Chapter Summaries

Xu Qing completed the Heaven Flipping Seal, a Dao Artifact forged from a secret realm fragment, and prepared to refine the remaining secret realms before leaving to travel the universe. As he planned to cultivate the Laws of Time and break through to Eternal Life, a Martial God Hall envoy arrived to handle the transaction for alien spoils.

• Xu Qing used Immortal Origin, lightning, light, and two strands of Source Power to forge the secret realm fragment into a Dao Artifact, which he named the Heaven Flipping Seal.
• Xu Qing and Cave Mystery Immortal Ruler observed the void repairing itself, then returned to Great Xia and discussed refining the remaining secret realms.
• Moro reported that he had eradicated the Demon Nest and the Nine-Clan Alliance, and Xu Qing sent Buckwheat the locations of hidden metahumans for the empire to handle.
• Xu Qing told Buckwheat and Second Striped Nianniang that he planned to master Time Reversal and the other Laws of Time abilities before attempting the Eternal Life Rank breakthrough.
• Three days later, Xu Qing and Cave Mystery Immortal Ruler met Martial God Hall’s supply ship at Blue Star Interstellar Airport, where cargo envoy Heng Yun introduced himself.

Xu Qing sold seized materials and negotiated a lucrative deal with the Martial God Hall for Buckwheat’s plant cultivation plan, then learned from Heng Yun that a full-scale war between the Human Race and the demon race might be approaching. He gathered Solar System leaders and allies to review evidence of escalating border clashes, leaving the group assessing the rising conflict and medical-supply demand.

• Heng Yun valued Xu Qing’s seized goods at 0.06 billion Cosmic Coins and explained that rapid-growth secret arts had little value to the Martial God Hall.
• Xu Qing and Buckwheat negotiated a cultivation-plan deal worth 0.5 Spirit Jade Units, raised the dividend from 5% to 6%, and agreed to cooperate with Heng Yun.
• After Heng Yun left, Xu Qing read his confidential warning that a full-scale Human Race–demon race war might break out and called an urgent meeting.
• Xu Qing shared the warning with Solar System leaders and allies, who reviewed evidence of rising clashes on Harmony Sea Star, Wang Yu Star, and Zhou Yan Star.
• Xu Feng asked Buckwheat to display border-conflict and medical-supply data, revealing that clashes had increased sharply over the past two years.

Xu Qing investigated Shakya, a self-proclaimed reincarnated Buddha whose sermons had sparked riots across the Solar System. After uncovering Shakya’s link to the destroyed Western Regions Secret Realm, Xu Qing confronted him and killed him with the Heaven Flipping Seal.

• Xu Qing and the others examined signs of rising tensions between the Human Race and Demon Race and agreed that the Solar System should prepare for possible war.
• After spending a year refining secret realm magical treasures, Xu Qing learned that Shakya had incited Buddhist riots in Bright Light City and converted a Radiance-ranked councilor.
• Xu Qing watched Shakya’s sermon and learned from a black-robed man that Shakya had escaped the Western Regions Secret Realm and sacrificed monks to strange gods.
• The black-robed man attacked Xu Qing with Mental Power, but Xu Qing killed him, while Shakya dispersed the blood mist with a roar.
• Shakya tried to escape, but Xu Qing used the Heaven Flipping Seal to destroy Shakya’s defenses and kill him in one blow.

Xu Qing defeated Hoss, a Saint Monarch possessing a Radiant Rank incarnation, and used the Martial God Hall’s protection clause to have him eliminated after he threatened Xu Qing’s family. Three days later, Xu Qing accepted a mission to infiltrate the Crape Myrtle Empire and root out demon clan spies.

• A black-robed man confronted Xu Qing over Shakya’s death and demanded the Heaven Flipping Seal, but Xu Qing defeated him and took his prayer beads and treasure armor.
• Xu Qing tracked the fleeing man across two continents, subdued him, and learned from Buckwheat that the man’s powerful mental fluctuations came from a higher expert possessing his body.
• The man identified himself as Hoss, threatened Xu Qing and his loved ones, and revealed that he was a Saint Monarch with many incarnations, so Xu Qing invoked the Martial God Hall’s protection clause.
• Clear Rain King confirmed the Martial God Hall had dispatched an expert to eliminate Hoss, and Xu Qing burned his body and kept his treasure armor.
• Three days later, Xu Qing accepted a Martial God Hall mission to infiltrate the Crape Myrtle Empire and eliminate demon clan spies.

