Chapter Summaries

Qin Mu defeated the Tuo Luo Clan Warriors on the third level of the seventh Trial Tower and began slaughtering the soul-bearing Fei Hou on the fourth. As he entered the fifth level to face Mechanical Puppets immune to Soul Attacks, the Dry Witch Nation Lord and Yu Chen realized Qin Mu’s exposed location put his real body at risk and moved to protect him.

• Qin Mu used his Gold, Fire, Earth, and Space domains to defeat the Tuo Luo Clan Warriors, then recovered and killed the last one.
• Qin Mu entered the fourth level and used Soul Locking Realm and his other domains to overwhelm the Fei Hou, while the spectators watched in awe.
• The Dry Witch Nation Lord and the Venerables discussed Qin Mu’s prospects and realized that his true body’s location in the Capital of Apothecaries was public knowledge and unprotected.
• The Dry Witch Nation Lord warned Yu Chen, who sealed off the Capital of Apothecaries and prepared to defend Qin Mu.
• Qin Mu entered the fifth level, where one hundred Mechanical Puppets armed with powerful weapons awaited him.

Qin Mu defeated the Mechanical Puppets on the fifth floor of the seventh Trial Tower by combining his fourth-level wheels, phantom bodies, and Guardian Domain, but the battle left him near his limit. As he prepared to face the sixth floor, Venerable Guiyi revealed that Chaos City Lord would consider taking him as a Registered Disciple if he passed it.

• Qin Mu unleashed the fourth levels of his gold, fire, and earth wheels and charged into the Mechanical Puppets’ coordinated attacks, destroying them at close range.
• Qin Mu used Guardian Domain to suppress the Mechanical Puppets, then exploited their coordinated barrage and his phantom bodies to defeat all but the last one.
• Qin Mu suppressed and stomped the final damaged Mechanical Puppet, clearing the fifth floor and resting before the next challenge.
• The Dry Witch Nation Lord, Nine Swords Venerable, and another Venerable assessed Qin Mu’s strength and debated whether his soul techniques could help him pass the sixth and seventh floors.
• Venerable Guiyi arrived on Chaos City Lord’s orders and said Chaos City Lord would take Qin Mu as a Registered Disciple if he passed the sixth floor.

Qin Mu unleashed Burning Heaven Sword Prison to kill nine of the ten Starry Sky Giant Beast 'Cang', but the attack’s backlash left him badly injured. He used the seven-day rest period to carve Golden Horn Beast patterns into his body and activate a bloodline modification, then prepared to face the seventh Trial Tower’s Zerg Mother Queen.

• Qin Mu fought the ten Starry Sky Giant Beast 'Cang' with his Gold, Fire, Earth, and Space techniques, but his attacks barely damaged them.
• Qin Mu restrained one Starry Sky Giant Beast 'Cang', shattered its eye, and then used Burning Heaven Sword Prison to kill nine of the ten beasts, suffering severe backlash.
• The Dry Witch Nation Lord and the venerables watched Qin Mu’s injuries and discussed how his research into Starry Sky Giant Beast bloodlines had aided his law comprehension.
• During seven days of recovery, Qin Mu carved Golden Horn Beast patterns into his body to modify his bloodline and temporarily boost his strength.
• Qin Mu crushed the last wounded Starry Sky Giant Beast 'Cang' and prepared to fight the Zerg Mother Queen on the final floor.

Qin Mu entered the seventh floor of the seventh Trial Tower and risked his life to destroy the Zerg Mother Nest before its Swarm could overwhelm him. He killed the Zerg Mother Queen with a strike powered by all ten Origin Laws, but his body was disintegrating as the floor ended.

• Qin Mu entered the seventh floor with his body near collapse after carving Golden Horn Beast patterns into himself, and faced ten thousand Zerg led by a thousand Blood Mantises.
• Qin Mu charged the Mother Nest with Burning Heaven Sword Prison, blocked the Swarm's combined soul attack with Illusion Eternal, and fought through the Zerg Warriors' assault.
• Qin Mu activated Enhancement and Space Lock, doubling his strength and speed while weakening the Zerg, but his body began to disintegrate.
• Qin Mu unleashed all ten Origin Laws through the Myriad Manifestations Heavenly Wheel, destroying hundreds of Zerg and driving his sword toward the Mother Nest.
• The Zerg Warriors' combined attack blasted Qin Mu apart, but his dark-gold sword pierced the Mother Nest and killed the Zerg Mother Queen, causing the surrounding Zerg to collapse.

