Chapter Summaries

Chaos City Lord worried that Zhou Hao could not safely guard Earth, while Zhou Hao faced twelve Universe Masters on 08911 Original Star. Surrounded and urged to surrender, Zhou Hao stopped and unleashed a vast field of Chaos Qi.

• Chaos City Lord decided that Giant Axe would need to go to Earth because Zhou Hao's homeworld lacked the defenses of Human Race strongholds.
• Twelve Universe Masters gathered on 08911 Original Star and split into four teams to trap Zhou Hao before he could reach the Vortex Passages.
• Mie Jin Master and the other pursuers tried to persuade Zhou Hao to surrender, but Zhou Hao's will resisted their soul illusions.
• Zhou Hao stopped far from the other Vortex Passages and warned the twelve Universe Masters to leave.
• Chaos Qi spread from Zhou Hao across an area more than ten billion kilometers wide, enveloping the twelve Universe Masters.

Zhou Hao used teleportation and his Chaos secret technique to kill Lord of Blood Li, then pursued the fleeing Universe Masters and killed Lord of Tongling. The remaining enemies scattered to escape the Chaos Qi.

• Zhou Hao teleported beside Lord of Blood Li and struck him with the Chaos Mountain River, costing him half his divine body.
• Zhou Hao struck Lord of Blood Li again and killed him within a single breath.
• Mie Jin Master, Lord of Tongling, Lord of Qiyuan, Lord of Sky Wolf, and the other Universe Masters fled after realizing Zhou Hao could unleash Peak Sixth Stage power and teleport.
• Zhou Hao teleported to Lord of Tongling and taunted him about their earlier pursuit.
• Lord of Tongling fought back, but Zhou Hao's two strikes annihilated his divine body.

Zhou Hao continued hunting the Demon Race and other races’ Universe Masters on the Original Star, killing Lord of Sky Wolf and surviving Mie Jin Master’s self-destruction. He then killed a Mechanical Race Universe Master and pursued the remaining enemies, declaring that none of them would escape.

• The Demon Race Universe Masters learned that Zhou Hao had killed Lord of Blood Li and Lord of Tongling and was hunting them.
• Mie Jin Master used Mengzu Domain to protect Lord of Sky Wolf, but Zhou Hao’s Chaos Mountain River attack annihilated Lord of Sky Wolf before he could enter Sky Wolf Hall.
• Mie Jin Master self-destructed to attack Zhou Hao, who retreated with Snow-Treading Flying Swan and survived with twenty percent of his divine body lost.
• The blast damaged the remaining Universe Masters, and Zhou Hao teleported to the weakened Mechanical Race Universe Master and killed him.
• The surviving Universe Masters fled toward the edge of the Chaos Qi, while two Thorn Ring Alliance Universe Masters threatened to self-destruct if Zhou Hao pursued them.
• Zhou Hao rejected their threat and declared that none of them would escape.

Zhou Hao defeated the Universe Masters pursuing him on the Original Star, killing several and capturing five after forcing them to surrender supreme treasures. The surviving observers were left stunned by his power and suspected he had already become a Universe Master.

• Zhou Hao expanded his divine body and Chaos Golden Wings, then offered the Thorn Ring Alliance and two allied Universe Masters a choice between surrendering supreme treasures and dying.
• The three Universe Masters accepted Zhou Hao's terms, and he stored them and two other allied Universe Masters inside his Palace Supreme Treasure.
• Zhou Hao suppressed the Zerg Race and Prison Race Universe Masters' palaces with his Domain Supreme Treasure and revealed a pinnacle Sealing Supreme Treasure.
• Lord of Qiyuan escaped his palace and self-destructed, and the two remaining Prison Race Universe Masters also chose to self-destruct.
• Seven of the twelve pursuing Universe Masters fell or self-destructed, while Zhou Hao captured the other five; the surviving Universe Venerables stared in shock as the Chaos Qi dispersed.

The Demon Race and the five peak races assessed the devastating losses Zhou Hao inflicted on the Original Star and his seemingly unprecedented Chaos Qi abilities. The five-race leaders agreed to prepare for a decisive war against the Human Race within one hundred years.

