Chapter Summaries

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.

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.