Storyline

This page contents a brief overview of what the overall arcs are and some key points. Please read the book in order to get more in-depth story telling knowledge and details on characters and plot devices.

## Book 1: Journey to the Stars

 Astral-10 Training - Chapter 71 to 142 | Lu Yin arrives at the Great Yu Empire, and has inherited the mantle of the Zushan's side and responsibilities. One of these include a marriage to the 5th princess, Wendy Yushan. Wendy Yushan, unfortunately is a very powerful cultivator (ranked 20 in the Astral Academy) therefore those in the Youth Council humiliates Lu Yin by declaring the marriage proposal canceled. The trial of Astral-10 begins with the youths of Great Yu trying to compete, but only 12 members manage to make it through due to the interference of the Blaze Realm (the Innerverse realm directly beside the Outerverse Frostweave realm).
Lu Yin begins training in the Astral-10 faculties and the headmaster breaks through a layer of an ancient seal of Lu Yin that was preventing him from becoming a Melder. After Lu Yin becomes a Melder with a seal broken, he gains more physical innate strength, and gains Battle Force from the Sand Ocean. Meanwhile, in the Great Yu Empire, the Second Prince Duyue had betrayed the empire. With a small competition, Lu Yin manages to become the team leader of Astral-10.
The universe contains the Human Domain, The Astral Beast Domain, Technocracy and the Astral Wilderness Domain, which these four domains have been at a constant war with each other. The Astral Beast and the Technocracy domain teamed up and defeated the Human Domain with some territory being lost. To inspire morale, Astral-1 and the Ten Arbiters to host an Astral Combat Tournament as a public tournament in the human domain to strike fear into their enemies.
 Trial Zone and the Stonewall Scripture - Chapter 143 to 198 | After training, Lu Yin enters into the Nine Trial Zone from the Astral Academy, but was quickly defeated out due to antagonizing Xi Yue's followers. Lu Yin randomly meets a respected member of the Lockbreaker society and manages to join in. After a mission that was beside the Great Yu Empire, the Undying Yushan is sickly in bed and about to pass away, while the powers of the Innerverse were honing in on finding the Undying Manual which rumored the Undying Yushan managed to get from the Falling Star Sea. Lu Yin enhances and extends the medicine for Undying Yushan to survive longer while Wendy comes home. Lu Yin obtains and opens his first sourcebox as a Lockbreaker, and receives a mission to go to the Umbral Butterfly Weave from his tutor.

