Chapter Summaries

Chapter Summary: “Battle Against a Universe Venerable”

Key Plot Points and Events

• A hidden Universe Venerable finally intervenes after Su Zhe’s rampage through the Demon Race’s Outer-Domain Battlefield territory.
• The attacker is revealed to be Azure Scale Venerable, a newly advanced Universe Venerable of the Flame Radiance Dragon Clan and a senior disciple of Flame Radiance Master.
• Azure Scale Venerable seals the surrounding space and confronts Su Zhe, declaring that he will punish him for killing the Demon Race’s Invincible King-Sealings.
• The pressure of the Venerable’s presence severely affects Bull Dragon King, who possesses dragon bloodline, but has little effect on Su Zhe, Thunderquake King, or Ivy.
• Ivy attempts to flee. Azure Scale Venerable strikes her and Bull Dragon King, but deliberately does not kill them, allowing Ivy to escape back to the Insect Race camp.
• When Thunderquake King tries to escape, Su Zhe kills him with a single sword strike and takes his heavy treasure, the Thunderquake Whip.
• Azure Scale Venerable does not interfere, believing that Su Zhe will soon be killed and the treasures will return to him.
• Su Zhe analyzes Azure Scale Venerable’s strength and estimates that the newly advanced Venerable’s full power is only slightly above one hundred million times the power of a World Master. However, Su Zhe remains wary because Azure Scale Venerable possesses a supreme treasure granted by Flame Radiance Master.
• Azure Scale Venerable attacks with his enormous dragon claw, but Su Zhe dodges despite the spatial lockdown.
• Su Zhe counters with five sword techniques—Flame Slash, Edge Severing, Flow Tracing, Mountain Suppression, and Life and Death—combining them into an attack with roughly 640 million times the power of a World Master.
• The blow tears through Azure Scale Venerable’s body and severely injures him, shocking the Venerable and forcing him to recognize that Su Zhe’s strength far exceeds expectations.
• Azure Scale Venerable demands to know Su Zhe’s identity. Su Zhe openly declares that he is both the human Su Zhe and the Rainbow Sword King, mocking the alien races for failing to anticipate his rapid growth.

Character Developments

• Su Zhe demonstrates that his recent breakthrough to immortality has transformed him into a combatant capable of seriously wounding a Universe Venerable. His raw power now vastly exceeds the level of his existing secret techniques.
• Su Zhe also shows improved judgment and caution. He quickly estimates Azure Scale Venerable’s strength but avoids acting recklessly because of the unknown supreme treasure in the Venerable’s possession.
• Azure Scale Venerable is introduced as a powerful but newly advanced Venerable. Although confident and aggressive at first, he becomes wary and uncertain after Su Zhe’s counterattack.
• Ivy becomes increasingly fearful of the conflict and prioritizes survival, abandoning the battlefield once Azure Scale Venerable appears.
• Thunderquake King, despite his long experience as an Invincible King-Sealing, is killed before he can escape, emphasizing the gap between him and Su Zhe.
• Bull Dragon King is helpless in the presence of a stronger dragon-clan Venerable, highlighting the intimidation and bloodline suppression associated with Azure Scale Venerable.

Significant Themes

• Rapid growth and defiance of expectations: Su Zhe’s development is so explosive that even the alien races’ highest-level forces underestimate him.
• Power beyond conventional realms: Su Zhe has only recently become immortal, yet his raw strength already rivals or surpasses that of a Universe Venerable.
• Caution amid overwhelming power: Although Su Zhe holds a major advantage in strength, the unknown supreme treasure prevents him from becoming complacent.
• Political and racial restrictions: Azure Scale Venerable’s direct involvement violates the agreement among the four peak races, limiting how openly he can act on the battlefield.
• Reversal of predator and prey: The Demon Race expects to hunt and eliminate Su Zhe, but their ambush instead becomes a confrontation in which their Venerable is the one gravely wounded.

