Chapter Summaries

Luo Feng formally became Lord of Darkness’s disciple and received powerful treasures from his senior brothers. Qin Ming then presented Soul Essence refined from Dead Soul Jade, demonstrating its remarkable effects and revealing how the Soul River’s talent produced it.

• Luo Feng performed his apprenticeship ceremony before Lord of Darkness and greeted his senior brothers.
• Lord Youhou, Palace Master of Heavenly Eclipse, Venerable Baifeng, and Venerable Kandeli each gave Luo Feng a powerful treasure.
• Qin Ming distributed 100 Soul Essences to Luo Feng, Lord of Darkness, and each senior brother, explaining that they strengthened souls and improved thought and comprehension.
• Venerable Baifeng and the others tested the Soul Essence and found that it strengthened even powerful beings’ souls.
• At Lord of Darkness’s request, Qin Ming used the Soul River’s Soul Control talent to purify Dead Soul Jade and condense its Soul Origin into Soul Essence.
• Qin Ming asked Lord of Darkness and the senior brothers what they thought the Soul Essence was worth.

Qin Ming’s Soul Essence impressed the powerful members of the Darkness Lineage, who recognized its value for strengthening souls and offered to supply materials and pay him for more. As the gathering continued, Lord of Darkness warned Qin Ming to keep his refining ability secret, while Venerable Baifeng proposed ten Treasure Points for the Soul Essence.

• Venerable Baifeng and the other senior brothers praised Qin Ming’s Soul Essence and discussed its value to Cosmic Venerables and Cosmic Overlords.
• Qin Ming offered to refine more Soul Potions if the Darkness Lineage supplied Dead Soul Jade and other soul-type materials.
• Lord of Darkness praised Qin Ming’s potential as an Alchemist, and the group went to a palace to celebrate Luo Feng’s entry into the lineage.
• Venerable Baifeng served Qin Ming and Luo Feng Green Leaf Spirit Wine, whose extraordinary effects and price astonished them.
• Lord of Darkness told Qin Ming not to reveal his Soul Essence refining ability to outsiders, and Qin Ming agreed to sell within the lineage.
• Venerable Baifeng offered Qin Ming ten Treasure Points for the Soul Essence, while Lord of Darkness encouraged him to accept payment and exchange for materials.

Qin Ming established a partnership with Lord Youhou and the other senior brothers to refine soul treasures, then used his new resources to upgrade his equipment and buy secret arts. He chose the Purgatory Abyss mission, leaving one clone behind to refine treasures while his human original body and Mountain Range Giant Avatar set out.

• Qin Ming agreed to refine Dead Soul Jade and other soul treasures supplied by his senior brothers in exchange for a share of the proceeds.
• After the banquet, Qin Ming reflected on how the Soul River Avatar’s public success helped conceal the Myriad Souls Banner’s abilities and strengthened his standing as a Soul Master.
• Qin Ming reviewed the valuable materials in the Mountain Range Giant’s Origin Core and exchanged for the Heavy Prison Peak and Heavenly Dragon Breaking Star Halberd.
• Qin Ming bought the complete sets of Black Hole Evolution and Darkness Scripture, then decided to take another mission while his clones still needed time to advance.
• Qin Ming assigned the Soul River Avatar to remain at the Primal Secret Realm estate and chose the Purgatory Abyss mission for his human original body and Mountain Range Giant Avatar.
• Three days later, Qin Ming arrived at the Purgatory Abyss, whose entrance lay within a time-space barrier formed by 10,081 stars.

Qin Ming fought through the Purgatory Abyss and completed his ten missions, gathering vast resources along the way. He returned to the Primal Secret Realm with enough accumulated resources to break through to Realm Lord Level.

• Qin Ming entered the Purgatory Abyss and killed the demons that swarmed him, drawing tens of thousands of attackers.
• Qin Ming unleashed the Mountain Range Giant and battled an Undying Flame Demon, whose burning divine power could not overcome the giant’s defenses.
• Qin Ming spent three years slaughtering demons in the Purgatory Abyss and completed the mission, then searched two more years for its hidden opportunity without finding it.
• Qin Ming left the Purgatory Abyss after killing more than twenty Undying Demons and collecting vast resources.
• Qin Ming rapidly completed all ten missions, returned to the Primal Secret Realm, and declared that he had accumulated enough to break through to Realm Lord Level.

