Chapter Summaries

Xia Manggan retrieved a devastating Fire God Source Crystal before joining Thunder God and the new Thunderbolt Squad aboard Thunder God’s luxurious F-grade spacecraft. During the twelve-day journey to their assembly point, Xia Manggan guided Yan Luo through her Fire Law questions and entered a state of enlightenment, drawing the Origin Law of Fire’s recognition.

• Xia Manggan retrieved the S-911 Strongest Fire God Source Crystal from the Galaxy Bank vault and secured it inside his World Lord world.
• Xia Manggan joined the new Thunderbolt Squad, and Thunder God led them from an ordinary E-grade ship to his impressive F-grade Thunder God Ship.
• Thunder God’s spacecraft entered the Dark Universe for a twelve-day journey toward the Alliance assembly point before the squad would enter the Thunder God Palace Secret Realm.
• Yan Luo asked Xia Manggan for guidance on the Fire Laws, and he answered her questions while demonstrating divine patterns with World Force.
• Xia Manggan entered a state of enlightenment, and the Origin Law of Fire descended and recognized him.

After gaining recognition from the Origin Laws of Fire and Water, Xia Manggan triggered a transformation when Spatial Origin reacted to his mastery of every law in the spatial branch. His Internal World expanded to a diameter of one hundred billion kilometers, and he gained abilities resembling those of a Universe Venerable.

• Xia Manggan entered his World Ring after the Origin Law of Fire engulfed the lounge and damaged its pool and beach.
• Thunder God and Zi Feng discussed Xia Manggan's many law attainments and worried that the Thunder God Palace Secret Realm mission's increased rewards signaled danger.
• The Origin Law of Water descended on Xia Manggan, giving him its recognition and a water mark between his brows.
• Spatial Origin descended and transformed Xia Manggan's law marks and Life Core after recognizing his mastery of every law in the spatial branch.
• Xia Manggan entered the Universe Origin Land, where his Internal World expanded from ninety million to one hundred billion kilometers in diameter.
• Xia Manggan discovered that he could teleport and create spatial phantom bodies without disturbing space, then noticed his transformed Internal World.

Xia Manggan discovered that his evolved Life Core had expanded his Internal World to 100 billion kilometers and greatly extended the time he could sustain Law of Heaven and Earth. As the Thunder God squad approached the Thunder God Palace Secret Realm, they reviewed their Thunder Beast mission and learned the palace was about to open.

• Xia Manggan found that his Internal World had reached 100 billion kilometers in diameter, while his body and Life Gene Level remained unchanged.
• Xia Manggan tested Law of Heaven and Earth and determined he could maintain it for about an hour even while fighting.
• Xia Manggan joined Thunder God and the others in the Thunder God Ship lounge, where he said he had studied Gold, Space, Water, Fire, and a little Thunder Law.
• Zi Feng explained that the squad's mission was to collect at least one hundred pieces of Light Yellow Thunder Glass from Thunder Beasts in the Thunder God Palace Secret Realm.
• Thunder God revealed that the Thunder God Palace was about to open.

Xia Manggan learned that Thunder God Palace was about to open and studied how its Thunder God General inheritance could be won. He arrived with the Thunderbolt Squad at the Thunder God Palace Secret Realm, where they prepared to begin their mercenary mission and compete for the inheritance.

• Xia Manggan found Venerable Mangya’s account of Thunder God Palace and learned that only twenty-eight warriors could enter to seek the Thunder God General inheritance.
• Xia Manggan speculated that Thunder God was a Natural Beast God and questioned why the Zerg allowed other races to compete for the inheritance in their territory.
• Xia Manggan and the Thunderbolt Squad reached a gathering point crowded with mercenary ships and learned that a King-Level Immortal would transport them by God Kingdom Teleportation.
• The King-Level Immortal placed the mercenaries and their ships inside a World Ring, then brought them to the Thunder God Palace Secret Realm.
• The Thunderbolt Squad saw the vast, light-purple supercontinent and arrived at the secret realm.

The Thunderbolt Squad entered an F-rank high-danger zone in the Thunder God Palace Secret Realm, where Thunder Beasts and the Zerg threatened the newcomers. After choosing to explore the zone, the squad detected its first potential opponents and prepared for battle.

