Chapter Summaries

Summary

Plot Points and Events

• Zhang Dong senses karmic threads, leading to his enlightenment and comprehension of the Causal Divine Heart.
• Zhenyan King gathers evidence against Demon Candle for trying to have him killed by aliens.
• Zhang Dong, Zhenyan King, and Ganwu Kingdom Master visit Giant Axe Arena's headquarters to confront Void Gold Lord, Erosion Fire Venerable, and Demon Candle.

Character Developments

• Zhang Dong: Comprehends the Causal Divine Heart, demonstrating his power and status.
• Zhenyan King: Shows bravery and boldness in confronting Void Gold Lord and Erosion Fire Venerable.
• Demon Candle: Reveals his cowardice and desperation.
• Void Gold Lord: Maintains his dignity but faces a dilemma due to his disciple's actions.

Significant Themes

• Karma and its role in cultivation.
• Respect and status among powerful beings.
• Consequences of one's actions and the importance of taking responsibility.

Character Interactions

• Zhang Dong and Void Gold Lord: Their tense interaction highlights Zhang Dong's newfound power and status, challenging Void Gold Lord's authority.
• Zhenyan King and Demon Candle: Their conflict escalates, leading to Demon Candle's potential execution.
• Erosion Fire Venerable and Void Gold Lord: Their relationship is strained due to Erosion Fire Venerable's failure to discipline his son.

Key Plot Points and Events

• Zhang Dong, now revealed as a Universe Master, slaps Erosion Fire Venerable in front of Void Gold Lord.
• Void Gold Lord summons Zhang Dong's teacher, Dark Lord.
• Zhang Dong sentences Demon Candle to imprisonment for 100 million trillion years and Erosion Fire Venerable to 10,000 years in Venerable Prison.
• Zhang Dong instructs Zhenyan King and the Ganwu Kingdom Master to stay at Jiuyu Mountain for an impending major event.

Character Developments

• Zhang Dong demonstrates his Universe Master status and his leniency towards Erosion Fire Venerable and Demon Candle after Void Gold Lord shows respect.
• Erosion Fire Venerable and Demon Candle beg for forgiveness, showing their fear and desperation.

Significant Themes

• Face and Respect: Zhang Dong's actions are guided by the principle of giving respect to those who respect him, reflecting the importance of 'face' in their culture.
• Karma: Zhang Dong's decision to spare Demon Candle's life is influenced by the idea of karma, acknowledging the contributions of Universe Masters like Void Gold Lord to the human race.

Character Interactions

• Zhang Dong and Void Gold Lord: Their interaction shows Zhang Dong's respect for Void Gold Lord after he shows deference, highlighting the importance of mutual respect among Universe Masters.
• Zhang Dong and Erosion Fire Venerable/Demon Candle: Zhang Dong's leniency towards them after they beg for forgiveness, despite their earlier actions, shows his willingness to give second chances.

Chapter Summary: “Beating Down Dream Demon Ancestor”

Key Plot Points and Events

• In the Virtual Universe, humanity’s Universe Masters discuss Zhang Dong’s recent advancement. Although he has cultivated for only tens of thousands of years, he has become a Universe Master, alarming both humanity and its enemies.
• Chaos City Lord and the others advise Zhang Dong to remain in seclusion and increase his strength before attracting the attention of Universe Strongest beings. Zhang Dong dismisses their concerns, confident that his enemies should fear him instead.
• Zhang Dong announces that he possesses Frostsnow Jade and intends to enter Frostsnow Valley when it opens. Lord Huang Jian questions whether Zhang Dong is strong enough to claim the treasure and suggests giving it to Giant Axe Founder instead.
• Giant Axe publicly supports Zhang Dong, declaring that he would allow Zhang Dong to use the Frostsnow Jade even if he himself had obtained it. Zhang Dong then reveals his three enormous divine bodies at Jiuyu Mountain: his true body, Falling Star Clone, and gigantic Sun Tree Clone.
• Zhang Dong predicts that a Universe Strongest being will arrive within thirty minutes, having deliberately exposed his location to lure the enemy races into attacking him. He wants a battle that will demonstrate his true strength.
• Dream Demon Ancestor, the Zerg Queen, and Mechanical Race Father God discuss the opportunity. The Zerg Queen proposes killing all of Zhang Dong’s clones, while Mechanical Race Father God agrees to test him. Dream Demon Ancestor ultimately goes to attack him, with the other two observing and prepared to restrain Giant Axe if necessary.
• Dream Demon Ancestor arrives at Jiuyu Mountain and uses the Dream Ancestor Domain to suppress Zhang Dong’s enormous Sun Tree Clone. However, Zhang Dong’s true body immediately attacks with his blade.
• By drawing upon Jiuyu Mountain’s formations and the mountain’s profound World Dao, Zhang Dong unleashes an attack with sixth-tier power. His first strike overwhelms the Dream Ancestor Domain and forces Dream Demon Ancestor back.
• Dream Demon Ancestor realizes that Zhang Dong is vastly stronger than expected. It initially suspects that Jiuyu Mountain must be a Supreme Treasure, but even that explanation seems insufficient.
• Zhang Dong continues striking Dream Demon Ancestor. His attacks cannot be resisted effectively, while Dream Demon Ancestor’s own attacks are evaded through teleportation.
• The Zerg Queen and Mechanical Race Father God watch in disbelief as Dream Demon Ancestor is suppressed by Zhang Dong. They speculate that he must possess or be using a Supreme Treasure, though neither can identify one.
• Dream Demon Ancestor abandons the assassination attempt and warns Zhang Dong that the First and Second Reincarnation Eras will target him once news of his strength spreads. Zhang Dong responds with another attack, leaving Dream Demon Ancestor unable to do more than retreat and threaten to fight him again in the Cosmic Sea.

Character Developments

• Zhang Dong: Reveals himself as far more powerful than humanity believes. He is confident, provocative, and deliberately seeks danger to establish his reputation. His strength reaches sixth-tier battle power within Jiuyu Mountain, despite being regarded as a newly advanced Universe Master.
• Giant Axe Founder: Demonstrates strong trust in Zhang Dong and decisively supports his right to use the Frostsnow Jade, reinforcing his authority and generosity as humanity’s leader.
• Chaos City Lord and humanity’s Universe Masters: Remain cautious and underestimate Zhang Dong’s true capabilities, believing he should hide and cultivate until he becomes stronger.
• Lord Huang Jian: Voices skepticism about Zhang Dong’s ability to survive Frostsnow Valley and attempts to suggest a safer, more practical alternative.
• Dream Demon Ancestor: Begins the attack confidently but becomes shocked and alarmed when Zhang Dong suppresses it. It shifts from attempting an assassination to retreating and issuing threats about the dangers of the Cosmic Sea.
• Zerg Queen and Mechanical Race Father God: Expect Zhang Dong to be vulnerable, but their confidence turns into uncertainty as they witness him overpowering Dream Demon Ancestor.

Significant Themes

• Hidden strength and mistaken assumptions: Nearly everyone assumes Zhang Dong is a weak, newly advanced Universe Master, but his actual power far exceeds their expectations.
• Confidence versus caution: Humanity urges Zhang Dong to hide, while Zhang Dong chooses to confront danger openly and prove himself through battle.
• Reputation and deterrence: Zhang Dong intentionally invites assassination attempts so that his victory will warn the entire universe against targeting him.
• The importance of environment and treasures: Jiuyu Mountain’s formations and World Dao dramatically amplify Zhang Dong’s strength, showing how location and external power can alter the balance between experts.
• Rapid cultivation and extraordinary genius: Zhang Dong’s progress challenges the established limits of cultivation, causing both allies and enemies to question how he reached such strength so quickly.
• Political and racial conflict: The human race, Demon Race, Zerg Race, and Mechanical Race are engaged in a strategic struggle where every display of power affects future alliances and attacks.

