Chapter Summaries

Jiang Ming joined Marquis Flame Abyss’s squad after explaining that he chose the title Marquis Champion because he admired Huo Qubing’s ambition. As the Zerg Second Battlefield’s casualty rate continued to rise, the squad left the Barracks base to enter the fight.

• Sophia introduced Jiang Ming as the expert King Tianyu had recommended to Marquis Flame Abyss.
• Jiang Ming explained that his name was Zhao Yun and that he chose Marquis Champion because he aspired to Huo Qubing’s deeds; Marquis Flame Abyss accepted the explanation.
• The six other members of the Flame Abyss Squad arrived, completing its eight-person lineup.
• The squad discussed the battlefield’s rising casualty rate, and Marquis Flame Abyss predicted that the fighting would ease or reach a decisive battle within a hundred thousand years.
• The Flame Abyss Squad boarded a spacecraft and departed the Barracks base with a fleet bound for the battlefield.

Jiang Ming and the Flame Abyss squad departed their Human base and traveled to Dark Tide Star Abyss, a dangerous region on the Zerg Second Battlefield. After arriving, Marquis Flame Abyss put the squad on high alert as they prepared to navigate the distorted space and limited detector range.

• Marquis Flame Abyss explained that the ship's reinforced F-grade lounge was its safest area, while Sophia described the costs of battlefield damage to their spacecraft.
• The Flame Abyss squad's spacecraft left the enormous AAA-grade Divine Spirit Base, and Marquis Flame Abyss warned Jiang Ming that the Zerg used wreckage and expendable troops to set traps.
• The spacecraft crossed the hazardous battlefield and traveled through the Dark Universe for six days before returning to the Original Universe.
• The squad arrived at Dark Tide Star Abyss, where powerful energy interference, spatial rifts, and fleeting wormholes made the region exceptionally dangerous.
• Marquis Flame Abyss ordered Sophia, Red Stone, and Shadow to activate detectors and monitor energy fluctuations and spatial anomalies.

Jiang Ming used his secret access to the Zerg command network to guide the Flame Abyss squad safely through the Dark Tide Star Abyss and toward valuable targets. After several days of easy victories, the squad approached the more dangerous core region, where Marquis Flame Abyss asked whether his detector would keep working.

• Jiang Ming volunteered to handle detection, then used his authority as the Blade Mantis King to see the concealed Zerg units and traps in the region.
• Jiang Ming gave precise warnings that helped the Flame Abyss squad avoid hazards and ambushes while locating vulnerable Zerg squads and transports.
• Marquis Flame Abyss and the squad defeated the targets, collected valuable resources, and grew grateful to Jiang Ming for their good fortune.
• After several days of safe travel and major gains, Marquis Flame Abyss warned that the core region held a Zerg stronghold and asked Jiang Ming whether his detector would remain effective there.
• Jiang Ming said stronger interference would limit the detector, but it should still work within a certain range and the squad would need to be more careful.

Jiang Ming found a Zerg resource site in the Dark Tide Star Abyss that proved to be a Quenching Crystal Ore mine, and the Flame Abyss Squad prepared to seize it. After scanning the fortified base and discovering a suspected Marquis-level leader and several Immortals inside, Marquis Flame Abyss asked Jiang Ming for a more precise reading.

• Jiang Ming proposed that the Flame Abyss Squad find a stronghold in the core region because temporary wormholes made the area dangerous.
• More than ten days later, Jiang Ming detected a high-energy mineral vein near the Abyss’s outskirts, and Marquis Flame Abyss ordered the squad to prepare for battle.
• The squad confirmed that the site was a Quenching Crystal Ore extraction base and celebrated the valuable discovery.
• Sophia’s scan detected three Immortal-level biological turrets and at least five Immortal life signatures, including a suspected Marquis-level leader.
• Marquis Flame Abyss analyzed the enemy defenses and asked Jiang Ming whether his detector could scan inside the base more precisely.

Jiang Ming and Marquis Flame Abyss led the squad in an assault on a Zerg base, where Jiang Ming revealed overwhelming strength and fused eight Law Domains. The Zerg Marquis was trapped and battered by Jiang Ming and Marquis Flame Abyss, and the battle continued.

• Jiang Ming identified three weak points in the base's energy shield, and Marquis Flame Abyss assigned the squad their roles.
• Red Stone and Iron Shield attacked the shield while Shadow infiltrated the base, allowing Marquis Flame Abyss and Jiang Ming to charge inside.
• Marquis Flame Abyss engaged the Zerg Marquis while Jiang Ming killed three Immortal Military Lords with his spear and Law Domain.
• The Zerg Marquis tried to retreat with two surviving Immortals, but Jiang Ming caught up and trapped him in a domain formed by eight fused Law Domains.
• Jiang Ming and Marquis Flame Abyss struck the suppressed Zerg Marquis with a Phoenix Bird attack and a fire lotus, repeatedly collapsing his undying body.

