Chapter Summaries

Qin Ming and his companions returned to Earth with a vast fleet and valuable resources while preparing for the Golden Horned Beast’s arrival. He absorbed powerful monster souls and refined the Mountain Giant Bear, which unexpectedly awakened with rock-like armor.

• Luo Feng, Jia Yi, and Qin Ming discussed their fleet, their plans for Earth and Anfeng Star, and the risks of transporting valuable goods.
• Qin Ming recalled when the Golden Horned Beast would reach Earth and planned to capture its soul for the Myriad Souls Banner.
• Luo Feng invited the others to the Virtual Universe’s Slaughter Field, but Qin Ming went to refine the monster corpses instead.
• Qin Ming detonated the enslavement chips of nine Star Level ninth-rank Monsters and drew their souls and corpses into the Myriad Souls Banner.
• Qin Ming refined the monster corpses into Blood Essence and filled the Mountain Giant Bear’s corpse with bloody energy.
• The Mountain Giant Bear opened its eyes, roared, and manifested rock-like armor, leaving Qin Ming shocked.

Qin Ming discovered that his Mountain Giant Bear Flesh Puppet could use its innate Mountain Force talent, then refined two more Cosmic Level puppets and continued strengthening his bloodline. In the Virtual Universe Slaughter Field, he demonstrated his improved Duntian Shuttle techniques before learning that the journey had reached the Solar System.

• Qin Ming found that the Mountain Giant Bear Flesh Puppet retained its Mountain Force talent, which boosted its defense and strength and helped him comprehend earth laws.
• Qin Ming considered using Puppet Master techniques as cover, refined two Purple Ape corpses into Cosmic Level Flesh Puppets, and continued absorbing monster blood essence to strengthen his bloodline.
• Qin Ming entered the Virtual Universe Slaughter Field, noticed the Undying expert Man Luo, and began combat training to attract the Virtual Universe Company's attention.
• Qin Ming defeated one hundred Star Level First Order Martial Warriors using the Duntian Shuttle's Blade Domain, defensive forms, and Duntian Strike.
• Qin Ming received word that the nine-day Dark Universe journey had ended and the group had arrived in the Solar System.

Qin Ming and the others returned to Earth with an interstellar fleet, sparking a frenzy as Huaxia began developing its cosmic industry. While Qin Ming cultivated and Earth rapidly expanded into space, a rival company investigated Shenzhou Trading Company and arranged to expose its Anfeng Star base to space pirates.

• Babata guided the fleet through the concealed route to Earth's coordinates, and the ships returned to the Solar System.
• Jia Yi informed Huaxia's leaders of the fleet, and the ships landed in Jiangnan Base City as officials reassured the frightened crowds that they belonged to Huaxia.
• Qin Ming returned home, helped Qin Yi recover and return to the military, then resumed cultivation while Earth built factories, cities, and a starport.
• Qin Ming harvested hundreds of billions of monster souls from the Anfeng Star slaughterhouse, replenishing the Myriad Souls Banner.
• Lord Blood Scale learned that Shenzhou Trading Company had taken major orders from his company and ordered his subordinate to spread news of its Anfeng Star base to nearby space pirates.

Qin Ming left seclusion to search the Pacific Ocean for the Golden Horned Beast egg, which had escaped Huaxia’s surveillance. He found and retrieved it, then contacted Babata to identify it as he carried it toward the base.

• Qin Ming completed the foundational stages of Void Tower and Soul Imprint and reached Planet Level Ninth Order as a Spiritual Force User.
• Qin Ming decided to search for the Golden Horned Beast egg himself because Huaxia’s instruments had not detected it.
• Qin Ming spread the Myriad Souls Banner’s domain across the Pacific Ocean and searched the seabed near the Hawaiian Islands.
• Qin Ming found the black egg more than three thousand meters underwater and confirmed that it contained the Golden Horned Beast.
• Qin Ming carried the egg toward the base and asked Babata to identify it.

Qin Ming brought a mysterious giant egg back to Babata, who suspected it might belong to a Golden Horned Beast, while Qin Ming attended a Realm Lord’s lecture at the Ganwu Dojo headquarters. After the class, Qin Ming’s friend Manshi challenged him to a duel, claiming he had reached the third level of the Domain.

