Recaps

Zhang Dong defeated Swamp Erosion Venerable and then confronted Thunder Splendor Venerable over his massacre of an indigenous tribe. Thunder Splendor tried to flee, but Zhang Dong trapped him in a vast vine attack.

• Swamp Erosion Venerable fled Zhang Dong, but Zhang Dong’s vines smashed through his attacks and repeatedly destroyed his divine body.
• Swamp Erosion Venerable self-destructed after losing about half his divine body, and the distant onlookers felt the resulting energy storm.
• Scale Melody Venerable and Thunder Splendor Venerable withdrew from the battlefield after witnessing Zhang Dong’s strength.
• Zhang Dong demanded that Thunder Splendor hand over his treasures for massacring the indigenous tribe, but Thunder Splendor hesitated and then fled.
• Zhang Dong pursued Thunder Splendor with vines spanning a million kilometers and unleashed World Great Extinction.

Zhang Dong defeated Thunder Splendor Venerable after the Venerable revealed a top-tier domain-type Heavy Treasure, then escaped the Cosmic Secret Realm with his own newly acquired treasures. He returned to Human Territory and realized that selling the stolen palace-type and domain-type Heavy Treasures would be difficult.

• Thunder Splendor Venerable used a top-tier domain Heavy Treasure to slow Zhang Dong’s vines and tried to escape.
• Zhang Dong’s Void World True Body struck Thunder Splendor Venerable from behind, allowing the vines to catch and overwhelm him.
• Thunder Splendor Venerable was defeated as Zhang Dong’s Treasure Armor-covered vines withstood the destructive storm.
• Zhang Dong put away the treasures, escaped to a safe area, and used the Cloud Vine’s Divine Kingdom Teleportation to return to Human Territory.
• Zhang Dong considered how to sell the valuable palace-type and domain-type Heavy Treasures he had obtained.

Zhang Dong told Dark Marquis Lord that he had killed two Cosmic Venerables in the Illusory Light Sea and obtained two top-tier Heavy Treasures, prompting Origin Ancestor to summon humanity’s leaders. The leaders learned of Zhang Dong’s feat and questioned how he had overcome the universe’s laws, while Origin Ancestor assured them he would not be suppressed and asked Zhang Dong about his connection to a powerful outsider.

• Zhang Dong asked Dark Marquis Lord for help selling a top-tier flying palace Heavy Treasure and a top-tier domain Heavy Treasure he had obtained after killing two Cosmic Venerables.
• Dark Marquis Lord was stunned by Zhang Dong’s claim and said humanity would likely need to convene another Giant Axe Meeting.
• Origin Ancestor appeared in Dark Marquis Lord’s palace and revealed he had noticed Zhang Dong since his challenge at the Domain Lord Level Primordial Heaven-Reaching Mountain.
• Dark Lord, Chaos City Lord, Dragon Travel Lord, Ice Peak Lord, and Giant Axe Founder arrived after Origin Ancestor summoned them.
• Origin Ancestor told the leaders that Zhang Dong had killed two Cosmic Venerables in one-on-one combat while still a Realm Lord.
• Giant Axe questioned whether Zhang Dong had used a weapon or surprise attack, but Origin Ancestor said the Primordial Universe would not suppress him and asked whether he was connected to a powerful outsider.

Zhang Dong joined the Hong Alliance under the title Apex, and Origin Ancestor told him to venture out and forge his own path while keeping his Realm Lord identity secret. The chapter ended with Zhang Dong asking to exchange all the treasures he had obtained for Hunyuan Units, leaving Dark Marquis Lord stunned.

• Humanity’s leaders speculated about which powerful expert might stand behind Zhang Dong, but he declined to reveal one.
• Origin Ancestor ordered Chaos City Lord to arrange Zhang Dong’s Hong Alliance identity, with authority as a top-tier Cosmic Overlord and status equivalent to a Cosmic Venerable.
• Origin Ancestor told Zhang Dong to explore and cultivate independently, provided he kept his Realm Lord identity hidden, and Dark Marquis Lord suggested he might eventually venture into the Primordial Stars.
• Ice Peak Lord said the outside world should be told that the Bitter Snow Vine had already been an Immortal God when he found it and that he had recruited it into the Hong Alliance.
• Zhang Dong chose Apex as his title, then asked Dark Marquis Lord to exchange all his treasures for Hunyuan Units, shocking him.

