Chapter Summaries

After passing the fourth level of the Divine Tree Heavenly Bridge, Li Qi failed to defeat the fifth-level opponent and decided to focus on wood-law comprehension. Three years later, he sensed that his Kuyu Ancient Tree clone was nearly done gestating.

• Bafen announced Li Qi’s fourth-level success, prompting Man Le, Venerable Gulen, Kedi, Nuno, and Fei to react to his rapid progress.
• Li Qi challenged the fifth level of the Divine Tree Heavenly Bridge, but the silver-clothed controller’s stronger Heavenly Net pierced his defenses and defeated him.
• Li Qi told Man Le he would spend years cultivating before attempting the bridge again, while Man Le resolved to work harder.
• Li Qi returned to his Chaos City residence and focused on comprehending the origin law of wood while his Kuyu Ancient Tree clone gestated.
• After three years of cultivation, Li Qi sensed that the Kuyu Ancient Tree clone was about to finish gestating.

Li Qi successfully conceived his Kuyu Ancient Tree clone and discovered that an early origin core had formed in his sea of consciousness. After repeated deaths and revivals while cultivating the inherited Nine-Turn Origin Heavy Body Refining Method, both his human original body and the clone reached a life gene level of 128 times; he then tested the clone’s Branch Transplantation technique.

• Li Qi endured the pain of his soul being torn as the Kuyu Ancient Tree clone took shape, then discovered a thirty-two-faceted origin core that he could transfer between his body and the clone.
• Li Qi began cultivating the Nine-Turn Origin Heavy Body Refining Method, repeatedly turning to powder and reviving through the Kuyu Ancient Tree clone until his human original body reached a life gene level of 128 times.
• Li Qi tested whether the plant-like Kuyu Ancient Tree clone could cultivate the technique, and it repeatedly disintegrated as he revived it with drops of his blood.
• After half a year of repeated cultivation and revivals, the Kuyu Ancient Tree clone also reached a life gene level of 128 times.
• Li Qi used the clone’s Branch Transplantation technique to grow a one-meter branch tree and examined it with surprise and doubt.

Li Qi used Branch Transplantation to create two Kuyu Ancient Tree branch avatars, which shared his soul and helped him comprehend laws while his human body trained in claw techniques. As Li Qi prepared to hunt Chaos Beasts for Chaos True Spirits, the Chaos City Lord discovered his unusual avatars and inferred that Li Qi had inherited a secret technique for raising life gene levels.

• Li Qi confirmed that both branch trees had souls and could comprehend laws, then planted them on his residence rooftop to study the Origin Laws of Wood and Space.
• Li Qi asked Boneforged Marquis to teach him claw techniques, and Boneforged Marquis advised him on weapons, arm shields, and close-combat training.
• After more than ten days, Li Qi had developed his own claw style, and Boneforged Marquis told him to begin learning secret techniques and coordinate them with movement techniques.
• The Chaos City Lord investigated the two branch trees and Li Qi, then used Time Reversal to witness Li Qi's transformation and concluded that an ancient inheritance had given him a life gene enhancement secret technique.
• Li Qi, unaware of the Chaos City Lord's visit, began planning to hunt Chaos Beasts for Chaos True Spirits.

Li Qi tested the limits of his Kuyu Ancient Tree avatar’s Kuyu Cage, then hunted Chaos Beasts and discovered that their Chaos True Spirits improved his law perception and transformed the shared soul core of his four bodies. After ten years of cultivation and hunting in Chaos City, he read about his peers’ Heavenly Bridge progress and prepared to challenge it himself.

