Chapter Summaries

Zhou Hao transformed the goldfish with his Metamorphosis Power and made it Zhou Mu’s guardian divine beast. After learning that its ability was to make others perceive it as powerful, he left to join Murong at the banquet.

• Zhou Hao’s hook caught the goldfish, and he infused it with Metamorphosis Power until it completed its transformation.
• The goldfish approached Zhou Hao gratefully and agreed to become the guardian divine beast of Zhou Mu, so he named it Goldfish.
• Goldfish demonstrated that its golden radiance could make others perceive it as a prehistoric behemoth, though it remained physically weak.
• Goldfish concealed its golden glow when Zhou Hao asked, then returned to the lake after he charged it with protecting Zhou Mu.
• Zhou Hao left the wooden bridge and headed to the banquet after accompanying Murong.

At a banquet for Ling Tian Group in Number One Restaurant, Zhou Hao heard what Shi An, Wang Yue, Li Si'an, and Lan Ni had given Xiang Cheng and Xiaoxiao. He later returned to Zhou Mu and watched Zhou Yuanbao and the others depart, while Puppet Butler stayed behind to learn the Puppetry Technique from Wan Tiancheng.

• Zhou Hao joined Zhou Yuanbao and the others at the banquet, then went to speak with Shi An, Wang Yue, Lan Ni, and Li Si'an.
• Shi An described his engraved Black Silver Necklaces, Wang Yue described Ling Tian Servant's giant egg model, Li Si'an offered three-hundred-year Black Bamboo Wine, and Lan Ni gave two pieces of Azure Water Jade.
• Zhou Hao left the banquet and returned to Zhou Mu, deciding to wait until the next day to discuss Xiang Yuan taking a post at Ling Tian Group.
• Zhou Yuanbao and the others told Zhou Hao they were leaving to travel, while Puppet Butler chose to stay and learn the Puppetry Technique from Wan Tiancheng.
• Zhou Hao let Zhou Yuanbao and the others go, and they vanished after asking him to look after Puppet Butler.

Zhou Hao assigned the Puppet Butler to Wan Tiancheng and gave him the second volume of "Future Fantasy" while asking him to continue teaching the butler. He then recruited Xiang Yuan for an honorary position at Ling Tian Group, to be taken up after Xiang Yuan retired as City Lord.

• Zhou Hao brought the Puppet Butler to Wan Tiancheng and asked him to teach it while studying "Future Fantasy."
• Zhou Hao gave Wan Tiancheng "Future Fantasy 2" and told him to focus on the first volume before rushing ahead.
• Wan Tiancheng told the Puppet Butler to stay nearby, then began explaining the Puppetry Technique as he considered the book's requirements.
• The next day, Zhou Hao invited Xiang Yuan to take an honorary position at Ling Tian Group after retiring as City Lord.
• Xiang Yuan agreed to join Ling Tian Group once his son Xiang Cheng was ready to take over.

Zhou Hao returned to Ling Tian Group, where operations resumed and its members settled into their work. The chapter ended with the group running in an orderly fashion as Shi An forged components for Ten Thousand Towers and Lan Ni searched for a location for the intelligence department.

• Zhou Hao led Shi An and the others back to Ling Tian Group, then returned to his study to write Future Fantasy 3.
• Wang Yue toured Ling Tian Servant with Sun Tai, praised his office arrangement, and promised to discuss getting wine from Shopkeeper Li later.
• Li Si'an gave Xia Sanji and his companions two jars of freshly brewed wine before sending them away from the Brewing Workshop.
• Xia Sanji, Jiang Jun, Ling Yu, Yang Ye, and Yu Mo discussed choosing a team captain and agreed to ask Zhou Hao before settling the matter with a fight.
• Shi An resumed forging components for Ten Thousand Towers while Lan Ni searched for a suitable site for the intelligence department.

Zhou Hao delivered “Future Fantasy 3” to Wan Tiancheng, then sent Xia Sanji and 117 others to the Boundless Forbidden Domain to decide their captain and finish an unfinished challenge. After spending time with Murong, he remembered that he had left the Golden Branches Jade Leaves in Zhou Mu and took her to retrieve them.