Zhang Dong arranged to sell his remaining Heavy Treasures to Ganwu Kingdom Master for Hunyuan Units, while Dark Marquis Lord gave him ten quadrillion points. Meanwhile, Banfu Lord revived Thunder Splendor Venerable, who revealed that a Bitter Snow Vine with a human clone had killed him, leaving Banfu Lord concerned about the threat.

• Zhang Dong asked Dark Marquis Lord for Fermo Venom and technological weapons, and Dark Marquis Lord gave him ten quadrillion points instead of requiring payment for them.
• Zhang Dong offered his remaining Heavy Treasures to Ganwu Kingdom Master for Hunyuan Units, and Ganwu Kingdom Master began gathering roughly three quadrillion units.
• Banfu Lord arrived at Thunder Splendor Venerable's divine palace and reversed time to revive him, leaving his treasures behind.
• Thunder Splendor Venerable remembered being killed in the Illusory Light Sea by a King-level Immortal he had mistaken for a human, who was actually a Bitter Snow Vine with a human clone.
• Thunder Splendor Venerable said the Bitter Snow Vine had killed Swamp Erosion Venerable before targeting him, and Banfu Lord realized the situation was troublesome.

The other races investigated the King-level Bitter Snow Vine who had killed a Cosmic Venerable, while Zhang Dong secretly met the Ganwu Kingdom Master to receive payment and trade Heavy Treasures. The Ganwu Kingdom Master concluded that Zhang Dong was the legendary Extremity King.

• Banfu Lord's report about the King-level Bitter Snow Vine reached the Zerg Alliance, which alerted the Demon Race and the Mechanical Race Alliance.
• Experts from the three rival races debated the Bitter Snow Vine's identity, but dismissed the suggestion that he was Zhang Dong because Zhang Dong was believed to be too young and weak.
• Zhang Dong met privately with the Ganwu Kingdom Master, who said he had gathered a quadrillion Hunyuan Units and would collect the remainder within one hundred thousand years.
• Zhang Dong accepted the payment, gave the Ganwu Kingdom Master a pile of Heavy Treasures to exchange for points, and told him he could bring more in the future.
• After Zhang Dong left, the Ganwu Kingdom Master realized that Zhang Dong was likely the legendary Extremity King.

Zhang Dong bought vast quantities of venom and advanced weapons in the Virtual Universe, then returned to Boundary Heart Continent and discovered that his Clone had become a Second-Heaven World God. He began planning how to earn Cosmic Crystals so he could afford future cultivation manuals without sinking into debt.

• Zhang Dong walked around Imperial Capital Star with Gao Li while disguising his aura as that of a Domain Lord, drawing the attention of spies.
• Zhang Dong bought all the human race's available Fermo Venom and spent millions of trillions of Hunyuan Units on other venoms and technological weapons.
• Venerable Shayue delivered Zhang Dong's purchases to his manor, and Zhang Dong checked the goods before returning to Boundary Heart Continent.
• Zhang Dong learned that his Clone had comprehended the Chaotic Void Divine Heart and become a Second-Heaven World God.
• Zhang Dong considered the cost of future manuals from the Heavenly Mystery Qi Sect and decided to save Cosmic Crystals rather than rely on debt.

Zhang Dong sold venoms and presented a black hole weapon at Qu Yu’s shop in Xiafeng Capital. Qu Yu could not price the weapon and summoned Senior Fu to examine it.

