Chapter Summaries

Xu Jingming killed Carlos and the Eternal-Tier Demon garrison at Black Fire Fortress, refusing their offer to recognize him as the new Lord. He annihilated all twenty-three demons and gained Mass Points.

• Xu Jingming used his Slaughter Domain and Sun-Day Divine Thunder to kill Carlos, the Eternal Tier 7 Lord of Black Fire Fortress.
• Atum and more than twenty Eternal-Tier Demons knelt and welcomed Xu Jingming as their new Lord because of his Ancient Demon bloodline.
• Xu Jingming asked what would happen if he killed them all, then unleashed Furious Thunderstorm on the gathered demons.
• Xu Jingming destroyed all twenty-three Eternal-Tier Demons, including Atum, and received Mass Points from the system.

Xu Jingming accepted the third-ring mission to destroy ten Alien Race planetary fortresses and used his lightning to devastate Black Flame Star. After returning toward Planetary Fortress 47, he exchanged military merit for the Myriad Phenomena Illusion Canon to disguise his strength.

• Vera showed Xu Jingming the third-ring mission, which required him to destroy ten planetary fortresses and kill their lords within ten years.
• Xu Jingming unleashed the Sun-Day Divine Thunder and destroyed most of Black Flame Star's fortress and garrison in ten minutes.
• Xu Jingming collected the Eternal Tier demons' World Rings and teleported away before Demon Race reinforcements could arrive.
• Xu Jingming flew toward Planetary Fortress 47 and counted nearly 7,000 Mass Points and his other spoils.
• Xu Jingming asked Vera to find aura-disguise techniques and exchanged 6 billion military merit for the Myriad Phenomena Illusion Canon.

A year after beginning his attacks on Alien Race strongholds, Xu Jingming destroyed the Mechanical Race’s Silver Core Fortress and collected its Eternal Tier corpses. Meanwhile, the Ancient Battlefield of Taichu appeared in the Sixth War Zone, drawing the attention of the Demon Race.

• Xu Jingming spent a year striking Insect Race strongholds with Lin Qianxue and carefully spaced attacks on Planetary Fortresses alone.
• The Ancient Battlefield of Taichu emerged in the Sixth War Zone, and a Demon Race commander sent its location to his race before rushing toward it.
• Xu Jingming arrived at the Silver Core Fortress and destroyed its three orbital fortresses with a lightning strike.
• Xu Jingming unleashed his Slaughter Domain and Sun-Day Divine Thunder, destroying the Silver Core Planet and killing its defenders.
• Xu Jingming stored the corpses of twenty-seven Eternal Tier Mechanical Race members in his World Ring and escaped aboard the Star Trace spacecraft.

Xu Jingming completed the third-stage mission after destroying the Mechanical Race’s Silver Core Fortress and returned to Planetary Fortress 47 with valuable loot. He learned that the fourth-stage mission required killing an Eternal Tier 7 expert with a top-tier Divine Body, while the Ancient Battlefield of Taichu had recently emerged.

• Lin Qianxue praised Xu Jingming’s strength, and he checked his progress after advancing to Eternal Tier 4.
• Vera announced that Xu Jingming had completed the third-stage mission and revealed a fourth-stage mission to kill an Eternal Tier 7 expert with a top-tier Divine Body within one hundred years.
• Xu Jingming directed Vera to take the Star Trace back to Planetary Fortress 47, where he and Lin Qianxue arrived three days later.
• Xu Jingming gave Wang Bo the loot from the destroyed Silver Core Fortress, including twenty-seven Eternal God Mechanical Race corpses.
• Wang Bo valued Xu Jingming’s loot at approximately 320,000 Crystal Yuan and completed the transaction.
• Wang Bo told Xu Jingming that the Ancient Battlefield of Taichu had recently emerged and asked whether he planned to visit.

Xu Jingming learned that the Ancient Battlefield of Taichu had opened and decided to seek opportunities there, while Lin Qianxue chose to return to the academy rather than slow him down. After they shared an emotional farewell, Vera told Xu Jingming that Ye Li had requested a meeting in the Virtual Universe.

• Wang Bo explained that the Ancient Battlefield of Taichu held treasures and Dominator inheritances, and that Eternal powerhouses from the major races were heading there.
• Xu Jingming received the battlefield’s coordinates and decided it might help him find a top-tier Divine Body for his mission.
• After researching the battlefield, Xu Jingming heard Lin Qianxue say she would return to the academy because she feared she would hold him back.
• Xu Jingming comforted Lin Qianxue, and she promised to become stronger before they met again.
• Xu Jingming and Lin Qianxue shared an intimate farewell, after which Vera told him that Ye Li had requested a Virtual Universe meeting.

