Recaps

As the geniuses prepared to leave Chaos City, Luo Zhiyuan completed a Star-Eating Grass carving that recorded his understanding of the first three diagrams of the Universe Chaos Stele. After leaving his residence for the Universe School, he departed with Nine Swords Venerable, carrying Chaos City Leader’s emergency token.

• King Longyu reported the tournament’s deaths and Heavenly Bridge rankings, and Nine Swords Venerable declined to take Bolan as a disciple until he proved himself in the first Qualification Battle.
• Nine Swords Venerable summoned the geniuses, reprimanded them, and then visited Candery, while Luo Zhiyuan went to say goodbye to Blood Crocodile King.
• Luo Zhiyuan spent eight days organizing his cultivation technique and then carved a Star-Eating Grass on his rooftop, with its leaves embodying his understanding of Space, Time, and the Chaos Stele.
• Luo Zhiyuan presented the carving as a reference for future Universe School disciples, and Chaos City Leader gave him a token to summon help in a life-threatening crisis.
• Luo Zhiyuan withdrew his residence mark and flew to Nine Swords Venerable’s spacecraft; afterward, the residence became the Universe School’s Public Cultivation Residence.

Luo Zhiyuan and Bolan entered the Primal Secret Region, where Nine Swords Venerable and the reception staff introduced them to their new home and the risks of cultivation missions. At his estate, Luo Zhiyuan reviewed his new Virtual Universe options and spent 1.86 million points on two Detectors, postponing the purchase of a spaceship.

• Wuka teased Luo Feng and Rong Jun for advancing further on the Heavenly Bridge, while Ai Chen and Luo Zhiyuan shared a final moment before their paths separated.
• Luo Zhiyuan and Luo Feng reunited with Xu Xin in Rain-Phase Mountain, where Luo Zhiyuan left his parents alone to talk.
• Nine Swords Venerable sent Luo Zhiyuan and Bolan to Wuchen Space-Time and warned them that cultivation missions held both opportunities and dangers.
• Yinwo welcomed Luo Zhiyuan and Bolan, and Yuan Fen greeted Luo Zhiyuan before the two youths were taken to their separate residences.
• Luo Zhiyuan browsed the Virtual Universe exchange and decided not to buy a costly spaceship, then bought a Large Detector and a small Detector for 1.86 million points.

Luo Zhiyuan explored the Virtual Universe Company's training missions, comparing their risks and objectives across several difficulty levels. After reading about the six Dangerous Level missions and four Desperate Level missions, he considered taking on a Dangerous Level mission but had not chosen one.

• Luo Zhiyuan reviewed the Study and Practice options, including lectures, the Heavenly Bridge, the Illusion Sea, and the Immortal Altar.
• Luo Zhiyuan examined Safe, Ordinary, and Difficult Cultivation Missions and noted the kinds of assignments they involved.
• Luo Zhiyuan read about six Dangerous Level missions in the Primal Secret Region: Viska Star, the Ruined Ancient Temple, the Mud Snail World, Dusa Star, Flame Swamp Continent, and the Eerie Maze.
• Luo Zhiyuan looked over the four Desperate Level missions and felt alarmed by their descriptions.
• Luo Zhiyuan considered trying one of the Dangerous Level missions but had not decided which to choose.

Luo Zhiyuan compared the six Dangerous Level missions and, after Bulieni argued that the Ruined Ancient Temple might conceal an opportunity tied to two native Universe Venerables, chose it as his first cultivation mission.

• Luo Zhiyuan weighed the potential rewards and dangers of Viska Star, the Ruined Ancient Temple, Mud Snail World, Dusa Star, Flame Swamp Continent, and the Eerie Maze.
• Bulieni used a process of elimination to rule out Flame Swamp Continent and Dusa Star, then pointed out the two unusually large temples in the Ruined Ancient Temple complex.
• Bulieni argued that the temples might belong to Universe Venerables and that the region's remaining dangers seemed manageable with Luo Zhiyuan's strength, Xingxing, the spaceship, and the Shadow Blade Bugs.
• Luo Zhiyuan compared his abilities with Luo Feng's past expedition and concluded that he could explore farther into the Ruined Ancient Temple.
• Luo Zhiyuan reread the mission details and selected the Ruined Ancient Temple as his first cultivation mission.