Qin Ming’s Mountain Range Giant and Soul River Avatars broke through to the Realm Lord level, each forming an enormous Inner World and gaining a major increase in power. After his human body advanced to Domain Lord, he planned to ask Darkness Teacher to send him to Eighteen Star Prison so he could kill a King and strengthen the Myriad Souls Banner.

• The Mountain Range Giant’s Inner World expanded as its continent collapsed into a black sphere, and its Origin Core fused spiritual force and genetic energy to create World Force.
• Qin Ming shaped the Mountain Range Giant’s new Inner World into a living world one hundred billion kilometers across, then saw its Origin Core strengthen through mineral-vein essence and the Black Hole’s energy.
• The Soul River Avatar also broke through, forming a one-hundred-billion-kilometer Inner World with a 10,081-faceted soul crystal that grew stronger by absorbing Soul Origin.
• World Force transformed both avatars, enlarging the Mountain Range Giant to one hundred thousand kilometers and turning the Soul River into a denser river of blood; Qin Ming’s human body also advanced to Domain Lord.
• Qin Ming assessed that his avatars had reached King-level combat power and decided to ask Darkness Teacher to send him to Eighteen Star Prison before heading to the Outer Domain Battlefield.

Qin Ming broke through to the Domain Lord level and received permission from Lord of Darkness to return to the Ganwu Universe Country, where he planned to undertake a mission in the Eighteen Star Prison. After the Virtual Universe Company verified his breakthrough and supplied a Nutrient Pod, he began preparing to leave for home.

• Qin Ming told Lord of Darkness that he wanted to return to the Ganwu Universe Country and hunt Undying beings in the Eighteen Star Prison to strengthen the Soul River, and his teacher approved the plan.
• Lord of Darkness warned Qin Ming that his path would demand dangerous trials and said he would notify him when the materials for his World Tree clone were ready.
• Three Black-robed Stewards verified Qin Ming's Domain Lord breakthrough, offered to enhance him to Domain Lord Level 9, and asked him to choose a universe country for his assignment.
• Qin Ming chose the Ganwu Universe Country, entered the Nutrient Pod, and became the subject of discussion among the geniuses of Rain Phase Mountain.
• After completing his enhancement, Qin Ming contacted Lord Ganwu and announced that he was returning to the Ganwu Universe Country.

Qin Ming returned to the Ganwu Secret Realm after his weapons were modified and his Human Original Body reached the ninth Domain Lord level. He gave Lord Ganwu Soul Essence made from Dead Soul Jade, and Lord Ganwu discovered it might help him advance toward becoming a Cosmic Lord.

• Qin Ming collected his three modified heavy treasures, paid the ten trillion Hunyuan fee, and departed the Primal Secret Realm with Kuide and his guard legion.
• Kuide used an Undying servant to teleport the group to a remote area of the Ganwu Universe Country, and they traveled to the Ganwu Secret Realm.
• The Thirteen Divine Generals welcomed Qin Ming, who sent Kuide and the guards to his residence before visiting Lord Ganwu.
• Qin Ming told Lord Ganwu about his missions and offered him a thousand pieces of Soul Essence refined from Dead Soul Jade.
• After consuming ten pieces, Lord Ganwu sensed that his strength might improve after hundreds of millions of years of stagnation and asked Qin Ming whether he had truly refined them himself.

Qin Ming gave Lord Ganwu Soul Essence and Nightmare Soul Crystals, which strengthened Lord Ganwu’s soul and gave him hope of breaking through to become Ganwu. After Qin Ming left for Earth, Lord Ganwu continued absorbing the treasures and felt the barrier to his breakthrough begin to crack.

• Qin Ming showed Lord Ganwu how he refined Soul Essence from Dead Soul Jade and explained how he had obtained the treasure.
• Lord Ganwu absorbed Soul Essence, sensed an improvement in his Law Comprehension, and agreed to purchase more from Qin Ming.
• Qin Ming gave Lord Ganwu two hundred Nightmare Soul Crystals, which Lord Ganwu found useful though weaker than Soul Essence.
• Qin Ming told Lord Ganwu he planned to visit Earth before carrying out missions, and Lord Ganwu warned him about threats from the Demon Race, Zerg, and Machine Race.
• Qin Ming left his Soul River Avatar in the Ganwu Secret Realm, then departed while Lord Ganwu began absorbing the Soul Essence.
• Lord Ganwu felt the barrier to his breakthrough widen and wondered if he could truly become Ganwu.

