Arc 3Earth Sojourn and Battlefield Departure

Qin Ming lived as a stone carver on ancient Earth before returning to cultivation, surviving a Zerg ambush, and becoming a World Lord. After receiving treasures from the Chaos City Lord and passing Primal Heavenly Mountain, he joined Owen’s Outer Battlefield squad as Heye and approached enemies concealing an ambush.

  • Qin Ming secretly left Lanfeng Planet, found Earth, and settled among ordinary people as a stone carver.
  • Qin Ming befriended Peddler Zhou’s family, helped A-Fu rebuild his life after losing his family, and staged his own death decades later before leaving Earth.
  • Qin Ming reached the fifteenth level of Illusion Sea and accepted the Yaohai Family purge mission that the Zerg had arranged as bait.
  • Qin Ming killed an Immortal assassin while appearing to be a peak World Lord, and the Chaos City Lord recognized that he had actually fought as a ninth-rank Domain Lord.
  • Qin Ming broke through to World Lord in Chaos City, formed an enormous internal world, and received Beast God's Seven Kills, the Beast God Armament, Shi Wu Wings, and a defensive cloak from the Chaos City Lord.
  • Qin Ming cultivated for over a hundred years, passed Primal Heavenly Mountain, and received a rescue token from the Chaos City Lord before departing for the Outer Battlefield.
  • Qin Ming raised his Moyun Vine to immortality, received a World Master general rating, and joined Owen’s squad under the disguised name Heye.
  • Owen led the squad toward seven Golden-Scaled Giant Pythons whose boss hid inside a World Ring while they acted as bait.
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Ch. 51Qiu Long Star

Qin Ming traveled covertly from Lanfeng Planet to Qiu Long Star, where he disguised himself as a third-stage Universe Level warrior and entered Qiu Long City. After checking the city's history, he estimated that Luo Feng would arrive there in less than two million years.

  • Qin Ming used the Space-Time Nightmare Beast's innate talent to leave Lanfeng Planet without Aisi detecting him.
  • After teleporting across distant star systems, Qin Ming rested on Qiu Long Star and took a C-class spacecraft there.
  • Qin Ming disguised his appearance and aura before flying toward Qiu Long City.
  • Qin Ming checked public archives and learned that Qiu Long City had been built about 1.55 million years earlier.
  • Qin Ming entered Qiu Long City, drawing attention from locals who were awed by his apparent Universe Level strength.

Ch. 52Earth

Qin Ming located Earth after searching the stars, then landed and explored its ancient civilization nearly two million years in the past. He wandered among its people without revealing his power, leaving his travels without a fixed destination.

  • Qin Ming identified the likely White Orchid Star and searched the surrounding space for three months until he found Earth.
  • Qin Ming landed on Earth and discovered a prosperous ancient civilization with martial artists and qi refiners.
  • Qin Ming concluded that Mountain Guest's modifications and the universe's rules had accelerated humanity's emergence and civilization.
  • Qin Ming traveled across Earth, observing everyday life and sometimes playing harmless pranks on merchants, children, and elders.

Ch. 53Stone Sculpture

After ten years of wandering, Qin Ming settled in a city and practiced stone carving as a way to refine his mind without using his powers. He completed a lifelike stone cat and began carving a figure based on an old beggar.

  • Qin Ming entered a city and rented a modest shop where he could live unnoticed among ordinary people.
  • Qin Ming began practicing stone carving with an ordinary knife, first carving straight and curved lines.
  • Qin Ming studied the stone’s shape and grain, then carved a crouching cat without using spiritual power or other abilities.
  • When a hidden crack broke the stone at the cat’s hind leg, Qin Ming changed his design and made the break part of the cat’s pose.
  • Qin Ming finished a lifelike stone cat, chose a larger stone, and began carving the old beggar he had seen the day before.

Ch. 54An Ordinary Life

Qin Ming lived quietly as a stone carver, briefly using his power to soften a fugitive’s fall without drawing notice. His solitude ended when the neighboring family invited him to dinner, and he agreed to visit their home.