Xu Qing prepared for his mission to the Crape Myrtle Empire by arranging protection for Zhou Tong and planning his cultivation. After uncovering a Dao Art through the Star Extinguishing Finger, he arrived at Crape Myrtle Star, where the Third Prince welcomed him.

• Xu Qing sent his Aurora Clone with Er Tiao to find Zhou Tong and protect her, then reviewed his cultivation and upgraded Melt Light Guard Body to Peak Mastery.
• Xu Qing advanced Star Extinguishing Finger and witnessed Immortal Venerable Dao Xuan demonstrate the technique, revealing that it was a Dao Art and that Dao Xuan could sense him across time.
• Cave Mystery Immortal Ruler identified Dao Xuan as a Northern Immortal Realm Immortal Venerable and explained that the encounter did not prove he was still alive.
• Xu Qing left Blue Star five days later and traveled to the Crape Myrtle Empire, arriving at its capital about half a month afterward.
• Buckwheat described Crape Myrtle Star as Xu Qing's spaceship entered its restricted transit zone, and the Third Prince greeted Xu Qing on behalf of the emperor.

Xu Qing attended a three-day welcome hosted by the Third Prince, then uncovered a suspicious history behind Lan Xin, a cat-eared maid sent by the Second Prince. After reviewing the Crape Myrtle royal family’s succession struggle, Xu Qing secretly began investigating and arrived unannounced at the Martial God Hall’s local office, leaving its directors uneasy.

• The Third Prince welcomed Xu Qing with a lavish banquet and palace tour, while the Second Prince later sent Lan Xin to serve him.
• Xu Qing refused to send Lan Xin back after she feared the Second Prince would kill her, and arranged for the Third Prince to protect her while investigating her background.
• Buckwheat revealed that Lan Xin had been given to an Eternal Life expert who died two days later, and Xu Qing concluded that the Empire’s politics were murky.
• Buckwheat described the seven princes’ rivalries and the First Prince’s overwhelming power, while Xu Qing ordered an investigation into surveillance and told Qi Lin’s team to act normally.
• Xu Qing split off a Thunder Clone and secretly went to the Martial God Hall’s Crape Myrtle office, where Harvard and Karius were startled by his unexpected arrival.

Xu Qing sought intelligence on the Crape Myrtle Empire’s royal disputes from Harvard and Karius, then investigated a suspected demon spy named Mei Hu and a stolen teleportation weapon. He planned to trace the Empire’s informant network through Mei Hu, but discovered that intelligence agents were already monitoring him and wondered how they had tracked him.

• Xu Qing asked Harvard and Karius for confidential information about the Empire and its royal family, and they supplied him with an intelligence dossier.
• Xu Qing used spatial movement to leave the office, prompting Harvard and Karius to suspect he had a powerful secret technique or treasure.
• Xu Qing reviewed intelligence describing Mei Hu’s attempts to steal the Interstellar Individual Warp Suit and concluded that finding her could expose a traitor inside the Intelligence Department.
• Xu Qing decided to contact the two agents who had pursued Mei Hu and avoid the Intelligence Department’s surveillance.
• Xu Qing noticed two agents monitoring him from a building and suspected they had marked him with a Spiritual Imprint.

Xu Qing infiltrated the Royal Intelligence Department, found the agents tracking Mei Hu, and recruited Henry to help uncover spies and traitors ahead of a likely war with the demon race. After analyzing Mei Hu’s information, they planned to bait her with a staged theft of the Single Soldier Teleportation System, leaving Henry to steal it.

• Xu Qing used a Talisman Clone to distract the intelligence agents, then followed one invisibly into the Royal Intelligence Department and gathered information on the agents tracking Mei Hu.
• Xu Qing secretly entered Henry’s apartment, revealed that war with the demon race was likely, and asked Henry to help find the spies and traitors threatening the Empire.
• Henry agreed to work with Xu Qing in secret and gave him a chip containing information on Mei Hu.
• Xu Qing and Henry analyzed Mei Hu’s movements and decided to lure her out by spreading word that the Single Soldier Teleportation System had been stolen.
• Xu Qing proposed that Henry steal the system as bait, and Henry agreed to take on the task.

