Chapter Summaries

Lu Ming defeated the sixth-level gatekeeper on the Tongtian Bridge and drew widespread acclaim for his mastery of the Time Origin Law. He began the seventh level by choosing a warrior opponent, whose opening attack appeared to wield World Power.

• Lu Ming deceived the sixth-level gatekeeper with an afterimage and avoided the gatekeeper's desperate counterattack.
• Lu Ming's spear overpowered the gatekeeper's attack and pierced his head, allowing him to pass the sixth level.
• Queen Butterfly, Twilight King, Light King, and the watching Immortal Gods praised Lu Ming's achievement, while the other geniuses were left stunned.
• At the seventh level, Lu Ming chose to fight a warrior and faced a blue-clad, silver-masked opponent wielding a dark-purple spear.
• The warrior unleashed countless spear lights that erased the surroundings, and Lu Ming recognized the attack as World Power.

Lu Ming defeated the seventh-floor guardian by using his fused lightning and time laws to shatter the guardian’s World Power and overpower him. His unprecedented clear of seven floors stunned the Immortal Gods and drew the attention of the Chaos City Lord and Lord of Dragon Passage.

• The blue-clad guardian attacked Lu Ming with World Power, but Lu Ming evaded the strike despite the world’s suppression.
• The guardian located Lu Ming and sent a lightning dragon at him, while Lu Ming countered with a spear thrust combining lightning and time laws.
• Lu Ming’s attack shattered the guardian’s world, and he pressed his advantage as the world repeatedly collapsed.
• Lu Ming knocked away the guardian’s spear and killed him, clearing the seventh floor of the Tongtian Bridge.
• The watching Immortal Gods were stunned, and Venerable Guiyi sent the battle footage to the Chaos City Lord, who considered taking Lu Ming as a disciple.
• Lord of Dragon Passage also witnessed Lu Ming’s battle.

Lu Ming failed at the eighth level of the Tongtian Bridge after passing the seventh, drawing the attention of Human Race leaders who considered taking him as a disciple. As he reflected on his battle, the news reached hostile Alien Races, which renewed their efforts to kill him before he could grow stronger.

• Lord of Dragon Passage admired Lu Ming’s Beast God Path progress and decided to take him as a disciple.
• Lu Ming lost to the eighth-level gatekeeper, whose combined time and lightning attacks overwhelmed him.
• The Immortal Gods and overseer Bafen spread news of Lu Ming’s exceptional progress, prompting them to report his achievement to powerful Human Race figures.
• Lu Ming returned to his residence, shut off Virtual Universe network reception, and focused on reviewing his battle.
• A Demon Race agent told Zi Qian Wan She that Lu Ming had passed seven Tongtian Bridge levels, and the Insect Race and Mechanical Race also learned of his progress.

After passing the seventh level of the Tongtian Bridge, Lu Ming attracted the attention of many powerful figures, including the Lord of Dragon Passage, who offered to take him as a disciple. Lu Ming accepted and was named the Lord of Dragon Passage’s youngest Direct Disciple.

• Lu Ming connected to the Virtual Universe and found hundreds of emails and calls, including an offer from the Lord of Dragon Passage to become his disciple.
• Lu Ming visited the Jinlan Kingdom Lord in person to thank him and explain that he would accept the Lord of Dragon Passage’s offer.
• Xiaofeng Venerable escorted Lu Ming from the Initial Universe to the Dragon Passage Divine Palace, where the Lord of Dragon Passage awaited them.
• Lu Ming knelt before the Lord of Dragon Passage, who praised his talent and declared him his youngest Direct Disciple without requiring further tests.

Lord of Dragon Passage introduced Lu Ming to his Fourth Senior Brother, Venerable Chi Ting, and offered him a resource as a new disciple. Lu Ming asked for material to nurture a first clone, and Lord of Dragon Passage revealed the rare Blazing Void Beast, whose fire-and-space talents could complement Lu Ming’s weaknesses.

• Lord of Dragon Passage warned Lu Ming that fused laws were far harder to master than a single law, and Lu Ming pledged to remember his advice.
• Lord of Dragon Passage introduced Venerable Chi Ting, who had nearly mastered the Huo Suo Codex’s Azure Thunder Seven Pulls and offered to guide Lu Ming.
• Lord of Dragon Passage offered Lu Ming one secret technique or treasure, and Lu Ming requested genetic material for a Universe-level clone.
• Lord of Dragon Passage explained that the Company’s treasury lacked suitable Universe-level special lifeforms, then revealed genetic material from the nearly unique Blazing Void Beast.
• Lord of Dragon Passage said the Blazing Void Beast excelled at comprehending fire and space, which could make up for Lu Ming’s weakness in law specialization.

