Chapter Summaries

Zhou Hao’s Mirror Clone returned to the Starry Sky Beasts’ sacred land as Sword River Lord and was welcomed by the Iceberg Giant Beast lineage. Iceberg Master brought him before the Starry Sky Beast Ancestor, who began examining him.

• Lord of Flame Star brought Sword River Lord to Starry Sky Divine Mountain and introduced him as a returning member of the Iceberg Giant Beast lineage.
• Iceberg Master and the Iceberg Giant Beast Venerables welcomed Sword River Lord and promised the lineage would protect him from those who had hunted him.
• Iceberg Master promised to recommend Sword River Lord for the Ancestor’s focused cultivation and a place in the Holy Land Realm.
• Iceberg Master learned that the Ancestor wanted to meet Sword River Lord and escorted him to Ancestor Mountain.
• The Starry Sky Beast Ancestor appeared before Sword River Lord and examined him.

The Starry Sky Beast Ancestor accepted Zhou Hao as a genuine Starry Sky Beast and brought him to the Beast God Realm to train. Zhou Hao used the opportunity to sign in repeatedly, collecting hundreds of rewards and eventually claiming nearly everything available there.

• The Starry Sky Beast Ancestor saw that Zhou Hao's soul was not from an Alien Race and decided to train him personally.
• Iceberg Master praised Zhou Hao's strength and asked the Ancestor to guide him before leaving them alone together.
• The Starry Sky Beast Ancestor questioned Zhou Hao's choice of the Space-Time Path, and Zhou Hao claimed he had gained an inheritance in a special secret realm.
• The Ancestor took Zhou Hao to the Beast God Realm, where Zhou Hao signed in and received more than five hundred rewards, including supreme treasures and Beast God secret patterns.
• The Ancestor opened the realm to Zhou Hao, explained its accelerated time flow, and urged him to study the Eight Great Beast God Statues and secret techniques.
• Zhou Hao spent nearly two months signing in daily, obtained almost everything in the Beast God Realm, and especially prized the Eight Great Beast God secret patterns.

After gaining the Beast God Statues’ Secret Pattern Diagrams, Zhou Hao ended his seclusion and became a Universe Venerable with combat power comparable to a Universe Master. Chaos City Lord welcomed him into the Virtual Universe Lineage’s ranks, and Zhou Hao became the Human Race’s twenty-third Universe Master before being taken to meet the Original Ancestor.

• Zhou Hao realized the Beast God Statues’ Secret Pattern Diagrams would accelerate his study of the laws and planned to test them at the next sermon.
• Chaos City Lord sensed Zhou Hao’s breakthrough, learned that his divine body had grown immensely powerful, and declared him a Universe Master in strength.
• Chaos City Lord brought Zhou Hao to meet the Virtual Universe Lineage’s Universe Masters, who welcomed him warmly.
• Chaos City Lord introduced Zhou Hao to the other Universe Masters, making him the Human Race’s twenty-third Universe Master.
• Chaos City Lord took Zhou Hao to meet the Original Ancestor.

Zhou Hao and the Virtual Lineage paid respects to Original Ancestor, who privately worried that Zhou Hao might repeat his attempt to seize the Original Universe’s Origin Will. Back at Thunder Island, Zhou Hao accepted the title Sword River Lord and prepared to attend a true Giant Axe Meeting.

• Chaos City Lord told Zhou Hao about Original Ancestor’s former dominance and encouraged him to become a Universe’s Strongest who could restore the Human Race’s glory.
• The Virtual Lineage arrived at Original Ancestor’s statue, and Zhou Hao respectfully paid respects to his grandteacher.
• After the group left, Original Ancestor recognized Zhou Hao’s extraordinary talent and wondered how he could escape his own suppression.
• At the Thunder Island palace, Chaos City Lord explained the Giant Axe Meeting and discussed what title Zhou Hao should use.
• Zhou Hao chose to keep the title Sword River Lord, and the Universe Masters teleported to Giant Axe Temple.

At the Giant Axe Meeting, Zhou Hao and the Human Race’s Universe Masters discussed whether his universal lectures should continue now that he had become a Universe Master. The meeting concluded that the lectures would continue every hundred years, despite concerns that Zhou Hao’s influence could provoke a war the Human Race might not be able to win.

• The Human Race’s Universe Masters welcomed Zhou Hao and congratulated him on his breakthrough.
• Giant Axe Founder proposed gradually reducing the frequency of Zhou Hao’s universal lectures to preserve his freedom and avoid unrest among the scattered races.
• Zhou Hao argued that the lectures should remain every hundred years because changing the schedule could alienate the Hong Alliance’s scattered races and because teaching many listeners also benefited him.
• Giant Axe Founder agreed to continue the lectures and told Chaos to increase the number of available slots.
• Giant Axe Founder explained that Zhou Hao’s lectures could cause other races’ powerful Venerables and hegemons to become Universe Masters, potentially triggering a final battle that could force humanity to surrender its territory and Zhou Hao.

