Chapter Summaries

Sett challenged the Heavenly Bridge while King Zhenlian and Guardian Bafen watched, and he fought the second-level Gatekeeper using matching techniques. After learning from the battle and growing stronger through his injuries, Sett defeated the Gatekeeper and advanced toward the third level despite expecting he could not pass it.

• Guardian Bafen emailed King Zhenlian when Sett began challenging the Heavenly Bridge, and she came to watch his progress.
• King Zhenlian and Guardian Bafen observed Sett begin his second-level battle against a masked Gatekeeper who used the same techniques as him.
• Sett and the Gatekeeper exchanged Haymaker, Facebreaker, and Pummel, while Sett improved his combat techniques by fighting his own shadow.
• Sett grew stronger as the battle continued and ultimately blasted the second-level Gatekeeper into nothingness.
• Sett passed the second level and walked toward the third, though he knew he was not yet strong enough to clear it.

Sett cleared the second level of the Heavenly Bridge, then used his study opportunity to fully comprehend the first diagram of the Giant Axe Chaos Stele. After organizing his insights, he contacted Luo Feng and the others to catch up on their progress.

• Sett challenged the third-level Gatekeeper but was defeated by two punches, having already cleared the second level on his first attempt.
• King Zhenlian praised Sett and set him the goal of clearing the fifth Heavenly Bridge level within thirty years, while Sett gained two Chaos Stele study opportunities and 3,000 points.
• Sett studied the Giant Axe Chaos Stele for seven days, fully comprehending its first diagram and glimpsing the second before leaving to review what he had learned.
• After a month of reflection, Sett decided to postpone studying the bonus questions and emailed Luo Feng, the other two, and Sanying to ask how they were doing.
• Sett met Luo Feng, Thor, and their other brother in the Virtual Universe, where they drank together and discussed Chaos City.

Sett met with Luo Feng, Hong, Thor, and Sanying to discuss the Genius Battle, then broke through to Universe Level in Chaos City and gained his fourth Innate Secret Technique. Ao Axe King and Dark Axe King learned of Sett’s progress and praised his potential.

• Sett drank and talked with Luo Feng, Hong, and Thor about their chances in the Genius Battle and offered to buy Initial Universe comprehension spots for his brothers if needed.
• Sett met Sanying, encouraged him to do his best in the Genius Battle, then spoke with his parents before returning to cultivation.
• Sett stopped suppressing his realm and broke through from Star Level to Universe Level 1, gaining the Innate Secret Technique The Show Stopper.
• Ao Axe King asked Dark Axe King about Sett after hearing that the newcomer had cleared two levels of the Giant Axe Heavenly Bridge in one year.
• Dark Axe King said Sett could clear the fifth level within thirty years, while Ao Axe King cautioned that they should wait until Sett achieved it.

Sett cleared the third level of the Heavenly Bridge and learned about Chaos City's Chaos Beasts and the Chaos True Spirits they yielded. After killing a powerful beast and absorbing its spirit, he returned to the city, intending to wait until he was stronger before hunting again.

• Sett reviewed his battle, then cleared the third level of the Heavenly Bridge by defeating its Gatekeeper.
• Guardian Bafen informed King Zhenlian, Ao Axe King, and Dark Axe King of Sett's achievement, and the two Giant Axe powerhouses discussed his prospects.
• Sett read a stone tablet explaining Chaos Beasts, their hunting regions, and how their Chaos True Spirits improved a soul's sensitivity to Origin Laws.
• Sett ventured into the wilderness and killed an alligator-like Chaos Beast with Facebreaker and a series of punches.
• Sett absorbed the beast's Chaos True Spirit, sensed his perception improve, and decided to return after reaching Universe Level 9.

Sett avoided a dangerous herd of chaos beasts, then used his remaining opportunities to study the Giant Axe Chaos Stele and deepen his understanding of gold and space laws. Confident he could clear the fifth level of the Heavenly Bridge, he arrived to challenge it, leaving the number of levels he could pass unknown.

• Sett escaped a herd of chaos beasts by entering his Dream Butterfly and returning to Chaos City, then decided to strengthen himself before risking another encounter.
• Sett went to study the Giant Axe Chaos Stele but had to wait two days because someone else was using it; after receiving Candri's email, he studied its second diagram for seven days and grasped about one-third of it.
• After a year of meditation, Sett used his final study opportunity and became confident he could clear the fifth level of the Heavenly Bridge.
• Sett continued organizing his insights into the Laws of Space and Metal, then appeared on the Heavenly Bridge plane and charged onto the Giant Axe Heavenly Bridge to begin his challenge.