After arriving at the planet which is undergoing a similar trial for students by the Umbral Tribe, he meet with Zhuo Daynight who also was after the Giant Emperor's Third Eye. Lu Yin managed to get it, while discovering a Corpse King that was part of the Outerverse Council under Puyu and kept that info to himself. On his way back, Lu Yin was intercepted by Zhuo Daynight and made a deal with her, and Lu Yin upgraded his Aurora Spaceship in a fit of rage, which turn it off. He was saved meet with Madam Nalan, the business owner of the Nalan Family Conglomerate. The Astral-10 managed to steal an training ground from an Area Master, exposing some strength of the Astral-10 students to the public with Lu Yin being underestimated. On his way to a lockpicking mission, he was almost robbed by pirates which he took over their ship and began to counter rob other pirates. He accidentally severely injuries Zhuo Daynight who he meet on a pirate ship and went to a pirate port owned by the Leo Clan, to find a doctor. Unfortunately for him, for being at the wrong place and wrong time the pirate port was being sacrificed by the Leo Clan and blowned up, where Lu Yin's dying body was thrown into dying planet to be white meat for cannibals. After waking up, something inside him snapped and he vowed to be a player in the game not just a piece to be tossed and sacrificed.
Now severely injured Lu Yin meet with an old man who used to be a supreme powerhouse from the Neoverse, but now powerless and trapped on the planet. The old man forced him to read the Stonewall Scripture to be passed onto someone in the Neoverse in the future, gave him secretly an inheritance from the Cosmic Sect on his feet, as well as instilling him the Arcane Arts - Fatal Revival, which brought his power level up upon surviving from dying. Now with three-lines of battle force and some strength left, Lu Yin left the planet on a spacecraft as it began to be disintegrated by the old man's force, blowing up everything. His spacecraft was taking in by the Leo Clan's spaceship, which Lu Yin managed to force into self-destruct, sending everyone into space yet again. Lu Yin was scoped up by Madam Nalan yet again, and they are on their way back to Astral-10 where Lu Yin is a designated seeded player, and the Astral Combat Tournament begins.
 Astral Combat Tournament - Chapter 199 to 227 | The Astral Combat Tournament finally kicks off, with those that were previously students of older generations unfreezing themselves to compete, as well as Astral-1 to Astral-10. The tournament is alot more higher stakes and strength compared to those that have frozen themselves and left behind in history, and in the end, Astral-10 occupied 3/16 of the top 16 competition (Silver, Xia Luo, and Lu Yin). Here Starsibyl debuts, as well as the genius student who has the highest potential to be the next Top Ten Arbiter Candidate, Liu Shaoqiu who mastered Three of the Thirteen Swords. During intermission, Lu Yin gains back the wealth he lost from the pirate port, as well wears the Ring of Authority, assumes some responsibility as one of the heirs to the Great Yu Empire, and signaling his will to acquire more power. In this tournament Lu Yin reaches Top 4 beating Liu Shaoqiu, showcasing 5-Line Battle Force, as well as being immune to the Third Sword which affected the spirit (which Lu Yin strengthen with the Stonewall Scripture), putting him on in sight for the Daynight Clan who's general abilities affect the soul. Lu Yin was invited to become a disciple of the Sword Sect, but Lu Yin rejected it.
 Human Domain Warfront - Chapter 228 to 242 | The war against Astral Beast is continually going on and Shui Chuanxiao the Marshal General of the battlefield ordered Astral Combat students to be part of the warfront, and the Top 4 in the tournament to be leaders of their army. Lu Yin is paired with Silver to arrive at Planet Conan where they meet up with Liu Shaoqiu and face against Astral Beasts. Lu Yin was captured by Ghost Monkey by being dazed by a second piece of the Animal Hide of Progenitor Wushang, but manages to almost kill Ghost Monkey. In order to survive, Ghost Monkey surrendered himself to Lu Yin as a tattoo on his arm as tamed beast. Wen Sansi, one of the Ten Arbiter fought off Yao Gu who sensed the Animal Hide, and the decisive battle is mostly over. Lu Yin earns an Honor Point through his contributions in the war.
 Divine Martial Continent Outerverse Trial - Chapter 243 - 0287 | Lu Yin tries to join the Astral Academy Council but is hindered by Nightking Zhenwu who decreed those have to be a Limiteer in order to join the council. Lu Yin broke through the Limiteer, and tries again but is impeded by Nightqueen Yanqing who digs up the fact he was part of the pirate robbing others (although it was other pirates). Lu Yin upgraded to two-star Discerning Elementary Lockbreaker to beef up his background resume, meanwhile Zhuo Daynight vouches for Lu Yin against being a pirate, but gets imprisoned by Nightking Zhenwu. In order to save Zhuo Daynight, Lu Yin trades information about the Third Nightking whereabouts with an Nightking Elder to free her. Now hinderance free, Lu Yin finally a a member of the Astral Academy Council.
From his family's orders, Lu Yin tries to join the Outerverse Youth Council as well, and the trial takes place in the Shenwu Continent. As the trial was going on, the Great Yu Empire is at war with the Ross Empire, and some forces from the Innerverse. A mysterious powerhouse severely injures the Undying Yushan, which Undying Yushan announce his retreat and recall of those in line to the throne.
Meanwhile Lu Yin is in the Trial, and is dropped into the Shenwu Contenient, into a beautiful lady, Ming Yan's tub, and escapes. Currently in the Shenwu Continent, it is the Emperor Ming Zhaotian's birthday soon, so the whole continent is in motion to celebrate it. There is a power struggle between the current Crown Prince, and the Reverent King as the Crown Prince is left in charge while the Emperor is out dealing with the outsiders (cultivators). Lu Yin manages to mingle as horse carriage driver into the Reverent King's travel route as they go to the capital. After being discovered by the Reverent King Ming Zhaoshu, Ming Yan's father, they negotiated and give time for Lu Yin to grow up stronger and with more influence in order to help Shenwu Continent escape the imperil situation being exposed to the cultivation world, in exchange for Lu Yin being with Ming Yan. The Ten Arbiter completely crushes the Ming Emperor and retrieves the Trailtakers.
 Royal Regent of Great Yu Empire - Chapter 288 to 300 | With Lu Yin returning to the cultivation universe, he is informed of the upheaven that happened in Great Yu Empire with Undying Yushan dying to his wounds while both the princes dying as well. Their corpse presumably been taken away, while Wendy Yushan went hiding in the Frostwave Weave after she foolishly tried to attack the Ross Empire and suffered serious injuries. Enraged, Lu Yin returns to the Great Yu Empire and with the support of the Huo and Aura Family along side the Captains, Lu Yin exterminates the distant relative that vide for the throne while claiming to be the Royal Regent until Wendy's return. Lu Yin plants a seed of war in the Ross Empire for future opportunities. Meanwhile, the Astral Beast Domain, and the Technocracy Domain have sent their strongest youths to the Human Domain to compete in the Tournament. Bazeer took control of Wendy's position of Outerverse Youth Council while Yan Feng from the Fireforge Planet plans to marry Jenny who eloped in order to humiliate and bring conflict to the Aura Family, as well as attempting to join the Outerverse Council.
 Tournament of The Strongest - Chapter (0300 - 0332) | The Tournament of the Strongest official began with the young generations from Technocracy, Astral Beast Domain and the Cosmic Sea from the Innerverse traversing into the Astral Academy Trial Zone. Lu Yin strengthen his body by upgrading the Fruit he got as a reward earlier on as he passed the Trial to Astral-10.
Lu Yin manages to beat the Cosmic Hou creature, Tian Hou, and gains his second Honor Point. Afterwards, news about Yan Feng about to join the Outerverse Youth Council while his marriage to Jenny is about to commence. Lu Yin strengthens his body once again, and with a certificate that condemns the wedding, Lu Yin crashes the wedding and finally beats Bazeer and Yan Feng using 30-Stacks Shockwave Palm, meeting the limit of which the Divine Fist set when he was a Limiteer, and official becoming a true Ten Arbiter Candidate.
Lu Yin now assumes his role assisting Wendy in the Outerverse Council as her representative while Liu Shaoge who moved up in positioning in the Daynight Clan as Nightking Zhenwu’s subordinate, is came and joined the Outerverse Youth Councillor. Puyu tries his best to limit Lu Yin’s power but is under a secret investigation by Wen Sansi due to having Vulture (a person from the Neohuman Alliance) unknowing by his side.
More of Lu Yin’s past is revealed where five years ago, \_\_\_\_\_\_\_. His backer is the Leon’s Armada, HIghsage Leons who is the Pirate King in the Cosmic Sea, giving Lu Yin more insurance.
Lu Yin goes to a planet in order to have more lockbreaking experience which gets completed.