Henry and Ark secretly planned to help Xu Qing use the Single Soldier Suit as bait to expose Mei Hu and the mole in the Intelligence Department. Their investigation pinpointed No. 3 Royal Research Institute as the likely target, while the chapter left them heading to the Star Sea Cruise Ship's launch ceremony.

• Henry agreed to help Xu Qing steal information about the Single Soldier Suit, then recruited Ark, who joined the dangerous operation and offered to distract Yi Wu in the Security Room.
• Xu Qing told Buckwheat that the plan was to stake out the suit's storage location, lure Mei Hu out, capture her, and prevent the suit from being taken.
• Henry and Ark investigated Gilt's death and traced Chief Hao Yu's secure call to a district containing three research facilities, then asked Xu Qing to help watch the possible targets.
• Henry and Ark spent the evening with You Zi, and analysis of Gilt's accounts revealed that Mei Hu had transferred five billion Ziwei Coins to relatives of No. 3 Royal Research Institute specialist Ke Jin Ren.
• Henry and Ark identified No. 3 Royal Research Institute as their likely target and left with You Zi to watch the Star Sea Cruise Ship's launch ceremony.

Xu Qing joined Henry and Ark in investigating Mei Hu’s attempt to obtain the Single Soldier Suit, then helped plan to use the Third Prince’s coming exhibition to expose her insider. After surviving a staged assassination that pressured the empire into offering compensation, Xu Qing advanced his understanding of the Flame Laws while awaiting the next move in the mission.

• Ark told Henry that Mei Hu had transferred five billion Ziwei Coins to accounts linked to Ke Jin Ren’s relatives, and they identified the No. 3 Royal Research Institute as the target.
• Mei Hu poisoned Ke Jin Ren at the institute, and Henry and Ark learned from its director that the Single Soldier Suit’s blueprints and manufacturing site were not actually there.
• Xu Qing revealed that he had marked Mei Hu and proposed using the Third Prince’s planned suit exhibition to force her insider to provide intelligence.
• A Saint King Peak attack struck the Third Prince’s party at the Royal Forest Park, but Xu Qing survived and the Third Prince promised to compensate him and address the Martial God Hall.
• Xu Qing comprehended the Flame Origin Laws for forty days in the Immortal Spirit Space, then disclosed to Bo Lan that the attack had been staged to draw the Third Prince into the plan.

Xu Qing tracked Mei Hu as she received secret transport details about the Single Soldier Suit, then discovered that she was hiding in plain sight as Ark’s fiancée, You Zi. He concealed his discovery, agreed to protect her during the operation, and prepared for the suit’s transport ahead of the exhibition.

• Xu Qing learned the exhibition would begin in three days and followed Mei Hu to a secluded alley, where she received intelligence about the Single Soldier Suit’s transport and security.
• Xu Qing relayed the conversation to Henry, who explained that the leak could have come from the Royal Intelligence Department or someone close to the Third Prince.
• At dinner with Henry, Ark, and You Zi, Xu Qing recognized the mark he had placed on Mei Hu and realized You Zi was the demon spy.
• Xu Qing concealed You Zi’s identity, agreed to protect her, and asked Ark whether he trusted her completely; Ark affirmed that he did.
• After dinner, Xu Qing told Henry he had only asked to understand Ark’s priorities, then returned to his residence to prepare for the coming operation.
• The night before the exhibition, Xu Qing received the Third Prince’s message that the suit was being transported, alerted Henry, and left a Talisman Clone at his residence as he departed.

Xu Qing rescued Dark Extinction from Dragon Prince Qing with help from the Third Prince, deepening his ties to the prince and gaining Dark Extinction as an ally. As the princes conspired to sabotage the Third Prince’s exhibition and frame Xu Qing, demon experts also prepared to attack the shipment of Single Soldier Suits.

• Xu Qing answered Dark Extinction’s plea for help and used the Third Prince’s intervention to persuade Dragon Prince Qing and the other Saint Kings to release him.
• The Third Prince invited Dragon Prince Qing and his companions to the exhibition, and Dark Extinction revealed he was a Martial God Hall inspector before agreeing to help Xu Qing.
• After learning the Third Prince had helped Xu Qing, the First Prince, Zi Yun, gathered his brothers and agreed to sabotage the exhibition and frame Xu Qing.
• The princes planned to strike the exhibition’s equipment transport, capture someone to falsely implicate Xu Qing, and provoke conflict between the Martial God Hall and the Crape Myrtle Empire.
• Before dawn, a Demon Lord and nine other demon experts gathered to seize the Single Soldier Suit shipment under a secret agreement with an unnamed prince.

