Chapter Summaries

Lu Qingshan entrusted his family with managing his life-bearing planets and urged them to keep cultivating after becoming a World Lord Level expert’s disciple. Weilusi learned that Lu Qingshan had given him Lanta Star, and as Weilusi’s team prepared to claim it, Lu Qingshan returned to cultivation.

• Lu Qingshan told Li Yunshang and their children that his introductory gifts included over two hundred life-bearing planets, then entrusted their management to his family and appointed administrators through Teacher Kanuo.
• Lu Qingshan urged his family to cultivate toward the Star Level or Universe Level while he entered long periods of seclusion, then returned to cultivating.
• Weilusi learned from Ancestor Kanuo that Lu Qingshan had given him Lanta Star and was instructed to travel to Imperial Capital Star to complete the transfer.
• Weilusi told his adventurer team that Lanta Star would become a home for their families, and ordered the spaceship to change course for Imperial Capital Star.
• Weilusi sent Lu Qingshan a grateful email, and Lu Qingshan replied that he was in seclusion before resuming cultivation.

Fifty years later, Lu Qingshan cleared the Trial Tower’s twelfth layer and became eligible to apply for Special Grade Elite status. He failed to defeat the ten opponents on the thirteenth layer, then submitted his application to Heavenly Pillar Mountain.

• Lu Qingshan defeated one hundred Stellar Level One Sky Wolves and cleared the Trial Tower’s twelfth layer.
• He reflected on reaching the Earth Domain fourth layer after fifty years of guidance from Wells and regretted how slowly domain comprehension progressed.
• Lu Qingshan entered the thirteenth layer, killed two Stellar Level 4 Azure Sky Demon Apes, and was defeated by the rest.
• His Trial Tower rating became 13.2, making him eligible to become a Special Grade Elite.
• Lu Qingshan applied through Heavenly Pillar Mountain’s internal system for Special Grade Elite status.

Lu Qingshan’s application to become a Special Grade Elite was approved, granting him exceptional status and resources within Heavenly Pillar Mountain. As Terrance considered seeking a mentor and Wang Chen prepared to advance to the Universe Level, Lu Qingshan received an email from his teacher, Wells.

• Fisher and two other Heavenly Pillar Mountain managers approved Lu Qingshan’s Special Grade Elite application after discussing his rapid progress.
• Terrance learned that Lu Qingshan had reached the fourth-level domain and emailed Normanden about becoming his disciple.
• Wang Chen heard that Lu Qingshan had become a Special Grade Elite, decided he could advance to the Universe Level, and went to congratulate him.
• Lu Qingshan reviewed the benefits of Special Grade Elite status, including a territory, guards, personal instruction, and access to fleets.
• Wang Chen gave Lu Qingshan an inhabited planet, then told him he planned to break through to the Universe Level and left.
• Lu Qingshan received an email from Wells as he prepared to move to his new residence.

Lu Qingshan met with Wells after becoming a Special Grade Elite and learned that reaching the earth domain eighth layer within two thousand years could earn him a recommendation to the Heavenly Star Holy Land. Wells explained the benefits and dangers of joining, while Aomengsi worried Lu Qingshan might meet the same fate as a genius who died on a training mission.

• Lu Qingshan visited Wells, where Aomengsi congratulated him on becoming a Special Grade Elite after clearing the Trial Tower's twelfth floor.
• Wells praised Lu Qingshan for reaching the earth domain fourth layer in fifty years and credited his rapid progress to his talent and comprehension.
• Wells said he could recommend Lu Qingshan to the Heavenly Star Holy Land if he reached the earth domain eighth layer within two thousand years.
• Wells explained that the Holy Land's resources could save Lu Qingshan over a million years of energy accumulation, but Aomengsi warned that its training missions had a high death rate.
• Aomengsi recalled that Edgar, a once-in-a-million-years genius, had died on a Holy Land training mission and resolved to dissuade Lu Qingshan if he later qualified.

