Chapter Summaries

Xia Zhi returned to Tianfeng Territory and reunited with his parents, Xia Yi and Qin Yingxue, who celebrated his return with a family feast. News that he had become a Saint-level Transcendence spread through Red Rock County, prompting Tower Master Tan Lin and prominent families to respond.

• Xia Zhi sensed that Xia Yi had reached Title Level and Qin Yingxue had become a Meteor Mage before appearing outside their study.
• Xia Yi and Qin Yingxue recognized Xia Zhi, welcomed him home, and celebrated his return with a feast attended by Shi Yong.
• Xia Yi ordered tenfold wages for the Xia Family's soldiers and servants and waived taxes throughout Tianfeng City for the month.
• Meng Zhe told Tower Master Tan Lin that Xia Zhi had returned, and Tan Lin ordered the news reported and set out for Xia Family Castle.
• Prominent families across Red Rock County prepared gifts and hurried toward Tianfeng Territory after hearing the news.

Xia Zhi reunited with his parents in Tianfeng Territory, then gathered with his descendants in the Virtual Universe to celebrate the Xia Family’s growth and discuss its rules. He ended the family gathering by sharing his progress on a Virtual Universe mission and encouraging his children, while the author announced the next updates.

• Xia Zhi toured Tianfeng Territory with Xia Yi, and Xia Yi handled the visiting officials while Xia Zhi spent the day with Qin Yingxue.
• Xia Zhi entered seclusion to cultivate the Hong Meng Golden Body Art and reflected on his family in the other universe.
• Xia Zhi attended the opening banquet for the Jiangnan residential complex, where he met his growing family and urged Xia Tian and Xia Chen to establish rules for the Xia Family.
• Xia Zhi asked Qin Yiyi to protect the elders from exploitation in virtual games, then learned that Xia Tian and Luo Hai had been saved by Black Dragon Divine Lord during a dangerous mission.
• Xia Zhi told his family that he had nearly completed his first mission, and Xia Tian and Xia Chen praised his strength.

Xia Zhi completed the Alien Beast Star mission by killing a fifth-stage World Lord alien beast, then returned to the Virtual Universe to plan his remaining trials. He intended to complete more Dangerous level missions and pursue opportunities that would strengthen him before challenging the Cosmic level Original Tongtian Mountain within the next ninety-eight years.

• Xia Zhi used his enormous World Projection to crush the alien beast’s projection and kill the fifth-stage World Lord with a strike from his Blood Shadow Battle Saber.
• Xia Zhi collected the alien beast’s forehead scale and completed the Alien Beast Star mission for ten thousand points.
• Xia Zhi and Babata left Alien Beast Star aboard their spaceship, with Xia Zhi deciding to return later to investigate whether the planet held hidden secrets.
• Xia Zhi selected Dangerous level missions in the Virtual Universe and planned to complete nine more missions before attempting Tongtian Mountain.
• Xia Zhi planned to pursue the Blood Luo World and Demon Mountain missions to improve his strength and increase his chances of completing Dark Lord’s trials.

Xia Zhi returned to Wuchen Time-Space and used earth-element treasures to advance his Chou Pu clone to the Domain Lord level, triggering a major transformation of his Internal World and Soul Pearl. He entered the Virtual Universe intending to accept the Visca Star cultivation mission.

• Xia Zhi arrived at Wuchen Time-Space, passed the Virtual Universe Company's security check, and returned to Manor 00115.
• Xia Zhi received the earth-element treasures he had purchased and sent them into his Internal World for the Chou Pu clone.
• The Chou Pu clone absorbed the treasures, evolved to the Domain Lord level, and caused the Internal World to expand into seven continents spanning 100,000 kilometers.
• The clone's evolution transformed Xia Zhi's Soul Pearl as the Vortex Galaxy collapsed into a gray sphere that merged with the core.
• Xia Zhi considered the future challenge of breaking through to Immortal, then entered the Virtual Universe to accept the Visca Star cultivation mission.

Xia Zhi accepted a cultivation mission on Visca Star and prepared to blend in with its hostile natives. After traveling to the planet under Virtual Universe Company escort, he entered through a transmission passage and arrived on Visca Star.