Character Interactions

• Su Zhe and Azure Scale Venerable: Their confrontation shifts from the Venerable’s attempted execution of a rebellious junior to a tense contest in which Su Zhe proves capable of injuring him.
• Su Zhe and Thunderquake King: Thunderquake King attempts to flee, but Su Zhe kills him instantly and claims his treasure.
• Azure Scale Venerable and Ivy: Azure Scale Venerable attacks Ivy while pursuing control of the battlefield, but intentionally leaves her alive, enabling her escape.
• Azure Scale Venerable and Bull Dragon King: His dragon-clan aura and power overwhelm Bull Dragon King, whose bloodline makes him especially sensitive to the Venerable’s presence.
• Su Zhe and the alien races: Su Zhe’s final declaration directly challenges the Demon Race and its allies, revealing that their assassination attempts have failed and that he has become a far greater threat than anticipated.

Chapter Summary: “Famed Throughout the Universe”

Key Plot Points and Events

• Su Zhe, in his Absolute Edge Sword Beast form and Blade Dance state, launches a devastating surprise attack on Azure Scale Venerable, piercing through his body with five-colored sword qi.
• Azure Scale Venerable loses more than 5% of his divine body, leaving him shocked that an immortal could seriously injure a Universe Venerable.
• Su Zhe repeatedly exploits his superior speed, striking Azure Scale Venerable before the latter can effectively counterattack.
• Forced to defend himself, Azure Scale Venerable activates a powerful shield-type Supreme Treasure bestowed by Flame Radiance Master. The shield blocks Su Zhe’s sword but is damaged and consumed by Su Zhe’s strange Void Devouring Flame.
• The battle’s shockwaves destroy more than half of the Nebula Archipelago, far surpassing the destruction caused during Su Zhe’s previous battle there.
• Azure Scale Venerable recognizes that Su Zhe is far more dangerous than an ordinary immortal and decides retreat is wiser than continuing the fight. He releases the spatial lockdown and teleports away.
• Su Zhe allows him to escape, realizing that without the Supreme Treasure, he might have had a chance to kill him, though killing a Universe Venerable remains extremely difficult.
• After leaving the battlefield, Su Zhe’s exploits spread throughout the Demon, Insect, and Machine Races. His one-strike killing of Ghost Dove King and his battle with Azure Scale Venerable establish him as a figure possessing Universe Venerable-level combat strength.

Character Developments

• Su Zhe demonstrates that his offensive power, speed, law comprehension, and secret techniques have reached an astonishing level. His Absolute Edge Sword Beast form specializes entirely in attack and speed, sacrificing defense; a single successful hit from Azure Scale Venerable could potentially kill him.
• Su Zhe also reveals greater tactical awareness, using his speed and Void Devouring Flame to pressure an opponent with superior cultivation. Although confident, he understands the limits of his current strength and does not recklessly pursue Azure Scale Venerable after the retreat.
• Azure Scale Venerable shifts from arrogance and contempt to shock, caution, and fear. He initially believes Su Zhe is merely an immortal, but after suffering severe injuries, he acknowledges that Su Zhe may rival or surpass Chasing Insect King.
• Azure Scale Venerable’s reliance on his teacher’s Supreme Treasure emphasizes both his survival instincts and his inability to defeat Su Zhe through ordinary means.

Significant Themes

• Defying established power levels: Su Zhe’s performance overturns the assumption that an immortal cannot contend with a Universe Venerable.
• Speed and specialized strength versus conventional power: Su Zhe’s extreme speed and offensive focus allow him to threaten a much stronger opponent, though his lack of defense makes the strategy dangerous.
• The importance of intelligence and misjudgment: Azure Scale Venerable underestimates Su Zhe and wrongly assumes his defenses are also at the Venerable level. This misunderstanding prevents him from recognizing how vulnerable Su Zhe truly is.
• Reputation and fame: The battle transforms Su Zhe’s status across the universe. His achievements become evidence of humanity’s rising strength and provoke comparisons with other legendary geniuses.
• Power and survival: Even overwhelming talent does not guarantee victory. Azure Scale Venerable survives through a rare defensive treasure, showing how Supreme Treasures can determine the outcome of high-level battles.