  • Qin Ming spent his days carving stones and found that immersing himself in the craft made his Jin World avatar’s perception clearer.
  • When officials chased a wounded fugitive into his alley, Qin Ming used his chisel to cushion the man’s collision with his doorway, and the constables arrested him.
  • Qin Ming finished a mountain-scene carving, cleaned the blood from the ground, and returned to his quiet routine.
  • A boy and girl invited Qin Ming to dinner on behalf of their parents, promising that the children would otherwise go without candy.
  • Qin Ming accepted the invitation and entered the neighboring family’s tidy courtyard that evening.

Ch. 55Zhou Family

Qin Ming grew close to his neighbors, Peddler Zhou and his children, as their quiet daily visits stirred memories of the distant home he had left behind. The Zhou family prepared to leave the city, while Qin Ming was left with the small connections and unfinished feelings their time together had brought.

  • Qin Ming shared dinner with Peddler Zhou's family and finished carving a stone carp while A-Fu watched.
  • A-Yuan brought Qin Ming a sweet rice cake, and over the following days she and A-Fu regularly visited his courtyard as he carved ordinary objects.
  • When A-Fu asked where his family was, Qin Ming said his home was very far away, and A-Yuan quietly asked whether he missed it.
  • Qin Ming began carving a table, an empty window, and a pair of open hands, then placed them in a corner.
  • Peddler Zhou told Qin Ming that his family could not take over a shop and would leave early the next morning.

Ch. 56Chaos Erupts

Qin Ming watched the Zhou family leave, then spent ten years carving stone as war and famine emptied the city. When Da Niu and Xiu'er arrived as refugees, he gave them food and work, though he knew their stay would be brief.

  • A-Fu gave Qin Ming a crude stone carving before the Zhou family left, and Qin Ming promised they would meet again.
  • Qin Ming finished carving a middle-aged woman’s bust and returned to his work as the neighboring courtyard fell silent.
  • Over the next ten years, the city changed hands repeatedly and declined as people fled, starved, or were conscripted.
  • Da Niu and Xiu'er arrived seeking food and work, and Qin Ming gave them buns and asked them to move his stone carvings indoors.
  • Da Niu and Xiu'er worked in Qin Ming’s courtyard for three months while he continued carving, expecting they would eventually travel south.

Ch. 57That Year, That Month

After Xiu'er and Da Niu left, Qin Ming began carving scenes of suffering he had witnessed in the streets. Years later, A-Fu returned and told him that his parents and A-Yuan had died in a flood, leaving Qin Ming to comfort him and reflect on what it meant to miss home.

  • In April, Xiu'er and Da Niu left for the south, and Qin Ming returned Xiu'er's wages to them for the journey.
  • After they departed, Qin Ming carved people caught in violence and disaster, including a mother shielding her child and an old man holding a broken flagpole.
  • In winter, A-Fu returned after more than ten years and told Qin Ming that his parents and A-Yuan had died when a flood collapsed their home.
  • Qin Ming brought A-Fu hot porridge and listened as he described his guilt over being forced to fight and the people he had killed.
  • A-Fu noticed Qin Ming had kept the stone carving of two little figures, and Qin Ming told him that missing home meant being here while loved ones were not.

Ch. 58Safe and Sound

Qin Ming helped A-Fu memorialize the family he had lost, then watched him build a new family with his wife and twins. As the babies cried in their home, Qin Ming stayed back and quietly watched the bustle around him.

  • Qin Ming carved stone statues of A-Fu’s parents and younger sister, along with a statue of A-Fu as a child.
  • Qin Ming and A-Fu buried the statues beneath a memorial tablet on a slope west of the city, and A-Fu asked whether his family could receive the memorial.
  • A-Fu told Qin Ming he would care for him in his old age, and Qin Ming later arranged A-Fu’s marriage to a diligent, dependable woman.
  • A-Fu and his wife had twins, Zhou Ping and Zhou An'an, and Qin Ming carved a tiger and a rabbit for them.
  • Xiu'er sent a letter from the south with two pairs of tiger-head shoes, and A-Fu dressed the twins in them.
  • A-Fu asked whether his children might resent the world, and Qin Ming told him to raise them well and teach them to be decent people.