• Zhang Dong saw an ostentatious carriage bearing the Fan symbol fly toward the Fan Clan’s Demon Mountain and wondered whether Dongbo Xueying had arrived in Xiafeng Capital.
• Zhang Dong visited Qu Yu’s shop and sold several kinds of venom for substantial sums.
• Zhang Dong showed Qu Yu a technological black hole weapon that could unleash a destructive attack regardless of the user’s strength.
• Qu Yu said he could not price the black hole weapon and called Senior Fu to inspect it.
• Senior Fu arrived with astonishing speed, picked up the weapon, and began examining it.

Zhang Dong sold weapons from his universe to Senior Fu, who prized the black hole designs and a rare metal but dismissed most of the rest. Senior Fu found the Soul-Extinguishing Aurora useful for cultivation and offered three thousand Cosmic Crystals if Zhang Dong could provide a hundred thousand times more.

• Senior Fu offered Zhang Dong two hundred Cosmic Crystals for his black hole weapons, and Zhang Dong eagerly accepted.
• Senior Fu valued the Silent Wind weapon at two hundred Xiafeng Coins, dismissed the Disintegration Tower, and offered one Cosmic Crystal for the Kasuo metal.
• Senior Fu examined Zhang Dong's Soul-Extinguishing Aurora, transformed it, and said it had become more powerful.
• Senior Fu asked Zhang Dong for a hundred thousand times more Soul-Extinguishing Aurora and offered to pay three thousand Cosmic Crystals for that amount.

Zhang Dong accepted Senior Fu’s task of collecting Soul-Extinguishing Aurora in exchange for three thousand Cosmic Crystals and received a protective mark and a Cang Clan token. He then asked Qu Yu for advice and selected powerful artifacts to prepare for his future ventures.

• Senior Fu marked Zhang Dong so he could contact him, gave him a silver pouch containing a Cang token, and promised it could protect him once.
• Qu Yu praised Zhang Dong’s good fortune, and Zhang Dong thanked him for his help before deciding to buy equipment.
• Zhang Dong asked Qu Yu which artifacts suited his Divine Hearts and learned that he could focus on offense because his secret arts could cover his defense.
• Qu Yu selected a Chaos Hole and Heaven-Opening weapon, a Space-Time formation, a flying vessel, and a world treasure for Zhang Dong.

Zhang Dong gained control of two treasures, briefly guided King Zhenyan in the spatial laws, and established a base in the Ganwu Universe Kingdom using his True Divine Artifact. Jiuyu Mountain came to life, giving Zhang Dong enough power to contend with the True Deity Heaven and Earth Realm while he awaited the arrival of the Sun Tree and Falling Star Clone.

• Qu Yu helped Zhang Dong refine and control his treasures, then charged him twenty thousand Xiafeng Coins, which Zhang Dong paid.
• Zhang Dong returned to the Primordial Universe, spotted King Zhenyan cultivating, and demonstrated the spatial laws to him before leaving him in enlightenment.
• Zhang Dong traveled to the Ganwu Universe Kingdom and began establishing his base on a vast land fragment.
• Zhang Dong activated the True Divine Artifact with his soul power, and the mountain Jiuyu Mountain rose from the land fragment.
• Zhang Dong realized Jiuyu Mountain could let him stand against the True Deity Heaven and Earth Realm, and he planned to rely on the Sun Tree and Falling Star Clone for additional strength and endurance.

Zhang Dong used Jiuyu Mountain to claim and monitor a hundred-thousand-light-year region, then traveled to the Hagu Secret Realm to collect Soul-Extinguishing Aurora. As he reached the first aurora region, a Golden-Horned Beast confronted him and demanded he leave.

• Zhang Dong encompassed a hundred thousand light-years with Jiuyu Mountain, prompting the evacuation of living beings from the region.
• Zhang Dong settled the Sun Tree and Falling Star into Jiuyu Mountain and planned to collect Soul-Extinguishing Aurora himself.
• Zhang Dong used his Hong Alliance identity as Extremity King to find assistance with Divine Kingdom Teleportation to the Hagu Secret Realm.
• Zhang Dong teleported through the dangerous secret realm and reached a region containing Soul-Extinguishing Aurora.
• A Golden-Horned Beast claimed the region as its territory and threatened to kill Zhang Dong if he entered.