Character Interactions

• Su Zhe and Azure Scale Venerable engage in a violent clash in which Su Zhe repeatedly attacks at close range while Azure Scale Venerable attempts to withstand and block the assaults.
• Azure Scale Venerable’s reaction evolves from disbelief and anger to genuine recognition of Su Zhe as a major threat.
• Flame Radiance Master indirectly influences the battle through the Supreme Treasure he gave Azure Scale Venerable, enabling Azure Scale Venerable’s escape.
• The wider Demon, Insect, and Machine Races discuss and evaluate Su Zhe’s achievement, comparing him to Chasing Insect King and debating whether he possesses a Supreme Treasure. These reactions establish Su Zhe’s newly elevated reputation throughout the universe.

Summary

Key plot points and events

• Su Zhe’s reputation reaches Human Race territory before he returns. His recent achievements—killing an Invincible King-Sealing expert, confronting a Universe Venerable directly, and forcing another Universe Venerable to retreat—shock his two teachers, Marquis Cangyan and King Xuyan.
• Venerable Jiekong arrives to announce that Lord Huangjian, founder of the Universe Mercenary Alliance, wants to meet Su Zhe. Jiekong suspects that Lord Huangjian intends to accept Su Zhe as his personal disciple.
• Su Zhe’s rapid advancement has elevated him from a promising junior to an existence comparable to a Universe Venerable, making him eligible to participate in the Human Race’s highest council.
• The situation becomes more complicated when King Xuyan reveals that Venerable Guiyi has contacted him on behalf of Chaos City Leader. Since Su Zhe cultivates the Universe Chaos Tablet, Chaos City Leader has also taken an interest in accepting him as a disciple.
• Su Zhe enters the Virtual Universe and receives invitations from both Lord Huangjian and Chaos City Leader. Although Lord Huangjian is an extremely powerful peak fifth-tier Universe Master, Chaos City Leader is even stronger and is regarded as humanity’s strongest Universe Master and the being closest to becoming a Universe Strongest.
• Su Zhe decides to prioritize Chaos City Leader and opens his message first. Chaos City Leader invites him to Chaos City to discuss becoming his personal disciple.
• Su Zhe agrees to go to Chaos City. He also plans to exchange the treasures he has gathered and repay Marquis Cangyan and King Xuyan for the Flameheart Armor and Ruinsworld Blade that aided his growth.

Character developments

• Su Zhe: His strength and status have increased dramatically. He is no longer merely a talented World Master or “Rainbow Sword King,” but effectively possesses the power of a Universe Venerable. His talent attracts the attention of the highest-ranking figures in humanity.
• Marquis Cangyan: He is astonished by Su Zhe’s progress but also takes pride in recognizing Su Zhe’s potential early.
• King Xuyan: Like Cangyan, he is shocked by Su Zhe’s growth and becomes an important intermediary between Su Zhe and powerful potential teachers.
• Venerable Jiekong: He acknowledges that Su Zhe’s achievements are extraordinary and understands that his future discipleship is beyond ordinary arrangements.
• Lord Huangjian and Chaos City Leader: Both reveal their interest in personally guiding Su Zhe, confirming that they regard him as an exceptional genius with enormous potential.

Significant themes

• Rapid growth and extraordinary talent: Su Zhe’s progress surpasses even the expectations of powerful immortals and Universe Venerables.
• Recognition and status: His achievements transform how the upper echelons of humanity view him, elevating him from a junior genius to a peer of Universe Venerables.
• The importance of mentorship: The chapter centers on the prestigious choice between two supreme teachers and the advantages each could provide.
• Loyalty and gratitude: Su Zhe remembers the assistance of his current teachers and intends to repay them for the treasures that helped him survive and grow.
• Power hierarchy within humanity: The discussion establishes the relative positions of Lord Huangjian and Chaos City Leader, emphasizing Chaos City Leader’s unparalleled status and closeness to the Universe Strongest realm.

Character interactions

• Marquis Cangyan and King Xuyan discuss Su Zhe’s shocking achievements and jokingly reflect on how they may soon need to treat him as an equal.
• Venerable Jiekong informs them of Lord Huangjian’s interest and asks them to pass the message to Su Zhe.
• King Xuyan then reveals Chaos City Leader’s competing interest, causing Jiekong and the others to recognize the seriousness of the situation.
• Su Zhe receives both invitations but chooses to respond first to Chaos City Leader, whose greater strength, mastery of the Universe Chaos Tablet, and status make him the more advantageous mentor.