Luo Zhiyuan accepted the dangerous Ruined Ancient Temple mission and set out for the shattered continent after preparing his equipment and companions. After arriving, he headed toward a ruined temple in the direction of the deadly Temple Complex while keeping his Detector’s stealth function active.

• Luo Zhiyuan accepted the mission to collect statues from three temples despite its warnings about the Temple Complex’s high death rate.
• Luo Zhiyuan received his Detector and provisions, then heard Yuan Fen warn him about unpredictable blasts of Chaotic Immortal God Force in the Temple Complex.
• Luo Zhiyuan traveled to the continent, learned he could escape native attacks by fleeing beyond it, and disembarked at its edge.
• Luo Zhiyuan merged his Shadow Race Clone with his shadow and asked Xingxing to form protective armor, naming its combat technique Star Eater.
• Bulieni detected two ruined temples, and Luo Zhiyuan chose the one toward the Temple Complex and flew there under the Detector’s stealth function.

Luo Zhiyuan searched a ruined Temple for statues and clues, but found only murals, empty rooms, and broken statue fragments. He avoided confronting the Temple's native guards and left with no clear reward for his search.

• Luo Zhiyuan sent his Xingshuo Avatar through the nearby Temple buildings and found only empty rooms marked with indecipherable symbols.
• After fifteen hours of searching, Luo Zhiyuan discovered murals that appeared to depict a powerful figure's battles.
• Bulieni detected 360 ninth-rank Universe Level natives guarding the Temple, and Luo Zhiyuan chose to avoid alerting them.
• Luo Zhiyuan used Charm to pass one native unnoticed and decided he would visit Dusa Star after leaving the Temple.
• Luo Zhiyuan reached the tallest building and found only fragments of more than a dozen statues, with no intact statue to take.

Luo Zhiyuan reached the temple complex and realized it might hold a special treasure that helped Immortals become Universe Venerables. He tested the chaotic energy there with two avatars, both of which were destroyed, and began to suspect he had found part of the eruptions’ pattern.

• Luo Zhiyuan traveled toward the central temple complex while his Xingshuo Avatar explored and his Shadow Race Clone hid in its shadow.
• Bulieni detected chaotic Immortal God Force throughout the ruins and inferred that a treasure there might explain how the natives produced two Universe Venerables from only a few hundred Immortals.
• Luo Zhiyuan suspected the statues mentioned in his mission could point to the treasure and sent a Main Body Avatar into the temple complex to investigate the energy eruptions.
• Chaotic energy detonated around the first Main Body Avatar and destroyed it shortly after it entered the ruins.
• Luo Zhiyuan sent in a second avatar using Time Acceleration, but another eruption destroyed it, leading him to consider the eruptions’ pattern.

Luo Zhiyuan tested how law effects and Innate Secret Techniques behaved within the Ruined Ancient Temple, finding that law effects triggered energy explosions while Innate Secret Techniques did not. After an Immortal arrived to investigate the explosions, Luo Zhiyuan and his clones escaped undetected.

• Luo Zhiyuan sent avatars into the Ruined Ancient Temple and confirmed that using law effects there caused energy explosions, even when the avatar waited after attacking.
• Luo Zhiyuan used the Xingshuo race's Lie Kong and the Shadow Race Clone's Shadow Transformation inside the Temple, and neither Innate Secret Technique triggered an explosion.
• Luo Zhiyuan launched a law attack from a Vine Leaf and retracted it, but an energy explosion still erupted at the attack's location.
• Bulieni warned Luo Zhiyuan that an Immortal was approaching, so the Xingshuo Avatar teleported away with the Shadow Race Clone.
• A beast-headed Immortal searched the Temple's surroundings and destroyed part of the Black Forest, but he failed to find Luo Zhiyuan's avatars and returned to the Temple.
• Bulieni confirmed the Immortal had not followed them, and Luo Zhiyuan resolved to be more careful.

Luo Zhiyuan discovered that Body Force let a native move through the Ruined Ancient Temple’s chaotic energy without triggering an eruption, so he decided to train it there. After measuring his Body Force and buying a claw-based manual, he began practicing in the Temple.

