Chapter Summaries

Key Plot Points and Events

• Zhang Dong is offered a job by Senior Fu, a seventh-layer Unity Realm cultivator, to gather three thousand Cosmic Crystals in exchange for a Cang Clan token, which holds significant weight within Xiafeng Ancient Kingdom.
• Senior Fu gives Zhang Dong an imprint to contact him and a silver pouch containing the Cang Clan token, which can protect him for two hours against an ordinary Unity Realm cultivator within Xiafeng Ancient Kingdom.
• Zhang Dong decides to purchase Realm Divine Artifacts and True Divine Artifacts from Qu Yu to enhance his equipment.

Character Developments

• Zhang Dong demonstrates his ambition and determination by agreeing to gather a vast amount of Cosmic Crystals without hesitation.
• Qu Yu shows his expertise and generosity by advising Zhang Dong on choosing Divine Hearts and selecting appropriate treasures for him.

Significant Themes

• Wealth and Power: The staggering amount of Cosmic Crystals and the Cang Clan token represent wealth and power, which can influence one's status and safety in Xiafeng Ancient Kingdom.
• Cultivation and Growth: Zhang Dong's focus on enhancing his Divine Hearts and acquiring better equipment reflects his dedication to cultivation and growth as a cultivator.

Character Interactions

• Zhang Dong interacts with Senior Fu, showing respect and eagerness to complete the task given to him.
• Zhang Dong interacts with Qu Yu, seeking his advice on choosing Divine Hearts and purchasing treasures, demonstrating a humble and respectful attitude towards the more experienced cultivator.

Summary

Key Plot Points and Events

• Zhang Dong successfully refines and controls the flying vessel and the world treasure with Qu Yu's help.
• He returns to the Primordial Realm and encounters Zhenyan King, guiding him in spatial law comprehension.
• Zhang Dong travels to the Ganwu Universe Kingdom to establish his base using a massive land fragment and his True Divine Artifact, Jiuyu Mountain.

Character Developments

• Zhang Dong's power and understanding of spatial laws grow, allowing him to guide Zhenyan King.
• Zhenyan King enters a state of enlightenment after Zhang Dong's guidance.

Significant Themes

• The power and versatility of True Divine Artifacts are highlighted, with Jiuyu Mountain's ability to create endless worlds and empower its user.
• The theme of guidance and mentorship is shown through Zhang Dong's interaction with Zhenyan King.

Character Interactions

• Zhang Dong helps Zhenyan King understand spatial laws better, demonstrating his superior comprehension and willingness to guide others.
• Zhang Dong interacts with Qu Yu, showing their business-like relationship and Qu Yu's straightforward nature.

Key Plot Points and Events

• Zhang Dong expands his control over a hundred thousand light-years using Jiuyu Mountain, evacuating all living beings within the area.
• He decides to personally search for the Soul-Extinguishing Aurora in the Hagu Secret Realm.
• Zhang Dong travels through the Hagu Secret Realm, teleporting repeatedly despite its dangers, and arrives at the first region containing Soul-Extinguishing Aurora.
• He encounters a Golden-Horned Beast who claims the region as its territory and warns Zhang Dong not to enter.

Character Developments

• Zhang Dong demonstrates his growing power and confidence, taking on the challenge of the Hagu Secret Realm alone.
• The Golden-Horned Beast is introduced as a territorial and aggressive creature, willing to defend its claimed region against intruders.

Significant Themes

• The power of True Divine Artifacts, as demonstrated by Jiuyu Mountain's capabilities.
• The dangers and challenges of exploring secret realms, such as the Hagu Secret Realm.
• The territorial nature of some creatures and their willingness to defend their claimed territories.

Character Interactions

• Zhang Dong interacts with various King-level Immortals through messages, seeking help for Divine Kingdom Teleportation.
• He encounters the Golden-Horned Beast, leading to a potential confrontation over territory.

Chapter Summary: The Younger Version of Vortex-Extinguishing Master

Key Plot Points and Events

• Zhang Dong confronts Xuanmie Venerable, a Golden-Horned Beast from the Starry Sky Beast Alliance, in the Hagu Secret Realm.
• Xuanmie claims the region as his territory and orders Zhang Dong to leave. Zhang Dong mocks him, questioning the Alliance’s ownership of the secret realm and deliberately entering the airflow region.
• Xuanmie’s hostility stems from a Realm Lord-level Special Lifeform hiding in the region. He discovered it nearly one hundred thousand years earlier and has been searching for it ever since, hoping to sell or use it because of its exceptionally high genetic level.
• Xuanmie attacks Zhang Dong in anger, burning his divine body and using a powerful secret technique. Zhang Dong counters with a blade strike infused with the Chaotic Void Divine Heart and Creation Divine Heart.
• Their clash reveals that both possess High Venerable-level offensive power, but Zhang Dong’s enormous divine body leaves him completely unmoved, while Xuanmie is knocked backward.
• Zhang Dong deploys a powerful domain-type treasure combined with his Inner World Projection, creating a massive dust storm that blocks Xuanmie’s senses and scans the entire region.
• Zhang Dong locates the hidden Special Lifeform inside a mountain, immediately understanding why Xuanmie has guarded the area for so long.
• Xuanmie summons his other three divine-body Clones, preparing to fight Zhang Dong at full strength. The chapter ends as one Clone counters Zhang Dong’s sand domain with flames.

