Chapter Summaries

Qin Heng welcomed his family into the remodeled Myriad Things Holy Hall, which Xuan Nie refined and took charge of as Pangu Hall, a vast home and cultivation center for Earthlings. As the envoy’s arrival neared, Qin Heng learned he would soon leave on a trial that might lead him to the Eternal Realm.

• The Flame Scale Lord explained that the palace’s core formation needed a soul-origin controller and warned that disrupting it could kill weaker residents.
• Qin Heng appointed Xuan Nie as temporary Palace Steward, and Xuan Nie refined the core formation, decorated the palace with dragon reliefs, and granted Qin Heng’s family a world as their fief.
• Qin Heng toured Pangu Hall with his family and saw its many habitable levels, then Fang Lingxue planned to connect them to the internet and gradually build a vast population there.
• Qin Heng received word from his teacher that the envoy had reached Ancient Sword Star and would arrive by the next day.
• Qin Heng told his family he was leaving on a trial that might bring him to the Eternal Realm, and he and Fang Lingxue joked about creating a Qin family bloodline and having more children.

The Ten Emperors Hall Special Envoy arrived on Purple Snow Star and revealed himself as the Saint Emperor Cold Moon Emperor, rewarding Qin Heng, Dong Huaiyue, and Yan Feng for their Genius Competition performances. The chapter ended with the three receiving custom-made Fourth Order Rare Treasures as the envoy began distributing the champion’s rewards.

• Purple Snow Star's leaders and allied factions gathered to welcome the Ten Emperors Hall Special Envoy, while Qin Heng, Dong Huaiyue, and Yan Feng waited with them.
• Three enormous ceremonial ships emerged from the void, and an Azure Dragon and Golden Crow spread life force and blood-and-flesh essence across Purple Snow Star.
• The Cold Moon Emperor appeared, scattered luck over those gathered, and announced that the Void Ember God had sent him to reward the Genius Competition’s foremost prodigy.
• The Cold Moon Emperor summoned Qin Heng, Dong Huaiyue, and Yan Feng and gave each of them a Fourth Order Rare Treasure.
• Qin Heng received the Four Spirits Cauldron, Dong Huaiyue received the Divine Judgment spear, and Yan Feng received the Two Extremes Pearls.

Cold Moon Emperor awarded Qin Heng a Creation World Embryo and gave the three champions Void Ember God Talismans. He then began announcing five rewards for Purple Snow Star, revealing Forbidden Mountain and the World Stabilizing Banner before the remaining three were disclosed.

• Cold Moon Emperor gave Qin Heng and the other two champions single-use Void Ember God Talismans.
• Cold Moon Emperor awarded Qin Heng a Creation World Embryo, which Qin Heng fused into his body.
• Cold Moon Emperor announced five rewards for Purple Snow Star because one sect had produced three geniuses.
• Cold Moon Emperor revealed Forbidden Mountain, where cultivators could temper themselves under severe suppression and face deadly monsters.
• Cold Moon Emperor planted the World Stabilizing Banner at the Wind Whisper Dao Field, stabilizing space across a hundred thousand light-years and restricting unauthorized teleportation.

Cold Moon Saint Emperor awarded Purple Snow Star a Forbidden Mountain, a World Stabilizing Banner, two powerful guardian envoys, abundant resources, and a Heaven-Defying Luck treasure. After he departed, the faction leaders celebrated, and Wind Whisper offered Qin Heng, Dong Huaiyue, and Yan Feng the resources to divide.