• Li Qi found that his Kuyu Ancient Tree avatar lacked the energy to sustain Kuyu Cage and decided to save the technique for a much higher level.
• Li Qi hunted a lone tiger-shaped Chaos Beast, killed it with his Azure Vine Pillar, absorbed its Chaos True Spirit, and escaped a pursuing group of several hundred beasts.
• Li Qi refined the Chaos True Spirit and found that it slightly improved law perception across his human body and three Kuyu Ancient Tree avatars while beginning to transform their shared soul core.
• Li Qi spent ten years hunting Chaos Beasts and cultivating in Chaos City, shifting much of his focus from wood-origin laws to space-origin laws under Venerable Ling Tu’s guidance.
• Li Qi read that Man Le and several other peers had passed the first Heavenly Bridge level, Kedi had passed the fifth, and Fei had passed the second level of the Illusory Light Heavenly Bridge.
• Li Qi reviewed his improved force amplitude and decided to challenge the Heavenly Bridge.

After nearly ten years, Li Qi attempted the Heavenly Bridge and revealed that he had switched from the spirit-reader controller path to the warrior path. He defeated the fifth-level gatekeeper using the origin law of space, leaving the gathered observers astonished and prompting Overseer Bafen to report his progress to important figures.

• Overseer Bafen told Li Qi he could enter the Divine Tree Heavenly Bridge after its current challenger emerged, then notified others that Li Qi was attempting it.
• Man Le, Chen Yi, and Fei went to watch Li Qi, while Kedi received guidance from his senior brother and vowed to surpass Li Qi.
• On the fifth level, Li Qi chose a warrior opponent and fought with Demon Shadow Claws, surprising spectators who had expected him to use controller weapons.
• Li Qi used the Demon Shadow Claw secret technique to overwhelm the silver-clad gatekeeper and crushed his neck, clearing the fifth level.
• Fei, Man Le, and Overseer Bafen marveled at Li Qi's rapid progress in the space laws, and Overseer Bafen emailed important figures about his achievement.

After learning that Li Qi had reached the fifth level of the Heavenly Bridge in ten years, powerful figures reconsidered his talent, while Kedi set out to prove he could surpass him. Li Qi failed his sixth-level challenge and returned to watch Kedi, who had declared he could pass the seventh level.

• Azure Vine King, Venerable Gulen, Venerable Ling Tu, and Kedi read Bafen's email about Li Qi's rapid progress in the spatial origin laws and his switch to the warrior path.
• Kedi went to the Heavenly Bridge plaza and told Man Le that he expected to pass the seventh level.
• Li Qi challenged the sixth level, but the silver-robed warrior overwhelmed his defenses and killed him.
• Li Qi returned to the plaza, where Man Le explained that Bafen's mass email had drawn a crowd to watch the challenges.
• Li Qi correctly guessed that Kedi might pass the seventh level, and Man Le confirmed that Kedi had claimed he could do so.

Kedi passed the sixth and seventh levels of the Universe Heavenly Bridge, while Li Qi chose to focus on cultivation and bought a new secret technique. As his thirtieth year in Chaos City neared its end, Li Qi agreed to try to pass the eighth level in exchange for useful information from Venerable Ling Tu.

• Kedi defeated the sixth-level gatekeeper and then overcame the seventh-level warrior, astonishing the young cultivators and powerful undying beings watching.
• Li Qi decided to return to cultivation instead of watching Kedi attempt the eighth level, and Man Le left with him.
• Li Qi used his points to exchange for Five Intent Annihilation Claw and began studying its forms.
• At the twentieth-year mark, Li Qi told Venerable Ling Tu he planned to challenge the Heavenly Bridge near the end of his stay in Chaos City, and Ling Tu moved their next guidance session to Li Qi's twenty-ninth year.
• Venerable Ling Tu offered Li Qi useful information if he passed the eighth level before leaving Chaos City, and Li Qi accepted the challenge as his thirtieth year approached.

After thirty years in Chaos City, Li Qi challenged the Heavenly Bridge and fought his way through the seventh level to the eighth, where he and its guardian traded devastating blows. As his left arm was destroyed and the guardian’s blocking arm broke, Li Qi spotted an opening and launched one final Annihilation Two.