Character Developments

• Zhang Dong is shown to be fearless, confident, and willing to provoke powerful opponents when curious about their motives. His immense divine body, defensive abilities, replenishment methods, and concealed true cultivation make him extremely difficult to threaten.
• Zhang Dong’s combat strength is demonstrated to be comparable to a Third-Heaven World Deity in raw offensive power and at least High Venerable level in the Primordial Universe’s system.
• Xuanmie Venerable is revealed to be the younger version of the future Vortex-Extinguishing Master. Although he has not yet become a Cosmic Overlord, his four divine bodies together can challenge even Peak Cosmic Overlords.
• Xuanmie is portrayed as powerful, aggressive, bloodthirsty, and highly protective of his prize. His potential is immense, and Golden Horn Master greatly values him, supplying him with abundant treasures.
• Zhang Dong’s ability to disguise his aura prevents Xuanmie from realizing that his apparent strength does not reflect his true underlying cultivation.

Significant Themes

• Power versus perception: Xuanmie assumes Zhang Dong is merely another expert who can be intimidated, but Zhang Dong’s concealed abilities and extraordinary physical strength overturn that assumption.
• Territorial arrogance and conflict: Xuanmie’s belief that wherever he stands is his territory reflects the dominance and hostility of powerful races in the secret realms.
• The value of rare lifeforms: The Special Lifeform’s high genetic level makes it a priceless resource, illustrating how beings are treated as strategic assets or commodities.
• Hidden potential and future greatness: Xuanmie’s current status foreshadows his eventual rise into the powerful Vortex-Extinguishing Master.
• Accumulated strength: Both characters rely on more than individual attacks—Zhang Dong uses treasures and Inner World Projection, while Xuanmie depends on multiple divine bodies and racial advantages.

Character Interactions

• Zhang Dong and Xuanmie immediately clash verbally, with Zhang Dong refusing to acknowledge Xuanmie’s territorial claim.
• Their exchange escalates into a direct battle, allowing Zhang Dong to test Xuanmie’s strength and expose the limits of his intimidation.
• Zhang Dong discovers Xuanmie’s true objective, turning the confrontation from a territorial dispute into a contest over the hidden Special Lifeform.
• Xuanmie’s other Clones arrive, shifting the battle toward a full-force confrontation between his combined four-body formation and Zhang Dong’s domain-based techniques.

Key Plot Points and Events

• Zhang Dong encounters Xuanmie Venerable, a Golden-Horned Beast, who mistakes him for a Cosmic Venerable due to his powerful aura and Treasure Armor.
• Xuanmie Venerable seeks to negotiate with Zhang Dong to avoid further conflict, offering compensation.
• Zhang Dong demands a top-grade Treasure Armor or a high-grade domain or palace-type treasure, which Xuanmie Venerable cannot provide.
• Zhang Dong captures the Special Lifeform Xuanmie Venerable was pursuing, further escalating the situation.
• Blood Cloud Palace Master, a Universe Master, arrives, causing both Zhang Dong and Xuanmie Venerable to feel immense pressure and fear.

Character Developments

• Zhang Dong: Displayed his strength and negotiation skills, capturing the Special Lifeform and standing his ground against Xuanmie Venerable.
• Xuanmie Venerable: Initially aggressive, later attempted to negotiate with Zhang Dong to avoid conflict, showing a more diplomatic side.
• Blood Cloud Palace Master: Introduced as a terrifying Universe Master with a reputation for killing without discrimination, causing fear in both Zhang Dong and Xuanmie Venerable.

Significant Themes

• Power dynamics and negotiation: Both Zhang Dong and Xuanmie Venerable use their strength to negotiate and gain advantages.
• Fear and respect for Universe Masters: The arrival of Blood Cloud Palace Master instills fear in both characters, highlighting the power and respect Universe Masters command.

Character Interactions

• Zhang Dong and Xuanmie Venerable: Initially hostile, they later attempt to negotiate, showing mutual respect for each other's strength.
• Zhang Dong and Blood Cloud Palace Master: No direct interaction yet, but Zhang Dong is aware of Blood Cloud Palace Master's arrival and his reputation, showing caution and respect.

Key Plot Points and Events

• Blood Cloud Palace Master (Sitting Mountain Guest) effortlessly kills Xuanmie Venerable, a High Venerable, demonstrating the vast power gap between a Universe Master and a High Venerable.
• Xuanmie Venerable's incarnation alerts the Starry Sky Beast Alliance about his death, leading Golden Horn Master to resurrect him.
• Sitting Mountain Guest reveals that he knows Zhang Dong is actually a Realm Lord, expressing shock and disbelief.

Character Developments

• Xuanmie Venerable: Dies and is resurrected, showing the power dynamics between High Venerables and Universe Masters.
• Sitting Mountain Guest (Blood Cloud Palace Master): Reveals his true identity as a God King, showing his immense power and understanding of the universe's laws.

Significant Themes

• Power dynamics and the vast differences between realms and titles in the universe.
• The shock and disbelief caused by Zhang Dong's true identity as a Realm Lord.

Character Interactions

• Sitting Mountain Guest and Xuanmie Venerable: Sitting Mountain Guest effortlessly kills Xuanmie Venerable, demonstrating his superior power.
• Sitting Mountain Guest and Zhang Dong: Sitting Mountain Guest reveals his knowledge of Zhang Dong's true identity, expressing shock and offering him a deal to hand over the Bitter Snow Vine.

