Chapter Summaries

Zhang Guangmu secured control of the Xuan Yan Realm and introduced the Tian Guang Entropy Canon and Divine Strength Platform to bind its people to her rule. The chapter ended with the Tian Guang Shop turning nearly every living person’s thoughts, actions, and bodily functions into currency.

• Zixiao agreed to serve Taiqing for ten thousand years in exchange for his freedom as Zhang Guangmu’s forces gathered the Ninth Order cultivators of the Xuan Yan Realm.
• Zhang Guangmu led the Taiqing Sect through a month-and-thirteen-day campaign, using six Tribulation Cultivators and nine artificial suns to force the realm’s sects to submit.
• Zhang Guangmu distributed hundreds of millions of copies of the Tian Guang Entropy Canon to spread her cultivation system throughout the Xuan Yan Realm.
• Zhang Guangmu established the Divine Strength Platform, maintained in shifts by the six Tribulation Cultivators, where users could trade matter, information, and energy for cultivation and other services.
• The Tian Guang Shop let cultivators purchase benefits ranging from improved bodies and spiritual roots to attempts at resurrecting the dead, while continuously generating currency from their activity.

Qin Zhe and Ye Tan discussed the Tian Guang Shop’s new Premium Member privileges and the extraordinary spacetime system behind its deliveries. Zhang Guangmu sensed her Usable Ability Points being credited while listening to them on Floating Mountain.

• Ye Tan told Qin Zhe that their contributions earned them free Tian Guang Premium Membership, with fourfold cultivation speed, automatic cultivation, and a 20% shopping discount.
• Qin Zhe claimed the membership and bought an Illusory True Flame at a discount, then worried that Zhang Guangmu was paying for the price difference.
• Ye Tan explained that the shop’s delivery system used spacetime traces across the Xuan Yan Realm to calculate, reconstruct, and manifest purchased items.
• Qin Zhe suggested exchanging All Heavens World Traversal Technology for Zhang Guangmu, but Ye Tan said it was core technology the stationmaster would not sell.
• Zhang Guangmu overheard their conversation while petting a cat and felt her Usable Ability Points being credited.

Zhang Guangmu turned a book page into an Usable Ability Point and saw an image of himself enthroned as ruler of the Xuan Yan Realm. His conquest gave Earth Civilization its first point in the war between super civilizations, but he appeared increasingly unable to leave the realm to aid the other Main Worlds.

• Zhang Guangmu gained an Usable Ability Point from Painting Saves the World and named the resulting image The Xuan Yan Throne Scroll.
• Zhang Guangmu’s rule over the Xuan Yan Realm gained broad acceptance through the Tian Guang Shop, while the remaining resistance from the Ten Great Immortal Sects posed little threat.
• The All Heavens announced that Earth had completely conquered its first Main World, and the Xuan Yan Realm appeared dyed Sky Blue.
• Earth Civilization’s Little White Balls celebrated, while Duo Civilization’s demon dumplings lost hope.
• The struggle intensified in the other six Main Worlds, but Zhang Guangmu seemed increasingly unable to leave the Xuan Yan Realm to reinforce or conquer them.

After becoming master of the Xuan Yan Realm, Zhang Guangmu began trying to create a way to travel to the other Main Worlds without surrendering his existing power or freedom. A month and 1,162 failed experiments later, he remained determined to find a breakthrough.

• Zhang Guangmu realized that becoming realm master had made the Xuan Yan Realm’s world membrane sturdier, making it harder for him to reach other worlds.
• Zhang Guangmu told White Moon and Golden Neck that he pursued the other worlds because the road lay ahead, while Duo Civilization’s remaining viewers feared his plans might succeed.
• Zhang Guangmu rejected waiting for a world-marked Reincarnator or becoming one himself and chose to invent his own traversal method.
• After a month of research and 1,162 failed experiments, Zhang Guangmu erased a dark rift and said that each failure brought him closer to success.

