Chapter Summaries

Qin Heng killed the Giant Crocodile God and encouraged Fang Lingxue to train as a martial artist. He sent Lavaf back to Base City while preparing to hunt the Great Python God and the Ten Thousand Year Willow Tree.

• Qin Heng used his Space Law to find the Giant Crocodile God's hidden true body and fatally pierced it with the Blazing Fire Spiral Force.
• The dying Giant Crocodile God questioned why Qin Heng had killed it, and Qin Heng replied that it was nothing special compared with ordinary martial artists.
• Qin Heng discussed the brutality of martial arts with Fang Lingxue, who decided to train so she could keep up with him.
• Lavaf praised Qin Heng after seeing the Giant Crocodile God's corpse, but Qin Heng said one Beast God still remained.
• Qin Heng gave the corpse to Lavaf and sent him to Base City while he planned to locate the Great Python God and seek out the Ten Thousand Year Willow Tree.

Qin Heng went to the plains to claim spirit-infused heartwood from the Thousand-Handed Demon God, but Xuan Nie arrived seeking the same tree’s energy. The two powerful rivals faced the enraged demon god as it attacked them with tens of thousands of willow branches.

• Qin Heng used satellite coordinates to locate the Thousand-Handed Demon God on a plain east of the Ural Mountain Range and headed there with Fang Lingxue.
• Qin Heng asked the Thousand-Handed Demon God for two sections of spirit-infused heartwood, but it challenged him to take them by force.
• Qin Heng protected Fang Lingxue with Multiple Spaces barriers and readied the Ninefold Calamity Spear for battle.
• Xuan Nie arrived and told Qin Heng he needed the great tree’s energy to help him break through; he proposed that they compete to kill it first.
• Qin Heng warned the Thousand-Handed Demon God that it faced Earth’s strongest human and Monster, and the demon god responded by attacking them with tens of thousands of willow branches.

Xuan Nie battled the Thousand-Handed Demon God while Qin Heng observed, then joined the fight after the willow tree was badly wounded. Faced with both powerhouses, the Demon God unleashed a surge of green energy and rose close to the level of a Perfect Transcendent Mortal Plant Lifeform.

• Qin Heng projected the battle into Fang Lingxue's Sea of Consciousness as Xuan Nie and the Thousand-Handed Demon God began fighting.
• Xuan Nie battered the Demon God with his physical strength and the Star Crushing Cone, weakening its aura and destroying many willow branches.
• Fang Lingxue urged Qin Heng to intervene before Xuan Nie claimed the treasure, so Qin Heng teleported closer with her.
• Qin Heng blocked the Demon God's branches with the secret art Universe and argued with Xuan Nie over who would claim their opponent.
• The Thousand-Handed Demon God erupted with green light and surged to a level close to a Perfect Transcendent Mortal Plant Lifeform.

Qin Heng and Xuan Nie destroyed the Thousand-Handed Demon God and divided its valuable heartwood. Xuan Nie accepted thirty percent and revealed he needed Cosmic Energy Shards to break through, which Qin Heng said could be found at the foot of the Void Bridge.

• The Thousand-Handed Demon God burned its life force, but Qin Heng and Xuan Nie battered it with repeated attacks until its divine consciousness was destroyed.
• Xuan Nie said he was close to breaking through, and Qin Heng agreed to give him thirty percent of the treasure tree's spiritual core after setting terms for their future relations.
• Qin Heng cut open the willow trunk and uncovered a heartwood core whose vitality quickly restored the devastated land.
• Qin Heng divided the heartwood, taking seventy percent and giving Xuan Nie thirty percent.
• Xuan Nie asked where Qin Heng had found Cosmic Energy Shards, and Qin Heng pointed to the foot of the Void Bridge.

Qin Heng asked Xuan Nie to identify ancient writing but refused to show him the full text, keeping the Silk Ancient Scripture's contents secret. The first eight characters revealed the scripture's name: Universe Origin Secret Canon · One.

