Chapter Summaries

Bai Yang hurried to the manor gates to receive Lu Ye and his guards, but found He Qiya already standing respectfully beside an elderly man. The chapter left the old man’s identity and arrival unexplained.

• Bai Yang ordered Star Guardian to have the guards receive the visitors properly.
• Bai Yang rushed to the manor gates.
• Bai Yang saw Lu Ye and his guard unit behaving gravely and respectfully.
• Bai Yang found He Qiya standing humbly beside an elderly man in a long robe.

Bai Yang began reading Dragon Moving Essays and discovered a new perspective on cultivating strength. He recognized how much he could learn from Dragon Traveler Lord’s experience.

• Bai Yang had considered seeking a secret manual in the Initial Universe but had set the idea aside because he still had insights to gain from True Simulation and the Chaos Monument.
• Bai Yang opened the first volume of Dragon Moving Essays and found its ideas astonishing.
• After reading the first ten pages, Bai Yang saw that Dragon Traveler Lord’s experience exceeded his own.

Bai Yang arrived at Dragon Tower Star in the Primal Secret Realm after three months of travel. The chapter ended as he approached the ancient planet.

• Bai Yang looked through the spacecraft’s external display and saw his destination planet.
• Bai Yang traveled for three months from the Virtual Universe Company headquarters to the Primal Secret Realm.
• Bai Yang arrived at Dragon Tower Star, an ancient planet in the Primal Secret Realm.

Bai Yang asked Fang Genuo about the Dragon Tower, the planet's holy land, and learned that the area was extremely dangerous. The chapter ended before Fang Genuo could answer further questions.

• Bai Yang gained a new understanding of the 50% mortality rate for dangerous-level missions.
• Bai Yang asked Fang Genuo whether he had seen the Dragon Tower.
• Fang Genuo warned Bai Yang that the Dragon Tower was surrounded by many powerful dragons and advised him to stay away.
• Bai Yang asked Fang Genuo more questions, but the chapter ended before he could get an answer.

Bai Yang examined the mission guide after collecting a pterosaur’s wing membrane and learned about the varied talents of the dragons. The chapter ended with Star Guardian scanning the mission.

• Bai Yang placed the pterosaur’s wing membrane into his World Ring.
• Bai Yang studied the illustrated guide to the mission targets.
• Bai Yang noted that different dragon varieties specialized in physical combat, soul attacks, or both, and that their talents extended beyond law comprehension.
• Star Guardian scanned the mission.

Bai Yang detected a golden winged dragon bearing down on him and realized it was a World Lord-level opponent. He prepared to fight as the dragon's immense wind pressure struck the grassland.

• Bai Yang sensed the golden winged dragon flying toward him at incredible speed.
• Bai Yang recognized the dragon as a World Lord-level creature native to Dragon Tower Star.
• Bai Yang realized that Devouring Perception's range varied with cultivation level.
• Bai Yang went on full alert and prepared to fight the approaching dragon.
• The dragon's immense wind pressure swept down over the grassland where Bai Yang stood.

Bai Yang ordered the damaged pyramid to attack the pursuing golden dragon with its E3 Laser Cannon, despite concerns about the shield's energy. The beam struck the dragon, but the chapter ended before revealing the result.

• The massive pyramid spun in midair after losing its ability to fly on its own.
• Bai Yang realized the golden dragon could catch up quickly and was skilled in soul attacks that physical defenses could not stop.
• Bai Yang ordered Star Guardian to fire the E3 Laser Cannon despite its warning about the shield's energy.
• Star Guardian fired a two-hundred-meter beam from the pyramid's apex, and it struck the golden dragon.

Bai Yang learned that Star Guardian had detected traces of ancient creatures underground and became eager to investigate. He asked Star Guardian to find a route to the remains, but the chapter ended before it replied.

• Star Guardian said its detector had picked up high-energy reactions underground while they were fleeing.
• Star Guardian suggested the traces might be remains of an ancient creature.
• Bai Yang guessed they could be dragon bones or fossils and connected them to the planet's ancient history.
• Bai Yang asked Star Guardian to find a way to the remains so they could investigate.
• The intelligent optical computer on Bai Yang's arm began to respond.

Bai Yang detected a suspicious site filled with dragon corpses and made the Star Rank robot dig back to the surface. The area appeared free of powerful lifeforms as the spacetime clone emerged from the World Ring.

• Bai Yang noticed the large gathering of dragon corpses and suspected the location was dangerous.
• The Star Rank robot stopped moving forward and dug toward the surface.
• Star Guardian detected no powerful lifeforms within a two-hundred-kilometer radius.
• The spacetime clone stepped out of the World Ring.

Bai Yang used the [Earth Traversal] opportunity granted by his advancement to the Cosmic level. He lost sensation in all his bodies as the traversal began, and the chapter ended before he regained his senses.

• Bai Yang recognized that reaching Dragon Tower Star would be a near-death ordeal.
• Bai Yang realized the system might offer a way to break the deadlock.
• Bai Yang used his [Earth Traversal] opportunity.
• Bai Yang lost sensation in all his bodies as the traversal began.

Bai Yuan gave Bai Yang an ancient map to the [Gods' Trial Grounds], though its locations lay far from the village. Bai Yang memorized it and learned that his ancestors had traveled a long way from their homeland to reach the region.

