Chapter Summaries

Qin Ming studied Secret Pattern Diagrams to understand and strengthen the Mountain Range Giant’s talents, while Primal Ancestor pursued the same field through the Virtual Universe. After ten million years of accelerated research, Qin Ming improved Absolute Defense and turned his attention to Space Vortex and the Divine Power Path.

• Primal Ancestor tried to decipher 64 Secret Pattern Diagrams with the Virtual Universe but found the task beyond his current reach.
• Qin Ming abandoned his attempt to study the strongest talent Secret Arts first and instead analyzed weaker earth-void talents and the Earth Beast God’s eight Secret Pattern Diagrams.
• Qin Ming examined 142 powerful earth-void talents, including patterns from the Toya Black Hole, and used their compositions to learn the functions of every Secret Pattern Diagram.
• Qin Ming enlisted Lord Tianlang, Irina, and other Netherworld God Country dependents to help with deductions, and considered recruiting a Zerg Cosmic Lord for the country’s future computational needs.
• After ten million years of accelerated study, Qin Ming mastered an improved Absolute Defense that weakened material attacks twelve hundredfold, but recognized its greater casting complexity.
• Qin Ming continued researching Space Vortex with Toya Black Hole patterns and realized the work could help his Mountain Range Giant Avatar reach the 10,081 Perfect Gene level.

Qin Ming shared his Secret Pattern Diagram Record with the Human Race’s Cosmic Lords, sparking a joint effort to study the diagrams and forge them into True Treasures. Primal Ancestor joined the gathering, ready to contribute his expertise.

• Qin Ming presented his Secret Pattern Diagram Record, detailing the functions and combinations of sixteen diagrams and numerous talent Secret Arts.
• Lord of Dragon Travel used the Record to refine a Secret Art, while Lord Penggong and the others tested Qin Ming’s optimized Absolute Defense.
• Qin Ming proposed that the Cosmic Lords complete the Record together and combine Secret Pattern Diagrams with artifact forging.
• The Cosmic Lords exchanged their knowledge and debated combinations, with Qin Ming guiding the work as his mastery impressed them.
• Primal Ancestor watched Qin Ming lead the gathering, then revealed himself and greeted the startled Human Race experts.

Primal Ancestor joined Qin Ming and the Human Race’s Cosmic Lords in completing the Secret Pattern Diagram Record, greatly accelerating their deductions and Qin Ming’s growth. Meanwhile, Luo Feng endured the Starry Sky Tower’s six-thousand-year master recognition, became Zuoshan Ke’s disciple, and left to return home, while Zuoshan Ke worried about Qin Ming disrupting his plans.

• Primal Ancestor presented his more complete Secret Pattern Diagram Record, and Qin Ming verified the revisions as his Absolute Defense and Secret Arts grew stronger.
• Primal Ancestor and the Human Race’s Cosmic Lords worked together to advance the sixty-four diagrams, while Qin Ming continued deducing beast god diagrams and developing his avatars.
• Puti and Zuoshan Ke watched Luo Feng endure the Starry Sky Tower’s recognition for nearly six thousand years until the tower accepted him as its master.
• Zuoshan Ke formally accepted Luo Feng as his disciple and explained the Starry Sky Tower and Jie Armor; Luo Feng worried that Yan Emperor would refuse to hand over the armor.
• Luo Feng left to return to his family, while Zuoshan Ke reconsidered his plans for the Nine Tribulations Secret Manual and decided he needed to contact Qin Ming.

Luo Feng thanked Qin Ming for helping him endure the Starry Sky Tower’s recognition, then told him Zuoshan Ke wanted to meet. Qin Ming negotiated for an introduction to Master Craftsman and an opportunity to study artifact forging, while Zuoshan Ke grew wary of how much Qin Ming seemed to know.

• Luo Feng congratulated Qin Ming and explained that Qin Ming’s will-training in the Netherworld had helped him survive the Starry Sky Tower’s recognition.
• Luo Feng told Qin Ming that Zuoshan Ke wanted to meet him, and Qin Ming agreed to speak with Zuoshan Ke in the Virtual Universe.
• Qin Ming considered asking Zuoshan Ke to introduce him to Master Craftsman so he could improve his artifact-forging skills.
• Zuoshan Ke met Qin Ming in a private Virtual Universe space and explained that he wanted Luo Feng to enter the Beast God Realm for training.
• Qin Ming asked Zuoshan Ke to arrange guidance from Master Craftsman, unsettling Zuoshan Ke by revealing knowledge of his secret connection to the expert.
• Zuoshan Ke agreed to make the introduction and invited Qin Ming to visit him in the Northern Radiance Snowmist Domain when he entered the Cosmic Sea.