Zhang Guangmu continued researching a way to reach powerful worlds while White Moon and Golden Neck gathered materials from the All Heavens Transfer Station. After Duo Civilization occupied the Honghuang Domain and three Earth Seven Stars died, Zhang Guangmu stayed focused on his experiment.

• Zhang Guangmu ordered White Moon and Golden Neck to acquire space-, dimension-, and time-related materials and abilities from the All Heavens Transfer Station.
• Zixiao assisted Zhang Guangmu's transmigration experiments, but repeated failures left him numb and unable to understand Zhang Guangmu's haste.
• Duo Civilization occupied the Honghuang Domain, where Matt Morgan was betrayed, thrown into a black hole, and starved to death before reaching the Ninth Order.
• Fang Yi was killed by a long-distance curse after prioritizing the growth of his forces over his own combat power.
• Alexander Stuart fell into Duo Civilization's trap and died surrounded by enemies.
• The demon balls mourned the fallen Seven Stars while Zhang Guangmu continued his experiment, determined to keep striving despite the losses.

Zhang Guangmu tested a new traversal method and successfully opened a mirror into a small world, but decided it was not worth visiting. He planned to spend ten thousand years finding a way into other Main Worlds and began conducting daily searches.

• The Little White Balls dismissed the Honghuang Domain and insisted Zhang Guangmu could help Earth, while a viewer revealed that Mu Shen’s world-crossing method was nearly complete.
• Zhang Guangmu said he could reach a small world using materials from Long Hong’s golden skeleton, but considered small worlds too limited to matter.
• Zhang Guangmu told Mooncake he would spend ten thousand years researching how to cross into other Main Worlds.
• Six months later, Zhang Guangmu opened a silvery mirror showing a small world where an adult dragonkin faced wolf-headed warriors.
• Zhang Guangmu identified the world as a Sixth Order-limited small world, dismissed the mirror, and said he could conduct an All Heavens Search every day.

Zhang Guangmu gathered the Xuan Yan Realm’s wealth through a high-interest fixed-deposit scheme and converted it into computational power to complete his Transmigration Experiment. He found a Golden Mirror leading to a bizarre Main World where strength and life force depended on Culinary Skill, leaving Zixiao stunned by the world’s potential.

• Zhang Guangmu launched a triple-interest fixed-deposit event that drew nearly all the Xuan Yan Realm’s wealth into the Tian Guang Shop’s Online Bank.
• Zhang Guangmu used the accumulated resources to generate immense computational power and begin the All Heavens Search.
• Zhang Guangmu repeatedly searched until a Golden Mirror appeared, connecting to the Main World he wanted.
• Mooncake celebrated Zhang Guangmu’s success, and Zixiao arrived at Floating Mountain to inspect the new world.
• Zixiao learned that Culinary Skill determined strength and life force, and was astonished that the bizarre world could produce Ninth Order Extreme Realm experts.

Zhang Guangmu created an Immortal Emperor figurine as a remote-controlled avatar and sent it toward the Endless Sea to investigate another Main World. By the time it arrived, Ling Xu and Shiina Hayate had died in the Navi Multiverse, and the Duo Civilization had occupied the third-largest Main World.

• Zhang Guangmu formed a tiny figurine avatar from his thoughts and sent it through the golden mirror to explore the Endless Sea and report back.
• The figurine’s brief expression of anticipation and gloom was recorded by the Duo Civilization Control Group and sent to the Production Team for analysis.
• Zhang Guangmu controlled the figurine on its long journey while continuing his research in the Xuan Yan Realm.
• Ling Xu was killed by saturated artillery fire after the Duo Civilization outnumbered and defeated him in the Navi Multiverse.
• Shiina Hayate rejected Ling Xu’s offer, developed in secret, and was assassinated after a powerful figure obtained his information.
• The Duo Civilization occupied the third-largest Main World, while Karlheinz, the Navi Multiverse’s Universe Controller, reincarnated into the Endless Sea after reaching the summit.

Zhang Guangmu assessed the weaknesses of the Honghuang Domain master and Karlheinz, then sought an ally in the newly awakened Wang Shangqing. The chapter ended with Wang Shangqing asking who Zhang Guangmu was, and Zhang Guangmu introducing himself.