Key Plot Points and Events

• The author announces the launch of their premium content, set to go live around 8:30 PM, with no morning update.
• Upon launch, four chapters totaling 8,000 words will be posted, followed by daily updates of 6,000 words, or 4,000 words if the author is particularly busy.
• The author expresses regret for not meeting their initial goal of posting 20,000 words on launch day due to health issues and unexpected launch date.
• Character Developments: (None, as this is a meta-chapter addressing the audience)

Significant Themes

• Gratitude: The author expresses appreciation for their audience's support.
• Challenges: The author acknowledges obstacles faced, such as health issues and launch date changes.
• Commitment: The author reassures their dedication to providing regular content.
• Character Interactions: (None, as this is a meta-chapter)

Additional Notes

• The author encourages readers to support them with a first-day subscription.
• They wish their audience good health, success, and longevity.

Chapter Summary

1. Key Plot Points and Events

• Sitting Mountain Guest, acting as the Blood Cloud Palace Master, decides not to kill Zhang Dong. Zhang Dong is relieved, since the protective mark given to him by Senior Fu can even block Unity Realm-level power and will be valuable when exploring the Cosmic Sea’s Three Great Perilous Lands.
• Zhang Dong enters the Blood Cloud Palace at Sitting Mountain Guest’s request, concealing the fact that he is actually a Realm Lord. His true strength is far greater than his apparent cultivation: he is a Second Heaven Realm Deity with Third Heaven combat power and enough defensive ability to contend with a Cosmic Overlord.
• Sitting Mountain Guest’s Blood Cloud Palace is revealed to be a peak flying palace treasure, virtually impossible to damage in the Primordial Universe. It also contains numerous treasures, including more than ten thousand Heavy Treasures.
• Golden Horn Master arrives with two powerful clones to avenge the Golden-Horned Beast race member killed by the Blood Cloud Palace Master.
• Golden Horn Master launches a powerful domain attack using countless dark crimson pillars of light. Sitting Mountain Guest counters with his own domain treasure, and the two domains reach a stalemate.
• Golden Horn Master then attacks directly with both clones, filling the surrounding space with overwhelming claw shadows. Rather than fight under the Primordial Universe’s restrictions, Sitting Mountain Guest retreats into the Blood Cloud Palace.
• The Blood Cloud Palace withstands Golden Horn Master’s attacks without damage. Sitting Mountain Guest mocks him and uses mental pressure and taunts to further provoke him.
• The Blood Cloud Palace ultimately accelerates beyond Golden Horn Master’s ability to restrain it, reaches light speed, and escapes into the Dark Universe.

2. Character Developments

• Zhang Dong: Displays greater confidence and strategic awareness. He understands that his identity and hidden cultivation must remain concealed, but he is no longer particularly afraid of exposure because he believes he can survive until reaching the Fourth Heaven Realm.
• Sitting Mountain Guest/Blood Cloud Palace Master: Demonstrates his cunning and immense resources. He protects Zhang Dong, hides him inside the Blood Cloud Palace, and avoids an unnecessary battle with Golden Horn Master while preserving his intimidating reputation.
• Golden Horn Master: Appears as an ancient and extremely powerful Universe Master with two combat-capable clones. However, his anger and desire for revenge leave him frustrated when the Blood Cloud Palace proves impossible to damage or restrain.

3. Significant Themes

• Hidden strength and identity: Zhang Dong’s apparent status is vastly different from his true cultivation and combat ability, emphasizing the importance of concealment in a dangerous universe.
• Power versus limitations: Even powerful Universe Masters are constrained by the Primordial Universe’s laws. Sitting Mountain Guest recognizes that directly killing Golden Horn Master is impossible or impractical there.
• Strategic retreat: Survival and preserving future advantages are shown to be more important than proving strength through direct combat.
• Reputation and intimidation: The Blood Cloud Palace Master relies on mockery, mental attacks, and his infamous identity to maintain psychological dominance.
• Treasure-based power: Peak treasures, especially the Blood Cloud Palace, can determine the outcome of battles as decisively as personal cultivation.

4. Character Interactions

• Zhang Dong and Sitting Mountain Guest: Sitting Mountain Guest spares Zhang Dong and gives him refuge inside the Blood Cloud Palace. Zhang Dong remains respectful but privately recognizes that Sitting Mountain Guest does not understand his full capabilities.
• Sitting Mountain Guest and Golden Horn Master: Their confrontation is driven by Golden Horn Master’s demand for vengeance and Sitting Mountain Guest’s contemptuous refusal to submit. Sitting Mountain Guest taunts Golden Horn Master about his dependence on the Beast Ancestor and repeatedly provokes him.
• Golden Horn Master and the Blood Cloud Palace: Golden Horn Master’s attacks are powerful enough to destroy ordinary opponents, but they cannot harm the peak palace treasure. His inability to stop its escape leaves him humiliated and helpless.

Key Plot Points and Events

• Golden Horn Master arrives at the Yigu Secret Realm and finds Xuanmie Venerable's corpse.
• He attempts to rewind time using his space-time control but fails due to Sitting Mountain Guest's interference.
• Golden Horn Master returns to his race and consoles Xuanmie Venerable, promising revenge against the Blood Cloud Palace Master.
• Xuanmie Venerable vows to cultivate diligently and become a Universe Master to take revenge.