• Cold Moon Saint Emperor assigned the Azure Dragon and Golden Crow to guard Purple Snow Star until the next Genius Competition and bestowed a Storage Crystal packed with resources.
• Cold Moon Saint Emperor gave Purple Sword Lord a jade casket containing Heaven-Defying Luck, protected by Void Ember God's remnant will against outsiders.
• Cold Moon Saint Emperor told Qin Heng, Dong Huaiyue, and Yan Feng to meet him aboard the ark ship in one day before departing for the Old Universe.
• The Azure Dragon and Golden Crow flew into Purple Snow Star, while Cold Moon Saint Emperor returned to his ark ship and the accompanying vessels vanished.
• Wind Whisper and Lan Xuan Ke welcomed the visiting faction leaders into Wind Whisper's dojo, where they congratulated Purple Snow Star on its rewards.
• Wind Whisper offered the Storage Crystal's resources to Qin Heng, Dong Huaiyue, and Yan Feng, and Qin Heng gladly accepted his share for the Creation World Embryo.

Qin Heng and his allies divided the vast rewards stored in Wind Whisper’s Storage Crystal, then made final preparations before departing Earth and Purple Snow Star. Qin Heng, Dong Huaiyue, and Yan Feng left aboard Cold Moon Emperor’s Ark Ship, while their friends wondered how powerful Qin Heng would be when he returned.

• Qin Heng took Universe Energy Crystals and spirit medicines for himself and Pangu Hall, while the Goddess of War, Yan Feng, and Purple Snow Star also claimed portions of the resources.
• Qin Heng sealed the remaining resources in Pangu Hall’s Giant Warehouse, left the Chaos Immortal Mansion to Fang Lingxue, and gave instructions before leaving Earth on December 24, 2598.
• Qin Heng said farewell to his family and friends, and Xuan Nie promised to take care of Earth while he was away.
• Qin Heng, Dong Huaiyue, and Yan Feng boarded Cold Moon Emperor’s Ark Ship and departed for the Old Universe.
• Shi Duan Tian, Rong Xu, Qing Xin, and Lan Xuan Ke speculated that Qin Heng might return as an Eternal Expert or even a Saint Emperor.

As the ark ship traveled toward the Ten Emperors Hall, Cold Moon Emperor explained the Old Universe trials, including the consequences of a past Heavenly Chosen who refused to return. Qin Heng learned about the God Kingdom’s borders and its control over God Path Luck as the ship approached its destination.

• Cold Moon Emperor told Qin Heng, Yan Feng, and Dong Huaiyue that they would reach the Ten Emperors Hall in roughly ten days and explained how Old Universe trial benchmarks determined when they could return.
• Cold Moon Emperor described a former Heavenly Chosen who stayed in the Old Universe, killed his nine companions, and was eventually killed by the next generation’s ten chosen.
• Qin Heng watched Dark Creatures outside the ark ship as Cold Moon Emperor safely guided them through the Dark Dimension.
• Qin Heng spotted the golden border of the God Kingdom, and Cold Moon Emperor explained how the Thirty-Six Dynasties followed Universe Natural Luck rather than God Path Luck.
• Cold Moon Emperor explained that the True God controlled God Path Luck, while Qin Heng wondered whether it could be used to favor particular descendants.

Qin Heng traveled to the God Source Continent, where he learned that the God Nation had named a province after him as a rare honor for a God Seedling. He arrived at the Ten Emperors Hall with the other prodigies, where hundreds of Eternal Experts had gathered.

• Qin Heng and his companions crossed the Dark Dimension and entered the God Source Continent, the prosperous heart of the Void Ash God Kingdom.
• Cold Moon Emperor told Qin Heng that a newly formed province had been named Qin Province in his honor, and explained that he was recognized as a God Seedling.
• Qin Heng observed the continent’s vast lands, unusual day-night cycle, and long-lived inhabitants as the Ark Ship crossed toward its center.
• The Ark Ship reached the Ten Emperors Hall, where Qin Heng saw the carvings of the ten strongest disciples of the Void Ember God.
• Qin Heng and the other two descended from the Ark Ship and sensed hundreds of powerful Eternal Experts gathered near the hall.

Qin Heng and the other prodigies met before traveling to the Ten Emperors Hall, where the Ten Emperors prepared to explain their training in the Old Universe. The Limitless Saint Emperor ended the chapter by asking Old Tenth to reveal the tournament’s objective.

