Chapter Summaries

Huang Wuye ordered the Meteor Legion and Blazing Flame Army to eradicate slave trading across the Meteor Universe Kingdom, while continuing to cultivate. The crackdown began with a Kingdom Lord's decree demanding the release of slaves and threatening execution for anyone who resisted.

• Huang Wuye welcomed Huang Yuan with a banquet after learning that several Meteor Legion commanders had agreed to support the operation.
• Huang Wuye ordered the Meteor Legion to lead the campaign and the Blazing Flame Army to assist, prioritizing the rescue of vulnerable and talented slaves and the capture of slave merchants.
• Huang Wuye declared that anyone obstructing the operation within the Meteor Universe Kingdom would be killed without mercy.
• After Huang Yuan left, Huang Wuye returned to cultivation and chose to study the mysteries of the domain lord realm before advancing.
• Meteor Legion warships deployed across the kingdom, and a decree prohibited slave trading, ordered all slaves released, and threatened execution for those who resisted or sheltered slave merchants.

The Meteor Universe Kingdom launched a sweeping crackdown on slave trading, freeing countless slaves and raising Huang Wuye’s reputation. As he remained absorbed in cultivation, an undercurrent began to stir among the wider powers.

• Fire Monkey announced the Meteor Universe Kingdom’s ban on slave trading and ordered Doria to surrender.
• Manka deployed the Meteor Legion to arrest slave traders across the Sunset Empire and rescue their slaves.
• Doria tried to flee but was quickly suppressed, and the Meteor Legion captured the slave traders while releasing compliant slave owners and freeing the slaves.
• Fire Monkey’s forces left Sunset Galaxy, and raids also swept through other slave-trading empires across the Meteor Universe Kingdom.
• Marquis Xinglan complained that Huang Wuye’s order had damaged the Commerce Division’s profits, while the Martial and Military Division leaders dismissed his concern.
• Huang Wuye continued cultivating, unaware that his crackdown had stirred an undercurrent among the higher-ups of other universe kingdoms.

Huang Wuye concluded the slave-cleansing operation, arranged citizenship and opportunities for the freed slaves, and obtained genetic material from thousands of races. Thirty years later, he reflected on his rapid cultivation in Chaos City, having greatly improved his genetic strength and gained recognition from the Fire, Metal, and Wood Origin Laws.

• The Meteor Universe Kingdom broadcast the execution and sentencing of captured slave traders and announced citizenship and talent-development policies for freed slaves.
• World Master Lina reported that more than 400,000 slave planets and billions of beings had been liberated, and she gave Huang Wuye genetic samples from thousands of races, including Dragon Humans.
• Huang Wuye ordered the Gluttonous Guard to find talented Dragon Humans and told Lina to establish the Gluttonous Pavilion and cultivate loyal talent.
• After thirty years of cultivation in Chaos City, Huang Wuye reached a hundredfold life-gene level, greatly strengthening his abilities.
• Huang Wuye gained recognition from the Fire, Metal, and Wood Origin Laws and comprehended all 108 fundamental essences of Space Law, while a few essences of Time Law remained beyond him.

After nearly thirty years in Chaos City, Huang Wuye returned to the Universe Heavenly Bridge to test his progress and remind others he was still around. He defeated the ninth-level guardian, leaving his latest breakthrough on display.

• Huang Wuye decided to attempt another level of the Heavenly Bridge despite the attention it could attract.
• Guardian Baffin announced Huang Wuye's arrival, and Huang Xue, Huang Hu, and Ye Wuhen came to greet him.
• Huang Wuye caught up with Huang Xue, praised Huang Hu for passing the sixth level, and congratulated Ye Wuhen on becoming King Longyu's disciple.
• Huang Wuye chose the warrior path and confronted the guardian on the ninth level of the Heavenly Bridge.
• Huang Wuye countered the guardian's attacks, knocked him back, and shattered his body with Horizon at Hand.

After passing the ninth level of the Universe Heavenly Bridge, Huang Wuye reunited with the other geniuses, continued studying the Universe Chaos Stele, and prepared to leave Chaos City. Venerable Nanke praised his progress but warned the survivors about the 11 fallen geniuses, while Huang Wuye looked forward to Yuxiang Mountain.

• Huang Wuye withdrew from the ninth-level world after earning 256,000 points, leaving the next level’s reward unclaimed.
• Huang Wuye reunited with the other top geniuses, teased Huang Hu about sparring, and invited everyone for a drink.
• After beating Huang Hu, Huang Wuye went to the Universe Chaos Stele and studied the origins of the time and space laws.
• Venerable Nanke summoned the geniuses as their time in the Initial Universe ended and praised Huang Wuye for passing the ninth level.
• Venerable Nanke warned that only 989 of the original 1,000 geniuses remained and gave them ten days before departure.
• Huang Wuye heard that they would soon leave Chaos City and looked forward to Yuxiang Mountain.

