Chapter Summaries

Bolan fought to remain in the Original Secret Realm, while Xia Zhi endured the final stages of the Demon Sound Inheritance and lost contact with the Virtual Universe. After Luo Feng advanced to the Original Secret Realm and chose to break through to the Domain Lord level, the Universe Origin Will alerted the Ancestor Gods to a chosen one, prompting one of them to seek out Xia Zhi.

• Bolan watched Luo Feng's Qualification Battle before competing with Fito, Sima Yan, and Moro; Fito secured a perfect record, while Bolan finished with two wins and one loss and had to fight for the Original Secret Realm's remaining place.
• Xia Zhi reached the 9,999th Demon Sound Inheritance stairway after years of painful soul tempering and could no longer connect to the Virtual Universe.
• Luo Feng, unable to contact Xia Zhi, decided to break through to the Domain Lord level and was appointed to a Virtual Universe Company branch in the Qianwu Universe Country.
• The Universe Origin Will informed the three Ancestor Gods of a chosen one, an inheritance, and a crisis; one Ancestor God sent a phantom to meet Xia Zhi.

Xia Zhi completed the Demon Sound God General inheritance, received the Reserve God General title and a Beast God Inheritance Token, and was taken from Demon Mountain to the Primordial Secret Realm. He prepared to return to the Original Secret Realm and reconnect to the Virtual Universe.

• The Dark Lord learned that Xia Zhi had last connected to the Virtual Universe from Demon Mountain and sent him an email asking him to visit after reconnecting.
• Xia Zhi endured the final stairway of the inheritance, pushed his will beyond its limit, and completed the transmission before collapsing and recovering.
• Xia Zhi entered the final hall, where the Cosmic Pole Bell absorbed the black fog star, triggering the collapse of all thirty-two golden halls.
• A white-robed old man named Xia Zhi a Reserve God General and gave him a hexagonal Beast God Inheritance Token, then disappeared.
• A silver-haired man arrived, recognized the token, and transported Xia Zhi to the Primordial Secret Realm, where staff arranged to send him back to the Original Secret Realm.
• Xia Zhi boarded a spacecraft and connected a thread of consciousness to the Virtual Universe, thinking that Yiyi and the others must have been worried.

After completing the Demon Sound God General inheritance, Xia Zhi learned from Dark Lord about the Ancestor God Cult’s inheritances and prepared to return to Earth. He used Divine Kingdom teleportation to reach the Original Secret Realm, where the company confirmed his Domain Lord breakthrough, and set off for the Qianwu Universe Country.

• Xia Zhi told Dark Lord that he had received the complete Demon Sound God General inheritance and the Beast God Inheritance Token, and Dark Lord explained the token’s significance and the inheritance’s benefits and risks.
• Dark Lord advised Xia Zhi to visit the Beast God Legacy after reaching King Immortal and to build his foundation in Chaos City before choosing between the traditional Space and Time path and fusion laws.
• Xia Zhi paid 1,000 points for Divine Kingdom teleportation, and Dastan transported him from outside the Primordial Secret Realm to a planet near the Original Secret Realm.
• Xia Zhi returned to his manor, where Gaia welcomed him and company deacons confirmed his breakthrough to the Domain Lord level and delivered an earth-element Nutrition Chamber.
• Xia Zhi declined an immediate external posting, saying he would visit his hometown and then go to the Initial Universe, and he ordered Gaia to prepare for their journey to the Qianwu Universe Country and Earth.

Xia Zhi returned to Qiu Long Star, collected Huyan Bo’s inheritance, and planned new auxiliary life forms before heading back to Earth. He arrived in the Solar System after two centuries away.

• Xia Zhi traveled from the Original Secret Realm toward Earth and stopped at Qiu Long Star, where his journey into the universe had begun.
• Xia Zhi visited Universe River Bank and transferred Huyan Bo’s 3.12 million Hunyuan Units inheritance into his personal account.
• Xia Zhi reviewed the costs and risks of evolving the Cloud-Soaring Vine and decided to pursue a Star-Eater Grass instead.
• Xia Zhi purchased materials to cultivate a Star-Eater Grass and a Scythe Thistle, assigning delivery to the Divine Palace in the Solar System.
• Xia Zhi left Qiu Long Star aboard the Meteorite Ship and arrived in the Solar System.