Jiang Ming annihilated the Zerg Alliance’s Marquis-level Immortal with his fused Law domain, helping his team capture the resource base and claim a huge haul. After the victory, his comrades learned that his Military Merit Quota was 10 trillion.

• Jiang Ming trapped the Zerg Marquis-level Immortal in his multicolored domain and destroyed him before he could self-destruct.
• Shadow reported that the control room was secure and that the base had no self-destruct program.
• The team collected Quenching Crystal Raw Stones and other spoils, with Sophia warning them not to store the crystals in Spatial Items or divine kingdoms.
• The Battlefield System valued the captured spoils at 768 billion military merits, and the team credited Jiang Ming for their success.
• Jiang Ming explained that he had fused multiple Law domains, then revealed his Military Merit Quota was 10 trillion, shocking the team.

Jiang Ming accepted most of the military merits from the Quenching Crystal Ore mine and helped the Flame Abyss squad prepare to defend the site. Meanwhile, he expanded his Calamity Slave forces and weighed two ways to break through to Immortality, leaving his breakthrough for the future while he strengthened his Inner World.

• Jiang Ming accepted a seventy-percent share of the mine’s profits after the Flame Abyss squad agreed to the distribution.
• Jiang Ming proposed that the squad establish detection devices and defenses around the resource point, and Marquis Flame Abyss agreed.
• Jiang Ming learned that his Calamity Slaves numbered more than ten thousand at the Immortal level and over nineteen thousand at the Realm Lord level, and he ordered Lord of Bilong to keep their operations discreet.
• Jiang Ming continued studying the Fusion Laws and his Talent Secret Techniques, but found no sign that he was close to breaking through to Immortality.
• Jiang Ming considered comprehending the Chaos Laws or creating a powerful Self-created Secret Technique as two ways to break his Singularity, and decided to pursue both while continuing to strengthen Calamity Abyss Space-time.

Jiang Ming learned that Hong’s extraordinary willpower had exposed Earth’s unique nature, and Chaos City Lord explained how he had protected Jiang Ming’s homeland from the human race’s earlier investigations. Chaos City Lord warned that Earth’s secret could no longer be concealed and that the race’s leaders might soon seek control of it, while Jiang Ming vowed to defend it as the homeland of Earthlings.

• Jiang Ming read Chaos City Lord’s email and learned that Hong had reached the twenty-first island of Illusion Sea, attracting the Giant Axe Fighting Arena’s supreme beings and becoming giant axe’s nominal disciple.
• Jiang Ming learned that Hong’s rise had exposed Earth’s uniqueness and went to visit Chaos City Lord on Thunder Island.
• Chaos City Lord told Jiang Ming that he and giant axe had discovered Earth’s secret early, but Chaos City Lord had argued that Earth should remain under Jiang Ming’s care because it was his homeland.
• Chaos City Lord warned that the human race’s leaders would soon learn Earth’s secret and might demand control of the planet and large-scale immigration.
• Jiang Ming thanked Chaos City Lord for protecting Earth and declared that he would stand by Earth as the homeland of Earthlings.

Jiang Ming secured Chaos City Lord’s support over Earth and sought help refining his self-created secret technique. On the Outer domain battlefield, he confronted a King-level Zerg Alliance member and overwhelmed its domain.

• Chaos City Lord promised to help Jiang Ming defend Earth and told him he could deal with anyone who used underhanded methods.
• Jiang Ming asked Chaos City Lord for guidance on his incomplete self-created secret technique, and his teacher asked him to demonstrate it.
• The Marquis Flame Abyss squad ambushed and killed seven Immortal military lords of the Shadow Lurker Mantis race, then spent months sweeping the Dark Tide Star Abyss.
• Jiang Ming detected a King-level Zerg Alliance member approaching the squad and left their spacecraft to meet it.
• Jiang Ming unleashed his multicolored domain, tore through the Zerg King's domain, and swallowed the King within it.

Jiang Ming defeated Fire Skull King with his fusion domain and Phoenix Bird Cry spear technique, overcoming the Zerg Alliance warrior’s powerful defenses. Fire Skull King’s body reformed after his consciousness was nearly destroyed, and Jiang Ming claimed his World ring, warhammer, and other belongings.

• Fire Skull King discovered that Jiang Ming’s domain suppressed his strength and attacked him with the Fire Skull Star Splitting Hammer.
• Jiang Ming pierced the hammer’s power core with a precise spear thrust, breaking Fire Skull King’s attack and making him attempt to flee.
• Jiang Ming struck with Phoenix Bird Cry, annihilating twenty-seven percent of Fire Skull King’s divine body and cutting his strength nearly in half.
• Fire Skull King tried to self-destruct, but Jiang Ming’s phoenix cries disrupted his focus and another spear strike nearly annihilated him.
• Fire Skull King’s body began reforming from the divine power left behind, and Jiang Ming collected his body, World ring, warhammer, and other items.