• Qin Ming showed Babata the Black Giant Egg he had found underwater, and Babata became excited by its powerful life force and unusual patterns.
• Babata began examining the egg while Qin Ming told Luo Feng he was heading to the Ganwu Dojo headquarters in the Virtual Universe.
• Qin Ming teleported to Ganwu Continent and attended Shattered Rock Realm Lord’s lecture on the Domain of Earth.
• After the lecture, Manshi challenged Qin Ming to a fight and said he had entered the third level of the Domain.

Qin Ming defeated Manshi in a head-on duel and decided to make a name for himself in the Ganwu Dojo. With Manshi’s help, he secured challenges against several highly rated geniuses, and his first new battle began.

• Qin Ming overpowered Manshi in repeated clashes, then shattered his body with the Mountain Collapse Style and won their duel.
• Manshi acknowledged Qin Ming’s strength and asked why the dojo had not recognized him as a first-class or special-class genius.
• Qin Ming resolved to challenge strong students in the Decisive Battle Space and draw the attention of the dojo’s important figures.
• Manshi introduced Qin Ming to several Seven Star and Eight Star geniuses, and Qin Ming sent them friend requests and challenge applications.
• Three geniuses accepted Qin Ming’s challenges, and the Virtual Universe system began teleporting him to the Decisive Battle Space.

Qin Ming rapidly climbed the Decisive Battle Space rankings by defeating a series of high-rated opponents with overwhelming skill in their own specialties. A Scaled Armor Giant Undying arranged a stronger challenger to humble him, but Qin Ming defeated that opponent too, leaving the Undying stunned.

• Qin Ming defeated Raging Wind, Extreme Light, and an Eight Star Illusionist, then continued winning battles against high-rated students.
• Qin Ming's star rating quickly rose to Seven Star, and his victories drew the attention of experts in the Ganwu Dojo.
• The Scaled Armor Giant Undying watched Qin Ming's battles, judged him a promising but unfocused genius, and selected three elite disciples to challenge him in different fields.
• The Scaled Armor Giant Undying arranged for a warrior with the fifth layer of the Golden Domain to face Qin Ming, but five minutes later he learned that Qin Ming had won.

Qin Ming defeated a succession of elite opponents, including Purple Fox and Thunder Radiance, revealing that his greatest strength was his powerful soul attacks. Scaled Armor Giant Undying Thirteen reported Qin Ming to Lord Ganwu, who ordered him recruited into the Ganwu Secret Realm.

• Qin Ming used his 68-times Force Multiplier, Domain of Earth, and soul attacks to defeat a six-armed Martial Warrior with a fifth-level Golden Domain and law comprehension.
• Scaled Armor Giant Undying Thirteen watched Qin Ming's battle and recognized his exceptional physical Force Multiplier and Spiritual Force Amplitude.
• Qin Ming defeated Purple Fox by shattering her soul defense with the Myriad Souls Sword Seals.
• Qin Ming overcame Thunder Radiance's sixth-level Lightning Domain and Electric Light Wheels by using the Illusory God Seal to distract him, then striking him down.
• Thirteen sent Qin Ming's information and battle footage to Lord Ganwu, who ordered Thirteen to bring Qin Ming into the Ganwu Secret Realm.

After defeating Thunder Radiance, Qin Ming recognized the limits of his weapon and other abilities, then learned that Lord Ganwu had noticed his talent and invited him into the Ganwu Secret Realm. Thirteen agreed to collect him from Qiulong Star in half a month, leaving Qin Ming to prepare for the journey.

• Qin Ming reviewed his victory over Thunder Radiance and decided he needed a stronger telekinetic weapon, more secret arts, and improvements beyond raw strength.
• Qin Ming discovered he had risen to Eight Star, and Thirteen appeared to deliver Lord Ganwu's invitation to join the Ganwu Secret Realm.
• Qin Ming accepted the invitation and followed Thirteen through a spatial portal to a luxurious palace.
• Thirteen questioned Qin Ming about his teacher, inheritance, and bloodline, learning that he had inherited the legacy of the deceased Yunmo Star Master, Huyan Bo.
• Qin Ming told Thirteen that he was near the Milky Way Galaxy in the Black Dragon Mountain Empire, and Thirteen arranged to pick him up at Qiulong Star in half a month.