• Xuan Nie explained that he feared approaching the Void Bridge because his Dragon Race aura could expose him to the enemies who had destroyed the Juegu Dynasty.
• Qin Heng refused to give Xuan Nie crystal fragments for free, and Xuan Nie agreed to search the sea for treasures to trade.
• Qin Heng showed Xuan Nie scrambled Divine Dao Ancient Text, and Xuan Nie recognized the characters as Void Ember Divine Text.
• Xuan Nie asked to see the original text, but Qin Heng refused because it might reveal secrets of his clan's ancestor.
• After Xuan Nie left to hunt for treasures, Qin Heng told Fang Lingxue that the scripture was the only writing left by their ancient ancestor and recognized its name as Universe Origin Secret Canon · One.

After killing the Thousand-Handed Demon God, Qin Heng ordered the Fierce Horse God to warn the continent’s powerful beasts to leave human territories or migrate to Africa. The Fierce Horse God agreed to spread the warning as Qin Heng gave the beasts one month before he began a thorough cleansing.

• Qin Heng called Lavaf, reported that he had killed the Thousand-Handed Demon God, and arranged for its remains to be collected and divided between Lavaf’s people and Nansha Base City.
• Qin Heng gathered willow branches to cultivate near his planned manor, then flew east with Fang Lingxue toward the Fierce Horse God’s territory.
• The Fierce Horse God recognized Qin Heng, flattered him, and pleaded for its life; Qin Heng agreed to spare it in exchange for a task.
• Qin Heng ordered the Fierce Horse God to tell every Beast God and near-Beast-God to move at least three thousand kilometers from human activity, recommending migration to Africa.
• Qin Heng warned that he would cleanse the continent in one month, and the Fierce Horse God promised to do its best to persuade the others.

After Qin Heng ordered the Beast Gods and half-step Beast Gods to leave Eurasia for Africa, the Fierce Horse God spread his command as Monsters began migrating. The Snow Ape chose to remain on Kunlun Mountain and wait for Qin Heng, while seven of Eurasia’s eight surviving Beast Gods gathered with their followers at the Red Sea.

• Qin Heng ordered the Fierce Horse God to make sure his command reached the Beast Gods, then departed.
• The Fierce Horse God warned the Ice Snake God to leave for Africa within a month or face death, and the Ice Snake began traveling west.
• The Ice Serpent met the Kunlun Snow Ape, who refused to leave and explained that he was waiting to die so he could begin cultivation anew.
• After dark, the Snow Ape saw a blue-lit vision of a white-haired Daoist and called for Qin Heng to come kill him.
• News of Qin Heng’s order spread across Eurasia, prompting the wilderness Monsters to begin migrating on a massive scale.
• By the next morning, seven surviving Beast Gods and more than three hundred thousand elite Monsters had reached the Red Sea and waited rather than cross into hostile territory.

After killing three powerful Monsters, Qin Heng learned that his actions had driven seven Eurasian Beast Gods toward Africa, where African Beast Gods had gathered to confront them. He spent three days touring Moscow Base City to a rapturous welcome and agreed to visit other Base Cities, leaving the Snow Ape God and the brewing conflict near the Red Sea as matters to address later.

• Li Quan told Qin Heng that seven Eurasian Beast Gods had moved toward the Red Sea and twelve African Beast Gods had gathered across the Suez Canal; Qin Heng confirmed he had driven the Eurasian Beast Gods from their territories.
• Qin Heng learned that the Snow Ape God near Kunlun Mountain had stayed in the western Snowy Region and told Li Quan to monitor the Monster conflict near the Red Sea.
• Qin Heng described his plans to clear most Wilderness Areas for humanity’s future and to intimidate the African Beast Gods after their conflict settled.
• Lavaf guided Qin Heng and his wife through Moscow Base City, where more than a million citizens welcomed Qin Heng for killing three Monsters feared by the city.
• Over three days, Qin Heng and his wife toured Moscow Base City and visited its landmarks and Ultimate Survival Base.
• Walton, the mayor of Atlanta Base City, and Isra invited Qin Heng to visit or asked for his help, and he agreed to visit the other Base Cities on his own schedule.