Lord of Dragon Passage gave Lu Ming the azure flame energy of a Blazing Void Beast and explained its powerful abilities. Lu Ming began nurturing the beast as his first clone, learning it would be ready in three years and six months.

• Lord of Dragon Passage explained that the Blazing Void Beast had no soul and described its three innate talents: Fire Source, Burning Ashes, and Void Control.
• Lord of Dragon Passage gave Lu Ming the beast's genetic material in a crimson World Ring and cautioned him to remain wary of the universe.
• Lu Ming returned to his residence and applied for Nutrient Solution to raise his original self to the ninth rank of the Universe level.
• Lu Ming drew the azure flame energy into his Inner World and activated his Clone Secret Technique to nurture the Blazing Void Beast.
• Lu Ming sensed that the clone would be successfully nurtured in three years and six months, sooner than he had expected.

Lu Ming bought and studied the first two volumes of “Cosmic Overview,” a powerful secret technique that deepened his understanding of the Cosmic Extreme Chaos Tablet. As he prepared to draw his new monthly talent, dazzling golden light filled his soul and revealed an unprecedented Gold Talent.

• Lu Ming purchased the first three volumes of “Cosmic Overview” for 100,000 points after learning that he could not afford more.
• Lu Ming read the first volume and gained new insights into Time Law techniques and combat.
• Lu Ming studied the second volume, improving his understanding of the Cosmic Extreme Chaos Tablet’s second diagram.
• Lu Ming stopped his study to draw his new monthly talent, and golden radiance flooded his soul.

After awakening the Gold Talent Limitless Spear Heart, Lu Ming rapidly mastered spear secret arts and deepened his understanding of Time Law. He finished studying for three years and six months and prepared for his Blazing Void Beast clone to be nurtured.

• Lu Ming awakened the Gold Talent Limitless Spear Heart, which enhanced his spear comprehension and promised growth without bottlenecks.
• Lu Ming realized the talent still required diligent study and that he needed to continue comprehending the Time Origin Law and the Path of the Beast God.
• Lu Ming studied Cosmic Overview and quickly mastered its spear secret arts, using them to reverse-engineer hidden Time Law profundities.
• Lu Ming deepened his understanding of the Double Lotus Diagram and deciphered its twenty-seven deeper layers of Time Law profundities.
• After three years and six months, Lu Ming put down Cosmic Overview and the Huo Suo Codex because his Blazing Void Beast clone was due to be nurtured.

Lu Ming’s Blazing Void Beast clone hatched, revealing immense strength and extraordinary control over space. Lu Ming planned to develop the clone’s Space Law and Fire-Void Beast God path while buying the costly techniques and resources needed to nurture it.

• Lu Ming watched the sphere nurturing his Blazing Void Beast clone crack apart and reveal a thirty-six-thousand-kilometer azure flame beast.
• Lu Ming sensed that the clone had genetic energy strength near the ninth rank of Domain Lord and exceptional talent in the Space Law.
• Lu Ming activated Void Control and discovered that the clone could command a 360,000-kilometer Void Domain and teleport freely within it.
• Lu Ming planned to have the Blazing Void Beast study the Nine Universes Chaos Tablet and focus on the Space Law and Fire-Void Beast God path, while his true body pursued the Time Law and Thunder-Time Beast God path.
• Lu Ming considered purchasing Chronicles of Time and Space, Flame Origin materials, and the Blazing Void Beast’s body-amplitude secret technique, tempering.

During his final days in Chaos City, Lu Ming received guidance from Venerable Sui Gu, refined his understanding of the Space and Time Laws, and received a powerful spear as a parting gift. As the batch of geniuses prepared to leave the Initial Universe, Lu Ming readied himself to return to the Primal Secret Realm.

• Over thirty years in Chaos City, Liya, Kun Zhou, Tiffany, and other geniuses advanced on the Tongtian Bridge, while none matched Lu Ming's first-attempt record.
• Venerable Sui Gu sparred with Lu Ming and praised his rapid progress in the Space Origin Law and the Path of the Fire-Void Beast God.
• Venerable Sui Gu promised Lu Ming a parting gift before leaving, and Lu Ming used their sparring session to improve a technique from the Blazing Star Codex.
• Alice informed Lu Ming that a new item had arrived, and he found that Venerable Sui Gu had sent him a priceless Blazing Heart Spear suited to the Path of the Fire-Void Beast God.
• A gentle voice summoned the geniuses, and Lu Ming prepared to leave the Initial Universe with his batch.

With only ten days left in Chaos City, Lu Ming returned to the Tongtian Bridge and challenged the Cosmic Extreme bridge. He passed the tenth level, leaving the watching Immortal Gods stunned by his progress.