Character Developments

• Xuanmie Venerable: Loses his four divine bodies and treasures, leading to a vow to become stronger and take revenge.
• Golden Horn Master: Realizes the power of the Blood Cloud Palace Master and the potential threat he poses to the universe.

Significant Themes

• The power of space-time manipulation and its limitations.
• The consequences of underestimating opponents and being overconfident.
• The importance of cultivating diligently and seeking revenge.

Character Interactions

• Golden Horn Master and Xuanmie Venerable: Golden Horn Master consoles Xuanmie Venerable and promises revenge, while Xuanmie Venerable vows to become stronger.
• Sitting Mountain Guest and Zhang Dong: Though they do not interact directly, Sitting Mountain Guest's actions disrupt space-time, preventing Golden Horn Master from learning about Zhang Dong's true identity.

Chapter Summary: “High-Level Domain Treasure”

Key Plot Points and Events

• Sitting Mountain Guest releases Zhang Dong from the Blood Cloud Palace after determining that Zhang Dong is likely connected to an extraordinarily powerful, possibly reincarnated God King.
• Zhang Dong hands over the captured Special Lifeform. Rather than simply taking it, Sitting Mountain Guest gives him a High-Level domain-type treasure, the Three Hundred Billion Starry Sea, to erase any karmic ties and prevent future conflict.
• Sitting Mountain Guest reflects on the mysterious God King behind Zhang Dong, the difficulty of reincarnation, and his unresolved desire to avenge his senior sister.
• Zhang Dong returns to the Ancient Mystic Realm and begins gathering Soul-Extinguishing Aurora. Because of his reputation and apparent potential, other Cosmic Venerables avoid provoking him, while the Three-Clan Alliance decides that assassinating him is not yet worthwhile.
• Using the new domain treasure, his World God-level Inner World Projection, and the Jade Green Bubble, Zhang Dong gathers all the required Soul-Extinguishing Aurora in just over four hundred years.
• He travels to the Boundary Heart Continent, where his clone remains a Second-Heaven World God but is close to reaching the Third-Heaven realm. The clone has chosen a powerful supreme ultimate art, though cultivating it requires Zhang Dong to provide the necessary resources.
• Zhang Dong contacts Senior Fu and delivers the Soul-Extinguishing Aurora in exchange for the promised three thousand Cosmic Crystals. Senior Fu is impressed by his efficiency but appears unusually hesitant, suggesting an important development may follow.

Character Developments

• Zhang Dong: Demonstrates maturity and pragmatism by accepting the unequal power structure of the universe and thanking Sitting Mountain Guest for the fair exchange. His efficiency, reputation, and rapid progress continue to establish him as an exceptionally dangerous and talented figure.
• Sitting Mountain Guest: Reveals his cautious and strategic nature. He avoids creating unnecessary karma with Zhang Dong and continues investigating the identity of the God King supporting him. His personal motivation remains centered on avenging his deceased senior sister rather than resurrecting her.
• Zhang Dong’s Clone: Has advanced close to the Third-Heaven World Deity level and selected a powerful ultimate art, indicating strong future potential but also imposing heavy resource demands.
• Senior Fu: Honors the agreed exchange and recognizes Zhang Dong’s unusually fast completion of the task, though his hesitation hints at concern or a new complication.

Significant Themes

• Strength and fairness: In the universe, fairness is determined by power. Zhang Dong recognizes that Sitting Mountain Guest could have taken the Special Lifeform by force, making the voluntary trade especially meaningful.
• Karma and avoiding enemies: Sitting Mountain Guest gives Zhang Dong a treasure to eliminate karmic entanglements, showing how powerful beings carefully manage future threats and relationships.
• Hidden identities and reincarnation: The chapter emphasizes the difficulty of identifying reincarnated God Kings and the far-reaching consequences of their secret influence.
• Ambition and revenge: Sitting Mountain Guest’s life is defined by his vow to avenge his senior sister, demonstrating the emotional burdens carried by supreme beings.
• Talent versus resources: Even extraordinary techniques and genius require immense material investment; cultivation depends not only on comprehension but also on access to treasures and cosmic resources.
• Reputation as protection: Zhang Dong’s growing fame discourages enemies from attacking him, even though his true background and potential remain misunderstood.

Important Character Interactions

• Zhang Dong and Sitting Mountain Guest: Their exchange is tense but respectful. Sitting Mountain Guest takes the Special Lifeform and compensates Zhang Dong with a powerful domain treasure, while Zhang Dong accepts the transaction without resentment.
• Sitting Mountain Guest and the unseen God King: Although they never meet, Sitting Mountain Guest repeatedly considers the mysterious being behind Zhang Dong and weighs the danger of provoking such a figure.
• Zhang Dong and his clone: Their linked memories allow Zhang Dong to learn of the clone’s progress and chosen ultimate art, reinforcing the coordination between his different bodies.
• Zhang Dong and Senior Fu: Zhang Dong fulfills the delivery, and Senior Fu pays him the three thousand Cosmic Crystals. Senior Fu’s unusual hesitation creates suspense at the chapter’s conclusion.

