Chapter Summaries

Flame Phoenix King rewarded Gu Ce for gaining the Water-Space Sacred Flame’s recognition and advised him to focus on the Water-Space Fusion Law. After completing two cultivation missions, Gu Ce learned that the Seven Flames Hall was a Supreme Treasure and that the Virtual Universe Company hoped he could eventually claim it.

• Flame Phoenix King praised Gu Ce’s progress, awarded him 890,000 points, and gave him an Origin Fire Seed.
• Flame Phoenix King explained that the Seven Flames Hall was a Palace-type Supreme Treasure with stringent requirements for claiming it.
• Gu Ce returned to Wuchen Continent and completed missions by submitting one million Fire Seed Coins and a Holy Flame Seedling, earning 110,000 points.
• A Virtual Universe Company representative told Gu Ce that the Seven Flames Hall was a Supreme Treasure and that gaining a Sacred Flame’s recognition before becoming Immortal could qualify him to claim it after reaching Universe Venerable.
• Gu Ce agreed to keep the conversation secret and understood that the Virtual Universe Company intended to support his growth.

Gu Ce visited his children, Gu Huan and Gu Xi, in the Virtual Universe before accepting a desperate-level cultivation mission at Demon Mountain. After traveling for more than three months and advancing his secret techniques, he arrived at the mountain and learned about its immense scale and the many native experts who entered it.

• Gu Ce reunited with Gu Huan and Gu Xi, who told him Venerable Lianyi was guiding their cultivation and planned to help them enter Chaos City.
• Gu Ce accepted the Demon Mountain cultivation mission after completing two dangerous-level missions for a modest number of points.
• During the journey to Demon Mountain, Gu Ce cultivated secret techniques, comprehended the Water-Space Sacred Flame, and advanced Mirage Sea to its sixth level.
• Gu Ce arrived at Demon Mountain and heard from the Black Uniform Man that it was enormous and that native entrants vastly outnumbered Virtual Universe Company members.

Gu Ce arrived at Demon Mountain, chose Ice Mountain for his mission, and entered its freezing caves to temper his Ice Evolution Body while searching for the Ice General’s inheritance. He planned to draw out the native assassins along the way, relying on his abilities and Star-Eating Grass while remaining wary of Ice Mountain’s deadly cold.

• Gu Ce arrived at the canyon beneath Demon Mountain and was welcomed by Virtual Universe Company stewards and guardians.
• A white-robed youth gave Gu Ce a Red Token and explained the threats, rewards, and rules inside Demon Mountain.
• Gu Ce chose Ice Mountain over Demon Sound Mountain and was escorted to its entrance.
• Gu Ce entered Ice Mountain, activated Limitless to withstand the cold, and headed deeper through its ice caves.
• Gu Ce planned to temper his body, kill any natives who attacked him, and later seek the Ice General’s Inheritance Temple.

Gu Ce killed a Ninth Stage Domain Lord warrior in Demon Mountain and collected his Black Tokens before discovering the Phantom Beast Nest. He fled back into the passage after drawing the attention of three powerful phantom beasts and realized he had mistaken the location.

• Rimuru alerted Gu Ce to a nearby Ninth Stage Domain Lord warrior, whom Gu Ce killed with Myriad Incarnations and a sword strike.
• Gu Ce took twenty-one Black Tokens from the warrior, bringing his total to 2,522.
• Gu Ce traveled through the icy passages and entered a special octagonal ice crystal cavern.
• Gu Ce emerged onto an ice field and killed the phantom beasts near the passage with Star-Eating Grass.
• Gu Ce saw three Ninth Stage World Lord phantom beasts approach, withdrew Star-Eating Grass, and fled back into the passage.
• Gu Ce realized he had found the Phantom Beast Nest rather than the place he had expected and recalled that Luo Feng had been pushed into an abyss by Moluo.

