Chapter Summaries

Zhou Yuanbao and his companions continued hunting for treasure while Zhou Hao cultivated, until Mu Jinyin began metamorphosing. As the group watched from a safe distance, Zhou Hao suddenly appeared beside them.

• Zhou Yuanbao gathered Situ Rongyao and resumed the treasure hunt with Mu Jinyin, Jewelry, Gem, and the others.
• After two days of searching, Mu Jinyin sensed his bloodline transforming and told Zhou Yuanbao to take the others away.
• Mu Jinyin returned to his true form and began metamorphosing amid blazing golden-red flames.
• Zhou Yuanbao shielded Jewelry and the others, along with Situ Rongyao, as they watched Mu Jinyin from a hundred thousand li away.
• Zhou Hao silently appeared beside the group.

Zhou Hao supplied Metamorphosis Power to help Mu Jinyin and Zhou Yuanbao metamorphose, exhausting himself as both succeeded. He teleported away to rest while the others worried over him.

• Zhou Hao sensed Mu Jinyin beginning to metamorphose, arrived beside it, and poured Metamorphosis Power into it.
• Zhou Yuanbao announced that it was ready to metamorphose, and Zhou Hao split his support between it and Mu Jinyin.
• Mu Jinyin and Zhou Yuanbao roared as they metamorphosed, prompting Zhou Hao to create a soundproofing formation for Situ Rongyao and the others.
• Mu Jinyin completed its metamorphosis after twelve hours and thanked Zhou Hao for helping it.
• Zhou Yuanbao completed its metamorphosis three hours later, and Zhou Hao withdrew his Real World, exhausted.
• Zhou Hao teleported to his room to rest, leaving Zhou Yuanbao, Mu Jinyin, Jewels and the others worried about him.

Zhou Yuanbao and Mu Jinyin reassured everyone that Zhou Hao was only exhausted after using too much energy, while they discussed the new abilities they had gained. Zhou Hao briefly woke and appeared on the rooftop to reassure them before returning to rest as they celebrated their metamorphosis.

• Mu Jinyin and Zhou Yuanbao calmed everyone’s fears about Zhou Hao, and Mu Jinyin said Murong would protect him.
• Zhou Yuanbao sent Situ Rongyao away, and Situ returned to his room to consider how he could prove his worth and stay.
• Zhou Hao briefly slept, woke after fifteen minutes, and appeared on the rooftop to tell Zhou Yuanbao and the others not to worry.
• Zhou Yuanbao told Zhou Hao that he and Mu Jinyin had gained new abilities, but Zhou Hao said they could discuss them when their mom arrived and vanished back to rest.
• Zhou Yuanbao and the others relaxed, played in the jungle, and celebrated their successful metamorphosis.

After using up much of his energy helping Jinyin Yuanbao undergo metamorphosis, Zhou Hao recovered enough to reunite with Murong and spend time with her. He planned to visit Yuanbao and the others to learn their new abilities, while Murong gave him books about cosmic phenomena and promised him a reward after ten funny faces.

• Zhou Hao rested with a divine crystal and checked that his complexion had improved before Murong arrived.
• Murong noticed Zhou Hao was weak, and he explained that he had spent too much energy transferring Metamorphosis Power to Jinyin Yuanbao.
• Zhou Hao and Murong became intimate, then he said he wanted to see Yuanbao and the others to find out what abilities they had gained.
• Murong gave Zhou Hao books about cosmic phenomena, including one that answered a question he had asked before, and kept his own book as a collectible.
• Zhou Hao volunteered to make funny faces, and Murong promised him a reward after he made ten.

Murong recorded Zhou Hao making a series of ugly faces, then kissed him while filming their final pose. After collecting nine embarrassing recordings and giving Zhou Hao the kiss as a reward, Murong suggested they check on Yuanbao and the others before traveling again.

• Murong used a memory crystal to record Zhou Hao scrunching his face into an ugly expression.
• Murong continued directing Zhou Hao through a series of funny faces and reviewed each recording, leaving him embarrassed.
• For the final recording, Murong kissed Zhou Hao and told him the moment was his reward rather than black history.
• Murong and Zhou Hao agreed to check on Yuanbao and the others before setting out again, then vanished from the room hand in hand.