After returning to Earth, Xia Zhi reunited with his family and decided to claim the Zerg Mother Nest left behind by Huyan Bo. He began trying to control its sleeping queen, and the chapter ended as he saw her inside the nest.

• Xia Zhi reunited with Luo Feng and attended a family gathering with nearly three thousand descendants, praising the family’s careful management.
• Xia Zhi toured Earth with Gaia and revealed that Huyan Bo had left a World Lord level Zerg Mother Nest there.
• Xia Zhi bought and quickly mastered the Hundred Hearts Realm of the Myriad Heart Soul Control Secret Technique, then traveled with Gaia to the guarded nest in Shennongjia.
• Xia Zhi sent the guards away and began extending his Mental Power into the nest to enslave the queen, while Gaia stood ready to intervene.
• Xia Zhi saw the sleeping Zerg Mother Queen and marveled at her beauty.

Xia Zhi enslaved the sleeping Zerg Mother Queen Ilina and learned how to raise her Zerg army. After Luo Feng told him the Qianwu Branch wanted to host a banquet, Xia Zhi saw a chance to obtain resources and Zerg corpses.

• Xia Zhi used the Bewitching Demon Sound to calm Ilina as she resisted his soul-control technique, then successfully enslaved her.
• Xia Zhi stored Ilina’s Mother Nest in a World Ring and learned that she could breed Tiger Armor Zerg, Blade Shadow Zerg, and Hunter Mantis Zerg.
• Ilina explained the difference between mass-producing ordinary warriors and breeding battle-tested King Zerg, and Xia Zhi chose mostly ordinary warriors with a few Kings.
• Xia Zhi studied the costs and resource options for breeding Zerg warriors while staying at his Earth home.
• Luo Feng told Xia Zhi that the Qianwu Branch planned a banquet attended by three hundred high-ranking figures, and Xia Zhi saw an opportunity to obtain resources and Zerg corpses.

Xia Zhi visited the Qianwu Branch with Luo Feng, where its three Marquis Immortal supervisors welcomed him and showed him the branch. He asked them to help him acquire Zerg corpses for his Mother Nest, and they directed him to the Garbage Star Domain as Luo Feng grew interested in the place.

• Purple Lightning Marquis, Golden Feather Marquis, and Black Annihilation Marquis discussed how to welcome Xia Zhi and decided to meet him when he arrived with Luo Feng.
• The three supervisors and the Qianwu Branch staff greeted Xia Zhi with a grand assembly, but Xia Zhi asked them to dismiss the crowd and then toured the branch with them.
• Xia Zhi declined a larger welcoming banquet in Imperial Capital Star and explained that he would soon return to Chaos City to cultivate under his teacher.
• Xia Zhi asked the supervisors to help him obtain raw materials or Zerg corpses for his Mother Nest, which he planned to use during future trials.
• Purple Lightning Marquis recommended the Garbage Star Domain as a source of Zerg corpses and offered to arrange a purchase through his contact in Wu Long Star Domain.
• Black Annihilation Marquis described the treasures sometimes found among the battlefield debris, prompting Luo Feng to show interest in treasure hunting.

Xia Zhi received his new auxiliary lifeforms and a large shipment of Zerg corpses, then set up preparations for his future training and a Zerg army. He went to thank Purple Lightning Marquis, while Luo Feng departed Earth aboard a Mechanical race spaceship.

• A hidden organization on Planet Valuo learned that Xia Zhi had refused the Qianwu Branch's welcome banquet and ordered surveillance, planning to assassinate him if he left the Solar System.
• Xia Zhi received the Star-Eater Grass, Scythe Thistle, and twenty million Zerg corpses, including a shipment sent by Purple Lightning Marquis.
• Xia Zhi arranged for the auxiliary lifeforms to evolve and ordered Mother Empress Ilina to raise a World Lord-level Tiger Armor Zerg army, using any remaining materials for Hunter Mantis Zerg Kings.
• Xia Zhi connected to the Virtual Universe and headed to Purple Lightning Marquis to thank him for the favor.
• Luo Feng boarded a Mechanical race spaceship with his Guard Team and left Earth.

