Chapter Summaries

After nearly two hundred years of cultivation in Chaos City, Xia Zhi completed the Scales Chapter and deepened his understanding of time and space. With fewer than seventy years left before he had to begin life-and-death training, he studied the Beast God’s combat techniques and trained against opponents.

• Xia Zhi completed the first layer of the Scales Chapter after his Chou Pu clone repeatedly carved the Beast God of Light’s scale patterns.
• Xia Zhi received insights from his second clone, then went to the Universe Chaos Tablet and comprehended the fourth Line Diagram for twenty-one days.
• Xia Zhi unconsciously teleported back to his residence, and Kandri recognized how deeply he had comprehended the origin of space.
• After six months of cultivating time and space, Xia Zhi estimated that he could reach the seventeenth Tongtian Bridge level and noted that fewer than seventy years remained before his life-and-death training.
• Xia Zhi studied the Beast God’s four ultimate techniques and entered his training grounds, where the Dark Lord arranged opponents to help him improve.

After three hundred years of cultivation in Chaos City, Xia Zhi decided to leave and seek life-and-death battles to advance further. Before departing, he visited Luo Feng and King Zhenyan, who shared a farewell drink with them.

• Xia Zhi used the Three Absolutes Beast King Armor and Beast God techniques to defeat a Marquis-level Time-Space Nightmare Beast in his training ground.
• Xia Zhi told Babata he planned to leave Chaos City because he needed real battles to improve, then vacated his cultivation residence.
• Xia Zhi appeared outside King Zhenyan's manor, where onlookers marveled at his ability to teleport as a World Lord.
• Xia Zhi met Luo Feng and King Zhenyan and explained that he had come to bid Luo Feng farewell.
• King Zhenyan toasted Xia Zhi and Luo Feng as they drank together before Xia Zhi's departure.

Xia Zhi left Chaos City for the Outer Domain Battlefield to search for King Tianyu, after receiving warnings and a token from Dark Lord and the City Lord of Chaos. He spent his 100 Treasured Item points on new equipment, departed for the battlefield, and established the Star-Eater Grass's Divine Kingdom near Virtual Universe Company headquarters before traveling toward Junmen Star.

• Xia Zhi told Dark Lord and the City Lord of Chaos that he planned to search for King Tianyu in the Outer Domain Battlefield, and the City Lord gave him a token to summon help.
• Xia Zhi exchanged his 100 Treasured Item points for Aurora Realm, Pebble Armor, and Blood Corrosion Claw.
• Xia Zhi bid farewell to Myriad Tower King, who urged him to come back alive, and left Chaos City aboard the Meteorite Ship.
• Xia Zhi traveled to a remote region near Virtual Universe Company headquarters and helped the Star-Eater Grass establish its Divine Kingdom in the Space Interlayer.
• Xia Zhi returned to headquarters and took a space channel toward Junmen Star, a major logistics base in Human Territory.

Xia Zhi disguised himself as the Immortal God Qin and enlisted at Junmen Star, hoping to reach the Third Battlefield and find clues about his teacher, King Tianyu. After arriving at Base 018, he learned that he would have to lead a military force and was taken to meet an experienced veteran.

• Xia Zhi changed his appearance and adopted the name Qin before entering Junmen Star to enlist.
• Sai Fan assessed Qin as a Marquis Immortal and sent the gathered recruits through the Third Battlefield passage to Base 018.
• At Base 018, the White-Robed Immortal God told Qin that he had to lead a military unit until he completed his military merit quota.
• The White-Robed Immortal God offered to introduce Qin to an experienced veteran before the Military System assigned him a guide.

Xia Zhi learned that his military merit quota was the maximum assigned to Immortal Gods, reflecting the Virtual Universe System’s estimate of his strength. He met veterans and other Immortals at the base, and agreed to set out with Gong Bo and Wan Hou in five days to fight on Star Ring Continent.

