Chapter Summaries

Zhou Hao discussed training-world opportunities with Ming Yu, who asked him to retrieve golden sap from the Ruined Ancient God Temple. He accepted his first dangerous-level training missions, chose Visca Star and Thunder Flame Divine Pool for his soul clones, and prepared for departure.

• After a public lecture, Zhou Hao met Ming Yu, who offered to pay him for Kras Ancient Tree golden sap from the Ruined Ancient God Temple.
• Zhou Hao agreed to try to obtain the sap if it was safe, then decided to begin training missions because researching Time Essence had progressed slowly.
• Zhou Hao selected dangerous-level missions and arranged to tackle the six worlds in the Original Secret Realm, starting with Visca Star and the Thunder Flame Divine Pool.
• Zhou Hao accepted Visca Star's missions, scheduled his departure for half a month later, and prepared clones, life-saving items, and local weapons and armor.

Zhou Hao entered Visca Star and used sign-ins to collect mission items and a Guardian Token, avoiding the dangerous trials other geniuses would face. He followed three Guardian Envoys into the Ancestral God Tomb, discovering that the vast mountain range contained a world of its own.

• Zhou Hao arrived at Visca Star, concealed himself, and signed in at Black Mountain Giant City to obtain a Jade Gold Medal and other rewards.
• Zhou Hao signed in at Black Mountain World City until he had collected the eight Jade Gold Medal types required for a point mission, then studied the Black Mountain World Lord's books and learned that entering the holy land required a Guardian Token.
• Zhou Hao went to Qianze World City and waited as Qianze World Lord broke through to Immortality and received a Guardian Token from three Guardian Envoys.
• Zhou Hao obtained a Guardian Token through sign-in and followed the three Guardian Envoys after they left Qianze World City.
• After half a year of travel, Zhou Hao entered the Ancestral God Tomb with the Guardian Envoys and discovered it contained a world of its own.

Zhou Hao searched the Ancestral God Tomb for its hidden core while Se Lie completed dangerous-level missions and joined Luo Feng in Blood Luo World. As Se Lie began training in the Ancient God Ruins, Zhou Hao finally encountered the Ancestral God Tomb’s once-in-ten-thousand-years sacred land opening.

• Zhou Hao’s Qian Yuan Ancestral Tree clone signed in across the Ancestral God Tomb palace complex, but after months of searching he failed to find its core.
• Zhou Hao attended a public lecture in the Virtual Universe, then concluded the sacred land’s core was not in the palace complex and waited for its rare opening.
• Se Lie’s split soul completed dangerous-level missions, discovered secrets in the Thunder Flame Divine Pool and Phantom Ice Island, and headed to the Taichu Secret Realm.
• Se Lie arrived in Blood Luo World and reunited with Luo Feng, who discussed cultivation, exchanged mission news, and warned him about the dangers of the Ancient God Ruins.
• Se Lie entered the ruined pit to temper his will and arranged for his Qian Yuan Ancestral Tree clone to seek Blood Luo Crystals at the Immortal Temple.
• Zhou Hao’s human split soul encountered the Ancestral God Tomb’s once-in-ten-thousand-years sacred land comprehension opening.

Zhou Hao entered the Ancestral God Tomb’s core during its once-in-ten-thousand-years opening and used the system to obtain all eight Beast God Statues. After completing missions at the Ruined Ancient God Temple and gathering rare rewards there, he returned to his manor and decided how his soul fragments would pursue their cultivation.

• Zhou Hao entered the Ancestral God Tomb’s core, checked in repeatedly, and obtained all eight Beast God Statues along with Beast God Armor and Fusion Law comprehension.
• Zhou Hao completed the Visca Star mission, accepted the Ruined Ancient God Temple mission, and hunted ten Desolate Beasts while collecting Ancient God Stones.
• Zhou Hao reached the Kras Ancient Tree, checked in for its seeds and other rewards, then sensed the Life Divine Tree within the temple core and obtained Life Crystals, Life Divine Water, and Life Fruits through the system.
• Zhou Hao returned to Manor No. 112 and reviewed his gains, including the Beast God Statues and two sets of Beast God Inner Armor.
• Zhou Hao assigned his human soul fragment to study the Time Essence, his Qian Yuan Ancestral Tree clone to comprehend the Universe Chaos Tablet, and his Iceberg Giant Beast soul fragment to study a time-related Beast God Statue.

Zhou Hao visited Venerable Guiyi, whose guidance helped him comprehend the thirty-second mystery of Time Essence. He then challenged the Tongtian Bridge and cleared the fourteenth level, astonishing Bafen and the gathered geniuses.