• A King-Level Immortal warned the mercenary squads about the Thunder Beasts, alien forces, and Zerg in the F-rank zone before departing with his companions.
• Thunder God chose to lead the Thunderbolt Squad into the F-rank zone after Bei Qiu and Xia Manggan revealed they could kill ordinary Immortals, and Thunder God showed off his Immortal-level Moyun Vine.
• Zerg Mother Empress Youlin announced that the Thunder God Palace was about to open and led the Zerg Mother Empresses and their warriors through a golden passage to begin hunting alien races.
• After two days without encountering a target, the Thunderbolt Squad detected intense energy fluctuations and approached an enemy group of one Immortal God and nine World Lords.
• Xia Manggan prepared for battle and noted that the opposing group would make it ten against ten.

Xia Manggan and Thunderbolt Squad ambushed a Telo Race hunting party, killed several World Lords, and helped defeat their Immortal. The Telo Race sent a distress signal, and two Zerg Mother Empresses were dispatched to hunt Xia Manggan.

• Thunderbolt Squad identified the Telo Race warriors and attacked them by surprise, with the ship's cannon badly wounding the Thunder Beast.
• Xia Manggan used the Yan God Weapon with a Lightning Law technique to kill one Telo Race World Lord and redirect the Thunder Beast's attack to help Zi Feng kill another.
• Bei Qiu crushed the Telo Race Immortal's Law Domain with the Golden Horn Race World Projection, then fought the Immortal with his Heaven-Supporting Pillar technique.
• Xia Manggan killed the weakened Thunder Beast and intervened when the Telo Race Immortal threatened Bei Qiu.
• The Telo Race Immortal called for help, prompting nearby Zerg forces to converge on the battle site.
• Sister Youlin sent Alisa and Zhuona to kill Xia Manggan.

Thunder God’s squad defeated a Zerg force but lost their chance to capture its last Immortal when he fled and self-destructed, before Thunder God’s Immortal-level Moyun Vine killed him. The squad escaped while Zerg Princesses Alisa and Zhuona mobilized a vast search, and Xia Manggan detected a swarm approaching as the group began dividing its spoils.

• Xia Manggan and Bei Qiu battered the Telo Race Immortal while the rest of Thunderbolt Squad killed the other Telo Race World Lords.
• The Telo Race Immortal sacrificed both forelimbs to blast away their weapons and flee, but Thunder God sent his Immortal-level Moyun Vine after him and destroyed him when he self-destructed.
• Thunderbolt Squad gathered the spoils and escaped aboard the Thunder God Ship before Zerg reinforcements arrived.
• Princess Alisa and Princess Zhuona ordered Zerg forces to search the FX3325 region for the human squad and summoned billions of warriors to sweep the surrounding space.
• Xia Manggan revealed that Belka’s detection instrument had concealed their energy signature and detected a vast approaching insect swarm as Thunder God began dividing the spoils.

Xia Manggan collected the Light Orange Thunder Glass he needed and Thunder God organized the squad to fight more effectively against Immortal Gods. After three days of travel, the squad targeted six Mohu Race World Lords, who had secretly lured them in for His Highness Li Chiya.

• Belka estimated that the enormous insect sea army came from a World Lord-level Zerg Mother Empress, though it might have been released by an Immortal-level one, so Xia Manggan chose not to pursue it yet.
• Xia Manggan exchanged a Yellow Thunder Glass for the Light Orange Thunder Glass left by the Telo Zerg Immortal, bringing him one step closer to his Life and Death Trial requirements.
• Thunder God reviewed how the squad had killed the Telo Zerg Immortal and assigned the ten members to three combat groups for future battles against Immortal Gods.
• After traveling for three days, the squad prepared to attack six Mohu Race World Lords, whom Thunder God had followed and judged manageable.
• The Mohu World Lords revealed that they had noticed the pursuit and had lured the human and Golden Horn Race geniuses in to attract His Highness Li Chiya, who then opened his eyes inside their World Ring.

The Thunderbolt Squad was ambushed by Mohu Race Immortal Gods and then confronted by the Sky Wolf Race Immortal Li Chiya. Xia Manggan revealed his hidden strength and struck Li Chiya down, leaving the terrified wolf fleeing as Xia Manggan pursued him.