• Gong Bo and Wan Hou explained how Immortal legions fought together and asked Xia Zhi about his military merit quota.
• Xia Zhi revealed his quota was 100 billion, and Gong Bo explained that it was the maximum for Immortal Gods and indicated Marquis Peak combat strength.
• Xia Zhi kept his separate Virtual Universe Company training quota of 1 quadrillion to himself as he discussed the battlefield’s merit system with Gong Bo and Wan Hou.
• Wan Hou showed Xia Zhi a map of Star Ring Continent and described the King-level Star Remains Floating Island at its center.
• Gong Bo and Wan Hou agreed to set out with Xia Zhi in five days, then introduced him to three returning Immortal friends at the restaurant.

Xia Zhi and his newly organized legion left the military camp base for Star Ring Continent, where they would enter the Outer Domain Battlefield. As the spaceship began its seven-day Dark Universe voyage, Xia Zhi studied the dangers of their destination and prepared for battle.

• Xia Zhi spent his final days at the base learning from veterans and resolved to search Star Remains Floating Island for King Tianyu once he had earned his freedom.
• Xia Zhi, Gong Bo, and Wan Hou led more than thirty thousand warriors aboard a heavily reinforced spaceship and departed the military camp base.
• The spaceship entered the Dark Universe, and Wan Hou sent Xia Zhi detailed intelligence about Combat Zone No. 001533756 in Myriad Peaks Forest.
• Xia Zhi assessed his strength against Marquis and King Immortals and looked ahead to Star Ring Continent.

Xia Zhi and his legion encountered a Chiyong Race force in Zhaoxing Sea, and he used the Aurora Realm to help secure a decisive victory. After earning his first military merits, Xia Zhi departed with Gong Bo and Wan Hou toward Star Ring Continent.

• Yan Long urged the world master warriors to stay alert as the spaceship crossed Zhaoxing Sea.
• Gong Bo, Wan Hou, and Xia Zhi chose to attack a Chiyong Race force hidden inside a meteorite.
• Gong Bo and Wan Hou opened the assault with blasts of divine power, killing many Chiyong warriors before Xia Zhi destroyed their strongest Immortal.
• Xia Zhi's Aurora Realm suppressed the Chiyong forces, allowing Gong Bo, Wan Hou, and the human legion to defeat the remaining enemies.
• Xia Zhi received 150 million military merits, and the legion collected spoils before leaving the battlefield.

Xia Zhi’s powerful detector helped his squad ambush a Kashi Race team, but the battle revealed a Zerg Mother Nest and its devastating army. After saving Gong Bo, Wan Hou, and the human troops from the swarm’s attack, Xia Zhi pursued the fleeing nest alone.

• Gong Bo and Wan Hou admired Xia Zhi’s rare equipment, while he let them believe his strength and possessions came from a powerful teacher.
• Xia Zhi’s squad attacked two Kashi Race immortals and fifteen World Masters, with Xia Zhi suppressing them through his Aurora Realm.
• The fleeing Kashi Race immortal released a Zerg Mother Nest, whose army gathered hundreds of thousands of warriors for a devastating combined attack.
• Xia Zhi teleported Gong Bo, Wan Hou, and most of the human troops out of danger before the Zerg attack annihilated the planet fragment.
• Xia Zhi sent Gong Bo and Wan Hou away with the army and teleported after the fleeing Zerg Mother Nest, while they agreed to protect his identity.

Xia Zhi pursued the fleeing Zerg Mother Queen Anfiya and her Kashi Race servant, defeating them and Soul Enslaving Anfiya. He decided to send her back to the Zerg to rise within their ranks and serve as his hidden ally.

