Chapter Summaries

Xu Yuan and Wen Jing studied the Empire’s awakening system and the genetic control that linked humans to Genetic Collapse. Xu Yuan began using his bloodline-noble identity to find overlooked people who could help Wen Jing obtain an Awakened identity, leaving him quietly building goodwill among ordinary residents.

• Xu Yuan explained that the Alaya Race’s bloodline nobles retained their status because they held the key to human awakening, even as Mastermind repeatedly purged human civilization.
• Xu Yuan and Wen Jing discussed Frontier Star’s awakening system, in which children first took a genetic-activity preselection at twelve and eligible candidates entered formal selection at eighteen.
• Wen Jing learned that the awakening ritual restored altered human genes, while Genetic Collapse reversed that change and could force Awakened into Ancient Wilderness to survive.
• Xu Yuan identified eighteen-year-old people who had failed the preselection as potential targets, and Wen Jing told him to begin the next step before the formal selection in seven days.
• Xu Yuan spread money across nearby districts while posing as a generous bloodline noble, attracting attention from ordinary residents without drawing the overseers’ notice.
• In Riverbend District, Xu Yuan gave a grateful child money to treat the child’s mother.

Wen Jing traded identities with the dying Weiluo, who Xu Yuan helped keep alive, and arranged for her to be hidden while Wen Jing took her place. Xu Yuan sponsored Weiluo and five other mute-bloods for the formal awakening selection, where the candidates gathered at Frontier Star’s Awakening Temple.

• Xu Yuan went to the docks, where Weiluo was beaten by casino enforcers after trying to escape her debt and accepted a mysterious offer to survive by lending her identity.
• Wen Jing used [Information Touch] to suppress Weiluo’s near-death state, then switched places with her as Xu Yuan arrived and drove off the enforcers.
• The real Weiluo was transported to a medical hibernation pod on the planet "Xu Yuan," while Wen Jing posed as the injured girl and received Xu Yuan’s promise of support.
• At the hospital, Xu Yuan told Wen Jing he would sponsor her awakening, and the driver learned that he had also sponsored five other mute-bloods.
• The candidates arrived at Frontier Star’s Awakening Temple for the formal selection, where Xu Yuan watched beside his faction’s position.

Wen Jing awakened as an A-rank Awakened during the Empire’s ceremony on Frontier Star, stunning the audience and drawing the attention of the Alaya Race factions. The chapter ended as faction leaders arrived in proxy bodies after receiving news of her awakening.

• Kaluosi asked Xu Yuan about sponsoring ordinary people for awakening, and Xu Yuan said he hoped one would awaken at D rank for study.
• The ceremony produced several Awakened, including D-rank Ke Yin among the ordinary candidates and C-rank Lin Yue among the self-funded mute descendants, whose mutated mechanical Wilderness Body drew the researchers’ interest.
• Wen Jing waited until the ceremony’s transformation switch opened, then released her suppressed information and triggered a dazzling awakening.
• The mechanical voice announced Wen Jing as A rank, Weiluo, with an unknown Wilderness Body, leaving the audience stunned.
• The heads of the various factions received word of Wen Jing’s awakening and arrived in proxy bodies.

Wen Jing awakened as an A-rank with a planetary Wilderness Body, drawing offers from all six great bloodline families. She chose to join the family Xu Yuan belonged to, and the other faction leaders discovered that he had also sponsored Lin Yue.

• Wen Jing revealed a rotating sphere as her A-rank Wilderness Body, which the Alaya Race recognized as a celestial body and rushed to recruit.
• The six great families competed to secure Wen Jing through contracts, while their leaders privately argued over her as a valuable research subject.
• Wen Jing feigned surprise at seeing Xu Yuan and said she would join only the family he belonged to.
• Xu Yuan showed Panxi records of how he had helped and sponsored Wen Jing, making the Matter Transformation Faction's leader celebrate her unexpected gain.
• The other faction leaders investigated Xu Yuan's past and discovered that he had also sponsored Lin Yue, a C-rank Awakened.

After awakening as Weiluo, Wen Jing joined the Virid Family and went to settle old scores on Frontier Star. She killed the casino owner Buck and attacked Corwin, while the other Alaya Race factions watched her Gravity Control with envy.

• Panxi welcomed Wen Jing into the Virid Family, explained the path for newly Awakened, and agreed to support her as she dealt with her past.
• Wen Jing went to the Riverbend District casino, where Buck showed her the bodies of the three thugs who had beaten Weiluo and begged her to spare him.
• Wen Jing killed Buck with a kick to the chest after he admitted he had dealt with the thugs himself.
• Wen Jing confronted Corwin at his residence, and he blamed Susie for poisoning Camille before she kicked him into a wall.
• The observing Alaya Race factions identified Wen Jing's ability as Gravity Control as she struck Corwin with a flurry of attacks.