• Meng Yaozu and Zhen Yaozu questioned Mie Jin Master, who described Zhou Hao's Peak Sixth Stage strength, strange attacks, and powerful Chaos Qi after Xue Li, Sky Wolf, Tong Ling, and others fell.
• Meng Yaozu ordered Mie Jin Master to recover within the Demon Race and told the other Universe Masters to stop acting against Zhou Hao until they understood his abilities.
• The Universe's Strongest of the five peak races discussed the Original Star battle and concluded that Zhou Hao's Chaos Qi might resist the universe's origin and allow him to teleport despite spatial restrictions.
• The leaders recognized that Zhou Hao could accelerate the Human Race's rise and agreed that their five races must gather their forces for a decisive battle.
• The Mechanical Father God set a deadline of one hundred years for the alliance to act, and the others agreed to mobilize their resources.

Giant Axe convened the human Universe Masters after learning that Zhou Hao had defeated twelve enemies on 08911 Original Star. Zhou Hao confirmed he had killed seven Universe Masters and suppressed five others, leaving the human leaders stunned.

• Huang Jian and the other Universe Masters questioned Xu Jin, Darkness Lord, and Ice Peak Master about Giant Axe's emergency meeting.
• Giant Axe announced that seven of the twelve Universe Masters on 08911 Original Star had fallen and five had been suppressed in a Palace Supreme Treasure.
• Giant Axe revealed that Zhou Hao had killed seven Universe Masters and suppressed the remaining five, prompting Chaos City Lord to explain that the enemy races had contacted the Human Race.
• Darkness Lord, Ice Peak Master, Huang Jian, and the others doubted the report, so Giant Axe said they could ask Zhou Hao directly when he arrived.
• Zhou Hao joined the meeting and confirmed that he had killed the seven Universe Masters, leaving Giant Axe and the other human Universe Masters shocked.

Zhou Hao revealed that he remained a Universe Venerable despite possessing top-tier Universe Master combat power, and the Human Race celebrated his rise while preparing for a looming final battle. In the Star Tower, Mountain Lord realized Zhou Hao could resist the Origin Will’s suppression and ordered Puti to offer the Human Race cooperation in refining supreme treasures.

• Zhou Hao told Chaos City Lord that he had not become a Universe Master and explained that his innate ability let him teleport on the Original Stars, enabling him to kill seven Universe Masters.
• Giant Axe and the other Human Race Universe Masters recognized Zhou Hao as a top-tier fighter and congratulated him.
• Giant Axe warned that Zhou Hao’s actions could hasten the final battle, ordered stronger defenses, and opened the Human Race treasury to help its Universe Masters prepare.
• Puti questioned how Zhou Hao could teleport on the Original Stars, and Mountain Lord explained that Zhou Hao must be able to withstand the Origin Will’s suppression.
• Mountain Lord wondered whether Zhou Hao might be beyond the level of a God King and told Puti to offer the Human Race supreme-treasure refining without extra material charges.

News of Zhou Hao’s overwhelming strength spread throughout the universe, driving many races to join the Hong Alliance while powerful factions urged others to resist the Human Race. The chapter ended with lone Universe’s Strongest debating whether to ally with the Human Race and learning that Xu Zhen had forfeited his chance by attacking Zhou Hao and killing Human Race Universe Venerables.

• Word spread that Zhou Hao had killed seven enemy Universe Masters and suppressed five others, and more than a hundred loose racial alliances joined the Hong Alliance.
• The Human Race’s growing influence prompted peak races and rival alliances to warn other races against joining the Hong Alliance and to recruit them into opposing blocs.
• E'zhou and another Universe's Strongest mocked Old Beast God over his past interest in Sword River Lord, while Old Beast God defended his hope of gaining an opportunity through the Human Race.
• The Northern Frontier Alliance Leader questioned Old Beast God about allying with the Human Race, and Shǐ Huà Island Master invited him to join alongside the Starry Sky Beasts.
• A flame-wreathed Universe's Strongest revealed that Mountain Lord had begun cooperating with the Human Race, surprising the others and prompting discussion of whether Zhou Hao could help them improve.
• Xu Zhen rejected the prospect of joining the Human Race, and Shǐ Huà Island Master reminded him that his failed assassination attempt on Zhou Hao and the deaths of more than four hundred Human Race Universe Venerables had made reconciliation impossible.