• Chajier fled into Dark Universe with Anfiya and the surviving Zerg legion, but Xia Zhi caught up and pursued him with his law domain.
• Chajier returned to the Primordial Universe to escape, but Xia Zhi teleported beside him, killed him, and stopped Anfiya's legion from launching another combined attack.
• Xia Zhi used Myriad Mind Soul Control to Soul Enslave Anfiya and ordered her to put away the Zerg legion.
• Three light-years away, Ilina revealed that she and Anfiya had known each other before, and Anfiya said she had not recorded Xia Zhi's capture.
• Xia Zhi told Anfiya to return to the Zerg, use her military merits to become Immortal, and help him from within the Zerg in the future.

Xia Zhi’s legion fought through Myriad Peaks Forest as he hunted powerful alien Immortals, earning enough military merit to complete his quota. After revealing King-level combat power while killing the Kaza Race Marquis Wudusa, Xia Zhi prepared to leave the army and roam independently.

• Xia Zhi discussed the dangers of fighting Marquis Immortals with Wan Hou and Gong Bo as their legion searched Myriad Peaks Forest for strong opponents.
• Over nearly a year, Xia Zhi’s legion fought twenty-five battles and killed four Marquis Immortals and fifteen peak Immortal Military Lords.
• Wudusa’s Kaza Race squad was attacked by Xia Zhi’s legion, and Xia Zhi’s Aurora Realm trapped the aliens while he overwhelmed Wudusa with King-level combat power.
• Wudusa sent a warning about Xia Zhi’s strength to the Monster Race forces before self-destructing, but Xia Zhi teleported clear of the blast.
• Babata confirmed that Xia Zhi had completed his 100-billion military merit quota, and Xia Zhi went to help Wan Hou and Gong Bo fight the remaining Kaza Race Immortals.

After reaching a hundred billion military merits, Xia Zhi prepared to leave his companions and continue his other mission, but Cloud Wolf Envoy arrived to avenge the fallen Kaza Race Immortal. Xia Zhi drew the King High-level Monster Race expert away by teleporting, leaving Gong Bo and Wan Hou behind as they feared for his survival.

• Wudusa's final distress message warned nearby Monster Race allies that the human Aurora Marquis had King Immortal combat strength, and Cloud Wolf Envoy set out to kill him.
• Xia Zhi told Wan Hou and Gong Bo that he had reached a hundred billion military merits and gave them spoils to share with their World Masters.
• Cloud Wolf Envoy arrived in a puppet body, then revealed his eighteen-kilometer Heavenly Wolf true form and identified himself as one of the Monster Race's Eight Great Wolf Taming Envoys.
• Xia Zhi offered to move the fight away from the human troops, told Gong Bo and Wan Hou to run, and teleported three hundred million kilometers away.
• Cloud Wolf Envoy pursued Xia Zhi while Gong Bo and Wan Hou watched anxiously.

Xia Zhi fought Cloud Wolf Envoy, a Monster Race King Immortal, and endured his attacks with the help of the Beast King Armor. When Cloud Wolf Envoy burned more of his divine body, Xia Zhi summoned his Chou Pu clone, which overwhelmed the wolf and began destroying his divine body.

• Xia Zhi lured Cloud Wolf Envoy to a remote canyon, where the wolf sealed the surrounding space and attacked him with a powerful flame domain.
• Xia Zhi met Cloud Wolf Envoy's attacks with his pale golden Aurora Domain, Beast God Phantom, and battle blade, but the wolf burned divine power and blasted him away.
• Cloud Wolf Envoy burned 10% of his divine body and prepared to attack again, believing Xia Zhi's armor and domain were treasures worth paying a heavy price to obtain.
• Xia Zhi watched as his Chou Pu clone appeared above the canyon, its enormous body and pressure startling Cloud Wolf Envoy.
• Chou Pu clone struck Cloud Wolf Envoy with its Blood Corrosion Claw, shattering him and annihilating portions of his divine body and Soul Seal.

Xia Zhi killed Cloud Wolf Envoy with his Chou Pu clone and soul attack, then reached Barracks Base No. 072 and examined the spoils from the battle. The City Lord of Chaos arranged for a Special Envoy team to meet Xia Zhi after his new identity as Aurora King spread.