• Venerable Yun Meng summoned the young geniuses and reminded them that they had ten days left in Chaos City, while mourning the nearly two hundred who had died.
• Lu Ming decided to make use of the newcomer points bonus and applied to challenge the Cosmic Extreme Tongtian Bridge.
• Guardian Bafen suggested Lu Ming challenge the Cosmic Extreme bridge while the Nine Universe bridge was busy, and Lu Ming agreed.
• Immortal Gods and young geniuses gathered to watch as Lu Ming passed the eighth and ninth levels with ease.
• Lu Ming defeated the tenth-level guardian by piercing him with a thrust after fighting within the Two Poles Stillness Domain.
• The watching Immortal Gods reacted with shock as they recognized Lu Ming's tenth-level achievement as comparable to an ordinary Immortal God's law comprehension.

Lu Ming fought the eleventh-level Tongtian Bridge guardian, whose Twilight World suppressed him, and countered it with his War King Domain. He killed the guardian and cleared the eleventh level, leaving the Immortal Gods and nearby geniuses astonished by his unprecedented achievement.

• Lu Ming chose to fight the eleventh-level guardian as a warrior and learned that the guardian wielded the Twilight World of the Time Law.
• The guardian’s Twilight World overwhelmed Lu Ming’s Two Poles Stillness Domain, but Lu Ming expanded his War King Domain and pushed it back.
• Lu Ming transformed into the Huo Suo Giant Beast and clashed with the guardian in an intense spear battle, matching his Twilight World with the War King Domain.
• After studying the guardian’s abilities through dozens of exchanges, Lu Ming used War King Pierce to shatter the guardian’s body and clear the eleventh level.
• The Immortal Gods and Universe Venerables watching the broadcast were stunned, while the nearby geniuses felt honored to share an era with Lu Ming.

Lu Ming failed the twelfth level of the Tongtian Bridge but cleared the eleventh level of the Nine Universe Tongtian Bridge and earned millions of points. After returning to Virtual Universe Company headquarters, he and Liya traveled with Venerable Yun Meng to the Primal Secret Realm, where they arrived at Wuchen Continent.

• Lu Ming lost to the twelfth-level Tongtian Bridge guardian, then cleared the eleventh level of the Nine Universe Tongtian Bridge and earned nearly two million points.
• Lord of Dragon Passage read an update about Lu Ming and reflected on his disciple’s potential and the future of the Human Race.
• Ten days later, Lu Ming and Liya arrived at Virtual Universe Company headquarters and waited for Venerable Yun Meng to take them to the Primal Secret Realm.
• Venerable Yun Meng brought Lu Ming and Liya through the Dark Universe and showed them the Primal Secret Realm’s artificial stars and time-space.
• Lu Ming and Liya arrived at Wuchen Continent in the Ninth Time-Space, where they would live and cultivate.

Lu Ming arrived at his Primal Secret Realm residence and reviewed the training, mission, and point systems available to him. He planned to strengthen Ying Yan and prepare his Blazing Void Beast clone for cultivation missions by advancing its “tempering” technique.

• Venerable Yun Meng brought Lu Ming and Liya to Wuchen Continent, where Kane Bolett and the guards welcomed Lu Ming and showed him his territory.
• Lu Ming explored his Virtual Universe permissions, including practical training courses and cultivation missions ranked by danger and rewards.
• Lu Ming decided to improve his auxiliary Energy Lifeform, Ying Yan, and prepare other resources before entering dangerous cultivation worlds.
• Lu Ming considered raising Ying Yan toward the ninth World Lord level, while noting that its Purple Flame cultivation plan had already cost nearly one hundred thousand points.
• Lu Ming prepared to advance the Blazing Void Beast's second level of “tempering,” whose rare materials could grant a sixfold strength amplitude.

Lu Ming accepted a Dangerous-level cultivation mission and chose to travel to Arid Thunder Star to hunt Barren Thunder Beasts and seek the title of Barren Thunder General. He began preparing to send his Inferno Clone into the secret realm while his true body stayed on a spaceship to cultivate.

• Lu Ming completed the second level of the tempering secret technique to minor achievement and prepared to use a Thousand Illusions Orb to disguise his Inferno Clone.
• Lu Ming rejected easier missions and accepted a Dangerous-level mission despite the Virtual Universe Company's warning of a high mortality rate for first-time mission takers.
• Lu Ming reviewed the Dangerous-level mission list and chose Arid Thunder Star over Blood Luo World and Seven Flames Hall.
• Lu Ming accepted Arid Thunder Star's missions to hunt a Domain Lord-level Barren Thunder Beast for a Barren Thunder Pearl or become a Barren Thunder General for a Barren Thunder Medal.
• Lu Ming planned to send his Inferno Clone to Arid Thunder Star while his true body remained on a spaceship with the Origin Core, and he began arranging equipment, transport, and language preparation.