• Zhou Hao asked Venerable Guiyi for help with the Time Origin Law, and Guiyi explained the mysteries of its thirty-second kind.
• Zhou Hao comprehended the thirty-second kind of Time Essence and decided to challenge the Tongtian Bridge.
• Zhou Hao defeated the guardians of the twelfth and thirteenth levels using the seventh form of the Imperial God Weapon.
• Bafen summoned the geniuses after Zhou Hao cleared the thirteenth level, and they marveled at his progress.
• Bafen announced that Zhou Hao had also cleared the fourteenth level of the Tongtian Bridge.

After Zhou Hao passed the fourteenth level of Tongtian Bridge, the Venerables discovered his experiments with Time-Space fusion and left the matter to Chaos City Lord. Zhou Hao then became Chaos City Lord’s thirty-second personal disciple and claimed the rewards for completing his special sign-in mission.

• Zhou Hao passed the fourteenth level of Tongtian Bridge, and the Venerables watched his clearance video and noticed his grasp of Time Essence and an attempt to fuse Time and Space.
• Nine Swords Venerable said Chaos City Lord should decide how to guide Zhou Hao, while Luo Feng, Bolan, Rong Jun, and Wuka discussed the achievement and planned to celebrate with him.
• Zhou Hao reflected that Fusion Laws were powerful but extremely difficult, then went to see Chaos City Lord to complete his special sign-in mission.
• Chaos City Lord accepted Zhou Hao as his thirty-second personal disciple, told him to temper himself at the Universe Level, and instructed him to visit the Chaos Ruins after reaching the Domain Lord Level.
• Zhou Hao returned to his manor and claimed the Great Dao Admonition and a damaged Wu-Slaying Wings component from the system.

Zhou Hao tested Great Dao Admonition and found that it dramatically accelerated his and Se Lie’s comprehension of Time Essence while also helping listeners advance. After years of using it to complete much of his Time Essence study and reorganize his cultivation, Zhou Hao arrived in the Blood Luo World and gave Luo Feng an item he believed would help him.

• Zhou Hao activated Great Dao Admonition while discussing Time Essence with Se Lie in the Virtual Universe, and they gained clear insights into several profound mysteries as Bolan and Ai Chen entered deep states of comprehension.
• After listening, Ai Chen said she felt ready to clear the sixth level of Tongtian Bridge, and Bolan soon cleared the eighth level; Zhou Hao then realized he had comprehended the thirty-third kind of Time Essence in two hours.
• Zhou Hao planned to use Great Dao Admonition sparingly, shifted his focus toward fusing time and space and studying foundational laws, and resumed cultivation missions.
• Over the next ten years, Zhou Hao used Great Dao Admonition ten times with Se Lie and comprehended the thirty-fourth through fortieth forms of Time Essence; one public session helped Ai Chen pass the sixth Tongtian Bridge level.
• Se Lie began dangerous-level missions in the Taichu Secret Realm, while Zhou Hao arrived in the Blood Luo World and met Luo Feng beside a crater.
• Zhou Hao gave Luo Feng an item he believed would help him.

Zhou Hao gave Luo Feng a Beast God Statue to accelerate his Golden Horn Beast’s cultivation, then challenged Blood God Ba Qi to prove his strength. Zhou Hao defeated and killed Ba Qi with his superior law comprehension and saber technique, leaving the Blood God Guards and Ba Qi’s Desolate Beast Qiniu stunned.

• Zhou Hao gave Luo Feng a Beast God Statue embodying the fusion of metal and space laws and explained how it could speed his cultivation.
• Zhou Hao and Luo Feng descended into the central pit to meet Ba Qi, and Zhou Hao defeated Blood God Guard Ninety-Two with one casual strike.
• Zhou Hao challenged Ba Qi, who attacked him with his World Power projection and blood-red saber beams.
• Zhou Hao broke through Ba Qi’s projection with his law power and evaded Ba Qi’s attacks, while Ba Qi’s Desolate Beast Qiniu joined the fight.
• Zhou Hao froze space and time with his saber technique and shattered Ba Qi’s life core, killing him.

Zhou Hao killed Ba Qi and drove off the Barbaric Qiniu and Blood God Guards, then left Blood Luo World after explaining the Beast God Statue to Luo Feng. He chose the Purgatory Abyss Desperate Level mission and prepared to face its extreme danger.