Xu Jingming spoke with Ye Li about the dangerous Ancient Battlefield of Taichu and insisted on going alone. He returned to Blue Star to check on his family and offer them 500,000 Crystal Yuan, leaving the women stunned.

• Xu Jingming met Ye Li in the Virtual Universe, confirmed he had completed the third Spark Project task, and discussed the Ancient Battlefield of Taichu.
• Ye Li warned Xu Jingming that going alone was dangerous, but he declined her offer to travel with her and promised to contact her if he needed help.
• Xu Jingming checked his assets with Vera, then transferred to the Blue Star Villa to visit Ling Shuang and the other women.
• Ling Shuang told Xu Jingming that Blue Star was developing well, its defenses had been strengthened, and their children missed him.
• Xu Jingming offered the women 500,000 Crystal Yuan, and they were shocked by the amount.

Xu Jingming gave Ling Shuang and the other women 500,000 Crystal Yuan to strengthen Blue Star’s defenses, then upgraded his gear and stocked up on medicine for the Ancient Battlefield of Taichu. After five days with Lin Qianxue, he set out for the battlefield while she returned to Star Dome Academy.

• Xu Jingming gave Ling Shuang and the other women 500,000 Crystal Yuan and urged them to buy weapons capable of threatening Eternal Tier experts and continue cultivating.
• Xu Jingming returned from the Virtual Universe, tucked the exhausted Lin Qianxue into bed, and asked Vera to open the Military Merit Mall.
• Xu Jingming upgraded the Nine-Layer Thunder Prison Spear to SSS3 level, bought a Thunder Abyss Armor, and purchased ten SSS4 Level Endless Vitality Pills.
• Xu Jingming prepared to hunt Eternal Tier experts at the Ancient Battlefield of Taichu, which offered a chance to gain more Mass Points.
• Lin Qianxue spent the next five days with Xu Jingming before leaving for Star Dome Academy, while Xu Jingming boarded the Star Trace spacecraft for the Ancient Battlefield of Taichu in the Third War Zone.

Xu Jingming reached the Ancient Battlefield of Taichu and flew toward the Sky Pit, where a powerful weapon emerged. After Royce and Colt dismissed him, Xu Jingming seized the weapon and faced a coordinated attack from five Demon Race members.

• Xu Jingming arrived at the Ancient Battlefield of Taichu and ordered Vera to guide Star Trace to the Sky Pit.
• Xu Jingming stored Star Trace and flew through the battlefield until he sensed a weapon emerging from the ground.
• Xu Jingming found Royce and Colt among three groups gathered around a rising Dark Gold Battle Axe.
• Royce called for Xu Jingming to join his group, but Xu Jingming asked whether they knew each other, and Royce dismissed him.
• Xu Jingming Teleported beside the battle axe, took it, and stored it in his World Ring.
• The Wolf-Headed Demon Race leader and four other Demon Race members attacked Xu Jingming as Colt watched contemptuously.

Xu Jingming used the Destruction Thunder Spear to kill five Eternal Tier demons in one strike, then teleported away with their spoils. After learning that a damaged battle axe was worth ninety thousand Crystal Yuan, he considered how to permanently deal with Colt, whose master could revive him.

• Xu Jingming killed five Eternal Tier demons with the Destruction Thunder Spear, but the fourth-stage mission remained incomplete.
• Colt and Royce wondered who Xu Jingming was, while Colt recognized similarities between his lightning-and-spear style and Xu Jingming’s.
• Xu Jingming teleported away, appraised the damaged Dark Gold Battle Axe with Vera, and learned it was worth around ninety thousand Crystal Yuan.
• Xu Jingming resolved to deal with Colt, and Vera explained that Time Dominator might revive him unless Xu Jingming prevented it completely.
• Vera suggested enslaving Colt with the Heart-Eating Mark, but Xu Jingming immediately rejected the idea.

Xu Jingming found a warhammer emerging from the Ancient Battlefield and fought three groups of Eternal Tier enemies who tried to claim it. He annihilated all seven enemies, gained 37,500 Mass Points, and took the warhammer, though Vera judged it to be of modest value.

