Chapter Summaries

Zhou Hao confirmed that his second level of Space-Time Fusion had reached the twentieth Tongtian Bridge level, then completed the first stage of every pairwise fusion among the five basic Origin Laws. After pausing his insight sessions to recover, he learned that Alien Race Kings were closing in on Ice Flow Island, leaving little more than ten years before Zhou Hao’s presence might be exposed.

• Chaos City Lord urged Zhou Hao to challenge the Tongtian Bridge and reassured him that he need not hold back his law comprehension to protect the other listeners.
• During his twenty-seventh insight session, Zhou Hao’s listeners advanced to the twentieth Tongtian Bridge level, and he began studying pairwise fusions of the five basic Origin Laws.
• By his thirty-eighth session, Zhou Hao had comprehended the first stage of every pairwise fusion among Metal, Wood, Water, Fire, and Earth, and he recognized that he could attempt their fivefold fusion.
• Exhausted after forty years of intensive practice, Zhou Hao decided to extend the intervals between insight sessions so his soul and consciousness could recover.
• Seven Swords Venerable told Zhou Hao that Alien Race Kings were nearing Ice Flow Island and that their location might be discovered in a little over ten years.

During the next five years, Zhou Hao relaxed his cultivation regimen and grew closer to Seven Swords Venerable and the other Venerables on Ice Flow Island. When King-level Immortal teams began searching nearby, Zhou Hao decided to carry out their plan ahead of schedule.

• Zhou Hao spent time cultivating, studying the Laws of Time and Space, and drinking Ye Yan Lei Wine with Seven Swords Venerable and the others.
• Seven Swords Venerable told Zhou Hao how he had risen from a Giant Axe Fighting Arena genius to a Universe Venerable, and the group toasted together.
• Seven Swords Venerable detected a King-level Immortal team 300 million kilometers from Ice Flow Island, and Venerable Guangmu soul-enslaved the team before bringing them back.
• The enslaved team reported that eighty percent of Cold Fiend Cave had been searched and more teams were approaching the remote islands.
• The Venerables urged Zhou Hao to act before their location was discovered by the upper echelons of the three major camps, and Zhou Hao agreed to execute the plan ahead of schedule.

The Demon Race and the Human Race prepared for Zhou Hao’s appearance in Cold Fiend Cave, as five hundred thousand Alien Race King-level Immortals converged near Ice Flow Island. Zhou Hao emerged to draw them together while nearly four hundred Human Universe Venerables waited in his world ring to attack.

• Meng Yaozu and Zhen Yaozu ordered Lord of Sky Wolf to gather Demon Race forces and seek Zhou Hao’s location, aiming to enslave him or destroy his body.
• Seven Swords Venerable and the other humans spread news of human King-level Immortals near Ice Flow Island, drawing Alien Race Immortals toward the area.
• Giant Axe and the Human Universe Masters reviewed Zhou Hao’s protections and discussed how to handle the political fallout if the plan succeeded.
• Tian Shi Palace Master reported that five hundred thousand Alien Race King-level Immortals had gathered, and Zhou Hao prepared to appear.
• Zhou Hao flew out from Ice Flow Island, and Alien Race King-level Immortals detected Blood Saber King’s aura and became excited at the prospect of finding him.

Zhou Hao revealed that he was the human genius Zhou Hao and drew more than five hundred thousand Alien Race King-level Immortals into pursuit. Nearly four hundred Universe Venerables emerged to destroy them, but two vast auras and an even more terrifying presence descended as the laws of the universe froze.

• Zhou Hao used his winged treasure and battle blade to overwhelm pursuing Kings, then let his high King-level aura fade and exposed himself as a World Master.
• The Zerg Race, Demon Race, and Mechanical Race raised the bounty on Zhou Hao, while the Mechanical Race Father God prepared a wandering Universe's Strongest to strike.
• Humanity's leaders monitored the crisis as Zhou Hao evaded the growing horde, and Seven Swords Venerable and nearly four hundred newly advanced Universe Venerables waited in his world ring.
• After the pursuers exceeded five hundred thousand, Zhou Hao signaled Seven Swords Venerable and the others to emerge; they destroyed the world ring and immobilized the Alien Race Kings with Time Stop and Spatial Lockdown.
• Nearly four hundred Universe Venerables annihilated the pursuing Kings, but two vast auras and a more terrifying presence descended, freezing the universe's laws.