• Xia Zhi accepted the Visca Star cultivation mission, which required either obtaining a Golden Leaf from a Kras Tree or earning its blessing and a Warrior Badge.
• Xia Zhi learned Visca Star’s native languages and prepared customized armor and equipment that would not reveal him as an outsider.
• Xia Zhi boarded a Virtual Universe Company spacecraft and practiced his saber techniques during the journey.
• Xia Zhi saw the blood-mist-covered Visca Star surrounded by six SSS-class Planet War Fortresses and learned that outsiders could enter only through designated passages.
• Xia Zhi entered a transmission passage inside Fortress Number Six and vanished from the fortress, arriving on Visca Star.

Xia Zhi entered Visca Star and used his Void Realm technique to explore the planet while learning about its bloodline-based society. He headed toward a small town under attack by a Cosmic-level Demonic Beast, hoping to use the crisis to blend in with the natives.

• Xia Zhi emerged from a hidden teleportation array and killed a Blood Beast from within the Void Realm.
• Xia Zhi explained how his Void Realm merged spatial laws with illusions and let him move through reflections of the real world.
• Xia Zhi flew toward the planet’s blood-mist barrier, then descended toward a small town while warning Babata to communicate only through thoughts.
• Xia Zhi reviewed Visca Star’s power hierarchy, territories, and bloodline-based families as he approached Black Rock Territory.
• Xia Zhi sensed a Cosmic-level Demonic Beast attacking the small town and flew toward it as flames lit the sky blood-red.

The Wuye Tribe was devastated by a Blood Wolf tide led by a powerful Snowy White Wolf King, and its defenders were overwhelmed as the town fell. Xia Zhi arrived in time to save Qi Ya and Zaxi, killed thirteen Great Demons, and faced the Wolf King as the tribe's last hope.

• Zabu returned from the Ash Mountain Range with survivors and warned Wu Ya that a Blood Wolf tide led by a Great Demon was approaching.
• Wu Ya activated Wuye Town's defensive formation and led the tribe's warriors against the advancing wolves while Wu Ka went to seek help.
• The Snowy White Wolf King broke through the town's defenses, and the Demonic Beasts flooded Wuye Town, killing many inhabitants and warriors.
• Qi Ya and Zaxi fled toward the southern wall, but a Great Demon blocked their way until Xia Zhi appeared and killed it.
• Xia Zhi revealed his overwhelming power by killing thirteen attacking Great Demons, then faced the Snowy White Wolf King above the town.

Xia Zhi rescued the Wuye Tribe from a Blood Wolf attack, then learned from Huyan Jin about the Kras Tree’s Golden Leaves and the upcoming Sacred Tree Festival. He decided to seek a recommendation to enter the festival and pursue the Progenitor Tree’s blessing.

• Xia Zhi fought the Snowy White Wolf King using only his physical strength, then killed it with a blade strike that tore open the sky.
• Wu Ya and the Wuye Tribe warriors drove off the fleeing Blood Wolves after Xia Zhi defeated the great demons.
• Huyan Jin arrived with Wu Ka, Yan Yi, and You Ya, and Xia Zhi gave him the Wolf King’s Blood Crystal.
• Xia Zhi used an illusion to question Huyan Jin about Kras Tree Golden Leaves and learned that Saint Spirit experts could obtain them through service, exchange, or the Sacred Tree Festival.
• Huyan Jin explained that the festival would select the strongest hundred Saint Spirit experts to receive the Progenitor Tree’s blessing and Ancestral God Warrior Medals, and Xia Zhi considered seeking a World City Lord’s recommendation.

Xia Zhi impressed the Black Rock Guards with his strength and agreed to travel with them to Black Rock City, where he hoped to join the Sacred Tree Festival. The warship arrived at the city as Xia Zhi considered competing for one of the hundred places among the planet’s Peak Saint Spirit warriors.