After Qin Mu passed the seventh Trial Tower, Chaos City Lord accepted him as a personal disciple and sent Venerable Guiyi to bring him to Chaos City. Qin Mu agreed to continue the Genius Battle, while the first assessment ended and the Qianwu team’s remaining contestants learned who had qualified.

• The Chaos City Lord reviewed Qin Mu’s records, concealed information about him and his associates, and ordered Venerable Guiyi to offer him a personal discipleship and protect him.
• Venerable Guiyi and Dry Witch Nation Lord praised Qin Mu’s talent and resolve, and Venerable Guiyi announced that Chaos City Lord had accepted him as a personal disciple.
• Qin Mu agreed to become Chaos City Lord’s disciple and chose to continue the competition, while Venerable Guiyi set out to meet him and escort him to Chaos City.
• The geniuses and Venerables reacted to Qin Mu’s unprecedented achievement, and Luo Feng, Hong, and Thunder God congratulated him.
• The Immortals led the Qianwu genius team back to its quarters, where the scaled-armored giant announced the qualifiers and told the eliminated contestants their assessment had ended.

After Qin Mu’s Trial Tower victory and acceptance as Chaos’s personal disciple, the Black Dragon Mountain Emperor gifted him another hundred galaxies, expanding Huaxia’s planned territory to 113. Huaxia’s leaders prepared to take control with Qin Mu’s support, while rival races and spies began plotting against him, though the Dry Witch Nation Lord’s protection prevented an immediate attack.

• The Black Dragon Mountain Emperor celebrated Qin Mu’s success, promoted him across the empire, and offered him a thousand galaxies before accepting that Huaxia would take only one hundred.
• Jia Yi told Huaxia’s senior officials that their original plan had to be revised because the gift expanded Huaxia’s territory from thirteen galaxies to 113.
• Jia Yi outlined Qin Mu’s support for the takeover, including powerful tamed beasts, bloodline potions, and help from Yu Chen’s subordinates and the Black Dragon Mountain Empire.
• A Six-armed, snake-tailed Immortal Expert activated insect-race agents to gather information on Qin Mu and seek an opportunity to assassinate him, but acknowledged that the Dry Witch Nation Lord protected him.
• The Mechanical Race, demon race, and other hostile factions activated spies, while Yu Chen discovered a servant in the Capital of Apothecaries leaking intelligence about Qin Mu.

Qin Mu watched Hong and Thunder God qualify for the Virtual Universe Company Core, then learned that the final rankings would determine access to its four Secret Realms. As the finals began, Qin Mu and Luo Feng advanced to the top ten, and Qin Mu faced Rong Jun for a place among the top five.

• Hong and Thunder God won their three elimination matches and secured places among the thousand Core candidates, while Qin Mu and Luo Feng watched.
• The purple-scaled man announced the rewards and Secret Realm placements, and the Virtual Universe system's finals rules excluded 800 candidates from the first ranking battles.
• Some excluded geniuses protested, but the Immortal Experts forced them to kneel and warned that they could leave the Virtual Universe Company if they rejected its rules.
• The next day, Qin Mu and Luo Feng won their opening matches, and both were selected among the twenty candidates fighting for the top ten.
• Qin Mu defeated Illusion Demon Galecy by shattering his soul, while Luo Feng defeated Gusiro with the second form of the Yan Shen Bing; both entered the top ten.
• The Virtual Universe system paired Qin Mu with Rong Jun, and Qin Mu let Rong Jun attack first as Rong Jun unleashed his full strength.

Qin Mu, Bolan, and Luo Feng secured the top three places in the Genius Battle and qualified for the Origin Secret Realm. Before leaving for the Initial Universe, Qin Mu warned Luo Feng, Hong, and Thunder God about the dangers and opportunities in Chaos City, and they prepared for a long separation from home.

