Chapter Summaries

After failing his third attempt to reach the Domain Lord realm, Lu Qingshan realized he had only about a hundred and twenty years left to live. As he reflected on his long path from enslaved warrior to free Giant Axe Warrior and ruler of the Maple Leaf Empire, a new insight began to emerge before Nasus announced the arrival of five young geniuses.

• Lu Qingshan failed to form a Domain Lord's Life Core, despite using Heavenly Purifying Water and the empire's accumulated reserves.
• Lu Qingshan estimated that he had only about a hundred and twenty years left and doubted he could gather the resources for another breakthrough attempt.
• Lu Qingshan recalled his enslavement, his thousand battles in the Giant Axe Life-and-Death Battle, and how he later bought Maple Leaf Star and founded the Maple Leaf Empire.
• Lu Qingshan accepted his approaching death and felt an invisible shackle loosen as an insight began to emerge.
• Nasus told Lu Qingshan that Little Sanzi had returned with the empire's five most outstanding young geniuses, and Lu Qingshan ordered him to bring them in.

Lu Qingshan discovered a disciple-recruitment system when he examined Lei Ming, one of the young talents brought to him by Lu San. After taking Lei Ming as his disciple and receiving a hundredfold return, Lu Qingshan gained new insights into the Lightning Domain.

• Lu San brought five young talents from Young Eagle Star to meet Lu Qingshan, who warned that Lu San's lifespan was running short.
• Lu Qingshan examined the youths and saw a system evaluation identifying Lei Ming as eligible for disciple recruitment with a hundredfold return multiplier.
• Lu Qingshan demonstrated the youths' techniques and showed Lei Ming the mysteries of a nascent Lightning Domain, helping him break through his bottleneck.
• Lu Qingshan offered to take Lei Ming as his disciple, and Lei Ming accepted.
• The system returned a hundredfold of Lei Ming's Lightning Domain insights to Lu Qingshan, improving his understanding of the domain.

Lu Qingshan strengthened his fused domains, then arranged to acquire the Nine-Leaf Spirit Ginseng to repair his damaged foundation. After securing the treasure from Yi Wei, he left Imperial Capital Star aboard a ship headed for coordinates on the edge of the Milky Way Galaxy.

• Lu San escorted the five geniuses to the royal treasury, where four received tokens to choose secret arts and Lei Ming was taken to the third floor to learn the Nine Thunder Blades.
• Lu Qingshan defeated a Domain Lord Level 2 phantom in the Virtual Universe and realized his Lightning Domain had reached the perfected ninth stage.
• Lu Qingshan planned to give Lei Ming a foundation-repairing treasure so he could receive a rebate and heal his own damaged foundation.
• Lu Qingshan offered Yi Wei a Universe Galaxy Bank-backed contract and a promise to repay 250 billion Universe Coins within a hundred years in exchange for the Nine-Leaf Spirit Ginseng; Yi Wei agreed to lend it to him.
• After a seven-day banquet, Lu Qingshan received the Nine-Leaf Spirit Ginseng and departed aboard a ship bound for coordinates on the edge of the Milky Way Galaxy.

Lu Qingshan confirmed that the Solar System had disappeared and estimated that Luo Feng would be born in roughly fifty thousand years. Half a year later, he tested Lei Ming’s progress and gave him a Nine-Leaf Spirit Ginseng to help him break through to the Stellar Level.

• Lu Qingshan found no trace of the Solar System and concluded that Hu Yanbo had arrived there, but chose not to investigate the gravely wounded Immortal God.
• Lu Qingshan departed the area after pinning down the timeline, while an unseen figure with a dark-gold greatsword appeared where his ship had vanished.
• Half a year later, Lu Qingshan assessed Lei Ming’s Lightning Domain progress in a cavern beneath the imperial palace on Maple Leaf Star.
• Lu Qingshan gave Lei Ming a Nine-Leaf Spirit Ginseng and told him to consume it so he could break through to the Stellar Level under his protection.
• After Lei Ming began refining the ginseng, Lu Qingshan summoned a fruit filled with powerful life force.