Important Character Interactions

• Humanity’s Universe Masters debate whether Zhang Dong should remain hidden, while Zhang Dong confidently rejects their fear.
• Lord Huang Jian challenges Zhang Dong’s right to pursue Frostsnow Valley, but Giant Axe immediately backs Zhang Dong.
• Zhang Dong deliberately reveals his divine bodies to provoke the three enemy races.
• Dream Demon Ancestor confronts Zhang Dong directly, but Zhang Dong answers without conversation, attacking immediately.
• Dream Demon Ancestor’s failed assault shocks the Zerg Queen and Mechanical Race Father God, who can only speculate about Zhang Dong’s mysterious power.
• The confrontation ends with Dream Demon Ancestor retreating and warning Zhang Dong of future enemies, while Zhang Dong continues to demonstrate that he is not intimidated.

Chapter Summary: "About to Enter the Primordial Star Again"

1. Key Plot Points

• At Jiuyu Mountain, Ganwu Kingdom Master, Gao Li, and another witness a shocking battle: Zhang Dong is fighting Dream Demon Ancestor, a Universe Strongest of the Demon Race, and is overwhelmingly winning.
• Zhang Dong's blade light creates and destroys hundreds of millions of worlds, forming Chaos Holes that trap Dream Demon Ancestor. After taking over a hundred attacks, Dream Demon Ancestor flees Jiuyu Mountain.
• In the Virtual Universe’s Giant Axe Temple, the human race's powerhouses witness the battle. Lord Huang Jian is stunned and initially suspicious, then admits he was blind, praising Dark Lord for training such a monstrous disciple.
• Giant Axe reveals that Zhang Dong has already gifted two supreme treasures to him, shocking everyone in the temple.
• The four Universe Strongest of the three races (Demon, Mechanical, Zerg) meet after Dream Demon Ancestor’s humiliation. They conclude Zhang Dong is virtually invincible in the Primordial Universe due to his enormous divine body, treasures, and sixth-tier strength. They agree to unite against humanity.
• At the end, Zhang Dong receives news that the second-to-last piece of Frostsnow Jade has appeared and was obtained by the Northern Border Alliance. He immediately sets out for the Primordial Star again.

2. Character Developments

• Zhang Dong: Revealed to be far more powerful than anyone expected—able to suppress a Universe Strongest with ease. He also shows generosity by gifting supreme treasures to Giant Axe, and continues pursuing his own cultivation path (Chaos Divine Heart).
• Lord Huang Jian: Initially arrogant, he quickly adapts after seeing Zhang Dong’s strength, publicly admitting his mistake to avoid souring relations with a future powerhouse.
• Dark Lord: Proud and protective of his disciple, he subtly rebukes Lord Huang Jian’s earlier arrogance.
• Giant Axe: Proud of humanity’s rising strength; also reveals he has received multiple supreme treasures from Zhang Dong.
• Dream Demon Ancestor: Suffers a humiliating defeat, unable to fight back effectively due to Zhang Dong’s domain and teleportation advantage.
• The Three Races’ Universe Strongest: Forced into a reluctant alliance against Zhang Dong, fearing his future potential.

3. Significant Themes

• Overwhelming Power: Zhang Dong’s true strength shatters expectations, showing how far he has surpassed even Universe Strongest-level opponents.
• Shifting Alliances: Fear of Zhang Dong drives the three enemy races to unite against humanity.
• Treasure and Generosity: Supreme treasures are presented as war-changing assets, and Zhang Dong’s willingness to give them away strengthens humanity.
• Perception vs. Reality: Characters repeatedly underestimate Zhang Dong, only to be humbled.

4. Character Interactions

• Ganwu Kingdom Master and Gao Li: Express disbelief while watching Zhang Dong dominate the battle, recalling his weaker past.
• Dark Lord vs. Lord Huang Jian: Tense exchange, with Dark Lord defending Zhang Dong and Huang Jian eventually conceding.
• Giant Axe and the temple assembly: Giant Axe’s announcement of the two supreme treasures causes shock and jealousy, while Void Gold Lord privately worries about his own past misconduct.
• Dream Demon Ancestor and the three-race leaders: A somber strategic discussion where they acknowledge Zhang Dong’s invincibility and plan a united response.

Chapter Summary: “Snatching More Than a Dozen Frostsnow Jades, Encountering Star River Lord”

Key Plot Points and Events

• Zhang Dong enters the Primordial Stars after obtaining a Frostsnow Jade and discovers that he can sense the karmic connections of the other jade holders. Thirty-five jades have already appeared, with Zhang Dong holding one.
• He identifies several jade holders as only Cosmic Overlords or Peak Cosmic Overlords and decides to seize their jades before Frostsnow Valley opens.
• Zhang Dong contacts the human Universe Masters through the Virtual Universe and reveals that he knows the locations of many Frostsnow Jade holders. He predicts that the human race can obtain at least fifteen jades.
• Numerous human Universe Masters respond, including Ice Peak Lord, Void Gold Lord, Dragon Travel Lord, Chaos City Lord’s Clone, and others. They organize a coordinated campaign to seize the jades.
• The human Universe Masters rapidly attack weaker jade holders across the Primordial Stars. Ice Peak Lord uses his Top-tier Domain Treasure, the Cold Mist Realm, to overwhelm Feng Yong Venerable, while other human experts target Cosmic Overlords and Peak Cosmic Overlords.
• In only three hours, more than a dozen additional Frostsnow Jades are captured. Many weaker experts and even a Peak Cosmic Overlord are killed, leaving their races vulnerable to destruction.
• Thirty-six years later, Black Lotus Lord of the Northern Border Alliance obtains the final Frostsnow Jade, giving that alliance two entrants.
• Frostsnow Valley opens with 10,081 entrances and exits. Thirty-six jade holders gather on Primordial Star No. 10080 before entering and are randomly teleported throughout the valley.
• Inside the valley, Zhang Dong arrives at a purple-gold tower, collects several High-grade Treasures, and obtains a component of the Peak Domain Treasure Endless Thunder Domain.
• Star River Lord suddenly appears and demands Zhang Dong surrender the component and all his treasures. Instead of being intimidated, Zhang Dong challenges him to leave the valley and fight.

Character Developments

• Zhang Dong: Demonstrates the breadth of his karmic perception and his growing confidence. He acts as the strategist behind the human race’s mass acquisition of Frostsnow Jades and shows that he is eager to test himself against powerful Universe Masters rather than merely accumulate treasures.
• Ice Peak Lord: Displays overwhelming authority by using a Top-tier Domain Treasure to suppress and nearly kill a Peak Cosmic Overlord.
• Human Universe Masters: Become more coordinated and confident as they exploit Zhang Dong’s intelligence. Their large-scale participation gives the human race an unusually strong presence inside Frostsnow Valley.
• Feng Yong Venerable: Represents the ambitious but vulnerable weaker expert who risks everything for the possibility of obtaining a Peak Domain Treasure component. His defeat illustrates the danger of holding a Frostsnow Jade without sufficient strength.
• Star River Lord: Is established as the true authority of the Northern Border Alliance and one of the strongest entrants. However, he underestimates Zhang Dong because he is unaware of Zhang Dong’s battle against Dream Demon Ancestor.