After the migrating beasts won acceptance in Africa, Qin Heng accompanied Walton to the North Sea to deal with its Beast Gods. The Silver Scale God offered Qin Heng a collection of treasures and begged him to spare its life.

• The migrating beast horde defeated the native African beasts and gained recognition, bringing Africa’s number of Beast Gods to thirty-five.
• Qin Heng arrived at Berlin Base City, where Walton asked him to help with the Sea Domain Beast Gods near the coast.
• Qin Heng, Fang Lingxue, and Walton flew to the North Sea and found the Silver Scale God.
• The Silver Scale God recognized Qin Heng’s strength, presented him with an azure gemstone, coral fragments, and a piece of metal, and asked to be spared.

Qin Heng spared Silver Scale God but pursued Purple Scale God, until Xuan Nie arrived and revealed that the treasures the sea Beast Gods gathered were meant for Qin Heng. Walton learned that Qin Heng and Xuan Nie had reached an agreement after their battle, and Purple Scale God fled when Xuan Nie hinted at eating salmon.

• Silver Scale God offered Qin Heng treasures and was allowed to leave for the Far Ocean with a message for the Lord of All Beasts.
• Qin Heng and Walton caught up with Purple Scale God, who offered its treasures, but Qin Heng prepared to attack it.
• Xuan Nie arrived, struck Purple Scale God, took its treasures, and cheerfully offered them to Qin Heng.
• Qin Heng told Walton that he had not killed Xuan Nie and that they had agreed not to invade each other.
• Xuan Nie reassured Walton that he was on good terms with humanity, while Purple Scale God muttered that Xuan Nie had once promised to surpass Qin Heng.
• Xuan Nie remarked that salmon tasted good, and Purple Scale God hurriedly praised both powerful beings before fleeing.

After the Sea Domain Beast Gods fled, Qin Heng negotiated with Xuan Nie, the Lord of All Beasts, on an island. Xuan Nie traded his dragon blood and knowledge of the Void Ember Divine Text for Moon Gold Crystals, but Qin Heng’s revelation that the text contained over three thousand characters stunned him.

• Qin Heng sent Walton back to Berlin Base City and assured him that Xuan Nie would remain friendly toward humanity.
• Xuan Nie offered Fang Lingxue a drop of True Dragon Precious Blood in exchange for energy crystal shards, and Qin Heng also gave her a piece of the Ten Thousand Year Willow Tree’s heart.
• Fang Lingxue consumed the treasures, and Qin Heng watched as they rapidly strengthened her body without putting her in danger.
• Xuan Nie examined Qin Heng’s Moon Gold Crystals and said they supplied only half the energy he needed for a Transcendent Realm breakthrough.
• Xuan Nie offered his plundered treasures and interpretations of the Void Ember Divine Text in exchange for enough crystals to complete his breakthrough, and Qin Heng agreed to provide them.
• Qin Heng told Xuan Nie that the ancient text contained more than three thousand distinct characters, leaving Xuan Nie frozen in shock.

Qin Heng deciphered the first chapter of the Universe Origin Secret Canon and learned it taught the comprehension and manipulation of universal laws. He left Xuan Nie on the island with the Moon Gold Crystal and flew away with Fang Lingxue, while Xuan Nie worried about the state of the Eastern Ancient Holy Land and planned to find Qin Heng a partner among the Eastern Star Race Humans.

• Xuan Nie explained the divine text’s unusual length and agreed to decipher it character by character in exchange for Qin Heng retrieving energy crystal fragments from the Void Sky Bridge.
• Qin Heng and Xuan Nie translated the Universe Origin Secret Canon while Fang Lingxue absorbed the dragon blood and tree heart.
• Qin Heng finished translating the canon and realized its first chapter taught how to approach, understand, and manipulate laws, while more advanced chapters were missing.
• Xuan Nie told Qin Heng to take the other looted treasures, keep the crystal fragments for him, and return within three days.
• Qin Heng left with Fang Lingxue, whose physical strength and potential had greatly improved after the baptism.
• Xuan Nie considered introducing Qin Heng to a woman from the Eastern Star Race and worried that the Eastern Ancient Holy Land had descended into war after remaining without a lord for fifty-four Void Ember Years.

