Chapter Summaries

Summary

Key Plot Points and Events

• Zhang Dong enters the Primordial Star No. 00255.
• A high-grade treasure emerges after three years of waiting.
• Tianhua Venerable is sent to probe Zhang Dong's strength.
• Hongyue Venerable of the Nine Domains Alliance obtains the high-grade Treasure Armor but is intercepted by Zhang Dong.

Character Developments

• Zhang Dong remains patient and strong, waiting for a worthy opponent and treasure.
• Tianhua Venerable is sent to assess Zhang Dong's power, showing the peak races' interest and concern.
• Hongyue Venerable demonstrates cunning and ambition, trying to secure the treasure and escape.

Significant Themes

• The power of treasures and their significance in the Primordial Universe.
• The competitive nature of treasure hunting and the alliances' involvement.
• The deep-seated hatred and conflict between the peak races.

Character Interactions

• Zhang Dong and Tianhua Venerable are set to confront each other, representing the conflict between the peak races.
• Hongyue Venerable's attempt to secure the treasure draws the attention of other experts, highlighting the competitive nature of treasure hunting.
• Zhang Dong's intervention against Hongyue Venerable showcases his power and intent to claim the treasure.

Key Plot Points and Events

+ Zhang Dong uses his World Projection and a domain-type Heavy Treasure to suppress Hongyue Venerable.
+ Hongyue Venerable refuses to hand over the treasure, leading to his defeat and death at Zhang Dong's hands.
+ Tianhua Venerable, an apex Cosmic Overlord of the demon race, arrives and engages Zhang Dong in battle.

Character Developments

+ Zhang Dong demonstrates his power, proving that he possesses the strength of a Cosmic Overlord.
+ Hongyue Venerable shows his greed and unwillingness to give up the treasure, leading to his demise.
+ Tianhua Venerable reveals his domain-type Treasure and engages Zhang Dong in battle.

Significant Themes

+ Greed and its consequences (Hongyue Venerable's refusal to give up the treasure leads to his death).
+ Power dynamics and the struggle for resources (the battle between Zhang Dong and Tianhua Venerable).

Character Interactions

+ Zhang Dong vs. Hongyue Venerable: Zhang Dong defeats and kills Hongyue Venerable after the latter refuses to hand over the treasure.
+ Zhang Dong vs. Tianhua Venerable: The two engage in a battle, with both using their domain-type Treasures.

Chapter Summary: Battle with Tianhua Venerable, Dream Demon Ancestor’s Decision

Key Plot Points and Events

• Zhang Dong refuses to flee when Tianhua Venerable approaches, choosing to confront him despite being only a peak Demon Race overlord by conventional standards.
• Tianhua Venerable assumes Zhang Dong’s ability to create a World Projection comes from possessing an extraordinary Special Lifeform and taunts him to summon his other Clone.
• Zhang Dong responds with sharp insults, provoking Tianhua Venerable and intensifying the confrontation.
• The two engage in close combat. Zhang Dong’s blade technique, infused with the mysteries of the Chaos Hole, initially matches Tianhua Venerable’s hammer attack and forces him back slightly.
• Tianhua Venerable realizes that Zhang Dong’s strength is far beyond what his cultivation realm and incomplete techniques suggest. His immense genetic level and enormous divine body compensate for his relatively weak secret skills.
• Tianhua Venerable then uses a Cosmic Overlord ultimate secret technique. Zhang Dong counters with his strongest current move, Chaos Hole Heaven-Opening, which combines the Chaos Hole and Creation Divine Heart mysteries.
• Although Zhang Dong is knocked backward, he remains unharmed and capable of continuing the fight. Tianhua Venerable concludes that Zhang Dong’s strength is comparable to that of major Cosmic Overlords.
• After withdrawing, Tianhua Venerable reports to Sirius Master that he could not defeat Zhang Dong in a battle to the death. Zhang Dong’s divine body is too large and resilient, and his aura does not weaken even after burning divine power.
• Sirius Master consults Dream Demon Ancestor about whether the Demon Race should continue targeting Zhang Dong.
• Dream Demon Ancestor orders them to publicize Zhang Dong’s strength but otherwise ignore him, judging that he currently poses little threat.

Character Developments

• Zhang Dong: Demonstrates exceptional courage, confidence, and combat instinct by standing his ground against Tianhua Venerable. His battle reveals that his true power comes from an extraordinarily high genetic level, a massive divine body, and powerful innate potential, despite his incomplete secret techniques and limited cultivation experience.
• Tianhua Venerable: Initially underestimates Zhang Dong and attempts to provoke him into revealing more of his strength. After fighting him, Tianhua becomes cautious and acknowledges that Zhang Dong could eventually reach the level of figures such as Black Heaven Lord or the Strongest World Tree.
• Sirius Master: Shows strategic caution. He recognizes that Zhang Dong’s potential may be extremely dangerous but does not act without consulting the Demon Ancestors.
• Dream Demon Ancestor: Displays restraint and long-term judgment. Rather than waste resources on an uncertain assassination attempt, she decides that Zhang Dong is not yet dangerous enough to warrant immediate action.

Significant Themes

• Confronting adversity: Zhang Dong embodies the principle that cultivation requires facing danger directly rather than retreating.
• Potential versus current ability: Although Zhang Dong’s techniques are incomplete, his genetic foundation and divine body give him enormous future potential.
• The importance of endurance: The battle shows that overwhelming physical resilience can neutralize an opponent’s superior techniques and combat experience.
• Strategic restraint: Dream Demon Ancestor’s decision reflects the broader political and military theme of weighing potential threats against the cost of immediate action.
• Misjudgment and reassessment: Tianhua Venerable begins by looking down on Zhang Dong but is forced to revise his evaluation after witnessing Zhang Dong’s real strength.

Character Interactions

• Zhang Dong and Tianhua Venerable exchange insults before fighting, with Zhang Dong’s mockery aggravating Tianhua and exposing the latter’s pride.
• Their battle becomes a test of technique versus foundation: Tianhua relies on refined Cosmic Overlord secret techniques, while Zhang Dong relies on his extraordinary body, genetic level, and developing Chaos Hole-based abilities.
• Tianhua reports honestly to Sirius Master that he cannot defeat Zhang Dong in a prolonged battle.
• Sirius Master conveys the threat assessment to Dream Demon Ancestor, who ultimately chooses surveillance and public disclosure over direct confrontation or assassination.

Chapter Summary

Key Plot Points and Events

• Dream Demon Ancestor decides not to assassinate Zhang Dong with stronger forces, judging that Zhang Dong—despite possessing remarkable talent—is not yet enough of a threat to justify breaking the tacit rules between the peak races.
• Sirius Master informs Tianhua Venerable that the Demon Race will withdraw. Tianhua Venerable angrily warns Zhang Dong to stay away from the Demon Race before attempting to leave Primordial Star No. 00255.
• The spectators assume the conflict is over, but Zhang Dong suddenly activates the Three Hundred Billion Starry Sea, a powerful High-level Domain Treasure gifted by Sitting Mountain Guest.
• The domain suppresses Tianhua Venerable’s movement and shatters their defensive bloody radiance. The observers realize Zhang Dong is likely connected to the human race, since only the Hong Alliance could provide such an expensive treasure.
• Zhang Dong refuses to let Tianhua Venerable escape after provoking him. He declares that Tianhua Venerable should tell the Demon Race to prepare for their revival, implying that he intends to kill them.
• Zhang Dong expands his divine body to one million kilometers, revealing an enormous reserve of power. He attacks with his enlarged blade while using energy cultivated through Chaos Hole Sky-Sundering, allowing him to fight recklessly without rapidly exhausting his immortal divine body.
• Tianhua Venerable responds with fury, using their great hammer, High-grade Treasure armor, and domain treasure to withstand Zhang Dong’s attacks. The battle becomes a fierce endurance contest.
• During the fight, Zhang Dong continues refining his secret technique. He seeks to combine the Creation Divine Heart with the Chaotic Void Divine Heart so that each slash creates Chaos Holes that instantly reach their perfected form and explode.
• Tianhua Venerable secretly requests reinforcements from the Demon Race, while both combatants continue testing each other’s limits.