Wen Jing killed Corwin on behalf of the real Weiluo, while presenting the violence as part of Weiluo’s deliberately cultivated, uncontrollable personality. After arriving on the capital planet, Wen Jing met Panxi and Rex, the Alaya Race researcher positioned to take over her study, and was asked to choose him as her spouse.

• Wen Jing beat Corwin to death after he begged for mercy, and the Alaya Race reconsidered its assessment of Weiluo as a test subject.
• The real Weiluo smiled in her treatment pod as Wen Jing relayed the revenge to her, while Wen Jing used the killing to establish Weiluo’s violent, unpredictable persona.
• Two people on the capital planet discussed Weiluo and the Federation’s Awakened as Wen Jing’s spaceship descended toward the planet.
• Wen Jing arrived at the Virid Family residence and met Panxi and Rex, who revealed his identity as a jade-insignia researcher.
• Panxi claimed Weiluo had chosen the family because of Rex and asked whether she would accept him as her spouse.

Wen Jing rejected Rex as a marriage candidate because she saw him as an elder, then chose Xu Yuan during the Virid Family’s selection. Panxi warned that Xu Yuan’s collateral-branch bloodline was unsuitable for a formal alliance, leaving Wen Jing’s choice unresolved.

• Wen Jing told Rex she regarded him as a venerable elder, and Panxi presented her with marriage candidates from the Virid Family’s main branch.
• Wen Jing found none of the candidates appealing until she spotted Xu Yuan passing the reception room and asked Panxi to call him over.
• Panxi feared Wen Jing would notice the substitution but let Xu Yuan reveal his face; after briefly masking her reaction, Wen Jing declared that she had chosen him.
• Panxi explained that Xu Yuan’s collateral-branch status and impure bloodline made him unsuitable for a formal marriage alliance, though Wen Jing could keep him as a lover.

Wen Jing used her influence to secure Xu Yuan a place in the Alaya Race’s research core, where he learned how the race collected data from powerful Awakened. She then traveled to the Empire’s Military Department Trial Camp, arriving as her next trial was about to begin.

• Wen Jing’s interest in Xu Yuan’s low status convinced Panxi to arrange their engagement and grant Xu Yuan access to high-level research information.
• Panxi shared methods for studying high-level Awakened, and Xu Yuan learned that the Alaya Race collected their biological information through sexual intercourse.
• Wen Jing stopped Xu Yuan from demonstrating the method, explained her values to him, and told him she would leave for the Military Department Trial Camp the next day.
• Wen Jing traveled from the Frontier Star to the capital star aboard the Virid Family’s private aircraft and arrived at the Military Department Trial Camp.
• The chapter explained that the Empire trained Awakened through decentralized trial camps because its virtual technology could not reproduce Wilderness Body abilities.

Wen Jing registered at the Military Department Trial Camp, where the factions opposing her arranged for her to be placed in the elementary class and assigned a formidable instructor. She learned his combat techniques and passed the class advancement assessment within three hours, stunning the trainees and instructors.

• Wen Jing entered the Military Department Trial Camp and registered, only to be assigned to the elementary class in training area seven.
• Wen Jing encountered Kelong and Ke Yin, who had awakened alongside her on the Frontier Star, and learned that the camp's class assignment had been manipulated to hold her back.
• Wen Jing met Yu Su, the elementary class instructor assigned to challenge her, and chose to learn all three combat techniques he taught.
• Wen Jing passed the class advancement assessment after only three hours, leaving Yu Su and the surrounding trainees stunned.

Wen Jing rapidly mastered combat techniques at multiple imperial trial camps, drawing attention from the Empire’s factions and Awakened circles. After setting her compatibility trial for seven days later and receiving an invitation to the Radiance Banquet, she prepared for an upcoming official trial camp challenge before reaching 20% compatibility.

• Wen Jing passed the Military Department Trial Camp’s promotion assessment in three hours and left for another camp, explaining that her A-rank made rapid progress normal.
• Wen Jing traveled through trial camps backed by the six great bloodline families, learning their signature techniques at extraordinary speed and attracting growing attention.
• Wen Jing set her compatibility trial for seven days later and received an invitation to the Radiance Banquet, where Panxi urged her to bring Xu Yuan.
• Wen Jing agreed to bring Xu Yuan and considered using the banquet to gather information from Alaya Race proxies and top imperial Awakened.
• News spread that Wen Jing was about to attempt an official trial camp trial before reaching the 20% compatibility threshold.