Qin Heng met the Kunlun Snow Ape, which asked him to kill it with a divine weapon so its soul could seek a new body and reincarnate. After sharing its weapon-disassembly cultivation method, the snow ape accepted the risk of its soul dissipating, and Qin Heng struck it with the Ninefold Calamity Spear.

• Qin Heng changed course toward West Kunlun to find the snow ape Beast God.
• The snow ape told Qin Heng it wanted to die and reincarnate through a mother's womb because its soul had failed to transform.
• The snow ape explained that it needed a divine weapon to sever its body without harming its Primordial Spirit, and Qin Heng summoned the Ninefold Calamity Spear.
• The snow ape revealed that the Goddess of War had inspired its pursuit of a new path and gave Qin Heng its weapon-disassembly method.
• Qin Heng learned that the soul needed extensive tempering to survive outside the body, and the snow ape accepted that it might dissipate if it found no suitable host.
• Qin Heng raised the Ninefold Calamity Spear and struck the snow ape.

Qin Heng killed the Snow Ape God and witnessed a phantom of the Celestial Worthy of Primordial Beginning teaching scriptures, which appeared differently to each observer. After returning to Nansha Base City, he shared the Snow Ape God’s Disassembly and Re-cultivation Method with the Heavenly Dao Martial Hall, warning seniors to use it only near the end of their lives.

• Qin Heng killed the Snow Ape God, whose departing soul bowed to the Celestial Worthy of Primordial Beginning and vanished into the Snowy Region.
• Qin Heng and Fang Lingxue saw a phantom of a white-haired Daoist, but each heard different scriptures from it.
• Qin Heng recognized the mountain as an inheritance site and promised to bring Fang Lingxue back when she was stronger.
• Qin Heng returned to Nansha Base City with Fang Lingxue and recorded the Disassembly and Re-cultivation Method on his computer.
• Qin Heng uploaded the method to the Heavenly Dao Martial Hall’s Martial Dao Knowledge Vault and cautioned seniors to try it only when their lifespans were nearly over.

Qin Heng flew toward the Moon and learned from Ice Flame Saint Child about the dangers of space and the nature of Void Beasts. As he wondered who had opened the Void Bridge, he considered that its Star Lord might already have crossed over without them noticing.

• Qin Heng flew beyond Earth's atmosphere using reversed gravity genes and spatial barriers, then headed toward the Moon.
• Ice Flame Saint Child warned Qin Heng about cosmic rays, the Dark Dimension, and Void Beasts that could grow into Small Worlds.
• Qin Heng gave Ice Flame Saint Child the ice- and fire-attributed treasures Xuan Nie had provided in exchange for mining Moon Gold Crystal.
• Qin Heng and Ice Flame Saint Child reasoned that no Overseers or patrols seemed to be beyond the Void Bridge, though they could not explain who had opened it sixty-one years earlier.
• As Qin Heng flew toward the Moon and looked at Jupiter, he wondered whether the Star Lord who opened the Void Bridge had already crossed over.

Qin Heng and the Ice Flame Saint Child considered whether a Star Lord might be on Earth, then Qin Heng traveled to the Moon in person. He arrived safely at the Guanghan Palace base, where his gifts of fresh produce and water amazed the staff and prompted a researcher to ask if he could transport an entire base.

• Qin Heng told the Ice Flame Saint Child that Xuan Nie had translated the Divine Dao Ancient Text as the Universe Origin Secret Canon: Part One, and they discussed the possibility that a Star Lord had entered the Realm Prison.
• The Ice Flame Saint Child reasoned that a Star Lord was probably not on Earth, since Qin Heng had visited the Pangu Temple Small World without encountering one and the Goddess of War had not warned him.
• Qin Heng flew from Earth to the Moon and startled researchers at the Guanghan Palace base, who confirmed his identity and contacted Gao Ye.
• Qin Heng greeted Gao Ye and explained that spatial-attribute battle qi had helped him cross the void in his physical body.
• Qin Heng gave the base staff hundreds of jin of fresh produce and many barrels of water, leaving them astonished.
• A young researcher asked Qin Heng whether he could transport an entire base, and Qin Heng was stunned by the question.