Character Developments

• Zhang Dong: Becomes increasingly confident and aggressive. His immense divine body, High-level Domain Treasure, powerful energy reserves, and developing secret technique establish him as a serious threat even before reaching Peak Cosmic Overlord. He also demonstrates a willingness to fight for an entire reincarnation era if necessary.
• Tianhua Venerable: Initially arrogant and dismissive, Tianhua becomes enraged and increasingly pressured once Zhang Dong reveals his domain treasure. Although still well-equipped and capable of resisting the attacks, Tianhua can no longer casually retreat or assume superiority.
• Dream Demon Ancestor: Shows strategic caution, recognizing Zhang Dong’s potential but deciding that he does not yet warrant an extraordinary assassination attempt.
• Mist Vault Lord: Takes pleasure in Tianhua’s predicament, revealing lingering resentment from an earlier conflict in which Tianhua robbed him of a treasure.

Significant Themes

• Growing power and hidden strength: Zhang Dong’s apparent status as an Apex Venerable conceals terrifying resources and potential, causing others to reassess him.
• Pride and provocation: Tianhua’s threats and Zhang Dong’s refusal to tolerate them escalate the encounter from a retreat into a life-and-death battle.
• Endurance and resource management: The fight centers not only on attack power but also on divine-body size, treasure consumption, recovery resources, and the ability to sustain combat indefinitely.
• Rivalry among the peak races: The Demon Race and human race remain locked in deep hostility, with assassination rules and political consequences influencing battlefield decisions.
• Pursuit of ultimate techniques: Zhang Dong treats the battle as an opportunity to perfect his fusion of profound mysteries, showing that combat and cultivation are advancing together.

Character Interactions

• Dream Demon Ancestor orders Sirius Master to withdraw rather than authorize a greater assassination force.
• Tianhua Venerable exchanges hostile words with Zhang Dong before attempting to flee.
• Zhang Dong counters Tianhua’s arrogance by trapping them with the Three Hundred Billion Starry Sea and openly declaring his intent to kill them.
• Zhang Dong and Tianhua engage in increasingly violent exchanges of blade and hammer, each trying to outlast the other.
• Mist Vault Lord mocks Tianhua and celebrates their disadvantage, while the other spectators flee to avoid being destroyed by the battle’s aftershocks.
• Tianhua calls for aid from the Demon Race, transforming the confrontation into a potentially larger conflict.

Chapter Summary: “Dream Demon Ancestor Calls Her Generals”

Key Plot Points and Events

• Sirius Master personally travels to Primordial Star No. 00255 to rescue Tianhua Venerable after Zhang Dong provokes the demon race.
• Zhang Dong has already requested reinforcements from the human race. Ice Peak Lord arrives, secretly backed by nearly every Universe Master from the Virtual Universe Company’s lineage.
• Zhang Dong continues battling Tianhua Venerable while using the High-level Domain Treasure, the Three Hundred Billion Starry Sea. Its suppression reduces the effectiveness of Tianhua’s Cosmic Overlord techniques and allows Zhang Dong to fight it on equal terms.
• The prolonged battle helps Zhang Dong refine his secret techniques, particularly those involving the Chaos Hole and Extreme Point mysteries.
• Sirius Master arrives and uses a borrowed domain treasure to suppress Zhang Dong’s domain. Tianhua Venerable briefly believes the situation has turned in its favor.
• Ice Peak Lord then deploys the Top-tier Domain Treasure, Cold Mist Realm, counterbalancing Sirius Master’s treasure. Sirius Master realizes he cannot defeat Ice Peak Lord and can only rely on Sirius Palace to survive.
• With escape routes too far away and the surrounding space controlled, Tianhua Venerable is effectively trapped. Zhang Dong continues attacking and even mocks Tianhua for repeatedly calling for help.
• Mist Vault Lord watches from a distance, hoping to witness Tianhua Venerable’s death.
• In the Dream Ancestor Secret Region, Dream Demon Ancestor orders reinforcements to save Tianhua and preserve the demon race’s reputation.
• Changjiu Lord and Forbidden Extinction Lord are dispatched together. Changjiu Lord, a peak fifth-tier Universe Master, receives Dream Ancestor Domain and is instructed to kill Zhang Dong if no additional human Universe Masters appear, then extract Tianhua Venerable.

Character Developments

• Zhang Dong: Becomes increasingly confident and aggressive. His combat experience rapidly improves his secret techniques, and his Dao heart is revealed as one that values absolute freedom and refuses to show mercy when he has the power to destroy an enemy.
• Tianhua Venerable: Shifts from confidence to desperation. It initially believes its stronger techniques will overwhelm Zhang Dong, then becomes alarmed by Zhang Dong’s resilience and ultimately depends completely on outside assistance.
• Ice Peak Lord: Demonstrates the overwhelming strength of a fourth-tier Universe Master. His calm, ruthless arrival instantly neutralizes Sirius Master’s advantage.
• Sirius Master: Shows loyalty to Tianhua Venerable and the demon race, but his limitations become clear when faced with Ice Peak Lord. He can suppress Zhang Dong only with a borrowed treasure and cannot directly contend with Ice Peak Lord.
• Dream Demon Ancestor: Acts decisively to protect the demon race’s prestige. She treats Tianhua’s death as a political and strategic humiliation, not merely the loss of one subordinate.
• Changjiu Lord: Is established as a powerful and highly trusted demon expert. He correctly suspects that the Hong Alliance has prepared additional forces, showing caution despite his confidence.
• Mist Vault Lord: Reveals personal hostility toward Tianhua Venerable, remaining behind solely to watch it die.

Significant Themes

• Escalation and factional conflict: What began as a personal battle between Zhang Dong and Tianhua Venerable grows into a confrontation between the Hong Alliance and the Demon Race Alliance.
• Power versus preparation: Zhang Dong’s domain treasure and the humans’ hidden reinforcements counter the demon race’s attempts to overwhelm him.
• Combat as a path to growth: Zhang Dong’s battle experience accelerates his understanding and development of powerful secret techniques.
• Reputation and political consequences: Dream Demon Ancestor emphasizes that Tianhua’s death would damage the demon race’s standing, demonstrating that major battles are also struggles for prestige.
• Absolute freedom and ruthless resolve: Zhang Dong’s refusal to spare Tianhua reflects his belief that possessing power means using it decisively rather than allowing an enemy to escape.

Character Interactions

• Zhang Dong consults with Ice Peak Lord and learns that the human side has secretly mobilized nearly all the Universe Masters of the Virtual Universe Company’s lineage.
• Sirius Master intervenes on Tianhua Venerable’s behalf, temporarily reversing the battlefield’s balance.
• Ice Peak Lord counters Sirius Master directly, creating a stalemate between their domain treasures and exposing the vast difference in their personal strength.
• Zhang Dong verbally humiliates Tianhua Venerable throughout the battle, while Tianhua is unable to respond because Zhang Dong’s domain erases any sound it tries to transmit.
• Dream Demon Ancestor commands Changjiu Lord and Forbidden Extinction Lord to rescue Tianhua and kill Zhang Dong if possible, setting up the next major confrontation.

Chapter Summary: “The Strongest Arrives in Person”

Key Plot Points and Events

• After Changjiu Lord departs, Dream Demon Ancestor condemns Sirius Master for secretly arranging the test of Zhang Dong through Tianhua Venerable without informing the Demon Race.
• Giant Axe Founder learns from Origin Ancestor that Changjiu Lord and Forbidden Extinction Lord are heading toward the Primordial Star, likely carrying the powerful Dream Ancestor Domain. Enraged, he secretly sets out to intervene.
• On Primordial Star No. 00255, Zhang Dong continues fighting Tianhua Venerable to refine his combat techniques. He experiments with combining different Divine Hearts, particularly Extreme Point and Chaos Hole, while recognizing that his mastery is not yet sufficient to create his ultimate secret technique.
• Changjiu Lord suddenly arrives and activates the Dream Ancestor Domain. Its colored threads instantly destroy Ice Peak Lord’s Cold Mist Realm and attack Zhang Dong with overwhelming force.
• Despite expectations that Zhang Dong will be killed, his Peak Treasure armor and powerful treasure control reduce the attack’s damage dramatically. He is suppressed and injured, but not defeated.
• Changjiu Lord realizes that Zhang Dong may eventually be worn down, but before he can continue, Giant Axe Founder arrives.
• Giant Axe’s presence completely suppresses the Dream Ancestor Domain and transforms the entire battlefield into his territory. His killing intent terrifies Tianhua Venerable.
• Knowing that he cannot survive against a Universe Strongest—and might even be soul-enslaved—Tianhua Venerable immediately self-destructs.