Qin Ming and the Human Race’s experts completed the Secret Pattern Diagram Record, giving Cosmic Lords a powerful new method for creating ultimate secret arts. As Sky Erosion broke through and Qin Ming mastered the complete Time Law, Qin Ming revealed that his Mountain Range Giant Avatar had finally reached a gene multiple of 10,081.

• Primal Ancestor learned from Qin Ming that Zuoshan Ke could forge Supreme Treasures, while Qin Ming explained that his knowledge came from an inheritance he could not disclose.
• Qin Ming resumed studying Secret Pattern Diagrams with Primal Ancestor and the Human Race’s experts, mastering the five spatial beast god diagrams before turning to time-type diagrams.
• After more than sixty million years of joint work, Lord of Dragon Travel, Lord of Chaos City, Giant Axe Founder, Primal Ancestor, and the other Cosmic Lords completed the Secret Pattern Diagram Record.
• The Human Race’s Cosmic Lords celebrated the new cultivation method, and Lord of Darkness announced that Sky Erosion had broken through to become a Cosmic Lord.
• Qin Ming revealed that he had naturally mastered the complete Time Law and could become a Cosmic Lord whenever he wished, but he chose to wait.
• Qin Ming announced that his Mountain Range Giant Avatar had reached a gene multiple of 10,081.

Qin Ming’s Mountain Range Giant Clone reached the 10,081-fold Perfect gene level, then grew and compressed into a far denser, more powerful form. As the Human Cosmic Lords continued studying Secret Patterns, Qin Ming looked ahead to his other Clones breaking through and his plan to establish the Netherworld.

• Qin Ming’s Mountain Range Giant broke through to the 10,081-fold Perfect gene level and absorbed divine power from the Soul River, growing to ten million kilometers tall.
• The Mountain Range Giant compressed to one thousand kilometers, greatly strengthening its defense, speed, and devouring force.
• Primal Ancestor and the other Cosmic Lords praised Qin Ming’s power and discussed how Secret Pattern studies had advanced their own strength.
• Qin Ming and the others resumed studying the Secret Pattern Diagram Record while Palace Master of Heavenly Eclipse prepared for his breakthrough celebration.
• Qin Ming anticipated breakthroughs for the World Tree Clone and Soul River Avatar, then noticed that Luo Feng had arrived at Ice Prison Star and was looking for him.

Luo Feng asked Qin Ming how to break the shackles of his Origin Core, and Qin Ming gave him Secret Pattern Basics to help him create an ultimate Secret Art. They also agreed that Qin Ming and several Cosmic Lords would help Luo Feng kill Yan Emperor and reclaim the Jie Armor after Luo Feng became Undying.

• Luo Feng asked Qin Ming how he had broken the Origin Core shackles after reaching a Perfect Gene Multiple of 10081.
• Qin Ming gave Luo Feng Secret Pattern Basics, a foundational manual designed to make creating an ultimate Secret Art easier.
• Luo Feng told Qin Ming that Zuoshan Ke had given him the Jie Armor, which Yan Emperor currently possessed, and that Zuoshan Ke had told him to handle reclaiming it himself.
• Qin Ming offered to join Darkness Teacher, You Hou, Ganwu, and Sky Erosion in killing Yan Emperor if he refused to return the Jie Armor.
• Qin Ming planned to use Yan Emperor as a Main Soul in the Myriad Souls Banner, while Luo Feng agreed to notify him before confronting Yan Emperor after becoming Undying.

Qin Ming reviewed the Netherworld God Country’s preparations for collecting, judging, and reincarnating souls, then ordered reforms to abolish slavery across human territories. After hearing reports from his subordinates, he recognized that the Netherworld still lacked enough top human experts to serve in its leadership.