Dark Extinction intervened when the escort transporting the Single Soldier Suit came under attack, while the Third Prince’s backup team faced an ambush that targeted his hidden retainers. The chapter ended with an unknown figure killing the attackers near the gymnasium and escaping with a silver-blue Storage Ring.

• Ink Wheel led the 1st Team through the Green Abundance Mountain Range, where Demon Clan forces and three Black-Clothed Men attacked the escort.
• Dark Extinction killed or drove off two Black-Clothed Men and headed toward the Realm Rank member carrying the Single Soldier Suit as the escort team escaped.
• At the exhibition venue, the Third Prince learned the 1st Team had been attacked and sent the 2nd Team toward the gymnasium while Xu Qing secretly followed him.
• Qin Yun led the 2nd Team through several attacks, then sacrificed himself to hold off three Holy Kings so his teammates could flee.
• Three surviving members of the 2nd Team were ambushed near the gymnasium, and their attackers killed them and seized their Storage Ring.
• An unseen figure killed the remaining attacker, took the silver-blue Storage Ring, and vanished into the night.

Xu Qing secretly recovered the Single Soldier Suit and helped the Third Prince present it as the Crape Myrtle Empire’s Interstellar Individual Warp Suit. Afterward, Xu Qing exposed a demon spy and revealed signs of a second conspiracy, while the First Prince arranged to leak Xu Qing’s whereabouts to the demon race.

• Xu Qing secretly took a silver-blue Storage Ring containing one suit and later helped Dark Extinction deliver the other suit to the exhibition.
• The Third Prince publicly introduced the Interstellar Individual Warp Suit, praised Dark Extinction, and explained how it could transform travel and warfare.
• After the exhibition, First Prince Zi Yun agreed to have his butler leak Xu Qing’s whereabouts to the demon race so they would target him.
• Xu Qing showed the Third Prince evidence that Huo Ersi had sold out the transport team to the demon race.
• Dark Extinction reported that human Black-Clothed Men had attacked the transport team, and the Third Prince asked him to describe their abilities and signatures.
• Dark Extinction realized Xu Qing had secretly taken the enemy’s suit and kept it from the Martial God Hall.

Xu Qing learned that the Martial God Hall was offering special training to help core members break through to Eternal Life Rank before the war with the demon race, but he also learned of a time-law statue at an upcoming auction and a newly located cultivation ruin resembling Nine Heavens Responding Origin Mountain. He decided to skip the training, attend the auction, and seek the ruin for a powerful weapon.

• Xu Qing told Henry and Ark that the demon race’s operation had failed, then recommended them to the Martial God Hall Intelligence Department, and both agreed to join.
• Xu Qing told Henry that You Zi was Mei Hu and asked him to keep watch without exposing her, so they could use her to identify other spies.
• Xu Qing met Bo Lan, who offered to handle Henry and Ark’s recruitment and told him the Martial God Hall had summoned core members to Martial God City for special training.
• Xu Qing learned that the training would provide resources to help World Rank geniuses break through to Eternal Life Rank, but he was torn between attending and pursuing other opportunities.
• Xu Qing discovered that an auction would offer a statue bearing the Laws of Time and that the Martial God Hall had located a ruin resembling Nine Heavens Responding Origin Mountain.
• Xu Qing decided to forgo special training, attend the auction for the statue, and then head to the ruin.

After an unknown Saint King Peak assassin ambushed Xu Qing near the Crape Myrtle Imperial Star, he escaped into the Immortal Spirit Space and began recovering and cultivating. The Martial God Hall and Crape Myrtle Empire mobilized to find him, while Xu Qing remained unaware and practiced adapting the assassin’s fiery blade style into his spear technique.

• Xu Qing left the Crape Myrtle Imperial Star alone, but a mysterious spatial Saint King attacked him and shattered his defenses.
• Xu Qing retreated into the Immortal Spirit Space, where Buckwheat and Xiao Lei worried over his injuries; he chose to improve his strength rather than immediately rely on Moro.
• Xu Qing learned that his Shocking Void Spear had been destroyed and brought out a spare Saint King Rank weapon.
• Silver Fire Saint Venerable and Space Rending King traced Xu Qing’s trail to a Chaotic Star Region but could not follow him through a spatial passage.
• Saint Venerable Xuan Fei demanded that Purple Illusion find Xu Qing, while the Crape Myrtle Empire ordered its Saint King Rank and stronger experts to provide support.
• Unaware of the rescue effort, Xu Qing practiced a spear style that combined the assassin’s fierce attacks with subtle defense.