• Luo Feng and Babata marveled that Zhou Hao had killed the peak World Class Ba Qi while only at the Universe Level, and Luo Feng decided he no longer needed to remain in the baleful aura vortex pit.
• The Barbaric Qiniu and Blood God Guards attacked Zhou Hao, but he wounded the Qiniu, drove it to flee, and killed the guards trying to escape while Luo Feng dealt with the others.
• Zhou Hao and Luo Feng retreated to the spaceship, where Zhou Hao gave Luo Feng more Beast God Statues and explained that their value depended on the person using them.
• Zhou Hao told Luo Feng he planned to leave Blood Luo World and begin Desperate Level missions, then departed while Luo Feng vowed to keep striving toward him.
• Zhou Hao selected the Purgatory Abyss mission, which required surviving 100 days despite a reported 99% death rate.

Zhou Hao entered Purgatory Abyss despite warnings and discovered that its survivors had to fight their way through brutal, deadly platforms. He began climbing and killed his first opponent, a World Master native.

• Zhou Hao ignored the escorting immortal’s warnings after Senior Brother Gui Yi confirmed that the Chaos City Lord respected his choice.
• Zhou Hao entered Purgatory Abyss, disguised himself as a native, and left his Original Core with the Qian Yuan Ancestral Tree clone inside the Mechanical Race spaceship.
• Zhou Hao followed a Beast God Pattern to a spiral arena, where he learned that fighters had to defeat enemies to climb and that repeated losses meant elimination.
• Zhou Hao decided to test how far he could go and stepped onto a platform, where he killed a World Master native with a flash of saber light.

Zhou Hao used the Pyramid Killing Platform’s comprehension reward to study living Beast Gods and collect Beast God Coins, advancing through the levels with ease. After reaching the eighth-tier platform at the end of the first day, he prepared to continue climbing.

• Zhou Hao entered the victory light spheres and immersed himself in a water-and-space Beast God’s battle, helping him resolve difficulties in comprehending Fusion Laws.
• Zhou Hao defeated the second-level defender, studied a metal-and-space Beast God, and recorded its movements with a Special Imaging Recorder.
• Zhou Hao killed the third-level defender and received a Beast God Coin, which he exchanged for Azure Qi that became an Azure Soul Fruit.
• Zhou Hao advanced through the fourth level and continued climbing until he stood on the eighth-tier platform after the first day of battles.

Zhou Hao fought through the World Master combat space of the Purgatory Abyss, collecting Beast God battle footage and using it to greatly strengthen his blade technique. After reaching the summit, he learned he could either defend the platform for ten days and leave or continue into the immortal- and venerable-level combat spaces.

• Zhou Hao signed in within the reward space and obtained Beast God Comprehension Footage along with other rewards.
• Over fourteen days, Zhou Hao fought his way from the eighth level to the ninety-eighth, recording 130 types of footage and gaining a faint grasp of the connection between time and space.
• Zhou Hao defeated the ninety-eighth-level opponent with one slash, demonstrating how much his blade technique had strengthened.
• The opponent on the ninety-ninth level conceded, and Zhou Hao advanced to the hundredth level.
• Zhou Hao defeated the final opponent and reached the summit, earning ten additional hours of comprehension time.
• The Beast God Pattern offered Zhou Hao the choice to defend the platform for ten days and leave or continue to the immortal-level combat space.

Zhou Hao left the World Master arena and entered the Immortal battle space, where he defeated opponents to gain time and rewards for comprehending Beast God battle images. After dying on the twenty-first level, he remained absent from the Virtual Universe, prompting rumors of his fall and worrying Luo Feng and Wuka.

• Zhou Hao chose to leave the Beast God Pattern and entered the pagoda-shaped Immortal battle space, where defeating an opponent granted thirty days of comprehension time.
• Zhou Hao used the Imperial God Weapon to kill an Immortal Flame native lifeform and collected the fallen opponent’s belongings.
• Zhou Hao repeatedly defeated Immortals in the early levels, signing in for rewards and studying Beast God battle images during his extended stay in the Purgatory Abyss.
• Zhou Hao reached the twenty-first level, failed to defeat an Army Lord-level native lifeform, and died in the opponent’s counterattack.
• Wuka told Luo Feng that Zhou Hao was rumored to have fallen after being absent from the Virtual Universe for half a year.
• Luo Feng sent Zhou Hao emails and tried to reassure Wuka that the Chaos City Lord would know if Zhou Hao had truly died, but he remained worried.

Zhou Hao escaped the Purgatory Abyss, completed the mission, and celebrated his return with his friends before committing himself to years of cultivation. Fifteen years later, still struggling to finish the first stage of gold-space fusion, he decided to break through to the Domain Lord Level first.