Ch. 59Life Flies By in a Few Short Decades

Qin Ming watched Zhou Ping and An'an grow up, dreamed of the people he had lost, and spent decades with A-Fu’s family before reaching the end of his life. After his death, A-Fu, Zhou Ping, and An'an buried him beneath a bluestone marked “Uncle,” while the family continued on without him.

  • Zhou Ping began learning stone carving from Qin Ming, while An'an sat quietly with her stone rabbit and reminded Qin Ming of A-Yuan.
  • Qin Ming dreamed of his old neighbors and A-Yuan asking whether he missed home, then woke and carved a half-open door from stone.
  • A-Fu brought Qin Ming breakfast and quietly replaced the porridge when it went cold as Qin Ming continued carving.
  • Decades later, A-Fu, Zhou Ping, and An'an gathered around Qin Ming as he lay dying, and A-Fu told him he had always been like a father.
  • A-Fu, Zhou Ping, An'an, and young Zhou Nian buried Qin Ming beneath a bluestone carved with the character “Uncle.”
  • A-Fu sent Zhou Nian to private school instead of teaching him stone carving.

Ch. 60Breaking Through Illusion Sea Again

After leaving behind the peaceful life he had shared with A-Fu and the others on Earth, Qin Ming returned to Illusion Sea and broke through to the fourteenth level. His astonishing willpower drew the attention of the Black Scaled Elder and the Chaos City Lord.

  • Qin Ming watched A-Fu and the others leave the empty shop behind, then departed Earth.
  • Qin Ming entered Illusion Sea again, shattered the first eight illusions, and passed through the ninth-level Ideal Land without stopping.
  • Qin Ming broke through the tenth through fourteenth levels, then stopped at the fifteenth when he could endure no more.
  • The Black Scaled Elder marveled at Qin Ming’s progress and reported his results to the Virtual Universe Company.
  • The Chaos City Lord reviewed Qin Ming’s records in the Chaos Ruins and considered the disciple whose law-fusion talent had first impressed him.

Ch. 62The Zerg Plot

The Chaos City Lord wondered how Qin Ming’s willpower had improved so dramatically, while Qin Ming accepted a mission to purge a Zerg-controlled Immortal family. The Zerg revealed that the mission was a trap designed to lure and kill Qin Ming, whom they had marked as a high-priority target.

  • The Chaos City Lord concluded that Qin Ming’s rapid progress came from an unknown opportunity and decided to watch for further surprises.
  • Qin Ming reviewed the Yaohai Family purge mission, which assigned him to kill four World Lords and eliminate 100.81 million targets while others handled the Immortals.
  • The Zerg infiltration leader learned that Qin Ming had accepted the mission and recalled arranging for the Yaohai Family’s exposure to draw him out.
  • The Zerg leader ordered hidden forces to begin an ambush once Qin Ming entered Mengyou Empire territory, identifying Yao Hai and Jeffreys as bait.

Ch. 63Marquis Banquet

Qin Ming coordinated with the Ninth Legion and a squad of Black Earth Tribe Immortals to attack the Yaohai Family during its celebration of Yao Hai’s rise to Marquis level. As Yao Hai began boasting at the banquet, an unseen intruder interrupted him.

  • Qin Ming left Lanfeng Planet with Aisi and World Lord guards, leaving other guards behind to protect the Qin Family.
  • Qin Ming arranged for the Ninth Legion to seal off the Yaohai Family’s planets and for nine Black Earth Tribe Immortals to target Yao Hai and Jeffreys.
  • The Yaohai Family announced a grand celebration on its ancestral star, and Qin Ming decided to use the gathering to find his targets.
  • Qin Ming and the Black Earth Tribe squad reached the Yaohai Ancestral Star, where he ordered Elder Black One to kill Yao Hai and Jeffreys while sparing innocents if possible.
  • The Ninth Legion surrounded the ancestral star and began purging Yaohai Family members across the Ganwu Universe Kingdom as Elder Black One and eight Immortals entered the planet.
  • Yao Hai arrived at the banquet and bragged about reaching the Marquis level and seeking the King level, but a cold laugh cut him off.

Ch. 64Showdown: No More Pretending

Yao Hai was killed by Elder Black One, but an ambush targeted Qin Ming as the purge operation seemed to end. Qin Ming revealed his true strength as a peak World Lord and overwhelmed the assassin with his sword technique.