Qin Ming told Luo Feng and Babata that he had awakened Clone Talent and urged Luo Feng to possess the Golden Horned Beast. He also revealed that Lord Ganwu had invited him into the Ganwu Secret Realm, leaving Luo Feng resolved to grow stronger and join him later.

• Qin Ming returned to Babata and Luo Feng, who had discovered that the egg contained a Golden Horned Beast.
• Qin Ming declined to possess the beast, explaining that his Clone Talent gave him better options and that the metal-aligned Golden Horned Beast suited Luo Feng.
• Qin Ming explained that the beast could use its Clone Talent to create an Earthling body, easing Luo Feng's reluctance to give up his human identity.
• Qin Ming revealed that Lord Ganwu had invited him to join the Ganwu Secret Realm and that an Undying expert would collect him from Dragon Star in fifteen days.
• Babata described the Ganwu Secret Realm's importance, prompting Luo Feng to recognize how far Qin Ming might surpass him.
• Luo Feng agreed to possess the Golden Horned Beast and vowed to cultivate diligently before joining Qin Ming.

Qin Ming arranged for Huaxia to publicize his admission to the Ganwu Secret Realm while Jia Yi agreed to buy a Cosmic Level Fierce Beast so Qin Ming could advance his Myriad Souls Banner. As Qin Ming prepared to leave, he planned to take the Golden Horned Beast’s soul into the banner during Luo Feng’s possession.

• Qin Ming told Huaxia’s leaders that a Marquis Immortal would receive him for the Ganwu Secret Realm, and they organized a public welcome across the surrounding star systems.
• Qin Ming and Jia Yi surveyed Huaxia’s rapid growth, including its contracts that offered purchased slaves a path to freedom in exchange for work and repayment.
• Qin Ming asked Jia Yi to buy a Cosmic Level First Order Fierce Beast as the Main Soul needed to advance his Myriad Souls Banner, and Jia Yi promised to secure one before Qin Ming reached Qiulong Star.
• Qin Ming learned from Babata that Luo Feng had learned the Body Possession Secret Art and was preparing to possess the Golden Horned Beast.
• Qin Ming planned to capture the Golden Horned Beast’s soul in the Myriad Souls Banner before setting off for the Ganwu Secret Realm.

After Luo Feng successfully possessed the Golden Horned Beast, Qin Ming left Earth and collected a powerful beast for the Myriad Souls Banner. Refining it drove Qin Ming through a breakthrough to Star Level and advanced the banner to its third tier, whose new ability remained unrevealed.

• Luo Feng successfully possessed the Golden Horned Beast, and Qin Ming left Babata to protect Luo Feng while he adapted to his new body.
• Qin Ming traveled to Qiulong Star, where Zhao Xingguo explained that Huaxia had prepared the city for the arrival of a supposed Undying expert.
• Zhao Xingguo showed Qin Ming a Cosmic Level Third Order Rock Ridge Dragon Turtle, and Qin Ming killed it and absorbed its soul and corpse into the Myriad Souls Banner.
• The Myriad Souls Banner refined the Rock Ridge Dragon Turtle and consumed its soul and body, expanding its inner space and triggering Qin Ming's breakthrough from Planet Level to Star Level.
• Qin Ming's spiritual force and Martial Warrior cultivation transformed, his Domain of Earth advanced to the fourth layer, and the Myriad Souls Banner reached its third tier.

Qin Ming examined the upgraded Myriad Souls Banner, discovered how its Flesh Derivation ability could modify puppets, and searched the Golden Horned Beast’s soul for memories and inherited techniques. After three days of cultivation, he met the Scaled Armor Giant Undying, Thirteen, on Qiulong Star and prepared to depart with him.