Zhang Dong confronted Venerable Xuanmie in the Hagu Secret Realm and discovered that the Golden-Horned Beast was searching for a rare Special Lifeform. After Zhang Dong found the creature, Venerable Xuanmie summoned its other Clones to fight him.

• Venerable Xuanmie demanded that Zhang Dong leave the Hagu Secret Realm, but Zhang Dong mocked its claim and entered the airflow region.
• Venerable Xuanmie attacked Zhang Dong, but Zhang Dong's blade strike overpowered it and left him unmoved.
• Zhang Dong used a domain-type treasure and his Inner World Projection to scan the region, locating a Special Lifeform hidden inside a mountain.
• Venerable Xuanmie called in its other three Clones, and one Clone's flames clashed with Zhang Dong's sand domain.

Zhang Dong negotiated with Venerable Xuanmie over a captured high-genetic-level Special Lifeform, but their standoff was interrupted by the arrival of Blood Cloud Palace Master. Zhang Dong recognized the newcomer as Sitting Mountain Guest’s disguise and prepared to see what happened.

• Venerable Xuanmie recognized Zhang Dong as Extremity King and proposed compensation to avoid further fighting.
• Zhang Dong demanded a top-grade Treasure Armor or a high-grade domain or palace-type treasure, then seized and sealed the Special Lifeform.
• Venerable Xuanmie sealed the space and mobilized its four Clones to prevent Zhang Dong from leaving.
• Blood Cloud Palace Master arrived, seized control of space-time, and terrified Zhang Dong and Venerable Xuanmie.
• Zhang Dong identified Blood Cloud Palace Master as Sitting Mountain Guest’s disguise and resolved to observe the encounter.

Blood Cloud Palace Master crushed Venerable Xuanmie's four divine bodies, then discovered that Zhang Dong was only a Realm Lord. After Xuanmie was resurrected and reported the killing, Golden Horn Master set out, while Sitting Mountain Guest questioned Zhang Dong’s impossible strength and demanded the Special Lifeform.

• Blood Cloud Palace Master crushed Venerable Xuanmie's four divine bodies and was shocked to learn that Zhang Dong was a Realm Lord.
• Venerable Xuanmie's incarnation announced his death across the Golden-Horned Beasts’ territory, prompting them to report it to Golden Horn Master.
• Golden Horn Master resurrected Venerable Xuanmie, heard his account of encountering Blood Cloud Palace Master in the Hagu Secret Realm, and set out to pursue him.
• Sitting Mountain Guest examined Zhang Dong’s divine body and realm artifact but could not explain how a Realm Lord could rival a Cosmic Overlord.
• Sitting Mountain Guest withdrew his Space Seal and asked Zhang Dong to hand over the Special Lifeform, offering to spare him and keep his strength secret.

Zhang Dong entered Sitting Mountain Guest’s Blood Cloud Palace after the Blood Cloud Palace Master spared him, keeping his Realm Lord identity concealed. When Golden Horn Master arrived to avenge Venerable Xuanmie, Sitting Mountain Guest weathered its attacks from within the indestructible palace and escaped into the Dark Universe.

• Sitting Mountain Guest spared Zhang Dong, who thanked him and entered the Blood Cloud Palace to hide his Realm Lord identity.
• Golden Horn Master arrived with two Clones and attacked the Blood Cloud Palace Master over Venerable Xuanmie’s death.
• Sitting Mountain Guest matched Golden Horn Master’s domain with blood light, then retreated into the Blood Cloud Palace and mocked his opponent.
• Golden Horn Master’s claws battered the palace but could not damage it, while Sitting Mountain Guest taunted him from within.
• The Blood Cloud Palace accelerated beyond Golden Horn Master’s domain and entered the Dark Universe.

Golden Horn Master arrived after Sitting Mountain Guest killed Venerable Xuanmie, but Sitting Mountain Guest had disrupted the past so Golden Horn Master could not see what happened. Golden Horn Master returned to his clan to console Xuanmie, while Zhang Dong reflected on how their conversation had changed history and Sitting Mountain Guest grew wary of his power.