Significant Themes

• Strength determines survival: Weaker races and individuals are easily crushed by stronger factions, and the death of a Peak Cosmic Overlord may doom his entire race.
• Information and coordination as power: Zhang Dong’s ability to locate jade holders allows the human race to act with extraordinary efficiency and secure a major advantage.
• Risk versus reward: Obtaining a Frostsnow Jade offers weaker experts the chance to become immensely wealthy, but the gamble can also lead to death and the collapse of their race.
• Competition among powerful beings: The Primordial Stars and Frostsnow Valley are arenas where alliances, treasure, and personal combat determine who gains access to supreme resources.
• Hidden strength and underestimation: Star River Lord does not know Zhang Dong’s true combat ability, creating tension as Zhang Dong welcomes the confrontation rather than avoiding it.

Character Interactions

• Zhang Dong communicates with the human Universe Masters through the Virtual Universe, persuading them to join his coordinated jade-snatching operation.
• Human Universe Masters divide responsibilities according to strength, with powerful figures such as Ice Peak Lord handling Peak Cosmic Overlords and weaker members targeting less formidable opponents.
• The human experts exchange positions and updates after entering Frostsnow Valley, planning to support one another and delay rivals until reinforcements arrive.
• Star River Lord confronts Zhang Dong after Zhang Dong acquires the Endless Thunder Domain component. He assumes Zhang Dong can be intimidated, but Zhang Dong’s confident response reverses the expected power dynamic and sets up their impending battle.

Chapter Summary: “Something Wasn’t Right”

Key Plot Points and Events

• Star River Lord confronts Zhang Dong and demands the Frostsnow Jade component, threatening to spare him only if he gives it up.
• Believing Zhang Dong to possess strength comparable to a third-tier Universe Master, Star River Lord expects to defeat him using his domain-type treasure and strongest fusion secret technique.
• Outside the tower, Star River Lord immediately unleashes River Beneath the Dark Night, a powerful attack combining light, darkness, and negative emotions.
• Zhang Dong withstands the attack without any weakening. His Celestial Star Armor reduces the damage to an insignificant level and activates Five-Element Rebound, returning the attack with roughly fourth-tier power.
• The two engage in a prolonged battle. Zhang Dong primarily defends and uses the fight to study Star River Lord’s techniques while developing his own domain secret technique.
• Star River Lord becomes increasingly frustrated because Zhang Dong’s divine aura never declines, and the armor continuously reflects attacks he cannot block.
• After two hours, Star River Lord withdraws, recognizing that he cannot kill Zhang Dong and that Zhang Dong cannot easily stop him either.
• Star River Lord then encounters Zhang Dong’s Falling Star Clone, revealing that Zhang Dong has somehow entered Frostsnow Valley with more than one body and apparently possesses multiple entry tokens.
• The chapter ends with further confusion: Black Lotus Lord reports hearing that Chaos City Lord is also inside Frostsnow Valley, suggesting that the humans have far more Frostsnow Jade components and participants than expected.

Character Developments

• Zhang Dong: Demonstrates extraordinary defensive power. His Celestial Star Armor, enormous divine body, and high genetic level allow him to survive Star River Lord’s strongest attack without injury. He remains confident and uses the battle as an opportunity to gain insight and approach a breakthrough in creating a domain secret technique.
• Star River Lord: Initially confident that Zhang Dong can be defeated, he becomes irritated and cautious after discovering that Zhang Dong’s defenses are far beyond expectations. He ultimately retreats rather than continue an unproductive battle.
• Black Lotus Lord: Acts as a source of intelligence, reporting the unexpected presence of additional human Universe Masters and deepening the mystery surrounding the human expedition.
• The Human faction: Their apparent ability to send multiple powerful Universe Masters into Frostsnow Valley suggests hidden resources or additional Frostsnow Jade components.

Significant Themes

• The danger of underestimating an opponent: Star River Lord bases his expectations on Zhang Dong’s apparent strength but fails to account for the Celestial Star Armor’s unique defensive and rebound abilities.
• Defense as overwhelming power: Zhang Dong does not need to overpower Star River Lord offensively; his armor and divine body make him nearly impossible to wear down.
• Battle as cultivation: Zhang Dong treats the confrontation not merely as a fight but as a chance to study a powerful opponent and advance his own secret technique.
• Hidden strength and deception: The appearance of the Falling Star Clone reveals that Zhang Dong and the human side have concealed capabilities and resources.
• Growing mystery: The unexpected presence of multiple human Universe Masters, especially Chaos City Lord, indicates that the situation in Frostsnow Valley is not what the other factions believed.

Character Interactions

• Star River Lord threatens Zhang Dong and attempts to force him to surrender the treasure component.
• Zhang Dong rejects the threat and challenges him to fight outside.
• During combat, Star River Lord attacks relentlessly while Zhang Dong blocks, studies, and occasionally rebounds the attacks through his armor.
• Star River Lord communicates with Black Lotus Lord during the battle, revealing that he has been delayed by Zhang Dong.
• After retreating, Star River Lord is shocked when Zhang Dong’s Falling Star Clone intercepts him.
• Black Lotus Lord’s report that Chaos City Lord is present confirms that the human faction’s movements and strength remain largely unexplained.

Summary: “Encirclement of Forbidden Extinction Lord”

Key Plot Points and Events

• Star River Lord learns that Chaos City Lord, Void Gold Lord, Dragon Travel Lord, and two of Pinnacle Lord’s divine bodies have entered Frostsnow Valley—an unprecedented deployment of human and Hong Alliance Universe Masters.
• Zhang Dong’s Falling Star Clone continues harassing Star River Lord outside the valley. Unable to defeat or escape Zhang Dong, Star River Lord retreats into his palace and refuses to fight.
• Using karmic tracking and parasitic techniques, Zhang Dong maps routes through Frostsnow Valley and locates Forbidden Extinction Lord near Chaos City Lord.
• Zhang Dong proposes surrounding Forbidden Extinction Lord, a top fifth-tier Universe Master and a crucial future asset of the Demon Race. The human and Hong Alliance forces agree, especially after Dark Lord confirms that Forbidden Extinction Lord is not known to possess a pinnacle palace treasure.
• Ice Peak Lord reveals that he has brought a pinnacle sealing treasure, strengthening the group’s confidence in capturing Forbidden Extinction Lord.
• While Zhang Dong’s true body searches for the main treasure component, Chaos City Lord deliberately intercepts Forbidden Extinction Lord and engages him in battle.
• Forbidden Extinction Lord uses powerful fire-based techniques and attempts to flee, but Chaos City Lord employs a pinnacle domain treasure and repeatedly prevents him from escaping.
• More than a dozen human and allied Universe Masters secretly converge on the battlefield, hiding within their own domain treasure. They plan to reveal themselves only after completing the encirclement.
• Forbidden Extinction Lord eventually notices Zhang Dong and the assembled forces, including Dragon Travel Lord, Peng Gong Lord, Ice Peak Lord, Void Gold Lord, and Pinnacle Lord. Realizing he cannot fight or escape from such a group, he enters a top-tier flying palace to protect himself.
• He sends a divine power incarnation to warn Shock Demon Ancestor and Dream Demon Ancestor, fearing that the human forces will suppress or capture him.

Character Developments

• Zhang Dong demonstrates the strategic value of his karmic abilities. He can accurately locate opponents, survey Frostsnow Valley through parasitism, coordinate allies, and guide the encirclement.
• Star River Lord shifts from hostility to caution. Zhang Dong’s persistent interference convinces him that fighting is pointless, forcing the proud fifth-tier Universe Master into a defensive posture.
• Chaos City Lord displays exceptional combat strength and tactical discipline. He delays Forbidden Extinction Lord for an extended period while concealing the larger ambush.
• Forbidden Extinction Lord is portrayed as powerful but not arrogant in the face of overwhelming odds. He recognizes Chaos City Lord’s growing strength and becomes increasingly anxious after failing to acquire any treasure.
• Ice Peak Lord and the other Universe Masters reveal their preparedness, bringing specialized treasures—especially sealing and domain treasures—to maximize the chance of capturing Forbidden Extinction Lord.
• The human alliance operates with unusual unity and confidence, treating the possible capture of Forbidden Extinction Lord as more valuable than acquiring ordinary treasures.