• Qin Ming assessed the Third-Level Myriad Souls Banner’s expanded Soul Domain, stronger soul attacks, improved refinement and soul-searching, and ability to nurture another Clone.
• Qin Ming learned that Flesh Derivation could combine and modify Flesh Puppets, and considered developing as a Puppet Master and Alchemist.
• Qin Ming searched the Golden Horned Beast’s soul, uncovering its inherited Secret Arts and knowledge about the universe, while noting that its strongest techniques were limited to its own body.
• Qin Ming refined the Undying Corpses more efficiently but chose not to absorb their blood energy, deciding to focus on his strength and Law Comprehension instead.
• After three days, Qin Ming entered the Virtual Universe and arranged to meet Thirteen on Qiulong Star before preparing to leave.
• Thirteen arrived in a blood-red spaceship, suppressed the gathered crowd with his presence, and told Qin Ming they were ready to depart.

Qin Ming was taken to the Ganwu Secret Realm by Scaled Armor Giant Undying Thirteen and learned that the upcoming Peak Genius Battle would be his next major goal. After arriving at Ganwu Continent through Divine Kingdom Teleportation, he prepared to face the assessment that would determine his rank.

• After Thirteen took Qin Ming away, factions across Rainbow Dragon Star learned that Qin Ming had joined the Ganwu Secret Realm and sought favor with Zhao Xingguo.
• Thirteen praised Qin Ming for reaching Star Level and explained that the universe's Peak Genius Battle would begin in a few years, urging him to prepare for it.
• Qin Ming assessed his improved strength and confidence, while recognizing that elite geniuses with deep Domain and Law Comprehension still posed a challenge.
• Thirteen used Divine Kingdom Teleportation to carry Qin Ming instantly across the universe, and Qin Ming saw the Divine Kingdom before they emerged near Ganwu Continent.
• Thirteen brought Qin Ming to the continent and explained that geniuses were ranked Heaven, Earth, Mystic, or Yellow according to their performance in the Ganwu Trial Tower.

Qin Ming challenged the Ganwu Secret Realm’s Trial Tower and advanced through its first four layers with powerful soul illusions and combat skills. As he fought the Fifth Layer’s Machine Race Destroyers, Lord Ganwu became interested in his potential and ordered Thirteen to bring him in for a meeting after the assessment.

• Thirteen explained that Star Level members challenged the seven-layer Ganwu Trial Tower each year to determine their ranks, and Qin Ming entered the Virtual Universe to take the test.
• Qin Ming read the rankings, saw that no one had reached the Sixth Layer, and entered the tower with his strength set to the ninth rank of the Star Level.
• Qin Ming cleared the First Layer’s Iron Scale Storm Lizards and the Second Layer’s Thousand-Eyed Spider Queens by using his Illusory God Soul Imprint to turn them against one another.
• Qin Ming defeated the Third Layer’s soulless Thunder Spirit Warriors with his Duntian Blade Domain and Heavenly Blade Slaughter, then cleared the Fourth Layer’s Bone-Wing Demon Bats.
• Qin Ming faced one hundred Machine Race Destroyers on the Fifth Layer and charged into their coordinated attacks, while Lord Ganwu watched and ordered Thirteen to bring Qin Ming to meet him after the assessment.

Qin Ming fought through the Fifth Layer of the Trial Tower, destroying forty-two Destroyer puppets before they killed him, but he still ranked first. Impressed by his achievement, Lord Ganwu summoned him and offered to take him as his personal disciple, and Qin Ming accepted.

• Qin Ming used Duntian Strike to destroy Destroyer puppets while dodging their attacks, but the puppets overwhelmed him after he had destroyed forty-two.
• Qin Ming finished first in the assessment with 431.23 million points, and Thirteen praised his performance before taking him to meet Lord Ganwu.
• Lord Ganwu summoned Qin Ming to his temple and praised his talent and Trial Tower result.
• Lord Ganwu offered to take Qin Ming as his personal disciple, and Qin Ming agreed.

Qin Ming became Lord Ganwu’s personal disciple and received guidance and valuable gifts to support his cultivation. Lord Ganwu set him the goals of taking first place in the Genius Battle and becoming a King Immortal, then reminded him that Law Comprehension was essential to becoming Undying.