• Vera explained that luring Colt into a dangerous Secret Realm would be difficult, so Xu Jingming decided to grow stronger before confronting him.
• Xu Jingming flew to a black-mist-shrouded plain, where a silver-white warhammer emerged from a ravine.
• Two groups of demons and the Demon Race confronted Xu Jingming over the warhammer and urged him to help defeat their rivals.
• Xu Jingming transformed into his Purple Nightmare Demonic Body and killed all seven Eternal Tier enemies with his spear and Nine-Fold Thunder Tribulation.
• Xu Jingming claimed the warhammer and gained 37,500 Mass Points, while Vera estimated the weapon was worth 30,000 Crystal Yuan.

Xu Jingming left the battlefield after killing seven Eternal Tier fighters, while the Mechanical Race recorded him as a highly dangerous Human expert. Ye Li demonstrated that she had reached the Invincible Eternal Tier, then worried about her junior brother as she headed deeper into the Ancient Battlefield.

• Xu Jingming escaped after killing seven Eternal Tier fighters, and the Mechanical Race identified his lightning and Destruction Law traces and shared a threat assessment through Sky Net.
• Three months later, Ye Li faced five Alien Race fighters who demanded that she hand over a Star Core Tear Gold.
• Ye Li used Dawn Break to kill three Title Eternals, then killed the two fleeing peak Eternals with sword qi.
• Ye Li collected the five World Rings and told her assistant Xiao Ye that she wondered how her junior brother was faring in the Ancient Battlefield.
• Ye Li disappeared toward the battlefield’s depths, concerned that powerful fighters might threaten her junior brother.

Xu Jingming continued building his reputation on the Ancient Battlefield, where powerful warriors from other races slaughtered and defeated their opponents. After wiping out ten Eternal Tier enemies with his Nine-Fold Thunder Tribulation, he collected their spoils and prepared to use his Mass Points to upgrade.

• Yanzhu God slaughtered more than a dozen Eternal Tier warriors on the Star Remains Plain.
• Tianyu God silently killed five Mechanical Race warriors who were fighting three Human Race warriors in a canyon.
• Xu Jingming, disguised as Su Chen, arrived at a battle over a Bronze Ancient Bell and killed ten enemy warriors with his Nine-Fold Thunder Tribulation.
• Xu Jingming collected fifty thousand Mass Points, the World Rings, and the Bronze Ancient Bell as the surviving Human Race warriors departed.
• Vera compared Xu Jingming's reputation to Ye Li's, and Xu Jingming opened his system panel after sensing he had enough Mass Points to upgrade.

After three months of fighting in the Ancient Battlefield of Taichu, Xu Jingming spent most of his Mass Points to reach Eternal Tier 5 and advance his Lightning and Destruction Origin recognition. He then ate the matured Purple Marrow Star Flower, and its vast energy began nourishing his Divine Body.

• Xu Jingming accumulated 300,142 Mass Points after more than thirty battles in the Ancient Battlefield of Taichu.
• Xu Jingming spent 200,000 Mass Points to break through from Eternal Tier 4 to Eternal Tier 5, increasing his Divine Power and Divine Thought by 1,000 each.
• Xu Jingming spent another 100,000 Mass Points to advance Lightning and Destruction Origin recognition from the Fourth Level to the Fifth Level.
• Xu Jingming harvested the mature Purple Marrow Star Flower from his World Ring after Vera explained that it was an SSS1 Level treasure and the Black Soil could nurture at most one more such plant.
• Xu Jingming ate the Purple Marrow Star Flower, unleashing its immense energy within his body.

After breaking through to Eternal Tier 6, Xu Jingming sought out Mystic Pupil God to locate Royce so he could test his new strength. He received Royce’s coordinates near Black Meteor Mountain and prepared to go, despite Vera’s warning about the danger.

• Xu Jingming used SSS1 Level Exotic Flowers and Herbs to break through to Eternal Tier 6, increasing his Divine Power and Divine Thought by 1,500 points each.
• Xu Jingming contacted Mystic Pupil God in the Virtual Universe and asked her to find Royce.
• Mystic Pupil God accepted five thousand Crystal Yuan and provided Royce’s coordinates near Black Meteor Mountain.
• Xu Jingming told Mystic Pupil God that he wanted to test his strength against Royce, then went offline.
• Vera warned Xu Jingming that Royce’s Peak Treasure made him dangerous and asked him to remove her Heart-Eating Mark first.
• Xu Jingming said he could flee if necessary and planned to probe Colt and Royce’s limits.

Xu Jingming used his Divine Thought to locate Royce and confronted him in a valley while disguised as Su Chen. He challenged Royce to spar, leaving Royce and Colt stunned.