Gu Ce followed Venerable Lianyi’s directions into the Abyssal Cave, survived its million-kilometer fall, and reached Ice General’s Inheritance Temple. He entered an unsealed palace and began recovering while Phantom Beasts roamed the plaza.

• Venerable Lianyi told Gu Ce to find an Abyssal Cave in the Phantom Beast Nest and warned him that the descent was extremely dangerous.
• Gu Ce raced across the Endless Ice Plain, killed a native World Lord who attacked him, and took the Black Tokens from his body.
• Gu Ce found a deep cave whose suction dragged him inside, leaving him unable to escape as he plunged toward its depths.
• After falling nearly a million kilometers, Gu Ce used the Water-Space Origin Fire Seed to fly past a horde of Phantom Beasts, including Immortals.
• Gu Ce spotted the thirty-two golden palaces of the Inheritance Temple and entered one without a white-light barrier to heal while Phantom Beasts wandered nearby.

Gu Ce entered the Ice Inheritance Temple and began climbing its staircase to master the Ice General’s Power Amplitude inheritance. After completing the fifth level of his Ice Evolution Body, he advanced toward the first-stage reward as Venerable Lianyi dismissed a complaint about King Cangluo’s inheritance slot.

• Gu Ce entered the great hall while the black-rock guardian kept the phantom beasts outside, and the stone stele explained the Ice General inheritance.
• Gu Ce stepped onto the inheritance staircase and learned that its steps taught Power Amplitude, with roughly 10,000 steps leading to the Ice General title.
• Venerable Lianyi rejected King Cangluo’s complaint, mocked his teacher, and sent the Marquis Immortal messenger away.
• Gu Ce named the inheritance method the Ice Secret Codex and completed the fifth level of his Ice Evolution Body, reaching 800 times Power Amplitude.
• Gu Ce climbed to step 333, where the inheritance announced that the first stage ended at step 3,333 and offered a First Selector reward.

Venerable Lianyi offered to compensate Venerable Huanlong for Gu Ce taking King Cangluo’s inheritance slot, but only after arranging a trial to put pressure on her junior brother. Meanwhile, Gu Ce climbed Demon Mountain to the 1,457th step and began cultivating the Ice Peak Nine Hells Body so he could continue advancing.

• Venerable Lianyi acknowledged that Gu Ce had taken King Cangluo’s inheritance slot and offered Venerable Huanlong compensation under a precondition.
• Venerable Lianyi proposed using King Cangluo to put pressure on her junior brother, and Venerable Huanlong agreed.
• Gu Ce reached the 801st step and realized he needed the Ice Peak Nine Hells Body to strengthen his body enough to climb farther.
• Gu Ce spent nearly two years climbing and cultivating until he reached the 1,457th step, where the cold air could threaten a World Lord.
• Gu Ce began cultivating the First Prison of the Ice Peak Nine Hells Body, aiming to increase his body amplitude.

Gu Ce cultivated the Ice Peak Nine Hells Body in the Inheritance Temple while considering whether it could help him earn the First Selector’s reward. On Earth, Venerable Lianyi escorted Gu Huan and Gu Xi to Chaos City and encouraged them to pass the fourth level of Tongtian Bridge.

• Gu Ce absorbed and purified the temple’s cold, completed the First Prison, and continued upward to cultivate further.
• Gu Ce judged that the cold might let him complete the Second Prison but would probably not be enough for the Third.
• Venerable Lianyi arrived on Earth and escorted Gu Huan and Gu Xi toward Chaos City.
• Venerable Lianyi told Gu Huan and Gu Xi that passing the fourth Tongtian Bridge level within thirty years would qualify them for the Taichu Secret Realm.
• Venerable Lianyi reassured Gu Xi that she could study the Origin Chaos Tablet and still receive her guidance, despite Gu Xi’s poor fit with the Ice Peak Chaos Tablet.
• Gu Huan and Gu Xi worried about their father, and Venerable Lianyi told them Gu Ce was receiving an inheritance and urged them to pass Tongtian Bridge to surprise him.

