Chapter Summaries

Jin visited Qin Mu while he cultivated Nine Realms of Extinction and gave him guidance about building his own path beyond the Ultimate Divine King Realm. Jin then revealed that he had come to give Qin Mu a mission.

• Yuan and the other powerful beings examined Qin Mu's abilities and agreed to consider sending him against parasitic species after his Mind Will grew stronger.
• Yuan, Jin, and a space-time powerhouse promised Qin Mu cultivation resources and inheritances if he succeeded in clearing parasitic species from a Source World.
• Qin Mu cultivated the first realm of Nine Realms of Extinction, using the World Beast King and the Swarm to withstand its dangerous memories of destruction.
• Jin appeared before Qin Mu, praised his cultivation, and warned him that copying powerful beings' paths could prevent him from escaping the cage.
• Jin told Qin Mu to use the Swarm's ability to analyze Primordial Bloodline lifeforms as guidance for his own path, then announced that he had a mission for him.

Qin Mu accepted Jin’s dangerous trial to enter another Source World and exterminate Abyssal Aliens, then studied their parasitic abilities and revised the Swarm’s preparations. Meanwhile, the Yun Country Lord and four Divine Kings prepared to attack Qin Mu in Crimson Gold City.

• Jin offered Qin Mu a voluntary mission to eliminate Innate Primordial Life in another Source World, and Qin Mu accepted eagerly.
• Jin warned that Qin Mu needed to strengthen his Mind Will before entering the Source World and gave him intelligence about the enemies.
• Qin Mu learned that Abyssal Aliens could parasitize bodies, souls, and minds, spread corruption, and eventually rewrite a Source World’s laws.
• Qin Mu prioritized strengthening the Swarm’s spiritual network, research, defenses, reconnaissance, and resources before facing the Abyssal Aliens.
• The Yun Country Lord met with the Profound Fire Divine King, Azure Lotus Divine King, Blade Demon Ancestor, and Snow Realm Ancestor, and they agreed to attack Qin Mu soon.

Qin Mu developed fused swarm tactics and acquired an array diagram while seeking more resources and Primordial Life remains. When the Yun Country Lord and four allies arrived to attack Crimson Gold City, Qin Mu unveiled a vast Destruction Swarm Tide and confronted them.

• Qin Mu fused the Life Swarm Tide and Destruction Swarm Tide after many attempts, creating a combined power stronger than either swarm alone.
• Qin Mu bought East Sun Divine King's Immeasurable Star Sea Array for one hundred billion Cosmic Sand and discussed acquiring a parasitic Heart Demon Ape carcass and Divine King Yufu's Void Severing Array.
• The Yun Country Lord, Profound Fire Divine King, Azure Lotus Divine King, Blade Demon Ancestor, and Snow Realm Ancestor entered the Swarm Domain, and Qin Mu told the Empress, Giant Axe, Luo Feng, and the other human experts to hide.
• The Yun Country Lord covered Crimson Gold City with his Cloud Mist World and threatened Qin Mu, but Qin Mu's Destruction Swarm Tide forced the mist aside and surrounded him.
• Blade Demon Ancestor hid in a spatial fissure, while the Yun Country Lord urged the others to help him seriously wound Qin Mu and prevent his escape.

Qin Mu’s Destruction Swarm faced Yun Country Lord and four allied Divine Kings, revealing new forces and defenses that turned the ambush against them. The battle remained underway as the Giant Ruin Divine Elephant charged Profound Fire Divine King and Yun Country Lord struggled to contain the swarm.

• Yun Country Lord expanded his Cloud Mist World and struck the Destruction Swarm Tide with space blades, then trapped the Destruction Ape Demon in his Blood Realm Cage.
• Blade Demon Ancestor, Profound Fire Divine King, and Azure Lotus Divine King attacked the restrained Destruction Ape Demon while Snow Realm Ancestor remained hidden.
• Qin Mu revealed the Giant Ruin Divine Elephant, which blocked Blade Demon Ancestor’s Great Extinction Slash, while the Life, Material, and Space Swarm Legions supported the battle.
• The Destruction Swarm resisted the Divine Kings’ karma and soul attacks, and the Destruction Ape Demon used a soul illusion to split Blade Demon Ancestor in two.
• The Giant Ruin Divine Elephant charged Profound Fire Divine King, who raised a Divine King Palace Supreme Treasure and called on Yun Country Lord to suppress it.

