Chapter Summaries

Li Qi seized the final Zhongye Beast Claw, revealing that his human body was a million kilometers tall and securing the human Hong Alliance’s victory. The Northern Frontier Alliance conceded the contest, and Ice Peak Lord decided it was time to tell Li Qi something.

• Lord Moli claimed the last silver beast claw, but Li Qi struck him with Scarlet Radiance and seized it before Moli could imprint it.
• Li Qi revealed his million-kilometer human body, astonishing the gathered Universe Lords and prompting the Demon Race and Machine Race to report the discovery.
• Lord Eternal Sleep declared the Zhongye Beast Claws belonged to the human Hong Alliance, while Lord Peng Gong and Lord Black Lotus continued fighting over the treasures in another hall.
• After learning of Li Qi’s victory and strength, Lord Black Lotus conceded the contest, and the fighting across the palace stopped.
• Lord Xijun was relieved that the contest ended before he withdrew, while Lord Zhaoli lamented the Northern Frontier Alliance’s loss.
• Ice Peak Lord acknowledged Li Qi’s contribution and decided it was time to tell him something.

After the Hong Alliance gathered many components of the Zhongye Beast Armor, Lord Peng Gong organized the search for the five remaining pieces. Li Qi then attended the Giant Axe Conference, where Great Axe Founder announced that the meeting would discuss how to use a newly obtained supreme treasure.

• Lord Xijun thanked Lord Peng Gong for arranging the return of Zhu Yan's components, then left to search the side halls.
• Li Qi gave Lord Peng Gong the Zhongye Beast Claws, and the Hong Alliance opened a side hall to collect more Zhongye Beast Armor components.
• Lord Peng Gong reported that the alliance still needed five key components and ordered its members to prioritize finding them.
• Li Qi received notice of the Giant Axe Conference and went to the Giant Axe Temple, where the other universe masters discussed his strength and the recent treasure hunt.
• Great Axe Founder opened the conference by saying that humans had obtained a treasure as powerful as a top-tier domain-type supreme treasure and that the council would discuss its use.

Great Axe Founder proposed giving Kong He the Zhongye Beast Armor, and Li Qi offered to repay its value by contributing treasures and refining ordinary supreme treasures. The universe masters approved, then questioned him about Flame God Clan Armor; Li Qi revealed he had replicated a limited, custom-made version, prompting Lord Qing Dong to ask about buying refinement slots.

• Great Axe Founder proposed that Kong He use the assembled Zhongye Beast Armor, and Lord Desolate Mirror said Kong He must contribute 1,800 supreme treasure points for it.
• Great Axe Founder offered to contribute a pinnacle supreme treasure on Kong He's behalf, but Li Qi said he already owned treasures worth about 700 points and could repay the cost by refining supreme treasures.
• Li Qi revealed that he could refine ordinary supreme treasures of every type, winning the universe masters' support for his use of the Zhongye Beast Armor.
• Lord Desolate Mirror asked Li Qi about Flame God Clan Armor, and Li Qi confirmed he had studied and replicated a limited version of it.
• Li Qi explained that his custom armor could grant at most one hundred thousand times the power of a peak world master, required a high-tier heavy treasure, and depended on the user's genes.
• Lord Qing Dong asked whether Li Qi would sell several armor-refining slots to the Universe First Bank.

Li Qi agreed to refine armor for the Human Race and other factions, and the Human Race approved his claim to the Zhongye Beast Armor. After declining for now to establish his own faction, he returned from the Original Star and learned that another Zhongye Beast Armor component had appeared.

• Li Qi explained his armor’s power grants and defenses, then agreed to provide armor-refining slots to the major factions.
• Great Axe Founder recognized Li Qi’s treasure-refining skill, approved his claim to the Zhongye Beast Armor, and arranged for the Race to help find its five missing components.
• Chaos City Lord asked Li Qi whether he wanted to build his own faction, but Li Qi declined for now so he could focus on improving his strength.
• Li Qi considered taking talented disciples to help with future treasure refining and wondered whether establishing a faction might be worthwhile later.
• After the palace gates opened on the Original Star, Li Qi and the others returned safely, and Li Qi soon received news that a Zhongye Beast Armor component had appeared.

Li Qi and the Hong Alliance secured several Zhongye Beast Armor components and learned that only the spiral horn remained. When Xu Mu Lord seized a suspicious silver spiral horn, the alliance decided to pursue it, and Li Qi volunteered to descend to Original Star No. 1111.