Wen Jing chose the Body Enhancement Faction’s Survival Trial and passed its escalating attacks by absorbing matter and energy into her Wilderness Body. The Alaya Race discovered her accretion ability and prioritized recruiting her, while Wen Jing emerged injured but alive to receive her medal.

• Wen Jing signed the safety agreement and entered the Star Remains Trial Camp’s first-tier Survival Trial despite her compatibility being below the recommended level.
• She endured increasingly intense attacks, using combat techniques to fight, dodge, and defend throughout the arena’s first fifty minutes.
• During the final barrage, the Alaya Race detected that Wen Jing absorbed matter and energy, increasing her mass, and recognized that her research value exceeded A-rank.
• The Body Enhancement Faction’s leader ordered senior researchers to make recruiting Wen Jing their priority.
• Wen Jing passed the trial, walked out despite her injuries, and followed the head instructor toward the hall of honor to receive her medal.

After Weiluo passed Star Remains Camp’s first-tier Survival Trial with 20% compatibility, the Empire and Alaya factions competed for her attention. At the Radiance Banquet, she arrived beside a Cyan Crest and was led before the Empire’s most powerful figures.

• Wen Jing learned that the historical Survival Trial records included Yun He, an S-rank Awakened, but his traits were not related to resurrection.
• The chief instructor registered Weiluo as a first-tier trial passer and gave her a silver medal, noting that she was the first to pass with 20% compatibility.
• News of Weiluo’s success spread across the capital planet, drawing attention from the Empire’s power centers and all four Alaya factions.
• Wen Jing arrived at the Radiance Banquet beside a silver-haired Cyan Crest after displaying her celestial accretion ability during the compatibility trial.
• An attendant led Wen Jing and the other trial participants before the Empire’s top figures, including the prime minister, the Senate’s grand elder, and the imperial marshal.

Wen Jing left her Mark of Glory at the Radiance Banquet and drew the attention of the Empire’s three leading officials, who each tried to recruit her. As the guests mingled, she searched for Xu Yuan and ignored a researcher’s attempt to approach her.

• Wen Jing left a black infinity-shaped Mark of Glory on the crystal wall, prompting enthusiastic applause.
• The Imperial prime minister, the grand elder, and the marshal each privately offered Wen Jing a place in their branch of government, but she deferred her decision until after improving her compatibility.
• Wen Jing learned through Information Perception that the three officials sought power and the throne, while the Icon Council’s S-rank members had been replaced by Alaya Race stand-ins.
• Wen Jing searched the hall for Xu Yuan as the Empire’s hidden important figures arrived.
• A sixth-level researcher arranged to spill a cocktail near Wen Jing, but she dodged it and walked away without engaging.

At the Radiance Banquet, Wen Jing was surrounded by senior researchers from the Alaya Race’s five factions, who competed for her attention while Xu Yuan was trapped in a side hall. When she asked for Xu Yuan and left the banquet holding his hand, the researchers realized that her interest in him could not be explained by their assumptions about human relationships.

• Wen Jing was repeatedly approached by Alaya Race researchers while a void lock kept Xu Yuan from reaching her.
• Senior researchers crowded around Wen Jing and tried to impress her with offers and research topics, which she used to learn about Alaya technology.
• Three agents resembling Xu Yuan arrived, and Rex offered to take Wen Jing to him.
• Wen Jing asked Rex where Xu Yuan was, and Rex led her to the side hall after the void lock could no longer be used.
• Wen Jing emerged holding Xu Yuan’s hand, and the five factions were shocked by her tenderness toward him.

After the Radiance Banquet, Xu Yuan was promoted for taking charge of Weiluo Selan’s research, while news of her spread across the Empire and reached the Federation. In the Federation, Xie Ming pursued his plans through the Ten Star Group, Mo Lan reflected on a missing person, and Shen Lan learned that the Trial Tower’s true record was better than the one he had seen.

• Panxi announced that Xu Yuan would research Weiluo Selan and receive an exceptional promotion, and Xu Yuan said his success came from being able to model.
• Xie Ming taught Little Ye about combat skills and reflected on his plan to strengthen the Ten Star Group until it could create an opening for the Prophet.
• Mo Lan read a report about an Empire Awakened with exceptional combat-skill aptitude and thought of someone who was gone.
• Shen Lan beat the Trial Tower’s fifth-floor challenge but received an A rating, then learned that the displayed historical record was only the second-best one.

Wen Jing advanced her training and learned more about the Alaya Race while her personalities identified unexplained rules governing humanity and the Ancient Wilderness. The chapter ended with her considering the mysteries of awakening and preparing for the danger posed by the Mastermind.

