Chapter Summaries

Zhang Dong fought Venerable Tianhua on the Primordial Star, showing strength that rivaled a Cosmic Overlord despite his incomplete secret skills and enormous divine body. After hearing Tianhua's report, Dream Demon Ancestor ordered Sirius Master to publicize Zhang Dong's strength and otherwise ignore him.

• Zhang Dong stayed to face Venerable Tianhua, mocked him, and met his hammer attack with a Chaos Hole blade strike.
• Venerable Tianhua used a Cosmic Overlord ultimate secret technique, but Zhang Dong's Chaos Hole Heaven-Opening only sent him flying briefly before he steadied himself.
• Venerable Tianhua reported to Sirius Master that Zhang Dong's strength and enormous divine body made him difficult to defeat in a fight to the death.
• Sirius Master consulted Dream Demon Ancestor about Zhang Dong's potential and threat.
• Dream Demon Ancestor told Sirius Master to publicize Zhang Dong's strength and ignore him, judging him not much of a threat.

Zhang Dong trapped Venerable Tianhua with his High-level Domain Treasure and fought them with his million-kilometer divine body. Their battle continued as Zhang Dong refined his secret technique, while Venerable Tianhua called the Demon Race for aid and waited to see whose power would run out first.

• Dream Demon Ancestor ordered the Demon Race to retreat, and Venerable Tianhua received permission to leave Primordial Star No. 00255.
• As Venerable Tianhua began to depart, Zhang Dong unleashed the Three Hundred Billion Starry Sea and stopped them from flying away.
• Zhang Dong challenged Venerable Tianhua to call for their revival and expanded his divine body to a million kilometers before attacking.
• Zhang Dong and Venerable Tianhua fought fiercely as he tested his secret technique and they requested aid from the Demon Race.
• Venerable Tianhua judged that Zhang Dong’s domain treasure and attacks would consume his power faster than theirs.

Zhang Dong fought Venerable Tianhua on a Primordial Star while the Hong Alliance and demon race sent Universe Masters to intervene. Ice Peak Lord countered Sirius Master, and Dream Demon Ancestor dispatched Changjiu Lord and Forbidden Extinction Lord to rescue Tianhua and kill Zhang Dong.

• Zhang Dong had Dark Marquis Lord arrange for the Hong Alliance to intervene, and Ice Peak Lord revealed that he was going to the Primordial Star with other Universe Masters in reserve.
• Zhang Dong continued attacking Venerable Tianhua, refining his techniques as he forced Tianhua to defend itself.
• Sirius Master arrived with a treasure that suppressed Zhang Dong’s Three Hundred Billion Starry Sea, but Ice Peak Lord matched it with Cold Mist Realm.
• Ice Peak Lord prevented Sirius Master from aiding Tianhua, while Zhang Dong kept Tianhua trapped and mocked it.
• Dream Demon Ancestor ordered Changjiu Lord and Forbidden Extinction Lord to bring Dream Ancestor Domain, kill Zhang Dong if no other Hong Alliance Universe Masters appeared, and take Tianhua away.

Zhang Dong continued battling Venerable Tianhua on Primordial Star No. 00255 until Changjiu Lord attacked him with the Dream Ancestor Domain. Giant Axe arrived and suppressed the domain, prompting Venerable Tianhua to self-destruct in terror.

• After Changjiu Lord left, Dream Demon Ancestor scolded Sirius Master for arranging the test of Zhang Dong without informing the race.
• Giant Axe secretly set out for the Primordial Star after learning that Changjiu Lord and Forbidden Extinction Lord were bringing the Dream Ancestor Domain.
• Zhang Dong used Venerable Tianhua as a whetstone while experimenting with combining Extreme Point and Chaos Hole.
• Changjiu Lord arrived and used the Dream Ancestor Domain to strike Zhang Dong, but Zhang Dong's Peak Treasure armor let him endure the attacks.
• Giant Axe arrived and suppressed the Dream Ancestor Domain, and Venerable Tianhua self-destructed rather than face him.

After Venerable Tianhua self-destructed, Zhang Dong continued tempering his secret techniques on the Primordial Stars, sparring with Cosmic Overlords and advancing his comprehension. The chapter left him asking Venerable Niuzhou to locate powerful opponents near his current Primordial Star.