• Bai Yuan solemnly handed Bai Yang an old beast-hide map to the [Gods' Trial Grounds].
• Bai Yuan warned that the map was too old to be very useful.
• Bai Yang memorized the map at a glance and noted that its marked locations were far from the village.
• Bai Yuan explained that their ancestors had left their homeland and traveled a great distance to reach the region.

Bai Yang met a gray-robed Realm Lord who recognized the mark of the Laws of Origin on his forehead. The Realm Lord asked whether Bai Yang had just received the Laws’ acknowledgment and which sect he belonged to.

• Bai Yang noticed the blue water droplet mark on the gray-robed man's forehead and grew wary.
• The gray-robed Realm Lord asked Bai Yang what business he had, and Bai Yang confirmed he was a Domain Lord.
• The Realm Lord stared at Bai Yang's forehead and asked whether he had just been acknowledged by the Laws of Origin.
• Bai Yang confirmed that he had received the acknowledgment.
• The Realm Lord asked which sect in Divine Blade Prefecture Bai Yang belonged to.

Bai Yang valued the law-comprehension item the Han Blade Sect had paid dearly for and began cultivating with it. He stayed at the sect while waiting for the Trial of the Gods Tournament, the foremost event in the prefectural city.

• Bai Yang recognized that the Han Blade Sect had paid a high price for the law-comprehension item.
• Bai Yang entered cultivation, using four years at the Domain Lord level to match the comprehension efficiency of forty years at the Cosmic level.
• Bai Yang remained at the Han Blade Sect and waited for the Trial of the Gods Tournament half a year later.
• The Shanhai Realm treated the Trial of the Gods as its foremost prefectural-city event, even more important than choosing a city lord.

Bai Yang led his disciples toward the venue after humiliating a group who had mocked the Han Saber Sect. A hidden watcher realized Bai Yang had noticed him and hurried to report to the City Lord.

• Bai Yang withdrew his satisfied gaze from the group, which had become the center of the crowd’s chaos.
• Bai Yang smiled meaningfully toward a hidden corner of the street and led his disciples to the venue.
• A figure emerged from the corner, horrified that [Zou Qi] had noticed him.
• The figure decided to report what had happened to the City Lord at once.

Bai Yang reached the bottom of the pit and found the Han Blade Sect disciples had survived the descent in unusually high numbers. Their success left them having passed the preliminaries.

• Bai Yang discovered there were no strange air currents at the bottom of the pit.
• The Han Blade Sect disciples approached Bai Yang and reported that eighty-seven of them had reached the bottom.
• The dark-faced young man celebrated their success as the Han Blade Sect's best showing in over a hundred years.
• Bai Yang nodded, judging the survival rate to be fairly good.

Bai Yang sent a sword light into the crowd, alarming the onlookers and giving Ye Qikong a chance to turn them against him. The strike split a person in two, leaving Ye Qikong realizing something was wrong.

• Bai Yang struck toward the middle of the crowd with a sword light.
• The crowd cried out in alarm, fearing the strike could hit bystanders.
• Ye Qikong rejoiced and prepared to stir up dissatisfaction with Bai Yang.
• The sword light split a person in two, and Ye Qikong realized something was wrong.

Bai Yang and the other nine were transported out of the stone chamber when the trial ended. The man in black invited them to surrender their gains for a reward, but no one responded.

• Bai Yang and the other nine were forced out of the stone chamber when time ran out.
• Bai Yang noticed that Ye Qikong looked especially joyful, as if he had gained something valuable.
• The man in black announced the trial had ended and offered a reward to anyone who handed over their gains.
• No one agreed to surrender their gains.

Bai Yang awoke in the underground cavern of Dragon Tower Star after his attempt to exploit a bug failed. He found Ye Qikong missing and realized he had not gained a Domain Lord-level slave.

• Bai Yang regained consciousness in the cavern and asked the Star Guardian how long he had been unconscious.
• The Star Guardian said Bai Yang had been unconscious for only five milliseconds.
• Bai Yang checked the temporary tunnel but found no sign of Ye Qikong.
• Bai Yang concluded that his plan to exploit a bug and gain Ye Qikong as a slave had failed.

Bai Yang took control of the blank soul without resistance and wondered whether his soul’s devouring sensation remained. He returned to the area where he had found World Lord-level dragons, and his true body emerged from a hole beneath a hill.

• Bai Yang discovered that the blank soul offered no resistance to his consciousness.
• Bai Yang questioned whether the soul’s devouring sensation still existed.
• Bai Yang dug toward the area where he had previously found World Lord-level dragons.
• Bai Yang’s camouflage-clad true body emerged through a hole in the grass beneath a small hill.

Bai Yang’s spacetime clone suffered severe injuries after several dragons attacked it. The clone began recovering in a potion, but Bai Yang expected its wounds to take at least half a month to heal.

• Bai Yang lay on the tower’s white floor as pain wracked his body.
• Bai Yang realized the spacetime clone had been badly injured by several dragons, though his main body and strange man clone were unharmed.
• The strange man clone soaked the injured spacetime clone in a small lake of Secondary Life Evolution Potion.
• Bai Yang estimated the clone would need at least half a month to recover and noted the potion could work even on World Lords.