Character Developments

• Zhang Dong demonstrates extraordinary defensive strength. His Peak Treasure armor allows him to survive an attack that would easily kill weaker Universe Masters, confirming that his power and survival ability far exceed expectations for a Peak Cosmic Overlord.
• Giant Axe Founder reveals his protective concern for Zhang Dong and the human race by personally rushing to the battlefield. His arrival emphasizes the enormous difference between a Universe Strongest and ordinary Universe Masters.
• Tianhua Venerable shifts from confidence to terror. After realizing that neither his own endurance nor his body size could match Zhang Dong, he becomes completely overwhelmed by Giant Axe’s presence and chooses self-destruction.
• Changjiu Lord is forced to reassess Zhang Dong. He initially assumes the Dream Ancestor Domain will kill him, then recognizes that Zhang Dong’s Peak Treasure armor makes him capable of resisting the domain’s attacks for a considerable time.
• Dream Demon Ancestor becomes displeased with Sirius Master for acting recklessly and leaving others to handle the consequences.

Significant Themes

• The gap between levels of existence: Giant Axe’s arrival illustrates the overwhelming authority and destructive potential of a Universe Strongest compared with Universe Masters.
• Hidden strength and underestimation: Zhang Dong’s apparent rank conceals his exceptional combat power and defensive capabilities, shocking both allies and enemies.
• The importance of treasures: Zhang Dong survives not simply through technique, but through the protection of his Peak Treasure armor and his high level of treasure activation.
• Political and strategic consequences: Sirius Master’s unauthorized actions create tension within the Demon Race, while Giant Axe’s intervention risks escalating the confrontation into a broader war.
• Deterrence and survival: Tianhua Venerable’s decision to self-destruct shows how the threat of capture, soul enslavement, or total suppression can be more frightening than death itself.

Character Interactions

• Dream Demon Ancestor implicitly reprimands Sirius Master for manipulating Tianhua Venerable into testing Zhang Dong.
• Zhang Dong and Tianhua Venerable continue their battle, with Zhang Dong using the fight to develop and test new techniques.
• Changjiu Lord interrupts the duel and attacks Zhang Dong through the Dream Ancestor Domain, while Ice Peak Lord attempts to defend him and calls for human reinforcements.
• Zhang Dong’s unexpected survival shocks Changjiu Lord, Ice Peak Lord, Sirius Master, and Tianhua Venerable.
• Giant Axe arrives at the decisive moment, suppressing Changjiu Lord’s domain and terrifying Tianhua Venerable into self-destruction.

Key plot points and events

• On the Primordial Star, Giant Axe Founder confronts Changjiu Lord after Tianhua Venerable self-destructs in its failed attempt to defeat Zhang Dong. Changjiu argues that Giant Axe’s arrival caused Tianhua’s death, but Giant Axe insists Tianhua was doomed after provoking Zhang Dong.
• Changjiu and Forbidden Extinction abandon their pursuit. Zhang Dong collects Tianhua’s treasures, while news of his High-level Domain Treasure and Peak Treasure armor spreads, making him a target of interest. Yan Emperor considers the loot but recognizes how difficult Zhang Dong would be to kill.
• Dream Demon Ancestor learns what happened and blames the Virtual Universe’s monitoring and the Demon Race’s poor intelligence. It revives Tianhua by reversing time, but charges Sirius Master for Tianhua’s lost treasures and revival costs.
• The Zerg and Mechanical alliances warn their members to avoid Zhang Dong unless they meet strict strength requirements. Giant Axe and Ice Peak Lord depart, leaving Zhang Dong free to continue his training.
• Zhang Dong spends three hundred years on the Primordial Stars refining his secret techniques through sparring. He develops the shape of a vast-area destructive move combining Chaos Hole and Heaven-Opening, and plans separate techniques for concentrated attacks and domain control.
• After comprehending the Creation Divine Heart, Zhang Dong turns toward the World Divine Heart. He spars with Qixue Palace Master, studying the latter’s Thirteen Consecutive Spears while remaining unharmed.
• In Hong Alliance City, Zhang Dong gently chides Niu Zhou Venerable for exaggerating stories about his power, then asks him to locate Cosmic Overlords near two neighboring Primordial Stars.

Character developments and interactions

• Zhang Dong uses battles as deliberate training rather than treasure hunting. He experiments with different combinations of divine hearts and thinks ahead about offensive and domain techniques. He also remains pragmatic about his distant cultivation path, keeping his Clone in the Heavenly Mystery Qi Sect rather than pursuing a short-term opportunity.
• Giant Axe Founder supports Zhang Dong by appearing as a deterrent, while making clear that Tianhua’s defeat was its own doing.
• Dream Demon Ancestor responds to the Demon Race’s setback by reviving Tianhua, but holds Sirius Master responsible for the financial losses.
• Qixue Palace Master reluctantly gives Zhang Dong repeated demonstrations of his secret art, losing a substantial portion of his divine body in the process.
• Niu Zhou Venerable enthusiastically embellishes Zhang Dong’s reputation. Zhang responds humorously but still relies on him for intelligence.

Significant themes

• Power and deterrence: Zhang Dong’s strength and treasures reshape how rival factions approach him, even when he is not actively seeking conflict.
• Training through combat: Zhang Dong treats opponents’ techniques as lessons, using controlled sparring to improve his own.
• The cost of failure: Sirius Master bears the substantial price of Tianhua’s defeat and revival.
• Reputation and rumor: News of Zhang Dong’s exploits spreads rapidly and grows more extravagant, illustrating how legends distort events.
• Long-term cultivation: Zhang Dong prioritizes sustained progress and future resources over immediate opportunities.

1. Key Plot Points

• Zhang Dong continues his journey of sparring with Cosmic Overlords, relying on Niu Zhou Venerable’s intelligence.
• Niu Zhou identifies three targets: Pei Feng Venerable, Hao Hai Lord, and Purple Rain Venerable.
• Zhang Dong chooses Purple Rain Venerable—a Peak Cosmic Overlord—because he expects better treasures.
• Zhang Dong arrives at Primordial Star No. 07320 and uses Three Hundred Billion Starry Sea to locate Purple Rain.
• They engage in a serious spar. Zhang Dong uses his refined technique “Heaven-Opening”, but Purple Rain’s overwhelming divine power and treasure quality drive Zhang Dong back.
• Zhang Dong suspects Purple Rain’s innate secret technique is amplifying his strength.
• The two battle across the planet, terrifying other Venerables into fleeing.
• The chapter ends as powerful fluctuations from afar signal the birth of a supreme treasure.

2. Character Developments

• Zhang Dong: Now a Third-Heaven World Deity, he has perfected his secret arts and reached Peak Cosmic Overlord-level attack power, though he deliberately conceals his real strength from the universe.
• Purple Rain Venerable: Introduced as a one-of-a-kind Special Lifeform with an extremely high genetic multiplier. He is melancholic, emotionally unreadable, and exceptionally powerful—far stronger than Tianhua Venerable.

3. Significant Themes

• Pursuit of strength through real combat—Zhang Dong actively seeks worthy opponents across races.
• Non-racial warrior culture—Zhang Dong is “not picky” about alliances and challenges anyone.
• Intelligence and preparation—Niu Zhou’s information network enables Zhang Dong’s challenge campaign.
• Hidden strength and self-refinement—Zhang Dong downplays his abilities while actually improving.
• Opportunity and treasure—The chapter ends with a new treasure birth, setting up future conflict.