• Giant Axe Founder defended Zhang Dong after Venerable Tianhua's death, while Mist Vault Lord spread the news and the Demon Race publicized Zhang Dong's treasures.
• Dream Demon Ancestor revived Venerable Tianhua and charged Sirius Master for the lost treasures and revival costs.
• Zhang Dong spent three hundred years challenging Cosmic Overlords to refine his secret techniques, while his Clone remained at the Heavenly Mystery Qi Sect.
• Zhang Dong defeated Qixue Palace Master's Thirteen Consecutive Spears without taking damage, then continued developing a Domain Secret Technique.
• Zhang Dong met Venerable Niuzhou in Hong Alliance City and asked him to find Cosmic Overlords near Primordial Star 00320.

Zhang Dong traveled to Primordial Star No. 07320 to challenge Purple Rain Venerable, a powerful Peak Cosmic Overlord. Their fierce spar continued across the star until the distant aura of a newly born supreme treasure interrupted the battle.

• Venerable Niu Zhou sent Zhang Dong information about three potential opponents, and Zhang Dong chose Purple Rain Venerable.
• Zhang Dong arrived on Primordial Star No. 07320 and used the Three Hundred Billion Starry Sea to locate Purple Rain Venerable.
• Zhang Dong and Purple Rain Venerable met and began sparring, with Zhang Dong using his Heaven-Opening saber technique.
• Purple Rain Venerable's attacks overwhelmed Zhang Dong with the strength of his divine power and treasures.
• Zhang Dong and Purple Rain Venerable fought across the Primordial Star until powerful fluctuations announced the birth of a supreme treasure.

Zhang Dong claimed a component of the Azure Fire Realm and learned that the Northern Border Alliance planned to pursue him. After killing three of its Venerables, he escaped to the Boundary Heart Continent, while a Universe Master arrived too late to find him.

• Zhang Dong and Purple Rain Venerable reached the desert and discovered that the emerging treasure was a component of the Azure Fire Realm.
• Zhang Dong bound the component before Purple Rain Venerable could claim it, and they discussed the danger of the Northern Border Alliance pursuing him.
• Star River Lord ordered Jade Fox Venerable to monitor Zhang Dong and dispatched forces to stop him before an allied Universe Master could arrive.
• Zhang Dong used the Three Hundred Billion Starry Sea to annihilate three Northern Border Alliance Venerables, then traveled to the Boundary Heart Continent.
• Zhang Dong left petals from his Falling Star Clone inside Nether Slaughter Venerable, and Nine Origins Lord arrived on the Primordial Star to discover Zhang Dong had already escaped.

Star River Lord and the Northern Border Alliance searched a Primordial Star for Zhang Dong but failed to find him, unaware that he was far beyond the Primordial Universe. Zhang Dong returned after two years and headed out to seek opponents as he considered how powerful his combined divine-heart secret technique could become.

• Nine Origins Lord told the Northern Border Alliance that Zhang Dong had vanished, and Star River Lord deduced that he might be using an unknown clone and concealment method.
• Nine Origins Lord demanded to inspect the World Rings of every Cosmic Venerable, and a Golden-Horned Beast clone self-destructed rather than submit.
• Star River Lord arrived and led an extensive search with other experts, but they found no trace of Zhang Dong and continued searching for two years.
• Zhang Dong's Falling Star Clone watched the search from far away, while his true body remained beyond the Primordial Universe at the Boundary Heart Continent.
• After the Northern Border Alliance left, Zhang Dong returned to the Primordial Star and set out through a vortex passage to seek experts for sparring.
• Zhang Dong expected his secret technique combining three divine hearts to approach the strength of a Universe Master's strongest secret technique.

Zhang Dong entered a newly opened temple on Primordial Star 05822, where he found components of the Heaven-Controlling Pearl and fought rival entrants. He confronted Fire Ju Venerable, the Yan God Race’s only Peak Cosmic Overlord, and deployed the Three Hundred Billion Starry Sea as Fire Ju Venerable countered with his treasures.