• Bulieni showed Luo Zhiyuan a Universe Level 7 native using Body Force to move through the Temple’s chaotic energy without resistance or explosions.
• Luo Zhiyuan tested his Body Force in the Virtual Universe’s Immortal Altar plane and scored a best unit of 42, with an initial result of 40.
• Bulieni explained that Old Mystic’s Ninefold Body required a Body Force unit of 100, so Luo Zhiyuan searched the Virtual Universe for a technique to train toward that level.
• Luo Zhiyuan bought a claw technique because his clone could practice without risking weapons or leaving fragments that might draw the natives’ attention.
• Luo Zhiyuan received the manual and began practicing Body Force in the Ruined Ancient Temple.

Luo Zhiyuan sought Chaos City Leader’s guidance on Force Application Technique and returned to the Ancient God Temple Complex to train and investigate. After several of his avatars perished, his Shadow Race Clone secretly entered the inner halls and continued toward the palaces.

• Luo Zhiyuan asked Chaos City Leader about Force Application Technique and learned that the Temple Complex held a Marquis Level Immortal Spirit, five Immortal Army Lords, and potentially rewarding statues.
• Luo Zhiyuan practiced Force Application Technique until his score reached 56 units, then sent a Main Body Avatar into the Temple Complex to explore.
• Luo Zhiyuan dispatched nine more avatars to explore and train, but seven perished, mostly after accidentally triggering energy explosions with traces of the Laws.
• Luo Zhiyuan sent his Shadow Race Clone into the Temple Complex to investigate while using its shadow abilities to evade a native and enter an inner hall.
• The Shadow Race Clone found murals and furnishings in an inner room, then merged into the shadows and slipped deeper into the palaces.

Luo Zhiyuan investigated the statues in the Ancient God Temple, finding corrosion on the brows of three damaged statues but no clear explanation. After collecting many statues, his Shadow Race Clone discovered a silver-symbol pattern on one statue beside a World Lord native, identifying it as the special statue the Chaos City Leader had mentioned.

• Luo Zhiyuan examined three damaged statues and found that the corroded areas between their brows were identical in proportion, though he could not determine why they had eroded.
• Luo Zhiyuan collected three statues and then returned to gather the fragments of a damaged statue for further study inside his World Ring.
• Over the next three months, Luo Zhiyuan collected six types of statues while his score in the Immortal Altar Plane reached 63 units.
• Luo Zhiyuan's Shadow Race Clone entered another temple and found a World Lord native sitting beside a statue, then noticed a faint reflection near the entrance.
• Luo Zhiyuan discovered that silver symbols painted on the statue matched symbols on nearby buildings, and concluded that he had found the special statue.

Luo Zhiyuan searched the Ancient God Temple complex for Special Statues while improving his abilities and devising a faster way to explore. His Shadow Race Clone was discovered by a Heicong Race Immortal Army Lord and killed before it could respond.

• Luo Zhiyuan found that a World Lord native was guarding a Special Statue, then continued exploring other temples without taking it.
• Luo Zhiyuan told Luo Feng he had stayed on his dangerous-level mission to investigate unusual discoveries, while Luo Feng urged him to pursue Xueluo Crystals.
• Over two years, Luo Zhiyuan raised his Force Application Technique to 88 and explored 70 temples, finding 11 guarded Special Statues.
• Luo Zhiyuan created a Xingshuo Avatar to teleport his Shadow Race Clone near temple halls so it could infiltrate them more quickly.
• A Heicong Race Immortal Army Lord forced Luo Zhiyuan's Shadow Race Clone out of hiding, recognized it as human, and killed it with his axe.

Luo Zhiyuan escaped the Ruined Ancient Temple after discovering five Special Statues, while the Heicong found that sacred treasures had been stolen. Haofeng gave the remaining Sacred Spirit Marrow to Harris and ordered him to seek the strength needed to save their race.