• Venerable Gulen learned that Li Qi and Kedi had finally entered the Heavenly Bridge and watched their challenges live.
• Li Qi defeated the sixth-level warrior guardian with his improved movement technique and advanced to the seventh level.
• Li Qi killed the seventh-level guardian with the Five Intent Annihilation Claw, while Kedi advanced through the bridge as well.
• Li Qi began fighting the eighth-level guardian, using his movement technique and Annihilation attacks to break the guardian’s arm.
• The eighth-level guardian’s counterattack mangled Li Qi’s left arm, but Li Qi used it to unleash another Annihilation Two and broke the guardian’s blocking arm.
• Li Qi recognized a flaw in the guardian’s defense and launched a final Annihilation Two with his intact right hand.

Li Qi passed the eighth level of the Heavenly Bridge but was defeated at the ninth, while Kedi advanced to the tenth. After Venerable Ling Tu revealed that Taz World held a potential opportunity, Li Qi left Chaos City with the surviving geniuses as their thirty-year training period ended.

• Li Qi defeated the eighth-level warrior, then lost to the ninth-level warrior and learned that Kedi had passed the tenth level.
• Venerable Ling Tu told Li Qi about Taz World and advised him to complete several more training missions before going there.
• Li Qi planned to seek opportunities in Blood River World before eventually entering Taz World.
• Venerable Gulen summoned the 886 surviving geniuses and announced that their Chaos City training had ended.
• Li Qi and the other geniuses left the Initial Universe and were assigned to secret regions in the Primordial Universe.

Li Qi and Kedi’s Heavenly Bridge achievements drew attention from rival races and put pressure on veteran Primal Secret Realm members as the two traveled to their new residence. The chapter ended with spatial ripples appearing as their reception party arrived.

• The Demon Race raised Li Qi’s assassination level to Level One after learning he had passed the tenth level of the Universe Heavenly Bridge, and the Machine Race and Insect Race issued similar orders.
• Li Qi and Kedi waited at Virtual Universe Company headquarters while the other new members departed for their assigned secret realms, and Li Qi challenged Kedi to keep ahead of him.
• Wu Xuewen, Keliya, and Ural discussed the threat posed by Li Qi and Kedi, with Wu Xuewen revealing that she had reached the ninth-level standard of the Heavenly Bridge.
• Flash Gold King escorted Li Qi and Kedi toward the Primal Secret Realm and explained how universe secret realms formed and why they were suited to cultivation.
• Venerable Gulen ordered the spacecraft to depart, and several days later Li Qi and Kedi reached the Primal Secret Realm’s residence as spatial ripples announced the arrival of their reception party.

Li Qi arrived at the Primordial Secret Realm, learned about its defenses and the privileges available to its core members, and set goals for his cultivation and family. He ended by applying to challenge Illusion Sea.

• Li Qi and Kedi boarded a golden spaceship and entered Uchen Space-Time, where their escorts explained how its 136 artificial planets protected Uchen Continent.
• Li Qi moved into his territory and reviewed the Virtual Universe Company's updated privileges, then applied for a nutrition pod to raise his genetic energy from Universe-level first stage to ninth stage.
• Li Qi studied the available lectures and practice trials, reflecting that his bodily force exertion had already reached Immortal Altar's limit of 100 units.
• Li Qi read about cultivation missions and their risks, then resolved to pass the tenth level of Heavenly Bridge within five hundred years so he could revive Big Brother and help his family live longer.
• Li Qi considered his mysterious inheritance and decided to become strong enough to ask Ice Peak Lord about its origin, then applied to enter Illusion Sea.

Li Qi challenged Illusion Sea, advanced to the ninth level of the universe level, and discovered that his Kuyu Ancient Tree clone could grow far beyond its normal limit. He left the story preparing to apply for a trial mission, with his clone offering a way to revive if his human body died.

• Li Qi passed the fifth island of Illusion Sea but failed the sixth, and the Illusion Sea manager judged that he could pass it after reaching the ninth level of the universe level.
• Li Qi received nutrient solution arranged by Venerable Ling Tu and used it to reach the ninth level of the universe level in nearly nine months.
• Li Qi attended a public lecture but decided that most lectures offered little benefit compared with guidance from Seventh Senior Brother and Venerable Ling Tu.
• Li Qi fed Lanke Fruits to his Kuyu Ancient Tree clone and discovered that its main tree could grow to ten kilometers, far beyond its normal universe-level limit.
• Li Qi planned to keep his original core with the Kuyu Ancient Tree clone so he could revive if his human original body died, then prepared to apply for a trial mission.