• Li Qi watched as Lang'an Lord and Dragon Walker Lord helped Venerable Guiyi secure a Zhongye Beast Armor component from Venerable Li Xun and fend off rival forces.
• Over the next ten thousand years, the Hong Alliance organized three operations to seize components, with Li Qi assisting twice; afterward, only the armor’s spiral horn remained missing.
• After four hundred thousand years without news of the horn, a palace appeared on Original Star No. 1111, where Xu Mu Lord seized a silver spiral horn that might be the final component.
• The Hong Alliance hall masters agreed to seize the horn from Xu Mu Lord, and Li Qi volunteered to descend upon Original Star No. 1111 before he could escape.

Li Qi descended on Original Star No. 1111 to pursue the treasure in an emerald palace, while Swallow Eagle Lord prepared to help him seize it from Xu Mu Lord. The Northern Frontier Alliance sent Lord Zhaoli and Lord Yaoyi to meet Li Qi, and both sides waited as the palace began to open.

• Swallow Eagle Lord offered to join Li Qi, while Lord Peng Gong agreed to respond if Lord Chiye descended, and Great Axe Founder approved their plan.
• Li Qi descended on Original Star No. 1111, where the watching Venerables recognized him and reported his arrival to their factions.
• The Northern Frontier Alliance decided that Lord Zhaoli and Lord Yaoyi would descend to confront Li Qi and protect their alliance members.
• Li Qi and Swallow Eagle Lord discussed their plan to target Xu Mu Lord rather than the Northern Frontier Alliance's expected treasure in the palace's main hall.
• Lord Zhaoli and Lord Yaoyi met Li Qi above the emerald palace, exchanged words, and waited with him for the palace to open.
• Two years later, the emerald palace began trembling, signaling that its doors were about to open.

Li Qi confronted Xu Mu Lord on Original Star No. 1111 and demanded the Zhongye Beast Armor component, while Lord Zhaoli and Lord Yaoyi of the Northern Frontier Alliance tried to claim it. The standoff shifted when Dragon Walker Lord and Swallow Eagle Lord arrived to reinforce Li Qi, and Dragon Walker Lord announced that Li Qi’s teacher was coming too.

• Li Qi sealed the palace exit with Emerald Feather Mountain and revealed that Xu Mu Lord, not the Northern Frontier Alliance powerhouses, was his target.
• Xu Mu Lord realized Li Qi wanted the spiral horn he had found, which he suspected was a component of the Zhongye Beast Armor, and hid inside his flying palace treasure.
• Li Qi struck Xu Mu Lord’s flying palace treasure, but its defenses withstood the attack, while Lord Zhaoli declared that the Northern Frontier Alliance would seize the component.
• Li Qi warned that he had not descended alone, and Dragon Walker Lord and Swallow Eagle Lord arrived from a vortex passage.
• Dragon Walker Lord announced that Li Qi’s teacher was also on the way, alarming the Northern Frontier Alliance powerhouses.

Li Qi secured the final Zhongye Beast Armor component after Lord Zhaoli and Lord Yaoyi withdrew from the dispute. Ice Peak Lord then revealed that Li Qi’s inheritance and other treasures came from Flowing Heavy Mountain, warned him about the Universe Sea, and sent him to claim the completed armor set.

• Lord Yaoyi and Lord Zhaoli agreed to stop pursuing the component, and Li Qi lifted his domain’s suppression so the Northern Frontier Alliance experts could gather.
• Xu Mu Lord erased his life imprint from the silver spiral horn and handed it to Li Qi, who confirmed it was the final Zhongye Beast Armor component.
• Ice Peak Lord arrived, and Lord Zhaoli and Lord Yaoyi led the Northern Frontier Alliance experts away before Li Qi joined his teacher.
• After they returned to the Primordial Secret Realm, Ice Peak Lord told Li Qi that the Zhongye Beast Armor would be given to him and explained the dangers and ancient experts of the Universe Sea.
• Ice Peak Lord revealed that Li Qi’s inheritance came from Flowing Heavy Mountain, advised him to explore it cautiously, and directed him to claim the Zhongye Beast Armor from the Race Treasure Vault.
• After Li Qi left, Ice Peak Lord wondered whether the Wandering Dragon Awakening Spear had reached its limit of power in Li Qi’s hands.