  • Elder Black One killed Yao Hai with a single palm strike, while eight Black Earth Tribe Immortal Gods surrounded Jeffreys.
  • Four hidden attackers appeared, with two peak Marquis-level immortals engaging Aisi and a high-ranking immortal attacking Qin Ming’s guards.
  • A black-cloaked assassin launched a full-power saber strike at Qin Ming while Aisi was unable to reach him.
  • Qin Ming summoned a sword and revealed that he was a peak World Lord rather than a Domain Lord.
  • Qin Ming used Ten Thousand Swords Return to the Sect, and the first seven sword shadows broke through the assassin’s defenses and sent him flying while thousands more remained.

Ch. 65Exploded

Qin Ming killed an Immortal military lord in one move, and Aisi destroyed the two peak marquis-level assassins who tried to flee. News of Qin Ming’s peak World Lord strength sparked protests over his Domain Lord Level Primal Secret Realm slot and an urgent debate among the Virtual Universe Company’s Venerables.

  • Qin Ming killed a high-level Immortal military lord with Ten Thousand Swords Return to the Sect, revealing that he had reached peak World Lord.
  • Aisi burned his divine power and killed the two fleeing peak marquis-level Zerg assassins with a single palm strike.
  • News of Qin Ming’s strength spread through the Virtual Universe Company, and Domain Lord Level Primal Secret Realm members protested that he occupied one of their slots despite being a World Lord.
  • Crimson Flame Venerable and the other Venerables debated how Qin Ming had advanced so quickly and whether he had to follow the company’s rules despite being the Chaos City Lord’s personal disciple.

Ch. 66Chaos City Lord's Approval

The Chaos City Lord approved of Qin Ming’s hidden Domain Lord strength and praised his composure and strategy, then told him to return to Chaos City to break through. Qin Ming began his secluded cultivation in the Initial Universe, reached the World Lord Level, and sensed the vast origin of the Primal Universe.

  • The white-robed venerables argued that Qin Ming had not broken any rules by failing to report his breakthrough, and that their own oversight had given him World Lord-level treatment.
  • The Chaos City Lord saw through Qin Ming’s disguise and praised him for killing a high-level immortal as a ninth-rank Domain Lord while concealing his true realm from the other races.
  • The Chaos City Lord said Qin Ming’s calmness and strategy mattered more than his combat power, and urged him to break through to World Lord in Chaos City, promising him a gift.
  • Qin Ming withdrew from the Chaos Ruins and began his secluded cultivation in the Initial Universe.
  • Qin Ming formed a World Seed, fused his avatar’s strange space with it, and created his first trace of world power.
  • Through that world power, Qin Ming’s consciousness resonated with the Primal Universe’s origin and sensed its boundless expanse.

Ch. 67Breaking Through to World Lord

Qin Ming broke through to World Lord, creating an enormous internal world, while his Jin World clone sensed the advance and prepared to rise with the advantages of both worlds. After leaving seclusion in Chaos City, Qin Ming requested World Lord-level nutrient solution, puzzling a Virtual Universe Company staff member who thought he had already reached the rank’s peak.

  • Qin Ming absorbed the Primal Universe’s origin energy, formed 10,081 continents, and completed an internal world one hundred million times larger than an ordinary World Lord’s.
  • Qin Ming resolved to overcome the immense barrier to immortality, relying on Humanity’s foremost teacher and the talents of his Star Crystal Beast and Time Dream Demon Beast bodies.
  • Qin Ming’s Jin World clone sensed the breakthrough and reflected on how its God King world foundation and Heye’s guidance complemented the original body’s strengths.
  • Qin Ming ended his seclusion in Chaos City and applied for a full set of World Lord-level nutrient solution through the Virtual Universe Company.
  • A logistics staff member was surprised by Qin Ming’s request because he believed Qin Ming had already reached the peak of the World Lord Level.

Ch. 68Recommendation

Qin Ming received World Lord Level ninth-rank nutrient solution and reached the peak of the World Lord realm, then met the Chaos City Lord in the Chaos Ruins. He chose a Nine Nether Sea clone and received the Beast God's Seven Kills to guide his cultivation of the Way of the Beast God.