• Lord Tianlang reported that Soul Hall agents had infiltrated key positions within the Demon Race and could be absorbed once the Netherworld opened.
• Irina assured Qin Ming that the Netherworld’s laws, administrative bureaus, Ten Halls Yama System, and Soul Snatcher system were ready to handle a large influx of souls, though Qin Ming still had to oversee reincarnation.
• Qin Ming ordered the Ten Halls system to keep improving and said he would personally create the remaining Netherworld mechanisms, including tools for judging souls and arranging reincarnation.
• Qin Ming announced plans to abolish slavery in the Ganwu Universe Country before extending reforms across human territories, with Soul Snatchers assisting and the effort serving as a test for the Netherworld.
• After hearing reports from the Netherworld’s officials, Qin Ming concluded that he needed more powerful human experts in its upper ranks.

Qin Ming decided to reform the Ganwu Universe Country as a test for broader human reforms and to prepare for establishing the Netherworld. Ganwu granted him authority to proceed, then asked what the Netherworld was and whether it was connected to Qin Ming’s Soul Hall.

• Qin Ming decided the Netherworld could eventually guide reincarnation and strengthen his soul-based path, and planned to start reforms in the Ganwu Universe Country.
• Qin Ming visited Ganwu and asked for authority to abolish slavery, grant citizenship to humans below the Planet Level, expand access to his potions, and prepare for the Netherworld.
• Ganwu readily gave Qin Ming control of the Ganwu Universe Country, since he planned to leave on an adventure in the Cosmic Sea with Lord Youhou.
• Ganwu wondered why Qin Ming’s proposed reforms mattered when the Human Race’s growing strength would soon make slavery obsolete and expose it as a source of division.
• Ganwu asked Qin Ming what the Netherworld was and whether it had anything to do with his Soul Hall.

Qin Ming revealed his plan to establish the Netherworld and explained to Ganwu why he intended to proceed cautiously before expanding it across the Human Race and beyond. He brought Ganwu into his enormous Divine Kingdom, where Ganwu saw Lord Tianlang resurrected and realized Qin Ming could revive a Cosmic Lord.

• Qin Ming told Ganwu that the Netherworld would govern the dead and that he planned to test its reforms in the Ganwu Universe Country before expanding them.
• Qin Ming explained that he would wait until he became a Cosmic Lord and strengthened the Netherworld God Country before exposing it to other races.
• Qin Ming invited Ganwu to inspect his Divine Kingdom, and Ganwu followed him through the Netherworld Gate.
• Ganwu saw the World Tree, many Soul Race Experts, and a Divine Kingdom more than twelve thousand light-years across.
• Lord Tianlang appeared with a Perfect Divine Body, and Qin Ming confirmed that he could resurrect a Cosmic Lord.

Qin Ming explained the limits of his resurrection ability and showed Ganwu the Netherworld God Country, where a powerful force of soul-based experts had gathered. Ganwu agreed to support Qin Ming’s plan to reform the Ganwu Universe Country and purge slave trading, and Qin Ming prepared to begin the operation.

• Qin Ming told Ganwu that he resurrected the dead by collecting True Spirits, but could not reach those who fell in the distant Cosmic Sea in time.
• Qin Ming warned that expanding the Netherworld beyond Human Race territory could provoke a massive war, even with his resurrection ability.
• Qin Ming showed Ganwu that his Netherworld God Country could not be conventionally located and could only be entered through the Netherworld Gate.
• Ganwu saw the many soul lifeforms and powerful experts in Shandu, while Qin Ming explained that his accumulated forces were still insufficient for gathering souls across the Original Universe.
• Ganwu pledged his full support for Qin Ming’s reforms, and Qin Ming said his subordinates would begin the purge of slave trading and its backers.

Qin Ming ordered a sweeping, legally grounded purge of corrupt elites and abusive rulers across the Ganwu Universe Country, while reforms opened cultivation and citizenship to the masses. He placed a Summoning Banner on Earth to collect the dead and then considered using a Black Hole in the Dark Universe to greatly extend its reach.

• Qin Ming ordered Irina and the Soul Race soldiers to enforce existing laws, beginning with Earth and expanding the purge across the Huaxia Cosmic Kingdom and the Ganwu Universe Country.
• Soul Race soldiers arrested Qin Jiale and other powerful criminals, while the Ganwu Universe Country banned slave trading, expanded citizenship, and distributed Dawn Series Potions and cultivation opportunities.
• Qin Ming had the Blood Demon King and other offenders judged through normal legal procedures as reforms spread and citizens celebrated.
• Qin Ming placed a Summoning Banner on Earth, which gathered the souls of the dead, including Qin Jiale, as an entrance to the Netherworld God Country.
• Qin Ming judged the Banner's one-light-year range too small and traveled to a Black Hole in the Dark Universe to consider using it to extend soul collection across vast distances.