4. Character Interactions

• Niu Zhou Venerable works behind the scenes, sending Zhang Dong detailed intel on potential opponents.
• Zhang Dong and Purple Rain Venerable meet as mutual challengers, exchanging blows without hostility. Zhang Dong openly praises Purple Rain’s strength.
• Foreign Venerables recognize Zhang Dong as “Apex Venerable” and watch the duel as spectators.
• No one dies; the fight is a spar, interrupted by an external event—the sudden emergence of a supreme treasure.

Key Plot Points and Events

• A component of the Azure Fire Realm, a top-tier domain supreme treasure, emerges on the Primordial Star.
• Zhang Dong and Purple Rain Venerable race to obtain the treasure, with Zhang Dong successfully binding it.
• Zhang Dong decides to stay on the Primordial Star to face the Northern Border Alliance, while Purple Rain Venerable leaves for another star.
• Zhang Dong uses the Three Hundred Billion Starry Sea to kill three Cosmic Venerables from the Northern Border Alliance and travels to the Boundary Heart Continent.
• A Universe Master from the Northern Border Alliance, Nine Origins Lord, arrives on the Primordial Star but finds Zhang Dong gone.

Character Developments

• Zhang Dong's confidence and ambition grow as he expresses a desire to spar with a Universe Master.
• Purple Rain Venerable acknowledges Zhang Dong as a friend, offering to help him kill members of the Northern Border Alliance.
• Zhang Dong demonstrates his strategic thinking by choosing to go to the Boundary Heart Continent to gather more information before facing the Northern Border Alliance.

Significant Themes

• The origin will of the Primordial Universe and its influence on treasure emergence and distribution.
• The value and significance of the Azure Fire Realm component, which is highly sought after by various alliances.
• The power dynamics and alliances among different races in the universe.

Character Interactions

• Zhang Dong and Purple Rain Venerable's friendly rivalry and mutual respect, leading to a temporary alliance.
• Zhang Dong's indifference to the Azure Fire Realm component initially, but later deciding to face the Northern Border Alliance due to the challenge they pose.
• Zhang Dong's strategic decision to gather more information before confronting the Northern Border Alliance, showing his adaptability and cunning.

Key Plot Points and Events

• Jade Fox Venerable uploads information about the Primordial Star to the Northern Border Alliance before dying, revealing Zhang Dong's proximity to vortex passages.
• Star River Lord deduces that Zhang Dong likely used a clone to carry his true body, leading to a search of the entire Primordial Star.
• The search yields no results, and Star River Lord becomes increasingly anxious about Zhang Dong's disappearance.
• Zhang Dong returns to the Primordial Star after two years, unaware of the search for him.

Character Developments

• Star River Lord: Becomes increasingly frustrated and anxious in his search for Zhang Dong, demonstrating his determination to capture him.
• Zhang Dong: Develops his true body's memories and understanding of the events that occurred while he was away, showing growth in his awareness of the universe's politics and dangers.

Significant Themes

• The power of clones and their use in deception and escape.
• The tyranny and overbearing nature of the Northern Border Alliance.
• The importance of secret techniques and their creation, with Zhang Dong's anticipation of his domain secret technique hinting at its potential power.

Character Interactions

• Star River Lord and Nine Origins Lord: Collaborate in the search for Zhang Dong, demonstrating their alliance's unity and determination.
• Zhang Dong and the Northern Border Alliance: Zhang Dong's disappearance frustrates the alliance, highlighting the tension between them and Zhang Dong's evasive tactics.
• Zhang Dong and his true body: Zhang Dong's Falling Star Clone watches the events unfold, showing the connection between his clones and his true body.

Chapter Summary:

The Temple Opens: The Yan God Race’s Peak Cosmic Overlord

Key Plot Points and Events

• Zhang Dong drinks with Niu Zhou Venerable and Ganwu Kingdom Master in Hong Alliance City when news arrives that a temple has appeared on Primordial Star 05822.
• Abandoning his plan to seek out a Peak Cosmic Overlord from the Thorn Ring Alliance, Zhang Dong immediately travels to the new temple, hoping to obtain treasures or fight powerful opponents.
• Tongling Master of the Demon Race Alliance, a formidable Universe Master and Special Lifeform with a million-kilometer divine body and the top-tier domain treasure Floating Mountain Sea, has already entered the temple.
• The enormous golden temple admits ninety-nine entrants. When Zhang Dong enters as the seventy-seventh participant, the temple cuts off all outside contact, including communication with his Clone.
• After six hours, the temple opens. Zhang Dong discovers that its interior consists of connected secret chambers, each containing Heavy Treasures and fragments of a powerful top-tier soul treasure, the Heaven-Controlling Pearl.
• In the first chamber, Zhang Dong obtains a blue Heaven-Controlling Pearl component and kills a hostile Mechanical Race High Venerable with a single attack. He spares another non-hostile Venerable.
• Zhang Dong learns that the pearl fragments serve as keys to open the doors between chambers and that entrants must fight through multiple areas before reaching the final hall, where the main component of the Heaven-Controlling Pearl lies.
• In the next chamber, Zhang Dong obtains another, wine-red pearl fragment. He is then confronted by Fire Ju Venerable, the sole Peak Cosmic Overlord of the Yan God Race.
• Zhang Dong demands Fire Ju surrender his treasures, but Fire Ju refuses, confident that Zhang Dong will not waste time fighting a Peak Cosmic Overlord.
• Zhang Dong responds by deploying the Three Hundred Billion Starry Sea, beginning a direct confrontation. Fire Ju activates his top-tier Treasure Armor and High Treasure spear, demonstrating that he is far stronger than an ordinary Cosmic Overlord.

Character Developments

• Zhang Dong is portrayed as decisive, fearless, and increasingly dominant. He prioritizes the temple’s potential treasures over personal combat, but once challenged, he immediately commits to battle. His hostility toward the Three-Clan Alliance is clear, while he remains relatively neutral toward unrelated experts.
• Niu Zhou Venerable and Ganwu Kingdom Master act as Zhang Dong’s sources of information and companions. Ganwu’s discomfort over his past death inside a temple adds humor and history to their conversation.
• Tongling Master is established as a major competitor whose presence influences Zhang Dong’s strategic decisions. Zhang Dong deliberately withholds his strongest domain treasure because Tongling Master has not yet used its own.
• Fire Ju Venerable is introduced as the Yan God Race’s only Peak Cosmic Overlord. He is confident, battle-hardened, and well-equipped, relying on his powerful body, top-tier armor, and High Treasure spear.
• The surviving High Venerable recognizes the danger of the temple and chooses caution over greed, illustrating the large gap between ordinary experts and top-tier combatants.
• The Mechanical Race Venerable becomes an example of Zhang Dong’s ruthless treatment of enemies from hostile alliances, dying instantly when Zhang Dong attacks.

Significant Themes

• Competition and survival: The temple’s limited entry slots and deadly chamber system turn treasure hunting into a contest where every participant may become an enemy.
• Power hierarchy: The chapter emphasizes the enormous differences between High Venerables, Cosmic Overlords, Peak Cosmic Overlords, and Universe Masters.
• Strategy versus pride: Experts must decide whether to fight, conserve time, or avoid unnecessary risks. Fire Ju believes Zhang Dong will prioritize progress, while Zhang Dong instead chooses to establish dominance.
• Treasure as progression: The Heaven-Controlling Pearl is divided into components, making each chamber both a reward and a key to further advancement.
• Alliance loyalty and prejudice: Zhang Dong distinguishes between neutral participants and members of the Three-Clan Alliance, revealing how political conflicts shape his actions.
• Risk and ambition: Weaker experts retreat or hide, while figures such as Zhang Dong and Fire Ju continue forward despite the possibility of death.