  • A senior logistics worker persuaded a younger colleague to approve Qin Ming's nutrient solution application, and the supplies arrived at Qin Ming's residence three days later.
  • Several months later, Qin Ming met the Chaos City Lord and revealed that his internal world had reached 1.081 billion kilometers in diameter.
  • The Chaos City Lord praised Qin Ming's progress and asked him to consider a second clone; Qin Ming said he intended to nurture a Nine Nether clone.
  • The Chaos City Lord recognized Qin Ming's talent for the Way of the Beast God and gave him the Beast God's Seven Kills secret manual.
  • The Chaos City Lord advised Qin Ming to use the manual as an early guide and later create a secret manual of his own.

Ch. 69Favoritism

The Chaos City Lord gave Qin Ming the Beast God Armament, Shi Wu Wings, and a defensive cloak, while encouraging him to cultivate and seek guidance from Golden Axe Venerable. After Qin Ming left, the Chaos City Lord reflected that he had invested more in Qin Ming than in any of his other disciples to protect a promising talent.

  • The Chaos City Lord praised Qin Ming’s potential to surpass Huiluo and gave him a Beast God Armament suited to his swordsmanship.
  • The Chaos City Lord gave Qin Ming the Shi Wu Wings, a rare treasure for flight, escape, and combat, and promised to send him a manual explaining its powers.
  • The Chaos City Lord bestowed a defensive cloak that could reduce most physical and soul attacks by 99 percent.
  • The Chaos City Lord advised Qin Ming to consult Golden Axe Venerable about Beast God's Seven Kills and to return before leaving the Initial Universe; Qin Ming thanked him and departed.
  • After Qin Ming left, the Chaos City Lord remembered Kedi’s death and reflected on how he had given Qin Ming exceptional resources and protection.

Ch. 70World Lord Level Primal Heavenly Mountain

After a hundred years of cultivation, Qin Ming mastered the first two levels of Beast God's Seven Kills while advancing his understanding of space-time laws. He left Chaos City to challenge the World Lord Level Primal Heavenly Mountain and arrived at its foot.

  • Qin Ming studied Beast God's Seven Kills and treated it as a cover for his deeper progress in space-time laws.
  • Over a hundred years, Qin Ming completely comprehended the time-law profundity Freeze and mastered the first two levels of Beast God's Seven Kills.
  • Qin Ming decided to leave Chaos City for the Outer Battlefield and challenge the World Lord Level Primal Heavenly Mountain for its 100 billion point reward.
  • Qin Ming reached the foot of the Primal Heavenly Mountain, where the minotaur, White-Furred Ape, and snake-woman guardians stood up to face him.

Ch. 71Reactions from All Sides

Qin Ming effortlessly passed the World Lord Level Primal Heavenly Mountain with a single sword strike at each stage. News of his achievement spread through Humanity’s upper echelons, leaving several powerful figures astonished.

  • Qin Ming challenged Primal Heavenly Mountain and defeated the Guardians at the foot, mountainside, and mountaintop with single sword strikes.
  • The Guardians congratulated Qin Ming and speculated that his sword contained the Laws of Space and Time as well as a fusion of the Laws of Gold and Space.
  • The Chaos City Lord learned that Qin Ming had revealed his strength and recognized that his disciple had long been capable of passing the twentieth level of the Heavenly Bridge.
  • The Sky Erosion Palace Master and Bafen reacted with amazement after learning Qin Ming had passed Primal Heavenly Mountain.
  • The Ganwu Kingdom Lord received an email about Qin Ming’s achievement and sat upright in shock.

Ch. 72Outer Battlefield

After passing the World Lord Level Primal Heavenly Mountain, Qin Ming prepared to leave for the Outer Battlefield, where alien races would target him. He departed Chaos City and reached his manor in the Primal Secret Realm, where his ordered supplies awaited him.