Zhou Hao and Murong reunited with Zhou Yuanbao and Mu Jinyin, then Murong teased Mu Jinyin about its newly transformed, supposedly unextinguishable fire. After Murong offered a Fire Crystal to make peace, Mu Jinyin began explaining its abilities to them.

• Zhou Hao asked whether Situ Rongyao was present, and Zhou Yuanbao said he was in his room.
• Murong asked Mu Jinyin about its completed transformation, and Mu Jinyin demonstrated its golden-red flame.
• Murong pinched out Mu Jinyin's flame, prompting it to complain to Zhou Hao that she was bullying it.
• Murong teased Mu Jinyin again, then gave it a Fire Crystal and apologized.
• Mu Jinyin forgave Murong and began detailing its abilities to Zhou Hao and Murong.

Mu Jinyin and Zhou Yuanbao described the abilities they gained through metamorphosis to Zhou Hao and Murong. Their parents praised them, and Zhou Hao warned Mu Jinyin not to take reckless risks with its rebirth ability.

• Mu Jinyin explained that as long as its Phoenix Flame survived, it could be reborn after sleeping for ten thousand years, and it entrusted a flame to Murong for safekeeping.
• Murong explained that beasts could sense their innate abilities, while Zhou Hao warned Mu Jinyin not to act recklessly; Murong added that even a God King could not extinguish its flames without an opposing attribute.
• Zhou Yuanbao described its strengthened golden scales, which absorbed impacts, tempered its body, and stored energy for defense or attacks.
• Zhou Yuanbao said its scales could currently store energy equal to its own, potentially doubling its divine power, and might grow stronger with cultivation.
• Zhou Hao and Murong praised both beasts' abilities, and Mu Jinyin and Zhou Yuanbao celebrated their successful metamorphosis.

Murong tested Zhou Yuanbao’s defenses and judged that he could fight ordinary first- or second-order Godlords, while Mu Jinyin was slightly stronger. After reassuring Jewelry about his growth, Zhou Hao and Murong left to continue their journey, and the others returned to playing.

• Murong tested Zhou Yuanbao’s defenses and said he could withstand attacks from below Gold God Seventh Order and fight ordinary Godlords at the first or second order.
• Murong cautioned Zhou Yuanbao that being able to fight Godlords did not guarantee victory, and Zhou Yuanbao accepted her warning.
• Mu Jinyin asked Murong to assess him, and she judged him slightly stronger than Zhou Yuanbao because of his endurance and healing.
• Zhou Yuanbao disputed the judgment, but Mu Jinyin invoked Murong’s authority, and Zhou Hao ended their argument by praising them both.
• Jewelry asked about his own strength, and Murong encouraged him by saying he would continue to grow stronger.
• Murong and Zhou Hao put Jewelry down and left to continue their journey, while Zhou Yuanbao and the others resumed playing.

Zhou Hao and Murong discussed the metamorphosis of his contracted beasts and joked about how imposing they would look together. The chapter ended with Zhou Hao promising to make people respectfully call Murong “President Mu.”

• Zhou Hao listed the five contracted beasts that had completed metamorphosis and considered the uncertain prospects of Black Diamond, Cunjin, and the unhatched Divine Beast Egg.
• Zhou Hao and Murong joked that most of his spirit beasts were too small to make an imposing display.
• Zhou Hao teased Murong that taking her along would command respect because she was the Empress.
• Zhou Hao told Murong he would one day give her face wherever she went, and people would respectfully call her President Mu.

Murong and Zhou Hao talked while traveling through space, then discussed their hopes for having a child and agreed that their future child could be named Zhou Mu. Murong’s time with Zhou Hao ran out after they shared a gentle kiss, leaving him to rest alone.

• Murong teleported the spaceship ten thousand light-years ahead, then returned to Zhou Hao’s room while he was resting.
• Murong asked Zhou Hao whether he wanted a boy or a girl, and he said he hoped they could have both despite her doubts that she could become pregnant.
• Zhou Hao embraced Murong and reassured her that his luck might help them have a child.
• Murong suggested naming their future child Zhou Mu, and Zhou Hao agreed that the name represented them both.
• Murong reminded Zhou Hao that her time was almost up, and they kissed before she disappeared.