• Xia Zhi defeated Huyan Jin, You Ya, and Yan Yi in a sparring match at the Wuye Tribe’s training grounds.
• Huyan Jin invited Xia Zhi to Black Rock City and explained that its lord was recruiting Peak Saint Spirit experts for the Sacred Tree Festival.
• Xia Zhi agreed to leave for Black Rock City with Huyan Jin, You Ya, and Yan Yi the next morning, while Wu Ka stayed behind to help rebuild Wuye Town.
• During the journey, You Ya and Huyan Jin explained that Sacred Tree Festival victors could earn an Ancestor God Warrior Medal, a surname, and access to powerful privileges.
• The group reached Black Rock City aboard the warship, and Xia Zhi grew eager to compete in the festival.

Xia Zhi arrived in Black Rock City, learned about its major factions, and secretly assessed the city’s strongest fighters while seeking a way to attend the Sacred Tree Festival. Huyan Suifeng recognized Xia Zhi’s strength and planned to welcome him with a Golden Leaf, while giving Huyan Jin three Golden Leaves of his own.

• Huyan Jin brought Xia Zhi to Qi Yun Tower and left with Yan Yi and You Ya to report to Huyan Suifeng.
• Xia Zhi questioned a servant about Black Rock City’s families and factions, then used the virtual realm to locate powerful figures and confirm there were no World Lord-level experts.
• Huyan Jin showed Huyan Suifeng a recording of Xia Zhi killing a wolf king demon beast and sparring with Huyan Jin, Yan Yi, and You Ya.
• Huyan Suifeng judged Xia Zhi to be a top expert and agreed to give him a Golden Leaf so he could join the group going to Mo Tai World City.
• Huyan Suifeng gave Huyan Jin three Golden Leaves and ordered him to arrange a banquet for Xia Zhi the next evening.

Xia Zhi attended a banquet hosted by Huyan Suifeng, who chose him to represent the Huyan Family at the Sacred Tree Festival and gave him three Golden Leaves. The chapter ended with Gongyang Lie ordering his family to have Mo cripple Xia Zhi and Huyan Jin during the selection.

• Xia Zhi met Luo Feng, Rong Jun, and Wuka in the Virtual Universe, where Luo Feng revealed that his first cultivation mission was Dangerous-level and had already caused him trouble.
• Huyan Jin told Xia Zhi that Huyan Suifeng would recommend him to Mo Tai World City and host a banquet in his honor.
• At Star-Gazing Pavilion, Cangshan tested Xia Zhi by sending him a wine jug wrapped in the power of heaven and earth, and Xia Zhi caught it with his spatial bloodline power.
• Huyan Suifeng gave Xia Zhi three Golden Leaves and arranged for Cangshan to escort him and Huyan Jin to Mo Tai World City in three days.
• Gongyang Lie learned that Xia Zhi would represent the Huyan Family and told his son to warn Mo to cripple Xia Zhi and Huyan Jin during the Sacred Tree Festival selection.

Xia Zhi nearly succumbed to the Golden Leaf’s seductive energy, but his Soul Will broke through and the Cosmic Pole Bell dispelled the Kras Tree’s influence. He emerged with Immortal-level Soul Will and connected to the Virtual Universe Network to test himself in the Sea of Illusions.

• Xia Zhi began absorbing and refining a Golden Leaf, ignoring Huyan Jin’s warning to proceed gradually.
• The Golden Leaf’s energy made Xia Zhi’s body turn wooden and lured his soul with a vision of a golden ancient tree.
• Xia Zhi’s Soul Will broke through to a new realm, and he manifested the Cosmic Pole Bell within his Internal World to shatter the tree’s influence.
• Xia Zhi realized his Soul Will had reached the Immortal level and that the Cosmic Pole Bell surpassed his existing soul techniques.
• Xia Zhi cleaned his room, prepared for a bath, and connected to the Virtual Universe Network to test himself in the Sea of Illusions.

Xia Zhi challenged the Sea of Illusions, passed the twentieth island, and was defeated by the Venerable-level pressure on the twenty-first. His extraordinary feat alerted humanity’s leaders, who began to suspect that Earth had something special; Xia Zhi, unaware of the upheaval, prepared to absorb his final Golden Leaf on Visca Star.