Significant Themes

• Strategic superiority over individual strength: Forbidden Extinction Lord is a top fifth-tier expert, but coordination, preparation, and numbers threaten him more than any single opponent.
• The importance of information and karma: Zhang Dong’s karmic perception functions like an overwhelming reconnaissance advantage in an environment where normal detection and spatial control are severely restricted.
• Rising human power: The large-scale deployment of humanity’s strongest Universe Masters suggests that humanity is approaching a new level of influence and may be preparing for major breakthroughs.
• Treasure and opportunity versus survival: Many experts enter Frostsnow Valley seeking components and supreme treasures, but the alliance is willing to abandon or postpone treasure hunting to target a far more valuable enemy.
• The limits of invincibility: Forbidden Extinction Lord’s fifth-tier strength, pinnacle armor, and powerful techniques protect him from ordinary enemies, but they cannot guarantee safety against a carefully planned coalition.
• The threat of future breakthroughs: Both Chaos City Lord and Forbidden Extinction Lord are recognized as likely candidates to become Universe Strongest beings, raising the stakes of their confrontation.

Character Interactions

• Zhang Dong and Star River Lord: Zhang Dong relentlessly restrains Star River Lord, while Star River Lord refuses to leave his palace and challenges Zhang Dong to fight only after they exit Frostsnow Valley.
• Zhang Dong and Chaos City Lord: Zhang Dong informs Chaos City Lord of Forbidden Extinction Lord’s location and organizes the ambush. Chaos City Lord accepts the role of bait and engages the enemy directly.
• Chaos City Lord and Forbidden Extinction Lord: Their fierce battle showcases comparable fifth-tier strength. Chaos City Lord’s domain treasure prevents Forbidden Extinction Lord from escaping, while Forbidden Extinction Lord grows increasingly frustrated and alarmed.
• Zhang Dong and the allied Universe Masters: Zhang Dong tracks and guides Ice Peak Lord, Lord Lan Cang, and the others until they gather near the battlefield. Their cooperation transforms the encounter into a coordinated encirclement.
• Forbidden Extinction Lord and the human alliance: Upon seeing the assembled forces, Forbidden Extinction Lord recognizes that he has been maneuvered into a trap. Rather than fight, he retreats into his palace and urgently contacts the Demon Ancestors.
• The Demon Race and Forbidden Extinction Lord: His warning to Shock Demon Ancestor and Dream Demon Ancestor emphasizes his importance to the Demon Race and foreshadows possible intervention or a wider conflict around Frostsnow Valley.

Chapter Summary

Key Plot Points and Events

• The Demon Race learns that Forbidden Extinction Lord’s disciple obtained the Frostsnow Jade, making Forbidden Extinction Lord eligible to enter the Primordial Star trial and potentially acquire the main component.
• Dream Demon Ancestor immediately mobilizes the Demon Race. Shock Demon Ancestor is summoned back from the Cosmic Sea, while all available Demon Race Universe Masters prepare to converge on Primordial Star No. 10080.
• Dream Demon Ancestor deploys the powerful Dream Ancestor Domain, enveloping the entire Primordial Star. She calculates that the Demon Race has advantages in both Universe Masters and Universe Strongest, but fears humanity may rescue or kill Forbidden Extinction Lord before the Demon Race can intervene.
• Inside Frostsnow Valley, humanity surrounds Forbidden Extinction Lord’s Fan-Leaf Palace. Ice Peak Lord uses a peak sealing-type supreme treasure to pull the palace into his icy palace.
• Forbidden Extinction Lord struggles desperately but lacks a peak palace-type supreme treasure. Unable to resist humanity’s rotating attacks and the sealing force, he is eventually swallowed and imprisoned.
• His divine power incarnation reports the capture to Dream Demon Ancestor. Shock Demon Ancestor declares that the Demon Race may launch a war against humanity on the Primordial Star to rescue him.
• Meanwhile, Zhang Dong advances toward the end of Frostsnow Valley, competing with Crystal Clan Holy Lord and Poison Demon Lord for the main component.
• Zhang Dong discovers that Poison Demon Lord has been trapped in a dangerous region, leaving him a better chance to compete directly with Crystal Clan Holy Lord.
• The chapter ends as Zhang Dong reaches an icy plaza filled with ice sculptures. At its center is a massive frozen star containing a purple supreme treasure—the likely main component.

Character Developments

• Dream Demon Ancestor becomes intensely determined to rescue Forbidden Extinction Lord and is willing to escalate the conflict into open war with humanity. She also recognizes the political limits of the alliance with the Mechanical and Zerg races.
• Shock Demon Ancestor takes an aggressive stance, supporting a possible direct confrontation with humanity.
• Forbidden Extinction Lord shifts from confidence to panic and despair. He regrets not borrowing a peak palace supreme treasure and realizes that, without a clone, capture would mean total defeat.
• Ice Peak Lord demonstrates decisive control over the battlefield by successfully sealing Forbidden Extinction Lord.
• Zhang Dong continues to display careful tactical awareness. He monitors the movements of all competitors, benefits from Poison Demon Lord’s misfortune, and advances toward the ultimate prize.

Significant Themes

• Rivalry and strategic calculation: The Demon Race, humanity, and other major races continually assess one another’s strength and motives.
• The fragility of alliances: The Mechanical and Zerg races refuse to help the Demon Race because weakening a rival is more valuable than maintaining a nominal alliance.
• Preparation versus arrogance: Forbidden Extinction Lord’s failure to bring a stronger palace treasure leaves him vulnerable, showing the consequences of underestimating danger.
• Escalation toward war: A single capture threatens to trigger a major conflict between humanity and the Demon Race.
• Competition and fate: Zhang Dong’s progress is aided by Poison Demon Lord being trapped, suggesting that timing and luck are as important as strength.

Character Interactions

• Dream Demon Ancestor and the Demon Race coordinate their response to Forbidden Extinction Lord’s capture.
• Dream Demon Ancestor considers requesting aid from the Mechanical Race and Zerg Race but correctly predicts they will refuse.
• Ice Peak Lord and humanity work together to trap and seal Forbidden Extinction Lord, overpowering him through coordinated pressure.
• Forbidden Extinction Lord reports his defeat to Dream Demon Ancestor, prompting her promise to rescue him.
• Shock Demon Ancestor joins the crisis and openly warns that the conflict may become a full-scale war.
• Zhang Dong tracks both Crystal Clan Holy Lord and Poison Demon Lord, preparing to contest the purple supreme treasure at the end of Frostsnow Valley.

Chapter Summary: “Battle Royale for Treasure”

Key Plot Points and Events

• Zhang Dong races toward the main treasure hidden inside Ice Sculpture Star, despite the extreme suppression in the final area of Frostsnow Valley.
• The Crystal Clan’s Universe Strongest, the Holy Lord, arrives and attempts to stop him with a powerful crystal-based domain attack.
• Zhang Dong’s Celestial Star Armor reflects the Holy Lord’s attacks, allowing him to ignore the domain’s suppression and continue forward. The Holy Lord is shocked to discover that Zhang Dong’s strength far exceeds his assumptions about a newly advanced Universe Master.
• Black Lotus Lord enters, hoping to exploit the conflict, but the Holy Lord redirects his full domain power against him. Black Lotus Lord is slowed and angered but not seriously injured.
• Star River Lord arrives soon afterward, while Zhang Dong reaches Ice Sculpture Star first and begins breaking through its immense ice shell.
• Zhang Dong’s strongest techniques make limited progress, so he switches to rapidly repeated blade strikes, gradually carving toward the treasure.
• The Holy Lord catches up and attacks Zhang Dong from behind. Zhang Dong withstands the assault with his Supreme Treasure armor, causing the Holy Lord’s attacks to rebound and revealing the armor’s true nature.
• Star River Lord and Black Lotus Lord join the battle. The fighting between the four experts eventually destroys Ice Sculpture Star, exposing the main component: a metallic arm-like treasure resting on an indestructible ice disk.
• None of the combatants can claim the treasure because their attempts to imprint their life marks are constantly disrupted. The treasure also cannot be forcibly removed from Frostsnow Valley.
• The Holy Lord tries to persuade Star River Lord and Black Lotus Lord to help delay Zhang Dong, offering them treasures in exchange. Negotiations fail when a large group of human Universe Masters suddenly arrives.
• Star River Lord and Black Lotus Lord retreat rather than risk being sealed or overwhelmed. The Holy Lord remains behind, confident that even more than a dozen human Universe Masters cannot defeat him or take the treasure.

