Chapter Summaries

After surviving an assassination by three Nascent Soul experts, Zhang Yu learned that the Righteous Qi Alliance’s leader had taken an interest in him and arranged for Bai Zhenzhen to join the Research Association so they could cultivate together. He and Bai Zhenzhen trained while Zhang Yu planned to strengthen his magical artifacts and continue developing his abilities.

• Ten Thousand Laws University announced that the Righteous Qi Alliance’s assassins had failed and three Nascent Soul experts had been killed, while Dark Spirit Realm reports falsely claimed Zhang Yu was near death.
• Zhang Yu read about prominent Righteous Qi Alliance cultivators, including True Lord Zhanxian, True Lord Tuntian, and College True Lord, and considered their influence and abilities.
• In a Spirit Realm meeting, Xiang Shen blamed Fortune God for the failed assassination, but Bao Shen attributed the failure to Zhang Yu’s unexpectedly powerful cultivation and said the alliance leader would take over the case.
• Zhang Yu grew concerned that the Righteous Qi Alliance’s leader was targeting him and asked Divine Lord Ci Ji to place Bai Zhenzhen in his laboratory at the Research Association.
• Divine Lord Ci Ji allowed Bai Zhenzhen to join, and she began cultivating with Zhang Yu while drawing on the resources Teacher Seven Emotions had left for her.
• Zhang Yu approved reimbursement for his damaged artifacts and planned to have Nascent Soul True Lords refine them to Level 40 as he continued cultivating and studying Spatial Technology.

Zhang Yu oversaw the completion of the Heavenly Sun Brilliant God, reprimanded Jin Jun for neglecting his laboratory work, and continued training with Bai Zhenzhen as her cultivation and sword power advanced. He then attended Immortal Soldier University's launch of the low-cost Void Box, whose aggressive advertising pushed rival schools and companies to accelerate their own spatial technology projects.

• True Lord Xian Yin finished forging the Heavenly Sun Brilliant God framework, left the remaining work to the laboratory team, and Yan Qianji complained that Jin Jun had missed the finishing instructions.
• Zi Tanzhen explained that Jin Jun had gone to report the completed project to Zhang Yu, and Yan Qianji and the formal employees prepared to visit the Medicine Hall.
• Jin Jun reported the project's completion to Zhang Yu, who praised the team, showed Jin Jun his poor attendance record, and ordered him to focus on laboratory work instead of hovering nearby.
• Zhang Yu saw that Bai Zhenzhen needed to reach the Nascent Soul Realm to raise the Azure Lotus Sword Embryo to level 4, then sparred with her as her adaptive sword attacks grew stronger.
• Thousand Puppets True Lord unveiled the inexpensive, ad-supported Void Box at a launch event, while Zhang Yu and rival researchers assessed its potential to capture the low-end storage market.
• Extreme Tiger Company flooded Kunxu and Spirit Realm media with Void Box advertisements, prompting the Heavenly Demon Sect, Nether University, and other institutions to speed up their spatial product development.

Zhang Yu continued his spatial research and cultivation as the war intensified and universities competed to sell battlefield-ready spatial products. After meeting the Great Saint Successor True Lord Tuntian through a Demon Descendant Avatar, Zhang Yu watched Heavenly Devil University announce a new storage product equipped with a Pseudo-Spirit Artifact.

• Beihai True Lord scolded Mo Shang Jin and his fellow students, then let Zhang Yu take as much leave as he needed from the Artifact Crafting Department.
• Zhang Yu cultivated his Daoist arts and Nascent Soul while both sides advanced their spatial technology and the Top Ten Universities and Nether University competed to sell products for the war.
• Zhang Yu toured his new Dharma Treasure factory with Yu Xinghan, reassured him about their ties to the Righteous Qi Alliance, and invited him to train with A-Zhen and himself.
• Zhang Yu sent an Ox Demon Avatar to a Righteous Qi Alliance mission, where Nascent Soul-level True Lord Tuntian robbed the mission team and claimed the mission’s goods.
• Heavenly Devil University unveiled its Heavenly Demon Secret Vault, which Sin Lotus Divine Lord said would come equipped with a Pseudo-Spirit Artifact.