• Xia Zhi passed the fifteenth through nineteenth islands, enduring immense will pressure as the Golden Leaf’s effects strengthened his Soul Will.
• Xia Zhi used the Cosmic Pole Bell to break the twentieth island’s illusion, then was instantly overwhelmed by the Venerable-level pressure on the twenty-first.
• The Sea of Illusions administrator received an order to keep Xia Zhi’s passage of twenty islands secret and noted that Luo Feng and Hong also came from Earth.
• The Giant Axe Founder and the City Lord of Chaos discussed Earth’s unusual concentration of young geniuses, and the Giant Axe Founder decided to investigate it personally.
• On Visca Star, Xia Zhi absorbed his final Golden Leaf and thought about returning to Earth to see his family after completing his teacher’s trial.

A mysterious barefoot Savage visited Earth and rewound time to learn its history, discovering Zuo Shan Ke arranging something on the barren planet. Zuo Shan Ke sensed the Savage and suspected Giant Axe Founder had discovered him, while wondering which genius would lead the Earth lineage.

• A barefoot Savage found the hidden coordinates of Earth and arrived in the Solar System unseen by its defenses.
• The Savage explored Earth, visited Huaxia and Xia Zhi's family, and then reversed time across the Solar System.
• The Savage saw Zuo Shan Ke on ancient Earth, and the two great beings met each other's gaze across time.
• The Savage released his control of time and disappeared, leaving Earth and the Solar System apparently unchanged.
• Zuo Shan Ke sensed the encounter from his distant palace, suspected Giant Axe Founder had discovered him, and wondered who would lead the Earth lineage.

During a Giant Axe Meeting, the Human Race’s Universe Masters debated taking Earth from its inhabitants after learning that Earth strengthened the mentality of those born there. The meeting ended in confrontation when Dark Lord revealed Xia Zhi was his disciple and refused to let the Human Race force him to sell his home planet.

• Xia Zhi traveled from Black Rock City toward Mo Tai World City with Huyan Jin and spent most of the journey cultivating in the Virtual Universe.
• Giant Axe Founder convened fifteen Human Race Universe Masters and asked the City Lord of Chaos to explain Xia Zhi’s achievements and Earth’s unusual influence on its inhabitants.
• Giant Axe Founder explained that Earth had been modified by Zuo Shan Ke to improve the mentality of humans born there, prompting the Universe Masters to discuss whether Earth’s population posed a risk like the Yan Shen Race.
• Most of the Universe Masters agreed to buy Earth from Xia Zhi, relocate its inhabitants, and compensate him, while Lord Youhou objected that Earth was Xia Zhi’s home.
• Dark Lord arrived before Giant Axe Founder could finalize the decision and revealed that Xia Zhi was his disciple.
• Dark Lord said Xia Zhi refused to sell Earth and vowed to oppose anyone who tried to force the sale.

After earning more than a hundred million points by clearing the Sea of Illusions, Xia Zhi bought treasures and secret techniques and began studying Beast God of Light for his Chou Pu clone. Two days later, his Master arrived unseen and warned that Earth was about to be gone, leaving Xia Zhi demanding to know what had happened.

• Xia Zhi spent over thirty million points on soul-strengthening treasures and secret techniques, including Beast God of Light, while keeping more than seventy million points.
• Xia Zhi and Babata discussed how clearing twenty islands of the Sea of Illusions had earned him more than a hundred million points.
• Xia Zhi began studying Beast God of Light, a manual for fusing the Laws of Light and Time, with his Chou Pu clone sharing his insights.
• Xia Zhi considered whether his Chou Pu clone could fuse laws into a Supreme Law and become a Universe's Strongest.
• A bald man in ancient armor entered Xia Zhi's study unnoticed and revealed that Earth was about to be gone.
• Xia Zhi recognized the bald man as his Master and anxiously asked what had happened to Earth.

Dark Lord told Xia Zhi that the Human Race’s Supreme Council was considering what to do with Earth after Giant Axe discovered its effect on human souls. Xia Zhi refused to surrender Earth, and Dark Lord proposed sharing some territory while protecting the Earth lineage; meanwhile, the Demon Lord sent the Fifth Team to guard Earth.