Qin Mu used five Swarm Legions and his powerful avatars to trap the five Divine Kings who had attacked him. The surviving enemies struggled to escape or bargain, but Qin Mu revealed that they were surrounded and had no hope of rescue.

• Shadow Heaven Palace Master and the observers were shocked when Qin Mu revealed powerful beast avatars and billions of Swarm creatures, while Divine King Zongfu and Divine King Yufu speculated about his abilities.
• The Void Weaver trapped the Yun Country Lord in a mental millstone attack, while the Swarm tide froze Snow Realm Ancestor and injured Blade Demon Ancestor.
• Blade Demon Ancestor and Profound Fire Divine King tried to flee through the insect tide, but the Giant Ruin Divine Elephant and Destruction Ape Demon shattered their charge and slowed them.
• Qin Mu added the Time Origin Swarm Legion, further restricting the Divine Kings as Snow Realm Ancestor, Azure Lotus Divine King, and the Yun Country Lord fought separately to escape.
• Profound Fire Divine King offered to pay for their release, but Qin Mu refused and taunted the trapped Divine Kings to call for help.

Qin Mu used the Swarm and the Town God Bead’s ultimate Mind Will attack to kill the Yun Country Lord, Azure Lotus Divine King, and Snow Realm Ancestor. As the Tiankun Kingdom Lord arrived to demand Blade Demon Ancestor’s release, Qin Mu faced a powerful new opponent.

• The five Divine Kings struggled against Qin Mu’s Swarm, while distant observers speculated that Qin Mu had been a powerful Divine King in a previous life.
• The Yun Country Lord charged toward Crimson Gold City and threatened to destroy it, prompting Qin Mu to send thirty Larva Nest Tyrants against him.
• The Swarm’s Mind Will attack froze the Yun Country Lord, Azure Lotus Divine King, and Snow Realm Ancestor, and the Larva Nest Tyrants annihilated their souls.
• Blade Demon Ancestor begged Qin Mu for mercy and invoked his elder brother, the Tiankun Kingdom Lord, as the Swarm surrounded him.
• The Tiankun Kingdom Lord arrived and asked Qin Mu to spare Blade Demon Ancestor in exchange for compensation.

Qin Mu challenged the Tiankun Kingdom Lord to a duel over Blade Demon Ancestor and used the Swarm Tide and Kunpeng to withstand his attacks. The battle escalated when four powerful Swarm units merged into the Destruction Ape Demon, whose spear pierced the Tiankun Kingdom Lord and revealed Qin Mu’s grasp of the Apex Origin Law.

• Qin Mu refused the Tiankun Kingdom Lord’s request to spare Blade Demon Ancestor and demanded a fight to decide his fate.
• The Tiankun Kingdom Lord unleashed his Annihilation Wind, but the Swarm Tide and Kunpeng absorbed the attack and retaliated with beams that forced him back.
• The Tiankun Kingdom Lord avoided entering the Swarm Tide and instead raced around its edge, killing hundreds of millions of Swarm units.
• Qin Mu combined the Giant Ruin Divine Elephant, Void Weaver, and Life Celestial Dragon with the Destruction Ape Demon to create a super-enhanced warrior.
• The Destruction Ape Demon struck the Tiankun Kingdom Lord with a spear, pierced his body, and led him to recognize the Apex Origin Law.

Qin Mu used the Swarm tide to withstand the Tiankun Kingdom Lord’s attacks, forcing him to negotiate for the Blade Demon Ancestor’s release. The chapter left them haggling over a price, with Qin Mu proposing fifty million Merit Points and one hundred eras of Purgatorial Suffering.

• The Tiankun Kingdom Lord struck the Destruction Ape Demon with Great Annihilation Golden Light, but the Swarm replenished the damaged units and kept them alive.
• The Tiankun Kingdom Lord tried to reach the Giant Kun, but the Swarm’s attacks wounded him and a Larva Nest Tyrant tore away part of his soul.
• Qin Mu taunted the Tiankun Kingdom Lord, who admitted he could not defeat the Swarm and offered resources to spare the Blade Demon Ancestor.
• Qin Mu rejected the Tiankun Kingdom Lord’s offers of thirty million and then one hundred million Merit Points as the two began bargaining.
• Qin Mu told Mountain Lord he would spare the Blade Demon Ancestor for now, and the Tiankun Kingdom Lord told the Blade Demon Ancestor to repay the cost of his release.
• Qin Mu offered to accept fifty million Merit Points if the Blade Demon Ancestor endured one hundred eras of Purgatorial Suffering.