• Qin Mu defeated Rong Jun, while Luo Feng used eight golden swords to defeat Long Yun and claim a place among the top five.
• Qin Mu won all four matches to take first place, Bolan finished second, and Luo Feng took third, qualifying them for the Origin Secret Realm.
• The purple-scaled man announced the Genius Battle's results and said the selected geniuses would travel to the Initial Universe; Venerable Guiyi would escort Qin Mu separately.
• Qin Mu met Luo Feng, Hong, and Thunder God at the Star River Trading Company and explained that Chaos City held Chaos Beasts, Chaos True Spirits, and fifty-two Chaos Steles.
• Qin Mu advised the others to bring Luo Feng's Mechanical Race spacecraft and save their Genius Battle points for secret techniques, then they received their bonuses and prepared to depart.

After recovering from the Genius Battle, Qin Mu received resources to expand the Swarm and prepared to leave for the Initial Universe. Venerable Guiyi took him through his divine kingdom to the Virtual Universe Company's headquarters, where Qin Mu arrived safely despite the assassination threats against him.

• Qin Mu thanked Teacher Yu Chen and the Dry Witch Nation Lord for their help, then rested for three days after the Genius Battle.
• Qin Mu's strength surged as the Swarm's suppressed feedback resumed, and he received a World Ring full of biological flesh and Cosmic Crystals to expand the Swarm.
• Qin Mu spoke with Senior Brother Ronnie, learned that Senior Brother Jiu Yuan was training in a dangerous secret realm, and received Venerable Guiyi's call to depart.
• Venerable Guiyi told Qin Mu that three Marquis Immortals had been captured for plotting to assassinate him, then brought him to the starport and departed with him.
• Venerable Guiyi used Divine Kingdom Teleportation to take Qin Mu through his divine kingdom to the Virtual Universe Company's headquarters.

Qin Mu arrived at Chaos City with Venerable Guiyi and met the Chaos City Lord, who accepted him as a personal disciple after recognizing his extraordinary talent. Chaos City Lord also discovered Qin Mu’s Swarm and its ability to hatch Starry Sky Giant Beasts with Peak Bloodlines, and Qin Mu admitted that a past fortuitous encounter had given him his opportunities.

• Venerable Guiyi brought Qin Mu through the Cosmic Passage into the Initial Universe, where Qin Mu saw the universe’s governing laws and learned about Chaos City.
• Venerable Guiyi explained Chaos City’s residences, cultivation resources, and rules before leading Qin Mu to the City Lord’s Residence and into Chaos Ruins.
• Qin Mu met the Chaos City Lord, knelt before him, and agreed to become his personal disciple.
• The Chaos City Lord recognized Qin Mu’s comprehension of all Ten Origin Laws and discovered the Starry Sky Giant Beasts and other lifeforms inside Qin Mu’s World Ring.
• Qin Mu acknowledged that a past fortuitous encounter had enabled his unusual cultivation and the Swarm’s capabilities.

Qin Mu revealed his Zerg Clone to Chaos City Lord, gained his teacher’s acceptance and an Ice Mountain Giant Beast, then began choosing a Chaos Stele. He finished studying all fifty-two paintings and told Venerable Guiyi he had made his choice.

• Qin Mu explained that a Zerg larva and Mother Nest had helped him comprehend Origin Laws, and Chaos City Lord confirmed that he was still human and welcomed him as a disciple.
• Chaos City Lord warned Qin Mu that the power of his Zerg Clone could bring great obstacles, then invited him to seek cultivation guidance and instructed him when to return to the Chaos Ruins.
• Chaos City Lord gave Qin Mu a sealed, living Peak World Lord Ice Mountain Giant Beast, which Qin Mu planned to Zergify after the Swarm grew stronger.
• Venerable Guiyi led Qin Mu to the corridor of fifty-two Chaos Stele paintings and explained how to use them to choose a stele.
• Qin Mu studied the paintings for more than half a day, then told Venerable Guiyi he had made his choice.

Qin Mu chose the Cosmic Chaos Stele, created by the Chaos City Lord, and entered its cultivation chamber to study its nine illustrations. He used the Swarm’s shared perception and computing power to deepen his understanding of Time and Space, then was called out before he could continue.