Wells demonstrated the Earth Domain and Earth Origin Law to Lu Qingshan, then advised him to focus on the domain before studying the law. Lu Qingshan settled into his new Special Grade Elite manor and began planning to cultivate at Star Level for longer.

• Wells demonstrated the first five layers of the Earth Domain to Lu Qingshan, then showed Aomengsi his insights into the Earth Origin Law.
• Wells told Lu Qingshan to focus on comprehending the Earth Domain and sent him to arrange the privileges and resources that came with becoming a Special Grade Elite.
• Aomengsi asked Wells about becoming an Immortal God, and Wells explained how rare the achievement was in the Golden Lion Starfield.
• Fogel led Lu Qingshan to the Special Grade Elites' World Lord World and introduced his manor, guard captain Oliver, and staff.
• Lu Qingshan decided to keep cultivating the Earth Domain at Star Level, handed his new territory to Li Yunshang and the others, and began secluded cultivation.

After more than six hundred years of cultivation, Terrance broke through to the Wind Domain Fourth Layer and gained the strength to clear the Trial Tower’s twelfth layer. He deliberately stopped one kill short so Liu Guangyuan would remain a First Grade Elite for another hundred years, then waited for the rankings to update.

• Terrance reached the Wind Domain Fourth Layer in Falling Wind Valley after hundreds of years of cultivation.
• Terrance recalled how he and Liu Guangyuan had competed for first place for more than two hundred years, until Liu Guangyuan cleared the Trial Tower’s Eleventh Layer.
• Terrance arrived at the Trial Pagoda as the First Grade Elite rankings were about to update, and Liu Guangyuan taunted him about becoming a Special Grade Elite soon.
• Terrance cleared the Trial Tower’s Eleventh Layer and killed ninety-nine of the hundred Sky Wolves on the twelfth layer.
• Terrance let the final Sky Wolf kill him so Liu Guangyuan would have to wait another hundred years to become a Special Grade Elite, then waited for the rankings to update.

Terrance cleared the Trial Tower’s twelfth floor, became a Special Grade Elite, and ended his centuries-long rivalry with Liu Guangyuan. As he moved into the Special Grade Elites’ World Lord World, he learned that his neighboring residence belonged to Lu Qingshan, whose astonishing progress dwarfed his own.

• Terrance overtook Liu Guangyuan in the rankings, then cleared the twelfth floor of the Trial Tower and raised his rating to 13.4.
• Terrance applied to become a Special Grade Elite, and an email confirmed his promotion after he left the Trial Pagoda.
• Terrance taunted Liu Guangyuan with his own earlier words, while Liu Guangyuan recognized the gulf between their cultivation speeds and said nothing.
• Terrance informed Normanden of his promotion, then traveled to the World Lord World where the Special Grade Elites lived.
• Fogel showed Terrance his new residence beside Lu Qingshan’s, and Terrance reflected on Lu Qingshan’s extraordinary cultivation while resolving to surpass the other Special Grade Elites.

Lu Qingshan mastered the Heaven-Splitting Staff’s third form, Heaven-Splitting Strike, and assessed his growing strength and prospects among the universe’s greatest geniuses. He remained determined to improve, trusting his late bloomer destiny to help him eventually surpass them.

• Lu Qingshan practiced Wind and Rain from Eight Directions and concluded he had brought the Heaven-Splitting Staff’s second form to its limit.
• Lu Qingshan successfully activated the staff’s third form, Heaven-Splitting Strike, and smashed a C-grade alloy pillar with one blow.
• Lu Qingshan estimated that his new attack could threaten most Universe Level First Stage experts, though it consumed more than thirty percent of his Origin Force.
• Lu Qingshan reflected on his age, cultivation progress, and the gap between his current talent and the universe’s top geniuses.
• Lu Qingshan remained confident that his late bloomer destiny would let his comprehension keep growing until he could surpass those geniuses.