Huang Wuye arrived at the Yuxiang Mountain Primal Region and prepared to accept a Virtual Universe Company training mission, reviewing his survival assets and buying a new spear. He left for the Virtual Universe to earn more points through the Immortal Altar and perfect force exertion.

• Huang Wuye arrived at Yuxiang Mountain and was welcomed by Man Shan and the guard army.
• Huang Wuye ordered Dasheng to find eligible training missions while he reviewed his spaceship, Xiluo Armor, and strengthened Fire-Thorn Vine.
• Huang Wuye searched the treasure vault with Dasheng and bought the Immortal-grade Falling Feather Spear for one hundred thousand points.
• Huang Wuye planned to earn more points at the Immortal Altar and through perfect force exertion, then sent part of his consciousness into the Virtual Universe.

Huang Wuye earned the Immortal Altar’s maximum reward and challenged the Illusion Sea, where he forged his consciousness into a Mind Spear. After barely clearing the fifteenth island, he withdrew from the virtual universe and fell asleep from exhaustion.

• Huang Wuye struck the Immortal Altar’s target with five attacks of exactly one hundred units each and received fifty thousand points.
• Huang Wuye entered the Illusion Sea and overcame its first island’s memories of Huang Hu and Huang Xue, then pressed through further illusions.
• Huang Wuye’s consciousness took the shape of a spear as the Illusion Sea tempered it, and he named his new soul secret technique the Mind Spear.
• Huang Wuye cleared twelve islands and, after struggling against the thirteenth island’s pressure, judged that he could reach the fifteenth.
• Huang Wuye endured the fifteenth island’s soul-burning flames, withdrew from the virtual universe, and fell into a deep sleep.

Huang Wuye chose the Blood Luo World for his first dangerous-level mission, tested his new Falling Feather Spear, and traveled there with Huang Xue. After entering the world, they descended through its clouds together.

• Huang Wuye reviewed cultivation worlds and selected the Blood Luo World for its Beast God legacies, varied races, and Blood Luo Crystals.
• Dasheng gave Huang Wuye the newly arrived Falling Feather Spear, and Huang Wuye tested its response to his psychic power before practicing with it.
• Huang Wuye accepted the Blood Luo World mission, and Huang Xue joined him with her guard unit aboard his spacecraft.
• Huang Wuye and Huang Xue studied the world's language and writing, then agreed to explore the Blood Luo World together.
• Huang Wuye and Huang Xue entered the world's atmosphere, put away the spacecraft, and flew down through the clouds.

Huang Wuye and Huang Xue won the God of War Selection and met the Divine Tree Lord, who offered them Blood Luo Crystals if they joined his territory. Huang Wuye rejected the offer and demanded every Blood Luo Crystal the lord possessed.

• Huang Wuye, Huang Xue, and Yan Tai emerged as the three Gods of War in Divine Tree City's selection.
• Huang Wuye and Huang Xue followed a silver-armored Domain Lord to meet the Divine Tree Lord.
• Huang Wuye assessed the Divine Tree Lord as a powerful ninth-stage world-level expert who had fused with at least three Blood Luo Crystals.
• The Divine Tree Lord questioned Huang Wuye and Huang Xue, then offered them Blood Luo Crystals in exchange for joining his territory.
• Huang Wuye raised a barrier around the martial arts arena and demanded all the Blood Luo Crystals the Divine Tree Lord possessed.

Huang Wuye fought Lord Divine Wood in the martial arena after sealing it with the Fire-Thorn Vine and protecting Huang Xue. Their fierce battle left both men battered, and they separated after another clash.

• Huang Wuye summoned the Fire-Thorn Vine, which killed Lord Divine Wood’s nearby Domain-level subordinates and sealed the arena.
• Lord Divine Wood attacked, but Huang Wuye pushed Huang Xue to safety and blocked his surprise strike with the Falling Feather Spear.
• Huang Wuye and Lord Divine Wood introduced themselves and began fighting at full speed.
• Their clashes shattered the arena, and the shockwaves killed Yan Tai while Little Fire shielded Huang Xue.
• Huang Wuye damaged Lord Divine Wood’s armor and severed his arm, but Lord Divine Wood regenerated it before they separated after another collision.