Gu Ce mastered the Third Prison of the Ice Peak Nine Hells Body by using Holy Flame Seedlings to refine his body, then endured the cold of Demon Mountain’s 3,333rd layer. He entered the palace at the summit and learned that he qualified for the First Selector title and reward.

• Gu Ce mastered the Second Prison, reached 18 times Body Amplitude, and continued climbing beyond the 1,800th layer.
• Gu Ce used eight Holy Flame Seedlings at once to refine his body, nearly dying but making progress toward mastering the Third Prison.
• After three more years of repeated body refinement, Gu Ce mastered the Third Prison and gained the physical qualities of an Immortal Army Lord.
• Gu Ce climbed to the 3,333rd layer, completed the secret technique on its final step, and entered the palace.
• A stone tablet announced that Gu Ce was the 93,271st inheritor to arrive and qualified for the First Selector title and reward.

Gu Ce completed the inheritance at Demon Mountain, receiving Henggu Mu Armor and an Extreme Body Fruit that transformed his body. After leaving the inheritance temple, he escaped the phantom beasts, hunted for three months, and then arrived at Imperial Feather Hall.

• Gu Ce received the Henggu Mu Armor and ate the Extreme Body Fruit, which transformed his body and eased his exhaustion.
• In his seventeenth year at Demon Mountain, Gu Ce reached a final inheritance level of 4,381 and left the Inheritance Temple.
• Gu Ce used seven Origin Fire Seeds to unleash 128 times World Lord Power and flee the phantom beasts surrounding the temple.
• Gu Ce flew to the passage entrances, hunted natives for three months to gather Black Tokens, and left Ice Mountain.
• Gu Ce arrived at Imperial Feather Hall, where the golden-armored guards made way for him as he entered.

Gu Ce returned from Demon Mountain, received a body-tempering treasure, and prepared to challenge Universe Level Original Tongtian Mountain before advancing to Domain Lord. He began the mountain trial by facing its three foot-of-mountain gatekeepers.

• Gu Ce presented his ten thousand Black Tokens to Sky Feather King, who rewarded him with a Purple Bamboo Jade Maple Tree Leaf and arranged his return to the Original Secret Realm.
• Gu Ce told Ice Peak Master that he had cultivated the Third Prison of the Ice Peak Nine Hells Body, and his teacher instructed him to pass Universe Level Original Tongtian Mountain before breaking through to Domain Lord.
• Gu Ce arrived at Original Tongtian Mountain, where the Minotaur, White Fur Ape, and Snake Woman explained that he had to defeat the gatekeepers at the mountain's foot, waist, and summit.
• Gu Ce drew Cloud Sea Dragon Hunter and challenged the three gatekeepers, who attacked him together.

Gu Ce passed the Universe Level Original Tongtian Mountain while Thor told Luo Feng that Hong was being kept from a woman he loved by her powerful family. After Thor reached Gu Ce, Gu Ce learned of Hong’s predicament and that Thor was looking for him.

• Gu Ce used his avatars and Ice Desolation World to defeat the three gatekeepers, then passed the Universe Level Original Tongtian Mountain.
• Thor told Luo Feng that Hong had fallen in love with a woman on Qiongyu Star, but her family—one of the Qianwu Universe Country’s three hundred marquis families—had prevented them from being together.
• Luo Feng considered how he might help Hong, and Thor excitedly said Gu Ce had replied to him.
• After passing the mountain, Gu Ce learned that something had happened to Hong and that Thor was looking for him.

Gu Ce decided to break through to Domain Lord to help Hong and Thor gain recognition from the human race’s core powers. After his breakthrough, his gene level and Six Eyes’ abilities increased, leaving him able to perceive the patterns of all ten Origin Laws.