Lu Qingshan demonstrated that he could unleash the Heaven-Splitting Staff’s third form, impressing his instructor Clemens. After Aomengsi told him about an upcoming public lecture on the Earth Origin Law by an Immortal God, Lu Qingshan and Clemens joined him on a journey to Imperial Capital Star.

• Lu Qingshan showed Clemens that he could unleash the Heaven-Splitting Staff’s third form, and Clemens praised his talent and rapid progress.
• Aomengsi arrived and invited Lu Qingshan to attend a ten-year public lecture by a Four-Star Heavenly Star Practitioner who had mastered the complete Earth Origin Law.
• Lu Qingshan agreed to go, and Aomengsi also let Clemens join them on the trip to Imperial Capital Star.
• Aomengsi took Lu Qingshan and Clemens aboard his spaceship, which entered the Dark Universe and set course for Imperial Capital Star at eight times the speed of light.

Lu Qingshan arrived at the Heavenly Star Dojo with Aomengsi and Clemens for a rare public course on the Earth Domain and Earth Origin Law, drawing attention as Heavenly Pillar Mountain’s famed young genius. Over three years, experts and cultivators gathered in enormous numbers, and the chapter ended as a powerful pressure descended upon the packed plaza.

• Aomengsi brought Lu Qingshan and Clemens to Imperial Capital Star, where attendees recognized Aomengsi and Clemens and focused especially on Lu Qingshan’s reputation as a prodigy.
• Lambert greeted Lu Qingshan and Aomengsi at the Heavenly Star Dojo and explained that Wells, Sherman, Seraphina, and other disciples were expected to attend.
• Lu Qingshan and his companions joined Lambert and acquaintances to wait for the course and share news and cultivation insights.
• Wells, Sherman, Seraphina, other Heavenly Pillar Mountain geniuses, and promising cultivators from other factions arrived as the gathering grew into a major starfield event.
• Three years later, over sixty World Lord experts, several hundred Domain Lord experts, more than ten thousand Universe Level experts, and several hundred thousand Star Level geniuses filled the plaza.
• A powerful pressure suddenly descended upon the orderly crowd.

Alfred, a Four-Star Heavenly Star Practitioner, began a ten-year public lecture in the Golden Lion Starfield on the Earth Domain and Earth Origin Law. His explanations helped cultivators break through, while Lu Qingshan became fully absorbed in the lecture.

• Alfred arrived at the Heavenly Star Dojo and explained that his lectures served cultivators in remote starfields and earned him contribution points.
• Alfred began teaching the mysteries of the Earth Domain, presenting intricate secret patterns that gave listeners insights according to their cultivation levels.
• On the third day, a Universe Level Ninth Stage cultivator entered the Domain Realm after nearly ninety thousand years of cultivation.
• On the eighteenth day, a Star Level genius comprehended the Earth Domain and rose into the ranks of supreme Star Level geniuses.
• As Alfred continued lecturing and cultivators occasionally broke through, Lu Qingshan ignored the commotion and focused entirely on Alfred's explanations.

Lu Qingshan entered the Earth Domain Eighth Layer while listening to Alfred’s public lectures, strengthening his resolve to cultivate at the Heavenly Star Holy Land. As Alfred’s ten-year lectures ended, Clemens crossed the threshold of the Earth Origin Law.

• After eight years of listening to Alfred explain the Earth Domain and the Earth Origin Law, Lu Qingshan broke through to the Earth Domain Eighth Layer.
• Aomengsi, Lambert, and Lu Qingshan’s other senior brothers and sisters congratulated him, while Alfred noticed his talent and decided to offer him an opportunity after the lectures.
• Lu Qingshan reflected on the benefits of Alfred’s teaching and resolved to keep listening and pursue cultivation at the Heavenly Star Holy Land.
• Near the end of the lectures, Clemens crossed the threshold of the Earth Origin Law after more than sixty thousand years stuck at the Earth Domain Ninth Layer.
• Alfred’s ten-year public lectures ended shortly after Clemens’s breakthrough.