• Zhang Dong left Hong Alliance City for Primordial Star 05822 after learning that a token-free temple had appeared and Tongling Master was already there.
• Zhang Dong entered the temple as its seventy-seventh entrant, then waited until its corridor opened and reached a chamber containing the Heaven-Controlling Pearl component.
• Zhang Dong collected the chamber’s treasures, killed a Mechanical Race Cosmic Venerable, and used the pearl component to open the exit while another Venerable stayed behind.
• Zhang Dong found a second pearl component and ordered Fire Ju Venerable to surrender his treasures in exchange for his life.
• Fire Ju Venerable refused, and Zhang Dong deployed the Three Hundred Billion Starry Sea as Fire Ju Venerable raised his armor and swept his spear to resist.

Zhang Dong defeated Fire Ju Venerable’s challenge and claimed the Heaven-Controlling Pearl’s main component in the final area. He then found Yan Emperor, Tongling Master, and Yuan Ao Master among the experts converging there.

• Zhang Dong struck Fire Ju Venerable with Heaven-Opening, making him suspect Zhang Dong was a Universe Master, then left him behind to continue onward.
• Fire Ju Venerable recovered and followed toward the final area, hoping to see whether other experts might buy the components.
• Zhang Dong reached the final area, located the Heaven-Controlling Pearl’s main component, and bound the seven-colored orb as his own.
• The golden light vanished after Zhang Dong bound the orb, revealing three top-tier overlords and a distant exit forty million kilometers away.
• Tongling Master and Yan Emperor arrived while arguing, and their black-ocean domain slowed Zhang Dong’s flight.
• Yuan Ao Master appeared, alarming Yan Emperor and Tongling Master and prompting Zhang Dong to wonder whether Yuan Ao Master had been soul-enslaved.

Zhang Dong escaped the temple with the Heaven-Controlling Pearl’s main component after using an overlaid domain to break through Tongling Master’s Floating Mountain Sea. Outside, he joined Swallow Eagle Master and revealed power strong enough to make the pursuing factions suspect he was a Universe Master.

• Yan Emperor, Tongling Master, Heaven Peak Master, and Yuan Ao Master confronted Zhang Dong in the temple and demanded the main component of the Heaven-Controlling Pearl.
• Zhang Dong combined Three Hundred Billion Starry Sea, the Third-Heaven World Deity’s World Domain, and his prototype domain secret technique to break through Floating Mountain Sea and flee toward the exit.
• Zhang Dong emerged from the temple first, located Swallow Eagle Master, and flew toward him while the other Universe Masters pursued.
• Returning Swan Monarch tried to block Zhang Dong with support from Heaven Peak Master, but Zhang Dong’s blade strikes destroyed most of Returning Swan Monarch’s divine body and forced him to self-destruct.
• The pursuing experts watched Zhang Dong reach Swallow Eagle Master and debated whether his strength meant he was a Universe Master.

Yuan Ao Master helped Zhang Dong escape the Primordial Star after Tongling Master and other Universe Masters tried to stop him. Shock Demon Ancestor reviewed the battle and concluded that Zhang Dong had become a powerful force, though reaching Chaos City Lord's level would be difficult.

• Tongling Master called for reinforcements while allied Universe Masters used their domain treasures to hinder Swallow Eagle Master's escape with Zhang Dong.
• Yuan Ao Master used his Flame Sand Cup to drive back Floating Mountain Sea and help Zhang Dong reach Swallow Eagle Master.
• Zhang Dong joined Swallow Eagle Master, leaving Tongling Master unable to seize his treasures, while Tongling Master threatened Yuan Ao Master on behalf of the Demon Race Alliance.
• Tongling Master showed Shock Demon Ancestor footage of Zhang Dong's battle, and Shock Demon Ancestor considered whether Zhang Dong's strength came from a powerful Clone.
• Shock Demon Ancestor concluded that Zhang Dong already possessed Universe Master combat power and could no longer be killed, but might not reach Chaos City Lord's level.

Zhang Dong discovered Frostsnow Jade among Returning Swan Monarch’s spoils and decided to pursue the treasure hidden in Frostsnow Valley while cultivating on the Boundary Heart Continent. He then traveled with Cang Yongnan to an auction for a rare protective Dao treasure, where the pressure of the teleportation array made him question the strength of his will.