• The Chou Pu clone battered Cloud Wolf Envoy, trapped him with Aurora Realm and Time Stop, and Xia Zhi destroyed his soul with Assimilation Demon Sound.
• Cloud Wolf Envoy’s dying message spread news of Aurora King’s strength and heavy treasure, prompting Monster Race forces around Myriad Forest Peak to flee.
• Xia Zhi traveled to Barracks Base No. 072, rested on a private island, and discovered Mechanical Race spoils and the Ring of Sky Suppression in Cloud Wolf Envoy’s World Ring.
• Xia Zhi stored the ring for the Chou Pu clone to study, considered his trial and cultivation goals, and resumed training in the Virtual Universe.
• The City Lord of Chaos watched Xia Zhi’s battle recording, ordered him an identity in the Hong Alliance, and a Special Envoy team was dispatched.

After finding a Star Core Detached Stone among Cloud Wolf Envoy’s spoils, Xia Zhi accepted an invitation to join the Hong Alliance and learned about its powerful members and ranks. He and Babata then teleported to Hong Alliance City to sell their spoils and seek materials for his cultivation.

• Babata showed Xia Zhi Cloud Wolf Envoy’s treasure haul, including a Star Core Detached Stone that would let him enter the Star Core Secret Realm when its passage opened in three hundred years.
• Aitor introduced Xia Zhi to nine Hong Alliance envoys, who invited him to join the organization.
• Xia Zhi accepted, received the Hong Alliance’s one-star mark, and learned that members could access Hong Alliance City through the Virtual Universe.
• After the envoys departed, Xia Zhi studied the alliance’s ranks and discussed its scale and trading opportunities with Babata.
• Xia Zhi and Babata teleported to Hong Alliance City to sell their spoils and look for Space Element materials.

Xia Zhi joined Hong Alliance City under the title Aurora King, met fellow King Immortals, and won a rare treasure in a casino. After treating thousands of Kings to a banquet, he brought his spoils to Yu Bao Hall to sell them, where King Niu Mo began appraising his haul.

• Xia Zhi concealed his identity as he arrived at his residence in Hong Alliance City and introduced himself to nearby human Kings as Aurora King.
• An Zhu King welcomed Xia Zhi and offered to guide him around the city, including to the casino in Pu Ya Palace.
• Xia Zhi won the Thousand Year Light prize in the One in Ten Thousand drawing and paid for a lavish banquet at Jiu Xiang Hall, earning a reputation as a generous King.
• An Zhu King led Xia Zhi to Yu Bao Hall, where King Niu Mo offered 5.3 billion Hunyuan Units for Xia Zhi's Mechanical Race spaceship and Puppets.
• Xia Zhi revealed additional spoils worth an estimated four billion Hunyuan Units, astonishing King Niu Mo and An Zhu King.

Xia Zhi bought Void Stones and used them to begin cultivating the sixth level of the Hong Meng Golden Body Art, then decided to create a close-combat saber technique that united his laws. City Lord of Chaos arranged secret arts and special opponents to help him develop his own path.

• Xia Zhi sold his battlefield spoils to King Niu Mo and bought ten kilograms of Void Stone after bargaining with An Zhu King.
• Three days later, Xia Zhi received the Void Stones and absorbed their space energy, opening an acupoint space and raising his life Gene Level to 4,500 times.
• Xia Zhi assigned nine Void Stones to his Chou Pu clone and continued cultivating the sixth level of the Hong Meng Golden Body Art with his Earthling True Self.
• Xia Zhi recognized that his close-combat attacks were weak and resolved to create a saber technique integrating the laws he had comprehended.
• Xia Zhi asked City Lord of Chaos for guidance, and City Lord of Chaos promised to send secret arts and arrange opponents for him to fight.

After Black Fang King placed a bounty on Xia Zhi, Xia Zhi stayed in the barracks and spent three hundred years developing his blade art in the Virtual Universe Training Ground. He defeated the 1,500th opponent, created the Universe Hegemon-level Ruyi Strategy, and left to resume fighting.