• Qin Heng, Dong Huaiyue, and Yan Feng arrived and greeted the seven prodigies waiting with Meng Xing and the others.
• The prodigies flew through the Ten Emperors Hall’s immense, tightly sealed passage while discussing Qin Heng’s Eternal Body and the Godly Power Runes provided for their journey.
• The group worried about being sent to one of the Eight Great Forbidden Zones as they traveled toward the main chamber.
• The prodigies bowed before the Ten Emperors, who examined them and confirmed that their tournament rewards had been delivered.
• The Limitless Saint Emperor told the prodigies to prepare for training in the Old Universe and asked Old Tenth to explain the objective.

Paradise Saint Emperor assigned Qin Heng and the nine other chosen three shared objectives and one personal mission each before sending them to the Old Universe. Qin Heng’s task was to activate an Ancient God Relic in the God Ruins Realm, and the group departed for the Old Universe’s edge.

• Paradise Saint Emperor assigned the ten chosen to kill three Eternal-level opponents each, exterminate the Ink Clan in the God Ruins Realm, and cultivate for ten years in a Universe Secret Realm.
• Paradise Saint Emperor secretly gave each chosen a personal mission and told Qin Heng to activate an Ancient God Relic using the divine blood aura on his body.
• Qin Heng learned that Paradise Saint Emperor did not know what consequences activating the relic might bring, leaving Qin Heng concerned about the dangerous task.
• Limitless Saint Emperor and the other Saint Emperors warned the chosen about the hostility of Ancient God descendants and wished them success.
• Limitless Saint Emperor sent the ten chosen in a golden cauldron to the edge of the Old Universe.

Qin Heng led Meng Xing and the others across the Darkness River toward the Old Universe, then used his Warp Method to travel ahead alone. He emerged on an altar before a crowd of Old Universe humans, unsure where he had landed.

• Meng Xing explained the boundary between Cosmic Eras and said the group had to cross the Darkness River without the Void Limitless Cauldron.
• Qin Heng took over the journey and calculated from the star map that they could cross the river in a little over four hundred Void Ember Days.
• Qin Heng offered to use his Warp Method while Meng Xing and the others waited in his Creation World Embryo.
• Qin Heng repeatedly warped through the void, eventually reaching a region where he could see starlight and confirm his direction with Meng Xing's small knife.
• Qin Heng warped again and appeared atop an altar as several hundred humans worshipped below him.

Qin Heng agreed to save a human tribe from the Flying Snake Race and discovered the serpents were capturing its people as slaves or food. After overpowering the serpents’ Star Lords aboard their spacecraft, he learned their tribal land was in the Chaotic Mist Star Realm.

• A high priest begged Qin Heng to protect his people from the Flying Snake Race, and Qin Heng agreed.
• Qin Heng learned that the Flying Snake Race was holding captured humans and beastfolk aboard a spacecraft.
• Qin Heng warned the high priest that the tribe would have to cultivate and defend itself after he left, then flew to the spacecraft.
• Qin Heng entered the spacecraft’s command room and knocked out three Flying Snake Star Lords with his soul power.
• Qin Heng interrogated the serpents, and their leader revealed that the Flying Snake Race’s tribal land was in the Chaotic Mist Star Realm.

Qin Heng confirmed the Flying Snake Race’s territory in the Chaotic Mist Star Realm, freed human captives, and brought his companions there. The group entered the Illusion God Realm to seek Evergreen Saint Emperor before beginning their mission to hunt Eternals.

• Qin Heng learned that the Flying Snake Race lived near Sun-Shooting Divine Mountain, killed the soldiers he had questioned, and freed the humans held aboard their ship.
• Qin Heng released Meng Xing and the others and explained that the nearby Flying Snake Race had two Eternals who could make the Chaotic Mist Star Realm their first battlefield.
• Fen Wu warned that ancient Old Universe Eternals could be exceptionally powerful, while Mysterious Sparrow suggested they contact the stationed Saint Emperor first.
• Qin Heng agreed to seek Evergreen Saint Emperor, whose dojo lay about 4.8 million light-years away, and the group entered the Old Universe’s Illusion God Realm.
• After learning that teleportation there was free, Qin Heng set off with the others to find a city and travel toward Evergreen Saint Emperor’s dojo.