Over three months of traveling through the universe, Zhou Hao reflected on the loneliness and vast distances while Murong, Zhou Yuanbao, and the others kept him company. Gem reached the Divine Realm, and Zhou Hao arrived to tell Situ Rongyao the result of his probation, leaving the result unrevealed.

• Murong repeatedly transported Zhou Hao and his companions onward as Zhou Hao cultivated and spent time with her, while Zhou Yuanbao and the others continued treasure hunting.
• After three months and 320,015 light-years of travel, Zhou Hao considered how the universe’s isolation might affect him and how difficult exploration would be for the people of the Sky Dome Continent.
• Zhou Yuanbao told Zhou Hao that Gem had broken through to the Divine Realm, and Zhou Hao praised Gem’s progress.
• Zhou Hao said he had come to tell Situ Rongyao the result of his three-month probationary period, but the chapter ended before he revealed it.

Zhou Hao approved Situ Rongyao to stay after his three-month probation, and Situ Rongyao joined Zhou Yuanbao and Mu Jinyin’s group as they resumed their treasure hunt. Two days later, Murong arrived to meet Zhou Hao.

• Zhou Yuanbao and Mu Jinyin spoke in Situ Rongyao’s favor, and Zhou Hao allowed him to stay after judging his character during the probation period.
• Situ Rongyao thanked Zhou Hao and the others, then promised to follow their orders.
• Zhou Yuanbao took Situ Rongyao away with Teleportation, and Mu Jinyin brought Jinyin and the other beasts after them to continue treasure hunting.
• Two days later, Zhou Hao finished dispersing his formation patterns and returned to his room as Murong arrived.
• Zhou Hao greeted Murong warmly, and she smiled and confirmed that she had arrived.

Zhou Hao and Murong reunited aboard the ship, discussed their next journey, and identified the black soil Zhou Yuanbao’s group had found. They left the soil unexplored, entrusted Golden Branches Jade Leaves and the Nurturing Pearl to Zhou Yuanbao, and Murong continued the ship’s voyage.

• Zhou Hao told Murong that Jewel had reached the Divine Realm, and they agreed to wait on deck for Zhou Yuanbao and the others.
• Murong encouraged Zhou Hao to take time away from cultivation to explore with Yuanbao and the others, and he agreed.
• Mu Jinyin showed Murong the group’s Earth Grade High-Quality black soil, and Murong explained its uses and how it could be refined into White Soil.
• Murong revealed that Zhou Hao’s Nurturing Pearl already contained White Soil, and Zhou Hao decided to leave Golden Branches Jade Leaves with Yuanbao and the others.
• Zhou Hao gave the Nurturing Pearl to Zhou Yuanbao and resumed the journey with Murong, who teleported the ship onward.

Zhou Hao sensed something drawing him southeast, and Murong helped him follow it to the Treasure Gathering Basin, where ownerless treasures gathered. They arrived before its famed Golden Palace, whose history Murong linked to an ancient conflict with the Tian Kui Clan.

• Zhou Hao told Murong he sensed something nearby drawing him southeast, and she agreed to help him search.
• Zhou Hao and Murong flew in the direction he sensed, while Zhou Yuanbao and the others stayed aboard the spaceship.
• Zhou Hao sensed the attraction was directly ahead, and he and Murong suddenly appeared in a place filled with golden treasures.
• Murong identified the place as the Treasure Gathering Basin, where ownerless treasures gathered by chance.
• Murong explained that the Golden Palace had belonged to a force in the Tianhong Divine Realm that the Tian Kui Clan destroyed thirty million years earlier.
• Zhou Hao agreed to focus on the Treasure Gathering Basin and looked toward the Golden Palace.

Zhou Hao and Murong discussed how people entered the Treasure Gathering Basin and whether it held an opportunity meant for him. They left the question unresolved as Murong promised she could take him out, and the two teased each other.

• Murong explained that people usually encountered the Treasure Gathering Basin by fate, while Zhou Hao said he had sensed it directly.
• Murong said entrants could take only the opportunity meant for them if they wanted to leave, though she could break out of the Basin with ease.
• Zhou Hao asked whether a God Venerable had ever entered, and Murong said the records mentioned only God Monarchs and those below them.
• Zhou Hao wondered whether the Basin held an opportunity for him, and Murong told him to take whatever he liked because she could take him out.
• Zhou Hao teased Murong about being an overbearing CEO and tried to call her cute, but she stopped him and rejected his voice transmission.