Sett challenged the Heavenly Bridge, defeating the fourth-level Gatekeeper in one move before barely overcoming the fifth-level Gatekeeper. After passing the fifth level, he withdrew to study the difficult battle.

• Ao Axe King and Dark Axe King watched Sett's challenge and discussed recruiting him as a disciple alongside King Zhenlian.
• Sett defeated the fourth-level Gatekeeper with The Show Stopper, revealing a powerful technique that combined the Origin Laws of Gold and Space.
• Sett reached the fifth level and fought its silver-armored Gatekeeper, who survived The Show Stopper and used Grit to keep fighting.
• Sett eventually killed the fifth-level Gatekeeper with great difficulty and passed the level.
• Sett decided not to challenge the sixth level and exited the Virtual Universe to analyze the battle.

Sett reviewed his progress in the Initial Universe and chose to attend Ao Axe King's lecture, hoping to make him his master. The lecture was about to begin, and Sett had not yet heard Ao Axe King teach.

• Sett reflected on passing the fifth level of the Heavenly Bridge and on helping Thor secure a study slot in the Initial Universe.
• Sett read King Zhenlian's email recommending Ao Axe King or Dark Axe King as a teacher, and decided to choose Ao Axe King.
• Ao Axe King and Dark Axe King scheduled their lectures at the same time, forcing Chaos City's cultivators to choose between them.
• Sett arrived at Ao Axe King's residence and entered the crowded lecture plaza, where other cultivators encouraged him to ask Ao Axe King to take him as a disciple.

Sett studied the Giant Axe Chaos Stele in Chaos City, became Ao Axe King's disciple, and spent ten years improving his Heavenly Bridge results. As his time in the Initial Universe neared its end, he gave Luo Feng, Hong, and Thor money to prepare for the dangers ahead, and the four brothers parted with a toast.

• Ao Axe King lectured on the first three diagrams of the Giant Axe Chaos Stele, and Sett found his understanding improving.
• Sett asked Ao Axe King to accept him as a disciple, and Ao Axe King agreed, promising to answer his cultivation questions each year.
• Sett spent ten years in Chaos City and passed the sixth level of the Heavenly Bridge, while Luo Feng, Hong, and Thor made progress of their own and Luo Feng became True Yan King's disciple.
• Sett met Luo Feng, Hong, and Thor at his residence, where they drank Spirit Heart Flame and relaxed together.
• With his departure from the Initial Universe approaching, Sett transferred five million chaos units to each of his three brothers and urged them to prepare for future dangers.
• Sett asked his brothers to keep Earth's secrets about their states of mind and willpower private, and the four toasted to Earth's future before parting.

Ao Axe King gave Sett a Mechanical Race weapon before Sett left Chaos City, and Sett learned that the Entropy Energy Decomposer could kill targets far stronger than himself. Sett said farewell to Luo Feng, Hong, and Thor and departed with the remaining cultivators.

• Ao Axe King praised Sett for passing the seventh level of the Heavenly Bridge and gave him a Mechanical Race cannon for protection.
• Sett learned that the Entropy Energy Decomposer could decompose World Lords and kill ordinary Military Lord Level Immortals, though it was less effective against Immortals with undying bodies.
• Sett reflected on the danger to human geniuses from rival races and resolved not to rely too heavily on the cannon.
• Sett drank with Luo Feng, Hong, and Thor before leaving, and learned that Thor had passed the Virtual Universe Company's assessment and joined the Doomsday Secret Region.
• Sett departed Chaos City aboard a roc-shaped spaceship with seventy cultivators, while thirty others had been killed by Chaos Beasts.

After thirty years of cultivation in Chaos City, Sett returned to the Original Universe and traveled with Haiwu to the Giant Axe Secret Realm. He arrived safely inside the vast realm, having kept his true Heavenly Bridge achievement secret and improved his understanding of the Gold Origin Law along the way.