Chapter Summary: Apprenticeship Under the Chaos City Leader

Key Plot Points and Events

• Su Zhe returns to Chaos City through the Divine Kingdom teleportation system and the Virtual Universe Company’s headquarters.
• After identifying himself as the Rainbow Sword King, he enters Chaos City without obstruction. His recent battle achievements have made him widely recognized as possessing Universe Venerable-level strength, despite technically still being an Undying Divine.
• Su Zhe meets his original teacher, King Xuyan, who is pleased that his disciple has become powerful so quickly. King Xuyan confirms that Su Zhe has made his decision to pursue a new apprenticeship.
• Su Zhe proceeds to the City Lord’s Manor, where Venerable Guiyi receives him and leads him to the Chaos Ruins, the private domain of the Chaos City Leader.
• Venerable Guiyi reveals that the Chaos City Leader intends to accept Su Zhe as a personal disciple and promises to help resolve any concerns involving Lord Huangjian and the Universe Mercenary Alliance.
• The Chaos City Leader explains that he noticed Su Zhe when Su Zhe first arrived in Chaos City, particularly because of the unusual power and killing intent surrounding him while he devoured Chaos Beasts.
• Without requiring further testing, the Chaos City Leader acknowledges Su Zhe’s battle strength and achievements and formally accepts him as his thirty-second personal disciple.
• Su Zhe completes the apprenticeship ceremony. The Chaos City Leader notes that Su Zhe is exceptionally young and may possess the greatest talent among all his disciples.
• The chapter ends by emphasizing Su Zhe’s extensive plans and multiple identities: one clone is preparing to meet the Zerg Empress, his main body is preparing to enter Demon Race territory, and he is considering how to gain resources and influence among the major races.

Character Developments

• Su Zhe: His status rises dramatically. Though still officially an Undying, he is now treated as a Universe Venerable-level figure and becomes the Chaos City Leader’s personal disciple. His growing confidence is evident in his willingness to manage several identities and pursue opportunities across different factions.
• Chaos City Leader: He demonstrates keen awareness of Su Zhe’s activities and recognizes his extraordinary potential immediately. His decision to accept Su Zhe without testing him further shows considerable trust and anticipation regarding Su Zhe’s future.
• King Xuyan: He remains a modest and reserved teacher, quietly proud of Su Zhe’s achievements. His reaction contrasts with Marquis Cangyan’s tendency to boast about having a powerful disciple.
• Venerable Guiyi: He warmly welcomes Su Zhe as a junior fellow disciple and explains the hierarchy among the Chaos City Leader’s disciples. He also shows loyalty to and confidence in his teacher.
• Su Zhe’s broader position: His connection with Luo Feng and the protection offered by the Chaos City Leader strengthen his standing within humanity. His eventual breakthrough to the Universe Venerable level is presented as increasingly inevitable.

Significant Themes

• Recognition of extraordinary talent: Su Zhe’s accomplishments allow him to bypass conventional testing and receive direct acceptance from one of humanity’s strongest figures.
• Mentorship and succession: The chapter focuses on the importance of powerful teachers and sect-like relationships. Su Zhe’s apprenticeship gives him access to protection, status, knowledge, and resources.
• Rapid growth and rising influence: Su Zhe’s progress is exceptionally fast—he is not yet a thousand years old but already rivals or surpasses established experts.
• Hidden identities and strategic maneuvering: Su Zhe’s multiple clones and identities allow him to operate within several major races and organizations simultaneously, reflecting the increasingly complex political and strategic role he plays.
• Power and responsibility: With greater strength comes the ability—and expectation—to protect Earth, support his allies, and influence conflicts among the major races.

Important Character Interactions

• Su Zhe and King Xuyan: Their brief reunion confirms King Xuyan’s pride in Su Zhe and acknowledges Su Zhe’s decision to advance under the Chaos City Leader.
• Su Zhe and Venerable Guiyi: Guiyi welcomes him, explains that he will become a senior figure within the disciple group, and offers reassurance that the Chaos City Leader will handle political complications.
• Su Zhe and the Chaos City Leader: Their meeting is the chapter’s central interaction. The Chaos City Leader confirms that he has been observing Su Zhe, recognizes his strength, and formally accepts him as his thirty-second personal disciple.
• Su Zhe and Luo Feng: Although Luo Feng does not appear directly, the Chaos City Leader mentions their close relationship, indicating that Su Zhe already has important connections within the Chaos City Leader’s lineage.