• Shock Demon Ancestor, Mechanical Race Father God, and the Zerg Queen decided against assassinating Zhang Dong, while Tongling Master suggested publicizing his treasures to attract enemies.
• Zhang Dong traded the Azure Fire Realm strand to Heaven Peak Master for the Northern Border Alliance’s Heaven-Controlling Pearl components.
• While inventorying Returning Swan Monarch’s belongings, Zhang Dong found Frostsnow Jade and resolved to visit Frostsnow Valley; North Border Alliance Leader later revived Returning Swan Monarch, who told Star River Lord about the jade.
• Zhang Dong cultivated at the Cang Clan’s Eternal Lineage Estate, aiming to comprehend a fourth First-Class Divine Heart before returning to Frostsnow Valley.
• Cang Yongnan told Zhang Dong that an upcoming auction offered a rare protective Dao treasure, and they traveled by teleportation array toward Xiafeng Capital’s northern district.
• As the teleportation array’s pressure weighed on him, Zhang Dong wondered whether the first stage of heart cultivation required the will of a Universe Strongest.

Zhang Dong attended Elder Fu’s auction in Xiafeng Capital and won the Celestial Star Armor for one thousand Cosmic Crystals. He discovered he could not activate the armor until he reached the Fourth Heaven and mastered an ultimate art.

• Cang Yongnan brought Zhang Dong to a palace in Xiafeng Capital, where Elder Fu was holding an auction.
• Zhang Dong watched the auction’s increasingly valuable treasures and decided the Celestial Star Armor was the protection he needed.
• Zhang Dong won the Celestial Star Armor with a bid of one thousand Cosmic Crystals.
• After the auction, Zhang Dong received the armor and bound it as his master.
• Cang Yongnan explained that Zhang Dong needed to reach the Fourth Heaven and master an ultimate art before he could activate it.

Zhang Dong comprehended the World Divine Heart, advanced to the Fourth Heaven Realm, and mastered the fourth layer of Golden Statue after cultivating two supreme arts. Cang Yongnan praised his progress and suggested that he could pursue a bloodline to help him become a Void God.

• Cang Yongnan corrected Zhang Dong's misunderstanding about the World Divine Heart, and Zhang Dong comprehended it, advancing to the Fourth Heaven Realm.
• Zhang Dong cultivated Chaos Hole Sky-Sundering and raised his raw strength to a level he believed could rival a Peak Cosmic Overlord, though the laws still prevented him from flying.
• Zhang Dong comprehended the Immeasurable and Matter Divine Hearts, studied Daos in True Divine Artifact longswords, and continued cultivating Golden Statue.
• King Zhenyan entered the Quehong Secret Realm to confront Demon Candle, who had lured him there out of jealousy.
• After twelve thousand years, Zhang Dong mastered the fourth layer of Golden Statue, gaining defense that resisted attacks below the Mighty Expert level.
• Cang Yongnan praised Zhang Dong's progress, said becoming a True Deity or opening a Dao should be within his reach, and suggested he could buy a bloodline to pursue becoming a Void God.

Zhang Dong returned to the Primordial Universe, brought Gao Li and Ganwu Kingdom Master to Jiuyu Mountain, and prepared to reveal his identity. His high-profile move alerted enemy spies, and he appeared outside a planet where a Zerg intelligence agent was reporting on him.

• Zhang Dong planned to cultivate in seclusion until he comprehended an upper law, then enter the Primordial Star and Frostsnow Valley.
• Ganwu Kingdom Master told Gao Li that his mission had ended and accompanied him to Jiuyu Mountain, where Zhang Dong welcomed them and offered them a place to settle.
• Zhang Dong planned for Gao Li to manage Jiuyu Mountain and its future residents, while Ganwu Kingdom Master recognized how far Zhang Dong's strength had surpassed his own.
• Spies on Ganwu Imperial Capital Star reported Gao Li's departure and sent out calls to investigate Zhang Dong and place bounties on him.
• A Zerg King-level Immortal classified Zhang Dong as Ke Di Level and passed the report to his superior, while Zhang Dong appeared outside the life planet where the agent was hiding.