Universe’s Strongest gathered to discuss the shifting balance of power, Zhou Hao’s influence, and whether to remain neutral, while the Human Race considered broadening access to his sermons. The chapter left Giant Axe approving a plan to invite Hong Alliance Universe Hegemons to attend.

• Void True Demon God argued with Shǐ Huà Island Master, who mocked his failed attempt to assassinate Zhou Hao and suggested that many would seek the Human Race’s favor.
• Old Beast God and others urged the Universe’s Strongest to wait and watch as alliances grew and Zhou Hao’s power changed the balance of the war.
• The gathered Universe’s Strongest agreed to remain temporarily neutral, while the descended Ancestral Gods and other factions expressed support for waiting.
• Chaos City Lord told Giant Axe that more Universe Masters were joining the Hong Alliance and that the Ancestral Gods had requested in-person observer slots.
• Chaos City Lord proposed inviting Hong Alliance Universe Hegemons to Zhou Hao’s next in-person sermon, and Giant Axe approved the plan.

Zhou Hao endured the Star Tower’s ownership-recognition process and claimed the Evolved Star Tower, then learned how the universe and Human Race Alliance had changed during his seclusion. The chapter left him considering the race’s plan to make Earth an important territory and send many Universe Venerables there.

• Zhou Hao began claiming the Evolved Star Tower and endured twenty-five years of increasingly severe soul pain as the Sign-in System accelerated the process.
• Zhou Hao successfully claimed the Evolved Star Tower, mastered its spaces and Sealing Stars, and activated its first layer of secret engravings.
• Zhou Hao concluded that the Star Tower would protect him against most threats and could help him defend the Human Race in a racial war.
• Chaos City Lord and Ice Peak Master told Zhou Hao that new alliances had risen, the Human Race Alliance had grown to 213 Universe Masters, and Mountain Lord had agreed to forge supreme treasures.
• Chaos City Lord told Zhou Hao that the Human Race planned to make Earth an important territory and send Universe Venerables there, while Ice Peak Master explained that many had volunteered to follow him.

Zhou Hao returned to Earth after arranging for eight Universe Venerables to oversee the Milky Way Galaxy's transformation. At the Limitless Gym, his sign-in activated new missions to develop the Earth Lineage and strengthen humanity, and he told Zhou Ying'er he planned to stay home.

• Zhou Hao agreed to have three Universe Hegemons and five Universe Venerables help guard and develop his homeland.
• Zhou Hao gave Ganwu and the other subordinates supreme treasures and tasked them with overseeing the Milky Way Galaxy's transformation.
• Zhou Hao reunited with his older sister, Zhou Ying'er, and told her he would remain in his homeland.
• Zhou Ying'er brought Zhou Hao to the Limitless Gym, where he signed in and received soul consciousness and willpower enhancements.
• The system activated missions to produce a Universe Master from the Earth Lineage and to increase the Human Race's numbers of Universe Masters and Universe's Strongest.

Zhou Hao returned to Earth, spent time with his family, and then secluded himself to refine supreme treasures. Meanwhile, news about his lectures sparked turmoil across the universe, and the five peak races looked to the Cosmic Sea for a way to counter the Human Race’s growing influence.

• Zhou Ying'er told Zhou Hao that the Earth Lineage was expanding rapidly but facing growing internal competition, and he promised to send someone to manage it.
• Zhou Hao toured Earth with Zhou Ying'er, reunited with Wang Rong, and then entered seclusion to refine his ownerless supreme treasures.
• After several years, Zhou Hao made little progress in laws or combat power because he had nearly reached his current limits.
• The Mechanical Father God warned an alliance meeting that reports of Zhou Hao helping Universe Venerables become Universe Masters were Human Race propaganda, but other members feared the news and considered joining the Hong Alliance.
• Meng Tu reassured the alliance that it would protect its member races, while the six Universe's Strongest lamented that they had delayed their decisive battle and struggled to find a response.
• The Mechanical Father God said their only hope lay in the Cosmic Sea, as rumors about Zhou Hao’s lectures spread and Universe Masters increasingly joined the Hong Alliance.