Li Qi accepted a Dangerous Level cultivation mission in Blood River World, prepared weapons and armor that would let him pass as a native, and traveled to the Primal Secret Region. He reached Sky Eclipse Palace and set off in a disguised spacecraft toward Blood River World to seek Blood Luo Crystals.

• Li Qi reviewed the Giant God World and Blood River World missions, deciding to pursue Blood Luo Crystals before attempting the Giant God's Power Fruit mission.
• Li Qi accepted the Blood River World mission and ordered weapons and armor suited to the world's restrictions, planning to disguise his spacecraft as a meteorite.
• Boneforged Marquis and Miu Li warned Li Qi to prioritize his safety as he departed for the mission.
• During the more than three-month journey, Li Qi trained in the Virtual Universe and advanced his Wood Origin Law after attending a Universe Venerable's lecture.
• Li Qi arrived near Sky Eclipse Palace, transferred to his own E-grade spacecraft, and disguised it as a meteorite before heading toward Blood River World.

Li Qi entered Blood River World, landed in the Cloud-Connecting Mountains, and joined Kaxiu’s party while posing as an ascetic. As they flew toward Wind Chant City, someone suddenly attacked Kaxiu with a saber.

• Li Qi descended into the Cloud-Connecting Mountains and decided to find people who could direct him to a territory capital city.
• Li Qi encountered Kaxiu’s party and agreed to accompany them to Wind Chant City after learning they were returning there.
• The adventurers abandoned their plan to target Kaxiu because they feared Li Qi, and Li Qi killed a peak Sky-level wild beast with his psychic weapons.
• Kaxiu questioned Li Qi about ascetics as the group flew toward Wind Chant City.
• A flash of saber light suddenly slashed at Kaxiu.

Li Qi helped Kaxiu survive an assassination attempt, and Kaxiu invited him to the Meyers Family. On the way to Wind Chant City, Old Lu suspected the assassin belonged to the Abate Family and warned that another attack might be waiting beyond the forest.

• A masked assassin attacked Kaxiu, but Mr. Zhuomike turned on him while Old Lu and Li Qi protected Kaxiu, and they killed the assassin.
• Li Qi searched the assassin’s spatial ring for a secret art, then accepted Kaxiu’s invitation to visit the Meyers Family and study its public secret arts.
• Kaxiu rewarded Mr. Zhuomike and his men for protecting him, choosing not to act on Old Lu’s suspicions because the Meyers Family repaid kindness.
• Old Lu recognized items linked to the Abate Family and explained that the family might want Kaxiu dead to strengthen Lady Xilubedi’s claim to become principal wife.
• Old Lu realized a Two-Faced Turtle shell in the assassin’s ring could signal his accomplices that he had died, and the group emerged from the forest into a wall of malice and killing intent.

Li Qi revealed that the Abate Family had arranged to ambush Kaxiu and silence his group, then defeated their reinforcements and killed Salastu. Kaxiu and his companions survived, stunned by Li Qi’s strength.

• Li Qi sensed that Salastu and the Abate Family’s warriors had been waiting to kill Kaxiu and his companions.
• Li Qi warned that Salastu was stalling while a beast tamer summoned reinforcements, and Kaxiu asked Li Qi to intervene.
• Li Qi disclosed that he had also waited for the Abate Family’s reinforcements, then told Kaxiu’s group to protect themselves.
• Salastu ordered the Abate Family to attack, but Li Qi used his black shortswords to block their psychic weapons and slaughter their warriors.
• Li Qi’s nine-sword attack cracked Salastu’s shield, shattered it with a second strike, and pierced Salastu’s head.
• Kaxiu and his twelve companions were left alive among the Abate Family’s corpses, staring at Li Qi in shock.