• Sett spent 80,000 points on the second level of Gold World before leaving the Virtual Universe and returning to the Original Universe.
• Haiwu met Sett again and asked which Heavenly Bridge level he had cleared, but Sett claimed he had barely cleared the fifth level instead of revealing his seventh-level achievement.
• Sett and Haiwu traveled aboard the Dream Butterfly while Haiwu explained the dangers, scale, and cultivation resources of cosmic secret realms and the Giant Axe Secret Realm.
• During the year-long journey, Sett studied the second level of Gold World and advanced his understanding of the Gold Origin Law.
• The Dream Butterfly traversed directly into the Giant Axe Secret Realm, where Haiwu explained that the enormous meteorites around them followed safe, controlled orbits.

Sett settled into his residence in the Giant Axe Secret Realm and learned about its training planes. After speaking with King Zhenlian, he entered the Immortal Altar to test his physical strength.

• Haiwu brought Sett to Star No. 101, where Manster and the guards welcomed him to his new residence.
• Sett explored his estate, rested, and decided to pursue training missions in the Giant Axe Secret Realm.
• King Zhenlian praised Sett for clearing the seventh level of the Heavenly Bridge and promised him a reward when he visited Zhenyun Planet.
• Sett chose to test his physical strength at the Immortal Altar, where he discovered that only the power of his flesh remained available.

Sett tested his body’s strength at the Immortal Altar, earning points after repeated attempts, then entered the Illusion Sea to test his will. He cleared its first two islands by recognizing and breaking illusions based on memories from his original Earth, and flew toward the third island.

• Sett performed five attacks at the Immortal Altar, received a result of 55 force units, and earned 1,000 points.
• Sett repeated the test hundreds of times until he reached 60 force units and earned another 2,000 points.
• Sett entered the Illusion Sea and broke the first island’s illusion of his mother waking him for school.
• Sett cleared the second island by breaking an illusion in which his teacher confronted him over a failed exam.
• Sett flew toward the third island to continue the Illusion Sea challenge.

Sett cleared the sixth island of Illusion Sea but failed at the seventh, then warned Luo Feng, Hong, and Thor to conceal their talents to protect Earth. After spending a year cultivating, he chose a dangerous-level cultivation mission as his first assignment.

• Sett broke through the sixth island’s illusion but was overwhelmed by the World Lord-level pressure on the seventh.
• Sett reflected on Hong’s extraordinary ability to clear twenty-one islands and resolved to keep Earth’s secret hidden until he became powerful enough to protect it.
• Sett emailed Luo Feng, Hong, and Thor, telling them not to reveal their full talents in Illusion Sea.
• Sett spent a year on Star No. 101 studying and cultivating before deciding that he was ready for missions.
• Sett dismissed the safer mission levels and selected a dangerous-level cultivation mission, confident in his abilities.

Sett accepted the Dangerous-level Nine Star Sea training mission, which required him to obtain an Imperial Jade Seal or establish a nation within ten years. After a month of preparation, he was ready to depart for Nine Star Sea.

• Sett reviewed the Dangerous-level mission options and chose Nine Star Sea, a realm of nine inhabited planets with powerful native factions.
• Sett learned that he could complete the mission by obtaining an Imperial Jade Seal or establishing a nation within ten years, then scheduled his departure for one month later.
• Sett studied all nine planetary languages and ordered armor and a greatsword suited to the local martial traditions.
• Sett practiced swordsmanship and a secret technique, estimating that he could defeat low-level Domain Lords with the sword or rely on his fists if necessary.

Sett traveled to Nine Star Sea and chose its blue planet, where Martial Artists dominated, for his cultivation mission. After reaching the planet in a disguised Mechanical Race spacecraft, he landed at the edge of a desert to begin investigating the unfamiliar world cautiously.

• Sett practiced the Golden Sun Sword Technique during the spacecraft's seven-day journey to Nine Star Sea.
• Sett arrived at Nine Star Sea, learned about Star Sea Hall and the Nine Star Hall, and chose the blue planet.
• Sett used an F-class Mechanical Race spacecraft disguised as a meteorite to cross the vast distance to the blue planet.
• Sett entered the blue planet's atmosphere, stored his spacecraft, and chose a Wilderness Zone near a desert as his landing site.
• Sett landed in the desert, adapted to its powerful gravity, and began walking across the planet.

Sett gathered information in Qi State and decided to overthrow its emperor to establish a nation and complete his mission. After killing a group of bandits, he recruited Zhou Yong and Wang Songlin, who agreed to help him.