Xia Zhi reunited with Thunder God on Earth, then learned that Luo Feng had survived an assassination in Wu Long Star Domain but was being detained on suspicion of stealing valuable war debris. After hearing Luo Feng’s account, Xia Zhi went to consult his Fifth Senior Brother, Venerable You Mo, about the case.

• Thunder God returned to Earth and reunited with Xia Zhi, telling him he planned to join the Universe Mercenary Alliance’s Elite Training Camp.
• Babata alerted Xia Zhi that Luo Feng had sent an urgent message, and Xia Zhi learned Luo Feng had been attacked and detained in Wu Long Star Domain.
• Luo Feng arrived and explained that an Immortal had tried to assassinate him, while King Yan Zhu accused him of fabricating the attack to cover up theft of war debris.
• Luo Feng told Xia Zhi and Thunder God that King Yan Zhu was targeting him because of his rivalry with Luo Feng’s teacher, King Zhenyan.
• Xia Zhi asked Luo Feng and Thunder God to wait while he went to speak with his Fifth Senior Brother, Venerable You Mo.

King Yan Zhu tried to frame Luo Feng, but Venerable You Mo ordered his release, and Xia Zhi confronted King Yan Zhu in the Wu Long Star Domain. Shih Huo Venerable removed his son from his post and told him to master a supreme treasure, while King Yan Zhu continued to plot revenge.

• King Yan Zhu resolved to frame Luo Feng and punish King Zhenyan, while King Zhenyan and Long Jue King sought help from Venerable You Mo.
• Venerable You Mo ordered Long Jue King and Xia Zhi to release Luo Feng and warned that he would intervene if King Yan Zhu persisted.
• Xia Zhi accompanied Long Jue King to the Wu Long Star Domain, mocked King Yan Zhu over his long confinement as a World Lord, and secured Luo Feng's release under Venerable You Mo's order.
• King Yan Zhu returned to his palace in a rage, and Shih Huo Venerable ordered him to leave his post and master the supreme treasure he had been given.
• King Yan Zhu agreed to leave but secretly vowed to take revenge on King Zhenyan, Xia Zhi, and Luo Feng.

After spending two years with his family on Earth, Xia Zhi left for Chaos City to continue cultivating under the City Lord of Chaos and the Dark Lord. He declared his intention to pursue fusion laws and remain in Chaos City until he reached the peak of the World Lord level.

• Xia Zhi reassured Thunder God and Luo Feng that he would protect Earth and warned that King Yan Zhu should not provoke him again.
• Xia Zhi spent two years with his family, then left Earth with Gaia as his relatives gathered to say goodbye.
• Xia Zhi parted from Gaia and his Guard Team at Virtual Universe Company's headquarters before boarding a spacecraft to the Initial Universe.
• Xia Zhi arrived in Chaos City, entered the City Lord's inner estate as the City Lord of Chaos's Direct Disciple, and met Venerable Guiyi.
• Xia Zhi told the Dark Lord and the City Lord of Chaos that he planned to comprehend the spatial and temporal essences, then pursue fusion laws.

Xia Zhi demonstrated the Demon Sound God General secret arts and revealed the Pan God inheritance to Dark Lord and the City Lord of Chaos. After learning how the secret arts were ranked and receiving twenty more chances to observe the Universe Chaos Tablet, Xia Zhi left Chaos Ruins resolved to pursue his chosen cultivation path.

• Xia Zhi demonstrated the first two levels of the Demon Sound God General secret art, and Dark Lord and the City Lord of Chaos assessed their power.
• Xia Zhi explained how he obtained the blood pearl and Bronze Bell secret art at Mo Tai World City, then revealed the Pan God Force in his bloodline.
• Dark Lord explained the five ranks of secret arts and warned Xia Zhi not to accept the third-level inheritance at the cost of limiting his future strength.
• Xia Zhi reaffirmed his intention to pursue the Law Route of fusion laws, and the City Lord of Chaos granted him twenty additional opportunities to observe the Universe Chaos Tablet.
• Dark Lord told Xia Zhi to consult him about cultivation in the Virtual Universe and to visit on reaching World Lord level and when leaving Chaos City, then Xia Zhi took his leave.