• Gu Ce told Luo Feng that he would break through to Domain Lord and help Hong and Thor enter the core ranks of the five peak powers.
• Gu Ce reassured Hong that he would help him pursue Ji Qing, a core member of the Universe Mercenary Alliance.
• Venerable Lianyi warned Gu Ce that alien races might target him again and told him to collect a soul-defense Heavy Treasure from her avatar on Earth.
• Gu Ce released his body’s suppression, and his spiral galaxy collapsed into a singularity as he advanced to Domain Lord Level.
• Gu Ce discovered that his gene level had risen to 30x and that his evolved Observation Innate Secret Art let him see the operating patterns of all ten Origin Laws.

After Star Eater reached the seventh level of the World Lord Level, Gu Ce tested its strength and considered whether he could obtain a clone. Ice Peak Master explained two possible ways to gain a Clone Technique, and Gu Ce wondered whether Six Eyes might instead grant him a powerful divine body.

• Gu Ce tested Star Eater against Limitless and found his spatial defense could withstand attacks below the Marquis Immortal level.
• Virtual Universe Company staff delivered Nutrient Pods and told Gu Ce his appointment in the Qianwu Branch would take one to six months to finalize.
• Gu Ce learned Ian was a High Marquis and arranged to travel with him to the Qianwu Universe Country, anticipating a possible assassination attempt.
• Gu Ce asked Ice Peak Master how to obtain a clone, and his teacher described a Cosmic Secret Realm opportunity and a possible gift from the Original Universe Consciousness.
• Ice Peak Master said Gu Ce had to pass the Domain Lord Level Original Tongtian Mountain before advancing to World Lord, and Gu Ce considered whether Six Eyes might grant him a powerful divine body instead of a clone.

Gu Ce reunited with Hong on Qiongyu Star and helped him see his relationship with Ji Qing as a trial rather than a reason to give up. He arranged for Hong to enter the Virtual Universe Company's Apocalypse Secret Realm and challenge the Mirage Sea, where Hong passed the 20th island and drew the attention of Ice Peak Master.

• Gu Ce met Hong in Baodian City and told him that Ji Qing might choose her ambitions and inheritance over their relationship, but Hong decided to face the outcome himself.
• When Ji Qing's father, Ji Lan Deng, arrived to drive Hong away, Gu Ce had Ian give him a small lesson without killing him.
• Gu Ce used Earth's status and his authority to arrange Hong's entry into the Apocalypse Secret Realm and open access to the Mirage Sea.
• Hong rapidly cleared the Mirage Sea stages and passed the 20th island, demonstrating will and consciousness near the level of a Universe Venerable.
• Ice Peak Master told Gu Ce that Hong could become his martial uncle's disciple, and Gu Ce recognized that he had succeeded in drawing Hong toward the Virtual Universe Company.

Gu Ce was appointed as the Virtual Universe Company's Supervisory Special Envoy for the Qianwu Branch, while Hong pursued Phantom Spirit King's recognition with backing from Gu Ce and a powerful teacher. At the branch, its three leaders worried Gu Ce would uncover their misconduct, and Golden Feather Marquis threatened him without knowing his importance before a Virtual Universe Company email arrived.

• Darkness Lord took Hong as his personal disciple and arranged for a high-level Universe Venerable to serve as his public teacher while Hong spoke with Phantom Spirit King.
• Gu Ce complained that his new appointment was interrupting his Nutrient Pod training, then agreed to attend the Qianwu Branch welcome banquet.
• Purple Lightning Marquis, Golden Feather Marquis, and Black Annihilation Marquis discussed their fear that Gu Ce would investigate their departments and threaten their positions.
• Golden Feather Marquis suggested secretly killing Gu Ce, and Purple Lightning Marquis and Black Annihilation Marquis warned him that Gu Ce had powerful backing and was closely watched.
• Purple Lightning Marquis received an email from the Virtual Universe Company.

