors.
• Lu Qingshan told Beavis that warriors and spirit readers were equal at the highest levels, then went to challenge the Trial Tower.
• Lu Qingshan selected the Mountain Suppression weapon and a First-Order Force Battle Suit before entering the tower.
• Lu Qingshan faced ten Ziqian Myriad Snakes, enemies that had defeated him many times before, and prepared to fight again.

Lu Qingshan used his second-level Earth Domain to clear the eighth and ninth floors of the Trial Tower, but died on the tenth floor and reached level 10.0. At the annual rankings, Terrance found himself just outside the top fifty and was shocked to see Lu Qingshan ranked thirty-sixth.

• Lu Qingshan killed all ten Ziqian Myriad Snakes on the eighth floor in just over ten minutes.
• Lu Qingshan defeated ten Sky Wolves on the ninth floor after a grueling eighteen-minute battle.
• Lu Qingshan died against a hundred stronger Azure Sky Demon Apes on the tenth floor, raising his Trial Tower level to 10.0.
• Terrance saw that his ranking remained one place short of the top fifty.
• The First Grade Elites reacted with disbelief when Lu Qingshan appeared at rank thirty-six on the blue stone stele.

After ranking thirty-sixth among the First Grade Elites, Lu Qingshan drew attention from the geniuses at Heavenly Pillar Mountain after confirming he had reached the domain second layer. Terrance watched others gather around Lu Qingshan and resolved to reach the wind domain second level so he could surpass him.

• Terrance and the other First Grade Elites were shocked when Lu Qingshan ranked thirty-sixth, and Kebino suggested he had cleared the ninth floor of the Trial Tower by reaching the domain second layer.
• Wang Chen greeted Lu Qingshan and praised his ranking, and Lu Qingshan confirmed he had reached the domain second layer.
• Lu Qingshan told Wang Chen that he had killed none of the Azure Sky Demon Apes on the tenth floor before they overwhelmed him.
• Geniuses who had reached the domain second layer gathered to greet Lu Qingshan and make his acquaintance.
• Terrance watched Lu Qingshan become the center of attention and resolved to reach the wind domain second level so he could surpass him.

After fifty years of diligent cultivation, Lu Qingshan continued aiming for the top ten and its Evolution Spirit Liquid reward. Terrance broke through to the second level of the wind domain and hurried to challenge the Trial Pagoda, confident that he could surpass Lu Qingshan.

• Lu Qingshan declined two Domain Lord Level experts' offers to take him as a disciple and continued cultivating at Heavenly Pillar Mountain.
• Lu Qingshan entered the top forty overall and set his sights on reaching the top ten to request Evolution Spirit Liquid.
• Terrance fought a flock of Bloodthirsty Vultures during a cultivation mission and killed seven before becoming surrounded.
• Terrance broke through to the second level of the wind domain, escaped the flock, and completed his mission.
• Terrance decided he could reach the top ten and hurried to the Trial Pagoda to challenge the Trial Tower.

Terrance reached the second level of the wind domain and tested his progress in the Trial Tower, clearing its ninth floor but failing on the tenth. At the pagoda, he encountered Lu Qingshan, who had just reached the third level of the earth domain.

• Terrance told the First Grade Elites that he had reached the second level of the wind domain and entered the Trial Tower to test himself.
• Terrance killed all ten Sky Wolves on the ninth floor but failed to clear the tenth floor after killing sixteen Azure Sky Demon Apes.
• Terrance reflected that reaching the top ten overall would let him apply for Evolution Spirit Liquid, and believed his spirit-reader talent would help him surpass Lu Qingshan.
• Terrance encountered Lu Qingshan at the Trial Pagoda and felt competitive toward him, while Lu Qingshan remained unmoved.
• Lu Qingshan had reached the third level of the earth domain after fifty years of cultivation.

Lu Qingshan cleared the Trial Tower’s tenth layer and reached level 11.2, expecting the result to place him among Heavenly Pillar Mountain’s top ten. When the rankings updated, he placed sixth, ahead of Terrance at ninth.

• Lu Qingshan cleared the Trial Tower’s tenth layer, then killed 27 Ziqian Myriad Snakes on the eleventh before being defeated and reaching Trial Tower level 11.2.
• Lu Qingshan expected his result to put him in the overall top ten and planned to use Evolution Spirit Liquid to advance his cultivation.
• Lu Qingshan greeted Beavis, who tried to comfort him about Terrance’s rise in the rankings.
• The rankings updated, placing Terrance ninth and Lu Qingshan sixth, stunning the gathered elites.

Lu Qingshan emerged from the Trial Pagoda having reached a Third-Stage Domain after only fifty years, drawing the attention and respect of Heavenly Pillar Mountain’s leading First Grade Elites. Terrance accepted that he could not catch up to Lu Qingshan but resolved to compete with the others and pursue Parich’s path to becoming a Special Grade Elite.

• Terrance and the other First Grade Elites saw that Lu Qingshan had risen to sixth in the overall rankings and concluded he had reached a Third-Stage Domain.
• Lu Qingshan emerged from the Trial Pagoda, and Parich, Bonas, Liu Guangyuan, and Leises approached to greet him.
• Parich praised Lu Qingshan’s rapid progress, and Lu Qingshan modestly replied that Parich was close to becoming a Special Grade Elite.
• Terrance realized that Lu Qingshan’s talent put him beyond reach, but decided he could still strive to surpass the other elites.
• Terrance resolved to reach the third level of Wind Domain, follow Parich’s example by taking first place a hundred consecutive times, and become a Special Grade Elite.

News that Lu Qingshan reached the Third-Stage Domain after only fifty years spread through Heavenly Pillar Mountain and drew the attention of elites, Domain Lords, and World Lords. Several World Lords considered taking him as a disciple, pending further checks on his background.

• Wang Chen learned that Lu Qingshan had risen to sixth place in the First Grade Elite rankings and discovered he had advanced from the Domain Second Layer to the Third-Stage Domain in fifty years.
• Wang Chen decided to tell his grandfather about Lu Qingshan, hoping his grandfather might take him as a disciple.
• Domain Lord Lin Tian shared news of Lu Qingshan's breakthrough with his companions and recalled that he had brought Lu Qingshan into Heavenly Pillar Mountain.
• World Lord experts across Heavenly Pillar Mountain heard about Lu Qingshan's rapid progress and discussed whether his talent and Earth Domain made him a suitable disciple.
• A newly promoted World Lord decided to investigate Lu Qingshan's detailed information before considering him as a disciple.