Character Developments

• Zhang Dong: Demonstrates strength far beyond what other experts expect. His ability to ignore the Holy Lord’s domain, create fifth-tier-level reflected attacks, and endure attacks with Supreme Treasure Armor establishes him as an exceptionally dangerous combatant. He also shows tactical adaptability by abandoning slower secret techniques for rapid blade strikes.
• Crystal Clan Holy Lord: Initially arrogant and misinformed about Zhang Dong’s power, he becomes increasingly shocked and frustrated. He correctly identifies Zhang Dong’s armor as a Supreme Treasure and grows determined to seize it, especially because the Crystal Clan possesses no Supreme Treasure.
• Black Lotus Lord: Shows opportunism by attempting to benefit from the battle, but is punished for approaching the Holy Lord. He survives the suppression but recognizes the danger of remaining once the human reinforcements arrive.
• Star River Lord: Arrives as a major contender and briefly considers cooperating with the Holy Lord. Ultimately, he chooses retreat when humanity’s reinforcements change the balance of power.
• Human forces: The arrival of Chaos City Lord, Ice Peak Lord, Dragon Travel Lord, Lord Lan Cang, Void Gold Lord, and many others reveals that humanity has successfully brought a large force into Frostsnow Valley.

Significant Themes

• Hidden strength and misjudgment: The Holy Lord’s failure to understand Zhang Dong’s true abilities allows Zhang Dong to gain the initiative.
• The importance of information: Zhang Dong’s enemies rely on outdated assumptions, while the human side has a much clearer understanding of his capabilities.
• Treasure as a source of conflict: The main component is so valuable that powerful experts temporarily cooperate, betray one another, and risk destruction to claim it.
• Power versus strategy: Zhang Dong’s armor and combat strength are crucial, but his tactical decisions—especially his choice to use rapid attacks—also determine his progress.
• Temporary alliances and self-preservation: The nonhuman experts consider cooperation but abandon the struggle once the human army arrives, prioritizing survival over the treasure.

Character Interactions

• The Holy Lord directly confronts Zhang Dong and repeatedly attacks him, but Zhang Dong’s armor reflects the attacks and prevents suppression.
• The Holy Lord targets Black Lotus Lord instead of Zhang Dong, creating resentment and confusion.
• Zhang Dong, the Holy Lord, Star River Lord, and Black Lotus Lord engage in a chaotic four-way battle around the exposed treasure.
• The Holy Lord attempts to recruit Star River Lord and Black Lotus Lord to delay Zhang Dong, but their negotiations collapse.
• The arrival of the human Universe Masters forces Star River Lord and Black Lotus Lord to flee, leaving the Holy Lord isolated against the expanding human force.

Chapter Summary: Crystal Clan Holy Lord Compromises, the Core of Domain Secret Techniques

Key Plot Points and Events

• The Crystal Clan Holy Lord realizes he cannot seize the mysterious treasure component before humanity’s reinforcements arrive.
• Instead of continuing the conflict, he offers to sell the component for one top-tier treasure.
• Zhang Dong agrees but gives him the Three Hundred Billion Starry Sea, a high-level domain treasure worth considerably more than the requested price.
• The Holy Lord accepts and immediately adopts a friendly attitude, inviting Zhang Dong to visit the Crystal Clan. Their hostility turns into a superficially cordial relationship.
• After the Holy Lord departs, Zhang Dong and the human experts discuss the remaining treasure components and the unexplored 10,080 Primordial Stars.
• Humanity currently lacks intelligence on the Primordial Stars because the virtual universe is ineffective there and the Hong Alliance has withdrawn its scouts.
• The group decides to wait for Giant Axe Founder, who is returning from the Cosmic Sea with a Supreme Treasure and is expected to arrive within six thousand years. They remain confident because humanity now possesses overwhelming Supreme Treasure resources and is holding Forbidden Extinction Lord hostage.
• Zhang Dong uses the waiting period to cultivate and investigate the principles behind domain secret techniques.
• After discussing the matter with Chaos City Lord, he realizes that a sustained domain secret technique requires a stable world or foundational support, much like the support provided by a domain treasure.
• Zhang Dong concludes that he has already developed the essential prototype of such a technique and begins refining it, believing six thousand years will be sufficient to complete it.

Character Developments

• Zhang Dong demonstrates political flexibility and confidence by accepting the Holy Lord’s offer while paying with a treasure far more valuable than necessary. He also gains a clearer understanding of how to create a domain secret technique.
• Crystal Clan Holy Lord shifts from aggression to cooperation once he recognizes Zhang Dong’s potential and humanity’s growing power. He secretly compares Zhang Dong to Origin Ancestor and worries that Zhang Dong may eventually reach similar heights.
• Chaos City Lord contributes crucial insight by explaining that secret techniques can temporarily imitate domain treasures but are difficult to sustain because of their enormous energy consumption.
• Giant Axe Founder is portrayed as a major strategic asset. His return with a Supreme Treasure is expected to further strengthen humanity’s position.
• Humanity’s Universe Masters remain confident in their collective strength and spread out to search Frostsnow Valley for additional treasures.

Significant Themes

• Pragmatism over pride: The Holy Lord abandons an unwinnable battle and trades rather than risk losing the treasure entirely.
• Humanity’s rising power: With several Supreme Treasures, a hostage, and Zhang Dong’s hidden strength, humanity has gained a decisive advantage over its rival races.
• Potential and fear of future greatness: The Holy Lord’s thoughts highlight humanity’s terrifying growth rate and Zhang Dong’s possible resemblance to Origin Ancestor.
• Differences between cultivation systems: Zhang Dong examines why domain secret techniques are common in the Rule Profound Mystery System but rare in the Cosmic Sea’s system.
• The importance of foundations: A powerful technique cannot be sustained without a stable world or supporting structure. Domain treasures function as permanent external foundations, whereas self-created secret techniques consume the user’s energy.
• Preparation and long-term strategy: Rather than rushing into the Primordial Stars, humanity waits for reinforcements while Zhang Dong uses the time to improve his abilities.

Character Interactions

• Zhang Dong and the Holy Lord move from combatants to apparent allies through their treasure negotiation. Both maintain polite, friendly behavior despite their recent battle.
• The Holy Lord privately evaluates Zhang Dong’s threat and potential, while Zhang Dong remains cautious but accepts the diplomatic opening.
• Zhang Dong consults Chaos City Lord about domain secret techniques, using his mentor’s answer to identify the weakness of relying solely on personal energy.
• The human experts collectively reassure one another that Giant Axe’s return and Forbidden Extinction Lord’s capture will keep their enemies restrained.
• Zhang Dong’s discussion with Chaos City Lord directly leads to his breakthrough in understanding and his decision to begin creating a complete domain secret technique.