• Dark Lord explained that Giant Axe had discovered Earth’s influence on the souls of those born there and had convened the Human Race’s Supreme Council to discuss its future.
• Dark Lord warned Xia Zhi that some Universe Masters might take Earth for the race, but Xia Zhi held to his resolve not to give up his home planet.
• Dark Lord tested Xia Zhi’s conviction, and Xia Zhi resisted the pressure and asked to become his Direct Disciple in exchange for help protecting the Earth lineage.
• Dark Lord proposed that Earth humans remain on Earth while setting aside territory for the race, promising compensation and protection from future conflicts.
• Dark Lord went to await the Council’s decision, while Xia Zhi headed to the Jiangnan Residential Area to prepare for what might happen.
• The Demon Lord ordered Ku Ku'e and the Fifth Team to guard Earth and kill anyone who touched it without permission.

Xia Zhi defended Earth’s interests at the Human Race’s highest-level meeting, while his brothers prepared for the possibility that Earth would be taken or divided. After Star Prison Demon Lord’s forces sealed off the Solar System to protect Earth, Xia Zhi received a message from his master summoning him to learn the final decision.

• City Lord of Chaos invited Dark Lord to raise his objections, and Lord Qing Dong and other Universe Masters argued against treating Earth and its people harshly.
• Xia Zhi told Luo Feng, Hong, and Thunder God that Earth might be divided or seized, and said Qin Yiyi and Xu Xin were arranging to evacuate their families and elites.
• Hong revealed that he had joined Giant Axe Fighting Arena’s Elite Training Camp, and Xia Zhi urged him to show his talent rather than hide it.
• Xu Xin reported that experts had sealed off the Solar System and intercepted Qin Yiyi’s spacecraft, but Qin Yiyi soon arrived safely and said the newcomers appeared to be protecting Earth.
• Gaia identified their leader as Blood Prison King, an Invincible King serving Star Prison Demon Lord, and explained that his Fifth Team had been deployed to guard Earth.
• Xia Zhi received an email from his master telling him to come, and he left to hear the final decision about Earth.

Xia Zhi met Dark Lord and his senior brothers, then learned that Earth would remain his homeland under a lease agreement with the Virtual Universe Company. After the contract was signed and Earth’s defenses and immigration plans were put in place, Xia Zhi shared the first payment with his companions to strengthen Earth and continued his mission on Visca Star.

• Xia Zhi met Star Prison Demon Lord and Lord of You Hou in Dark Lord’s private plane, where Dark Lord confirmed that Earth’s dispute had been settled.
• Dark Lord arranged for Earth to remain under Xia Zhi’s control while the Virtual Universe Company leased part of it, compensated him, and assigned Star Prison Demon Lord’s subordinates to guard it.
• Xia Zhi signed the Virtual Universe Company’s contract, which designated about 100 million square kilometers for alien residents and required the company to defend Earth and the Solar System.
• Xia Zhi shared the first 100 million Hunyuan Unit payment with Luo Feng, Hong, Thunder God, Qin Yiyi, and Xu Xin so they could strengthen themselves and Earth.
• The Virtual Universe Company began building floating cities and defenses while Qin Yiyi reported that alien residents had not disturbed Earth humans.
• Xia Zhi reassured Qin Yiyi about his Visca Star mission as Mo Tai World City approached.

Xia Zhi and Huyan Jin arrived in Mo Tai World City to compete for places in the Sacred Tree Festival, where 167 Holy Spirit-level experts were vying for a handful of spots. After Batuo’s champion Xue Xiao tested them with a blood-sea illusion, Xia Zhi dispelled it effortlessly and prepared for the selection ahead.

• Xia Zhi and Huyan Jin entered Mo Tai World City with Elder Cangshan and met Huyan Liuxing, who escorted them to Third Highness Mo Taiyun’s estate.
• Huyan Liuxing explained that Mo Taiyun would choose five candidates from 167 gathered experts for the Sacred Tree Festival, where 100 million fighters would battle until only 1,000 survived.
• Huyan Liuxing brought Xia Zhi and Huyan Jin to the experts’ quarters and warned them not to enter forbidden areas or fight before Mo Taiyun returned.
• Batuo confronted the newcomers and had Xue Xiao unleash a blood-sea illusion, but Xia Zhi dispelled it while Huyan Jin struggled against its pressure.
• Huyan Liuxing told Xia Zhi and Huyan Jin that Mo Taiyun would return in three days to select his candidates and warned them to watch out for the other experts.