Summary: “An Opportunity from Senior Fu”

Key Plot Points and Events

• Senior Fu notices Zhang Dong’s hesitation and offers him a chance to be cultivated despite his ordinary background.
• He transports Zhang Dong at incredible speed to a vast, ancient estate belonging to the Cang Clan in Xiafeng Capital.
• The estate’s gates bear the same profound “Cang” character as Zhang Dong’s token, confirming Senior Fu’s connection to the clan. The gatekeeping puppets address him as “Patriarch.”
• Senior Fu orders Zhang Dong to wait in a pavilion for ten years, offering no explanation before leaving.
• Zhang Dong patiently begins cultivating the Creation Divine Heart while waiting.
• A powerful young Cang Clan member, Cang Yongnan, arrives to guide him on the Patriarch’s orders.
• Cang Yongnan explains the relationship between the Creation Divine Heart and the Chaotic Void Divine Heart, as well as the nature of the rules of heaven and earth.
• Over the next decade, Cang Yongnan regularly corrects Zhang Dong’s cultivation, explains ultimate arts and secret techniques, and greatly deepens his understanding.

Character Developments

• Zhang Dong: Becomes increasingly aware of Senior Fu’s extraordinary status and the value of the opportunity offered to him. He remains humble, cautious, patient, and eager to learn. His comprehension of the Creation Divine Heart and the broader Rule Profound Mystery System improves significantly.
• Senior Fu: Reveals himself to be the Cang Clan’s Patriarch, a figure powerful enough to command terrifying puppets and possess a massive estate in Xiafeng Capital. Although cryptic and distant, he demonstrates a willingness to invest in Zhang Dong’s future.
• Cang Yongnan: Is introduced as Zhang Dong’s instructor. Despite his youthful appearance, he possesses profound cultivation and knowledge, becoming a patient and effective guide.

Significant Themes

• Opportunities and cultivation: Advancement depends not only on talent but also on receiving guidance from powerful figures and entering higher-level circles.
• The importance of comprehension: Progress from World God to True Deity is portrayed as a process of understanding the rules of heaven and earth.
• Creation versus destruction: The Creation Divine Heart represents ultimate attack and the ability to form worlds, while the Chaotic Void Divine Heart embodies ultimate destruction. Their opposing natures make both difficult but exceptionally powerful paths.
• Hierarchy and hidden identity: Senior Fu’s restrained words and Zhang Dong’s gradual deductions emphasize the vast gap between ordinary cultivators and ancient clans or supreme experts.
• Patience and humility: Zhang Dong accepts the unexplained ten-year wait and uses it productively, demonstrating the discipline necessary for long-term cultivation.

Character Interactions

• Senior Fu offers Zhang Dong an opportunity, transports him to the Cang estate, and orders him to wait.
• Zhang Dong infers Senior Fu’s identity from the estate, the Cang token, and the respect shown by the puppets.
• Cang Yongnan introduces himself as Zhang Dong’s assigned guide and asks him to use the familiar name “Nan.”
• Zhang Dong humbly raises questions about the Creation Divine Heart, while Cang Yongnan provides extensive instruction and repeatedly corrects his cultivation.
• The chapter ends after ten years of instruction, with Zhang Dong’s understanding greatly strengthened and the nature of Senior Fu’s promised opportunity still unrevealed.

Chapter Summary: Privileges of a Core Cang Clan Member

Key Plot Points and Events

• After the ten-year agreement ends, Senior Fu returns to Zhang Dong, appearing dramatically revitalized.
• The Eternal Lineage celebrates Senior Fu’s successful breakthrough and renewed prospects, praising him as their future hope.
• Senior Fu reveals that Zhang Dong’s Soul-Extinguishing Aurora was crucial to his progress. By merging it with one of his primary light-based techniques, Senior Fu overcame the flaw that had kept him trapped at the seventh level of the Unity Realm.
• As a result, Senior Fu has become the disciple of a Universe God connected to Fuyi Great Venerable, greatly improving his chances of reaching the Chaos Realm and eventually restoring the Eternal Lineage’s former glory.
• To reward Zhang Dong, Senior Fu grants him the right to cultivate within the Eternal Lineage estate and gives him the privileges of a core member of the Eternal Lineage for one billion years.
• Zhang Dong receives a token that grants him protection and freedom of movement within the Xiafeng Capital. The token also ensures that even members of powerful clans such as the Fan Clan or Xia Clan will not casually attack him.
• Cang Yongnan explains Zhang Dong’s privileges: unrestricted access to the estate’s library, a quota of free cultivation resources, and permission to enter and leave freely.
• Zhang Dong is assigned a secluded residence suitable for cultivation but is warned to avoid restricted areas, since some Eternal Lineage members resent an outsider of his low cultivation level receiving core-member treatment.

Character Developments

• Senior Fu experiences a major rise in status and potential. His breakthrough allows him to become a Universe God’s disciple, with Fuyi Great Venerable as his grandmaster. His future advancement now appears almost assured.
• Zhang Dong gains immense protection, resources, and social status. Although still only a second-level World God, he is now treated as a core member because of the value of his treasure and Senior Fu’s personal favor.
• Zhang Dong also displays his usual caution and practicality. He is deeply grateful but remains curious about why Senior Fu rewarded him so generously when the Soul-Extinguishing Aurora had supposedly been worth only three thousand Cosmic Crystals.
• Cang Yongnan continues acting as Zhang Dong’s guide, though he makes clear that his assistance comes from Senior Fu’s orders rather than personal expectations of repayment.