Qin Ming returned to Earth and reunited with old companions before arranging a permanent teleportation channel between Earth and the Ganwu Secret Realm. The chapter left Earth protected and connected to a path for its people to travel and cultivate in the Secret Realm.

• Qin Ming reunited with Zhu Xi, Tuoba, Li Dawei, Hong, Thunder God, and the other Earth geniuses in his manor and held a gathering with them.
• Qin Ming traveled with the Thirteen Divine Generals and Kuide to the Solar System, where the Thirteen Divine Generals showed him Earth's upgraded defenses.
• Qin Ming met Jia Yi on Earth and learned that Huaxia had grown into an elementary cosmic civilization, with more than four hundred billion people in its core population.
• Qin Ming told Jia Yi that he would establish a Fixed Channel to the Ganwu Secret Realm so Earth could travel there more easily and cultivate.
• Irina's enslaved Marquis-level Demon Race Undying began establishing a permanent teleportation channel between Earth and the Ganwu Secret Realm.

Qin Ming returned to Earth, reunited with his second uncle, and searched for the first piece of the Nine Tribulations Secret Manual, but could not find it. As he stayed to cultivate, an enemy scout reached the space around Earth and began planning how to infiltrate it and kill him.

• Qin Ming returned to Jiangnan City with Kuide and visited his second uncle, Qin Yi, whose son Qin Gang and wife were still traveling back to Earth.
• Qin Ming entered Earth's treasure vault in the Virtual Universe to search for the black metal plate believed to contain the first piece of the Nine Tribulations Secret Manual, but it was missing.
• Qin Ming sent the Mountain Range Giant's Origin Core underground and used its Earth King talent to search the entire planet, but it detected no trace of the plate.
• Qin Ming left the Mountain Range Giant Avatar underground and began cultivating, accepting that the manual might not be destined for him.
• An armored scout arrived near Earth, found that spatial secret arts concealed it across thousands of light-years, and resolved to find another way to infiltrate and kill Qin Ming.

After foiling an alien assassination attempt on Earth, Qin Ming took up his post as Inspector Envoy and purged corrupt officials in the Ganwu branch. Ten years later, the Virtual Universe Company assigned him to judge and execute prisoners in the Eighteen Star Prison, and he prepared to depart with Kuide.

• Qin Ming sensed an infiltrating Undying on Earth, and Kuide killed the disguised Marquis Immortal after the intruder's own soul destroyed itself to prevent enslavement.
• Qin Ming investigated the Ganwu branch and sent Purple Lightning Marquis to the Eighteen Star Prison while dispatching Golden Feather Marquis and Black Annihilation Marquis to the Outer Domain Battlefield.
• Qin Ming cultivated for ten years, then received a mission from the Virtual Universe Company to judge and kill criminals in the Eighteen Star Prison, including King Immortals and members of other races.
• Qin Ming told Kuide to accompany him to the prison, and Kuide warned him that the four missions involved dangerous prisoners tied to the Five Major Powers.

Qin Ming arrived at the Eighteen Star Prison to judge a batch of imprisoned criminals and help the Myriad Souls Banner advance. He sentenced the prisoners to death or imprisonment, and after executing Blood Wolf King, the Banner met the requirements to advance to the Sixth Order.

• Qin Ming and Kuide reached the Eighteen Star Prison, where Black Blade King escorted Qin Ming to the Judgment Hall.
• Qin Ming reviewed the criminals’ records and sentenced nearly every Realm Lord to death, sparing one with a prison term and declaring another innocent.
• Qin Ming sentenced all thirty-eight Immortal Army Lords and all nine Marquis Immortals to death, including Golden Sword Marquis despite protests from the other powers.
• Qin Ming sentenced Blood Wolf King to death after citing his mass killings and betrayal of humanity, and Irina killed him with the Heavenly Dragon Breaking Star Halberd.
• The Myriad Souls Banner absorbed Blood Wolf King’s soul, fulfilling the requirement for its advancement to the Sixth Order.