Li Qi escorted Kaxiu to Wind Chant City after killing Salastu and the Abate Family’s warriors, then met Kaxiu’s father, Kelang, who offered him a reward and revealed that a friend possessed an unexplained beast-shaped statue. The chapter left Li Qi wondering whether the statue was a Beast God Statue while he concealed his knowledge from Kelang.

• Li Qi killed Salastu and the Abate Family’s fighters, then let Kaxiu’s people collect the battlefield spoils for him.
• Li Qi read about Blood Luo Crystals while traveling with Kaxiu’s group to Wind Chant City.
• Kelang ordered the Abate Family destroyed and Xilubedi and her two children disposed of, then arranged to thank Li Qi.
• Kelang met Li Qi, praised his strength, and asked about the mural that Li Qi claimed had given him insight.
• Kelang told Li Qi that a friend had an unexplained beast-shaped statue, and Li Qi wondered if it was a Beast God Statue.
• Kelang gave Li Qi a storage bracelet containing treasure money from the Abate Family’s assets.

Li Qi visited Wind Spirit Pavilion with Kaxiu and bought a bottle of inner-sea water from the Blood Demon Sea before the shopkeeper revealed a strange severed claw statue. Li Qi negotiated its price down to one hundred thousand treasure coins, while Kaxiu recognized it as familiar but could not recall where he had seen it.

• Li Qi decided to use Kaxiu to learn who possessed the beast-shaped statue Kelong had mentioned.
• Kaxiu took Li Qi to Wind Spirit Pavilion, where Li Qi bought a bottle of inner-sea water from the Blood Demon Sea for thirty thousand treasure coins.
• The one-horned shopkeeper showed Li Qi and Kaxiu several rare items, but neither was interested in most of them.
• The shopkeeper unveiled a strange severed claw statue that attracted Li Qi's attention, and Kaxiu said it seemed familiar.
• Li Qi offered one hundred thousand treasure coins for the statue, and the one-horned shopkeeper accepted.

Li Qi learned that the Gray Jade Statue was in Red Pagoda City's lord Slak Litt's possession and traveled to Red Pagoda Territory to claim it, but found Slak absent. He began hunting domain-level experts elsewhere to obtain Blood Luo Crystals, killing two before flying toward his next target.

• The one-horned man revealed that he had sold the Gray Jade Statue to Li Qi because he feared the danger of possessing it, and young Kaxiu recognized it as similar to a statue owned by Red Pagoda City's lord.
• Li Qi learned that Red Pagoda City's lord Slak Litt was Kaxiu's father's estranged senior brother and decided to seize the statue, hoping it might be a Beast God Statue.
• Li Qi bid farewell to Kaxiu and Kelang, traveled to Red Pagoda Territory, and confirmed that Slak Litt and a powerful member of the Batega Family were away.
• Unable to find Slak Litt, Li Qi traveled to another city and killed City Lord Chong Rong, taking two Blood Luo Crystals from his storage bracer.
• Li Qi killed a second domain-level expert, obtained another Blood Luo Crystal, and boarded his spacecraft to head toward his next target.

Li Qi gathered 128 Blood Luo Crystals and entered the Ancient God Ruins to temper his will and transform his body. After discovering that the Ruins’ blood mist accelerated the transformation needed to fuse Blood Luo Crystals, he cautiously headed toward a relatively dense area.

• Li Qi decided that 128 Blood Luo Crystals were enough and set a course for the Ancient God Ruins.
• The World Masters monitoring the Blood River World were alarmed when Li Qi approached the Ruins and prepared to protect him from natives who might pursue him into the void.
• Li Qi descended through the blood-red cloud layers and resisted their urge to slaughter.
• Li Qi landed in the Ancient God Ruins, where he sensed the blood mist changing his body to help it fuse Blood Luo Crystals.
• Li Qi chose to seek denser blood mist while avoiding areas where its slaughterous influence might overwhelm his will.