• Zhou Hao gave Wan Tiancheng “Future Fantasy 3” and said more books would follow.
• Xia Sanji asked Zhou Hao to send the group to the Boundless Forbidden Domain for a captain contest, an unfinished challenge, and a ranking list.
• Zhou Hao gave the group ten seconds to gather, then sent all 118 of them to the Boundless Forbidden Domain without going along.
• Murong arrived at Zhou Hao’s home, and they spent time together.
• Zhou Hao told Murong that he had made the fish Zhou Mu’s guardian divine beast and realized he had forgotten the Golden Branches Jade Leaves there.
• Zhou Hao led Murong to Zhou Mu in Xiang Cheng City to retrieve the Golden Branches Jade Leaves.

Zhou Hao and Murong visited Zhou Mu, where Murong explained the goldfish’s faint Golden Scale Heaven bloodline and potential. They then returned to the Snow Region to revisit the statues and ice house that held memories of their time there.

• Zhou Hao transplanted the Golden Branches Jade Leaves into the Nurturing Pearl and took Murong to see the goldfish.
• Murong explained that the goldfish had a faint Golden Scale Heaven bloodline awakened by Zhou Hao’s Metamorphosis Power, but advised against contracting it.
• Zhou Hao fed the goldfish more Metamorphosis Power as he and Murong walked through Zhou Mu.
• Murong suggested returning to the Snow Region, and Zhou Hao teleported there with her.
• Bai Xiaohu greeted them and reported that it had absorbed more than half of the Heavenly Fiend White Tiger essence blood while guarding their statues.
• Zhou Hao and Murong entered Bai Xiaohu’s preserved ice house and reminisced about their time there.

Zhou Hao and Murong reminisced about his body-tempering sessions, teased each other, and parted when Murong left. Zhou Hao gave Bai Xiaohu twelve Ultimate Divine Crystals before returning to Ling Tian Group to work on Future Fantasy 4.

• Murong teased Zhou Hao about his past body-tempering sessions and suggested training him again, but he refused.
• Zhou Hao and Murong playfully pinched and tussled with each other before sharing a kiss as Murong prepared to leave.
• Murong disappeared, and Zhou Hao left the ice house to meet Bai Xiaohu.
• Zhou Hao learned that Bai Xiaohu had reached the fifth level of the Earth God Realm and gave him twelve Ultimate Divine Crystals.
• Zhou Hao returned to Ling Tian Group and continued compiling Future Fantasy 4 as the company steadily grew.

After two years of developing the Ling Tian Group, Zhou Hao reflected on the many opportunities that had accelerated his rise to the Heaven God seventh level and recognized that his recent pace was normal. Shi An then appeared and asked whether Zhou Hao was leaving.

• Zhou Hao reflected on advancing from the Heaven God sixth level to the seventh level during two years of cultivation.
• Zhou Hao looked back on the encounters and opportunities that had shaped his journey and the founding and growth of the Ling Tian Group.
• Zhou Hao concluded that his cultivation had not slowed, since his earlier rapid progress had depended on extraordinary opportunities and resources.
• Shi An appeared and asked Zhou Hao whether he was leaving.

Zhou Hao learned that Ten Thousand Towers had been completed and helped connect its core to the formation before Shi An demonstrated some of its transformations. After seeing the tower become a giant and a greatsword, Zhou Hao stopped the demonstration, with his departure from the Sky Dome Continent still planned for the next few days.

• Zhou Hao told Shi An he planned to leave Ling Tian Group within the next few days and left its affairs in Shi An's hands.
• Shi An showed Zhou Hao the completed Ten Thousand Towers and its energy core.
• Zhou Hao connected the core to the formation, improving Ten Thousand Towers' energy system.
• Shi An transformed Ten Thousand Towers into a colossal giant and explained its combat abilities.
• Shi An transformed Ten Thousand Towers into a greatsword and demonstrated several more forms before Zhou Hao stopped him.

Zhou Hao visited the newly completed Ten Thousand Towers and the Intelligence Department, discussing recruitment, training, and his expected departure. He left to visit the Ling Tian Servants after asking Shi An and Lan Ni to keep building their departments and manage the Ling Tian Group.

• Zhou Hao praised the Ten Thousand Towers, and Shi An explained its inspiration and his plans to recruit former friends and upgrade its components.
• Shi An said he would leave after Zhou Hao so he could see him off, and Zhou Hao departed for the Intelligence Department.
• Lan Ni reported that the first three intelligence trainees were nearly ready for missions and planned to have them investigate Lan Ye, the City Lord of Nishui City, without his knowledge.
• Zhou Hao told Lan Ni to manage the Ling Tian Group with the others after his departure, then left to visit the Ling Tian Servants.