• Haofeng learned that Harris had killed a human intruder before questioning him, then ordered the Heicong to search the Temples for missing Sacred Statues.
• Xingshuo Avatar fled the Ancient Temple complex and dismissed the Main Body Avatars as Luo Zhiyuan recalled finding five Special Statues in Harris's Temple.
• Niqiuhe reported that eighteen ordinary statues and one Sacred Statue fragment were missing from his guarded area.
• Harris recalled unusual energy disturbances from two years earlier, and Haofeng explained that only a Sacred Envoy could enter the Clan Elders' Temples through Teleportation.
• Niqiuhe and the other Heicong urged Haofeng to give all ten portions of Sacred Spirit Marrow to Harris, and Haofeng ordered Harris to cultivate until he reached Sacred Envoy strength.

Luo Zhiyuan deduced that the Special Statues were not the true prize and suspected a greater treasure lay inside the two central temples. He used the Xingshuo Avatar to enter one tower, but strange sounds briefly disrupted his will before he escaped.

• Luo Zhiyuan and Bulieni reasoned that the Special Statues were too numerous to be treasures that enabled a breakthrough to Universe Venerable, and that the natives' strongest guardian was likely a Marquis Level Immortal.
• Luo Zhiyuan examined the central temples and concluded that a greater treasure might be hidden inside, beyond the Marquis Level Immortal's reach.
• Bulieni showed Luo Zhiyuan a clear image of the temple complex, revealing two unusual five-story towers linked by a black bridge.
• Luo Zhiyuan sent the Xingshuo Avatar into one tower, where strange sounds and light interfered with his control and briefly disrupted his will.
• After Bulieni called to him and Xingxing nudged him, Luo Zhiyuan regained control and teleported the Xingshuo Avatar out.

Luo Zhiyuan used the tower’s ethereal voice to temper his will and consciousness while exploring its floors. After reaching the third floor, he found no further passage and waited until he could better withstand the voice before investigating the connecting space.

• Luo Zhiyuan resisted the tower’s bewitching voice after Bulieni and Xingxing woke him, and Bulieni explained that the tower could help strengthen his will and consciousness for claiming the Light Beast God’s weapon.
• Luo Zhiyuan sent an Xingshuo Avatar into the tower to train under the voice while another avatar continued practicing Body Force techniques.
• A year later, Luo Zhiyuan told the Chaos City Leader that his Body Force technique had reached 93 and that he had found several Special Statues, though he planned to wait before claiming them.
• Luo Zhiyuan explored the tower’s first floor, found the staircase upward, and entered the second floor after preparing to resist its stronger voice.
• After his consciousness advanced to Third Stage World Lord Level, Luo Zhiyuan entered the third floor and later searched its space, which he suspected connected the Twin Towers, but found no passage.

Luo Zhiyuan searched the Twin Towers, found hidden portals leading to an altar filled with Special Statues and a mysterious cube, and gathered the statues and Silver Liquid. He stayed to investigate the cube and discovered that it could produce more Silver Liquid, though Bulieni could not see it.

• Luo Zhiyuan realized his failed teleportation toward the bridge meant its spatial coordinates were concealed, then searched the fourth and fifth levels of the Twin Towers.
• Luo Zhiyuan found a Teleportation Portal and hundreds of silver symbols on the fifth level, entered the portal, and reached a black altar beneath a symbol-covered cube.
• Luo Zhiyuan collected fifty-six Special Statues from the altar and found Silver Liquid in a pit, but he could not put the cube into his World Ring.
• Luo Zhiyuan explored the matching portal in the other tower, collected the Silver Liquid, and gave the statues to his main body before returning to the mysterious space.
• Luo Zhiyuan later saw a drop of Silver Liquid fall from the cube and decided to study it, although Bulieni could not detect the liquid.

Luo Zhiyuan discovered that the Silver Liquid could turn ordinary statues into Special Statues, then learned that a statue had produced a drop of milky white liquid. The liquid vanished into Xingxing, who agreed to guard the statue and collect its next drop.