After Lei Ming broke through to Star Level, Lu Qingshan used a Life Fruit to repair his damaged foundation and attempt the Domain Lord breakthrough. He succeeded, gaining a Life Core and a lifespan of nine hundred thousand years.

• Lu Qingshan discovered that bestowing the Nine-Leaf Spirit Ginseng on Lei Ming had earned him ten Life Fruits and kept their existence secret.
• Lei Ming broke through to Star Level, and Lu Qingshan told him to practice the Nine Thunder Blades for a further reward.
• Lei Ming swallowed the remaining Nine-Leaf Spirit Ginseng at Lu Qingshan's command, and Lu Qingshan suppressed its overwhelming energy inside him.
• Lu Qingshan swallowed a Life Fruit, restoring the foundation damaged over tens of thousands of years.
• Lu Qingshan condensed a Life Core and broke through to Domain Lord, extending his lifespan to nine hundred thousand years.

After restoring his foundation, Lu Qingshan grasped a trace of the Law of Lightning and used a Life Fruit to raise his Star-Eating Grass to Universe Level 1. He gave the grass a second fruit to absorb and returned to seclusion to contemplate the law.

• Lu Qingshan tested his improved strength and discovered that his seventh Nine Thunder Blades strike had left a destructive trace of the Law of Lightning in a D5 metal wall.
• Lu Qingshan planned to use eight of his remaining Life Fruits and keep one for later.
• Lu Qingshan fed a Life Fruit to his Star-Eating Grass, raising it from Star Level 5 to Universe Level 1 and increasing its vines from nine to seventy-two.
• Lu Qingshan gave the transforming Star-Eating Grass a second Life Fruit to absorb after it had digested the first.
• Lu Qingshan returned to his meditation chamber to contemplate the Law of Lightning, and three years passed.

Lu Qingshan revealed his Domain Lord breakthrough to Lu Lingxiao, then prepared to leave the Maple Leaf Empire and take Lei Ming traveling to help him advance. After a year of preparations, Lu Qingshan departed Maple Leaf Star with the Star-Eating Grass concealed beneath his armor.

• Lu Qingshan told Lu Lingxiao that Heavenly Purifying Water had repaired his foundations and allowed him to break through to Domain Lord, then handed over responsibility for the empire's resources and future.
• Lu Qingshan told Lu Lingxiao to visit his maternal grandfather and summoned Lei Ming, whose Lightning Domain training had stalled, to accompany him on a journey for training.
• Lu Qingshan instructed Lei Ming to experience the universe and warned that he would have to return alone if his progress disappointed his teacher.
• Lei Ming returned to Horned Thunder Star for a visit, while Lu Qingshan's Star-Eating Grass reached Domain Lord Ninth Stage using eight Life Fruits.
• Lu Qingshan concealed the Star-Eating Grass beneath his battle armor and left Maple Leaf Star aboard a spaceship with a golden maple leaf emblem.

Lu Qingshan brought his disciple Lei Ming to Qiu Long Star, where he sent Lei Ming to open a Galaxy Bank account and went to the Rare Treasure Shop to sell armor. The shop owner agreed to buy his top-grade fourth-tier Thunderlight Armor for 120 billion Universe Coins and five trillion Ganwu Coins.

• Prince Morrison and his adviser saw Lu Qingshan's ship land directly at Qiu Long Star and speculated that he was the legendary Giant Axe Warrior.
• Lu Qingshan transferred ten billion Black Dragon Coins to Lei Ming and told him to open a Galaxy Bank account and explore the city alone.
• Lu Qingshan went to the Rare Treasure Shop and asked its owner to discuss a trade.
• Lu Qingshan showed the owner his top-grade fourth-tier Thunderlight Armor and asked to be paid in Universe Coins.
• The owner accepted Lu Qingshan's counteroffer of 120 billion Universe Coins and five trillion Ganwu Coins.