Qin Mu forced the Blade Demon Ancestor to accept a hundred epochs of Purgatorial Suffering and suppressed the Profound Fire Divine King, then moved to claim the defeated Divine Kings’ territories and treasures. He left his allies to expand the Myriad Beast Sect while preparing to trade with the Life Mother River faction.

• The Tiankun Kingdom Lord agreed to pay fifty million Merit Points for the Blade Demon Ancestor’s freedom after a hundred epochs, and Qin Mu swore not to kill him during that period.
• The Blade Demon Ancestor entered the Giant Kun willingly, while the Profound Fire Divine King was swallowed with his Palace Supreme Treasure; Qin Mu assigned the Blade Demon Ancestor’s torment to Mountain Lord.
• Qin Mu secretly told Mountain Lord that he intended to kill the Tiankun Kingdom Lord after a hundred epochs, then left to raid the defeated Divine Kings’ lairs.
• Qin Mu tasked Chaos City Lord and Mountain Lord with expanding the Myriad Beast Sect across the Yun Country’s remaining states and the territories of the Azure Lotus Divine King, the Profound Fire Divine King, and the Snow Realm Ancestor.
• Qin Mu offered Luo Feng, Giant Axe, Darkness, Primal Ancestor, and Mountain Lord access to powerful Infinite Space inheritances if they met the requirements, inspiring them to cultivate and fight for breakthroughs.
• Qin Mu met with the Life Mother River Divine Kings to trade, and Divine King Zongfu and the others praised his strength before asking what treasure he wanted.

Qin Mu exchanged the Divine King treasures he had seized for powerful treasures and Primordial Life Bloodlines, then had Divine King Zongfu kill the defiant Profound Fire Divine King. After obtaining an Infinite Space token for Mountain Lord, Qin Mu asked Zongfu to take him into the depths of the Dream Domain.

• Qin Mu traded Azure Lotus Divine King's soul treasure to Divine King Yufu for the Void Severing Array and sent the formation diagram to the Swarm Space Legion.
• Qin Mu offered Profound Fire Divine King one last chance to submit, but Profound Fire refused and tried to bargain for his freedom.
• Qin Mu released Profound Fire Divine King's palace, and Divine King Zongfu killed him with the Karma Wind; Qin Mu then traded the Scythe of Karma and Profound Fire Divine Hall for the Heart Demon Ape remains and a Life-Destruction formation diagram.
• Qin Mu exchanged the Burning Star Beads for the Poison Shadow Lion bloodline and accepted Divine King Yufu's offer of an Infinite Space token for Mountain Lord.
• After the exchanges ended, Qin Mu asked Divine King Zongfu to take him into the depths of the Dream Domain.

Qin Mu agreed to join Divine King Zongfu, Divine King Yufu, and East Sun Divine King on an expedition into the Dream Domain in five epochs, while revealing his plans to build the Swarm faction and eventually take it to other Source Worlds. He left Mountain Lord and the others with a path toward joining the Life Mother River and preparing for those future conquests.

• Qin Mu accepted the invitation to explore the Dream Domain in five epochs and explained that the Swarm could help scout and overcome its barriers.
• Qin Mu declared that he preferred the title Swarm Master and planned to rename the Myriad Beast Sect and establish a kingdom, while Divine King Zongfu warned him to conceal his ties to the Life Mother River.
• Qin Mu promised to notify the Divine Kings before a future attack on the Yanfeng Ancient Kingdom, and the gathered Divine Kings pledged to join him.
• Qin Mu gave Mountain Lord a token for Infinite Space and invited him to join the Life Mother River, which Mountain Lord accepted.
• Qin Mu told Luo Feng, Primal Ancestor, Mountain Lord, the Empress, Giant Axe, and the others that he planned to lead them to conquer other Source Worlds once they were strong enough.

Qin Mu gave the Empress a Nine-Colored Treasure Lotus petal, transforming her soul and bringing her close to the Divine King First Layer Realm. As he cultivated in the Chaos Layer and advanced the Swarm’s research and preparations for the Abyssal Aliens, one era passed, and the Origin Continent Genius Battle began across the Myriad Beast Sect’s fifty-three Chaos States.