• Qin Ming bowed to Lord Ganwu, who accepted him as a personal disciple and challenged him to win the Genius Battle and become a King Immortal.
• Lord Ganwu warned Qin Ming that his strength remained uneven, and Qin Ming described his soul-focused training, current Secret Arts, and plans to study Space Law.
• After learning that Qin Ming’s Spiritual Force Amplitude exceeded ninety and his Force Multiplier exceeded seventyfold, Lord Ganwu gave him the Undying Holy Soul amplification Secret Art and materials to cultivate it up to tenfold.
• Lord Ganwu recommended a replacement for Soul Imprint, told Qin Ming to keep training Void Tower and Zhenyue Bahuang Halberd, and offered him Body Technique manuals and ten thousand Hunyuan Units.
• Lord Ganwu gave Qin Ming a Star Eating Grass seedling and resources to raise it to Undying, then emphasized that Qin Ming needed life-and-death trials and Law Comprehension.

Qin Ming told Lord Ganwu that his Soul Split talent let him nurture three Clones, and Lord Ganwu helped test its limits and advised him to favor space for his first Clone. Qin Ming proved he could nurture materials from Special Lifeforms up to a two-hundredfold Life Level and chose to pursue stronger Clones despite the risk of making his future breakthrough to Undying harder; Lord Ganwu promised to seek suitable materials.

• Qin Ming revealed that his Soul Split talent could nurture Clones at the Planet, Cosmic, and Realm Lord levels, and Lord Ganwu was astonished by its potential.
• Qin Ming explained his plan to use his first Clone to develop earth and space Laws, and Lord Ganwu advised him to favor space and test the talent's limits with collected materials.
• Qin Ming successfully nurtured Clone materials from the Ravine Giant Beast, the Star Core Ancient Python, the Void Dragon Lizard, and increasingly powerful lifeforms.
• Qin Ming found that nurturing a two-hundredfold Life Level lifeform was difficult, while Lord Ganwu warned that powerful Clones could make breaking through to Undying much harder.
• Qin Ming insisted he wanted to try for stronger Clones, and Lord Ganwu offered to ask his friends for suitable earth- or space-type Special Lifeform materials.

After accepting Qin Ming as his disciple, Lord Ganwu suggested that he nurture a soul-type Special Lifeform Clone and promised to ask his friends for help finding one. Qin Ming settled into his Heaven-rank palace in Ganwu Secret Realm and prepared to begin cultivation.

• Lord Ganwu advised Qin Ming that a soul-type Special Lifeform could greatly strengthen his soul path, and offered to search his friends’ collections for one.
• Lord Ganwu sent Qin Ming to Ganwu Secret Realm, where Thirteen explained that his first-place Trial Tower result earned him a Heaven-rank palace and 100,000 Chushi Points.
• Thirteen brought Qin Ming to Continent No. 987523, which Lord Ganwu had assigned to him as his personal residence.
• Alex and the other guards welcomed Qin Ming, and Thirteen explained that Lord Ganwu had specially appointed an Undying guard who could guide him in the Law of Earth.
• Qin Ming toured the palace complex, then ordered the guards not to disturb him as he prepared to cultivate Secret Arts and inspect Lord Ganwu’s gifts.

Qin Ming explored the World Ring and used its treasures to begin nurturing his Star Eating Grass, then discovered that Gan Wu had also prepared a Wild God Clan bloodline potion and a matching set of secret arts for him. With his concerns about improving before the Genius Battle eased, Qin Ming prepared to buy spiritual force weapons and begin cultivating.

• Qin Ming bound Gan Wu's World Ring and found vast stores of treasures, including resources that could nurture Star Eating Grass to a chance at reaching Undying.
• Qin Ming fed the Star Eating Grass a precious jade-green fruit and sent it to a palace in the World Ring to grow by devouring ores and metals.
• Qin Ming examined the Domain Lord Level Wild God Clan Bloodline Potion that Gan Wu had prepared for his soul-path cultivation.
• Qin Ming entered the Virtual Universe and found the Wild God Secret Codex, a complete set of secret arts suited to the Wild God Clan bloodline.
• Qin Ming resolved to win first place in the Genius Battle and opened the Ganwu Secret Realm's system to purchase spiritual force weapons.