Lu Qingshan visited his late wife Catherine’s castle on Qiu Long Star and told her father, Kevin, that he planned to join a major faction and seek promising disciples. Kevin endorsed the Ganwu Dojo as a path for him, while Lu Qingshan left open the possibility of meeting and advising Kerry.

• Lu Qingshan visited the castle where he had spent Catherine’s final hundred years and remembered her devotion to gardening and the life they shared.
• Kevin arrived, recognized that Lu Qingshan had become a Domain Lord, and said Catherine would have been happy for him.
• Lu Qingshan told Kevin that he did not plan to become patriarch of Maple Leaf Star and instead wanted to join a major faction and nurture disciples.
• Kevin offered Lu Qingshan half of Qiu Long Star’s shares, but Lu Qingshan declined and said Kerry should inherit the business.
• Kevin complained that Kerry had been recklessly exploring mystic regions, and Lu Qingshan promised to talk to him if they met.
• Lu Qingshan said he planned to try joining the Ganwu Dojo, and Kevin explained how it could help him find talented disciples.

Lu Qingshan visited the Ganwu Dojo on Qiu Long Star with Kevin and asked to join as a Two-Leaf Ganwu Practitioner. The dojo’s instructors agreed to submit an application for his assessment, which would soon bring an examiner to Qiu Long Star.

• Kevin told Lu Qingshan about Mo Li, the strongest One-Leaf Ganwu Practitioner at Qiu Long Star’s Ganwu Dojo, and offered to introduce them.
• Lu Qingshan and Kevin arrived at the dojo, where Mo Li welcomed them after recognizing Lu Qingshan as the Giant Axe Warrior and a Domain Lord.
• In Mo Li’s office, Lu Qingshan explained that he wanted to join the Ganwu Dojo and focus on cultivation.
• Mo Li explained that Lu Qingshan would need approval and a special assessment to join as a Two-Leaf Ganwu Practitioner, while Qianxue advised him to join at the One-Leaf rank first.
• Lu Qingshan chose to attempt the Two-Leaf assessment, and Mo Li and the other instructors agreed to submit a joint application.
• Kevin invited the three instructors to a banquet at the city lord’s residence that evening, and they accepted.

Lu Qingshan took the Ganwu Dojo’s Virtual Universe assessment and passed despite facing an opponent whose water-law attacks overwhelmed most of his abilities. He agreed to join as a Two-Leaf Ganwu Practitioner and signed the contract.

• Lu Qingshan met examiner Mitchell at the Ganwu Dojo and insisted on attempting the assessment despite being below Domain Lord stage five.
• Mitchell sent Lu Qingshan into the Virtual Universe, where Sailisi told him to break through his blockade and escape the planet.
• Lu Qingshan fought through Sailisi’s water attacks, using his seventh Nine Thunder Blades move to cut a path through countless water snakes and escape the planet.
• Mitchell confirmed that Lu Qingshan had passed, then revealed that he had raised the assessment’s difficulty out of curiosity.
• Lu Qingshan agreed to become a Two-Leaf Ganwu Practitioner and signed the contract, securing an annual salary of ten billion Ganwu Coins.

After becoming a Two-Leaf Ganwu Practitioner, Lu Qingshan heard that Mitchell had invited him to join the elite Golden Mist Army as its tenth general’s subordinate. He declined the dangerous opportunity and planned to visit the Ganwu Dojo headquarters in the Virtual Universe instead.