Zhang Dong tested the reach of his Causal Divine Heart before King Zhenyan asked him to rescue him from a secret realm, where foreign-race Cosmic Venerables had surrounded him over rumors that he possessed supreme treasures. Zhang Dong freed Zhenyan and froze the hundred-plus pursuers, confronting them for targeting his disciple.

• Zhang Dong traced causal ties to destroy a King-level Immortal spy and an underground Zerg brood nest, then studied the limits of his causal perception.
• Over the next two hundred years, Zhang Dong spread faith and cultivated causal connections while continuing to study the Causal Divine Heart.
• King Zhenyan told Zhang Dong that Demon Candle had spread rumors about his supreme treasures, drawing foreign-race Cosmic Venerables who trapped him in Quehong Secret Realm.
• Zhang Dong followed his causal connection to Zhenyan, entered the deadly vortex, and brought him safely back outside.
• More than a hundred Cosmic Venerables moved to surround Zhang Dong and Zhenyan, but Zhang Dong froze the entire region and rebuked them for pursuing his disciple.

Zhang Dong revealed to Sirius Master that he was humanity’s Apex Venerable, then displayed overwhelming power before returning to Jiuyu Mountain with King Zhenyan. Dream Demon Ancestor learned Zhang Dong’s identity and urgently spread the news to other Universe Strongests.

• Zhang Dong killed more than a hundred Cosmic Venerables, collected their treasures, and revealed his identity to Sirius Master.
• Zhang Dong attacked Sirius Palace with a powerful slash, and Sirius Master fled inside before reporting that Apex Venerable was Zhang Dong.
• Dream Demon Ancestor watched Sirius Master’s replay and realized Zhang Dong might become another Origin Ancestor, then contacted Shock Demon Ancestor and other Universe Strongests.
• Zhang Dong returned to Jiuyu Mountain with King Zhenyan and told him to prepare evidence of how the message had been transmitted before they went to Giant Axe Arena headquarters.

Zhang Dong comprehended the Causal Divine Heart and used his new perception of karma to uncover Demon Candle’s role in endangering King Zhenyan. He confronted Void Gold Lord over the evidence and demanded severe punishment, leaving the dispute unresolved after he slapped Erosion Fire Venerable for interrupting.

• Zhang Dong comprehended the Causal Divine Heart and gained the ability to perceive karmic threads across two hundred billion light-years.
• King Zhenyan brought Zhang Dong evidence that Demon Candle had arranged for rumors about Zhenyan’s treasure to spread through the Hong Alliance.
• Zhang Dong, King Zhenyan, and Ganwu Kingdom Master went to Giant Axe Arena’s headquarters and presented the evidence to Void Gold Lord.
• Demon Candle admitted arranging for King Chen Ming to spread the information, while Erosion Fire Venerable beat his son and Void Gold Lord asked King Zhenyan to choose a punishment.
• King Zhenyan called for Demon Candle’s execution and said Erosion Fire Venerable should share responsibility; Zhang Dong rejected Erosion Fire Venerable’s proposed sentence and slapped him for interrupting.

Zhang Dong revealed that he was a Universe Master and sentenced Demon Candle and Erosion Fire Venerable for their crimes. After sparing Demon Candle in return for Void Gold Lord’s respect, Zhang Dong warned that a major event was coming and sent the Ganwu Kingdom Master to fetch his teacher.

• Zhang Dong’s aura revealed his Universe Master strength, and Void Gold Lord asked when he had reached that level.
• Demon Candle and Erosion Fire Venerable begged Zhang Dong for mercy, with Erosion Fire offering his Heavy Treasure points to save his son.
• Zhang Dong sentenced Demon Candle to one hundred million trillion years in prison and Erosion Fire Venerable to ten thousand years in Venerable Prison, but refused the offered treasures.
• Void Gold Lord promised to deal with King Chen Ming, and Zhang Dong said King Chen Ming was already dead.
• Zhang Dong told King Zhenyan that he spared Demon Candle to return Void Gold Lord’s respect, then warned that a major event was coming and sent the Ganwu Kingdom Master to fetch his teacher.