After his public lecture, Alfred invited Lu Qingshan, Chen Jin, and Copperfield to join the Heavenly Star Holy Land, explaining that its training included dangerous but voluntary life-and-death missions. Chen Jin refused, while Lu Qingshan and Copperfield accepted and agreed to travel there together.

• Alfred ended his public lecture and summoned Lu Qingshan, Chen Jin, and Copperfield to meet him privately.
• Alfred introduced himself as an instructor at the Heavenly Star Holy Land and praised the three cultivators’ talent before inviting them to join.
• Chen Jin asked about the Holy Land’s dangerous training missions, then refused the invitation because he feared dying like the genius Edgar.
• Copperfield and Lu Qingshan accepted Alfred’s invitation, and Alfred gave them silver tokens containing the Holy Land’s coordinates.
• After leaving the hall, Chen Jin departed separately, while Lu Qingshan and Copperfield exchanged contact details and agreed to travel to the Heavenly Star Holy Land together.

Lu Qingshan told Wells and the others that he had accepted Alfred’s invitation to join the Heavenly Star Holy Land, arguing that its risks were worth taking for a chance at immortality. Wells was inspired to consider venturing onto the Outer Domain Battlefield, then arranged for Aomengsi to escort Lu Qingshan and Copperfield to the Holy Land.

• Lu Qingshan returned to the square and told Wells that he and Copperfield had accepted Alfred’s invitations to cultivate in the Heavenly Star Holy Land, while Chen Jin had refused.
• Aomengsi warned Lu Qingshan that the Holy Land was dangerous and recalled how the gifted Edgar had died there, but Lu Qingshan insisted that he had to pursue every chance to become immortal.
• Wells praised Lu Qingshan’s determination and said he should take a chance on the Outer Domain Battlefield, which prompted Lu Qingshan and the others to urge him to reconsider.
• Wells said he would think carefully about the battlefield and asked how Lu Qingshan planned to travel to the Holy Land; Lu Qingshan explained that he and Copperfield would go together after handling their affairs.
• Wells arranged for Aomengsi to escort Lu Qingshan and Copperfield through the distant starfields, and Aomengsi agreed.

Lu Qingshan returned to Pastoral Song Star to visit his teacher Kanuo before leaving for the Heavenly Star Holy Land, where he would cultivate after being recruited by Lord Alfred. After arranging for Kanuo to watch over his home, Lu Qingshan traveled to Xuanhuang Star and saw his birthplace again.

• Lu Qingshan arrived at Pastoral Song Star aboard a D-class spaceship with Oliver, startling Huang Ziwei with Oliver’s Universe Level 7 strength.
• Lu Qingshan greeted Huang Ziwei and Kanuo, then told Kanuo that he was leaving to cultivate at the Heavenly Star Holy Land.
• Lu Qingshan explained that Lord Alfred had recruited him after he broke through to the Eighth-Level Domain during Alfred’s public lecture.
• Lu Qingshan asked Kanuo to watch over his home, and Kanuo assured him that his wife managed his territories well and that the Purple River Empire kept them safe.
• After spending a day with Kanuo, Lu Qingshan departed for Xuanhuang Star and recognized the star system where he had been born.

After hundreds of years away, Lu Qingshan returned to Xuanhuang Star and found the Lu Family prospering across hundreds of planets. He laid down rules for his descendants, addressed his daughter’s neglected cultivation, and left again after catching up with his family and old acquaintances.

• Lu Qingshan returned to Xuanhuang Star, where generations of Lu Family descendants gathered to see him.
• Lu Qingshan warned his descendants that the family would punish wrongdoing, then rebuked Lu Wenxuan for neglecting her cultivation and giving her resources to her favorite descendants.
• Lu Qingshan met his disciple Zhao Gang and heard Li Yunshang report on the family’s warriors, planetary territories, and twelve trillion Golden Lion Currency in savings.
• Lu Qingshan praised Li Yunshang for managing the family and territories, and reassured her that her support let him travel the universe without worry.
• Lu Qingshan spent three more days on Xuanhuang Star, met old acquaintances including the star-level Xu Zhong, and departed again by spaceship.