Xu Qing mastered the Refine Light Into God Technique, broke through to the Middle Stage Immortal Ruler realm, and fought off a Saint King Peak assassin before seven Saint Venerables arrived to rescue him. Three months later, he attended an auction on Demon Cloud Star, won a wooden sculpture marked with the Time Law for 2,000 Spirit Jade Units, and watched bidding continue on other treasures.

• Xu Qing tamed the power of the Flame Laws, completed the Refine Light Into God Technique, and advanced to the Middle Stage Immortal Ruler realm.
• Xu Qing fought the Saint King Peak assassin in the Chaotic Star Region, forcing the assassin to flee before seven Saint Venerables arrived and took Xu Qing away.
• Three months later, Xu Qing told Buckwheat he wanted to find the true body of the Extinction Domain Divine Firmament Spear and the Heavenly Furnace Earth Cauldron, then attended the Demon Cloud Star auction.
• Xu Qing outbid the embroidered-robed man and the black-robed woman, purchasing the Time Law wooden sculpture for 2,000 Spirit Jade Units.
• The auction offered more Saint King treasures, and the black-robed woman bid 1,200 Spirit Jade Units on the Nine Revolutions Golden Soul Source Crystal before the crimson-robed man raised his bid to 1,500.

Xu Qing studied the wooden sculpture during his journey to Thunder Prison Star, gained the origin’s recognition for the Laws of Time, and broke through to Immortality while forging his spear technique. He arrived at the battle between September King’s group and Ice Dragon King, ready to join the fight.

• Xu Qing outbid the red-robed man and the woman in black for the wooden sculpture, then left after making the woman spend 2,500 Spirit Jade Units.
• Xu Qing traveled toward Thunder Prison Star with Buckwheat and studied the Laws of Time while September King’s group struggled against Ice Dragon King.
• Xu Qing entered the origin space of the Laws of Time, gained its recognition, and used the Light Laws as the foundation for his breakthrough to Immortality.
• Xu Qing created the Space Shattering Universe Spear and named its first form Remaining Years.
• Xu Qing arrived at the battlefield, where September King welcomed him as Ice Dragon King fought her team.

Xu Qing helped September King’s team kill Ice Dragon King and claimed his realm-entry token before joining them on Thunder Prison Star. After demonstrating his ability to cultivate in its deadly thunder and fire, he followed the team to the ancient secret-realm entrance in the planet’s southern rift valley.

• Xu Qing used Time Stop and Azure Sea, Blue Sky to help September King and the other Saint Kings defeat and kill Ice Dragon King, securing his realm-entry token.
• September King gave Xu Qing the token and proposed an equal division of the secret-realm gains; Xu Qing agreed to give her one-third of his own share.
• Xu Qing entered Thunder Prison Star without protection and absorbed its thunder and flames, astonishing September King and the other Saint Kings.
• The team equipped protective devices and followed September King into the planet, where they found Xu Qing cultivating amid the lightning and fire.
• September King led the team to a massive southern rift valley and its ancient arched entrance, where the group prepared to enter the secret realm.

Xu Qing and the Saint Kings entered a vast ruin world, searched its ancient city, and uncovered evidence of a deadly force that had killed even a Saint King. After finding rival forces fighting over a Seven Colored Saint Stone, they ambushed the battle, and the chapter ended as an axe-wielding man attacked September King.

• September King and Xu Qing used two tokens to enter the ruins, where they learned the world held many ancient cities and dangerous remains.
• Xu Qing searched for Nine Heavens Responding Origin Mountain while the Saint Kings looted corpses, then noticed that many had died at once, including an early-stage Saint King.
• Golden Wing King led a mixed-race team into another ruined city in search of a legendary treasure that might help them reach Demon Venerable level.
• Xu Qing's group followed a strange sound to a battle between Demon Race kings and forces affiliated with the Mechanical Race, where they spotted a Seven Colored Saint Stone.
• After the rival forces were weakened, Xu Qing's group attacked; Xu Qing blasted away a black-robed figure, and the two sides fought over the stone.
• A tall man wielding a massive axe charged at September King as the battle continued.