Zhang Yu watched rival universities take market share from Great Void Cloud Storage while continuing to cultivate, as the College True Lord gained attention by defeating and humiliating a Joyous Union University contestant. The chapter ended with Bai Zhenzhen being ordered to open Heaven Sword University's Sword Repository and surrender most of its swords for the university's new manufacturing effort.

• Sin Lotus Divine Lord presented Heavenly Devil University's Heavenly Demon Secret Vault, showcasing its fast item retrieval and transactions as Zhang Yu recognized its competitive strength.
• Feng Tingting thanked Zhang Yu for helping her land an advertisement, then asked whether she should make videos defending Great Void Cloud Storage against rival universities' attacks and rumors.
• Tian Shenggong, Wang Yin, and Divine Lord Yin Quan celebrated their products' growing market share as Heavenly Devil, Netherworld, and Immortal Soldier each established distinct customer bases.
• Zhang Yu watched a video of the College True Lord defeating Mu Qiansi, a Golden Core contestant from Joyous Union University, then using her surrender to boast about himself and provoke Zhang Yu and Kuang Tianqing.
• Joyous Union University expelled Mu Qiansi and confiscated her property, while Kuang Tianqing recorded the College True Lord's insults as material for his Hate Heart Art.
• Zhang Yu advanced to level 30, while Heaven Sword University's vice principal ordered Bai Zhenzhen to open the Sword Repository and leave only three swords for herself.

Bai Zhenzhen resisted Heaven Sword University's attempt to seize the Sword Repository entrusted to her by Seven Emotions, while Zhang Yu developed new spatial technology for the Second-Generation Great Void Cloud Storage. The chapter ended with Wen Wuya telling Zhang Yu that Bai Zhenzhen was under house arrest and could not be reached unless she agreed to transfer the repository.

• Divine Lord Yu Feng ordered Bai Zhenzhen to settle the Sword Repository matter within three days, then gave her only one extra hour after accepting 100 Spirit Coins.
• Bai Zhenzhen visited Heaven Sword University leaders and disciples seeking help, but they repeatedly turned her away.
• Zhang Yu tested his Level 31 Three Realms Ten Directions Great Void Absolute Barrier and found that it could create a large barrier with finely controlled passage for objects.
• Zhang Yu designed a first version of the Second-Generation Great Void Cloud Storage with spatial locking and unlocking, then sent it to Divine Lord Ci Ji.
• Zhang Yu learned from Wen Wuya that Bai Zhenzhen was under house arrest, cut off from her Spirit Realm connections, until she signed the Sword Repository transfer agreement.

Zhang Yu learned why Heaven Sword University wanted to seize and sell the Seven Emotions Divine Lord’s Sword Repository, while Bai Zhenzhen faced mounting pressure to surrender it. After Cleaving Cloud True Lord blocked Zhang Yu from visiting her, Zhang Yu decided to use his expertise in Immortal Dao Technique and Spatial Technology to influence Heaven Sword University.

• Wen Wuya told Zhang Yu that the swords in the Repository would self-destruct if seized without authorization, and explained that Heaven Sword University planned to sell them to cover its losses.
• Cleaving Cloud True Lord pressured Bai Zhenzhen to hand over the Repository and threatened to investigate and freeze her assets if she resisted.
• Cleaving Cloud True Lord rejected Wen Wuya’s request to let Zhang Yu visit Bai Zhenzhen and warned Wen Wuya against leaking information.
• Zhang Yu asked Cleaving Cloud True Lord for permission to see Bai Zhenzhen, but Cleaving Cloud refused and warned him not to interfere in Heaven Sword University’s affairs.
• Zhang Yu decided not to challenge Heaven Sword University directly and considered using his Immortal Dao Technique and Spatial Technology work to affect its interests.

Zhang Yu completed a design for Second Generation Great Void Cloud Storage with security, anti-gravity flight, and shared-use functions, then presented a plan to the Deity Transformations of three universities. Heaven Sword University’s leaders united to pursue the lucrative contracts, pressured Divine Lord Yu Feng to shut down competing production, and assigned him responsibility for the Sword Repository scandal.