Significant Themes

• The value of rare treasures and opportunities: The Soul-Extinguishing Aurora is valuable not merely because of its direct combat power, but because it solves a critical flaw in Senior Fu’s cultivation.
• Patronage and status: Zhang Dong’s future becomes far safer because of Senior Fu’s backing. In the cultivation world, powerful connections and recognized tokens can be as important as personal strength.
• Resources determine cultivation: The chapter emphasizes the enormous cost of techniques, treasures, equipment, and protective items. Without sufficient wealth or a powerful clan, even a talented cultivator may struggle to advance.
• Gratitude and karmic ties: Senior Fu considers his debt to Zhang Dong significant despite the original transaction being technically fair, suggesting that personal karma and inner obligations matter greatly to cultivators.
• Privilege and resentment: Zhang Dong’s elevated status as an outsider creates tension within the Eternal Lineage. His protection shields him from serious danger, but it cannot prevent jealousy or hostility.

Character Interactions

• Senior Fu publicly praises Zhang Dong and personally grants him core-member privileges, establishing a strong bond of favor and protection between them.
• Zhang Dong respectfully congratulates Senior Fu and expresses gratitude, while also questioning why the reward exceeds the apparent value of the original trade.
• Cang Yongnan escorts Zhang Dong through the estate, explains his benefits, and warns him about hostile members and restricted areas.
• The wider Eternal Lineage celebrates Senior Fu’s success but is implicitly divided over Zhang Dong’s preferential treatment.

Chapter Summary: Chaos Realm Tenth Layer: Yingshan Snow Eagle

Key Plot Points and Events

• After Cang Yongnan leaves, Zhang Dong explores his new residence in the Eternal Lineage Estate. The cabin is simple, containing only a powerful meditation cushion that aids cultivation.
• He follows the map to the estate’s library, the tallest structure in the area and a repository vastly larger than the Fire Li Marquis Estate’s collection.
• The library is guarded by six intelligent puppets, each comparable to a third-layer Unity Realm expert. Together, they can fight a fourth-layer opponent.
• Because Senior Fu granted Zhang Dong core-member-level authority, the guards allow him to enter freely without requiring a token. Other members of the Eternal Lineage resent this privilege and mock him as an unworthy World God.
• Zhang Dong carefully avoids browsing irrelevant books, knowing that absorbing too much information could overwhelm and damage his soul.
• He first searches for a history of the Boundary Heart Continent to determine the current era. The book confirms that the era follows the two Ancient Nation Wars and records the major surviving nations, including the Southern Cloud Nation and the Yingshan Clan.
• Seeking more precise information, Zhang Dong reaches the library’s fourth floor, an area reserved for core members. There, he finds a record of the continent’s most influential figures—experts at the Chaos Realm tenth layer and above.
• He discovers that Yingshan Snow Eagle exists in the current era as a Chaos Realm tenth-layer expert of the Southern Cloud Nation. Zhang Dong is delighted, realizing that Snow Eagle’s presence should help preserve stability across the continent.
• Zhang Dong then returns to the lower floors and studies various cultivation systems and ultimate arts. He selects two ultimate arts to cultivate.
• At the entrance, the guards immediately provide the required cultivation materials, demonstrating the practical benefits of his core-member authority.

Character Development

• Zhang Dong is cautious, methodical, and increasingly proactive. Rather than recklessly absorbing knowledge, he limits himself to information he can safely process.
• His priorities become clear: first, he wants to establish the historical period and confirm whether familiar powerful figures are alive; afterward, he begins planning his own advancement through new ultimate arts.
• His discovery of Yingshan Snow Eagle gives him confidence and hope about the stability of the world he has entered.
• The puppet guards are shown to possess independent thoughts and emotions despite their absolute loyalty to their duties. They gossip about Zhang Dong and express skepticism toward the ancestor’s decision to grant him special status.
• The Eternal Lineage descendants reveal jealousy and prejudice, viewing Zhang Dong as an outsider who has received undeserved privileges.

Significant Themes

• Knowledge and restraint: The library contains overwhelming amounts of information, but Zhang Dong understands that knowledge must be approached selectively to avoid damaging his soul.
• Privilege and status: Zhang Dong’s authority as a core member grants him access and resources normally unavailable to a minor World God, provoking resentment from established members.
• Legacy and decline: The Eternal Lineage once possessed a Chaos Realm tenth-layer expert but has since declined, leaving behind an immense library and remnants of former glory.
• Hope through historical continuity: Learning that Yingshan Snow Eagle is alive in this era reassures Zhang Dong that the continent is not doomed to instability.
• Power and survival: The chapter emphasizes the danger of cultivation, the enormous hierarchy between realms, and the importance of choosing techniques appropriate to one’s strength.

Character Interactions

• The puppet guards discuss Zhang Dong before he arrives, questioning why an outsider has been granted core-member status, but they still obey their orders and admit him without difficulty.
• Members of the Eternal Lineage ignore or openly sneer at Zhang Dong, considering him an undeserving outsider and a “lucky brat.”
• Zhang Dong has no direct confrontation with them; he calmly ignores their contempt and continues his search.
• At the end, the guards cooperate efficiently with Zhang Dong, supplying the materials needed for his chosen ultimate arts and reinforcing their role as neutral enforcers of the estate’s rules.