Jiang Ming killed Fire Skull King with two spear strikes, then left the Flame Abyss Squad after completing his military merit quota. He chose to continue fighting alone and received a star map of the Zerg Second Battlefield.

• Jiang Ming killed Fire Skull King, shocking the Flame Abyss Squad and deepening Marquis Flame Abyss's suspicions about his identity.
• Jiang Ming announced that he had completed his quota and would leave the squad to fight alone.
• Jiang Ming gave Marquis Flame Abyss a divine-power token that could summon his aid, then said goodbye to the squad.
• Jiang Ming chose to continue fighting on the Outer domain battlefield and selected solo combat over leading a legion.
• The military system sent Jiang Ming a star map of the Zerg Second Battlefield, and he noted that his authority was too low.

Jiang Ming realized that higher battlefield authority was needed to access the Zerg’s full strategic deployments, then joined Luo Feng, Hong, and Thor in the Virtual Universe as Hong explained how he reached the Illusion Sea’s twenty-first island. Jiang Ming challenged Hong’s account by exposing the limits of all three men’s Heart Realm methods with his own overwhelming will.

• Jiang Ming compared humanity’s incomplete star map with Zerg intelligence and concluded that he needed greater military merit and authority to uncover the battlefield’s hidden deployments.
• Jiang Ming received an email from the Hong Alliance, then joined Luo Feng, Hong, and Thor in a Virtual Universe courtyard after Hong summoned them.
• Hong told Luo Feng and Thor that he had reached the Illusion Sea’s twenty-first island but failed to pass it, and explained how the stages of Heart Realm cultivation helped him resist consciousness pressure.
• Jiang Ming said Hong’s account of Heart Realm cultivation was too superficial and spread his will through the courtyard.
• Jiang Ming’s will transformed the courtyard into a boundless starry sea, making Luo Feng’s heart like a blade, Thor’s yin-yang union, and Hong’s infinitely vast heart feel close to collapse.

Jiang Ming demonstrated his Heart Realm to Luo Feng, Hong, and Thor, then explained that heart-cultivation paths had no inherent hierarchy and that each could reach unimaginable heights. Hong then revealed that the Giant Axe Founder had accepted him as a nominal disciple after his Sea of Illusions challenge, but Earth's secret had been exposed.

• Jiang Ming showed Luo Feng, Hong, and Thor how his will endured the simulated sea of starlight, leaving them shocked and enlightened.
• Jiang Ming explained the distinct strengths of their Heart Realm paths and said that persistence, not a path's starting breadth, determined how far it could go.
• Luo Feng reconsidered his Kinkaku Beast's instincts and sharpened his resolve to follow his own path, while Hong and Thor also gained insight.
• Hong said his failure on the twenty-first island had drawn a Universe Master and the Giant Axe Founder, who sealed the news and accepted him as a nominal disciple.
• Hong revealed that Earth's secret had been exposed.

Hong revealed that Earth had been modified by the mysterious Mountain Master to nurture Heart Realm talent, raising concerns about its value to humanity’s leadership. After Jiang Ming assured his companions that Chaos City Lord’s backing protected Earth, Luo Feng renewed his resolve to grow stronger, while Jiang Ming accepted an invitation to the Hong Alliance.

• Hong told Luo Feng and Thor that Mountain Master had altered Earth to give its inhabitants exceptional Heart Realm potential, making the planet immensely valuable.
• Hong explained that Earth’s secret was known among humanity’s highest ranks, and Luo Feng asked whether they intended to relocate or seize it.
• Jiang Ming said Chaos City Lord had affirmed Earth was Virtual Universe Company territory and promised to protect it, while urging Earthlings to rely on their own strength.
• After the gathering, Babata helped Luo Feng understand Earth’s significance, and Luo Feng vowed to advance until he became a supreme existence.
• Jiang Ming returned his attention to the Outer domain battlefield and accepted a Virtual Universe invitation to join the Hong Alliance.
• Jiang Ming arrived at a Hong Alliance reception plane, where King Xuan Guang welcomed Champion King Zhao Yun.

Jiang Ming joined the Hong Alliance and entered its vast city, where he encountered Star Illusion King. The chapter ended as she greeted him.

• King Xuan Guang invited Jiang Ming to join the Hong Alliance, and he accepted.
• A powerful phantom welcomed Jiang Ming as an official member and reminded him of his duty to fight for the alliance and humanity.
• King Xuan Guang explained the phantom’s pressure, and Jiang Ming left the reception plane for Hong Alliance City.
• Jiang Ming surveyed the alliance city and learned about its star-based rankings and the scale of its members.
• Star Illusion King approached Jiang Ming and greeted him as Champion King.