• Lu Qingshan attended Kevin’s banquet, where Qianxue, Mo Li, Yan Shan, and representatives of Qiu Long Star’s factions congratulated him on becoming a Two-Leaf Ganwu Practitioner.
• Mo Li told Lu Qingshan that Mitchell had invited him to consider joining the Golden Mist Army, where Mitchell would soon serve as the tenth general.
• Mo Li explained that the Golden Mist Army hunted criminals, rebels, and alien spies, but its previous tenth general had died suppressing a rebellion.
• Lu Qingshan declined to join, deciding that nurturing disciples was more worthwhile than risking his life in the army.
• Mo Li advised Lu Qingshan to visit the Ganwu Dojo headquarters in the Virtual Universe early, and Lu Qingshan decided to do so.

Lu Qingshan visited the Ganwu Dojo headquarters in the Virtual Universe and chose a First-Class Instructor position so he could remain near talented students. Lord Jimi approved the appointment, leaving Lu with a new role at headquarters.

• Lu Qingshan tested whether he could sense students’ talent in the Virtual Universe, then asked Harley and Adams to guide him to the administration building.
• Harley led Lu there, earned his praise, and reassured Adams that accompanying Lu would benefit them both.
• Lu met Lord Jimi in the personnel department and reviewed several available assignments.
• Lu chose the headquarters First-Class Instructor position, and Lord Jimi approved it based on Lu’s assessment results.

Lu Qingshan chose to become a first-class instructor at Ganwu Dojo headquarters, prompting Mitchell to dismiss him as lacking ambition. After hearing his disciple Lei Ming’s account of the slave market, Lu resolved to leave Qiu Long Star in seven days and guide him on the path to strength.

• Mitchell learned Lu Qingshan had chosen a position at Ganwu Dojo headquarters and removed him from his watchlist, judging that his ambition would not carry him beyond Domain Lord.
• Lu Qingshan told Kevin about his choice, and Kevin lamented that his son Kerry had been away for thousands of years and rarely answered his messages.
• Lei Ming told Lu Qingshan about the enslaved people he had encountered, including Beta and Meng Na, and Lu condemned slavery while vowing to destroy the institution if he ever reached the Universe Master realm.
• Lei Ming said he had trained in the Virtual Universe’s Killing Field but had failed to comprehend a domain, so Lu explained that simulations could not replace the terror of real life-and-death pressure.
• Lu Qingshan told Lei Ming to rest for seven days before they left Qiu Long Star, promising to show him the proper path to becoming strong.

Lu Qingshan brought Lei Ming to Illusory Color Star to test him in a deadly battle against the planet’s occupiers. Lei Ming killed two of the three Star Level warriors, while the last, Modi, opened his third eye and prepared to fight.

• Lu Qingshan and Lei Ming traveled aboard Kevin’s Machine Race spaceship to Illusory Color Star, where Lu Qingshan discovered three Star Level warriors and several hundred Planetary Level fighters.
• Lu Qingshan sent Lei Ming to face the occupiers alone while secretly watching from the void in case his disciple was in danger.
• Lei Ming killed the Star Level third-stage warrior, prompting Modi and Liying to confront him.
• Liying attacked Lei Ming with flying knives while Modi struck him from behind, but Lei Ming used the impact to close in and kill Liying with his fourth Nine Thunder Blades form.
• Modi flew into a rage after losing his two brothers and opened the third eye on his forehead.

Lei Ming comprehended the first level of the lightning domain while fighting Modi, defeating him just as he was about to die. Lu Qingshan healed Lei Ming and arranged to buy Illusory Color Star for him, leaving Lei Ming as its new lord.

• Modi wounded Lei Ming with a poisoned Blood Light Sword and battered him with his saber, leaving him close to death.
• Under the pressure of the fight, Lei Ming comprehended the complete first-level lightning domain and used it to kill Modi.
• Lu Qingshan received a hundredfold return from Lei Ming's breakthrough, greatly advancing his own lightning law comprehension, then healed Lei Ming.
• Lu Qingshan proposed buying Illusory Color Star as a gift, and Lei Ming accepted ownership for the sake of the planet's people.
• Black Dragon Mountain officials recorded the planet's owners as victims of Star Pirates and recognized Lu Qingshan as its savior, enabling Lei Ming to purchase the planet at a discount and become its lord.