Character Interactions

• Zhang Dong jokes with Niu Zhou and Ganwu about past temple events, particularly Ganwu’s disastrous previous experience.
• Niu Zhou provides Zhang Dong with intelligence about the temple and Tongling Master’s presence, helping shape Zhang Dong’s tactics.
• Zhang Dong spares a non-hostile Venerable but kills the Mechanical Race High Venerable without hesitation, highlighting his selective mercy.
• He intimidates Fire Ju by demanding his treasures and offering to spare him, but Fire Ju counters with confidence in his own strength.
• Their exchange quickly escalates into combat when Zhang Dong summons the Three Hundred Billion Starry Sea and Fire Ju responds with his armor and spear, setting up the chapter’s central battle.

Summary

Key Plot Points and Events

+ Zhang Dong, now a Universe Master, defeats Fire Ju Venerable in one strike using his Extreme Point Heaven-Opening secret technique.
+ Zhang Dong reaches the final area of the divine palace, where he finds the main component of the Heaven-Controlling Pearl.
+ The golden light vanishes, revealing the true terrain and the exit, 40 million kilometers away.
+ Tongling Master and Yan Emperor arrive, followed by Yuan Ao Master, another Universe Master.

Character Developments

+ Zhang Dong demonstrates his immense power as a Universe Master, striking fear into Fire Ju Venerable.
+ Fire Ju Venerable is shocked and unwilling to accept that Zhang Dong has become a Universe Master in such a short time.
+ Yuan Ao Master's appearance surprises everyone, as he is not typically seen in the Primordial Star.

Significant Themes

+ The power dynamics among Universe Masters and top-tier overlords.
+ The significance and value of the Heaven-Controlling Pearl's components.
+ The challenges and obstacles in obtaining the treasure, including the rules of the divine palace and the interference of other experts.

Character Interactions

+ Zhang Dong and Fire Ju Venerable: Zhang Dong effortlessly defeats Fire Ju Venerable, demonstrating his superiority.
+ Zhang Dong, Tongling Master, and Yan Emperor: They are all Universe Masters competing for the treasure, leading to tension and potential conflict.
+ Zhang Dong and Yuan Ao Master: They are not enemies, but Yuan Ao Master's appearance adds another layer of complexity to the situation.

Chapter Summary

Key Plot Points and Events

• Four Universe Masters—Yan Emperor, Tongling Master, Heaven Peak Master, and Yuan Ao Master—arrive at the temple after learning that Zhang Dong, known as Extreme Point Venerable, has already bound the main component of the Heaven-Controlling Pearl.
• Yan Emperor demands that Zhang Dong surrender the component and Azure Fire. The other Universe Masters also target him, hoping to seize the treasure for their respective factions.
• Tongling Master activates the top-tier Domain Treasure Floating Mountain Sea, attempting to suppress Zhang Dong. Heaven Peak Master enters his powerful flying palace, while Yuan Ao Master and Yan Emperor advance using their own defensive treasures and abilities.
• Zhang Dong reveals a newly created secret technique by overlaying:

Three Hundred Billion Starry Sea

• The World Projection of the Third-Heaven World Deity
• The prototype domain technique derived from his

Three Divine Hearts

• This combined technique reaches the level of a top-tier Domain Treasure, allowing Zhang Dong to break through Floating Mountain Sea rather than being crushed by it. He escapes toward the temple’s exit, forcing the four Universe Masters to pursue him.
• Zhang Dong exits first and immediately searches for support from the Hong Alliance. He locates Swallow Eagle Master, a fourth-tier Universe Master sent to assist him.
• The pursuing factions attempt to delay Zhang Dong before he can join Swallow Eagle Master. Returning Swan Monarch, a peak Cosmic Overlord of the Northern Border Alliance, attacks him while Heaven Peak Master encourages him to hold Zhang Dong back.
• Zhang Dong defeats Returning Swan Monarch with several sword strikes, destroying most of his divine body and forcing him to self-destruct. This shocks everyone present, since Returning Swan Monarch was a peak Cosmic Overlord.
• The chapter ends with the various experts questioning whether Zhang Dong has actually become a Universe Master. Yan Emperor rejects the idea, attributing Zhang Dong’s strength to his weapon, possible perfect genes, or an unusually powerful innate secret technique.

Character Developments

• Zhang Dong/Extreme Point Venerable: Demonstrates a major increase in combat power. His newly developed domain-overlapping technique enables him to resist a top-tier Domain Treasure and fight on a level far beyond that of ordinary peak Cosmic Overlords. His sword attack also proves strong enough to overwhelm a peak Cosmic Overlord almost instantly.
• Tongling Master: Becomes frustrated when Floating Mountain Sea fails to suppress Zhang Dong. He recognizes that Zhang Dong’s combined technique has reached the level of a top-tier Domain Treasure.
• Heaven Peak Master: Relies heavily on his top-tier flying palace, Heaven Peak, and tries to negotiate with Zhang Dong before pursuing him. He is deeply shocked by Zhang Dong’s defeat of Returning Swan Monarch.
• Yuan Ao Master: Feels humiliated that four Universe Masters may allow a peak Cosmic Overlord to escape. As a lone wanderer, he also realizes that even if he catches Zhang Dong, he may not ultimately be able to keep the treasure.
• Yan Emperor: Remains arrogant and confident, respecting only a few opponents such as Yuan Ao Master. He refuses to believe Zhang Dong is truly a Universe Master and offers alternative explanations for his strength.
• Returning Swan Monarch: Sacrifices himself for the Northern Border Alliance after being ordered to delay Zhang Dong. His rapid defeat reveals the enormous gap between him and Zhang Dong.

Significant Themes

• Power Beyond Conventional Realms: Zhang Dong’s strength challenges the established boundary between peak Cosmic Overlords and Universe Masters, causing others to question how power should be measured.
• Innovation and Combination: The chapter emphasizes that Zhang Dong’s breakthrough comes not from a single treasure but from combining several different techniques—domain power, world projection, and the mysteries of creation and destruction.
• Treasure Competition and Factional Conflict: Multiple alliances compete for the Heaven-Controlling Pearl component, demonstrating the political and strategic importance of powerful treasures.
• Concealed Strength: Zhang Dong deliberately avoids exposing his True Divine Artifact flying vessel, preferring to preserve hidden advantages even when surrounded by four Universe Masters.
• Creation and Destruction: His new technique combines the destructive mysteries of the Chaotic Void Divine Heart with the creative principle of Heaven-Opening, suggesting a powerful cycle between forming and destroying worlds.

Character Interactions

• Yan Emperor directly threatens Zhang Dong and demands the Heaven-Controlling Pearl component.
• Tongling Master attempts to suppress Zhang Dong with Floating Mountain Sea while also slowing the other Universe Masters.
• Heaven Peak Master offers Zhang Dong protection in exchange for Azure Fire and the treasure, then later orders Returning Swan Monarch to delay him.
• Yuan Ao Master criticizes Tongling Master’s inability to stop Zhang Dong, though he privately acknowledges that Zhang Dong’s domain technique is difficult to suppress.
• Zhang Dong’s escape forces the four Universe Masters to cooperate indirectly in pursuit, despite their competing factional interests.
• Swallow Eagle Master arrives as Zhang Dong’s support, causing the opposing factions to abandon the pursuit once they realize reinforcements are too close.
• Returning Swan Monarch attacks Zhang Dong with assistance from Floating Mountain Sea, but Zhang Dong defeats him decisively, shocking all observers and intensifying speculation about his true cultivation level.