Qin Ming used the Summoning Banner to begin drawing souls into the Netherworld and watched the Ten Halls judge the dead. The system operated smoothly, and he turned his attention to reincarnation as the next stage of collecting souls.

• Qin Ming merged the Summoning Banner with a Black Hole, which began collecting souls across a vast region, though he wanted to increase its range.
• Qin Ming considered ways to expand the Netherworld’s reach and planned to use Summoning Banners in populated regions and Soul Snatchers in sparsely populated ones.
• First Yama judged Blood Demon King with the Mirror of Karma, found him guilty of extreme evil, and sent him through the Ten Halls for punishment.
• The Yamas reviewed Blood Demon King’s crimes and cast him into the Eighteen Hells, where he faced accumulating tortures.
• Qin Ming observed the Netherworld’s judgments and confirmed that ordinary souls could retain their memories through judgment before being led toward reincarnation.

Qin Ming established a manual reincarnation system in the Netherworld God Country, sending judged souls’ True Spirits into new lives. He told the Human Race’s leaders about its potential and planned to test it in the Milky Way before expanding it, while they agreed to keep the operation secret.

• Qin Ming used the Myriad Souls Banner, the Soul River, and the Reincarnation Hall to preserve True Spirits and send judged souls into lives being nurtured.
• Qin Ming watched the Soul Snatchers begin reincarnation operations and decided to test the system in the Milky Way Galaxy before expanding it across humanity.
• Lord of Chaos City and Lord of Darkness learned that Qin Ming controlled reincarnation and discussed its potential uses, including creating new bodies and infiltrating other races.
• Qin Ming said the Netherworld’s operations were still incomplete and that he valued strengthening himself more than cultivating spies.
• Lord of Chaos City and Lord of Darkness agreed to help conceal the operation while it ran in secret.

Qin Ming discussed reincarnation with Lord of Darkness and Lord of Chaos City, then proposed targeting Yan Emperor as humanity’s next campaign. Meanwhile, his secret Netherworld expansion and anti-slavery reforms continued despite resistance and growing attention from other cosmic forces.

• Qin Ming explained how Lord of Darkness could reincarnate, regain his strength, and prepare powerful clones, while Lord of Chaos City also considered the possibility.
• Qin Ming told Lord of Chaos City and Lord of Darkness that Yan Emperor was a suitable target, explaining that Luo Feng’s conflict with him had changed Zuoshan Ke’s stance.
• Lord of Darkness and Lord of Chaos City agreed to wait until Luo Feng became Undying before moving against Yan Emperor and potentially the Nine Domain Alliance.
• Qin Ming’s Netherworld expanded from the Milky Way across tens of thousands of galaxies while his team dealt with problems in secret.
• Qin Ming’s reforms against slavery implicated powerful nobles and millions of descendants, and other cosmic forces began to suspect that humanity was preparing for war.

Humanity’s reforms and a surge of new Cosmic Lords alarmed the Demon Race and other peak races, pushing the Original Universe toward war. After years of cultivating his avatars, Qin Ming raised Soul River to the Perfect Gene Multiple and prepared to break through to Cosmic Lord.

• Mengyao Ancestor and Zhenyao Ancestor discussed humanity’s growing strength, Shuchong’s capture, and the threat posed by Lord of Netherworld.
• The Demon Race, Zerg, and Machine Race prepared for a possible alliance and war as humanity continued its reforms and expansion preparations.
• The Palace Master of Heavenly Eclipse, Ancestral Tree Venerable, and Lord of Chaos City broke through, bringing humanity eight new Cosmic Lords within a few thousand years.
• Qin Ming focused on the Secret Pattern Diagram Record and raising Soul River’s Gene Multiple while humanity’s resources dwindled.
• After the World Tree Clone reached 10081 times, Soul River also reached 10081 times, and Qin Ming prepared to break through to Cosmic Lord.