Qin Heng and the other Heavenly Chosen traveled through the Illusion God Realm to Evergreen City and met Evergreen Saint Emperor. He identified Qin Heng as the tournament champion through the presence of his master's blood within him.

• Qin Heng and the others entered Thousand River Town, learned it preserved the people of vanished Thousand River Star, and teleported onward to Chaos Mist City.
• The group traveled through Great Scarlet Sky Main City to Evergreen City, where Meng Xing requested an audience with Evergreen Saint Emperor.
• Evergreen Saint Emperor examined the Heavenly Chosen and correctly guessed several of their tournament rankings.
• Evergreen Saint Emperor advised Yan Feng to let go of the constraints of his previous life, prompting Yan Feng to reconsider his path.
• Evergreen Saint Emperor recognized Qin Heng as the champion because he sensed a drop of his master's blood within him.

Evergreen Saint Emperor assessed the Heavenly Chosen, explained the danger posed by the Ink Clan king, and advised the group to grow stronger before entering the God Ruins Realm. The ten agreed to separate and cultivate, leaving Qin Heng and his companions to begin their own journeys.

• Evergreen Saint Emperor praised Qin Heng's overall strength and discussed Dong Huaiyue's immense but undeveloped potential, while Mysterious Sparrow explained how Qin Heng had defeated him.
• Evergreen Saint Emperor revealed that a surviving descendant of an ancient rebel had risen as a king among the Ink Clan, making the group's mission in the God Ruins Realm dangerous.
• Evergreen Saint Emperor advised the Heavenly Chosen to seek opportunities and break through before tackling their distant mission, and Qin Heng proposed they reunite in ten years in the Evergreen Realm.
• Meng Xing urged the group to report if they used a Void Ember God Talisman, while Dong Huaiyue argued against excessive caution; Qin Heng left safety decisions to each person.
• The Heavenly Chosen departed to cultivate separately, and the Goddess of War and Yan Feng also bade farewell to Qin Heng before teleporting away.

Qin Heng traveled to the Flying Snake Race’s ancestral territory at Sun-Shooting Divine Mountain, where he challenged the clan after its elders confronted him. He faced the Third Elder, who recognized that Qin Heng was not an ordinary outsider.

• Qin Heng asked Dong Huaiyue and Yan Feng about their missions and told them his own dangerous assignment.
• Qin Heng reached Fifth Section Earth in the Chaotic Mist Star Realm and located Sun-Shooting Divine Mountain.
• A Flying Snake expert confronted Qin Heng for trespassing, and their long-range clash showed that Qin Heng was stronger.
• The Flying Snake Third Elder arrived with another clan member and questioned Qin Heng about his unusual aura.
• Qin Heng admitted he was from a rival era and challenged the Flying Snake Race, while the Third Elder stopped the weaker serpent from attacking.
• The Flying Snake Third Elder made his move against Qin Heng.

Qin Heng killed Flying Snake Third Elder after discovering that an Eternal Expert protected the Flying Snake Race Ancestral Land. The Flying Snake Race Clan Leader emerged and confronted Qin Heng over the elder’s death.

• Qin Heng fought Flying Snake Third Elder, used his True Self Universe to trap him, and killed him with the Seed World Art.
• Qin Heng collected Flying Snake Third Elder’s Inner Core and returned to the Material World as the Flying Snake Race mourned and raged.
• More than a dozen Flying Snake Race elders attacked Qin Heng, but he blocked their combined strikes with the World-Fixing Talisman.
• The Sun-Shooting Divine Mountain rose to reveal a giant divine sword, and the Flying Snake Race Clan Leader emerged and demanded to know why Qin Heng had killed his clan elder.
• Qin Heng calmly told the Clan Leader that Flying Snake Third Elder had attacked first.