Qin Heng visited the moon base and learned that Chen Yao had been cultivating intensely in the Moon Gold Crystal mine. After testing Chen Yao’s strength, Qin Heng advised him to temper both body and soul fully before breaking through to the Transcendent Realm.

• Qin Heng told Gao Ye and the researchers that his Void Crystal could transport ordinary cabin sections, and offered to carry equipment to the moon in exchange for Moon Gold Crystal.
• Gao Ye told Qin Heng that Chen Yao had been cultivating in the Moon Gold Crystal Mining Area, so Qin Heng went there with him.
• Qin Heng praised Chen Yao’s rapid progress and told him that he had subdued the Lord of All Beasts and driven the Eurasian Beast Gods to Africa.
• Chen Yao struck Qin Heng’s palm, and Qin Heng assessed his strength as among the strongest Grandmasters.
• Qin Heng warned Chen Yao not to rush into the Transcendent Realm and explained that he needed to bring both his body and divine soul to their limits to achieve Perfect Transcendent Mortal.

Qin Heng advised Chen Yao to cultivate his soul alongside his body and passed on the Nine Stars Soul Ascension Art before preparing to return to Earth with Moon Gold Crystals. As Qin Heng left the Moon, he sensed a powerful disturbance from the Void Bridge and saw shadows forming within its light.

• Qin Heng warned Chen Yao not to rush his breakthrough and transmitted the Nine Stars Soul Ascension Art into his Sea of Consciousness.
• Chen Yao thanked Qin Heng, and Qin Heng urged him to grow strong enough to protect Earth after Qin Heng and the Goddess of War departed.
• Qin Heng collected enough Moon Gold Crystals to fill his storage space and asked Gao Ye to send the Moon Base's supply requests to ground headquarters.
• Qin Heng flew away from the Moon, then sensed a surge of energy coming from the Void Bridge.
• Qin Heng looked toward the glowing Void Bridge and saw shadows appear at the end of its radiance.

Qin Heng saw an army assembling beyond the Void Sky Bridge and feared the patrols would invade Earth, but the troops were suddenly attacked and destroyed by an unknown force. As the bridge began to tremble, people, beasts, weapons, and starship wreckage rushed toward him from the other side.

• Qin Heng spotted humans and starships gathering beyond the Void Sky Bridge and realized the patrols were preparing to come to Earth's region.
• Ice Flame Saint Child warned Qin Heng that the Transcendent Realm troops and possible Star Lords would overwhelm Earth, so Qin Heng turned toward the Moon to alert Chen Yao.
• Qin Heng and Chen Yao saw the assembling forces come under attack, with black silhouettes flying back and starships apparently exploding.
• Ice Flame Saint Child suggested the forces might be fleeing chaos elsewhere, and Qin Heng hurried to the Void Bridge exit to investigate.
• After the distant battle ended, Qin Heng saw a figure at the far entrance and braced himself as people, beasts, weapons, and starship wreckage swept toward him.

Qin Heng intercepted three wounded survivors who had escaped a powerful woman through the Void Bridge and tried to learn who she was. After Yi Lie attacked him, Qin Heng killed him and demanded answers from the two remaining survivors.

• Qin Heng watched three injured survivors emerge from the Void Bridge while they feared that the woman pursuing them would catch up.
• The survivors headed toward the moon, and Qin Heng intercepted them and asked about the woman they called the Demoness.
• Yi Lie identified himself as a Guardian Army warrior and attacked Qin Heng after demanding that he kneel.
• Qin Heng killed Yi Lie with his spear technique, then restrained the leopard and the Red-skinned Strongman and demanded they answer him.