Zhou Hao and Murong explored the Treasure Gathering Basin, where they found a Puppy Puppet and teased each other about Murong’s childhood. Murong began telling Zhou Hao about her travels with her master, leaving her story unfinished.

• Zhou Hao picked up a Puppy Puppet and decided to take it back for the Puppet Butler to study.
• Murong activated the Puppy Puppet by pressing its tail, and Zhou Hao teased her about having played with toys as a child.
• Murong agreed to tell Zhou Hao about her childhood when they truly met, then relented and began sharing her memories.
• Murong told Zhou Hao that her childhood began when her master accepted her as a disciple and took her on journeys through the universe.

Murong reminisced to Zhou Hao about her childhood, including how she became a sect master at eight and took on the pressure of leadership. She explained that she had regretted the choice but never regretted persevering, then continued sharing the memories she treasured.

• Murong recalled wanting a Puppy Puppet as a child and told Zhou Hao how her master had once refused to buy her Heavenly Thunder Bombs, even spanking her when she begged.
• Murong told Zhou Hao that her childhood ended at eight, when she agreed to become sect master of a ruined sect after an old man recognized her talent.
• Murong explained that her master supported her decision and trained her, and that she worked hard under the pressure because leading the sect was what she wanted.
• Murong told Zhou Hao, "I regretted it, but I don't regret it," explaining that although she had considered giving up, she always persevered toward what she wanted.
• Zhou Hao and Murong shared a kiss and affectionate teasing, then Murong began recounting more of the childhood memories she treasured.

Zhou Hao and Murong explored the Golden Palace, where Murong explained that the treasury was hidden beyond his current ability to detect. Inside the dazzling treasure vault, Zhou Hao found his master Du Tianhong’s name on a wall.

• Zhou Hao and Murong talked about Murong’s short childhood, and Zhou Hao promised they would let their future child help her relive it.
• Zhou Hao tried and failed to open the Golden Palace’s heavy gate, so Murong pushed it open for him.
• They entered the palace’s grand, empty hall and chose the passage on the left.
• Zhou Hao guessed that the palace contained a hidden treasury, and Murong teleported them directly there because they had little time left.
• Zhou Hao examined the vault and recognized the name Du Tianhong written on a wall.

Zhou Hao and Murong explored the Golden Palace’s treasure vault while discussing how cultivation and treasures changed at the God Lord realm. Zhou Hao learned that comprehending Laws became essential, and the chapter ended with him realizing that everything above the God Lord realm was tied to Laws.

• Zhou Hao read Du Tianhong’s inscription and discussed the Space Great Emperor’s history with Murong.
• Zhou Hao and Murong examined the treasure vault, and Murong explained that Heaven-grade cultivation treasures offered little help to God Lords.
• Murong explained that God Lords advanced mainly by comprehending Laws, while forced breakthroughs damaged their foundations and limited future growth.
• Murong revealed that she had comprehended the Ice Law as a Profound God, and Zhou Hao learned that Lan Ni had already begun to grasp Laws.
• Murong explained that Law Treasure Artifacts had to be nurtured with their owner's unique Law, using the Golden Palace as an example.
• Murong described how alchemists and artifact refiners incorporated compatible Laws into pills and weapons, and Zhou Hao concluded that everything above the God Lord realm was tied to Laws.

Zhou Hao found a living Phantom Spirit embryo in a sealed box in the Treasure Gathering Basin and learned that it could transform by consuming the essence blood of spirit beasts and divine beasts. He wondered whether the rare embryo was the opportunity meant for him.

• Murong gave Zhou Hao a Spirit-Sniffing Bead for Zhu Bao and told him not to worry about comprehending laws yet.
• Zhou Hao found a box he could not open, so Murong broke it open for him.
• Murong identified the contents as a Phantom Spirit embryo and explained its transformations, limits, and ability to imitate the power of laws.
• Murong confirmed the embryo was still alive because the box had protected it, and Zhou Hao wondered if it was his opportunity.