Key plot points

• Su Zhe enters the Zerg Holy Land, a life-rich secret realm centered on a colossal Life Tree. Its branches house the Insect Race’s Universe Venerables.
• The Zerg Queens recognize Su Zhe—whom they know as Phoebe—from the Mother Nest space and warmly crowd around her, impressed that she has become an Immortal. Minglian Master escorts her onward to meet the Zerg Empress.
• They arrive at the Empress Nest, a vast, purple, supreme treasure and the Insect Race’s most dangerous stronghold. Su Zhe knows he is facing a Universe Strongest but decides not to risk using Star Tremor against her.
• The Empress explains that becoming her direct disciple requires a trial. She examines Su Zhe’s unusual Blacklight Zerg 2.0—Dark Gold Hunters, Ironvine Guards, and Thornray Hunters—which are vastly stronger than ordinary Zerg armies.
• Su Zhe says he can cultivate them only because he fused with a special lifeform found on the Outer-Domain Battlefield; other Zerg Queens cannot reproduce the result. The Empress accepts this as a unique opportunity and sets the trial: Su Zhe must enter the Ancestral God Secret Realm.

Character developments and interactions

• Su Zhe is now an Immortal and has developed a formidable, distinctive Zerg army. He remains cautious and strategic around the Empress, withholding unnecessary risks.
• Minglian Master acts as his guide, gently clearing away the curious Queens so Su Zhe can meet the Empress.
• The Zerg Queens show familial warmth and enthusiasm toward Su Zhe, treating her as a younger sister.
• The Zerg Empress takes a personal interest in Su Zhe’s achievements. Though curious about the Blacklight warriors’ origins, she accepts that their creation is exclusive to Su Zhe and offers a path to direct discipleship.

Significant themes

• Exceptional talent and individual opportunity: Su Zhe’s army represents an advantage that cannot be replicated by the wider race.
• Kinship and belonging: The Zerg Queens’ close, affectionate community contrasts with the immense scale and danger of their realm.
• Power tempered by prudence: Su Zhe’s restraint in the Empress’s presence shows that strength does not eliminate the need for careful judgment.

Key plot points and events

• The Zerg Empress assigns Su Zhe a new trial: infiltrate the Ancestor God Cult, become one of its inheritors, and build an intelligence network for the Insect Race.
• She gives him a Wood-Space Beast God Inheritance Token, matching his mastery of wood and space laws, and names him her twelfth personal disciple.
• To protect him during the dangerous mission, she lends him the Flowing Feather Boat, an Ordinary Supreme Treasure Palace, and gives him a jade pendant that can summon her or other Insect Race Universe Masters.
• The Empress teaches Su Zhe the Myriad Source Soul Pact, a highly demanding manual containing soul attacks, enslavement, and defense techniques designed for Zerg Queens.
• In the Chaos Ruins, the Chaos City Leader gives Su Zhe a damaged High-grade Supreme Treasure sword. Su Zhe renames it the Heavenly Rainbow Sword, in keeping with his title, the Rainbow Sword King.

Character developments

• Su Zhe’s standing rises: the Zerg Empress considers him a promising future Universe Master and entrusts him with a major mission and powerful resources.
• He quickly takes to the Myriad Source Soul Pact, especially its soul-defense techniques, which seem better suited to him than his previous method.
• The Zerg Empress reveals the scale of her influence: she has led the Insect Race to prominence, and its seven Universe Masters are her other disciples.
• Su Zhe gains a powerful new weapon from the Chaos City Leader and adopts a name for it that reinforces his established reputation.

Significant themes

• Trust and responsibility: Su Zhe’s gifts come with a risky mission to serve the Insect Race.
• Mentorship and inheritance: Both the Zerg Empress and Chaos City Leader invest in Su Zhe’s growth through instruction and treasure.
• Preparation and survival: His defensive resources and versatile soul manual help offset the dangers ahead.
• Reputation and identity: The Heavenly Rainbow Sword’s name reflects Su Zhe’s public image as the Rainbow Sword King.