Chapter Summary: “Yuan Ao Master Lends a Hand”

Key Plot Points and Events

• The alien factions realize that Returning Swan Monarch is dead and that Zhang Dong—referred to as Apex Venerable—may escape with the Primordial Star’s treasures.
• Tongling Master and other Universe Masters attempt to stop Zhang Dong, but the shrine’s exit appears near Swallow Eagle Master and Zhang Dong. Since Teleportation is impossible on a Primordial Star without a Peak Domain Treasure, the pursuing factions struggle to intercept them.
• Tongling Master drives Floating Mountain Sea to its limit and requests reinforcements, hoping that an expert carrying a Peak Domain Treasure will arrive before Zhang Dong escapes.
• At the critical moment, Yuan Ao Master unexpectedly uses his Flame Sand Cup to help Zhang Dong. His domain suppresses Floating Mountain Sea and breaks the surrounding experts’ interference.
• Zhang Dong puts away the Three Hundred Billion Starry Sea and combines his World Projection with his Domain Secret Technique, strengthening his domain treasures and helping Swallow Eagle Master reach him.
• Once Zhang Dong and Swallow Eagle Master join forces, the other experts can no longer seize the treasure. Their combined strength, particularly Swallow Eagle Master’s fourth-tier Universe Master power, makes the outcome certain.
• Tongling Master threatens Yuan Ao Master on behalf of the Demon Race Alliance, though the threat is largely a matter of preserving face.
• In the Demon Race’s virtual world, Tongling Master reports to Shock Demon Ancestor that Zhang Dong now possesses genuine second-tier Universe Master combat strength.
• Shock Demon Ancestor speculates that Zhang Dong’s Bitter Snow Vine may be a clone and that his main body could possess an exceptionally high genetic level, possibly enhanced by an innate secret technique. He concludes that Zhang Dong has become extremely difficult, if not impossible, to kill.

Character Developments

• Zhang Dong: Demonstrates that his strength has advanced to roughly the second-tier Universe Master level. Although his direct combat ability remains limited without domain support, his supreme techniques, powerful treasures, and possible clone arrangements make him an increasingly dangerous figure. He remains cautious rather than arrogant, acknowledging that Swallow Eagle Master’s assistance was essential.
• Yuan Ao Master: Makes a sudden and decisive choice to help Zhang Dong despite having previously considered competing for his treasures. His status as a powerful lone wanderer, protected by Peak Treasure Armor, allows him to ignore Tongling Master’s threats and act independently.
• Swallow Eagle Master: Shows loyalty and reliability by receiving Zhang Dong at the shrine’s exit. His arrival transforms Zhang Dong’s precarious escape into a guaranteed victory.
• Tongling Master: Refuses to abandon the attempt to kill or capture Zhang Dong, recognizing his future threat to the alien races. However, he is ultimately forced to retreat and can do little beyond issuing threats.
• Shock Demon Ancestor: Carefully reassesses Zhang Dong’s abilities. Rather than dismissing him as merely a strong Cosmic Overlord, he recognizes that Zhang Dong has already become a major force who can no longer be dealt with easily.

Significant Themes

• The importance of alliances and timing: Zhang Dong survives because Swallow Eagle Master arrives at the exact moment needed and Yuan Ao Master intervenes before the enemy can summon Peak Domain Treasures.
• Rapid growth and emerging threats: Zhang Dong’s development alarms the alien races, who fear that he may eventually reach the level of Chaos City Lord.
• The limits of power and resources: Even powerful factions cannot respond immediately because Peak Domain Treasures are rare, valuable, and difficult to deploy.
• Independence versus factional authority: Yuan Ao Master’s lone-wanderer status gives him the freedom to act without obeying the Demon Race Alliance or fearing its retaliation.
• The complexity of killing powerful cultivators: Zhang Dong’s possible clone, high genetic level, treasures, and soul defenses make assassination or enslavement extremely difficult.

Character Interactions

• Zhang Dong and Yuan Ao Master: Their relationship changes abruptly from potential rivalry to cooperation. Zhang Dong is surprised by Yuan Ao’s assistance but quickly takes advantage of it.
• Yuan Ao Master and Tongling Master: Yuan Ao openly rejects Tongling’s authority, declaring that he can help anyone he chooses. Tongling responds with threats on behalf of the Demon Race Alliance.
• Zhang Dong and Swallow Eagle Master: Their reunion allows Zhang Dong to escape safely. Zhang Dong credits Swallow Eagle Master with making it possible to retain the valuable soul treasure.
• Tongling Master and Shock Demon Ancestor: Tongling reports the battle and Zhang Dong’s strength. Shock Demon Ancestor analyzes the evidence and considers how Zhang Dong’s clones and genetic level may explain his advancement.
• Yan Emperor and Zhang Dong: Yan Emperor covets Zhang Dong’s top-tier soul treasure, partly because he is concerned about accumulating enough treasures to replace his Tribulation Armor when it must eventually be passed to his future Third Junior Brother.

Chapter Summary: Unexpected Gains: A Token and the Treasure He Needed

Key Plot Points and Events

• Zhang Dong’s growing strength alarms the demon, machine, and insect races. Although they consider assassinating him, they conclude that killing someone with second-tier Universe Master strength—especially one possessing a soul treasure—is too difficult. Shock Demon Ancestor instead proposes publicizing and exaggerating Zhang Dong’s treasures to encourage other experts to attack him.
• While leaving the Primordial Star region, Heaven Peak Master offers to trade for Zhang Dong’s incomplete Azure Fire Realm. Zhang Dong demands every Heaven-Controlling Pearl component possessed by the Northern Border Alliance. Heaven Peak Master accepts, establishing a future exchange.
• Back in Human Territory, Zhang Dong examines the treasures taken from Returning Swan Monarch. Most are ordinary to him, but he discovers a Frostsnow Jade, one of thirty-six tokens needed to enter the mysterious Frostsnow Valley.
• Frostsnow Valley is expected to contain valuable components of a peak domain, palace, or soul treasure. Zhang Dong changes his plans and decides he must eventually return to the Primordial Stars to investigate it.
• Returning Swan Monarch is revived by the North Border Alliance Leader. Bitter over his defeat and the loss of Frostsnow Jade, he reveals Zhang Dong’s discovery to Star River Lord, who becomes increasingly resentful toward humanity.
• Zhang Dong returns to the Boundary Heart Continent and continues cultivating in the Cang Clan’s Eternal Lineage Estate. He seeks to comprehend a fourth First-Class Divine Heart and advance to the Fourth Heaven Realm Deity stage.
• Cang Yongnan informs Zhang Dong of an upcoming auction containing a rare protective Dao treasure capable of reflecting attacks. Zhang Dong agrees to pay up to one thousand Cosmic Crystals for it, considering survival equipment essential for future adventures.
• Cang Yongnan escorts Zhang Dong through a teleportation array across Xiafeng Capital. The tremendous pressure of the formation makes Zhang Dong reflect on the weakness of his will and wonder whether the first stage of heart cultivation requires Universe Strongest-level willpower.

Character Developments

• Zhang Dong: Becomes increasingly confident and powerful, no longer fearing opposition from other Universe Masters. His discovery of Frostsnow Jade expands his future ambitions, while his pursuit of a protective Dao treasure shows greater caution and maturity regarding survival. He also recognizes that his willpower remains a weakness.
• Shock Demon Ancestor: Realizes that Zhang Dong’s foundation is already secure and that direct assassination is unlikely to succeed. He shifts toward indirect strategies, hoping others will target Zhang Dong.
• Returning Swan Monarch: Revived after his death, he is humiliated and embittered by losing both his life and Frostsnow Jade. He retaliates indirectly by exposing Zhang Dong’s valuable discovery.
• Star River Lord: Grows hostile toward Zhang Dong and humanity after learning how many resources Zhang Dong has gained from the Northern Border Alliance.
• Cang Yongnan: Develops a close, mentor-like friendship with Zhang Dong. He continues guiding Zhang Dong’s cultivation and helps him locate a suitable defensive treasure.
• North Border Alliance Leader: Treats Returning Swan Monarch’s revival as a routine obligation and remains largely indifferent to the alliance’s material losses.

Significant Themes

• The danger of growing power: Zhang Dong’s strength makes him a target, even when enemies cannot defeat him directly.
• Treasure and opportunity: A seemingly ordinary acquisition from a defeated enemy leads Zhang Dong to the extremely valuable Frostsnow Jade and a new adventure.
• Preparation versus recklessness: Zhang Dong recognizes that survival treasures are as important as offensive strength and refuses to rely solely on dangerous life-and-death trials.
• Cultivation and foundations: True advancement depends not only on combat power but also on mastering divine hearts, forging a Dao, and strengthening one’s will.
• Resentment and consequences: Zhang Dong’s victories and profitable trades create lasting hostility within the Northern Border Alliance, setting up possible future conflicts.