  • Ganwu Kingdom Lord celebrated Qin Ming's achievement and emailed his congratulations, assuring him that the Qin Family was safe and inviting him to visit.
  • Qin Ming thanked Ganwu Kingdom Lord, asked him to guide Qin Xue, and explained that he was heading to the Outer Battlefield.
  • Qin Ming told Chaos City Lord he planned to train on the Outer Battlefield, and his teacher warned him about the danger of alien races and soul attacks.
  • Chaos City Lord gave Qin Ming a fragile token that would alert him if Qin Ming needed rescue and urged him to prioritize survival.
  • Qin Ming traveled from the Initial Universe to the Virtual Universe Company headquarters in the Primal Universe and reached his manor at Rain Phase Mountain.
  • The manor steward told Qin Ming that his ordered goods had arrived and were being kept in Warehouse No. 3.

Ch. 73King-Level Immortal

Qin Ming finished preparing for the Outer Battlefield, and his second Moyun Vine successfully broke through to become a King-Level immortal. At Green Spirit Star, he joined the military deployment and was the only World Master among his group of one hundred to receive the rank of World Master general.

  • Qin Ming inspected his F-grade spaceship and bought large and small detection devices to help him spot threats on the Outer Battlefield.
  • Qin Ming waited as his second Moyun Vine attempted to break through, prepared to abandon its cultivation if it failed.
  • The Moyun Vine successfully became immortal, fused its life imprint into its divine power, and gained an undying body.
  • Qin Ming established a divine kingdom for the King-Level Moyun Vine in a remote starry sky and then set out for the Outer Battlefield.
  • At Green Spirit Star, Qin Ming joined the group of one hundred World Masters preparing to depart for the battlefield.
  • The military authority-granting ceremony rated Qin Ming as a World Master general, the only one in his group to receive that rank.

Ch. 74Fourth Outer Battlefield

Qin Ming arrived at Base 07 on the Fourth Outer Battlefield, where veterans competed to recruit him into their squads. He learned about his new squad’s strength and met Blood Fiend, a World Lord Warlord capable of briefly matching an Immortal God.

  • The Immortal God sent the recruits through a spatial passage to Base 07 on the Fourth Battlefield, whose death rate was the highest among the eleven battlefields.
  • A guide brought Qin Ming and the other World Lord recruits to a hall filled with hundreds of thousands of World Lords, and Qin Ming understood how Humanity’s populations were divided among different habitats.
  • After the guide announced that a World Lord Warlord had arrived, veterans gathered around Qin Ming and urged him to join their squads.
  • Qin Ming sat with Owen, a snakefolk Immortal God, who explained the battlefield and introduced Blood Fiend as a member of his squad.
  • Blood Fiend told Qin Ming he had reached the first stage of the ninth level of the Yan God Weapon, which let him briefly travel through the void and survive against an ordinary Immortal God.

Ch. 75Team Up

Qin Ming, disguised as Heye, joined Owen’s World Lord squad and learned the veterans’ battlefield practices before departing Base 07 with them. The squad reached a human-controlled region without incident, checked in with nearby allies, and prepared to move on in a C9-class spacecraft.

  • Owen invited Qin Ming to join his squad, and Qin Ming accepted under the disguised name Heye.
  • Owen introduced Heye to the squad’s veterans, and they stayed at the base for seven days to teach him before setting out.
  • Owen led the squad through the battlefield in an E-class spacecraft, instructing Heye to serve as mobile support while the veterans handled initial combat.
  • The squad reached its destination without being attacked, and Owen contacted nearby allies through the Virtual Universe Network.
  • After learning the area was safe for now, Owen had the squad switch to a C9-class spacecraft and prepare to move out.

Ch. 76Golden-Scaled Giant Python

Qin Ming’s squad detected seven Golden-Scaled Giant Pythons and moved in to ambush them, unaware that the pythons had prepared a trap. The chapter ended as the pythons revealed their hidden leader was waiting inside a World Ring.

  • Blood Fiend asked Qin Ming about his military merit quota, and Qin Ming revealed it was one billion, astonishing the squad.
  • Owen detected seven World Lord targets on a nearby continental fragment and led the squad toward them.
  • The squad identified the targets as Golden-Scaled Giant Pythons, a Monster Race royal bloodline, and Qin Ming realized they had noticed the detector.
  • Owen ordered the team to disembark and approach quietly before attacking.
  • The Golden-Scaled Giant Pythons secretly discussed their plan, revealing that their boss was hidden inside a World Ring while they served as bait.
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