After studying the Universe Chaos Tablet in Chaos City, Xia Zhi comprehended all 108 space essences and thirty of the thirty-six time essences. He reunited with Myriad Tower King, who offered to demonstrate the six time essences Xia Zhi had not yet mastered.

• Xia Zhi used one Chaos Stele observation, and Kandri advised him to return to cultivation and reflect on the insights rather than spend another opportunity immediately.
• Xia Zhi and his Chou Pu clone cultivated for a year, allowing him to comprehend all 108 space essences and thirty time essences.
• Babata reminded Xia Zhi that he had promised to visit Myriad Tower King, so Xia Zhi hurried to his teacher’s monthly lecture.
• Xia Zhi joined Myriad Tower King’s lecture on the Universe Diagram, then greeted his teacher and the other disciples afterward.
• Myriad Tower King asked how many law essences Xia Zhi had comprehended, confirmed the six time essences he lacked, and offered to demonstrate them.

Xia Zhi gained deeper insight into the Time Origin Laws as Myriad Tower King demonstrated their mysteries, while his Chou Pu clone broke through to World Lord and Xia Zhi received recognition from the Light Origin Laws. The chapter ended with Myriad Tower King declaring that he was finally about to break through as well.

• Myriad Tower King demonstrated the six fundamental mysteries of time, helping Xia Zhi resolve doubts about his cultivation and the Cosmic Pole Bell.
• Xia Zhi's Internal World expanded to ten million kilometers as his Chou Pu clone evolved from Domain Lord to World Lord.
• Xia Zhi's Chou Pu clone grew to ten thousand kilometers, and Xia Zhi's enhanced comprehension drew the descent of the Origin Laws.
• Xia Zhi received recognition from the Light Origin Laws and told Myriad Tower King that he had comprehended five of the six time essences.
• Myriad Tower King told Xia Zhi that he was about to break through after waiting countless years.

Xia Zhi’s Bronze Bell phantom gave Myriad Tower King new inspiration to pursue a breakthrough, while Xia Zhi rapidly advanced his time-law comprehension and mastered the Universe Diagram. After completing his body training, Xia Zhi headed to challenge the Tongtian Bridge, aiming to set another record.

• Xia Zhi learned that Myriad Tower King had gained hope of breaking through to become a Universe Venerable and told his senior brothers that their teacher was entering seclusion.
• Xia Zhi gained recognition from the Origin Laws again and completed his comprehension of all thirty-six kinds of time essence.
• Xia Zhi repeatedly observed the Chaos Stele and mastered its third diagram, integrating space and time essences.
• Xia Zhi completed the fourth level of the Hong Meng Golden Body Art, bringing his body to the limit of the ninth Domain Lord tier and making it comparable to E-grade alloy.
• Xia Zhi connected to the Virtual Universe and told Guardian Bafen he would surprise him with his Tongtian Bridge challenge.
• Xia Zhi flew toward the Universe Tongtian Bridge to test his strength and challenge for another record.

Xia Zhi cleared the 14th and 15th levels of the Universe Tongtian Bridge but was defeated at the 16th by a gatekeeper wielding a powerful composite weapon. Afterward, he challenged Original Tongtian Mountain, cleared it, and broke through to the World Lord level in less than thirty years as a Domain Lord.

• Xia Zhi defeated the flame-armored gatekeeper and cleared the 14th level of the Universe Tongtian Bridge.
• Xia Zhi studied the fifth form of the Sky Command Token during a prolonged battle, then defeated the gatekeeper and cleared the 15th level.
• Xia Zhi challenged the 16th-level gatekeeper, but the opponent's golden blade shattered his weapon and killed him, ending his bridge challenge.
• Immortal Gods gathered to watch praised Xia Zhi's rapid progress and discussed how his law comprehension and Mental Power amplitude exceeded expectations.
• Xia Zhi went on to challenge and clear Original Tongtian Mountain, then broke through to the World Lord level.
• The news of Xia Zhi's record-breaking rise from Domain Lord to World Lord in less than thirty years astonished Immortal Gods and young geniuses across the secret realms.