After Qin Ming executed a High Level King, the Myriad Souls Banner reached its Sixth Level, breaking the Original Universe’s usual limit on his gene amplification. Its expanding Netherworld World then began dragging Undying experts’ Divine Kingdoms out of the space interlayers and devouring them, revealing a new ability called the Netherworld Gate.

• Qin Ming’s Myriad Souls Banner completed its accumulation after the judgment and killing of a King Immortal, and Black Blade King said he would report the result to the higher-ups.
• Qin Ming left the Judgment Hall with Black Blade King and stayed in Star Prison Palace because his task was not yet complete.
• Qin Ming watched the Myriad Souls Banner advance to the Sixth Level as its Netherworld World expanded and soul feedback strengthened his connection to it.
• Qin Ming activated Blood Luo Power and discovered that his Human Original Body’s Gene Multiple had reached 1,000 times, surpassing the Original Universe’s usual limit.
• Qin Ming’s Netherworld World pulled Golden Sword Marquis’s dead Divine Kingdom from the space interlayers and devoured it, then began drawing in other Divine Kingdoms, including Blood Wolf King’s.
• Qin Ming learned that the Netherworld World was gaining abilities as it consumed Divine Kingdoms, including the Netherworld Gate.

Qin Ming explored the Sixth Level Myriad Souls Banner’s Netherworld abilities and created a Myriad Souls Banner Branch that could grant others limited authority. After receiving a Virtual Universe Company mission to serve as a prison guard in all eighteen Star Prisons, he chose to investigate them before advancing to the Realm Lord level.

• Qin Ming discovered that the Netherworld could teleport to places marked by mass deaths, including the Outer Domain Battlefield, and could suppress intruders with World Suppression and Law Chains Seal.
• Qin Ming tested the Netherworld’s power on Undying Flesh Puppets and other souls, then considered how its abilities could help him survive the Outer Domain Battlefield.
• Qin Ming formed a White Bone Myriad Souls Banner Branch with its own space and considered granting branches to others, while keeping the Netherworld’s authority under his control.
• Three days later, Qin Ming read the Virtual Universe Company’s highest Points mission for Domain Lords, which required managing prisoners in all eighteen Star Prisons.
• Qin Ming decided to accept the mission and study the Eighteen Star Prison before breaking through to the Realm Lord level.

Qin Ming began his duties as a warden in the Eighteen Star Prison and examined the brutal Mountain of Knives Hell. Meanwhile, Venerable Baifeng arranged for Venerable Qingyou to obtain World Tree branches for Qin Ming’s Third Clone, then suspected Qingyou had revealed the existence of more Nine Nether Princes.

• Qin Ming and Kuide entered the first prison, where the harsh environment suppressed movement, weakened prisoners, and made Divine Kingdom teleportation impossible.
• Qin Ming inspected the Mountain of Knives Hell and saw Kas Realm Lord and other prisoners suffer its blades, amplified pain, and blood pool.
• Qin Ming began patrolling the prison and considered whether he could reproduce its special environment in his Netherworld Space.
• Venerable Baifeng asked Venerable Qingyou to obtain Realm Lord-level World Tree material for Qin Ming’s Third Clone, and Qingyou agreed to have Xiao Jiu retrieve it.
• Venerable Baifeng wondered who Xiao Jiu was and decided to investigate whether Lord of Nine Hells had other children before reporting his suspicion to his teacher.

Lord of Darkness told Qin Ming that material for his Third Clone had arrived, but an unexpected discovery offered him a choice between a World Tree and another top-tier Special Lifeform. The chapter left Qin Ming asking what the other Special Lifeform was, while Lord of Chaos City prepared to help secure material from Lord of Nine Hells if needed.

• Venerable Baifeng reported that a Realm Lord-level World Tree’s branches and leaves had been secured and that Lord of Nine Hells might have Realm Lord-level offspring.
• Lord of Darkness asked Lord of Chaos City to approach Lord of Nine Hells if Baifeng could not obtain material for a Nine Nether Clone, and Lord of Chaos City agreed to use a favor if necessary.
• Lord of Chaos City confronted Lord of Darkness about Qin Ming’s Soul Essence trades and asked to receive some, and Lord of Darkness told him to negotiate with Qin Ming directly.
• Qin Ming completed ten years in the Eighteen Star Prison, gained insights for his cultivation and Netherworld, and applied to enter its final level.
• Lord of Darkness told Qin Ming that material for his Third Clone had arrived, but another top-tier Special Lifeform had also become an option.