On Qiu Long Star, Meng Na and her family learned that Lei Ming had killed Illusory Color Star’s three tyrants and entrusted the planet’s administration to its people. Recognizing him as the friend who had promised to help, Meng Na prepared to return home with Tamu and her great-grandfather, while their shop owner freed them.

• Meng Na’s great-grandfather told her that the three tyrants on Illusory Color Star were dead and that Lei Ming had become its new lord.
• Tamu reported that Lei Ming had handed the planet’s administration to its people and that they planned to buy him and the old man back so they could return.
• Meng Na recognized Lei Ming in the footage and explained that he had once promised to rescue her people.
• Meng Na’s great-grandfather and Tamu thanked her for bringing them the help that saved their people.
• The shop owner freed Tamu and Meng Na’s great-grandfather and offered to lend them money for their journey home.
• After the three left, the shop owner reasoned that helping them might earn him favor with Lei Ming or his powerful connections.

Over ten years, Lu Qingshan trained Lei Ming across the stars, and Lei Ming’s progress helped Lu Qingshan improve his lightning-law comprehension. They arrived in Ganwu City, where they began exploring the vast metropolis before Lu Qingshan entered a shop to sell Force Weapons.

• Lu Qingshan spent ten years putting Lei Ming through dangerous battles, helping him advance to Stellar Level Seventh Stage and a third-stage domain.
• Lei Ming’s breakthroughs triggered rebates that raised Lu Qingshan’s lightning origin law comprehension to 5%, while Lu Qingshan saved one return opportunity for later.
• Lu Qingshan and Lei Ming reached Ganwu City, where a port worker verified Lu Qingshan’s Two-Leaf Ganwu Practitioner status and waived the ship’s docking fees.
• Lu Qingshan explained Ganwu City’s strict rules to Lei Ming and encouraged him to compete for resources and opportunities after joining the Ganwu Dojo.
• Lu Qingshan and Lei Ming explored Ganwu City, then Lu Qingshan chose a nearby shop to sell Force Weapons.

Lu Qingshan sold seven high-grade Force Weapons at the Treasure Pavilion and learned that rare potions could be exchanged for within the Ganwu Dojo. He reported to headquarters, where Jimi appointed him a lightning instructor in the elite section.

• Lu Qingshan sold seven top-grade Tier 4 Force Weapons to Manager Ruyan for one Hunyuan Unit and became a five-star customer.
• Lu Qingshan asked Ruyan about Domain Lord and Bloodline Evolution Potions, then learned that scarce resources could be exchanged for through the Ganwu Dojo.
• Lu Qingshan and Lei Ming went to Ganwu Dojo headquarters, where Lei Ming registered as a Star Level student without taking a test.
• Lu Qingshan reported to Jimi, chose the Lightning Domain as his teaching specialization, and received his work badge as an elite-section lightning instructor.

After settling into his new estate as a First-Class Instructor, Lu Qingshan sought points to obtain an SS-Class Bloodline Evolution Agent for Lei Ming. His neighbor Chi Yan sold him a thousand points, which Lu Qingshan immediately spent on the agent, and the two began forming a friendship.

• Lu Qingshan inspected the points exchange catalog and decided he needed points to buy an SS-Class Bloodline Evolution Agent for Lei Ming.
• Chi Yan, a First-Class Instructor specializing in the Fire Law who lived next door, visited Lu Qingshan and shared food and liquor with him.
• Lu Qingshan asked Chi Yan about obtaining points, and Chi Yan explained that points could be traded privately for about two hundred million Universe Coins each.
• Chi Yan transferred Lu Qingshan a thousand points in exchange for two hundred billion Universe Coins.
• Lu Qingshan used the points to exchange for an SS-Class Bloodline Evolution Agent, then continued drinking and talking with Chi Yan.