• Thunder God recognized the Thunder God Ship’s target as a trap, but Haoweisa and Wufei rammed the ship and attacked the Thunderbolt Squad.
• Thunder God led the squad into battle, where the World Lords overwhelmed the Mohu Race fighters and Haoweisa called Li Chiya for help.
• Li Chiya emerged from the Ring World, overpowered the squad with his flame domain, and began burning Thunder God’s Immortal Moyun Vine.
• Xia Manggan revealed Kae’s Immortal-Level armor and projected an ocean-like world that suppressed Li Chiya’s flames.
• Li Chiya declared himself the future Red Wolf Marquis and attacked Xia Manggan, who used Xueluo Power and Nine Refinements of the Chaotic Hole to cleave through him.
• Li Chiya regenerated after losing much of his divine body and fled, but Xia Manggan pursued him with another blade strike.

Xia Manggan killed Li Chiya and the other foreign fighters, then left Thunderbolt Squad with their spoils as rumors about his identity and supposed treasures spread through the Thunder God Palace Secret Realm. When Venerable Mangya warned him that alien Immortal God teams were converging on his location, Xia Manggan realized the rumors were alarmingly close to the truth.

• Xia Manggan overwhelmed Li Chiya with two strikes, and Li Chiya self-destructed rather than risk being enslaved; Xia Manggan then killed the Mohu Race fighters.
• A Monster Race King ordered false and embellished reports about Xia Manggan to spread, prompting experts from other races, including the Machine Race and Leiquan Race, to seek him out.
• Xia Manggan examined the spoils, found large quantities of Thunder Glass, and gave Thunderbolt Squad the remaining loot before revealing that he had joined them to complete a mission.
• Venerable Mangya contacted Xia Manggan and warned that his identity and location had been exposed and that alien Immortal God teams were closing in.
• Xia Manggan realized the rumors about his Supreme Treasure and enormous fortune were nearly accurate.

Xia Manggan learned that Venerable Mangya and Venerable Juntian would protect him from enemy Universe Venerables, while he had to face other pursuers himself. After placing Thunderbolt Squad in his World Ring, Xia Manggan began hunting alien teams and ambushed a Yanya Race group, killing one Immortal God before the survivors recognized him.

• Venerable Mangya told Xia Manggan that Venerable Juntian would intervene against enemy Universe Venerables, but Xia Manggan had to handle lower-level foes himself.
• Xia Manggan discovered sixty-one alien teams closing in, then stored Thunderbolt Squad in his World Ring and departed aboard the Belka Ship.
• Kanoenle and Dilinsuo identified Ganyu as Xia Manggan and explained his reputation as humanity’s peerless genius, codenamed Number One by hostile races.
• Xia Manggan chose to hunt the unaffiliated alien teams, starting with a Yanya Race group whose Green Fruit Wine caught his attention.
• Xia Manggan Teleported into the Yanya Race spacecraft, destroyed it with a sudden attack, and annihilated one Immortal God as the survivors recognized him.

Xia Manggan ambushed and killed dozens of alien Immortals, then encountered King Qianxing, a formidable Machine Race expert, and prepared to fight him with his domain treasure. Their battle began as King Qianxing launched his chained black spheres and Xia Manggan answered with the Illusion Light Pool.

• Xia Manggan refused Qiupu’s offer to pay him to leave and concealed the fight with golden light before attacking the seven Yanya Race Immortals.
• Xia Manggan killed six Yanya Race Immortals, while Qiupu self-destructed; Xia Manggan evaded the blast and collected their treasures.
• Xia Manggan wiped out three more alien teams, killing nineteen Marquis-Level Immortals and thirty-three Immortal Army Lords within five minutes.
• Xia Manggan rested in a hollow planet, assessed the danger posed by King-Level Immortals, and prepared to hunt the remaining alien team.
• Belka detected a superior Large Detector, and King Qianxing appeared, sealed the surrounding space, and confronted Xia Manggan.
• King Qianxing attacked with his Qianxing heavy treasures, and Xia Manggan activated the Illusion Light Pool to meet the assault.