Zhou Hao insisted on continuing his preaching despite the risk of provoking the Five Great Peak Race Alliance, explaining that he needed it to accelerate his law comprehension. Giant Axe Founder agreed to support his decision, and Zhou Hao discussed the scale of the upcoming virtual and real-world preaching with Chaos City Lord.

• Zhou Hao explained that the rival race alliances would likely unite against humanity if they sensed it could rise again.
• Zhou Hao said he would continue preaching once per century in the Virtual Universe and begin preaching in the Original Secret Realm once every fifty years.
• Chaos City Lord, Giant Axe Founder, and the other Universe Masters recognized that real-world preaching could help them advance, though it could expose humanity to its enemies.
• Giant Axe Founder agreed to Zhou Hao's plan and said humanity should not become timid because of the Five Great Peak Race Alliance.
• Zhou Hao told Chaos City Lord that the Virtual Universe dojo preaching should draw seven million participants, then began discussing the real-world audience size.

As the next Cosmic Sermon approached, Arc Hammer King announced that the Human Race would add more than five million attendance slots and reduce the contribution cost to one-tenth of the previous amount. Races and alliances across the universe rushed to compete for slots that could help their members become Universe Venerables or Universe Hegemons.

• Alien Race kings in Hong Alliance City discussed the upcoming sermon and worried about whether their accumulated understanding justified spending resources on attendance slots.
• Arc Hammer King told the gathered kings that the Human Race would add more than five million slots for the sermon three months later.
• Arc Hammer King revealed that each slot would cost only one-tenth of the previous contribution, silencing the plaza with the news.
• Alien Race kings immediately passed the announcement to their races, and excitement spread throughout the universe.
• The Northern Frontier Alliance, Thorn Ring Alliance, Ancestral God Cult, and Starry Sky Beast Alliance convened meetings to pursue more attendance slots.

Races across the universe debated the Human Race’s expanded lecture slots, wary of its growing strength but eager to obtain places. Zhou Hao continued cultivating before appearing at the lecture hall to address seven million observers.

• Universe Masters of the Northern Frontier Alliance debated why the Human Race had expanded its observer slots and whether its growing power threatened them.
• The Starry Sky Beast Alliance’s ancestor negotiated with Giant Axe and secured a thousand slots.
• Zhou Hao cultivated in the Original Secret Realm and considered how the larger audience might affect his Great Dao Admonition.
• More than half a month later, King-level Immortals and Universe Venerables gathered at the Virtual Universe lecture hall, hoping to break through their bottlenecks.
• A voice silenced the seven million observers, and Zhou Hao appeared on the central platform.

Zhou Hao’s lecture to seven million powerhouses amplified his enlightenment and theirs beyond expectations. He created the perfect Fourth Style of Space-Time, named Starlight, and comprehended the Second Step Fusion of Space before awakening in his palace.

• Zhou Hao began a lecture on space for seven million listeners, whose consciousnesses entered an amplified sea of laws.
• The lecture’s effects combined with Zhou Hao’s Secret Pattern Diagrams and other techniques, letting him create the Fourth Style of Space-Time and name it Starlight.
• With the final hour of the lecture, Zhou Hao studied the Second Step Fusion of Space using the Secret Pattern Diagrams as a blueprint.
• Listeners gradually emerged from enlightenment over the following weeks, and many credited Zhou Hao’s lecture with helping them break through to become Venerables.
• After a month and a half, Zhou Hao awoke, withdrew from the Virtual Universe, and recognized that he had created Starlight and comprehended the second step of the Life Law.

The Five Great Peak Race Alliance debated how to respond to Zhou Hao's increasingly influential preaching and decided to launch a final war against the Human Race within one thousand years. The Human Race prepared for Zhou Hao's next real-world session, unaware of the alliance's deadline, while Zhou Hao returned to cultivation.

• The Demon Ancestor of Prison Race argued that the alliance could neither kill Zhou Hao nor risk a final war, leaving them to delay as his influence grew.
• The Mechanical Father God warned that the Human Race might gain new Universe Masters and urged the alliance to accelerate its plans.
• The Mechanical Father God pointed to the long absence of Ancestor Tree Venerable, Star Prison Demon Lord, and Tian Shi Palace Master as evidence that they might have broken through.
• The Insectoid Empress and the other Universe's Strongest agreed to launch the final war within one thousand years.
• The Human Race prepared for Zhou Hao's third real-world session without knowing the alliance's decision, while Zhou Hao resumed arduous cultivation.