• Zhang Yu confirmed through Yu Xinghan that Bai Zhenzhen was temporarily safe while refining Great Void Cloud Storage’s locking and anti-gravity designs with Divine Lord Ci Ji’s spatial-layering work.
• Zhang Yu proposed shared Space Bags and negotiated with Divine Lord Ci Ji to involve Heaven Sword University and Vajra University in manufacturing the new product.
• At a meeting of the three universities’ Deity Transformations, Zhang Yu presented Great Void Cloud Storage’s security, flight, and shared logistics features, drawing interest from Heaven Sword University’s suppliers.
• Divine Lord Po Yao and the other Heaven Sword University Deity Transformations agreed to pursue the orders and told Divine Lord Yu Feng to halt his factories’ production in support of the university’s plan.
• Divine Lord Po Yao and Divine Lord Mu Jian blamed Yu Feng for the Seven Emotions Divine Lord’s Sword Repository scandal and ordered him to handle the matter seriously.
• Divine Lord Yu Feng tried to contact Divine Lord Ci Ji but learned that Zhang Yu was handling her messages.

Divine Lord Yu Feng realized that the pressure on his Flying Sword Factory and the Seven Emotions Sword Repository was linked to a wider shift at Heaven Sword University, and he chose to let Cleaving Cloud True Lord take the blame. Cleaving Cloud True Lord faced a rapidly intensifying public and institutional crackdown, while Yu Feng warned him to protect his assets and wait for the storm to pass.

• Divine Lord Yu Feng considered Zhang Yu’s possible role in the pressure on his factory and decided to let Cleaving Cloud True Lord bear the infamy over the Sword Repository.
• Cleaving Cloud True Lord delayed selling the Sword Repository’s weapons while news reports and university platforms began criticizing its dismantling and his detention of Bai Zhenzhen.
• Cleaving Cloud True Lord noticed his Spirit Realm connection weakening and realized someone was closing in on him.
• Cleaving Cloud True Lord contacted Divine Lord Yu Feng, who told him to secure his personal information and promised to help him return after a few years.
• Cleaving Cloud True Lord learned that all five Deity Transformation cultivators had backed the response and asked Yu Feng who he had offended.

Bai Zhenzhen survived the Sword Repository crisis, gained Qing Tian Sword Spirit’s recognition, and took possession of its swords. Zhang Yu negotiated a military manufacturing deal with Divine Lord Yu Feng, then faced new responsibilities from Divine Lord Ci Ji as Ten Thousand Methods’ product launch began.

• Cleaving Cloud True Lord realized Zhang Yu had influence over the crisis, but his apology failed to reach Zhang Yu before sword intent stripped away his treasures and weapons.
• Qing Tian introduced herself to Bai Zhenzhen as the Sword Spirit of the Deity Transformation flying sword, taught her about the Extreme Emotion Sword Dao, and recognized her as its successor.
• After Heaven Sword University released Bai Zhenzhen, she completed the Sword Repository handover and stored its thousand-plus swords in her Great Void Cloud Storage.
• Zhang Yu persuaded Divine Lord Yu Feng to manufacture equipment for Tai Xu Flying Thunder, negotiating terms that sharply limited Yu Feng’s expected profits.
• Divine Lord Ci Ji praised Zhang Yu’s hard bargaining and decided to give him more responsibility for the product launch.
• Wang Yin entered Ten Thousand Methods’ launch event expecting Zhang Yu to be absent, then saw him appear onstage as it began.

Zhang Yu unveiled the upgraded Great Void Cloud Storage and Shared Tai Xu, alarming rival universities and reshaping plans across the Spirit Realm. As the Righteous Qi Alliance prepared to destroy Kunxu Fifth Layer to delay Heavenly Court, Fu Xiantian emerged from seclusion and declared he would eliminate every Deity Transformation cultivator in the Top Ten Universities within a month.

• Zhang Yu hosted Ten Thousand Laws University's launch and introduced Spatial Layering, Spatial Lockdown, Anti-gravity, and the Shared Tai Xu logistics and sharing system.
• Wang Yin watched Divine Lord Yin Quan seek Zhang Yu's contact, while Yan Qianji, Tian Shenggong, and others realized the new products threatened their research and universities.
• Bai Zhenzhen defended Zhang Yu as her cultivation partner, while Yu Xinghan observed how Zhang Yu's influence affected company employees and students.
• Sin Lotus Divine Lord and Divine Lord Qian Kui recognized the threat of Shared Tai Xu and considered cooperation with Ten Thousand Laws while trying to preserve independent research.
• The Righteous Qi Alliance assessed how Ten Thousand Laws' spatial technology could transform warfare, and Bao Shen urged the alliance to begin the Fifth-Layer Pulverization Plan before Heavenly Court returned.
• Fu Xiantian emerged from seclusion, approved destroying Layer 5, and announced he would wipe out every Deity Transformation cultivator in the Top Ten Universities within one month.