Void True Demon God ambushed Zhou Hao on the Outer Domain Battlefield, but Zhou Hao survived through an unknown soul secret method while many human Venerables were killed. Giant Axe arrived too late to stop Void True Demon God, and the chapter ended with Mountain Lord suspecting Zhou Hao might still be alive.

• Void True Demon God emerged from a King-level Immortal’s world ring and attacked Zhou Hao, overwhelming Tian Shi Palace Master’s defenses.
• Zhou Hao escaped the soul attack through an unknown secret method, but Void True Demon God killed Seven Swords Venerable, Light Curtain Venerable, and many other Venerables.
• Giant Axe arrived and struck Void True Demon God, but law chains restrained him and Void True Demon God escaped using bloodstained armor.
• The news of the failed assassination and humanity’s sudden emergence of nearly four hundred Venerables spread throughout the universe, prompting other races to suspect Zhou Hao possessed a breakthrough secret.
• Puti reported the events to Mountain Lord, who ordered him to investigate and suspected Zhou Hao would not die so easily.

After the Human Race mourned Zhou Hao and feared the other races would exploit his death, Ice Peak Master sensed that Se Lie was alive. Zhou Hao’s surviving divided soul reached safety in the Initial Universe and began explaining his survival to his teachers.

• Chaos City Lord and the other Universe Masters blamed themselves for Zhou Hao’s apparent death and worried that the Zerg Race, Demon Race, and Mechanical Race would spread rumors about his role in creating new Universe Venerables.
• Ice Peak Master sensed that Se Lie’s soul aura had recovered, and Giant Axe led the Human Race’s Universe Masters to the Outer Domain Battlefield to retrieve him.
• Se Lie explained that the Nine Lives Evolution Technique had made his soul dormant, saving his divided soul from Void True Demon God’s attack while his original body also entered dormancy.
• Giant Axe and the others brought Se Lie to the Initial Universe, where he was safe from further attack.
• Se Lie told Chaos City Lord and Ice Peak Master that his body was a separately divided soul with a talent for foreseeing danger, and Chaos City Lord asked what that meant for his ability if the main soul had perished.

Zhou Hao learned that Void True Demon God had killed Seven Swords Venerable and the other enslaved Venerables, and he decided to remain in the Initial Universe until he was strong enough to take revenge. As the enemy races planned to expose his talent and provoke the universe against humanity, Zhou Hao reunited with his friends in Chaos City and offered to help them improve.

• Zhou Hao told Chaos City Lord and Ice Peak Master that his Soul Category talent would remain as long as his soul survived, reassuring them that his power had not vanished.
• Chaos City Lord and Ice Peak Master revealed that Void True Demon God had killed Seven Swords Venerable, Light Curtain Venerable, and the other soul-enslaved Venerables, leaving Zhou Hao grieving and blaming himself.
• Zhou Hao resolved to stay in the Initial Universe, master the strongest laws, and leave only when he had enough strength to kill Void True Demon God.
• The Mechanical Father God, Insectoid Empress, and Meng Tu discussed Zhou Hao's survival and planned to reveal his talent to other races to turn them against the Human Race.
• Zhou Hao reunited with Luo Feng, Wuka, Ai Chen, Qian Shui, Bolan, Rong Jun, and the others in Chaos City, then offered to share his insights and talent with them each year.

Racial alliances pressured the Hong Alliance to reveal humanity’s rumored method for helping King-level Immortals become Universe Venerables. Zhou Hao advised the Human Race to grant selected audit slots while keeping control, and the leaders agreed to expand access every hundred years.

• King Fei Jing confronted Thousand Rain King in Glory Plaza and demanded confirmation of the rumored human breakthrough technique, threatening that the races would oppose humanity if it monopolized the secret.
• Inheritors from several racial alliances backed King Fei Jing’s demand and asked the Hong Alliance to relay their willingness to trade treasures for information.
• The news reached the Human Race, and Chaos City Lord and the other Virtual Lineage Universe Masters summoned Zhou Hao to discuss the pressure from other races.
• Zhou Hao recommended selectively granting audit slots to friendly races and powerful forces while retaining the Human Race’s control over access.
• Chaos City Lord and the others agreed to expand the scale of auditing once every hundred years and discussed further arrangements for developing geniuses.