Li Qi acquired and studied the Zhongye Beast Armor, then spent millions of years comprehending laws and developing a new supreme secret technique prototype. Nether Demon Venerable visited him with the Tianzhi Sword, which he had seized on the Original Stars and was told to offer to Li Qi.

• Li Qi reflected on the Flowing Heavy Mountain inheritance and concluded that he needed top-tier flying palace and domain true treasures for future exploration.
• Li Qi assembled and claimed the Zhongye Beast Armor, donated several true treasures to the race, and returned Scarlet Radiance to Lord Peng Gong.
• Li Qi studied the Zhongye Beast Armor’s secret engravings, comprehended its wood and space laws, and later brought the three temporal subordinate laws to law recognition.
• Li Qi created a new supreme secret technique prototype based on the Zhongye Beast Armor’s engravings and the ten fundamental laws.
• Nether Demon Venerable told Li Qi that he had seized the Tianzhi Sword on the Original Stars and that his teacher had instructed him to offer it to Li Qi.

Li Qi accepted Nether Demon Venerable’s Tianzhi Sword in exchange for space-law guidance and the promise of a forged high-tier supreme treasure, then borrowed Ice Peak Lord’s treasures to prepare for Sky Ridge Hall. After 1.2 million years of study and training, the Tianzhi Sword reacted, signaling that Sky Ridge Hall had opened.

• Li Qi learned that Ice Peak Lord had rescued Nether Demon Venerable when he seized the Tianzhi Sword, and offered him three rewards to choose from.
• Nether Demon Venerable chose guidance in the law of space and a future high-tier supreme treasure, then watched Li Qi demonstrate the law’s mysteries.
• After studying the Tianzhi Sword and guiding Nether Demon Venerable, Li Qi resolved to pursue the strongest supreme treasure inside Sky Ridge Hall.
• Li Qi borrowed Ice Peak Lord’s Cold Mist Realm and Ice Mountain Hall, then began studying their secret engravings and refining his secret technique.
• After 1.2 million years, Li Qi sensed the Tianzhi Sword react and realized Sky Ridge Hall had opened.

With Sky Ridge Hall open, Li Qi arrived with the human Hong Alliance and learned that the Monster Ancestor had entered ahead of him. Protected by Ice Mountain Hall and carrying the Tianzhi Sword, Li Qi chose to contend for the strongest treasure and entered the palace.

• Sky Ridge Hall's golden light pushed nearby experts away, and factions gathered outside to intercept token holders and compete for entry.
• The human Hong Alliance discussed Kong He's arrival and realized he carried the Tianzhi Sword, while Star Lord Liulan entered Sky Ridge Hall for the Northern Frontier Alliance.
• Li Qi arrived in Sun Radiance Fortress, confirmed that Ice Mountain Hall was with him, and resolved to pursue the strongest treasure despite the Monster Ancestor's presence.
• Dragon Walker Lord warned Li Qi to prioritize his life, but Li Qi flew toward Sky Ridge Hall after hearing that the Monster Ancestor had entered.
• The Tianzhi Sword protected Li Qi as he passed through the golden light, and he piloted Sun Radiance Fortress into one of the palace's entrances.

Li Qi entered Sky Ridge Hall and used the Cold Mist Realm and Ice Mountain Hall to force weaker Universe Lords into side passages, advancing along the main route toward the treasure. Elsewhere, Monster Ancestor and other powerful figures entered the contest, leaving Li Qi to face stronger opponents ahead.

• Li Qi studied Sky Ridge Hall's defensive patterns, then followed the opened passage to a hall whose rules sent contestants into side passages or onward along the main route.
• Lord Dark Lake arrived, but Li Qi suppressed him with the Cold Mist Realm and Ice Mountain Hall and forced him into a branch passage.
• Monster Ancestor made Lord Xuan Mie yield the main route, then continued through Sky Ridge Hall while Lord Xuan Mie reported his return to the Old Beast God.
• Star Lord Liulan advanced along the main passage after another Universe Master voluntarily entered a side passage.
• An hour later, Li Qi drove a third Universe Master into a side passage and continued onward, expecting his next opponents to be more formidable.