• Wen Jing passed the Void Realm Trial Camp's second-tier speed and reaction trial on her first attempt and received a medal from Chief Instructor Rong Yun.
• Luo Lan arrived at the camp to see Rong Yun, then privately boasted that he had caught Wen Jing's attention through his attempt to play hard to get.
• Wen Jing discussed how human culture had influenced the Alaya Race, while the Analysis Personality warned that the Mastermind might not share the Alaya Race's weaknesses.
• Wen Jing decided that entering the Federation as an Imperial spy would risk direct conflict with the Mastermind and that she needed more Alaya Race technology.
• The Analysis Personality identified three cosmic anomalies, beginning with the Ancient Wilderness's inability to be recorded and the precise age and human-gene requirements for awakening.

Wen Jing and Xu Yuan staged an intimate experiment to satisfy the Matter Transformation Faction while secretly disabling the Alaya Race’s surveillance. As the Empire’s gossip about Wen Jing spread, the infected giant insects in the floating-island region began to stir and the islands started to fracture.

• Wen Jing examined anomalies surrounding humanity and continued research through her clones, while noting that her Skill Points were insufficient to overcome the boundary between life and death.
• Xu Yuan picked Wen Jing up from the Void Realm Trial Camp and briefed her on the Matter Transformation Faction’s demands for experimental data.
• Wen Jing and Xu Yuan staged deep mental counseling at the Virid Family estate, using her Information Touch to disable monitoring and Xu Yuan’s fabricated recording to provide the Alaya Race with data.
• Panxi praised Xu Yuan’s report and granted him access to more technology for strengthening living organisms.
• Wen Jing’s staged encounter became salacious gossip across the imperial capital, while the nearby floating islands began to flicker, crack, and glow as the infected giant insects stirred.

Wen Jing broke the spacetime amber seal, devoured the Wilderness Beasts trapped inside, and gained the Extreme Cold trait. She then overcame the Stellar Beast’s contamination and rushed toward its revealed form as it launched an active attack.

• The spacetime amber cracked, restoring the sealed Wilderness Beasts to motion while Wen Jing’s dormant clone synchronized its traits.
• Wen Jing exploited the chaos to weaken and devour the armored behemoth, then killed the giant insect and spider king and absorbed the remaining beasts into a black hole.
• Wen Jing devoured the spacetime amber and gained the Extreme Cold trait, learning that its stillness rule had been disrupted by infecting the giant insect with Ice Domain.
• Wen Jing resisted the Stellar Beast’s Scorching Thirst Contamination and charged into the sky toward its vast plasma form.
• The Stellar Beast sensed Wen Jing’s threat and launched an active attack.

Wen Jing defeated the Stellar Beast, gained the rule-level trait Entropy Change, and returned to the Empire’s Awakened Guild. There, she overheard a Heinrich Family member recruiting a team to seek a rare treasure after a previous expedition ended in disaster.

• Wen Jing destroyed the Stellar Beast by disrupting its energy circulation and creating a black hole, earning the Extreme Heat trait.
• Wen Jing fused Extreme Heat and Extreme Cold into Entropy Change, which let her manipulate entropy and create a photon from the void.
• Wen Jing returned to the capital planet with her teammates, who praised her for saving them during their Ancient Wilderness exploration.
• Wen Jing left her teammates and entered the Awakened Guild, where she gathered information and noticed a Heinrich Family man recruiting explorers.
• The Heinrich Family man told the others that a rare treasure could strengthen mental abilities and claimed he had identified a safer route after surviving a previous expedition.

Wen Jing joined Aoderiqi’s high-risk Ancient Wilderness exploration team after detecting a mysterious “Deep Sea” connection in his information. The Virid Family chose not to stop her, and three days later she arrived to meet the team, where Aoderiqi greeted her with barely concealed hunger.

• Wen Jing saw the “Deep Sea” information hidden in Aoderiqi’s mist-shrouded profile and decided to join his team to seek rare crystals for her Wilderness Body.
• Wen Jing agreed to explore with Aoderiqi and the other three teammates three days later, while Aoderiqi privately thought of sacrifice.
• Panxi urged Xu Yuan to stop Wen Jing from joining the high-risk expedition, but Xu Yuan argued that resisting her would make her rebellious and suggested allowing her to go.
• Panxi agreed to let Wen Jing participate and planned to seek approval to strengthen the faction’s mind-control technology.
• Three days later, Wen Jing arrived at the Awakened Guild, where Aoderiqi and the other teammates greeted her; Aoderiqi’s excitement and hunger were unmistakable.