• Xu Jingming reached Black Meteor Mountain and spread his Divine Thought across three hundred thousand kilometers.
• Xu Jingming sensed Royce, Colt, and several others northeast of him and flew toward their location.
• Royce and Colt discussed their treasure haul, Xu Jingming’s mission progress, and Ye Li while Royce relaxed in the valley.
• Xu Jingming arrived disguised as Su Chen and told Royce he had come to spar with him.
• Royce and Colt were stunned by Xu Jingming’s challenge.

Xu Jingming challenged Royce and fought Colt, the Time Dominator’s disciple, to test his strength. He overcame Colt’s Time Law with his lightning and Destruction Thunder Spear, leaving Colt badly wounded as Mystic Pupil God watched.

• Xu Jingming challenged Royce, and Colt volunteered to fight him instead.
• Xu Jingming transformed into his Purple Nightmare Demonic Body and faced Colt, who wielded Time and Wind origins.
• Colt slowed Xu Jingming with the Time Law, but Xu Jingming broke through it with Sun-Day Divine Thunder and drove him back.
• Xu Jingming adapted to Colt’s techniques and launched a perfected Destruction Thunder Spear that pierced Colt’s time domain.
• Colt was sent flying thousands of meters and lost 10% of his Divine Body, while Mystic Pupil God watched with growing interest.

Su Chen injured Colt, but Royce confronted him with the Burning Heaven Mirror just as a rare soul-type treasure emerged in the valley. Xu Jingming raced to claim the Soul Small Tower, and the chapter ended with the Mystic Pupil God appearing between him and Royce’s attack.

• Su Chen struck Colt back and injured him, drawing the attention of nearby Eternal Gods.
• Royce summoned the Burning Heaven Mirror and prepared to attack Su Chen.
• A nine-level Soul Small Tower emerged from the valley, prompting more than twenty Eternal Tiers to fight for it.
• Xu Jingming teleported to the tower, but Royce sent a giant flaming hand toward him.
• The Mystic Pupil God appeared in front of Royce’s scarlet beam as Xu Jingming prepared to defend himself.

Xu Jingming escaped Royce with Mystic Pupil God's help and secured the crystalline tower. After recovering in a hidden cave, he examined the treasure with Vera.

• Mystic Pupil God stopped Royce's Flame Giant Hand with her Time Origin Law, giving Xu Jingming the chance to take the crystalline tower and teleport away.
• Mystic Pupil God warned Xu Jingming that he owed her a favor, then confronted Royce and revealed power that made him withdraw with Colt.
• Xu Jingming escaped more than four million kilometers, hid in a cave, and recovered most of his Divine Power.
• Vera urged Xu Jingming to inspect the tower, and he extended his Divine Thought into it, feeling a cool, gentle energy flow back.

Xu Jingming appraised the damaged Nine-Layer Soul Tower and used the Deep Blue System to master its Secret Marks almost instantly. He stored it in his Sea of Consciousness alongside the Ice Heart Crown, where the two pieces of soul equipment unexpectedly coexisted and seemed to complement each other.

• Vera identified the Small Tower as a damaged initial-grade Peak Treasure called the Nine-Layer Soul Tower, with soul-defense and soul-enhancement abilities.
• Vera warned Xu Jingming that learning the tower’s complex Secret Marks could take hundreds or even a thousand years.
• Xu Jingming spent 100 Mass Points and mastered the tower’s Secret Marks in three breaths, then activated its silver light.
• Xu Jingming stored the Nine-Layer Soul Tower in his Sea of Consciousness, where it did not displace the Ice Heart Crown and instead seemed to complement it.

Xu Jingming discovered that he could use two soul-type items at once, greatly strengthening his defenses and enslavement ability. Mystic Pupil God explained that she helped him because her Mystic Pupils showed him standing above the corpses of powerful beings, including World Venerables.

• Xu Jingming confirmed that the Virtual Universe’s records said only one soul-type item could be used, but he could wield both the Ice Heart Crown and the Nine-Layer Soul Tower.
• Xu Jingming realized the Nine-Layer Soul Tower might let him enslave Eternal Peak beings, then learned that Mystic Pupil God was seeking him.
• Xu Jingming thanked Mystic Pupil God for blocking Royce and asked why she had helped him obtain the Nine-Layer Soul Tower.
• Mystic Pupil God said her Mystic Pupils could glimpse fate, but Xu Jingming’s future was obscured from her.
• Mystic Pupil God told Xu Jingming she had seen him standing amid the corpses of Dominators and World Venerables, and said helping someone who might reach the Cosmic Peak was a worthwhile investment.