Jiang Ming met Star Illusion King in Hong Alliance City and toured the city with her before receiving a distress call from Blue Fiend Marquis. He rushed toward the nearby battle with King Jinlan, arriving just as Blue Fiend Marquis faced imminent death.

• Star Illusion King recognized Jiang Ming as Champion King and offered to introduce him to Hong Alliance City and its experts.
• Jiang Ming accepted Star Illusion King's offer and explored the city's shops, markets, and services with her.
• The Battlefield System delivered Blue Fiend Marquis's plea for help, revealing that King Jinlan was pursuing him nearby.
• Jiang Ming decided to go help Blue Fiend Marquis and see a Mechanical Race King-level expert.
• King Jinlan's attacks broke through Blue Fiend Marquis's defenses, and a silver-white light appeared between them as King Jinlan prepared to finish him.

Jiang Ming effortlessly killed King Jinlan and recovered a mysterious dark gold token fragment. Lord of Bilong identified it as part of the E'qing Race's Sacred Decree, an ancient relic whose purpose remained unknown.

• Jiang Ming stopped King Jinlan from fleeing and tore apart his defenses with a spear strike.
• Jiang Ming halted King Jinlan's attempted self-destruction and captured his body, then considered how Calamity Abyss could enslave a soulless Mechanical Race being.
• Jiang Ming recovered a dark gold token fragment from spatial turbulence, and Blue Fiend Marquis thanked him and transferred ten million Chaos Units.
• Jiang Ming searched the Virtual Universe for the token's origin but found no information, so he asked Lord of Bilong about it.
• Lord of Bilong identified the fragment as part of the E'qing Race's Sacred Decree and explained that the Zerg had exterminated the race in the early days of the Primeval Universe.

Jiang Ming learned that the E'qing Holy Token fragment might help him explore the Illusionary Realm Star River, then sent King Jinlan and Fire Skull King away with the Zerg. Meanwhile, Luo Feng arrived in Chaos City to begin a thousand years of secluded cultivation.

• Lord of Bilong explained the holy token fragment and recommended that Jiang Ming enter the Illusionary Realm Star River when it opened.
• Jiang Ming considered how the peak races had risen by absorbing the knowledge and treasures of fallen races, then dismissed Blue Fiend Marquis.
• Jiang Ming suspected King Jinlan's arrival was unusual and summoned a Calamity Abyss Zerg squad to take King Jinlan and Fire Skull King away.
• Luo Feng arrived at Chaos City with hundreds of visitors, while the reception envoy led twenty-two first-time visitors away.
• Luo Feng surveyed Chaos City and decided to find a residential district for his planned thousand years of secluded cultivation.

Luo Feng resolved to grow stronger so he could protect Earth, while Jiang Ming traveled to the Shattered Star Ring and investigated the strange Boneyard Star River. After discovering that its vast artistic conception came from the lingering wills of the destroyed E'pan Race, Jiang Ming found that it could nourish his Tribulation Abyss.

• Luo Feng recalled Jiang Ming's guidance and resolved to sharpen his strength and seize the World Lord stage's opportunities to protect Earth.
• Jiang Ming traveled by spacecraft toward the Shattered Star Ring and reviewed the battlefield's scale and major combat regions.
• Crimson Flame informed Jiang Ming that the spacecraft had reached the Boneyard Star River, where he sensed a vast, deathly artistic conception.
• Jiang Ming searched the intelligence archives and found a report suggesting the artistic conception came from the lingering thoughts of countless E'pan Race beings.
• Jiang Ming merged his consciousness with the artistic conception and experienced fragments of the E'pan Race's destruction and its longing for rebirth.
• The Tribulation Abyss in Jiang Ming's spiritual world devoured the artistic conception's power and grew slightly.

Jiang Ming discovered that the Boneyard Star River’s sorrowful aura carried the lingering will of the fallen E'qing Race and used it to nourish Calamity Abyss Space-time. As he absorbed the race’s final thoughts, his spiritual comprehension grew rapidly.

• Jiang Ming speculated that the Boneyard Star River’s aura came from the destruction of the E'pan Race and the death of its Universe Master.
• Jiang Ming decided to prioritize the Boneyard Star River’s aura over the materials collected from Dark Planets because it nourished Calamity Abyss more effectively.
• Jiang Ming left Experimental Planet No. 276, and the remaining Stellar-level criminals died and scattered as cosmic dust.
• Jiang Ming sent all 360 Illusion Light Clones across the Boneyard Star River to gather its aura.
• Jiang Ming experienced the E'qing Race’s final thoughts and absorbed their Boneyard Will, rapidly deepening his spiritual comprehension.