• Luo Zhiyuan tested the Silver Liquid on beasts and plants, and Bulieni concluded it was not poisonous.
• Luo Zhiyuan painted Special Statue symbols and connecting lines onto ordinary statues, turning them into Special Statues and making more than two hundred in the World Ring.
• Luo Zhiyuan tried and failed to move the Black Cube, then accepted Bulieni's argument that human experts had already been unable to take it away.
• Xingxing told Luo Zhiyuan that a statue had flashed with silvery-white light, repelled him, and seeped a drop of milky white liquid from its brow.
• The milky white liquid disappeared into Xingxing's leaf, and Bulieni suggested another drop might form after a thousand years.
• Luo Zhiyuan gave Xingxing a metal box, and Xingxing stayed by the statue to collect any future liquid.

Luo Zhiyuan raised his Body Force to 100 and learned from the Chaos City Leader that he was only the third human to achieve this while still at Universe Level. The Chaos City Leader advised him to pursue both Martial Artist and Illusionist paths for now, then secretly ordered that his talent be kept from the Giant Axe Founder.

• Luo Zhiyuan brought five natural and five handmade statues into the Time Chamber and told Xingxing to report anything unusual.
• Luo Zhiyuan and Bulieni discussed whether the Special Statue's Milky White Liquid had a production limit and why others had not taken the statues from the Mysterious Space.
• Luo Zhiyuan reached Body Force 100 after five consecutive strikes in the Immortal Altar's dimension.
• The Chaos City Leader told Luo Zhiyuan that he was the third human to reach Body Force 100 at Universe Level and explained how rare the achievement was.
• The Chaos City Leader recommended that Luo Zhiyuan use his Talent Clone Technique to develop both Martial Artist and Illusionist paths before choosing a long-term direction.
• After Luo Zhiyuan left, the Chaos City Leader decided not to report his talent to the Giant Axe Founder and ordered the news sealed.

Luo Zhiyuan fused the tenth drop of Beast God Essence Blood, raising his Gene Level to the equivalent of a hundred times that of an ordinary human when he used Beast God Power. He then used a piece of Xingshuo tissue to nurture his second clone and learned the Xingshuo’s inherited abilities.

• Bulieni explained that Luo Zhiyuan’s enhanced genetic foundation from Beast God Essence Blood had helped him raise his Body Force to 100.
• Luo Zhiyuan successfully fused the seventh, eighth, ninth, and tenth drops of Beast God Essence Blood, increasing his Gene Level tenfold.
• Luo Zhiyuan activated Beast God Power and reached the equivalent of a hundred times the human Gene Level.
• Luo Zhiyuan used Xingshuo tissue and Secret Realm Spirit Marrow energy to nurture a Planetary Level Xingshuo Clone, then evolved it to the ninth tier of Universe Level.
• Luo Zhiyuan received the clone’s memories and learned the Xingshuo’s teleportation ranges, sizes, Vine Leaves, and other inherited techniques.

Luo Zhiyuan discovered that the Heicong Race’s Sacred Statues produced Sacred Spirit Marrow, then collected more statues before completing his mission for Enlightenment King. He returned to his estate with two extra rewards, while the author asked readers for feedback on the original side story.

• Luo Zhiyuan confirmed that his copied statues produced Milky White Liquid and used his Xingshuo Clone and the Divine Illusion Bead to charm a Heicong World Lord.
• Luo Zhiyuan learned that each Sacred Statue produced one drop of Sacred Spirit Marrow every thousand years, up to one hundred drops, and scavenged statues until he had five hundred and three.
• Luo Zhiyuan left the ruined Ancient God Temple mainland in his Machine Race Spaceship and was guided to the palace complex by another spaceship.
• Enlightenment King accepted the three statues Luo Zhiyuan handed over, including two Special Statues, and gave him two extra rewards.
• Luo Zhiyuan returned to his estate in the Primal Secret Region, and the author asked readers to comment on the side story and its original plot.

Luo Zhiyuan learned the uses and value of Sacred Spirit Marrow and told Chaos City Leader how he had obtained the Sacred Statues. After Chaos City Leader offered to exchange each remaining statue for a full portion of marrow, Luo Zhiyuan returned to choose his next training mission.