Lu Ming arrived at Arid Thunder Star and sent his true body outside the planet while his Inferno Clone descended to explore. He rescued Mira’s adventurer team by killing the Purple Spirit Thunder Dragon Montreal, leaving Mira staring at him in awe.

• Lu Ming left the Ninth Time-Space and traveled aboard a spacecraft toward Arid Thunder Star.
• After reaching the planet, Lu Ming left his true body and spacecraft outside while his Inferno Clone entered the atmosphere.
• In Misty Gorge, Mira and her adventurer team were cornered by Montreal, a High-tier King level Purple Spirit Thunder Dragon.
• Montreal killed two adventurers as Mira and the others tried to flee.
• Lu Ming arrived in a purple-gold beam and killed Montreal with a spear strike, saving Mira at the last moment.

Lu Ming hunted a Purple Spirit Thunder Dragon, learned about the Hazy Moon Realm from Mira, and gathered information in Mist City. While researching the Divine Baptism ceremony, he discovered a small Jade Gold Statue that might reveal Arid Thunder Star’s secrets.

• Lu Ming killed a high-tier King-level Purple Spirit Thunder Dragon and took its Barren Thunder Pearl and corpse.
• Lu Ming told Mira he was a Wandering Warrior and learned that they were in Misty Gorge in the Hazy Moon Realm.
• Lu Ming followed Mira to Mist City, sold the dragon’s corpse, and bought books about the region and its beasts.
• Lu Ming found a record of Divine Baptism, a rare ceremony said to greatly increase an expert’s strength and potential.
• Lu Ming noticed that the ceremony required an inconspicuous thirty-centimeter Jade Gold Statue and became interested in its significance.

Lu Ming decided to seek the Beast God of Thunder statue, first heading for the Paradise of the Gods while hunting Barren Thunder Beasts along the way. In the Blue Mountain Realm, he defeated and killed a powerful Three-Headed Black Thunder Lion, leaving its corpse intact.

• Lu Ming identified the Jade Gold Statue as a symbol of faith for the Barren Thunder Divine Court and decided to search the Paradise of the Gods before approaching the court.
• Lu Ming planned to hunt Domain Lord-level Barren Thunder Beasts and collect Barren Thunder Pearls on his journey to the Paradise of the Gods.
• Three months later, Lu Ming confronted Lord Okarro, a Three-Headed Black Thunder Lion, in the Blue Mountain Realm.
• The Three-Headed Black Thunder Lion unleashed its Inner World, but Lu Ming used his fire-and-space spear technique to suppress it and kill it.
• Lu Ming preserved the lion’s corpse as a memento of his strongest real-world opponent so far.

Lu Ming’s true body fused ten Barren Thunder Pearls, becoming an Arid Thunder King and reaching the universe’s limit for Life gene level. His Will of the Overlord and Heart of the Wild talents let him overcome the pearls’ baleful force and harmonize with their Arid Thunder Power.

• Lu Ming began fusing Barren Thunder Pearls in his Inner World, and his Will of the Overlord easily absorbed the savage will within the first pearl.
• Lu Ming realized his Heart of the Wild talent made the fusion painless and helped the Arid Thunder Power transform his body and improve his genes.
• After fusing three pearls, Lu Ming activated the completed purple secret pattern and found that his Life gene level had risen to twenty times that of an ordinary lifeform.
• Lu Ming continued fusing pearls until he absorbed the tenth and became an Arid Thunder King.
• Lu Ming activated Arid Thunder Power and discovered that his true body’s Life gene level had reached the universal limit of one hundred times that of an ordinary lifeform.

After reaching the hundredfold limit of his Life gene level, Lu Ming traveled to Paradise of the Gods and discovered a damaged demonic sword alongside the Beast God Statue he had sought. He stole the treasures and fled as the guarding Barren Thunder Beasts went berserk, while their controller in the Barren Thunder Divine Court realized his Annihilation Divine Sword was gone.

• Lu Ming accepted that the eleventh Barren Thunder Pearl could not raise him beyond the hundredfold limit and set out for Paradise of the Gods.
• After six months of travel, Lu Ming arrived at Paradise of the Gods and explored its baleful-aura-filled regions, finding several damaged Divine Relics.
• Lu Ming located the Blood Fiend Abyss, sensed the Immortal-level Barren Thunder Beasts guarding it, and teleported inside.
• Lu Ming discovered a damaged demonic sword and a Beast God Statue on an altar, then stored them and other materials in his World Ring.
• The three guarding Barren Thunder Beasts went berserk as Lu Ming fled, and a square-faced old man in the Barren Thunder Divine Court realized Lu Ming had stolen the Annihilation Divine Sword he had spent over ten thousand eras repairing.