Chapter Summary: “The Dao Is the Foundation”

Key Plot Points and Events

• Zhang Dong thanks Cang Yongnan and leaves with the cultivation resources and memorized techniques he obtained.
• He selects two powerful ultimate techniques:
  • Chaos Hole Sky-Sundering, focused primarily on offensive strength through the Chaotic Void Divine Heart and Creation Divine Heart.
  • Golden Statue, focused on defense and physical power through the Pole Divine Heart, with elements of the Material and Immeasurable Divine Hearts.
• Both techniques have nine levels:
  • World Gods can cultivate the first four.
  • True Deities can cultivate the fifth and sixth.
  • The final three levels are reserved for True God Sovereigns.
• Cang Yongnan explains that these techniques are extraordinarily profound and normally beyond the ability of a Second-Heaven World Deity. Zhang Dong must rely on rare body-refining materials to begin cultivating them.
• Zhang Dong successfully completes the painful body-refinement process over several months. His soul and divine body fuse more closely, preserving the advantages of his Bitter Snow Vine form while making his human form more natural and combat-effective.
• He masters the first two levels of Chaos Hole Sky-Sundering in nine years and the first two levels of Golden Statue in eleven years.
• His resulting power becomes extraordinary:
  • His strength reaches the level of an ordinary Fourth-Heaven World Deity.
  • His defense allows him to ignore attacks from Third-Heaven World Deities.
  • Even Mighty Experts would require prolonged attacks to kill him.
  • His golden defensive layer can reduce a Mighty Expert’s attacks to roughly one ten-thousandth of their original force.
• Feeling nearly invincible, Zhang Dong briefly becomes intoxicated by his growing power and imagines returning to the Primordial Universe to fight freely.
• He then recognizes that obsession with power is dangerous. Remembering Cang Yongnan’s advice and the teachings of the Heavenly Mystery Qi Sect, he calms himself with meditation and a treasured wine.

Character Development

• Zhang Dong demonstrates exceptional comprehension, allowing him to understand most of the body-refinement method after a single reading and successfully begin techniques normally inaccessible to cultivators of his level.
• His physical body undergoes a major transformation, becoming denser, stronger, and more resilient. His human form becomes more suitable for combat than his original plant-lifeform form.
• He gains tremendous confidence from his new strength but also shows spiritual maturity by recognizing his growing arrogance and restlessness.
• Rather than allowing power to control him, Zhang Dong deliberately re-centers himself on cultivation of the Dao and the improvement of his realm.
• Cang Yongnan continues to serve as a wise adviser, guiding Zhang Dong toward techniques suited to his abilities and warning him against becoming obsessed with sheer power.

Significant Themes

• The Dao is more important than raw strength. Ultimate techniques are tools for understanding Laws and profound mysteries, not substitutes for true cultivation.
• Comprehension determines potential. Powerful resources alone cannot guarantee success; understanding and insight are essential.
• Physical power comes with spiritual danger. As Zhang Dong becomes stronger, he experiences the temptation to seek battle and indulge in feelings of invincibility.
• Self-control and humility are necessary for transcendence. The Destruction Legion is presented as an example of cultivators who became trapped by their pursuit of power.
• Body and soul refinement can transform a cultivator’s capabilities, integrating the strengths of different forms while eliminating their weaknesses.

Character Interactions

• Zhang Dong consults Cang Yongnan before choosing his techniques, relying on his broad knowledge of cultivation arts.
• Cang Yongnan distinguishes between techniques that are merely powerful at lower levels and those with long-term value for True Deity and Sovereign realms.
• Zhang Dong’s internal reflection echoes Cang Yongnan’s warnings and the teachings of the Heavenly Mystery Qi Sect.
• His final act—returning to meditation with a calming wine—shows him responding to his own dangerous excitement rather than allowing it to dictate his actions.

Key Plot Points and Events

• Zhang Dong realizes his strength is formidable but not yet on par with a Fourth Heaven Realm Deity.
• He decides to focus on comprehending Divine Hearts and secret techniques, entrusting secret technique creation to his Clone.
• Upon returning to the Primordial Universe, Zhang Dong senses two Cosmic Venerables exploring nearby.
• He receives an email from a Cosmic Venerable thanking him for guiding Zhenyan King, and Zhang Dong contacts Zhenyan King.
• Zhang Dong invites Zhenyan King to the Ganwu Universe Kingdom.

Character Developments

• Zhang Dong understands the differences in realms and profundities between systems and decides to focus on improving his realm.
• Zhenyan King, grateful for Zhang Dong's guidance, becomes a King-level Immortal and searches for him to express his thanks.

Significant Themes

• The pursuit of power and the importance of balancing realm and techniques.
• Gratitude and repaying kindness, as shown by Zhenyan King's persistence in finding Zhang Dong.

Character Interactions

• Zhang Dong and Zhenyan King interact through the Virtual Universe, with Zhenyan King expressing his gratitude and Zhang Dong inviting him to meet in person.
• Zhang Dong's Clone continues to work on secret technique creation, showing Zhang Dong's trust in his Clone's abilities.

Summary

Key Plot Points and Events

• Zhang Dong returns to Jiuyu Mountain and begins researching the Primordial Stars.
• He decides to take Zhenyan King as his disciple and plans to break through to immortality before exploring the Primordial Stars.
• Zhang Dong shares information about the Azure Fire Realm, a top-tier domain-type supreme treasure being contested in the Primordial Stars.
• Zhenyan King arrives at Jiuyu Mountain via Divine Kingdom Teleportation and is shocked by the mountaintop's boundless power and the countless worlds beneath it.

Character Developments

• Zhang Dong reveals his true identity and appearance to Zhenyan King, explaining that he is a Domain Lord of the Primordial Realm and a Regional Governor on Ganwu Imperial Capital Star.
• Zhenyan King takes Zhang Dong as his master, performing the grand ceremony of taking a master.