• Zhang Guangmu realized the Honghuang Domain master distrusted the Script Hint and resisted reincarnation, giving him an advantage.
• Zhang Guangmu concluded that Karlheinz had reincarnated into the Endless Sea as an ordinary person and planned to find an agent to eliminate him.
• Wang Shangqing woke to find Zhang Guangmu in his room and threatened him with punishment and suppression by Shangqing Culinary Skills Co., Ltd.
• Wang Shangqing recognized Zhang Guangmu as an unfamiliar stranger and asked who he was.
• Zhang Guangmu smiled and introduced himself by name.

Wang Shangqing questioned the tiny Zhang Guangmu, who revealed that he was an eater and offered to join the Shangqing Culinary Team. Wang Shangqing remained wary but recognized Zhang Guangmu as a potentially powerful, unfamiliar being.

• Wang Shangqing changed into a suit with a snap of his fingers and asked Zhang Guangmu what technique had made him feel familiar with her.
• Zhang Guangmu explained that intelligent beings naturally yearned for perfect existences, while onlookers debated how she had reached the Endless Sea from the Xuan Yan Realm.
• Wang Shangqing suspected Zhang Guangmu was an incarnation of a senior or a nonhuman creature from Purgatory and considered her potential as an ingredient.
• Zhang Guangmu grew to normal human size and recommended himself as the outstanding Partner Eater missing from the Shangqing Culinary Team.

Zhang Guangmu met Wang Shangqing and accepted his test to prove himself as a potential Partner Eater. While waiting for Wang Shangqing to prepare a dish, Zhang adapted his abilities to the laws of the Endless Sea and reached a new threshold in Culinary Skill.

• Wang Shangqing rejected the idea of a Partner Eater because his father's betrayal had left him bitter, but he accepted that he needed a powerful partner to reach the summit of the Endless Sea.
• Zhang Guangmu identified Wang Shangqing's prejudice as rooted in a painful childhood and agreed to prove his worth through a culinary test.
• Wang Shangqing left to prepare a dish, giving Zhang Guangmu half an hour to move around the ship.
• Zhang Guangmu teleported to the deck, adapted his equipment and abilities to the Endless Sea, and let the company's employees investigate his identity.
• Zhang Guangmu spent an extra Usable Ability Point on Culinary Skill and realized that his capacity had reached the standard Brother Shu had described.

Zhang Guangmu realized that reaching 44 total Ability Points would let him carry his extraordinary abilities back to the Real World, and he used Culinary Skill 1 to begin studying cooking across two worlds. Wang Shangqing challenged him to taste a dish, ending with the chef unveiling Red Paste-Soaked Blood Demon Shrimp with Agate Tofu.

• Zhang Guangmu saw his personal abilities and understood that a total rating of 44 would let his extraordinary achievements assimilate into the Real World.
• Zhang Guangmu used the knowledge from Culinary Skill 1 to study culinary arts through the Tian Guang Shop while secretly pursuing other paths in the Xuan Yan Realm.
• Wang Shangqing prepared a dish and noticed that Zhang Guangmu's stockings and boots were made from rare Gem Sea Silkworm Silk and Hibiscus Cowhide.
• Wang Shangqing called Zhang Guangmu to the dining table and challenged him to prove his skill as a food taster.
• Wang Shangqing lifted the tray lid and presented Red Paste-Soaked Blood Demon Shrimp with Agate Tofu.

Zhang Guangmu tasted Wang Shangqing’s Blood Demon Shrimp in Red Paste with Agate Tofu, praised it, and identified several ways to improve it. When Wang Shangqing prepared a second serving using his advice, dazzling rainbow light burst from the dish.