Forty years after entering the Original Secret Realm, Zhou Hao created a new Space-Time Fusion Law move and continued pursuing a second Life Law secret technique. As his third real-world sermon approached, humanity prepared for the five million observers by abandoning secrecy while spreading false information about who could attend.

• Zhou Hao greeted his senior brothers and sisters in the Thousand Treasures River Palace Group, then chatted with Venerable Jin Fu and Gui Yi before returning to his palace.
• Zhou Hao judged that his new move, Starlight, would provide area damage but would not surpass Light of Life, so he focused on improving his Life Law combat power.
• Zhou Hao continued trying to create a second-stage Life Law secret technique, drawing on Secret Pattern Diagrams and Beast God Realm techniques despite making no progress over forty years.
• Humanity's upper echelons decided they could not keep Zhou Hao's third real-world sermon secret from the Five Great Peak Race Alliance and chose to hold it openly.
• Giant Axe's side prepared to separate the five million observers and spread false information that Universe Hegemons would not be allowed to attend.

The Zerg Empress and rival factions learned about Zhou Hao’s large-scale real-world lecture, while the Human Race refused outside requests to attend. Zhou Hao ended nearly five thousand years of cultivation with major progress across many Fusion Laws, though he had not yet created the second-step Life Law secret technique.

• The Dreamlike Empress asked Xuelina whether Zhou Hao’s lecture offered a chance to kill him, and Xuelina explained that Human Race protection and the lecture’s location made an attack impractical.
• The Five Great Peak Race Alliance continued preparing for a decisive battle within a thousand years and focused on mobilizing Universe Masters and competing for Original Star treasures.
• The Northern Frontier Alliance, other factions, and unaffiliated races requested slots at Zhou Hao’s lecture, but the Human Race declined and said slots might open gradually in the future.
• Zhou Hao ended a cultivation period of nearly ten years in Thousand Treasure River Palace after almost five thousand years of progress across his Laws.
• Zhou Hao had reached the sixth level in the Eight Great Beast God Paths, advanced several other Fusion Laws beyond the fifth level, and continued studying Space-Time, Life, and Destruction Laws.

Mountain Lord learned that Zhou Hao’s combat power had reached the Universe Master level and discovered that his secret technique was based on the Life Law. Shocked by Zhou Hao’s achievement, Mountain Lord decided to attend his upcoming lecture.

• Zhou Hao left the palace and had six months to rest before his lecture.
• Mountain Lord and Puti discussed Luo Feng’s progress toward becoming the Star Tower’s master and Zhou Hao’s upcoming lecture.
• Puti showed Mountain Lord a recording of Zhou Hao’s battle on the Original Star, and Mountain Lord was shocked by Zhou Hao’s Light of Life technique.
• Mountain Lord identified the technique’s foundation as the Life Law, leaving Puti astonished.
• Mountain Lord told Puti to arrange for him to attend Zhou Hao’s lecture.

Mountain Lord agreed to attend Zhou Hao’s Dao lecture and offered a Peak Supreme Treasure in exchange for a place. After Zhou Hao requested a suitable saber, Mountain Lord studied his battle records, recognized his extraordinary path toward the Life Law, and began considering how to forge a weapon for him.

• Puti was startled when Mountain Lord decided to attend Zhou Hao’s Dao lecture, then sent the message to the Virtual Universe.
• Chaos City Lord told Giant Axe that Mountain Lord would attend and offer a Peak Supreme Treasure, and Giant Axe welcomed him and suggested the Human Race arrange a custom treasure for Zhou Hao.
• Chaos City Lord asked Zhou Hao what kind of supreme treasure he needed, and Zhou Hao requested a saber suited to his current strength.
• Mountain Lord ordered Puti to gather Zhou Hao’s battle footage and, after reviewing it, inferred how Zhou Hao had progressed from basic and Fusion Laws toward the Life Law.
• Mountain Lord admired Zhou Hao’s talent and perseverance and decided to put special care into forging his saber.

Zhou Hao reunited with Wuka, Bolan, and the others and learned that the Human Race was struggling against the Five Great Tribes Alliance on the Frontier Battlefield. A new system mission appeared, tasking him with raising humanity’s strength and killing five Universe Masters.

• Wuka, Ai Chen, and the others celebrated with Zhou Hao and reflected on how much their strength and the Human Race’s young generation had grown.
• Wuka and the others told Zhou Hao that the Frontier Battlefield had reached a stalemate, but the Five Great Tribes Alliance’s advantage in King-level fighters was causing heavy human losses.
• Zhou Hao realized the alliance was pursuing a prolonged war of attrition to weaken the Human Race before a decisive battle.
• Zhou Hao received two new system missions: strengthen the Human Race and kill five Universe Masters.