Qin Heng fought the Flying Snake Clan Leader, an Eternal Lord, after entering the Flying Snake Race's territory. He escaped by unleashing a powerful spatial secret art that devastated the clan grounds, leaving the Clan Leader wounded and furious.

• The Flying Snake Clan Leader attacked Qin Heng for trespassing and killing a clan elder, and Qin Heng met his sword strike head-on.
• The Clan Leader's Eternal Wind overwhelmed Qin Heng's defenses, pierced his body, and damaged his origin.
• Qin Heng fought back with the Death Realm Flag and its Death Breath Demon Dragon, but the Clan Leader invoked his Law Domination Power and surrounded him with Eternal Wind.
• Qin Heng used Universe Origin to unleash a spatial attack, blasted the Clan Leader away, and vanished from the Flying Snake Race's territory.
• The Clan Leader saw that the clan grounds had been devastated and many clansmen killed, then vowed to hunt Qin Heng to the end of the universe.

After escaping the Flying Snake Clan Leader, Qin Heng recovered and discovered that the Four Spirits Cauldron could refine Inner Cores into pure energy for cultivation. He set course for human territory, intending to hunt Star Lords for their cores and accelerate his rise in strength.

• Qin Heng fled the Flying Snake Clan Leader, hid his true body in his Inner World Embryo, and sent a Blood Avatar away in the Black Gold vessel.
• Qin Heng examined the Flying Snake Third Elder’s storage space, found little of value, and kept the elder’s Inner Core.
• Qin Heng used the Four Spirits Cauldron to refine three Flying Snake Star Lords’ Inner Cores and absorbed the resulting energy, improving his cultivation and injuries.
• Qin Heng concluded that hunting Star Lords could provide energy far faster than ordinary cultivation, though the strategy carried great risks.
• Qin Heng recovered fully in the Chaotic Mist Star Realm and identified his location near the Counter-Spin Land Arm, in territory dominated by humanity.

Qin Heng monitored the Flying Snake Race’s search for him and decided he needed a new identity before entering Feng Xi Clan territory. He reshaped his avatar into a dragon-like adventurer named Qin Xuan and arrived at a Feng Xi city, where his unusual spacecraft storage caught a ground staff member’s attention.

• Qin Heng learned that the Flying Snake Race had placed a 100-billion-Mist-Coin bounty on him and suspected the Feng Xi Clan of sheltering him.
• Qin Heng calculated that revealing himself near the Feng Xi Clan could bring Hidden Sword Main God and Nether Serpent Old Ancestor after him, so he decided to change identities.
• Qin Heng reshaped his avatar into a black-gold-scaled half-dragon and named himself Qin Xuan, a Dragon Human Race cosmic adventurer from the Evergreen Realm.
• Qin Heng ordered Black Gold to land at a Feng Xi Clan spaceport and stored the spacecraft in his inner world after disembarking.
• A human ground staff member saw Black Gold disappear and hurried toward Qin Heng with renewed enthusiasm.

Qin Heng learned about the Dark Domain, a lightless realm used for dangerous duels, and traveled to its nearby entrance. He arrived as Flying Snake Star Lords pursued two Copper Race Star Lords into the lake leading to the Dark Domain.

• Qin Heng paid Lai Yang to guide him around the Feng Xi Clan city and asked about places where people fought to the death.
• Lai Yang explained that the Dark Domain was a stable, lightless remnant of the previous era where people settled grudges and sought opponents.
• Qin Heng paid Lai Yang, flew to the nearest entrance, and learned that the Dark Domain was connected to the Chaotic Mist Star Realm beneath a lake.
• Qin Heng found four Flying Snake Star Lords confronting two Copper Race Star Lords over mining spoils.
• The Copper Race Star Lords refused to surrender their treasures and plunged into the lake, and the Flying Snake Star Lords pursued them.