Li Qi defeated Star Lord Liulan in a clash that revealed his supreme true treasure and sixth-tier combat power, forcing Liulan to abandon the contest for Sky Ridge Hall’s supreme treasure. After the Northern Frontier Alliance leaders agreed to keep Li Qi’s strength secret, Li Qi entered the final hall, where Monster Ancestor awaited.

• Li Qi entered the next hall and confronted Star Lord Liulan, who threatened to blast him into a branch passage.
• Li Qi activated the Wandering Dragon Awakening Spear’s third form and knocked aside Star Lord Liulan’s Origin Star, displaying sixth-tier combat power.
• Star Lord Liulan conceded and left through a branch passage, while Li Qi prepared to face the final opponent, Monster Ancestor.
• Star Lord Liulan informed Lord of Star River and Lord Black Lotus about Li Qi’s strength, and they agreed not to reveal the news or provoke him.
• Li Qi entered Sky Ridge Hall’s final hall, where Monster Ancestor waited inside a black castle.

Li Qi reached Sky Ridge Hall’s final chamber and confronted the Monster Ancestor over the pinnacle soul treasure Immoveable Seal. Their battle revealed that Li Qi’s Wandering Dragon Awakening Spear could unleash sixth-tier attack power, and the chapter ended with the Monster Ancestor trying to negotiate for Li Qi’s supreme treasure.

• The Monster Ancestor recognized the Immoveable Seal as a pinnacle soul treasure and resolved to claim it.
• Li Qi reached the final hall, where the Monster Ancestor waited above the stele bearing the treasure’s name.
• The Monster Ancestor ordered Li Qi into a side passage, but Li Qi challenged him to fight and revealed that he had defeated Star Lord Liulan.
• The Monster Ancestor attacked, and Li Qi fought back with the Wandering Dragon Awakening Spear; after dozens of clashes, the Monster Ancestor realized Li Qi had sixth-tier combat power.
• The Monster Ancestor offered twelve pinnacle treasures for Li Qi’s supreme treasure, but Li Qi refused and demanded that the Monster Ancestor offer treasures for the Immoveable Seal instead.

Li Qi traded the Immovable Seal to the Monster Ancestor for four precious treasures, then hurried to leave Original Star with the human Hong Alliance experts. The Monster Ancestor revealed that Li Qi possessed a true supreme treasure, and the human Universe Masters gathered for an emergency highest-level meeting.

• Li Qi and the Monster Ancestor fought briefly, then negotiated until the Monster Ancestor gave Li Qi two top-tier domain-type supreme treasures and two top-tier flying palace-type supreme treasures in exchange for his retreat.
• Li Qi left Sky Ridge Hall, collected a high-tier supreme treasure armor from another hall, and flew toward the human Hong Alliance gathering place.
• Li Qi told Lord Peng Gong and the others to leave Original Star, explained that the Monster Ancestor might expose his secret, and requested a highest-level meeting with the Great Axe Founder.
• The Monster Ancestor emerged from Sky Ridge Hall and announced to the experts on Original Star No. 888 that Li Qi possessed a true supreme treasure and sixth-tier combat power.
• The news spread among the major factions, while the human Universe Masters gathered before the Giant Axe Temple in the Virtual Universe for Li Qi's meeting.

Li Qi revealed at a top-level human meeting that he had obtained four supreme treasures from the Monster Ancestor and possessed a most powerful supreme treasure linked to an ancient inheritance. With the other human factions offering support, he agreed to establish his own faction and named it the Cosmic Artifact and Medicine Company.

• Li Qi told the Lords of the Universe that the Monster Ancestor had given him two top-tier flying palace-type supreme treasures and two domain-type supreme treasures.
• Li Qi revealed that he possessed a most powerful supreme treasure, and Great Axe Founder confirmed it could give him sixth-rank combat power but only Li Qi could use it.
• Ice Peak Lord explained that he had obtained the inheritance supreme treasure in Flowing Heavy Mountain and given it to Li Qi, while Great Axe Founder confirmed Li Qi had acquired an ancient inheritance.
• Li Qi warned that the Demon Race, Insect Race, Machine Race, and other major forces might target humanity after learning about his treasure, and the Lords of the Universe discussed the likely consequences.
• The leaders of humanity’s five major forces urged Li Qi to establish his own faction and offered support, and he agreed to create the Cosmic Artifact and Medicine Company.