Zhou Hao learned from the Chaos City Lord how the Human Race was losing Immortal Kings and Venerables while facing pressure from five peak races. Concerned about the coming racial war, he visited Hong and Thor and admitted he was worried about the Human Race’s situation.

• Zhou Hao reviewed his sign-in missions and decided that raising Human geniuses through preaching was the best way to strengthen the Human Race.
• Zhou Hao asked the Chaos City Lord about the Frontier Battlefield, and the Chaos City Lord explained the Human Race’s losses and conservative strategy.
• The Chaos City Lord said the Human Race hoped Zhou Hao’s preaching would help five million young geniuses grow faster, while assuring him the crisis was temporary.
• Zhou Hao reflected that the Human Race lacked the advantages it had in the original plot and worried that the racial war had begun because of him.
• Zhou Hao visited Hong and Thor in Nine Star Bay, where he learned their combat strength had greatly improved, and told them he was worried about the Human Race.

Zhou Hao sought comfort from Hong and Thor over the Human Race’s losses, then turned his focus to comprehending the Chaos Law. Meanwhile, Giant Axe invited Mountain Lord to observe Zhou Hao’s lecture, and Mountain Lord said he might ally with the Human Race if Zhou Hao’s talent surpassed his expectations.

• Hong and Thor reassured Zhou Hao that the Human Race’s war with the other races had been inevitable, and they drank Epoch Kui Wine together.
• Hong and Thor asked about Luo Feng, and Zhou Hao assured them that Chaos City Lord could sense that Luo Feng was safe.
• After drinking for nearly half a month, Zhou Hao resumed cultivating and began studying the Chaos Law ahead of the real-world lecture.
• Giant Axe met Mountain Lord in the Original Secret Realm and asked him to keep the lecture’s process and outcome confidential.
• Mountain Lord met the Human Race’s Universe Masters and said he would not join a faction but might form an alliance if Zhou Hao’s talent exceeded his expectations.

Zhou Hao preached the Life Law to five million listeners, and his Great Dao Admonition drove them into powerful states of enlightenment. As the spiritual tide engulfed the seal platform, Mountain Lord recognized the extraordinary significance of what he was witnessing and lost his composure.

• Chaos, Darkness, and the other Universe Masters concealed themselves in a palace while five million listeners gathered in the Original Secret Realm.
• Giant Axe summoned a sealing supreme treasure as a preaching platform and isolated the listeners with his divine power.
• Zhou Hao appeared on the platform and began explaining the Life Law, with the listeners answering his greeting in unison.
• The Great Dao Admonition and Word is Law pushed the listeners into enlightenment, while the Universe Masters saw visions of their cultivation paths.
• A tide of spiritual radiance covered the seal platform, and Mountain Lord trembled as he realized the significance of Zhou Hao's preaching.

Zhou Hao’s Great Dao Admonition gave five million listeners a chance to comprehend their paths, and Mountain Lord was shocked to find its sound could isolate the platform from the Universe Rules. The chapter ended as the last immersed Universe Masters awakened, while the Human Race celebrated a surge in its strength.

• Mountain Lord listened to Zhou Hao expound the Dao and realized the platform’s sound seemed to transcend the Universe Rules.
• Zhou Hao used his familiarity with Beast God Secret Pattern Diagrams to deepen his understanding of the Chaos Law before the two-hour effect ended.
• Mountain Lord told Giant Axe he would fulfill his earlier promise and seriously consider cooperating with the Human Race, prompting Giant Axe to hope he would join them.
• Listeners left the platform as their enlightenment ended, while many World Masters broke through and became Immortals.
• Three Universe Hegemons comprehended time and space and became Universe Masters, bringing the Human Race total to twenty-six; 2,371 King-level experts became Universe Venerables, and Wuka, Ai Chen, and Bolan advanced as well.
• A year and a half after Zhou Hao’s expounding, Huang Jian, Qing Dong, Xu Jin, and the other Universe Masters awakened from their enlightenment.

After Zhou Hao's lecture strengthened the Human Race's Universe Masters and helped three cultivators become Universe Masters, Chaos City Lord announced that he could become a Universe's Strongest within a few thousand years. Darkness Lord also said he had clarified his path to becoming a Universe's Strongest.

• Huang Jian, Qing Dong, and the other Universe Masters realized Zhou Hao's lecture had significantly improved their strength.
• Chaos City Lord summoned everyone to a meeting at the Giant Axe Temple, where three newly promoted Universe Masters thanked Zhou Hao.
• Giant Axe credited Zhou Hao's lecture with strengthening the Human Race and asked Chaos City Lord to report on their situation.
• Chaos City Lord said he had cleared the obstacles on his path and expected to become a Universe's Strongest within a few thousand years.
• Darkness Lord said he had clarified his own path to becoming a Universe's Strongest.