After more than two hundred million years of cultivation in the Beast God Realm, Qin Ming comprehended the Beast God's Heart and returned to the Netherworld to break through as a Cosmic Lord. As the Original Universe poured an unprecedented ocean of divine power into his Soul River, Qin Ming's will approached the level of a Void True God.

• Qin Ming left the Beast God Realm after comprehending the Beast God's Heart, and the Starry Sky Ancestor recognized his extraordinary mastery of the Beast God Path.
• Qin Ming returned to the Netherworld and prepared to break through, as his Soul River had grown beyond fifty billion kilometers and his Netherworld God Country had expanded beyond twenty thousand light-years.
• Qin Ming appeared in the Primal Secret Realm to draw the Original Universe's divine power, and its laws summoned a black-and-white vortex more than one trillion kilometers across.
• The Cosmic Lords, including Lord of Chaos City, Lord of Darkness, and Giant Axe, watched as the vortex poured an immense ocean of divine power into Qin Ming's Soul River.
• Qin Ming controlled the Soul River as it devoured and converted the divine power, while his will reached its Cosmic Overlord limit and neared the level of a Void True God.

Qin Ming broke through to become a Cosmic Lord, greatly strengthening his body, World Tree Clone, and Netherworld God Country. He planned to expand Human Race territory and target Yan Emperor and the Nine Domain Alliance before heading to the Cosmic Sea.

• Qin Ming’s will reached the peak of the tenth order as he became a Cosmic Lord, and the divine power of his Soul River transformed his Human Original Body and Mountain Range Giant Avatar.
• Qin Ming’s World Tree Clone broke through, amplifying its Space-Time Control, while the Netherworld God Country expanded and grew more powerful.
• Qin Ming judged that he could suppress ordinary Cosmic Overlords inside the Netherworld God Country and planned to target Yan Emperor and the Nine Domain Alliance before traveling to the Cosmic Sea.
• Qin Ming emerged from the Netherworld Gate and received congratulations from the Human Race Cosmic Lords and Giant Axe Founder.
• Giant Axe praised Qin Ming’s strength, and the Human Race leaders agreed to celebrate his breakthrough and discuss expanding their territory.

Humanity’s Cosmic Lords celebrated their growing strength but faced a severe shortage of resources, prompting plans to expand into the territories of weaker forces. Giant Axe revealed that humanity had chosen Yan Emperor and the Nine Domain Alliance as its first target, while Qin Ming considered studying the Yan God Clan’s method for surpassing the hundredfold Gene Multiple limit.

• Lord of Chaos City announced that humanity’s growing strength made territorial expansion necessary, and the Cosmic Lords eagerly supported the idea.
• The newly ascended Cosmic Lords revealed how deeply the race’s resources had been depleted by strengthening and restoring their Divine Bodies.
• Lord of Chaos City proposed targeting the twelve top-tier forces rather than the strongest races, since those forces lacked a strongest being to protect them.
• A Cosmic Lord asked how humanity could justify an attack without provoking the other forces to unite, and Giant Axe Founder said their target would soon be decided.
• Giant Axe Founder told the Cosmic Lords to strengthen themselves before war, while Qin Ming reflected that humanity had chosen Yan Emperor as a route to devouring the Nine Domain Alliance.
• Qin Ming resolved to study the Yan God Clan’s method for breaking the hundredfold Gene Multiple limit so humanity could better meet the costs of producing more Cosmic Lords.

Qin Ming revived his first teacher, Huyan Bo, by reversing time and space, while Luo Feng gained an epiphany from witnessing the feat. After sending Luo Feng to Earth to cultivate, Qin Ming planned to visit Master Craftsman Star to improve his crafting and study of the Myriad Souls Banner.

• After the month-long celebration, Qin Ming took Luo Feng and Babata to Yunmo Star to revive Huyan Bo.
• Qin Ming reversed time and space, restored Huyan Bo and his nine soul servants, and brought back the Yunmo Star Ship.
• Luo Feng entered an epiphany while watching Qin Ming reverse time and space, so Qin Ming sent him back to Earth to cultivate.
• Qin Ming welcomed Huyan Bo as his teacher and gave him resources, two treasures, and core status in the Virtual Universe Company.
• Babata explained Qin Ming's standing and generosity to Huyan Bo, who was moved by the support and opportunities he had received.
• Qin Ming examined the Myriad Souls Banner on Earth and decided to visit Master Craftsman Star while Luo Feng cultivated.