• Sett entered a tavern in an oasis town and learned that Qi State had become a vassal state under an incompetent Domain Lord emperor.
• Masked bandits robbed the tavern, but Sett killed the bandit who threatened him and swiftly slew the others.
• Sett returned the stolen belongings and accepted Zhou Yong and Wang Songlin as followers after they offered to join him.
• Zhou Yong and Wang Songlin described Qi State’s forces and corruption, and Sett judged that he could defeat its rulers.
• Sett asked the two men to help him overthrow the emperor, and they agreed.

Sett led Zhou Yong and Wang Songlin toward the Western Region Prefecture to begin overthrowing Qi Kingdom’s emperor, but stopped to save a village from bandits and gained another follower. After reaching the commander’s residence and killing its guards, Sett faced the commander and three Universe Level guards, then challenged all four to attack him together.

• Sett gave Zhou Yong a saber and Wang Songlin a sword, and Zhou Yong suggested they seize the nearby Western Region Prefecture.
• Sett and his companions found bandits raiding a village, and Sett killed them and rescued the villagers.
• A Star Level 2 villager joined Sett, who then continued recruiting followers and advancing toward the Western Region Prefecture.
• Sett killed the guards at the commander’s residence and entered the estate with his three followers.
• The Western Region commander and his three Universe Level guards confronted Sett, whose domains suppressed the commander’s pressure.
• Sett challenged the four Universe Level opponents to attack him together.

Sett conquered Western Region Prefecture and Mountain Province, then discovered their commanders’ medals merged into his Aolu Beast God statue and brought it to life. After claiming the second medal, he continued pursuing the remaining provinces to uncover the Nine Star Sea’s secret.

• Sett killed the commander of Western Region Prefecture and his three guards, then ordered his companions to collect the residence’s valuables.
• Zhou Yong found the commander’s medal, and Sett discovered that it merged into his Aolu Beast God statue and changed one of its legs.
• Sett led Zhou Yong and the others toward Mountain Province, believing its commander might possess another medal.
• Sett destroyed the Mountain Province residence’s gates with a golden fist and killed its commander and Four Heavenly Kings with his greatsword.
• Zhou Yong retrieved the Mountain Province commander’s medal, and Sett merged it into the statue, bringing its other deer hoof to life.

Sett hunted Qi Kingdom’s provincial commanders to collect medals that made an Innate Beast God statue increasingly lifelike. He left his three followers with powerful robots, supplies, and a plan to build the Xi faction while he continued the hunt.

• Sett learned from Zhou Yong that Nine Star Sea gods chose disciples based on their mastery of Origin Laws, but he had no interest in taking a native god as his teacher.
• Sett attacked a commander’s residence and killed the commander’s four guards and the commander, taking his medal and making the Beast God statue’s third foot lifelike.
• Sett collected a fourth medal, completing the statue’s lifelike feet as unrest spread through Qi Kingdom amid his attacks on provincial commanders.
• Sett gave his three followers guard robots, energy liquid, a communicator, and a spatial ring, and told them to build the Xi faction while he hunted alone.
• Zhou Yong and the others agreed to raise their strength before using Sett’s resources to grow their faction.

Sett continued hunting Great Qi Kingdom’s provincial commanders, prompting Qi Yingzong to confront him near the imperial capital. Sett broke Qi Yingzong’s domain suppression with his twin peak domains, but his first sword exchange with the Domain Lord Level Six emperor left him at a disadvantage.

• Sett killed more provincial commanders, while Qi Yingzong learned that six of his subordinates had died and vowed to defend Great Qi Kingdom’s dignity.
• Zhou Yong, Wang Xu, and their companion reached Star Level 9 after seven days of training and prepared to carve out territory under the Xi banner.
• Sett hunted ten of Great Qi Kingdom’s thirteen commanders and approached the deserted estate of the Southern Mountain Province commander.
• Qi Yingzong ambushed Sett at the estate, revealed that he was a Domain Lord Level Six, and demanded Sett’s valuables.
• Sett released his peak Domains of Metal and Space, breaking Qi Yingzong’s suppression, then attacked with the Golden Sun Sword Technique.
• Qi Yingzong countered with two sword-energy attacks, overpowering Sett’s strike and forcing him to face both attacks.