Huang Wuye fought the Divine Tree Lord, who boosted his strength with eight Blood Luo Crystals, but Huang Wuye’s mastery of the Laws of Fire and Space let him seize the advantage and inflict severe injuries. The Divine Tree Lord regenerated and rose to continue the battle, insisting Huang Wuye lacked the strength to kill him.

• The Divine Tree Lord donned fresh armor and activated his Blood Luo power, greatly increasing his strength.
• The Divine Tree Lord sent Huang Wuye flying with a saber strike, but Huang Wuye used the Law of Space to evade a follow-up attack.
• Huang Wuye unleashed his Origin Laws of Fire and Space and drove the Divine Tree Lord back with a barrage of spear attacks.
• Huang Wuye used Close as the Horizon to halt the Divine Tree Lord and blasted him into a deep crater, destroying half his body.
• The Divine Tree Lord rapidly regenerated, rose into the air, and taunted Huang Wuye that his Cloudsoar-level attacks could not kill him.

Huang Wuye battled the Divine Tree Lord, using his speed and spear techniques to steadily wear him down. The Divine Tree Lord gained acknowledgment from the Origin Law of Wood and unleashed Space Projection, but Huang Wuye recovered from the counterattack and launched his Void Death Calamity technique.

• Huang Wuye challenged the Divine Tree Lord to fight with everything he had, and the Divine Tree Lord attacked first with a powerful saber slash.
• Huang Wuye shattered the saber radiance, evaded the Divine Tree Lord’s counterattacks, and pierced his abdomen with a spear.
• Huang Wuye used his speed to overwhelm the Divine Tree Lord with spear shadows, gradually multiplying the Divine Tree Lord’s wounds.
• The Divine Tree Lord gained acknowledgment from the Origin Law of Wood, healed his injuries, and used Space Projection to trap Huang Wuye before striking him with a powerful blade aura.
• Huang Wuye recovered from the blow, closed in on the Divine Tree Lord, and unleashed Layered Calamity Shadows of the Void Death Calamity.

Huang Wuye defeated and enslaved the Divine Tree Lord, Xinglan, then searched his storage ring and began absorbing Blood Luo Crystals. After fusing with the first crystal and gaining a thirty percent strength increase, Huang Wuye continued the process.

• Huang Wuye overwhelmed the Divine Tree Lord with his Void Death Calamity and enslaved him using the God Control Art.
• Xinglan bowed to Huang Wuye, who gave him a Jade Fruit and sent him to manage Divine Tree City.
• Huang Wuye and Huang Xue entered Xinglan's cultivation chamber and found more than three thousand boxes of Blood Luo Crystals in his World Ring.
• Huang Wuye and Huang Xue prepared to fuse with Blood Luo Crystals, and Huang Wuye began the process first.
• Huang Wuye fused with one Blood Luo Crystal, gained a mysterious body pattern and a thirty percent strength increase, then continued fusing with more.

Huang Wuye completed his hundredth Blood Luo Crystal fusion, becoming a Black Warrior and greatly increasing his attack power and sensitivity to laws. He ordered Xinglan to gather more crystals, then gave some to his Time Spirit Clan avatar while he set out to explore Divine Tree City.

• Huang Wuye endured the final clash of wills and completed his hundredth Blood Luo Crystal fusion, transforming his body.
• Huang Wuye tested his strength in the martial arena and found that the crystals amplified his attacks tenfold and made laws far clearer to him.
• Huang Wuye asked Xinglan to obtain a batch of Blood Luo Crystals, and Xinglan offered to gather ten thousand from subordinate lords.
• Huang Wuye summoned his Time Spirit Clan avatar and gave it over a hundred Blood Luo Crystals to fuse.
• Huang Wuye left to explore Divine Tree City and its local customs.

Huang Wuye reunited with Huang Xue in Divine Tree City after she fused three Blood Luo Crystals and became a Blood Warrior. On Giant Wood Planet, his Yimu Azure Dragon avatar broke through to the World Lord realm and ordered the Dragon Kingdom’s forces to spread his will across the planet.

• Huang Wuye met Huang Xue in Divine Tree City and learned that she had fused three Blood Luo Crystals, becoming a Blood Warrior.
• Huang Wuye promised to take Huang Xue to the Ancient God Ruins on the Blood Luo Continent to help her fuse more Blood Luo Crystals, and said Little Hu should join them.
• The Dragon Kingdom expanded across Giant Wood Planet, subduing its creatures and commanding eight giant beast legions and two legions of the small folk race.
• Huang Wuye’s Yimu Azure Dragon avatar absorbed energy in the Dragon Palace and broke through to the World Lord realm.
• After his transformation, Huang Wuye addressed the Dragon Kingdom’s people and ordered them to carry his will to every corner of the planet.