• Qin Mu offered the Empress the Nine-Colored Treasure Lotus, and she absorbed a petal that greatly enhanced her soul, Mind Will, and comprehension.
• The Empress went to the Chaos Layer with Qin Mu to study the Chaos Law while Qin Mu protected her and cultivated there.
• Qin Mu expanded the Swarm in the Chaos Layer, integrated plans for new battle formations, and uncovered mental contamination in the Heart Demon Ape carcass.
• Qin Mu continued studying Primordial Bloodlines and developing the Swarm’s Soul Network and Kunpeng war base, estimating that key work would take several eras.
• One era passed as the Myriad Beast Sect expanded the Virtual God Realm’s coverage across fifty-three Chaos States.
• The Origin Continent Genius Battle began throughout all fifty-three Chaos States ruled by the Myriad Beast Sect.

Allen registered for Qin Country’s first Origin Continent Peak Genius Battle, while Qin Mu prepared to meet with neighboring rulers amid their alarm over the contest and Qin Country’s expansion. Qin Mu remained confident that the Swarm could deter even the ancient countries, and set out to meet Yu Country’s ruler.

• Axel urged his son Allen to join the Myriad Beast Sect as a core genius, and Allen vowed to seize the opportunity.
• A proclamation announced the Peak Genius Battle and Qin Country’s founding, drawing crowds of aspiring contestants to the Virtual God Realm.
• Allen saw that Bailu Chaos State already had over a quadrillion registrants and registered for the competition.
• Mountain Lord and Chaos City Lord told Qin Mu that neighboring Divine King forces feared the contest and the upcoming powerhouse battle would undermine their influence.
• Qin Mu said Qin Country would ignore the pressure for now and explained that the Swarm had grown powerful enough to withstand the ancient countries’ rulers.
• Qin Mu decided to meet Yu Country’s ruler and left the palace.

Qin Mu discussed the Virtual God Realm and its expansion with the lord of Yu Country, then hosted the Origin Continent Peak Genius Battle to identify and cultivate talent. The first round selected thousands of exceptional Law Masters, drawing the attention of factions across the continent.

• Qin Mu met the lord of Yu Country, who warned that the Virtual God Realm and genius competitions could provoke the two ancient countries.
• Qin Mu offered to expand the Virtual God Realm into Yu Country, and the lord of Yu Country chose to wait until after the Genius Battle to decide.
• The Origin Continent Peak Genius Battle began, with Law Masters competing across fifty-three Chaos States while spectators watched through the Virtual God Realm.
• Axel watched Allen compete and saw that even a strong performance left him far below the leading contestants.
• The first round selected the top ten thousand contestants from each Chaos State, including many with Infinite Divine Bodies, and factions began trying to recruit them.
• Qin Mu arranged for the selected geniuses' true bodies to be housed together for protection as God Kings began paying attention.

Mountain Lord presided over Qin Country’s first Peak Genius Battle, which drew cultivators from across the Origin Continent and strengthened the country. Qin Mu accepted the winner, Fang Yang, as his disciple, and four eras later the promised treasure-land expedition was about to begin.

• Mountain Lord announced the matchups and presided over the final battles, where Bing Hong and Fang Yang competed for the top places.
• Luo Feng announced that he had fully comprehended the Chaos Law and was about to break through into the Chaos Realm.
• Divine King Zongfu and other Divine Kings discussed Qin Mu’s recruitment method, while Yanfeng Ancient Kingdom’s Emperors secretly considered investigating him.
• Mountain Lord announced the winners’ placements in Qin Country’s four secret realms, and the Genius Battle ended as cultivators flocked to Qin Country and filled its ranks.
• Qin Mu accepted Fang Yang, the first-place winner, as his disciple, then continued cultivating for four eras until the agreed treasure-land expedition approached.

Qin Mu and Divine King Zongfu, Divine King Yufu, and East Sun Divine King prepared to infiltrate Dream Domain, a treasure land sealed by the two ancient kingdoms. After Qin Mu assembled his strengthened Swarm, the four set out for the entrance to begin their exploration.

• Qin Mu met with Divine King Zongfu, Divine King Yufu, and East Sun Divine King to plan their Dream Domain expedition and explain the Swarm's capabilities.
• Qin Mu revealed that the Virtual God Realm had greatly improved the Swarm's comprehension of Origin Laws and that he intended to spread it across the Origin Continent and beyond.
• The group agreed that Divine King Zongfu would lead the infiltration, Divine King Yufu would handle frontal combat, East Sun Divine King would provide formation support, and Qin Mu would focus on exploration.
• Qin Mu reviewed the Swarm's expanded legions and considered how Dream Domain might strengthen its Mind Will and help him find an opportunity to break through.
• Three days later, Qin Mu joined Divine King Zongfu, Divine King Yufu, and East Sun Divine King at Qingxi River, and Divine King Zongfu used karmic power to take them to Dream Domain's entrance.