Mountain Lord learned that Zhou Hao’s talent had helped Human Race members break through bottlenecks and suspected Zhou Hao was still alive. Meanwhile, Human Race negotiated lecture access with other powers, and Mountain Lord offered valuable treasures for a chance to study the technique as the Human Race’s Supreme Council reviewed the negotiations.

• Puti told Mountain Lord that Zhou Hao’s lectures had helped King-level Immortals, Universe Venerables, and even Universe Masters advance.
• Mountain Lord inferred that Zhou Hao was alive and told Puti to offer Peak Domain Supreme Treasures, Soul Supreme Treasures, or even an Ultimate Supreme Treasure for access to the secret technique.
• Northern Frontier Alliance Universe Masters debated whether to pressure Human Race or negotiate for more lecture slots, while other alliances and races considered Human Race’s offer.
• Chaos City Lord reported that weaker alliances such as the Nine Domains Alliance had agreed to side with Human Race in exchange for more slots, while powerful races had not yet responded.
• Chaos City Lord told the Human Race Supreme Council that Starry Sky Beast Alliance demanded three times the slots and that Mountain Lord had been the first solitary Universe’s Strongest to respond.

The Human Race’s leaders discussed Mountain Lord’s offer to trade Supreme Treasures for Zhou Hao’s secret method, then agreed to prioritize Zhou Hao’s growth. Zhou Hao met Luo Feng and his former peers in the Initial Universe and prepared to attempt the Tongtian Bridge, leaving them eager to see how far he could advance.

• Chaos City Lord told the Human Race’s leaders that Mountain Lord offered a peak Domain Supreme Treasure and a Soul Supreme Treasure for their secret method, with an Ultimate Supreme Treasure promised if it could improve a Universe’s Strongest.
• Giant Axe and Chaos City Lord argued that Mountain Lord was a safe potential trading partner, and the leaders agreed that Zhou Hao’s talent should remain the Human Race’s top priority.
• Luo Feng visited Zhou Hao on his rooftop, and Wuka, Rong Jun, Ai Chen, Bolan, and the others joined them.
• Zhou Hao said he planned to comprehend the laws and improve his strength, then announced that he would attempt the Tongtian Bridge.
• Ai Chen predicted Zhou Hao could reach the seventeenth level, Rong Jun and Bolan expected the eighteenth, and Luo Feng and Wuka silently anticipated his attempt.

Zhou Hao challenged the Universe Tongtian Bridge to test his strength, drawing the attention of the Human Race’s powerful figures. He advanced to the eighteenth level, where he faced a warrior gatekeeper.

• Ai Chen questioned Wuka and Luo Feng about their silence, but they exchanged a mysterious smile and said nothing.
• Zhou Hao arrived at the Tongtian Bridge and chose to challenge the Universe Tongtian Bridge rather than the Ice Peak one.
• Chaos City Lord alerted the Human Race’s powerful figures and ordered Bafen to restrict the broadcast to Universe Masters to protect Zhou Hao’s strength from leaking.
• Zhou Hao cleared the first seventeen levels without using either move of his Eight Divine Variations, though he spent longer on the seventeenth level.
• Zhou Hao reached the eighteenth level and chose to fight a warrior gatekeeper, who formed from black mist in the darkness.

Zhou Hao defeated the eighteenth-level gatekeeper with a powerful Space-Time Fusion Law saber technique, then cleared the nineteenth level with his Talent Secret Method. He began challenging the twentieth level, where the gatekeeper demanded mastery of at least two advanced space laws.