Gu Ce received the top-tier soul-defense Heavy Treasure Misty Pearl from Venerable Lianyi and assessed his defenses and need for more resources. In Chaos City, Gu Huan and Gu Xi fought Chaos Beasts while True Yan King and Silver Moon King secretly watched over them.

• Gu Ce learned that Golden Feather Marquis had been removed from his post and that he would likely be sent to the Outer Domain Battlefield.
• Venerable Lianyi gave Gu Ce the Misty Pearl, explained its soul-defense abilities, and introduced him to the Misty Soul Canon.
• Gu Ce bound the Misty Pearl and reviewed his defensive treasures, concluding that he needed resources to cultivate the Ice Peak Nine Hells Body.
• True Yan King and Silver Moon King watched Gu Huan and Gu Xi fight a group of Universe Level Chaos Beasts in Chaos City.

Gu Ce helped Thor join the Apocalypse Secret Realm and established the Mind Cultivation Tower on Earth to train Earthlings and open paths into the Virtual Universe Company. He then killed Pan Xi and recovered the Luo Ke Divine Water needed for the Ice Peak Nine Hells Body’s Fourth Hell.

• After Thor reached the Mirage Sea’s 15th island, the Qianwu Country Lord took him as a personal disciple and agreed to let him leave the Qianwu Secret Realm for the Apocalypse Secret Realm.
• Gu Ce proposed a Mind Cultivation Tower for Earth, whose nine levels would train Earthlings’ state of mind and offer qualified challengers routes into the Apocalypse Secret Realm or the Virtual Universe Company’s core layer.
• Gu Ce traveled to the Bain Asteroid Group to recover the Luo Ke Divine Water Pan Xi had wasted on plant lifeforms.
• Gu Ce destroyed Pan Xi’s ship, defeated his World Lord-level plant lifeforms, and killed him despite Pan Xi’s appeal to the Seventh Prince.
• Gu Ce erased the mark on a token from Pan Xi’s World Ring and found the lake of Luo Ke Divine Water inside it.

Gu Ce received the Domain Lord-level Highest Points Mission, which required him to lure out alien assassins targeting him in the Qianwu Universe Country. He summoned Dragon Abyss King as protection and prepared to carry out the dangerous operation.

• Gu Ce completed nearly ten years of cultivation in the Nutrient Pod and reached the Ninth Stage Domain Lord Level.
• The Virtual Universe Company assigned Gu Ce a Highest Points Mission to lure out Marquis Wuyu’s alien-backed assassins, offering up to 101 million points.
• Gu Ce learned that the mission could draw several King Immortals or a Peak King Immortal, and that reinforcements would handle the attackers he lured out.
• Dragon Abyss King contacted Gu Ce and requested permission to enter the Milky Way Galaxy; Gu Ce granted it.
• Dragon Abyss King warned Gu Ce about the mission’s danger, and Gu Ce reassured him that the Virtual Universe Company had other contingencies.

Gu Ce visited Marquis Wuyu on Lingmen Star to investigate a transfer into the Ice Desolation World Lord’s account, then revealed that the meeting was a trap to capture him. The Qianwu Country Lord confronted Blood Ghost Venerable, but three King-level enemies appeared as Gu Ce and his guards faced a larger ambush.

• Gu Ce, Dragon Abyss King, and Ian traveled to Lingmen Star to meet Marquis Wuyu, with Dragon Abyss King disguised.
• Marquis Wuyu searched the Ice Desolation World Lord’s account and told Gu Ce that its transfer came from an untraceable five-star account registered in Qianwu Universe Country.
• Gu Ce announced the investigation was over and had Dragon Abyss King restrain Marquis Wuyu after the Misty Pearl blocked Marquis Wuyu’s soul attack.
• Blood Ghost Venerable appeared and immobilized Dragon Abyss King, but the Qianwu Country Lord arrived and attacked him.
• Three King-level enemies appeared, including Lingxiang King, while the Qianwu Country Lord was occupied fighting Blood Ghost Venerable.