• Black Fang King offered one hundred million Hunyuan Units for information about Xia Zhi's location, prompting experts across the battlefield to search for him.
• Golden Hou King warned Xia Zhi about the bounty, but Xia Zhi dismissed the threat and continued cultivating in the barracks.
• Xia Zhi studied the secret arts City Lord of Chaos provided and developed a blade technique focused on the ultimate speed of his Origin Law insights.
• After three hundred years of training, Xia Zhi defeated the World Tree, the 1,500th opponent, and completed a Universe Hegemon-level blade technique.
• Xia Zhi met City Lord of Chaos, named his new technique the Ruyi Strategy, and set out to continue fighting and gaining experience.

Xia Zhi’s Chou Pu clone reached perfect genes and received the innate secret technique Ephemeral Annihilation, while he learned that enemies had placed a huge bounty on his whereabouts. He planned to visit the Star Remains Floating Island and investigate the Star Core Secret Realm, where King Tianyu and others had disappeared.

• Xia Zhi’s Chou Pu clone reached perfect Life Gene Level, and the Universe Origin bestowed the attack secret technique Ephemeral Annihilation upon him.
• Xia Zhi learned that Ephemeral Annihilation combined three time-centered Fusion Laws and required his Immortal Chou Pu clone to burn its divine body to use.
• Golden Hou King told Xia Zhi that alien Immortals had gathered at Base No. 072 and that the Monster, Zerg, and Mechanical races had placed bounties on information about him.
• Xia Zhi admitted that he had taken a Star Core Detached Stone from a Monster Race King and asked Golden Hou King about the Star Remains Floating Island and its secret realm.
• Golden Hou King explained how the floating island’s maze-like worlds led to the Star Core Secret Realm, and Xia Zhi suspected that King Tianyu and the others had entered it and vanished.

An Zhu King warned Xia Zhi that powerful foreign-race forces were gathering to kill him, but Xia Zhi refused to retreat after completing the third volume of the Beast God of Light. Venerable Yunhua ordered Monster Race Kings to ambush Xia Zhi at the Star Core Secret Realm entrances and vowed to kill him himself if necessary.

• An Zhu King detected foreign-race Immortals gathering near Myriad Forest Peak and learned that they were targeting Xia Zhi.
• Xia Zhi completed the third volume of the Beast God of Light and activated the second form of the Three Absolutes Beast King Armor.
• An Zhu King warned Xia Zhi that top King Immortals and King Limit powerhouses were coming for him, but Xia Zhi said he would stay and face them.
• Venerable Yunhua ordered Black Fang King, Lion King, and Bone King to lead armies to the three Star Core Secret Realm entrances and gave them tokens that could summon him.
• Venerable Yunhua blamed Xia Zhi for Cloud Wolf's death and the loss of the Ring of Sky Suppression, and vowed to kill him even if it sparked a decisive battlefield conflict.

Xia Zhi entered Star Remains Floating Island, where the Monster Race had prepared an ambush for him. He annihilated three Marquis Immortals in seconds, revealing King Limit combat power, while the Monster Race closed its net around his next destination.

• Black Fang King ordered his forces to watch the three entrances to the Star Core Secret Realm and kill Xia Zhi before rival Kings could reach him.
• Xia Zhi left the human barracks and traveled to Star Remains Floating Island, following Babata's route through sixty-two world spaces to conceal which transmission wormhole he sought.
• Three Monster Race Alliance Immortals spotted Xia Zhi and reported his location while keeping their distance to track his next move.
• Xia Zhi used the first form of the Ruyi Strategy, Ruyi Blade, to annihilate all three Marquis Immortals in under two breaths before entering the next wormhole.
• A Mechanical Race observer reported that Xia Zhi had King Limit combat power, while the Monster Race gathered forces at the world space he was heading toward.