• Qin Mu chose the Cosmic Chaos Stele, and Venerable Guiyi explained that it had been created by the Chaos City Lord and cultivated both Time and Space.
• Venerable Guiyi described three paths for studying the stele, and Qin Mu decided to advance his Time and Space comprehension together by increasing the number of Destroying Giant Beasts in his Swarm.
• Qin Mu met Venerable Candle, who opened the chamber containing the Cosmic Chaos Stele.
• Qin Mu studied the stele’s nine illustrations as the Swarm, his giant beasts, and the Mo Sha Clan shared and analyzed their insights through the Soul Network.
• Qin Mu became immersed in the stele’s mysteries until a voice repeatedly called him out, waking him and ending his session.

Qin Mu settled into Chaos City, explored the Virtual Universe Company’s headquarters, and met his friends before applying to enter the Tongtian Bridge. The chapter left him on the bridge’s island as Guardian Bafen explained how its trials could grant further opportunities to study the Cosmic Chaos Stele.

• Venerable Guiyi led Qin Mu to cultivation residence number 0290020921 and explained how other cultivators’ insight inscriptions could aid his study of the Cosmic Chaos Stele.
• Qin Mu met Li Shan in the Virtual Universe and learned about Yuxiang Mountain’s five zones before Aitor welcomed him into the Origin Zone and assigned him manor number 114.
• Qin Mu met Luo Ya, the peak Marquis Immortal who commanded his guard army, then explored his manor and contacted Luo Feng, Hong, and Thunder God in the Public Zone.
• Qin Mu applied to enter the Tongtian Bridge and was teleported to its island, where Guardian Bafen explained its connection to the fifty-two Chaos Steles.

Qin Mu studied the Cosmic Chaos Stele and challenged the Cosmic Tongtian Bridge to test his strength and earn chances to comprehend the stele. He learned to coordinate his weapons against the first-level opponent, then advanced through the early levels while the Chaos City Lord and others watched.

• Qin Mu connected his scattered insights into Origin Laws through the Cosmic Chaos Stele and identified its first three diagrams as fundamental mysteries of time and space.
• Guardian Bafen explained the Tongtian Bridge’s levels, comprehension rewards, and strength benchmarks, and Qin Mu set out to challenge the Cosmic Tongtian Bridge.
• Qin Mu received the Virtual Universe Company’s points rules and chose a Controller opponent at the first level.
• Qin Mu used the masked man’s attacks to learn how to coordinate his short spears, defeated him with a combined spear strike, and impressed the watching Chaos City Lord and Venerable Guiyi.
• Qin Mu chose Controller opponents on the second and subsequent levels, where his domain overwhelmed the second-level opponent as he continued upward.

Qin Mu reached the sixth level of the Cosmic Tongtian Bridge, where he was killed by an opponent’s advanced Time-Space Penetration. Afterward, Chaos City Lord demonstrated the first two diagrams of the Cosmic Chaos Stele and assigned Qin Mu a secret technique to study before his next challenge.

• Qin Mu defeated the fifth-level gatekeeper by combining nine types of Space and Time Origin Laws into a condensed attack that weakened and shattered the opponent’s silver spear.
• Qin Mu was killed on the sixth level when the gatekeeper’s silver spear penetrated his afterimages and struck his true body through a manipulation of time.
• Chaos City Lord summoned Qin Mu to Thunder Island and praised his comprehension of the first diagram before demonstrating its nine meteors.
• Qin Mu spent half a day realizing the second diagram after Chaos City Lord demonstrated its thirty-six meteors.
• Chaos City Lord told Qin Mu to study The True Explanation of the Universe and promised to demonstrate the third diagram after Qin Mu passed the sixth level.

Qin Mu purchased the first three volumes of "The True Explanation of the Universe" and used them to deepen his understanding of the Cosmic Chaos Stele’s time and space laws. With the Swarm dividing the work among its units and Chaos City Lord Teacher available for guidance, Qin Mu advanced his studies and began applying his insights to create new Zerg Units.

• Qin Mu spent 100,000 points on the first three volumes of "The True Explanation of the Universe" after deciding the text was essential to studying the Cosmic Chaos Stele.
• Qin Mu read the first volume and discovered that mastering the first Meteor Diagram required learning nineteen sets of secret techniques; he mastered them with the Swarm’s help in three days.
• Qin Mu began studying the second volume, which covered thirty-six Space Essences and thirty-six Time Essences, and found its teachings far more difficult.
• Qin Mu divided the Mo Sha Clan, Destruction Beasts, and other Swarm units into groups to study different essences simultaneously, while the Mother Nest tested their ideas through research and hatching.
• Qin Mu combined the Destruction Beast’s and Mo Sha Clan’s talent secret patterns to create new Zerg Units, applying his understanding of the Space and Time Origin Laws.