Zhou Hao visited Wang Yue as the Ling Tian Servant leader continued recruiting through a lengthy compatibility-based process. Zhou Hao encouraged Wang Yue to trust his vision, then revealed he would leave within the next few days, and Wang Yue returned to his recruitment work.

• Sun Tai welcomed Zhou Hao and led him to Wang Yue's office.
• Wang Yue explained that the Ling Tian Servant recruited people for their skills and tested their compatibility through months of shared training and experience.
• Wang Yue asked whether the Ling Tian Servant could forge its own path, and Zhou Hao urged him to believe in himself.
• Wang Yue thanked Zhou Hao and reaffirmed his confidence in the plan.
• Zhou Hao told Wang Yue he would leave within the next few days and asked him to be there to see him off.
• After Zhou Hao left, Wang Yue reflected that the departure had finally come, then resumed reviewing recruitment information.

Zhou Hao visited Li Si'an at the Brewing Workshop and told him he would soon leave Ling Tian Group, while arranging to build another wine cellar. He surveyed Ling Tian Group’s growth and departments, then returned home to wait for Murong.

• Zhou Hao told Li Si'an he would be leaving soon, and Li Si'an gave him the fifth version of Not Drunk.
• Zhou Hao offered to build a formation for a new wine cellar, and Li Si'an agreed to make one before starting to cultivate.
• Zhou Hao said goodbye to Tie Sijiao and the others, then walked through Ling Tian Group to inspect its buildings and departments.
• Zhou Hao reviewed Ling Tian Group’s newer organizations, including the Formation Department, Puppet Department, Pill Department, War Tower, and Hundred Squad Pavilion.
• Zhou Hao returned home and sat on his bed, waiting for Murong to arrive.

Zhou Hao and Murong began saying farewell to their old friends before leaving, starting with Xiang Cheng and his family. After agreeing they would meet again in the universe, Zhou Hao said he would depart within the next few days.

• Zhou Hao and Murong shared an intimate moment before deciding to visit their old friends and bid them farewell.
• Zhou Hao and Murong traveled to Xiang Cheng's home to see him, Zhang Xiaoxiao, and their three-month-old child, Cheng Cheng.
• Murong played with Cheng Cheng while Zhou Hao chatted with Xiang Cheng and learned that Cheng Cheng had become an energetic crawler.
• Xiang Cheng guessed that Zhou Hao and Murong were leaving, and Zhou Hao confirmed they had come to say farewell.
• Xiang Cheng told Zhou Hao they would meet again in the universe, and Zhou Hao said he expected to leave within the next few days.

Zhou Hao and Murong said farewell to Xiang Cheng, Zhang Xiaoxiao, and Cheng Cheng before visiting Zhou Mu one last time. They left an interlocked handprint on the stone and looked around their home, preparing to depart for a long time.

• Zhou Hao and Murong said goodbye to Xiang Cheng, and Murong gave Cheng Cheng a piece of jade while Zhang Xiaoxiao reported that her blade intent had reached the second level.
• Xiang Cheng and Zhang Xiaoxiao watched Zhou Hao and Murong leave and promised that they would meet again.
• Zhou Hao and Murong pressed their interlocked hands onto the Zhou Mu stone, leaving a handprint behind.
• Zhou Hao and Murong walked through their house, joked about planting something beside it, and went to the open-air platform to take one last look.

Zhou Hao and Murong left Zhou Mu and visited the Blue Sea Divine Kingdom to see their disciples, Little Bubble and Wu Xiaolong. Murong punished Little Bubble for bullying her senior brother, and Wu Xiaolong joined the task after pleading for her.

• Zhou Hao and Murong shared a kiss before deciding to visit the Blue Sea Divine Kingdom and their disciples.
• Little Bubble and Wu Xiaolong greeted Zhou Hao and Murong at the Bubble Palace.
• Murong confronted Little Bubble about bullying Wu Xiaolong, and Little Bubble knelt and admitted her mistake.
• Murong ordered Little Bubble to create ten thousand kinds of fish with the Water Law.
• Wu Xiaolong asked Murong to spare Little Bubble, so Murong ordered him to keep each fish alive for one minute with the Life Law.
• Murong told them they would both have to start over if either of them failed, and Little Bubble began to tear up as they started their tasks.