Xia Manggan fought King Qianxing to a standstill, escaped by threatening him with a Strongest Fire God Source Crystal, and reached a Mercenary Alliance safe base with the Thunderbolt Squad. King Qianxing then showed the battle to Youlin and Chi Yan, who began discussing a joint effort against Xia Manggan.

• Xia Manggan used the Illusion Light Pool to trade long-range attacks with King Qianxing and evade his attempts to force close combat.
• King Qianxing burned his divine power and charged Xia Manggan, who revealed a Strongest Fire God Source Crystal and forced him to retreat.
• Xia Manggan escaped after the gap between them widened, while King Qianxing showed their battle to Youlin and Chi Yan and proposed joining forces.
• Xia Manggan teleported more than eight hundred times to reach Mercenary Alliance Base LS-01 and reunited with the Thunderbolt Squad aboard the Thunder God Ship.
• Thunder God asked Xia Manggan whether he was really His Highness Xia Manggan of the Virtual Universe Company.

After parting from the Thunderbolt Squad, Xia Manggan met Venerable Juntian at Qingtan Palace and learned that the Machine, Zerg, and Monster races planned to join forces against him. The Hong Alliance invited him into its space, where he discovered that he and King Jumu had been assigned neighboring residences.

• Xia Manggan shared Green Fruit Wine with the Thunderbolt Squad before they reached the Mercenary Alliance's LS-01 base, where King Jumu summoned him to Qingtan Palace.
• Xia Manggan said goodbye to Thunder God and the squad, then met Venerable Juntian, who asked about his battle with King Qianxing.
• Venerable Mangya told Xia Manggan that the Machine, Zerg, and Monster races had agreed to target him, and Venerable Juntian warned him about dangerous enemies skilled in space-time laws and soul attacks.
• Venerable Juntian invited Xia Manggan to stay safely in Qingtan Palace and urged him to strengthen his life-preserving abilities while he waited for his Star-Eating Grass to evolve.
• A Hong Alliance delegation invited Xia Manggan to join, and he entered Hong Alliance City to find that he had been assigned a residence in Lengyue Lake Residential District.
• Xia Manggan called King Jumu for help and discovered that Jumu had just stepped out of the neighboring residence.

Xia Manggan revealed his identity as the Chaos City Lord’s disciple in Hong Alliance City, drawing widespread attention as he searched Yubao Hall for armor and weapons he could afford. The chapter ended with a group of Universe Venerables gathering to meet him, led by Tuling of the Golden Horn Race.

• Xia Manggan told King Jumu to reveal his identity, causing Hong Alliance City’s members to recognize and warmly greet him.
• Xia Manggan declined King Lishui and the other King-Level Immortals’ invitation to dine, then went with King Jumu to Yubao Hall.
• King Canxin personally welcomed Xia Manggan, while Tuling and other Universe Venerables hurried to the shop to meet him.
• Xia Manggan found many suitable treasures in Yubao Hall but could not afford their prices, so he decided to save his money and sell his spoils.
• Tuling introduced himself to Xia Manggan as an elder of the Golden Horn Race while more than a dozen Universe Venerables watched.

Xia Manggan accepted Elder Tuling’s offer to aid the Golden Horn Race in the Thunder God Palace contest and received the Thousand-Leaf Golden Scale Armor. After his final Thousand-Vine Star-Eating Grass evolved into a Peak King-Level Immortal, the Universe Origin recognized his mastery of Thunder Laws and granted him a third Innate Secret Art, Life Procreation, which let him nurture independent clones.

• Elder Tuling invited Xia Manggan to help Elder Ou Huang pursue a Thunder God General inheritance slot and offered him a heavy treasure, which Xia Manggan accepted.
• Xia Manggan received and refined the Thousand-Leaf Golden Scale Armor, gaining powerful protection against material and soul attacks.
• Over the following year, two of Xia Manggan’s three Thousand-Vine Star-Eating Grasses failed to evolve, but he stayed with the last one through its transformation.
• The final Thousand-Vine Star-Eating Grass successfully became a Peak King-Level Immortal, and Xia Manggan gained recognition in the Origin Law of Thunder.
• The Universe Origin transformed Xia Manggan’s perception of Time Laws and granted him the Life Procreation Innate Secret Art, which could nurture a clone from genetic material.
• King Jumu told Xia Manggan that a Thunder Beast with Peak King-Level strength had appeared and asked whether he was interested.