Important Character Interactions

• Shock Demon Ancestor and Tongling Master: They discuss manipulating public knowledge of Zhang Dong’s treasures to lure enemies toward him.
• Zhang Dong and Heaven Peak Master: They negotiate the Azure Fire Realm exchange, with Zhang Dong securing the Northern Border Alliance’s Heaven-Controlling Pearl components.
• Returning Swan Monarch, Star River Lord, and the North Border Alliance Leader: Returning Swan Monarch is revived and reports Zhang Dong’s theft of Frostsnow Jade, intensifying Star River Lord’s anger.
• Zhang Dong and Cang Yongnan: Their relationship deepens from teacher and student into genuine friendship. Cang Yongnan advises him on cultivation and facilitates his access to the auction.
• Zhang Dong and his subordinates: Zhang Dong plans to distribute lesser treasures to figures such as Zhenyan King, Gao Li, Ganwu Kingdom Master, and Niu Zhou Venerable, strengthening his faction and rewarding loyalty.

Chapter Summary

Key Plot Points and Events

• Zhang Dong and Cang Yongnan travel through a formation to the northern district of Xiafeng Capital, greatly shortening a journey that would otherwise take years.
• They enter Elder Fu’s auction palace, where powerful Void Gods and rare treasures are gathered. Despite Cang Yongnan’s status, they still undergo identity and entry procedures.
• Zhang Dong observes that Elder Fu’s fortunes and status have improved significantly, likely because of the Soul-Extinguishing Aurora that Zhang Dong helped him obtain.
• The auction begins with relatively inexpensive treasures before progressing to items of enormous value and power.
• Zhang Dong purchases the Celestial Star Armor for 1,000 Cosmic Crystals, ending the bidding decisively.
• The armor can weaken material attacks, rebound force through its Five-Element abilities, and develop through three forms as its user advances from World God to True Deity and Void God. However, its activation requires the user to reach the Fourth Heaven of World Deity and master an ultimate art.
• The auction also features the Black Gourd, a treasure capable of releasing sixth-level Origin Soul Palace power, but Zhang Dong does not purchase it. It eventually sells for 300,000 Cosmic Crystals.
• Other notable lots include a powerful Void God ship, a Divine Void Fruit, secret treasures, puppets, and rare weapons.
• After the auction ends nearly two days later, Zhang Dong receives and binds the Celestial Star Armor, only to discover he cannot use it yet.

Character Developments

• Zhang Dong demonstrates greater confidence and decisiveness, spending heavily when he judges an item worthwhile while remaining highly conscious of cost-effectiveness.
• His acquisition of the Celestial Star Armor significantly strengthens his long-term defensive potential, though he must first advance his cultivation.
• Zhang Dong also gains a clearer understanding of the vast difference between treasures that merely produce high-level power and those that provide genuine combat strength.
• Cang Yongnan continues acting as Zhang Dong’s guide, explaining the relative value and limitations of treasures such as the Celestial Star Armor and Black Gourd.
• Elder Fu is shown to have recovered from his former decline and risen to a prominent position as an auction host.

Significant Themes

• Advancement across eras: The chapter contrasts the current Snow Eagle era with the older Devouring era, emphasizing the increasing quality and resistance of cultivators.
• Value versus raw power: A treasure’s apparent cultivation level does not guarantee practical combat effectiveness. Stable combat ability is far more valuable than merely possessing an attack that reaches a certain realm.
• Preparation and long-term growth: Zhang Dong buys the Celestial Star Armor not only for immediate use but for its continued usefulness across multiple cultivation stages.
• Pragmatism and resource management: Despite possessing considerable wealth, Zhang Dong carefully evaluates every purchase, reflecting the higher costs and dangers of the Boundary Heart Continent.
• Power and limitations: Even exceptional treasures have restrictions, activation requirements, and vulnerabilities, reinforcing that cultivation and mastery remain essential.

Character Interactions

• Cang Yongnan escorts Zhang Dong to the auction and provides commentary on the treasures and their actual combat value.
• He praises Zhang Dong’s decisive bidding but jokes that Zhang Dong might have saved money by bidding more cautiously.
• Elder Fu presides over the auction and personally presents the major treasures, including the Celestial Star Armor.
• After Zhang Dong attempts to activate the armor, Cang Yongnan explains its cultivation requirements, leaving Zhang Dong frustrated but accepting that reaching the Fourth Heaven is necessary.

Chapter Summary: Fourth Heaven Realm Deity, Supreme Arts Mastered

Key Plot Points and Events

• Zhang Dong continues cultivating at the Eternal Lineage Estate, focusing on comprehending Divine Hearts and researching secret techniques.
• He chooses nine foundational First-Class Divine Hearts—Karma, World, Extreme Point, Matter, Immeasurable, Spacetime, Chaos Hole, Heaven-Opening, and Chaos—as the basis for eventually comprehending the complete laws of heaven and earth.
• Cang Yongnan corrects Zhang Dong’s misunderstanding regarding the World Divine Heart. Rather than forcibly linking World with Heaven-Opening and Chaos Hole, Zhang Dong must understand the World Divine Heart on its own.
• With Cang Yongnan’s guidance, Zhang Dong immediately comprehends the World Divine Heart and breaks through from the Third Heaven Realm to the Fourth Heaven Realm. This takes him roughly eight thousand years.
• His inner world expands from ten billion li to one hundred billion li and becomes more orderly, though it remains lifeless because he has not yet comprehended the complete laws of heaven and earth.
• As a Fourth Heaven Realm Deity, Zhang Dong begins cultivating the World God stages of two supreme arts:
  • Chaos Hole Sky-Sundering, which greatly enhances offensive power through Chaos Hole and Heaven-Opening.
  • Golden Statue, which combines Extreme Point, Immeasurable, and Matter to create overwhelming defensive and regenerative abilities.
• Zhang Dong masters Chaos Hole Sky-Sundering in just over eight hundred years. Its power allows his raw strength to approach or surpass the level of a first-stage Universe Master, though he still cannot freely fly because of the Boundary Heart Continent’s laws.
• He comprehends the Immeasurable and Matter Divine Hearts, then continues advancing through Golden Statue while using True Divine Artifacts to study powerful Dao profundities.
• In the Primordial Universe, Zhenyan King enters the Quehong Secret Realm after Demon Candle sets a trap for him. Supported by Zhang Dong’s superior treasures, Zhenyan is confident he can defeat Demon Candle and decides that another betrayal will result in Demon Candle needing a future resurrection.
• After twelve thousand additional years, Zhang Dong masters the fourth layer of Golden Statue. His defense becomes so powerful that attacks below the Mighty Expert level cannot meaningfully harm him, while even very high-level Universe Master attacks would require prolonged effort to wear him down.
• Cang Yongnan visits after sensing Zhang Dong’s breakthrough and concludes that Zhang Dong should have little difficulty becoming a True Deity. He also suggests that Zhang Dong may eventually cultivate a purchased bloodline to aid his progress toward the Void God realm.

Character Developments

• Zhang Dong becomes a Fourth Heaven Realm Deity and demonstrates extraordinary cultivation talent and discipline. He spends nearly all his time either comprehending Divine Hearts, studying secret techniques, or cultivating supreme arts.
• His understanding becomes more mature after realizing that the World Divine Heart must be comprehended directly rather than through forced connections to other concepts.
• Zhang Dong’s combat ability rises dramatically:
  • Chaos Hole Sky-Sundering gives him terrifying offensive strength.
  • Golden Statue grants near-absolute defense, particle-level dispersal, and powerful regeneration.
• Despite his immense strength, Zhang Dong remains humble and openly credits Cang Yongnan for helping him avoid major detours.
• Cang Yongnan acts as Zhang Dong’s mentor, offering precise guidance on Divine Hearts and supreme arts. His confidence in Zhang Dong grows, and he now considers Zhang Dong’s rise to True Deity nearly assured.
• Zhenyan King becomes more confident after receiving powerful treasures from Zhang Dong. He is no longer intimidated by Demon Candle’s trap and is prepared to show mercy only once more.
• Demon Candle is revealed as increasingly consumed by resentment toward Zhenyan King, repeatedly plotting against him despite lacking comparable strength or backing.