• Golden Horn Master tried to rewind space-time but saw only blurred scenes after the Blood Cloud Palace Master arrived, then left to return to his race.
• Zhang Dong realized that his conversation with Sitting Mountain Guest had delayed the events and caused Golden Horn Master to encounter him, changing history.
• Sitting Mountain Guest suspected that Zhang Dong's powerful body came from a God King cultivation method and wondered whether he practiced another system.
• Golden Horn Master promised Venerable Xuanmie that the clan would replace his lost treasures, and Xuanmie vowed to reach the Universe Master realm and take revenge.
• Venerable Xuanmie blamed Apex Venerable for his encounter with the Blood Cloud Palace Master, and Golden Horn Master ordered news of the Blood Cloud Palace Master's strength to be spread.

Sitting Mountain Guest traded a High-Level domain-type treasure for Zhang Dong’s Special Lifeform, then Zhang Dong returned to the Ancient Mystic Realm and quickly gathered all the Soul-Extinguishing Aurora. After exchanging it for three thousand Cosmic Crystals, Zhang Dong met with Senior Fu, who appeared hesitant.

• Sitting Mountain Guest accepted Zhang Dong’s Special Lifeform and gave him the Three Hundred Billion Starry Sea as a fair trade.
• Zhang Dong returned to the Ancient Mystic Realm and gathered all the Soul-Extinguishing Aurora in just over four hundred years.
• Zhang Dong used the Jade Green Bubble to reach the Boundary Heart Continent and learned that his Clone had chosen a powerful ultimate art requiring substantial resources.
• Senior Fu collected Zhang Dong’s Soul-Extinguishing Aurora and gave him three thousand Cosmic Crystals.
• Senior Fu remarked on Zhang Dong’s efficiency, then looked at him with unexpected hesitation.

Senior Fu brought Zhang Dong to the Cang estate and gave him an opportunity to cultivate under the guidance of Cang Yongnan. After ten years of instruction, Zhang Dong had deepened his understanding of the Creation Divine Heart and the rules of heaven and earth.

• Senior Fu offered to cultivate Zhang Dong and carried him to the vast Cang estate in Xiafeng Capital.
• Senior Fu told Zhang Dong to wait ten years, then left him in a pavilion.
• Zhang Dong cultivated the Creation Divine Heart while waiting and considered how it differed from the Chaotic Void Divine Heart.
• Cang Yongnan arrived, introduced himself as the guide Senior Fu had sent, and explained Divine Hearts and the rules of heaven and earth.
• Cang Yongnan corrected Zhang Dong's cultivation and taught him for ten years.

After ten years, Senior Fu rewarded Zhang Dong for providing the Soul-Extinguishing Aurora by granting him core member privileges in the Eternal Lineage for one billion years. Zhang Dong settled into the estate and learned both the benefits and the areas he needed to avoid.

• Senior Fu returned rejuvenated, praised Zhang Dong for helping him advance, and granted him a token for one billion years of core member privileges.
• Senior Fu explained that the Soul-Extinguishing Aurora had helped him become a disciple of a Universe God under Great Venerable Fuyi.
• Cang Yongnan told Zhang Dong that Senior Fu hoped he would become a True Deity within one billion years.
• Cang Yongnan brought Zhang Dong to a secluded wooden house and explained his access to the library and a quota of cultivation resources.
• Cang Yongnan warned Zhang Dong that some Eternal Lineage members might resent his privileges and gave him a map marking areas he must not enter.

Zhang Dong searched the Eternal Lineage library for information about the Boundary Heart Continent and discovered that Yingshan Snow Eagle had been a Chaos Realm tenth-layer expert in the same era. He then selected two ultimate arts to cultivate, and the library guards provided the required materials.