• Zhou Hao used “Milky Way Hangs in the Long Sky” to shatter the eighteenth-level gatekeeper, astonishing Chaos City Lord and the other Universe Masters.
• Bafen announced that Zhou Hao had cleared the eighteenth level and was challenging the nineteenth, leaving Ai Chen, Rong Jun, Wuka, and Luo Feng stunned.
• Zhou Hao used his Talent Secret Method to clear the nineteenth level with ease, prompting Kings and Venerables to question whether he could pass the twentieth.
• The twentieth-level gatekeeper told Zhou Hao he needed to fully comprehend at least two of teleportation, sealing, and strangulation to advance.
• Zhou Hao faced the twentieth-level gatekeeper as Chaos City Lord and others watched, with many spectators believing he would not clear the level.

Zhou Hao defeated the gatekeeper on the twentieth level of the Tongtian Bridge and continued to the twenty-first, where he faced a Venerable-level opponent. The chapter ended as he was asked to choose what kind of opponent to fight.

• Zhou Hao used Milky Way Hangs in the Long Sky to pressure the twentieth-level gatekeeper, who evaded his attacks with teleportation.
• Zhou Hao baited the gatekeeper into using a spatial seal, then struck with a golden beast-shaped saber technique and defeated him.
• Giant Axe, Chaos City Lord, and the other Universe Masters expected Zhou Hao to fail on the twenty-first level, while the waiting crowd celebrated his passage through the twentieth.
• Zhou Hao reflected on the threats facing him and the Human Race as he flew toward the twenty-first-level gatekeeper.
• The gatekeeper explained that Zhou Hao could choose a warrior, controller, or illusionist opponent to challenge for passage.

Zhou Hao challenged the guardian of the twenty-first level of the Tongtian Bridge and used his time-focused ultimate technique, Flying Goose Treading on Snow Mud, to escape the guardian’s spatial Seal. The guardian’s Kill defeated Zhou Hao, who accepted the loss while reflecting on his path of space-time fusion.

• The guardian warned Zhou Hao that his complete mastery of space far surpassed the previous level and offered him the first move.
• The guardian used Seal to freeze Zhou Hao and his saber light in space.
• Zhou Hao used Flying Goose Treading on Snow Mud to reverse his own recent movement and return to the entrance, breaking the Seal.
• The Human Race’s Universe Masters marveled that Zhou Hao had created a talent-grade technique with the potential to use space-time reversal.
• The guardian struck Zhou Hao with Kill, overpowering his Milky Way Hangs in the Long Sky and knocking him unconscious.
• In the Virtual Universe, Zhou Hao reflected that his law comprehension remained insufficient and said he would keep pursuing the ultimate path despite losing.

After Zhou Hao failed to pass the twenty-first level of the Tongtian Bridge, the Chaos City Lord praised his exceptional achievements and offered to send him to the Ancestral God Cult. Zhou Hao chose to remain in the Initial Universe to advance his law comprehension, and over twenty years his talent secret method helped human geniuses reach the nineteenth level.

• Many King-level Immortals and Universe Venerables learned that Zhou Hao had not passed the twenty-first level and left Plane Island relieved.
• The Chaos City Lord praised Zhou Hao's secret techniques and his progress in Space-Time Fusion, calling him the most dazzling genius in human history.
• The Chaos City Lord offered to send Zhou Hao to the Ancestral God Cult, but Zhou Hao chose to keep studying laws in the Initial Universe first.
• Zhou Hao focused on fusing the five laws of Metal, Wood, Water, Fire, and Earth, while also advancing his Space-Time Fusion Law and Eight Divine Variations.
• More than twenty years later, Wuka, Bolan, Ai Chen, Rong Jun, and other geniuses had advanced to the nineteenth level of the Tongtian Bridge with Zhou Hao's help, shocking the human higher-ups.

Zhou Hao’s secret Talent Secret Method had raised the law comprehension of Human Race geniuses to unprecedented levels, while his first Universal Grand Lecture was set to reveal the method to the universe a year later. The three rival peak races debated whether to attack humanity, and the Human Race Supreme Council began its own meeting to assess the situation.