Top Hong Alliance powerhouses and other attendees gathered for Zhou Hao’s lecture, while Giant Axe explained that Chaos City Lord was preparing to break through and advised Zhou Hao to visit the Cosmic Sea later. Zhou Hao offered to help Human Race Universe Venerables advance, as he shifted his own studies toward laws he could progress in within the Original Universe.

• Top-tier Universe Hegemons from the Hong Alliance gathered in the Milky Way and debated whether Zhou Hao’s lecture could help them break through.
• Giant Axe told Zhou Hao that Chaos City Lord had gained insights from his lectures and was now preparing to become the Universe’s Strongest.
• Giant Axe advised Zhou Hao to enter the Cosmic Sea only after Human Race had resolved its pressures, and Zhou Hao agreed.
• Giant Axe said the next lecture would include one million additional attendees, including nearly a thousand ordinary Universe Hegemons from the Hong Alliance.
• Zhou Hao offered to use another talent to help Human Race’s outstanding Universe Venerables become Universe Masters, while he focused on spacetime, spatial laws, and the Life Law.

Zhou Hao told Giant Axe that his law comprehension was close to the Universe Master level, and the Human Race prepared for his lecture. As the lecture began, visiting Universe's Strongest observed the gathering and discovered how many Universe Masters the Human Race had hidden nearby.

• Zhou Hao told Giant Axe that his law comprehension had not yet reached the Universe Master level but would soon, and Giant Axe said breakthroughs should be awarded according to contributions to the race.
• More than eight million listeners gathered on the Seal Platform for Zhou Hao's real-world lecture, while Mountain Lord invited his student Puti to attend.
• Several uninvited Universe's Strongest arrived to observe the lecture, and Mountain Lord demanded offerings; they each gave Giant Axe a supreme treasure.
• Zhou Hao began explaining the mysteries of space-time, and first-time listeners from the Hong Alliance recognized flaws in their laws and secret techniques and entered states of enlightenment.

Zhou Hao’s Great Dao Admonition sent more than eight million listeners into enlightenment, and his lecture helped some approach or reach the law realm of Universe Masters. The other Universe’s Strongest recognized the Human Race’s advantage, while Puti returned to Mountain Lord with a newfound path toward becoming a Universe’s Strongest.

• Zhou Hao comprehended the fifth level of the Space-Time Fusion Law and raised the other eight Great Beast Gods’ Fusion Laws to the sixth level during the lecture.
• The Old Beast God and the other Universe’s Strongest saw listeners reach the law realm of Universe Masters and concluded that Meng Tu, Zhen Jiao, and the Empress would suffer a well-deserved defeat.
• Giant Axe invited the Universe’s Strongest to cooperate with the Human Race, and several expressed interest in an alliance or another chance to attend a lecture.
• Shǐ Huà Island Master secretly told Giant Axe he would seriously consider forming an alliance with the Human Race before departing.
• Half a year later, Puti told Mountain Lord that Zhou Hao’s lecture had helped him find a path toward becoming the Universe’s Strongest.

The results of Zhou Hao’s lecture revealed that millions of listeners had advanced, including three Universe Hegemons who became Universe Masters. Races across the universe debated whether to ally with the Human Race, while the Northern Frontier Alliance split over the risks and rewards of doing so.

• The final listeners left the Imprint Platform after gaining insights from Zhou Hao’s lecture, and the platform vanished into the starry sky.
• Xuelina reported that 4.72 million listeners became immortals, 1.64 million reached King-level insights, 320,000 became Universe Venerables, and three Universe Hegemons became Universe Masters.
• The Insectoid Empress decided to discuss the lecture’s results with the Demon Race, Mechanical Race, and other factions before choosing the Zerg Race’s course.
• Star River Lord convened the Northern Frontier Alliance’s Universe Masters to consider an alliance with the Human Race and argued that it could bring their members more lecture slots.
• The Liulan Race warned that an alliance would speed the Human Race’s rise and threaten other races’ territories, while the Special Lifeform and plant-life factions focused on the chance to grow stronger.
• The Northern Frontier Alliance’s factions argued fiercely, and their disagreement spread across the universe.

The Hong Alliance grew to nearly four hundred Universe Masters after Xue Yu, Hong Lin, and Red Spear became Universe Masters, easing pressure on the Human Race but creating disputes over leadership and lecture slots. At the Giant Axe Meeting, Zhou Hao proposed limiting outside lecture slots, earning them through contributions and Cosmic Sea exploration, and leading the Human Race back into the Cosmic Sea within five hundred years.