• Wang Shangqing served Zhang Guangmu Blood Demon Shrimp in Red Paste with Agate Tofu, whose ingredients moved and combined as he tapped the shrimp with his chopsticks.
• Zhang Guangmu ate the dish, recognized its cooking techniques and spices, and gained vitality as some of his suppressed powers were unsealed.
• Zhang Guangmu praised the dish, then advised Wang Shangqing to fry the scales at lower heat, cut the tofu thicker, and reduce the broth’s salt.
• Zhang Guangmu added that the portion had been too small, so Wang Shangqing made another serving with the suggested adjustments.
• Wang Shangqing lifted the lid on the second dish, and dazzling rainbow light burst forth, leaving him stunned.

Wang Shangqing cooked a perfect Blood Demon Shrimp dish, gaining power and praise from Zhang Guangmu, who offered to help him improve his cooking. After Wang Shangqing declared his ambition to rule the Endless Sea, Zhang Guangmu tested his resolve by asking whether he would yield the throne to a relative.

• Wang Shangqing's shrimp dish radiated seven-colored light, empowering him as he recognized it as his perfect cuisine.
• Zhang Guangmu ate the dish, gained a major increase in Food Energy, and told Wang Shangqing that excessive spices had kept the meal from reaching its full potential.
• Wang Shangqing proposed cooking at least five dishes each day to help Zhang Guangmu learn about spices, then declared his dream of becoming the Uncrowned King of the Endless Sea.
• Zhang Guangmu said he only sought adventure and would leave after Wang Shangqing became king, then asked whether Wang Shangqing would yield the throne to a close relative.
• Wang Shangqing vowed to fight any challenger fairly, even a parent, spouse, or child, and clarified that he had no relatives to worry about.

Zhang Guangmu ate Wang Shangqing’s dishes, used Gluttony Magic to grow stronger, and offered to help the Shangqing Culinary Team improve their signature dishes. He revealed that he had traveled from the Xuan Yan Realm and told Wang Shangqing he had intercepted information about a Time Traveler and a Reincarnator.

• Zhang Guangmu studied the principles behind Endless Sea cuisine while talking with Wang Shangqing, then worked on adapting Gluttony Magic and Original Sin Magic.
• Wang Shangqing prepared more dishes, and Zhang Guangmu ate them all before offering suggestions for improving each one.
• Zhang Guangmu invited the Shangqing Culinary Team members to bring him their signature dishes for improvement, and they hurried to their kitchens.
• Wang Shangqing asked whether Zhang Guangmu came from another world, and Zhang Guangmu confirmed he was an Otherworld Traveler from the Xuan Yan Realm.
• Zhang Guangmu told Wang Shangqing he had intercepted brainwaves containing information about a Time Traveler and a Reincarnator.

Zhang Guangmu explained that Wang Shangqing would soon encounter a Time Traveler, and later met Wang Yuqing, an arrogant boy who resembled Wang Shangqing and challenged him to a Culinary Battle. Wang Yuqing’s inner thoughts revealed that he was a time traveler who planned to use his knowledge of the future and intended to exploit Zhang Guangmu as a Humanoid Experience Amplifier.

• Zhang Guangmu told Wang Shangqing to rest and hinted that he would soon meet a Time Traveler.
• Zhang Guangmu sampled dishes from Shangqing Culinary Skills Co., Ltd.’s chefs and nearly doubled his Food Energy limit.
• A futuristic alloy warship arrived, and Wang Yuqing stepped onto the flagship with a crowd of supporters.
• Wang Yuqing declared that he would become the supreme ruler of the Endless Sea and make Wang Shangqing his first stepping stone.
• Wang Yuqing’s inner thoughts revealed that he had traveled back in time and viewed Zhang Guangmu as a potential Humanoid Experience Amplifier.
• Wang Yuqing challenged Wang Shangqing to a Culinary Battle and promised to offer tempting stakes.

Zhang Guangmu watched Wang Yuqing challenge Wang Shangqing to a Culinary Battle, staking Tang Lanshan and demanding that Wang Shangqing publicly acknowledge defeat. Wang Yuqing lost 10–0, and Zhang Guangmu declared that he was the reason.