Significant Themes

• The importance of trials and adventures in becoming a super powerhouse.
• The wondrous quality of True Divine Artifacts containing the World Dao of a True God Sovereign.
• The value of Heavy Treasures and the shock they can cause to those who encounter them.

Character Interactions

• Zhang Dong and Zhenyan King interact for the first time since their initial meeting, with Zhang Dong revealing his true identity and Zhenyan King taking him as his master.
• Zhang Dong shares information about the Primordial Stars and the Azure Fire Realm with Zhenyan King, hinting at future adventures they might undertake together.

Key Plot Points and Events

• Zhang Dong decides to become an Immortal to avoid exposing his identity as a Realm Lord.
• He enters seclusion to comprehend the Law of Wood and becomes an Immortal in less than a day.
• Zhang Dong establishes his divine kingdom using a space fragment with a diameter of 190 trillion kilometers.

Character Developments

• Zhang Dong demonstrates his incredible cultivation speed and power, becoming an Immortal in a short time.
• Zhenyan King witnesses Zhang Dong's prowess and feels the vast gap between their strengths.

Significant Themes

• The importance of talent and cultivation speed in advancing through realms.
• The power and significance of establishing a divine kingdom for travel and protection.
• The vastness and danger of the spatial interlayers and space fragments.

Character Interactions

• Zhang Dong guides Zhenyan King in his cultivation and helps him advance.
• Zhenyan King shows respect and awe towards Zhang Dong's power and cultivation speed.
• Zhang Dong demonstrates his power and majesty to Zhenyan King, instilling fear and respect.

Key Plot Points and Events

• Zhang Dong establishes a divine kingdom, which is a significant step in the cultivation system.
• He decides not to place anything inside the divine kingdom, keeping it open and empty.
• Zhang Dong plans to train on the opening Primordial Stars and instructs Zhenyan King to cultivate diligently.
• He visits the Ganwu Kingdom Master and pays off his debts totaling 3.8 supreme treasure points.
• Zhang Dong plans to visit Chaos City and help his clan.

Character Developments

• Zhang Dong demonstrates his power and influence by establishing a divine kingdom and paying off the Ganwu Kingdom Master's debts.
• The Ganwu Kingdom Master shows relief and gratitude upon having his debts paid off.
• Zhenyan King expresses his determination to cultivate and temper himself on the Outer Domain Battlefield.

Significant Themes

• The establishment of a divine kingdom represents a crucial step in cultivation and the expansion of power.
• Debt and financial struggles are shown through the Ganwu Kingdom Master's story, highlighting the importance of wealth and resources in the cultivation world.
• The theme of helping one's clan and friends is emphasized as Zhang Dong plans to assist his clan.

Character Interactions

• Zhang Dong and the Ganwu Kingdom Master interact, with Zhang Dong showing generosity and the Ganwu Kingdom Master expressing gratitude and surprise.
• Zhang Dong and Zhenyan King have a teacher-student interaction, with Zhang Dong providing guidance and Zhenyan King showing determination.
• Zhang Dong's interactions with Qu Yu are implied, as he purchases treasures from her to prepare for his adventures.

Key Plot Points and Events

• Zhang Dong visits Qu Yu again, who now treats him differently due to his wealth and potential.
• Zhang Dong buys a flying vessel capable of withstanding Void God attacks and a divine axe for Giant Axe Founder.
• He returns to the Initial Universe and meets with Chaos City Lord and Giant Axe Founder.

Character Developments

• Zhang Dong's wealth and status have grown significantly, allowing him to buy powerful treasures.
• Giant Axe Founder is portrayed as a bold and heroic figure, fearless and responsible for his race.

Significant Themes

• The power of wealth and status in the cultivation world.
• The responsibility of leaders for their races.

Character Interactions

• Zhang Dong and Qu Yu's interaction shows Qu Yu's respect for Zhang Dong's potential and wealth.
• Zhang Dong and Giant Axe Founder meet for the first time, with Zhang Dong presenting him with powerful treasures.

Key Plot Points and Events

• Zhang Dong discovers two extraordinary treasures in the Chaos Ruins: a Divine Axe and a Blue Flying Boat.
• Giant Axe and Chaos City Lord test the treasures and find them to be supreme treasures.
• Zhang Dong decides to adventure in the Primordial Stars to further his cultivation.

Character Developments

• Zhang Dong: Grows in status and authority, receives two supreme treasures, and plans to adventure in the Primordial Stars.
• Giant Axe: Receives the Divine Axe, boosting his close-combat strength to ninth-tier, and expresses gratitude towards Zhang Dong.
• Chaos City Lord: Recognizes Zhang Dong's contributions and offers him special treatment within the race.

Significant Themes

• Gratitude and Reciprocity: Zhang Dong's contributions to the race are recognized, and he receives extraordinary rewards.
• Power Dynamics: The value of supreme treasures and their impact on strength and status are emphasized.
• Adventure and Growth: Zhang Dong's decision to adventure in the Primordial Stars highlights the theme of seeking challenges to further one's cultivation.

Character Interactions

• Zhang Dong and Giant Axe: Their relationship deepens as Giant Axe expresses his gratitude and offers assistance.
• Zhang Dong and Chaos City Lord: They discuss Zhang Dong's contributions and future plans.
• Zhang Dong and the race: Zhang Dong's status and authority are raised due to his contributions, and he is offered special treatment.