Qin Mu and his companions infiltrated the Dream Domain, where he unleashed the Swarm to scout the middle layer and hunt its creatures. The Swarm detected a powerful creature disguised as a lake, and Qin Mu ordered it to attack.

• Divine King Zongfu used the Karma Evasion Technique to sneak Qin Mu, Divine King Yufu, and East Sun Divine King past the Yanfeng Ancient Kingdom’s guards and formations.
• The group reached the Dream Domain’s middle layer, where Qin Mu prepared to use its pressure to strengthen his Mind Will.
• Qin Mu released the Swarm, which spread across the region, adapted to native vegetation, and established Mother Nests as its scouting map expanded.
• A space dragonfly scouting unit detected what looked like a lake, but the surrounding mountains were the teeth of a giant creature that swallowed and destroyed it.
• Qin Mu identified the creature as a Divine King Second Layer Realm opponent and ordered the Swarm to devour it as scouts found more Dream Domain creatures.

Qin Mu and the Divine Kings used the Swarm to scout the Dream Domain and began collecting its treasures, while Qin Mu studied how groups of Dream Lifeforms influenced the realm’s rules. After they killed a Dark Rock Crocodile and took its Phantom Nether Flower, they attacked the treants guarding Jade Spirit Fruits, where Divine King Yufu revealed his full strength.

• The Swarm discovered Dream Lifeforms and treasures, including a Dark Rock Crocodile guarding a Phantom Nether Flower, treants guarding Jade Spirit Fruits, and a powerful Silver Fish school.
• Qin Mu explained that he wanted to learn how groups of Dream Lifeforms changed the Dream Domain’s rules and decided to seize the Phantom Nether Flower first.
• The Swarm and East Sun Divine King suppressed the Dark Rock Crocodile while Divine King Yufu restrained it and Divine King Zongfu took the flower.
• Divine King Zongfu and Divine King Yufu killed the Dark Rock Crocodile, and Qin Mu stored its corpse before the group headed for the Jade Spirit Fruits.
• The treants combined their power against the group, so Divine King Yufu transformed into a Three Heads Six Arms form and briefly held them off as the others attacked.

Qin Mu used the Swarm to hold off a group of powerful Dream Realm Treants while Divine King Zongfu and the others collected treasures across the mountain world. After the Swarm began studying Dream Realm lifeforms to improve its forces and domain, Qin Mu detected members of the Time-Space Lone Boat entering the space.

• Divine King Zongfu and Divine King Yufu failed to overcome the Treants, so Qin Mu sent the Swarm to restrain them and cover the group’s retreat.
• Qin Mu kept the Treants surrounded as sparring partners, leaving one hundred Swarm legions behind while he and the three Divine Kings moved on.
• Divine King Zongfu and Divine King Yufu proposed increasing Qin Mu’s share of the treasure, but Qin Mu declined because the Dream Realm’s creatures and rules were more valuable to the Swarm.
• Qin Mu’s Swarm studied Dream Realm lifeforms and tested its developing insect domain against the Treants’ collective domain.
• After the group decided to explore another space, Qin Mu reported that members of the Time-Space Lone Boat had entered the area.

Qin Mu and the Life Mother River Divine Kings launched a surprise attack on Time-Space Old Demon’s group inside the Swarm’s burning insect domain. The Lone Boat fighters struggled to escape, and Divine King Yufu struck at their Flying Boat as the battle began.

• Time-Space Old Demon discovered Qin Mu’s Swarm and the Life Mother River faction while exploring the Dream Domain with eight Divine Kings.
• Qin Mu agreed to attack after Divine King Zongfu, Divine King Yufu, and East Sun Divine King described their past clashes with the Time-Space Lone Boat.
• Qin Mu assigned himself to hold off Time-Space Old Demon and four Second Layer Divine Kings, while Zongfu and Yufu planned to kill another opponent; Zongfu gave Qin Mu their treasures to safeguard.
• The Swarm’s insect domain ignited its divine power around Time-Space Old Demon’s group, blocking their use of spacetime laws and weakening their attacks.
• Time-Space Old Demon summoned a powerful Flying Boat and gathered the other Divine Kings aboard to escape the insect tide.
• Divine King Yufu transformed and attacked the Flying Boat with his linked secret treasures and Primordial Bloodline power.