• Zhang Guangmu learned that Wang Yuqing was hiding key information about his origins and watched Wang Shangqing question him about the Sea of Purgatory.
• Wang Yuqing introduced Tang Lanshan as the Darling of the Sea and offered her as his stake, while Zhang Guangmu noted that she had joined Wang Yuqing to meet the prophesied seed of order.
• Wang Shangqing refused to stake Zhang Guangmu or Tang Lanshan, so Wang Yuqing wagered that Wang Shangqing would publicly call himself Wang Yuqing’s defeated subordinate if he lost.
• Wang Shangqing and Wang Yuqing began a Culinary Battle, with five judges from each ship tasting their dishes.
• The judges awarded Wang Yuqing no votes, and Zhang Guangmu said his presence was why Wang Yuqing had lost.

Wang Yuqing lost the Culinary Battle to Wang Shangqing and learned that his borrowed recipe lacked emotional investment, while Wang Shangqing's dish protected the fleet from an approaching cold front. When Wang Yuqing condemned pre-made dishes as soulless, Zhang Guangmu began revealing something to both chefs.

• Wang Yuqing struggled to accept his ten-to-zero defeat despite having cooked Culinary Saint's Hundred Flavors Steak with exceptional precision.
• Zhang Guangmu explained that Wang Yuqing's dish lacked personal investment and emotional resonance, while Wang Shangqing had improved his cooking with help from a powerful Partner Eater.
• Wang Shangqing described how his Ice-Grasping Sea Tiger Meat Rice Stew strengthened diners and protected them from the approaching ice clouds.
• The cold front swept over the sea, leaving everyone except the judges and chefs shivering and covered in frost.
• Wang Yuqing accepted his loss but insisted that pre-made dishes had no soul, prompting Zhang Guangmu to snap his fingers and form golden stars on both chefs' arms.

Zhang Guangmu revealed a Culinary Skill that measured Wang Yuqing and Wang Shangqing’s devotion to cuisine, prompting Wang Yuqing to recognize his own lack of commitment and leave. As Tang Lanshan joined the crew and helped it gain strength, Duo Civilization’s operations team devised a plan to subvert Zhang Guangmu’s incarnation.

• Zhang Guangmu used Culinary Heart Quantification to show that Wang Yuqing had three Culinary Hearts and Wang Shangqing had four, explaining how the stars reflected their passion for cuisine.
• Wang Yuqing thanked Zhang Guangmu, admitted he had relied on others’ recipes, and left with his team aboard their flying vessel.
• The demon dumplings discussed Wang Yuqing’s defeat and concluded that Karlheinz remained their main force, while Zhang Guangmu skimmed their comments about her incarnation.
• Tang Lanshan joined Shangqing Culinary Skills Co., Ltd., used her compass divination to find premium ingredients, and grew close to Zhang Guangmu.
• Tang Lanshan declared her goal of helping bring order to the Endless Sea and judged the culinary crew capable of reaching the summit.
• The Duo Civilization Control Group’s Endless Sea operations team contacted headquarters and created the “Plan to Subvert the Immortal Emperor Incarnation.”

Zhang Guangmu’s Culinary Heart Quantification helped strengthen Wang Shangqing’s chefs as Wang prepared the team to conquer the Sea of Humanity. The leaders chose a new name, the Tian Guang Culinary Team, and Wang declared Zhang Guangmu his best partner.

• The chefs aboard Wang Shangqing’s ships brought Zhang Guangmu dishes to taste, and his support rapidly increased their usable strength while Culinary Heart Quantification encouraged their growth.
• Wang Shangqing concluded that Wang Yuqing was a stranger from a parallel world and shared his extensive preparations for expanding his influence across the Endless Sea.
• Zhang Guangmu praised Wang Shangqing’s planning and agreed that the team should next expedition into the Sea of Humanity.
• Wang Shangqing summoned the team’s leaders to choose a shorter name for Shangqing Culinary Skills Co., Ltd., and rejected several suggestions.
• Zhang Guangmu proposed Tian Guang, and Wang Shangqing adopted the name Tian Guang Culinary Team and promised to share half his honors with Zhang Guangmu.