Qin Mu and his companions hunted Chaos Beasts in Chaos City, where absorbing their Chaos True Spirits improved their souls and perception of the Origin Laws. After years of cultivation and a century of expansion in the Original Universe, the Swarm reached the Domain Lord level, while Qin Mu remained Cosmic level and looked toward Virtual Universe Company missions.

• Qin Mu, Luo Feng, Hong, and Thunder God read about Chaos True Spirits and entered the wilderness to hunt Chaos Beasts.
• Qin Mu used Time-Space World to kill more than a hundred Chaos Beasts, captured one alive, and collected their Chaos True Spirits for the group.
• The captured Chaos Beast died outside the Chaos Current, but Qin Mu and his companions absorbed the Chaos True Spirits and sensed clearer Origin Law fluctuations.
• Qin Mu later passed the sixth and seventh Tongtian Bridge levels, while Luo Feng, Hong, Thunder God, and Bolan also advanced through the bridge levels during their years in Chaos City.
• In the Original Universe, the Huaxia Primary Universe Country was established, and Worker Bugs mined resources across its 113 galaxies as the Swarm expanded.
• After a century of growth and steady resource gathering, the Swarm reached the Domain Lord level, while Qin Mu chose not to break through yet and looked forward to Virtual Universe Company secret realms.

After thirty years in Chaos City, Qin Mu completed his comprehension of the third diagram of the Cosmic Chaos Stele and prepared to leave. He passed the eighth level of the Tongtian Bridge using warrior techniques and began challenging the ninth, drawing the attention of his peers and powerful observers.

• Qin Mu completed his analysis of all 108 essences of the Space and Time Origin Laws, aided by the Swarm's growth and his Zergified Ice Mountain Giant Beast's access to the Cosmic Origin Land.
• Qin Mu entered the Virtual Universe to challenge the Tongtian Bridge before leaving Chaos City and defeated the eighth-level warrior with a single strike.
• Luo Feng and the other young geniuses gathered to watch Qin Mu's attempt, while the Chaos City Lord and several powerful figures also followed his progress.
• Qin Mu chose a warrior opponent again for the ninth-level challenge so he could assess the limits of his close-combat strength.

Qin Mu passed the ninth, tenth, and eleventh levels of the Tongtian Bridge, astonishing the observers with his mastery of the Time-Space Divine Weapon. He then defeated the twelfth-level Controller on his first visit to Chaos City, breaking a record as the story left him poised to continue his trials.

• Qin Mu defeated the blue-clad warrior on the ninth level with Dragon Emerges from the Sea and advanced to the tenth level.
• Qin Mu chose a Controller opponent on the tenth level and defeated him with the eighth level of the Time-Space Divine Weapon, Time-Space Void Break.
• Qin Mu defeated the eleventh-level Controller after several dozen exchanges, while observers marveled at his progress and compared him to Kedi.
• Qin Mu chose a Controller opponent on the twelfth level, where the yellow-clad man warned that no one had passed the level on their first entry into Chaos City.
• Qin Mu outmatched the twelfth-level Controller with his silver spear and passed the level, breaking the record.

After thirty years in Chaos City, Qin Mu cleared the thirteenth level of the Tongtian Bridge before being defeated on the fourteenth, astonishing geniuses and Immortal Gods alike. With the Chaos City Lord's approval and new cultivation materials, Qin Mu left to test himself in the Blood River World.

• Qin Mu cleared the twelfth level and challenged the thirteenth, while the geniuses and Immortal Gods watching marveled at his progress.
• Qin Mu defeated the thirteenth-level Controller by using his powerful mental strength to overcome the opponent's spacetime spear.
• Qin Mu challenged the fourteenth level but was killed by the Flame Armored Man's spear strike.
• The Chaos City Lord praised Qin Mu, promised to demonstrate the fourth diagram of the Cosmic Chaos Stele, and gave him volumes four through six of The True Explanation of the Universe.
• Qin Mu left Chaos City aboard a spacecraft and ordered it to take him to the Blood River World for a training mission.