Qin Ming weighed the World Tree against the Nine Underworlds Sea for his Third Clone and chose the World Tree because his Netherworld Blood Sea and Soul River already offered vast growth potential. He planned to finish his Eighteen Star Prison mission, break through to the Realm Lord level, and return to Chaos City to receive the materials.

• Lord of Darkness and Venerable Baifeng offered Qin Ming materials for either a World Tree or a Nine Underworlds Sea Clone.
• Qin Ming considered the Nine Underworlds Sea’s Sea Transformation and Creation talents, but concluded that his Netherworld Blood Sea already provided similar energy and creation abilities.
• Qin Ming recognized that his Soul River Avatar could grow enormously by absorbing scattered Soul Origin Particles from the Eighteen Star Prison and the Outer Domain Battlefield.
• Qin Ming chose the World Tree as his Third Clone, explaining that its Space-Time Control talent would aid his development and eventual breakthrough to Cosmic Lord.
• Lord of Darkness approved Qin Ming’s choice and agreed to deliver the World Tree materials in Chaos City.
• Qin Ming said he would visit the final level of the Eighteen Star Prison, submit his mission, break through to the Realm Lord level, and return to Chaos City.

After completing the highest-points mission, Qin Ming entered Chaos City, received a World Tree branch from Lord of Darkness, and began nurturing his third clone. He planned his cultivation while the World Tree grew and prepared to pass the Domain Lord-level Primitive Heavenly Bridge before advancing his Human Original Body to Realm Lord.

• Qin Ming received 1.2 million Points for completing the highest-points mission and gained approval to enter Chaos City, leaving his Guard Army behind.
• Qin Ming met Lord of Darkness, who gave him a World Tree branch and twenty opportunities to comprehend the Darkness Chaos Stele.
• Qin Ming claimed a secluded cultivation residence and used Soul Split to begin nurturing a World Tree Clone in the Netherworld Blood Sea.
• Qin Ming estimated that the World Tree Clone would take more than a thousand years to mature and planned how each of his clones would cultivate and fight.
• Qin Ming decided to pass the Domain Lord-level Primitive Heavenly Bridge before allowing his Human Original Body to break through to Realm Lord.

Qin Ming returned to the Darkness Heavenly Bridge and rapidly advanced from the Fourteenth Layer through the Sixteenth Layer, astonishing the powerful observers who had gathered to watch. He began challenging the Seventeenth Layer, where the Star Armor Warrior prepared to face him.

• Qin Ming challenged the Heavenly Bridge again, prompting Guardian Bafen to notify the many powerful figures monitoring him.
• Long Yu King, over a hundred Undying gods, and hidden Cosmic Venerables gathered to watch Qin Ming’s progress.
• Qin Ming defeated the Fourteenth-Layer opponent with one halberd strike and passed the Fifteenth Layer after several dozen exchanges.
• Qin Ming overwhelmed the Sixteenth-Layer Illusionist with his Mountain of Knives Hell and passed the layer effortlessly.
• The shocked observers wondered whether Qin Ming could pass the Seventeenth Layer, and he chose to fight its Martial Warrior opponent.
• Qin Ming told the Star Armor Warrior that no one had passed the Seventeenth Layer because he had not been there before, then invited him to attack.

Qin Ming defeated the Seventeenth Layer’s Star Warrior using his Martial Warrior techniques, stunning the observers who watched him make history. He then challenged the Eighteenth Layer as a Controller, confident despite not yet having the Law Comprehension it normally required.

• Qin Ming fought the Star Warrior in a brutal halberd battle and killed him with a strike through the chest.
• Long Yu King, True Yan King, Blood Axe King, Lord Ganwu, and other observers were shocked that Qin Ming had cleared the Seventeenth Layer using Martial Warrior methods.
• Blood Axe King revealed that Qin Ming’s Martial Warrior talent matched his Spiritual Force User and Illusionist talents, while keeping his axe techniques and suspected Clone to himself.
• Lord Ganwu considered preparing Secret Arts for Qin Ming, believing his abilities could eventually let him challenge the Twentieth Layer.
• Qin Ming flew toward the Eighteenth Layer and chose to face The Controller, declaring that the challenge would not stop him.