Chapter Summary

1. Key Plot Points and Events

• Zhang Dong realizes that the world itself must serve as the foundation of a Domain Secret Technique. His earlier attempts focused too heavily on destructive power and lacked the stability and continuity necessary for a true domain.
• To refine the technique, he creates an illusory Void World, using it as a testing ground for ideas such as matter creation, world proportions, and the evolution of the Chaos Hole. Because the Void World consumes little energy, he can rapidly experiment with countless possibilities.
• Over four thousand years, Zhang Dong studies the techniques of humanity’s Universe Masters and receives guidance from the Chaos City Lord and other experts.
• He finally completes a powerful domain technique centered on the Chaos Hole World, which generates destructive beams and immense suction.
• Zhang Dong tests the technique against Chaos City Lord’s Thousand Treasure River. Alone, his domain is already capable of suppressing the domain treasure; when combined with another Domain Treasure and his Inner World Projection, it completely crushes the Thousand Treasure River.
• Chaos City Lord concludes that Zhang Dong’s technique will make him extremely difficult to deal with in the Cosmic Sea, especially once he obtains the Endless Thunder Domain.
• Zhang Dong returns briefly to the Boundary Heart Continent, where his clone continues studying the Nine Divine Hearts and attempting to develop a Dao—an achievement far more difficult than creating a Strongest Secret Technique.
• Meanwhile, at Primordial Star, Giant Axe Founder arrives to support humanity. The Demon Race demands the release of Forbidden Extinction Lord and threatens an all-out war.
• The human forces emerge far from Giant Axe, giving the Demon Race an opportunity to attack before he can reach them. Dream Demon Ancestor activates the Dream Ancestor Domain, while Giant Axe deploys his own domain.
• Zhang Dong combines his Chaos Hole World and Inner World Projection with Giant Axe’s domain and domain-coordinating technique. The resulting triple-layered domain completely suppresses the Dream Ancestor Domain and turns the battlefield into a deadly storm of destruction.
• Dream Demon Ancestor remains strangely calm until the North Border Alliance Leader appears. He has been hired by the Demon Race, with payment agreed upon as a Peak Treasure or, if he must fight, a Peak Palace Treasure.
• The North Border Alliance Leader releases the supreme domain treasure Qiqu Star Light Lake, whose vast starry expanse begins enveloping the entire Primordial Star.

2. Character Developments

• Zhang Dong makes a major breakthrough in his understanding of domains. He shifts from prioritizing raw power to valuing stability, structure, and the world as a foundation. His completed Chaos Hole World Domain becomes one of humanity’s strongest domain-based methods.
• He also demonstrates increasing confidence and strategic awareness, recognizing that his technique can protect humanity from being trapped by the Demon Race and can even suppress powerful domain treasures.
• Chaos City Lord acts as Zhang Dong’s mentor and testing partner. He is impressed and somewhat astonished when his Thousand Treasure River is crushed, acknowledging Zhang Dong as potentially more troublesome than himself or Giant Axe.
• Giant Axe Founder arrives as humanity’s primary reinforcement and coordinates his domain techniques with Zhang Dong’s new ability.
• Dream Demon Ancestor shifts from confidence to disbelief when her supposedly superior Dream Ancestor Domain is suppressed. However, her earlier preparations reveal her caution and strategic planning.
• North Border Alliance Leader is established as a powerful, independent expert willing to intervene for sufficient compensation. His neutrality and lack of concern about offending humanity make him a valuable ally for the Demon Race.
• Zhang Dong’s clone continues pursuing the much harder task of developing a Dao, showing that his main body’s progress in secret techniques does not mean his larger cultivation goals are complete.

3. Significant Themes

• Understanding before power: Zhang Dong’s breakthrough comes from recognizing that a domain needs stability and continuity, not merely overwhelming destructive force.
• Foundations and systems: The world, Inner World Projection, Domain Treasures, and secret techniques can reinforce one another when their underlying principles are compatible.
• Experimentation and imagination: The illusory Void World allows Zhang Dong to test limitless possibilities without the cost of repeatedly creating real worlds.
• The difficulty of higher cultivation: Creating a Strongest Secret Technique is already rare, but developing a Dao or Fused Strongest Secret Technique is vastly more demanding.
• Preparation and strategy: Both sides plan around domain treasures, teleportation locations, reinforcements, and possible battlefield outcomes. Dream Demon Ancestor’s hiring of the North Border Alliance Leader shows that victory depends on preparation as much as strength.
• Cooperation versus individual power: Zhang Dong’s domain becomes truly overwhelming when combined with Giant Axe’s domain treasure and techniques, emphasizing the power of coordinated abilities.

4. Character Interactions

• Zhang Dong and Chaos City Lord: They maintain a mentor-student relationship. Zhang Dong repeatedly asks Chaos City Lord to demonstrate techniques and spar with him, while Chaos City Lord patiently assists and evaluates his progress.
• Zhang Dong and the human Universe Masters: Zhang Dong studies their secret techniques, while they observe and test his rapid advancement. Ice Peak Lord is particularly shocked when Zhang Dong suppresses the Thousand Treasure River.
• Zhang Dong and Giant Axe Founder: Their techniques complement one another. Zhang Dong’s Chaos Hole World and Inner World Projection are layered with Giant Axe’s Domain Treasure, producing a domain powerful enough to overwhelm the Dream Ancestor Domain.
• Dream Demon Ancestor and Shock Demon Ancestor: They jointly confront humanity and demand the release of Forbidden Extinction Lord, threatening total war.
• Dream Demon Ancestor and North Border Alliance Leader: Dream Demon Ancestor has secretly hired him as a contingency plan. His arrival explains her confidence even after her own domain is suppressed.
• Humanity and the Demon Race: The confrontation escalates from a prisoner exchange into a potential massacre, with both sides relying on powerful domains and reinforcements to determine control of Primordial Star.

Summary: “Trading a Supreme Treasure for a Person”

Key Plot Points and Events

• Zhang Dong and the other human Universe Masters are trapped under the crushing power of the Qiqu Star Light Lake, a Domain-type Supreme Treasure controlled by the North Border Alliance Leader.
• Their Inner World Projection, Domain Secret Technique, and Giant Axe’s Domain Treasure are successively shattered. The lake’s pressure also begins wearing away Dark Marquis Lord’s divine body and reduces the group’s movement to nearly nothing.
• Zhang Dong uses his Celestial Star Armor to protect the others and then stores them inside his body, allowing him to escape alone.
• Despite the Qiqu Star Light Lake’s overwhelming suppression, Zhang Dong’s speed remains unaffected. He heads toward a vortex passageway while Dream Demon Ancestor, Shock Demon Ancestor, and the North Border Alliance Leader pursue him.
• The enemy blocks the three nearest exits, forcing Zhang Dong to take a detour of more than twenty billion kilometers. However, because he and his pursuers move at equal speed, the detour does not allow them to catch him.
• The North Border Alliance Leader attacks Zhang Dong directly with a concentrated whip of light. The Celestial Star Armor reflects the attack, generating a fifth-stage energy storm that forces back the Qiqu Star Light Lake.
• The pursuing Universe Strongests realize that Zhang Dong’s armor is an extraordinary reflective Supreme Treasure, likely capable of nullifying or reflecting attacks below the eighth stage.
• Giant Axe arrives as a powerful deterrent and points out that the Demon Race cannot capture Zhang Dong even with the domain treasure. The Demon Race concludes that negotiation is their only practical option.
• Dream Demon Ancestor offers three Peak palace-type treasures in exchange for Forbidden Extinction Lord. Zhang Dong rejects the offer, stating that he might consider an exchange only for nine Peak palace or domain treasures.