• Giant Axe and Chaos City Lord saw Zhou Hao’s Talent Secret Method elevate the Human Race geniuses toward the level of once-in-ten-million-eras monsters.
• The Human Race kept the secret from outsiders and prepared Zhou Hao’s first Universal Grand Lecture in the Virtual Universe for a year later.
• The Insectoid Empress, Meng Tu, and the Mechanical Father God debated whether their three races should strike humanity if the lecture proved Zhou Hao could raise Immortals into Venerables.
• The three peak races’ leaders postponed their decision until after the lecture, while warning that humanity’s growing alliances could make a war dangerous.
• The Human Race Universe Masters gathered for a Supreme Council meeting, and Giant Axe asked about the situation among the major races.

Zhou Hao’s breakthrough in the Life Law coincided with preparations for his universe-wide lecture, as the Human Race weighed the danger of provoking rival peak races. A year remained before the lecture, and Zhou Hao spent the time training and relaxing with Luo Feng and their friends.

• Chaos City Lord and the Human Race’s leaders discussed lecture quotas, support from other races, and the threat posed by rival peak races.
• Giant Axe ordered the Human Territory to prepare for war in case the Demon Race, Zerg Race, and Mechanical Race made a move.
• Zhou Hao fused the five fundamental laws and comprehended the preliminary Life Law, but lacked the Destruction Law Talent needed to advance quickly along his intended path.
• Zhou Hao prepared for the lecture by testing his Eight Divine Variations and developing the move Flying Goose Treading on Snow Mud.
• Zhou Hao drank with Luo Feng, Rong Jun, and Qian Shui, who praised the Ye Yan Lei Wine and joked about Zhen Yan hoarding his jug.

Zhou Hao delivered a universe-wide Dao lecture in the Virtual Universe, using the Great Dao Admonition to reveal the fundamental laws to millions of Immortals. As listeners entered enlightenment, many King-level Immortals began breaking through their bottlenecks.

• The Human Race opened the Virtual Universe to non-Hong Alliance members for Zhou Hao's lecture, drawing them closer to humanity.
• Zhou Hao appeared at the center of the grand Dao arena as millions of Immortals gathered and discussed his talent and the Human Race's prospects.
• Zhou Hao began explaining the fundamental laws and used the Great Dao Admonition to guide listeners to the origins of the universe's laws.
• A King Limit from a small race understood how to comprehend space and began breaking through to become a Universe Venerable.
• The lecture sparked a wave of enlightenment, and many King Limits and Peak King-level Immortals began breaking through their bottlenecks.

Zhou Hao’s Great Dao Admonition sparked breakthroughs among Alien Race listeners and greatly advanced his own comprehension. After the lecture, its results sent races across the universe rushing to seek places at future lectures, leaving major alliances alarmed by their members’ growing interest in the Human Race.

• The Great Dao Admonition triggered wave after wave of breakthroughs, and several small-race members reached Universe Venerable, easing the dangers facing their races.
• Zhou Hao’s comprehension surged as he absorbed the lecture’s effects, and he initially fused the laws of wind, light, and lightning.
• After two hours, the lecture’s effects faded; listeners continued meditating, and Zhou Hao left the Virtual Universe after half a month.
• Human Race statistics showed that several thousand of the several million King-level Immortals had become Venerables, while nearly seventy percent of the others gained insights or improved their comprehension.
• Weak races, ordinary races, and independent alliances contacted the Human Race for places at the next lecture, while the Northern Frontier Alliance and Thorn Ring Alliance grew concerned about races in their ranks leaning toward the Human Race.

The Human Race's Supreme Council discussed the enormous gains from Zhou Hao's sermon and the growing strength of its alliances. Zhou Hao then considered his path to immortality, which remained difficult despite his exceptional progress in law comprehension.

• The Universe Masters learned that 1,752 attendees had advanced to Universe Venerables and two Hong Alliance Venerables had become Universe Hegemons.
• Giant Axe proposed approaching the Prison Race and Crystal Race with limited sermon slots in exchange for staying neutral in a great war.
• Chaos City Lord reported that many attendees and small races regarded Zhou Hao as a half-teacher or saint, while the Starry Sky Beast race offered a deeper alliance if it received more slots.
• Zhou Hao assessed that his law comprehension surpassed that of many Universe Venerables, though his World Master status and lack of an Immortal Divine Body limited his combat power.
• Zhou Hao planned to cultivate the Nine Tribulations Secret Codex and develop an ultimate technique as he pursued his space-time fusion path toward immortality.