• The Hong Alliance expanded rapidly as races joined, reaching 387 Universe Masters and shifting the balance of power against the Five Great Tribes Alliance.
• Giant Axe convened a meeting where Xu Jin outlined the Human Race's new challenges, including factional disputes and demands to redistribute Reality Lecture and Virtual Lecture slots.
• Zhou Hao proposed capping other races' lecture slots at twenty percent and allocating them according to contributions.
• Zhou Hao suggested that races could earn contributions by exchanging Cosmic Sea exploration maps, and said he planned to venture into the Cosmic Sea within five hundred years.
• Giant Axe and the other Universe Masters supported Zhou Hao's plan to return to the Cosmic Sea and agreed that he could set aside limited time to help strengthen their lineages.

The Five Great Tribes Alliance learned that Zhou Hao might have helped the Chaos City Lord approach a breakthrough, and began considering how to oppose the Human Race. On Earth, Zhou Hao accelerated Zhou Ying'er's cultivation until she reached the peak of Universe Venerable, then hinted that he would soon leave.

• Void True Demon God told the Five Great Tribes Alliance's Universe's Strongest that the Northern Frontier Alliance Leader had joined the Hong Alliance because the Chaos City Lord might soon become a Universe's Strongest through Zhou Hao's influence.
• The Universe's Strongest considered whether Zhou Hao could eventually help others pass reincarnation, while Void True Demon God proposed seeking support from the Cosmic Sea's reincarnation-era powers.
• On Earth, Zhou Hao used his abilities to help Zhou Ying'er comprehend the Space Origin Law and break through to become a Universe Venerable.
• Zhou Hao then helped Zhou Ying'er advance to the peak of Universe Venerable, and told her to consolidate her insights before attempting to become a Universe Master.
• Zhou Ying'er realized Zhou Hao planned to leave, and Giant Axe sent him an email that delighted him.

The Human Race celebrated Chaos City Lord’s breakthrough into a Universe’s Strongest, which eased the threat from rival races and raised Zhou Hao’s standing. Across the universe, other powers gathered to learn whether Zhou Hao’s talent had enabled Chaos’s breakthrough, hoping it could lead them to the same path.

• The Human Race’s Universe Masters warmly congratulated Zhou Hao after Chaos City Lord became a Universe’s Strongest, while Darkness Lord celebrated the breakthrough’s implications for his own progress.
• Giant Axe Founder welcomed Chaos Founder and declared that the Human Race had gained a second Universe’s Strongest and could now cast off outside pressure.
• The Human Race’s Universe Masters celebrated Chaos’s breakthrough with a feast in the Virtual Universe.
• Races and alliances across the universe rushed to the Virtual Universe to verify the news and determine whether Zhou Hao’s talent had influenced Chaos’s breakthrough.
• Hong Alliance members and visiting Universe Masters congratulated Star River Lord and debated whether Chaos had broken through by observing Zhou Hao.

The Northern Frontier Alliance Leader told other Universe's Strongest that Zhou Hao's lectures had helped Chaos become a Universe's Strongest and had already given Darkness Lord hope of breaking through. After the Human Race confirmed Chaos's breakthrough, races flocked to seek ties with the Hong Alliance, while its enemies faced increased attacks on the Original Stars.

• Old Beast God and other Universe's Strongest questioned the Northern Frontier Alliance Leader about whether Zhou Hao's talent had helped Chaos break through.
• The Northern Frontier Alliance Leader revealed that Darkness Lord had been the first Human Race Universe Master to gain hope of becoming a Universe's Strongest, and said that Mountain Lord's information had persuaded him to join the Hong Alliance.
• The Northern Frontier Alliance Leader warned that Zhou Hao could eventually help the Human Race dominate the Original Universe and perhaps create a third Holy Land Universe.
• Two months later, Chaos City Lord officially confirmed Chaos's breakthrough, shocking the universe's races and triggering a surge of applications to join the Hong Alliance.
• Races seeking Human Race contribution points entered the Original Stars to hunt Universe Venerables of the Five Great Tribes Alliance, and nearly a hundred Universe Masters descended there within a month.