True Lord Zhanxian learned that Fu Xiantian had emerged from seclusion and ordered the Righteous Qi Alliance to begin its plan to destroy the Fifth Layer and annihilate the Ten Schools’ Deity Transformation cultivators. As the Alliance publicized the plan and prepared for a final battle, Zhang Yu helped Le Mulan upgrade her Deep Cold Magic Vein and learned that the Top Ten Universities would launch an expedition to stop the demolition.

• Fu Xiantian told True Lord Zhanxian to return and preside over the grand formation as the Righteous Qi Alliance advanced its plan ahead of schedule.
• Zhao Tianxing told Zhang Yu that he had reached Foundation Establishment, and Zhang Yu congratulated him before helping Le Mulan raise her Deep Cold Magic Vein to Level 3.
• Fu Ji received a summons from the Evil God Tome, and Bao Shen announced that the Alliance would publicly promote the Fifth Layer Demolition Plan and prepare for a final battle against the Ten Schools.
• The Righteous Qi Alliance spread warnings about the Heavenly Court’s delayed descent, released resources to its elites, and recruited cultivators across Layers 2 through 5.
• Divine Lord Ci Ji told Zhang Yu that the Top Ten Universities would launch an expedition to Kunxu Fifth Layer, while she and the other Spirit Transformation cultivators ordered him to return after opening the tunnel.

Divine Lord Ci Ji and Azure Wood Divine Lord entrusted Zhang Yu with their remaining assets and responsibilities before heading into the final battle against the Righteous Qi Alliance. They left him to oversee Great Void Cloud Storage and advance Spatial Technology from the rear.

• Divine Lord Ci Ji reflected on his choices and told Zhang Yu that he had once mistaken him for someone seeking shortcuts.
• Divine Lord Ci Ji transferred his Ten Thousand Methods assets and evidence of Zhang Yu's work on Spatial Technology to him.
• Azure Wood Divine Lord spoke with Zhang Yu about his years in the Civil Engineering Department and accepted Zhang Yu's gratitude and respect.
• Azure Wood Divine Lord transferred equity and voting rights connected to Great Void Cloud Storage to Zhang Yu, charging him with managing the companies and developing Spatial Technology.
• Divine Lord Ci Ji returned, took Zhang Yu above the Great Hollow, and soared upward with him to see the masters off.

Zhang Yu helped Divine Lord Ci Ji and Azure Wood Divine Lord break through the Sky Domes between Kunxu’s Third, Fourth, and Fifth Layers, allowing the Ten Schools’ Divine Transformation cultivators to attack the Righteous Qi Alliance. He returned to the Third Layer badly injured and resolved to strengthen his barrier arts before the battle’s unknown dangers emerged.

• Divine Lord Ci Ji and Azure Wood Divine Lord took Zhang Yu to break through the Sky Dome between Kunxu’s Third and Fourth Layers, and Zhang Yu used Kunlun in Palm and the power of the Descendant of Immortals to help shatter it.
• Divine Lord Ci Ji and Azure Wood Divine Lord led Zhang Yu through the Fourth Layer and broke open the Sky Dome to the Fifth Layer as Divine Transformation cultivators from the Ten Schools rushed to join the attack.
• The Righteous Qi Alliance activated formations and barriers across the Fourth and Fifth Layers, and Divine Lord Ci Ji sent Zhang Yu back to the Third Layer with the damaged World Breaking Cone.
• Zhang Yu returned to the Research Association, spat blood, and began healing with the Deep Cold Magic Vein.
• Zhang Yu worried that the upper layers’ unfamiliar Spatial Technology could affect the battle and resolved to raise to Level 40.