Xia Zhi passed Domain Lord-level Original Tongtian Mountain with his Demon Sound technique, then broke through to the World Lord level. Dark Lord rewarded him with the Three Absolutes Beast King Armor and the soul-type treasure Seven-Colored Wu Xi, while Xia Zhi’s former companions resolved to push themselves harder.

• Xia Zhi used Assimilation Demon Sound to defeat the three guards and pass Original Tongtian Mountain.
• Xia Zhi broke through from Domain Lord to World Lord, and Luo Feng, Rong Jun, Bolan, and Wuka reacted to the news by resolving to cultivate harder.
• Dark Lord told Xia Zhi that Myriad Tower King had gained insight from the Bronze Bell and might become a Time Venerable within a thousand years.
• Dark Lord gave Xia Zhi the Three Absolutes Beast King Armor, a powerful armor that could also serve as a Mental Power weapon.
• Dark Lord also gave Xia Zhi the soul-type treasure Seven-Colored Wu Xi and warned him to keep its existence secret.

After receiving the Three Absolutes Beast King Armor and Seven-Colored Wu Xi, Xia Zhi bound the treasures and learned how the armor’s forms depended on his Beast God of Light cultivation. He applied for a Nutrition Chamber and collected secret manuals in the Virtual Universe, then returned to his manor to continue cultivating.

• Xia Zhi bound Seven-Colored Wu Xi, which displaced his Soul Suppressing Orb, and found that the new treasure provided no information.
• Xia Zhi bound the Three Absolutes Beast King Armor and learned its three defensive forms required progressively deeper comprehension of the fused laws of light and time.
• Xia Zhi applied for a Nutrition Chamber with fire-element nutrient solution worth 100 million Hunyuan Units and arranged for it to be delivered to Chaos City.
• Aitor delivered a briefcase of secret manuals to Xia Zhi and congratulated him on passing the Cosmic level and Domain Lord level Original Tongtian Mountains.
• Aitor watched Xia Zhi leave and reflected that the former Cosmic-level genius had grown stronger than him.

Xia Zhi received his Seven-Colored Wu Xi and new rewards, then spent most of his fortune on cultivating his Star-Eater Grass and buying detection instruments. After preparing for the Life and Death Trial, he began studying the Beast God of Light and became immersed in its Scales Chapter.

• Xia Zhi learned that the Seven-Colored Wu Xi could protect his soul and amplify his soul power, then received 3.1 billion points for clearing the Original Tongtian Mountain.
• Xia Zhi collected his World Lord-level lease payment and earned another 104,857,600 points by clearing the twenty-first island of the Sea of Illusions.
• Xia Zhi exchanged 1.89 billion points for materials to advance his 500-Vine Star-Eater Grass and bought two Mechanical Race detection instruments.
• Xia Zhi spent nearly all his remaining points and money, then began studying the Beast God of Light’s Scales Chapter.
• Xia Zhi recognized how the illustrations showed the fusion of the Time Laws and Light Origin Laws and became absorbed in comprehending them.

Xia Zhi discovered that carving the Beast God’s scales required infusing them with the mysteries of Time and Light, and he began experimenting with ways to fuse the two Laws. As he continued cultivating, he connected with the Second Nascent Soul in the Xia Clan World and sent it more than a century of memories and insights, setting up the story’s shift to Xue Ying.

• Xia Zhi used the Chou Pu clone to carve a Beast God Statue, but realized that accurately copying the patterns alone gave it no special qualities.
• After sensing a cosmic-rule fluctuation in a pattern he had drawn, Xia Zhi concluded that the scales needed to contain the essential mysteries of both Time and Light.
• Xia Zhi carved the patterns using his own comprehension, endured a painful suppression when the scales began connecting, and later found one successful fusion among thirteen altered sections.
• Xia Zhi repeatedly tested ways to fuse the Laws while using the Cosmic Pole Enlightenment Art, deepening his understanding over years of cultivation.
• Xia Zhi sensed the Second Nascent Soul in the Xia Clan World and exchanged memories and cultivation insights through the Cosmic Pole Bell.