Character Developments

• Zhang Dong: Demonstrates exceptional composure and strategic skill under pressure. His Celestial Star Armor is revealed to be far more powerful and unusual than the pursuers expected, allowing him to resist a Supreme Treasure domain and protect his companions.
• Giant Axe: Acts as both a combatant and a political deterrent. His presence prevents the Demon Race from escalating the conflict recklessly and strengthens the human side’s negotiating position.
• Dream Demon Ancestor: Shifts from aggressive pursuit to reluctant negotiation after realizing that Zhang Dong cannot be restrained. She also shows strong desire for the Celestial Star Armor, recognizing its superiority over her own armor.
• Shock Demon Ancestor and the North Border Alliance Leader: Recognize that their original plan has failed. The North Border Alliance Leader is particularly shocked that his domain cannot slow Zhang Dong and becomes keenly interested in the armor’s abilities.
• Dark Marquis Lord and the other Universe Masters: Are rendered nearly helpless by the domain’s suppression, emphasizing the overwhelming gap between ordinary Peak Treasures and Supreme Treasures.

Significant Themes

• The superiority of Supreme Treasures: The chapter emphasizes that Peak Treasures are inadequate against a true Supreme Treasure, while also showing that Supreme Treasures differ greatly in quality and utility.
• The value of defensive and reflective abilities: Zhang Dong’s armor does not merely withstand attacks; it reflects them, turning the enemy’s overwhelming domain into a liability.
• Strategy over brute force: Zhang Dong survives not by overpowering the pursuers directly, but by using the armor’s unique properties, choosing the correct escape route, and exploiting the enemies’ inability to gain a speed advantage.
• Deterrence and political calculation: Giant Axe’s arrival makes the Demon Race reconsider the cost of a larger war. Both sides recognize that even victory could leave them vulnerable to the Mechanical Race and the Zerg.
• The value of a single captive: Forbidden Extinction Lord is valuable enough that the Demon Race is willing to offer multiple Peak treasures, while Zhang Dong’s counteroffer reveals how highly the humans value him.

Character Interactions

• Zhang Dong protects and evacuates the other human Universe Masters before fleeing, showing responsibility toward his allies.
• Dream Demon Ancestor, Shock Demon Ancestor, and the North Border Alliance Leader coordinate their pursuit but become increasingly frustrated when Zhang Dong’s armor defeats their strategy.
• The North Border Alliance Leader tests Zhang Dong’s defenses with a direct attack, inadvertently proving the armor’s reflective nature.
• Giant Axe taunts Dream Demon Ancestor, pointing out that the Demon Race has no means of capturing Zhang Dong and pressing her toward negotiation.
• Dream Demon Ancestor proposes exchanging three Peak palace treasures for Forbidden Extinction Lord, but Zhang Dong sharply raises the price, demanding nine Peak palace or domain treasures instead.

Key plot points and events

• Zhang Dong demands either one Supreme Treasure or nine Peak Palace Treasures for the Demon Race’s captured Forbidden Extinction Lord. After negotiations, he accepts seven Peak Palace Treasures, counting the captive’s own equipment as two.
• The Forbidden Extinction Lord is released after swearing not to oppose human experts. Zhang Dong does not expect him to honor the oath; he wants to create a karmic link that could help bypass the Demon Lord’s defenses in a future fight.
• The Demon Race pays with a mix of palace, domain, soul, and armor treasures. Meng Cha urges the Forbidden Extinction Lord to cultivate toward becoming a Universe Strongest, which would justify the expense.
• Meng Cha blames Sirius Master for the setbacks and orders him to investigate how humanity sent so many Universe Masters into Frostsnow Valley.
• The Ancestral Gods learn that Zhang Dong remains an Immortal God despite wielding sixth-tier combat strength. They keep the revelation secret and decide the Ancestral God Sect should not intervene.
• Revived Cosmic Overlords’ accounts of humanity’s Frostsnow Jade operation fuel speculation across the universe. Meng Cha concludes Zhang Dong was behind it, but admits she cannot confidently kill him.
• The Sitting Mountain Guest and Starry Sky Beast Ancestor visit Zhang Dong at Jiuyu Mountain. The Sitting Mountain Guest recognizes that the mountain contains an unusual cultivation system, while the Starry Sky Beast Ancestor seeks friendly ties with humanity.

Character developments and interactions

• Zhang Dong asserts growing authority within humanity, negotiating firmly despite the Chaos City Lord’s preference for caution. He balances intimidation with courtesy, treating the visiting Universe Strongest respectfully.
• Meng Cha grows increasingly frustrated and wary of Zhang Dong. She pays heavily to retrieve the Forbidden Extinction Lord, then turns her anger toward Sirius Master.
• The Forbidden Extinction Lord is humbled by his capture and his race’s sacrifice, though his oath to Zhang Dong may be insincere.
• The Chaos City Lord favors avoiding unnecessary conflict, while Giant Axe is comfortable with either outcome and Zhang Dong pushes for a better ransom.
• The North Border Alliance Leader accepts compensation for his help and departs for the Cosmic Sea.
• The Sitting Mountain Guest is deeply intrigued by Zhang Dong’s power and Jiuyu Mountain, rapidly forming theories about the origin and reach of Zhang Dong’s system.
• The Starry Sky Beast Ancestor approaches in a conciliatory manner, seeking goodwill rather than territory or confrontation.

Significant themes

• Power and political leverage: A captured fifth-tier Universe Master becomes a bargaining chip, and Zhang Dong’s strength reshapes humanity’s standing.
• The cost of loyalty and leadership: The Demon Race sacrifices a major portion of its treasure reserves to avoid abandoning one of its own.
• Secrecy and uncertainty: Zhang Dong’s unexplained abilities and humanity’s success provoke speculation, while the Ancestral Gods conceal what they know.
• Oaths, karma, and consequences: Zhang Dong treats the oath less as a promise than as a means of establishing a future supernatural connection.
• Pragmatism and diplomacy: Humanity accepts a substantial ransom rather than risking war, while Zhang Dong’s later hospitality opens the door to new alliances.

Key plot points and events

• After Zhang Dong’s clash with North Border Alliance Leader, Dream Demon Ancestor circulated footage of his extraordinary Celestial Star Armor throughout the Cosmic Sea. Many factions learned of it, and some began considering how to obtain it.
• Skeleton Lord judged that the armor could greatly improve his clan’s chances of surviving reincarnation and ordered his followers to report Zhang Dong’s movements.
• A hundred years after the Frostsnow Valley incident, Zhang Dong comprehended the complete Space Law and became a Cosmic Venerable.
• Though he could soon become a Universe Master, he chose not to enter the Cosmic Sea yet, fearing its strongest beings might try to capture and seal him.
• Back on Boundary Heart Continent, he reflected on Cang Yongnan’s earlier warning that he was studying too many paths without committing to one. He wondered whether he could create a path governing the operation of rules.
• Cang Yongnan explained that advancing through the Rule Profound Mystery System already involves turning one’s path into a rule system and incorporating insights from other paths. She advised Zhang Dong to pursue the Artistic Dao as his main direction, with rule mysteries as a secondary focus—potentially advancing through the Blade Dao Rule System.

Character developments

• Zhang Dong reaches Cosmic Venerable and becomes more deliberate about both his safety and cultivation. Rather than pursuing every path equally, he begins to accept the need for a central discipline.
• Skeleton Lord emerges as a calculating threat, viewing Zhang Dong’s armor as a strategic prize for his clan.
• Cang Yongnan acts as a trusted mentor, helping Zhang Dong clarify his cultivation direction.