After a month of seclusion, Zhang Yu completed the Level 40 Three Realms Ten Directions Great Void Absolute Barrier and emerged with a plan to aid the war. Seeing the devastation in Kunxu Fourth Layer and learning that Blood Waterfall Divine Lord had died, he headed to True Lord Tiansha's funeral to persuade Ten Thousand Laws University's Nascent Soul True Lords to support his battle plan.

• Zhang Yu raised the Three Realms Ten Directions Great Void Absolute Barrier to Level 40 and designed a lower-cost Magic Treasure intended to draw on many people's strength.
• Zhang Yu retrieved the Level 40 Heavenly Sun Brilliant God and Taihao Sacred Law Flying Sword, and replaced his Eye Remains with the Level 40 Nine Nether Demon Eye.
• Zhang Yu told Yan Qianji that his seclusion had ended and learned that the school's high-level figures would attend True Lord Tiansha's funeral.
• Zhang Yu saw Divine Lord Cang Shi's corpse sealing the Sky Dome and witnessed the uncontrolled Heavenly Demon Spawns, Netherworld Blood Pool, and disasters ravaging Kunxu Fourth Layer.
• Zhang Yu watched Blood Waterfall Divine Lord's name appear in the sky before his divine light vanished, confirming his death.
• Zhang Yu hurried to True Lord Tiansha's funeral, determined to persuade Ten Thousand Laws University's remaining Nascent Soul True Lords to support his battle plan.

At True Lord Tiansha’s funeral, Ten Thousand Laws University’s Nascent Soul True Lords split over whether to retreat from the Great Hollow, until Tiansha revealed he had faked his death and forced the dispute toward violence. Zhang Yu stopped the impending battle by containing both sides’ attacks in Spatial Barrier cubes and asked everyone to talk.

• Zhang Yu entered True Lord Tiansha’s funeral and learned from its projections about Tiansha’s life, cultivation methods, and auctioned belongings.
• Thunder Extremes True Lord added Zhang Yu to the funeral chat, where True Lord Xian Yin and True Lord Miaoshou argued over whether Ten Thousand Laws University should defend the Great Hollow or withdraw.
• True Lord Tiansha’s Nascent Soul emerged from his corpse and used the Uninjured, Unkilling, Untouching Fist to suppress the Magical Power of the Defense Faction as the Retreat Faction prepared to restrain them.
• True Lord Tiansha revealed that he had faked his death and urged the True Lords to retreat, while True Lord Xian Yin rejected his plan and the two factions prepared to fight.
• Zhang Yu stepped between the factions and swallowed their attacks into two Spatial Barrier cubes, then asked the True Lords to talk.

Zhang Yu stopped the Nascent Soul factions from fighting by absorbing their attacks and returning their Dharma Treasures, then revealed his mastery of Spatial Technology and a way to break the Sky Dome. His proposal won support from the Defense Faction and gave the Evacuation Faction hope, but True Lord Tiansha remained cautious and sought to verify it.

• Zhang Yu absorbed both factions’ attacks into Spatial Barriers, dispersed the energy in the Descendant of Immortals, and returned their Dharma Treasures.
• Zhang Yu explained how he had advanced Kunlun in Palm and developed Spatial Technology alongside Divine Lord Ci Ji, then demonstrated spatial scaling and filtering.
• Zhang Yu showed how his new Dharma Treasure designs could pierce the Sky Dome and potentially collapse it, and he sent the blueprints to the people present.
• True Lord Xian Yin judged the designs capable of breaking the Sky Dome, prompting Thunder Extremes True Lord and Tu Lishan to support Zhang Yu’s plan to aid the Principal.
• True Lord Tiansha remained wary of the proposal and decided to verify the blueprints before changing the Evacuation Faction’s position.

Zhang Yu proved his mastery of Spatial Technology by defeating True Lord Tiansha’s attack and won the Nascent Soul True Lords’ support for breaking the Sky Dome. He pushed through plans to share the required Dharma Treasure designs freely and left to handle the coming crisis, while Yan Qianji regretted doubting him.