Xia Manggan learned that Peak King-Level Thunder Beasts were appearing early because a Thunder Beast Emperor might soon be born, but he declined King Jumu’s invitation to hunt with a team so he could train alone. After expanding his Internal World beyond one hundred eighty billion kilometers, he told the Chaos City Lord about his transformation and gained unlimited access to Universe Crystals.

• King Jumu told Xia Manggan that a Thunder Beast Emperor might be about to be born and invited him to join a team hunting Thunder Beasts, but Xia Manggan declined to follow his own training plan.
• Xia Manggan bought nearly thirty billion points’ worth of evolution materials to raise Kae toward High King-Level strength and improve his defenses.
• Xia Manggan used Universe Crystals to expand his Internal World to more than one hundred eighty billion kilometers, but found that his Life Core could still bear further growth.
• Xia Manggan visited the Chaos City Lord and explained that the Universe Origin Will had remodeled his Life Core, expanded his Internal World, and granted him the Innate Secret Art Life Procreation.
• The Chaos City Lord removed Xia Manggan’s limit on Universe Crystal resources and asked him to describe the descent of the Universe Origin Will in detail.

Xia Manggan told Chaos City Lord that he had gained recognition from all the Origin Laws and demonstrated three formidable blade techniques, astonishing his teacher. After receiving Universe Crystals and expanding his Internal World, Xia Manggan prepared to disguise himself and set out.

• Chaos City Lord warned Xia Manggan to keep his recognition of all Origin Laws secret and advised him to choose a durable Special Lifeform for his new clone.
• Xia Manggan declined the Human Race's offer to find a clone for him, saying he wanted to rely on his own strength.
• Xia Manggan showed Chaos City Lord three Crescent Moon Blade Canon techniques, and Chaos City Lord recognized them as Universe Master-level secret arts.
• Chaos City Lord promised to arrange special opponents and improve Xia Manggan's training room so he could refine the techniques.
• Xia Manggan obtained 500 billion Hunyuan Units' worth of Universe Crystals and used them to expand his Internal World to 946 billion kilometers in diameter.
• Xia Manggan equipped Kae and the Thousand-Leaf Golden Scale Armor, concealed his World Lord aura, and prepared to disguise himself before setting out.

Xia Manggan, disguised as a Feicang Race lifeform, flew toward a gathering of Immortal teams drawn by a battle with a Thunder Beast. He held back as the teams converged, intending to enter the fight after the others had weakened each other.

• Xia Manggan told Belka to monitor only King-Level Immortals and powerful Thunder Beasts, then headed toward a clash that had attracted thirteen Immortal teams.
• Marquis Mengjin and seven Monster Race Immortals attacked a Peak Marquis-Level Thunder Beast, and Mengjin’s devouring secret art impressed his allies.
• The Monster Race team burned Divine Power to finish the Thunder Beast, while six approaching teams turned away after sensing their power.
• Belka identified the factions approaching the fight, including two human-led Hong Alliance teams that joined forces and had the strongest combined strength.
• Xia Manggan slowed his spaceship to let the other teams fight first, and the Machine Race team arrived at the battlefield ahead of the rest.

Xia Manggan overheard Walimu’s plan to use Zerg and Monster Race teams to destroy two Human Race Hong Alliance teams, then betray their allies for greater spoils. He chose to intervene directly, appearing before the Machine Race spacecraft as King Canghai and attacking it.

• Walimu planned to recruit Zerg and Monster Race teams to ambush the two Hong Alliance teams, then eliminate the Zerg and Monster Race forces in turn.
• Xia Manggan listened in through his detection equipment and recognized the danger facing the Human Race teams.
• Belka asked Xia Manggan to warn the teams through the Virtual Universe System, but Xia Manggan decided to attack the Machine Race instead.
• Xia Manggan appeared before Walimu’s pyramid spacecraft and unleashed a rainbow-bladed strike, declaring himself King Canghai and calling for revenge.