Murong and Zhou Hao told Wu Xiaolong and Little Bubble they were leaving the Sky Dome Continent, and Murong gave Little Bubble a snowflake as a keepsake. After their departure, Wu Xiaolong comforted Little Bubble and resumed their punishment training, where they worked together to fill Bubble Palace with living fish.

• Murong and Zhou Hao told Wu Xiaolong and Little Bubble they were preparing to leave the Sky Dome Continent.
• Murong gave Little Bubble a unique snowflake and promised they would meet again, while Little Bubble vowed to grow stronger than her.
• Murong and Zhou Hao departed, and Wu Xiaolong comforted Little Bubble as she cried and then put the snowflake on a cord of flowing water.
• Wu Xiaolong told Lan Xi and the others what had happened, then gave Little Bubble ten minutes to settle before continuing their punishment.
• Wu Xiaolong used his Life Law to animate Little Bubble's fish, and the pair filled Bubble Palace with swimming fish.

Zhou Hao and Murong visited Jade Leaf at the Seven Gods Sect and brought him to the Ling Tian Group, where Zhou Hao planned for him to become the Hundred Squad Pavilion Master. After sending Jade Leaf to take the group’s entrance assessment, Zhou Hao and Murong left to visit Xiang Ge.

• Zhou Hao and Murong met Jade Leaf and his master, Qiao Qi, at the Seven Gods Sect, where they learned Jade Leaf had reached the third level of the Divine Realm.
• Jade Leaf said goodbye to Qiao Qi and went with Zhou Hao and Murong to the Ling Tian Group.
• Zhou Hao told Jade Leaf he planned for him to become the Hundred Squad Pavilion Master after he learned how to lead a team.
• Zhou Hao introduced Jade Leaf to Wang Yue and instructed him to take Jade Leaf to the entrance assessment.
• Zhou Hao returned to Murong, and the two left together to visit Xiang Ge.

Zhou Hao and Murong visited Xiang Yuan and Xiang Ge to say farewell before leaving the Sky Dome Continent. Zhou Hao decided they would leave in three days, and afterward he went to check on Ye Zi in the trial area.

• Xiang Yuan told Xiang Ge that Xiang Cheng City would establish a branch chamber of commerce in the Hongyun Empire's capital in a year.
• Zhou Hao and Murong appeared before Xiang Yuan and Xiang Ge and said they had come to bid farewell before leaving the Sky Dome Continent.
• Xiang Yuan and Xiang Ge toasted Zhou Hao and Murong, who then left without arranging a formal send-off.
• Back at the Ling Tian Group, Zhou Hao told Murong that he planned to leave in three days and was waiting for her to go with him.
• Murong vanished, and Zhou Hao went to the trial area outside the Ling Tian Group to check on Ye Zi.

After Ye Zi cleared the illusion trial, Zhou Hao welcomed him into the Ling Tian Group and arranged for Lan Ni to train him in team management. The chapter ended with Lan Ni taking Ye Zi to find a place to live.

• Wang Yue told Zhou Hao that Ye Zi was close to clearing the illusion, and Ye Zi soon emerged successfully.
• Zhou Hao told Ye Zi he was now a member of the Ling Tian Group and would be taught how to manage a team.
• Zhou Hao brought Ye Zi to meet Lan Ni and explained that he wanted Ye Zi to become the future master of the Hundred Squad Pavilion.
• Lan Ni agreed to guide Ye Zi, and Zhou Hao asked him to find Ye Zi a place to live.
• Lan Ni led Ye Zi away from the intelligence department to help him settle in.

Zhou Hao recovered the formation avatars from the Object Seeking Formation and went to see Wan Tiancheng’s newly built game console. After learning how it worked, Zhou Hao challenged Wan Tiancheng to a match.

• Zhou Hao collected all the formation avatars into his Ring of Holding and began erasing the Object Seeking Formation’s markings.
• Wan Tiancheng told Zhou Hao he had built the game console from “Future Fantasy 7,” and Zhou Hao brought him to the laboratory to see it.
• Wan Tiancheng explained how the console’s controls operated puppets and how magnets restored them after a match.
• Zhou Hao asked Wan Tiancheng to play a match and told him not to hold back, while Wan Tiancheng wondered whether to win or pretend to lose.
• Zhou Hao and Wan Tiancheng began their game showdown.