• True Lord Tiansha tested Zhang Yu with nine Tai Xu Flying Thunders, but Zhang Yu blocked them and secretly removed all 729 Divine Firmament Purging Demon Thunders.
• True Lord Tiansha admitted defeat and praised Zhang Yu as Invincible Below the Gods, prompting the gathered True Lords to support his plan.
• Zhang Yu asked the True Lords to involve the other nine universities and decided to provide them with Dharma Treasure design blueprints for free.
• Yan Qianji regretted trying to resign from Zhang Yu’s laboratory, and Zhang Yu promised to help make him permanent after some time.
• Zhang Yu left the funeral hall to deal with the many problems ahead, while Jin Jun considered imitating Yan Qianji by asking questions.

Zhang Yu unveiled the Heaven-Piercing Drill plan to the Research Association and gathered resources and allies for a mass effort to break open the sky domes. When representatives of the Ten Schools challenged his control of the Research Association, he revealed the immense assets under his command and was acknowledged as a Quasi-Deity Transformation.

• Ye Xingli and Jiuduan True Lord joined the Research Association staff in welcoming Zhang Yu, who presented his Heaven-Piercing Drill blueprints and assigned the association a role in setting up production lines.
• Zhang Yu received Dharma Skeletons and combat armor from powerful allies, then tried to recruit the other nine universities by offering the drill's copyright for free.
• After the universities rejected his offer, Zhang Yu ordered True Lord Xian Yin to announce that the Research Association would relocate to Ten Thousand Methods to draw the schools' attention.
• Quanda True Lord and True Lord Tian Zheng accused Zhang Yu of embezzling funds, while representatives of the Ten Schools privately discussed how to seize control of the Research Association.
• Zhang Yu revealed his vast assets, including resources entrusted to him by Magnetic Pole and Greenwood, prompting True Lord Tian Zheng to call him a Quasi-Deity Transformation.

Zhang Yu drove the Ten Schools’ Heaven-Breaking Plan forward as the Righteous Qi Alliance escalated propaganda, defections, and unrest to slow it down. With the countdown reduced to five days, Fu Xiantian, leader of the Righteous Qi Alliance, contacted Zhang Yu and called himself his senior brother.

• Zhang Yu presented the Heaven-Piercing Drill plan to the Ten Schools and rallied them to build the tools needed to break the Sky Dome before their Divine Transformations were defeated.
• Divine Lord Cang Shi defected to the Righteous Qi Alliance, prompting demon descendants to flee with borrowed money and True Lord Tuntian to raid a Heavenly Demon University campus with five Nascent Soul True Lords.
• The resulting human-demon tensions and the Righteous Qi Alliance’s recruitment of junior college students delayed the Heaven-Breaking countdown as Zhang Yu tried to keep the plan moving.
• Zhang Yu faced pressure to expel demon descendants and punish alleged misconduct, but judged that such measures and the resulting unrest would further delay the plan.
• With five days, twelve hours remaining, Zhang Yu answered a call from Xiong Wenwu’s avatar and met Fu Xiantian, leader of the Righteous Qi Alliance, who told him to call him Senior Brother.

Fu Xiantian made three visits to Zhang Yu, arguing that Ying Xintian’s New World required Kunxu to undergo violent transformation and warning that the Heavenly Court would punish those who resisted. As Zhang Yu faced worsening battlefield losses and a stalled plan, Fu Xiantian gave him the Hell Soul Washing Scripture to demonstrate their control over reincarnation, leaving Zhang Yu to consider whether to cultivate it.

• Fu Xiantian told Zhang Yu that Ying Xintian wanted him to join the New World project and described the bloodshed caused by past transformations of the Righteous Path.
• A Deity Transformation from Immortal Soldier University fell, and Zhang Yu saw the Heaven-Breaking Plan’s projected completion time grow as Ye Xingli and Zhao Tianxing led Ten Thousand Laws University’s publicity campaign.
• Fu Xiantian showed Zhang Yu his vision of a New World, including redistributed cultivation and assets, a purified Reincarnation System, and a lifespan limit of about fifteen hundred years.
• A Deity Transformation from Heavenly Devil University fell, worsening morale and delaying the plan, while conflict and propaganda intensified across the Ten Schools.
• Fu Xiantian warned Zhang Yu that the Heavenly Court might seize his technology, punish cultivators, and use Thought Correction to undo changes across Layers 2 through 5.
• Fu Xiantian claimed the dead would be reincarnated in the New World and gave Zhang Yu the introductory Hell Soul Washing Scripture, urging him to use it to verify their control over reincarnation.