• Zhang Dong explored his residence and followed the map to the Eternal Lineage library, where the guards let him enter with core member authority.
• Zhang Dong read a book about the Boundary Heart Continent and confirmed its recorded eras and nations.
• Zhang Dong climbed to the fourth floor and found a tome documenting influential figures, including Yingshan Snow Eagle and his mastery of the Five Phase Sealing Technique.
• Zhang Dong browsed cultivation systems and secret arts, then chose two ultimate arts to cultivate.
• The library guards gave Zhang Dong the materials needed to practice the two ultimate arts.

Zhang Dong refined his body and mastered the first two levels of Chaos Hole Sky-Sundering and Golden Statue, greatly increasing his strength and defense. After becoming exhilarated by his power, he recognized his restlessness and returned to cultivation to calm his heart.

• Zhang Dong chose Chaos Hole Sky-Sundering and Golden Statue, then returned to his hut with rare materials to cultivate them.
• Zhang Dong completed body refinement after several months, strengthening his divine body and changing how naturally he fought in human and Bitter Snow Vine forms.
• Zhang Dong mastered the first two levels of Chaos Hole Sky-Sundering in nine years and the first two levels of Golden Statue in eleven years.
• Zhang Dong's strength rivaled an ordinary Fourth Heaven Realm Deity, while his defense could ignore Third-Heaven World Deity attacks and greatly weaken stronger blows.
• Zhang Dong realized he was becoming intoxicated by his power, recalled Cang Yongnan's warning, and sat down with wine to calm his heart.

Zhang Dong returned to the Primordial Universe after deciding to focus on comprehending Divine Hearts and developing secret techniques. After receiving King Zhenyan’s request to thank him for his past guidance, Zhang Dong invited him to the Ganwu Universe Kingdom, where King Zhenyan was already traveling.

• Zhang Dong decided to prioritize realm comprehension while assigning his Clone to study secret techniques, then returned to the Primordial Universe to share memories with his other Clones.
• Zhang Dong sensed his greatly increased power in the Primordial Universe and ignored invitations from Cosmic Venerables seeking teammates or borrowed treasures.
• Zhang Dong received a message from King Zhenyan’s teacher thanking him for guiding King Zhenyan and arranged a Virtual Universe call with King Zhenyan.
• King Zhenyan thanked Zhang Dong and explained that Dark Marquis Lord had revealed who guided him after he broke through to become a King-level Immortal.
• Zhang Dong gave King Zhenyan coordinates in the Ganwu Universe Kingdom and told him to send an email when he arrived; King Zhenyan was already seeking Divine Kingdom Teleportation.

Zhang Dong summoned King Zhenyan to Jiuyu Mountain, revealed that his public identity as Apex Venerable concealed his true name and Realm Lord level, and accepted him as a disciple. He told King Zhenyan to keep their teacher-disciple relationship secret for now.

• Zhang Dong reviewed reports about the Primordial Stars and the contest over the Azure Fire Realm before King Zhenyan arrived at his coordinates.
• Jiuyu Mountain teleported King Zhenyan directly to Zhang Dong, astonishing him with its vast, self-contained world.
• Zhang Dong explained that he was really named Zhang Dong and was a Domain Lord of the Primordial Realm who could rival a Cosmic Overlord for special reasons.
• Zhang Dong asked King Zhenyan to become his disciple, and King Zhenyan eagerly performed the ceremony.
• Zhang Dong explained Jiuyu Mountain and instructed King Zhenyan not to publicize their relationship or his Apex Venerable identity yet.

Zhang Dong comprehended the wood law and became immortal, revealing his overwhelming divine power to King Zhenyan. He then entered the spatial interlayer to find a fragment for establishing his divine kingdom.

• Zhang Dong left his Falling Star Clone to guide King Zhenyan while his main body prepared to comprehend an inferior law.
• Zhang Dong chose the wood law and comprehended it in half a day using time acceleration in Jiuyu Mountain.
• The wood origin law descended, and Zhang Dong transformed into an immortal god with an immense Sun Tree divine body.
• King Zhenyan congratulated Zhang Dong, who no longer needed true treasures to conceal his aura.
• Zhang Dong entered the spatial interlayer and found a fragment nineteen trillion kilometers across for his divine kingdom.