• Luo Zhiyuan read that he had received two portions of Sacred Spirit Marrow for turning in two Sacred Statues, and Bulieni urged him to ask Chaos City Leader about the treasure.
• Luo Zhiyuan told Chaos City Leader that he had fifty-six Sacred Statues from the Twin Towers’ Mysterious Space, reached with his Xingshuo Clone’s Teleportation ability.
• Chaos City Leader explained that Sacred Spirit Marrow was exceptionally valuable, increased comprehension, and could help an auxiliary lifeform gain its own World Lord World.
• Chaos City Leader offered Luo Zhiyuan a full portion of Sacred Spirit Marrow for each remaining Sacred Statue, and Luo Zhiyuan thanked him.
• Luo Zhiyuan returned to his residence and opened the training mission list to choose his next mission.

Luo Zhiyuan chose a cultivation mission in the Xueluo World because he was nearing a breakthrough and wanted to find a relic for Bulieni before leaving Universe Level. As his ship carried him toward the world, he cultivated, sparred with Yuan Fen, and learned that Ai Chen was nearing the sixth level of the Heavenly Bridge.

• Luo Zhiyuan selected the Xueluo World mission to seek relics of the Metal Beast God for Bulieni before he advanced beyond Universe Level.
• Luo Zhiyuan handed over 54 Sacred Statues for Sacred Spirit Marrow, gave Xingxing a portion to absorb, and absorbed another portion himself, sensing his soul and comprehension improve.
• Luo Zhiyuan departed for the Xueluo World aboard an ancient ship and cultivated in the Virtual Universe during the two-month journey.
• Luo Zhiyuan sparred with Yuan Fen using his Time Flow movement technique, and Yuan Fen eventually defeated him after a demanding fight.
• Luo Zhiyuan practiced close-combat techniques and spent time with Ai Chen and his fellow disciples, learning that Ai Chen was preparing to attempt the sixth level of the Heavenly Bridge.

Luo Zhiyuan entered the hostile Xueluo World to gather information for his cultivation mission and arrived at Chunsheng City. There, Zhi Yanping mistook him for his long-lost younger brother and took him home.

• Luo Zhiyuan learned about the dangers of the Xueluo World and set off alone after the envoy warned him not to travel with other heirs for long.
• Luo Zhiyuan descended through the clouds, suspected the region was where the Metal Beast God had fallen, and headed for a nearby city to find information.
• Luo Zhiyuan reached Chunsheng City, an agricultural center, and approached its gate in bronze-colored armor.
• Zhi Yanping recognized Luo Zhiyuan as his younger brother, welcomed him tearfully, and insisted on taking him home.

Luo Zhiyuan used hypnosis to pass himself off as Zhi Yanping’s long-lost brother and learned about Chunsheng City and the surrounding region. After studying accounts of the Ancient God Ruins, he decided to travel there with Bulieni to investigate images of the Metal Beast God fighting.

• Luo Zhiyuan hypnotized the city guards and Zhi Yanping’s servants, then went with Zhi Yanping to his home.
• Zhi Yanping welcomed Luo Zhiyuan as his brother, whose room he had kept ready for nearly ten years, and they reminisced over food and wine.
• After Zhi Yanping fell asleep drunk, Luo Zhiyuan reviewed what he had learned about Chunsheng City and read the books in his room.
• Luo Zhiyuan had Bulieni record accounts of the Ancient God Ruins and assemble a rough map from them.
• Luo Zhiyuan told Bulieni that the ruins held images of the Metal Beast God fighting, and agreed to go there after taking care of things in the city.

Luo Zhiyuan began comprehending the Light Beast God’s avatar and emerged seven days later far stronger. He left Chunsheng City to resume his cultivation journey after giving Zhi Yanping a manual to practice.

• Luo Zhiyuan asked Bulieni whether he could study the Beast God Avatar, and Bulieni said it could help him improve his combat techniques.
• Luo Zhiyuan touched the avatar with his Spiritual Force and was drawn into a vision that taught him the Light Beast God’s movements as his clones cultivated the Laws of Light and Time.
• Zhi Yanping saw Luo Zhiyuan’s powerful aura and realized his younger brother had reached Yunxiao Rank, leaving him questioning his own cultivation.
• After seven days, Luo Zhiyuan emerged from his comprehension, and Zhi Yanping told him the Blood Wheat harvest would keep him away from home for a month.
• Luo Zhiyuan gave Zhi Yanping a beginner cultivation manual, then left Chunsheng City to continue his journey.