Lu Qingshan met Aomengsi, Copperfield, and Desmond on Azure Blue Star to travel together to Heavenly Star Holy Land. After accepting an E-Class Spaceship gifted by Wells, Lu Qingshan departed with them for the Holy Land.

• Lu Qingshan met Aomengsi on Azure Blue Star after they had each settled matters at home.
• Copperfield arrived with his senior brother Desmond, who had been assigned to escort him, and the group agreed to set out together.
• Aomengsi told Lu Qingshan that Wells had gifted him an E-Class Spaceship for protection, and Lu Qingshan accepted it after initially refusing.
• Lu Qingshan completed the spaceship’s ownership recognition, then piloted it with Aomengsi, Copperfield, and Desmond toward Heavenly Star Holy Land.

Machine Race Universe Venerable Hengtie gained a sudden insight while discussing the Virtual Universe’s limitations and broke through to the Universe Master realm. He emerged able to process information thousands of times faster and help his master manage the Virtual Universe.

• Venerable Jizhu told Hengtie that a breakthrough to Universe Master could solve the Virtual Universe’s computing shortage.
• Hengtie entered sudden enlightenment, causing the parts of the Virtual Universe he managed to malfunction.
• Venerable Jizhu alerted Lord Qingdong and other Human Race experts, who gathered to witness Hengtie’s breakthrough.
• Hengtie fused the three branches of the space origin law and advanced to the Universe Master realm.
• Lord Hengtie absorbed the origin energy, then told the gathered experts that his information-processing ability had increased several thousandfold and that he could help Master handle the Virtual Universe.

Giant Axe Supreme gathered the Human Race’s supreme beings to discuss how Hengtie’s breakthrough and the Virtual Universe could strengthen their race. They agreed to expand virtual education and combat training, create Chaos Steles for cultivating law comprehension, and place them in Original Ancestor’s Initial Universe.

• Giant Axe Supreme explained that the Human Race had weathered the crisis after Original Ancestor’s suppression and shared the news that Hengtie had become a Universe Master.
• Chaos City Lord proposed expanding the Virtual Universe into continents and islands for the Human Race’s Universe Countries, with residences, training halls, and cultivation facilities.
• The Human Race’s supreme beings supported creating Sacred Steles from the insights of Universe Masters and Universe Overlords so juniors could study different cultivation paths.
• Giant Axe Supreme proposed placing the steles in Original Ancestor’s Initial Universe, and the others agreed after he explained its advantages.
• The supreme beings decided to name the steles Chaos Steles, establish Killing Fields in the Virtual Universe, and build Giant Axe Arenas across the Human Race.

Lu Qingshan arrived at the Heavenly Star Secret Realm with Copperfield, where they were welcomed and assigned to separate cultivation areas. Lu Qingshan reached his manor in the Star Level genius area and met his steward, Fiers.

• Deep Blue announced that Lu Qingshan's spaceship had reached its destination, and Lu Qingshan, Aomengsi, Copperfield, and Desmond watched the ship enter the Heavenly Star Secret Realm.
• Lu Qingshan and Copperfield followed a guidance signal to a floating landmass, where silver-armored staff verified their tokens and told Aomengsi and Desmond they could go no farther.
• Lu Qingshan and Copperfield said goodbye to Aomengsi and Desmond, then entered a hall and were assigned to different areas according to their cultivation levels.
• Avril guided Lu Qingshan to the Star Level genius area and explained that the Heavenly Star Holy Land had moved much of its instruction into the Virtual Universe.
• Avril brought Lu Qingshan to his manor, where the servants and their steward, Fiers, greeted him.