Li Qi secured the Human Race's support to establish the Cosmic Artifact and Medicine Company, while promising to focus on refining high-grade true treasures and exploring life-gene medicines. After the Supreme Council announced the new force, Li Qi assigned Bei Ming Venerable and Blood Wing Venerable to help build it, leaving them excited by the promise of supreme treasures.

• Li Qi argued that potion research might produce medicines that improve life gene levels, while the universe masters urged him to prioritize treasure refinement.
• Great Axe Founder and the universe masters approved the Cosmic Artifact and Medicine Company, selected the Molten Starfield in the Qian Wu Universe Country for its headquarters, and settled Li Qi's exchange of treasures.
• Chaos City Lord convened the Supreme Council, which announced the new company and discussed possible responses from the Demon Race, Insect Race, and Machine Race.
• The universe venerables reacted with shock to the establishment of the Human Race's sixth great giant force and wondered who had founded it.
• Li Qi told Bei Ming Venerable and Blood Wing Venerable that they would lead coordination with the five great forces and help establish branches across the 1008 Universe Nations.
• Li Qi promised each venerable an ordinary flying palace-type supreme treasure once the company stabilized, and both eagerly accepted their new roles.

The major powers reacted to Li Qi’s supreme treasure and sixth-tier Universe Master strength, while the Cosmic Artifact and Medicine Company’s leaders planned its headquarters and talent programs. Li Qi approved the company’s competitions and set the first Universal Artifact Refiners Competition for ten thousand years later.

• The Prison Race and Wood Beast God learned of Li Qi’s strength, and the Wood Beast God regretted that Li Qi had not joined the Ancestral God Cult.
• The Insect Race Empress, Machine, and their allies agreed that Li Qi was too difficult to kill in the Primordial Universe and planned to target the humans after Original Star closed.
• Bei Ming Venerable and Blood Wing Venerable chose a headquarters site near Kuka Planet and discussed how to recruit and train artifact-forging and medicine-refining talents.
• Bei Ming Venerable and Blood Wing Venerable proposed holding an artifact refiners competition and an alchemists tournament to Li Qi.
• Li Qi authorized the company to accelerate its expansion and announced that Bei Ming Venerable would host the Universal Artifact Refiners Competition in ten thousand years.

Li Qi secured support from humanity’s major factions to hold the Universal Artifact Refiners Competition and a matching Alchemists Tournament, then spent nearly ten thousand years building the Cosmic Artifact and Medicine Company’s branches. As the competition was announced across the Virtual Universe, artifact refiners reacted with excitement and the company prepared for its first major event.

• Li Qi consulted the Chaos City Lord about selecting artifact refiners, gained his approval, and obtained support from Lord of Void Gold, Lord Peng Gong, and the other giant faction leaders.
• Nearly ten thousand years later, the Cosmic Artifact and Medicine Company’s branches across the 1008 high-level universe countries began organizing the competition.
• Miu Li told gathered undyings that the company’s Four Great Secret Realms would open after the Universal Artifact Refiners Competition and advised a wolfman to have his talented junior join a company branch.
• Thirteen refused Eric’s attempts to persuade him to join the Cosmic Artifact and Medicine Company, choosing to continue training under the Qian Wu Ruler.
• A proclamation announced the Universe Human Artifact Refiner Competition across the Virtual Universe, thrilling artifact refiners and drawing widespread curiosity.

The Cosmic Artifact and Medicine Company launched the Universal Artifact Refiners Competition, drawing excitement from refiners and hostility from organizations afraid of losing their skilled workers. After the company’s leaders set competition rules and secret-realm rewards, selected contestants gathered to compete for places in its core ranks.

• Universe citizens and artifact refiners reacted to the competition notices, while some small organizations tried to prevent their refiners from entering.
• Blood Wing Venerable and Venerable Bei Ming discussed threats against registered contestants and directed branches to leave such disputes to the universe countries.
• Venerable Bei Ming outlined which secret realms competition winners could enter and the demanding standards for exceptional admission to the Creation Secret Realm.
• Blood Wing Venerable and Venerable Bei Ming discussed how to judge contestants in the future alchemists tournament.
• The Universal Artifact Refiners Competition began, and the preliminaries selected 100 universe-level, 50 domain lord, and 50 world master refiners from each universe country.
• Three years later, 201,600 selected refiners gathered to compete for entry into the Cosmic Artifact and Medicine Company's core ranks.