Significant Themes

• Talent amplified by proper guidance: Zhang Dong’s breakthroughs come not only from exceptional talent but also from Cang Yongnan’s ability to identify and correct his mistakes.
• Persistence versus complacency: Zhang Dong’s tireless cultivation contrasts with the relaxed attitudes of many young members of great clans, emphasizing how determination creates long-term advantages.
• Creation and destruction as a unified whole: The World Divine Heart teaches that creation, destruction, and other laws are not isolated contradictions but interconnected aspects of the universe.
• Power gained through multiple paths: Zhang Dong develops both offensive energy-based strength and defensive physical mastery, showing the value of cultivating complementary supreme arts.
• The importance of environment and resources: The peaceful Boundary Heart Continent, abundant resources, and support from the Eternal Lineage allow Zhang Dong to advance far faster than he could through solitary effort.
• Conflict between resentment and overwhelming support: Demon Candle’s jealousy contrasts with Zhenyan King’s confidence, which is made possible by Zhang Dong’s generous protection and resources.
• Ordinary origins versus acquired advantages: Cang Yongnan’s suggestion that Zhang Dong purchase a bloodline raises the possibility that natural talent and acquired power can be combined in the pursuit of higher realms.

Character Interactions

• Zhang Dong and Cang Yongnan: Their mentor-student relationship deepens. Cang Yongnan corrects Zhang Dong’s understanding of the World Divine Heart, guides his supreme-art cultivation, and encourages his future advancement. Zhang Dong responds with sincere gratitude.
• Zhang Dong and Zhenyan King: Although they do not interact directly in the chapter, Zhang Dong’s influence is central to Zhenyan’s confidence. His treasures give Zhenyan a decisive advantage over Demon Candle.
• Zhenyan King and Demon Candle: Their hostility escalates. Demon Candle lures Zhenyan into a dangerous secret realm, but Zhenyan enters without fear and vows to spare him only this once more.
• Zhang Dong and the Eternal Lineage: Zhang Dong benefits from the sect’s cultivation resources and privileges, though he also spends his own wealth to acquire additional materials, demonstrating his willingness to invest heavily in his advancement.

Key Plot Points and Events

• Zhang Dong learns about bloodline cultivation systems and their limitations.
• He decides to focus on the laws and mysteries system and the strongest warrior or Void Walker path.
• Zhang Dong returns to the Primordial Universe to cultivate and plans to enter the Primordial Star and Frostsnow Valley.
• Ganwu Kingdom Master visits Zhang Dong and reveals that he has broken through to Realm Lord.
• Zhang Dong summons Gao Li to serve as a steward on Jiuyu Mountain.
• News of Zhang Dong's departure from Ganwu Imperial Capital Star is spread to attract attention and set up a trap.

Character Developments

• Zhang Dong: He continues to grow in strength and understanding, deciding to focus on specific cultivation paths. He also takes steps to reveal his identity and prepare for potential threats.
• Gao Li: Gao Li is promoted to serve as a steward on Jiuyu Mountain, showing Zhang Dong's trust in him.
• Ganwu Kingdom Master: He acknowledges Zhang Dong's growth and treats him with respect, understanding that Zhang Dong is now on a level above him.

Significant Themes

• Cultivation and growth: Zhang Dong's continuous development and decision-making regarding his cultivation paths.
• Identity and recognition: Zhang Dong's preparation to reveal his identity and the reactions of those around him.
• Power dynamics: The changing relationships between characters as Zhang Dong's strength increases.

Character Interactions

• Zhang Dong and Gao Li: Their relationship evolves as Gao Li is given a significant role on Jiuyu Mountain.
• Zhang Dong and Ganwu Kingdom Master: They interact with mutual respect, acknowledging each other's strengths.
• Zhang Dong and the spies: Zhang Dong's actions to reveal his identity and set up a trap for the spies.

Chapter Summary: Comprehending Causality, Zhenyan King Seeks Aid

Key Plot Points

• Zhang Dong kills a King-level Immortal spy and an underground Immortal-level Zerg brood nest using a causality-based attack, demonstrating his growing mastery of the Causal Divine Heart.
• He tests his causal perception limits: it works within ~1 billion light-years; stronger causal ties (e.g., with disciples) extend his range vastly.
• Over the next 200 years, Zhang Dong wanders the universe, spreading faith and studying causation – treating causal entanglement as beneficial for his cultivation, unlike in Tianyu Universe.
• In the Virtual Universe, his disciple Zhenyan King asks for help: Demon Candle of Giant Axe Arena had lured him into a Cosmic Secret Realm, been badly beaten, and then spread rumors that Zhenyan King possessed supreme treasures.
• The rumors attracted over 100 Cosmic Venerables from various races, who besieged Zhenyan King. He escaped into a massive frozen vortex at Quehong Secret Realm, but remained trapped.
• Zhang Dong arrives, easily enters the vortex, retrieves Zhenyan King, and then freezes the entire billion-kilometer region – including the vortex and all besieging Venerables – with a single glance.
• He warns the frozen Venerables that they shamed themselves by bullying his disciple for treasure.

Character Developments

• Zhang Dong: Deepens his comprehension of the Causal Divine Heart, acknowledges its limitations, and turns faith/causality into a cultivation aid. Shows overwhelming power and protector instincts toward his disciple.
• Zhenyan King: Proud and reluctant to ask for help, but forced by desperation. Displays extraordinary luck, surviving a vortex that would kill even Venerables, thanks to being swept to a safe core.

Significant Themes

• Causality and consequence: Rumors, greed, and hostile intent create causal threads that Zhang Dong exploits; those who act wrongly are punished.
• Power and restraint: Zhang Dong kills spies without hesitation, yet spares the trapped Venerables as “ants not worth attention” – using fear and humiliation rather than slaughter.
• Mentor–disciple bond: Zhang Dong’s willingness to cross vast distances to rescue Zhenyan King highlights his loyalty and responsibility as a teacher.

Character Interactions

• Zhang Dong vs. enemies: Annihilates the spy and Zerg nest; later freezes and lectures the Venerables.
• Zhang Dong & Zhenyan King: The disciple requests aid; Zhang Dong responds instantly, rescues him, and inquires about his survival in the vortex.
• Zhenyan King’s adversaries: Cosmic Venerables from multiple races are reduced to helpless spectators, illustrating the gap between them and a Universe Master-level figure.

Key Plot Points and Events

• Zhang Dong, using his 'Chaos Hole Heaven-Opening' technique, effortlessly slaughters over a hundred Cosmic Venerables.
• He reveals his identity as the Apex Venerable and humanity's Zhang Dong.
• Sirius Master appears, and Zhang Dong prepares to leave with Zhenyan King before Sirius Master's arrival.
• Sirius Master learns Zhang Dong's identity and flees into Sirius Palace, surviving Zhang Dong's attack.
• Sirius Master informs Dream Demon Ancestor about Zhang Dong's identity.

Character Developments

• Zhang Dong demonstrates his immense power and reveals his true identity, showing his growth and status.
• Sirius Master shows cowardice and lack of combat strength, despite its boastful nature.
• Dream Demon Ancestor shows concern and urgency upon learning about Zhang Dong's identity.

Significant Themes

• Power and Status: Zhang Dong's display of power and revelation of his identity highlight his elevated status in the universe.
• Fear and Cowardice: Sirius Master's actions showcase fear and cowardice in the face of a stronger opponent.
• Information and Communication: The news of Zhang Dong's identity spreads quickly, demonstrating the importance of information and communication among powerful beings.

Character Interactions

• Zhang Dong and the Cosmic Venerables: Zhang Dong easily defeats and kills the group of Cosmic Venerables, showcasing his power and dominance.
• Zhang Dong and Sirius Master: Zhang Dong reveals his identity to Sirius Master, who then flees in fear.
• Sirius Master and Dream Demon Ancestor: Sirius Master informs Dream Demon Ancestor about Zhang Dong's identity, leading to Dream Demon Ancestor's urgent response.