Huang Wuye's Gluttonous Golden Ape avatar broke through to the World Lord realm, joining his Yimu Azure Dragon avatar and strengthening his confidence. He left seclusion on the Blood Luo Continent, where he told Xinglan that their plan needed to change.

• Huang Wuye's Gluttonous Golden Ape avatar completed its breakthrough and displayed its immense power as a World Lord.
• Huang Wuye reflected on how his avatars' different racial talents shaped their temperaments and embraced them as aspects of himself.
• Huang Wuye decided his true body could eventually advance faster now that two of his avatars had reached the World Lord realm, but resolved to keep strengthening his foundation first.
• Huang Wuye emerged from seclusion on the Blood Luo Continent and found Xinglan ordering clan heads to gather Blood Luo Crystals.
• Huang Wuye summoned Xinglan, praised his progress, urged him to cultivate toward immortality, and announced that their plan needed to change.

Huang Wuye enslaved Elephant Venerable and gathered Blood Luo Crystals before deciding to leave the Blood Luo Continent after nearly three years. He departed with Huang Xue while Huang Hu stayed behind to train, and Huang Wuye looked ahead to his next stages of cultivation and a journey to a similar planet.

• Huang Wuye used the Soul-Enchanting Liquid and his soul technique to enslave Elephant Venerable, then had Elephant Venerable and Xinglan subdue twenty more World Master-level martial artists.
• Huang Wuye accumulated nearly 250,000 Blood Luo Crystals and decided to leave the Blood Luo Continent after more than three years there.
• Huang Wuye and Ah Xue watched the snow together before he prepared to depart.
• Huang Hu chose to remain on the Blood Luo Continent with Xi Luo to continue training, and Huang Wuye warned him to leave the region and go to the Blood God Ruins afterward.
• Huang Wuye left aboard a spacecraft controlled by Dasheng, while Huang Hu resolved to grow stronger; Huang Wuye planned to advance to the Domain Lord level and visit a similar planet.

Huang Wuye mastered the fundamental essences of several laws, advanced to Domain Lord, and traveled to Ganwu Universe Country, where Little Fire broke through to immortality. After testing the strength Little Fire lent him, Huang Wuye headed for the Virtual Universe Company’s Ganwu branch, but his journey was set to face trouble.

• Huang Wuye comprehended the Laws of Gold and Wood, mastered all 108 fundamental essences of the Law of Space, and gained its recognition.
• Huang Wuye passed the twelfth level of the Heavenly Bridge, improved the Spear Canon, and broke through to Domain Lord with a thousand-fold genetic level.
• Huang Wuye traveled to Ganwu Universe Country and summoned the Fire-Thorn Vine, which broke through to immortality as Little Fire.
• Little Fire merged into Huang Wuye’s body and lent him power comparable to a weak Marquis-level Undying.
• Huang Wuye set off for the Ganwu branch headquarters of the Virtual Universe Company, but his journey was not destined to be peaceful.

The chapter outlined the Hundred Schools of Thought, their origins, doctrines, and major representatives across twelve schools. It concluded by describing how their ideas and works shaped later Chinese philosophy, politics, culture, and medicine.

• The chapter explained that many schools emerged during the Spring and Autumn and Warring States periods as scholars advised competing feudal lords.
• It described the teachings and representatives of Confucianism, Daoism, Mohism, Legalism, the Yin-Yang School, the School of Names, the Syncretist School, the Agriculturalist School, the School of Fiction, and the Diplomatic School.
• It presented military strategists including Sun Wu, Wu Qi, Sun Bin, Wei Liao, and Sima Rangju, along with their military works and contributions.
• It listed physicians including Bian Que, Hua Tuo, Zhang Zhongjing, Sun Simiao, and Li Shizhen, highlighting their medical works and innovations.
• The chapter concluded that the schools and their representatives formed a rich intellectual tradition with lasting influence.

Huang Wuye awoke on a barren planet with his memories lost and discovered that its people were enslaved. He resolved to free them, beginning with a search for a way to break their collars.

• Huang Wuye woke on a barren planet with fragments of memory and immense power he could not use.
• He found people wearing glowing slave collars and decided to help them escape slavery.
• Huang Wuye learned that the planet's rulers were World Lords and planned to infiltrate their castle.
• He found an ancient book describing a ritual that could remove slave collars using starlight power.
• Huang Wuye awakened a trace of starlight power and used it to free one slave.
• He resolved to find more starlight power and free more slaves, despite the World Lords' likely resistance.