Significant themes

• Power invites danger: Zhang Dong’s rare armor attracts the attention of powerful factions even before he enters the Cosmic Sea.
• Focus versus breadth: Zhang Dong’s many talents are valuable, but pursuing them without prioritizing one risks scattered progress.
• Knowledge and uncertainty: The true requirements for passing reincarnation remain mysterious, encouraging factions to seek advantage through powerful treasures.
• Choosing one’s path: Zhang Dong’s next stage depends not just on accumulating abilities, but on shaping them into a coherent artistic and rule-based system.

Character interactions

• Zhang Dong keeps his distance from the Cosmic Sea’s strongest beings, anticipating that greed could lead them to imprison him.
• Skeleton Lord receives Dream Demon Ancestor’s footage through the Red Oriole Lord and orders his clan to watch for Zhang Dong.
• Zhang Dong seeks Cang Yongnan’s advice about combining multiple Divine Hearts. Her guidance helps him redirect his cultivation toward the Artistic Dao, with the Blade Dao as a likely future route.

Chapter summary

Key plot points and events

• Zhang Dong studies numerous True Divine Artifacts containing different Blade Daos, spending over ten thousand years discovering which approaches suit him. He rejects the bloodthirsty Slaughter Dao and decides to combine a broad range of mysteries rather than specialize in one.
• He steadily creates secret techniques from his nine First-Class Divine Hearts, using them to build a foundation for his own Dao.
• A rare cultivation fruit strengthens his soul and True Self Divine Heart. His will reaches the First Heart-Cultivation Level—strong enough to affect reality—and his ability to reason and deduce improves more than fiftyfold.
• After further experimentation, Zhang Dong completes his own well-rounded Blade Dao in just over two thousand years. This breakthrough makes him a True Deity of the World Creation Realm, a remarkable achievement for someone who was still a World God.
• A Heavenly Mystery Qi Sect disciple, Senior Brother Wu, recognizes Zhang Dong’s transformation and brings him to the sect’s hall. Zhang Dong is formally made an inner disciple.

Character development

• Zhang Dong moves from relying on powerful techniques and borrowed combinations of rules to creating a Dao that is genuinely his own. His calm, confident nature becomes even clearer as his cultivation removes lingering doubts and negative emotions.
• His new Dao reflects his temperament: he favors force, creation, and varied applications, rather than uncontrolled slaughter. His rapid advancement also reveals the cost of his ambitious, comprehensive path: raising his Dao to the True God Sovereign level may require him to create additional Daos and take much longer.
• Senior Brother Wu recognizes Zhang Dong’s unusual talent and acts quickly to bring him into the inner ranks of the sect.

Significant themes

• Temperament shapes cultivation: A path aligned with one’s nature is more fruitful than forcing an ill-fitting Dao.
• Foundation and patience: Zhang Dong progresses through careful study and repeated technique-building before attempting the greater step of creating a Dao.
• Individuality and transcendence: He seeks a power that belongs to him and can endure beyond the rules of the world that shaped it.
• Ambition has trade-offs: A broad, versatile path promises greater strength but makes future progress more difficult and time-consuming.
• Merit over seniority: The sect’s hierarchy prizes strength and potential; Zhang Dong’s extraordinary achievement earns him inner-disciple status despite his youth.

Character interactions

• Cang Yongnan praises Zhang Dong’s ability to weave the world’s rules into his Blade Dao and predicts he will create a Dao within thirty thousand years. Zhang Dong confidently expects to do so much sooner.
• Senior Brother Wu is impressed by Zhang Dong’s breakthrough, escorts him to the sect’s great hall, and arranges his promotion.
• The sect disciples gather in surprise at the sight of a young World Creation Realm cultivator. Zhang Dong, meanwhile, shows discernment by ignoring a profound text devoted to the unrelated Qi Dao.

Plot points and events

• Zhang Dong is accepted as an inner disciple of the Heavenly Mystery Qi Sect and receives a rare blood-red emblem, granting him status comparable to a True God Sovereign. Senior Brother Wu’s support is partly practical: Zhang’s future need for sect loans could benefit Wu through commissions and useful connections.
• Senior Brother Hao arranges an unusually prestigious Yi-class cave abode for Zhang. Its enormous interior, nourishing energy, and free resources give him an ideal place to cultivate.
• The sect exempts Zhang from routine missions because of his exceptional potential, but gives him five billion years to raise his Dao to the True God Sovereign level or lose the abode. Zhang is confident he can succeed within one billion years, though he recognizes that becoming a Sovereign will require immense effort and further Dao comprehension.
• Wondering whether additional cultivation systems could replace his existing techniques, Zhang investigates the Strongest Warrior System. The sect’s available legacies are too costly, so he consults the Eternal Lineage Estate’s library instead.
• He learns that the system’s legacies—including Nine Tribulations Cosmic Body, Indestructible Profound Yellow Body, and Sole Sovereign of the Universe—can lead to Universe God and offer extraordinary bodily defense. He considers beginning a new system to strengthen himself further.

Character developments and interactions

• Zhang remains respectful and ambitious, but his promotion also reveals his practical confidence: he treats the sect’s deadline as a challenge rather than a threat.
• Senior Brother Wu acts as Zhang’s sponsor, balancing genuine recognition of his talent with personal advantage.
• Senior Brother Hao helps Zhang secure the better cave abode and encourages him to acknowledge Wu’s role. Other residents accept Zhang’s presence once they see his youth and achievement, and do not provoke him.

Significant themes

• Talent, patronage, and self-interest: Zhang’s advancement attracts support, but sect relationships also involve calculated benefits.
• Cultivation as long-term commitment: Great status brings both opportunity and expectations, while becoming a Sovereign remains a difficult, prolonged goal.
• Power through multiple paths: Zhang weighs whether combining cultivation systems can surpass reliance on a single system or on supreme techniques.
• Preparation and resource access: A cultivator’s environment, knowledge, and ability to obtain manuals are crucial to progress.

Zhang Dong chose the Nine Tribulations Cosmic Body, mastered its first level, and returned to Jiuyu Mountain with greatly increased strength. He began teaching its foundational characters to trusted Human Race allies, testing whether they could learn the system.

• Zhang Dong selected the Nine Tribulations Cosmic Body and received its formation diagram and legacy from the library.
• Zhang Dong learned that the legacy’s creator, Cangwu, offered a chance to become his disciple to anyone who reached the eighth tribulation.
• Zhang Dong memorized 10,081 characters and spent a year engraving the formation diagram into his particles, successfully reaching the first level.
• Zhang Dong flew over the Eternal Lineage Estate for the first time, then returned to the Primordial Universe and teleported to Jiuyu Mountain.
• Zhang Dong summoned Ganwu, Gao Li, King Zhenyan, and the Thirteenth Divine General and began teaching them the legacy’s characters.
• The Ganwu Kingdom Lord and the others found that even memorizing the simplest character was extraordinarily difficult.

Zhang Dong introduced a powerful cultivation method based on 10,081 tadpole-script characters and array diagrams, first offering the characters to his followers and then teaching the Primordial Universe’s Universe Masters. He left Giant Axe, Lord Huang Jian, and the others beginning to memorize the script.

• Zhang Dong offered a Supreme Treasure Palace to the first person among his followers to memorize one complete tadpole character, and Venerable Niuzhou eagerly tried to claim it.
• Zhang Dong noticed King Zhenyan’s aptitude for the script and confirmed that the supreme rule did not object to him spreading the cultivation system.
• Zhang Dong summoned Giant Axe, the Chaos City Lord, Lord Huang Jian, and other Universe Masters to the Virtual Universe and explained that the method could greatly increase their strength.
• Zhang Dong inscribed the 10,081 characters into a complete array diagram, leaving the Universe Masters astonished by its complexity and profundity.
• Zhang Dong described the script as a new cultivation method that could greatly improve combat power, and Lord Huang Jian and Giant Axe began memorizing it.