Character interactions

• The Zerg Empress explains the infiltration mission, equips Su Zhe, and personally passes on her secret manual; Su Zhe accepts the assignment and begins studying it.
• The Chaos City Leader gives Su Zhe the damaged sword and explains its potential for repair, while Su Zhe eagerly claims and renames it.

Key plot points and events

• After receiving the damaged Heavenly Rainbow Sword, Su Zhe fuses its blade directly into his right arm, using his Absolute Edge Sword Beast body as the hilt. This lets the weapon unleash its full power without needing a replacement hilt.
• The Chaos City Leader agrees that Su Zhe has outgrown the Outer-Domain Battlefield and recommends that he explore a Cosmic Secret Realm. Not knowing Su Zhe’s real intentions, he suggests the Ancestral God Secret Realm, where Su Zhe can pursue the Beast God Path.
• The Chaos City Leader obtains a Fire-Space Beast God Inheritance Token for Su Zhe and arranges access to Thunder Island in the Virtual Universe.
• Su Zhe’s Star-Tear Tribe and Absolute Edge Sword Beast clones travel to the Ancestral God Secret Realm. Together with his other identity, Phoebe, all three of his identities are now present on Purple Thorn Island.
• Su Zhe plans to exploit the Treasure Land by visiting under different identities. As Phoebe, he activates the hundredth mountain peak and wins a Soul-type Top-Tier Heavy Treasure.
• He then arrives as the Rainbow Sword Venerable, Su Zhe’s true identity. The inheritors recognize him, including the Demon Race’s King Liuyu, who has reason to resent him.

Character developments and interactions

• Su Zhe demonstrates his resourcefulness by adapting the Heavenly Rainbow Sword to his unusual body rather than following the Chaos City Leader’s suggestion.
• The Chaos City Leader acts as a supportive mentor, seeking a suitable challenge and a path for Su Zhe’s continued growth.
• Su Zhe accepts the recommendation while keeping his own plans—and his multiple identities—secret.
• His arrival draws attention from the other inheritors, and his history with the Demon Race sets up possible conflict with King Liuyu.

Significant themes

• Adaptability and ingenuity: Su Zhe turns the sword’s flaw into an advantage.
• Hidden identities and strategic opportunity: He uses multiple forms to access the Treasure Land separately.
• Growth and ambition: The Ancestral God Secret Realm offers new training beyond the battlefield.
• Conflicting motives: The Chaos City Leader wants to help Su Zhe develop, while Su Zhe sees the cult as a chance to gain valuable treasures.

Su Zhe entered the Ancestor God Cult’s Treasure Land and triggered the seventy-second peak, obtaining a Domain-type Supreme Treasure left by the late Lord of the Sword. After claiming it, he named it the Infinite Sword Domain and learned that it could fuse with sword treasures to grow stronger.

• King Liuyu spotted Su Zhe but kept his distance and reported him to the Demon Race.
• Su Zhe entered the Treasure Land and explored its peaks while the other inheritors watched him warily.
• Su Zhe triggered the seventy-second peak, drawing the attention of nearby inheritors and several Universe Venerables.
• Su Zhe obtained and claimed Lord of the Sword’s Supreme Treasure, which could fuse with sword treasures to improve its power and quality.
• Su Zhe named the treasure the Infinite Sword Domain and learned that it could reach Peak Supreme Treasure level with 108 Top-tier Supreme Treasure swords.

Su Zhe used different identities to claim several treasures from the Ancestor God Cult’s Treasure Land. The Star-Tear Tribe Clone entered next, aiming for the First Peak.

• Su Zhe learned that the Infinite Sword Domain required many swords to advance, but its basic form was already a powerful trump card.
• Disguised as a plant life-form, Su Zhe triggered the thirty-third peak and obtained the Seed of Life, a material capable of forging a Peak Supreme Treasure.
• Su Zhe’s original body obtained a Top-Tier Heavy Treasure called the Dark Nether Domain and nicknamed it the Black Hole Ball.
• Su Zhe sent the Star-Tear Tribe Clone into the Treasure Land, where it headed straight for the First Peak.