• Zhou Hao defended the 100th platform for thirty days, left the Purgatory Abyss, and submitted the mission for one million points.
• Zhou Hao told Se Lie, Luo Feng, Wuka, Bolan, and the others about the Purgatory Abyss and said he and Se Lie planned to advance to the Domain Lord Level before the first qualification battle.
• Zhou Hao offered to share his insights with his friends, then returned to his manor to focus on comprehending the Beast God fusion laws.
• Over the next fifteen years, Ai Chen and Rong Jun passed the sixth floor of the Tongtian Bridge, while Wuka failed his attempt and continued training.
• Zhou Hao remained just short of completing the first stage of gold-space fusion and decided to break through to the Domain Lord Level.

Zhou Hao told Chaos City Lord he intended to pursue time-space fusion, and his teacher gave him three thousand years to make progress before reconsidering the path. Se Lie received a treasured palace from Ice Peak Master and activated two special check-in tasks with substantial rewards.

• Chaos City Lord agreed to give Zhou Hao three thousand years to pursue time-space fusion and offered help with laws and secret techniques.
• Chaos City Lord revealed that he knew Zhou Hao and Se Lie shared a soul, explained that he had arranged for Ice Peak Master to take Se Lie as a disciple, and warned Zhou Hao about the risks of powerful clones.
• Two months later, Ice Peak Master gave Se Lie a top-tier palace-type treasured weapon to protect him during his upcoming posting to a Universe Nation.
• Se Lie entered the palace and received two special check-in tasks: help Wuka, Ai Chen, and other Taichu Zone members qualify, and create an initial secret technique suited to his path.

Zhou Hao refined Ice Peak Master's palace treasure and gathered his fellow Taichu Zone members to share his space-law insights, delaying his Domain Lord breakthrough for two years. His lectures helped his friends advance, and they gathered at the Tongtian Bridge Plane on the eve of his breakthrough.

• Zhou Hao refined Ice Peak Master's icy palace treasure in half a month, and Ice Peak Master advised him to focus on law insights and consult Snow Venerable about the water-space Fusion Law.
• After Se Lie's Domain Lord breakthrough became known, Zhou Hao planned to share his law insights with his friends before making his own breakthrough.
• Zhou Hao used the Great Dao Admonition to teach space fundamentals to Luo Feng, Wuka, Rong Jun, Ai Chen, and the others, helping them resolve problems in their comprehension.
• Over two years and four lectures, Zhou Hao tailored his explanations to his friends' progress; Qian Shui, Jiang Mo, and Long Yun passed the fifth Tongtian Bridge level, while Wuka passed the sixth.
• On the day before Zhou Hao's planned breakthrough, Qian Shui, Long Yun, Jiang Mo, Wuka, Ai Chen, Rong Jun, Luo Feng, and Bolan gathered at the Tongtian Bridge Plane.

Wuka, Luo Feng, Bolan, and the other geniuses rapidly advanced on the Tongtian Bridge after Zhou Hao and Se Lie shared their insights, alarming the Virtual Universe Company and rival races. The Human Race’s Supreme Council decided to protect Zhou Hao and Se Lie and ask them to guide more students, and Zhou Hao agreed to teach Domain Lords after breaking through to the Domain Lord Level.

• Wuka, Luo Feng, Rong Jun, Qian Shui, Bolan, and the others passed new Tongtian Bridge levels or came close, leaving Supervisor Bafen stunned.
• King Zhenyan learned from Luo Feng that Zhou Hao and Se Lie’s guidance had driven the cohort’s rapid progress, then warned that rival races might try to assassinate them.
• The Zerg, Demon, Mechanical, and other races discussed eliminating Zhou Hao and Se Lie, while the Human Race convened a Supreme Council to consider the threat and their teaching talent.
• Giant Axe ordered Chaos City Lord and Ice Peak Master to respect Zhou Hao and Se Lie’s wishes, arrange for Domain Lords and World Masters to listen to them, and provide each with a Soul Supreme Treasure.
• After officially reaching the Domain Lord Level, Zhou Hao agreed to guide the observers and planned to visit the Initial Universe before receiving his external assignment.

Zhou Hao returned to Chaos City, where the Chaos City Lord warned him about alien assassinations and gave him the Purple Soul Pearl for protection. After refining it, Zhou Hao gained permission to study other Chaos Tablets and began checking in at the Giant Axe Chaos Tablet chamber.

• Zhou Hao returned to Chaos City after forty years and claimed a small building before visiting the Chaos Ruins.
• The Chaos City Lord warned Zhou Hao that the Zerg Race and other alien races would target him, then gave him the Purple Soul Pearl to protect his soul.
• Zhou Hao spent more than twenty days refining the Purple Soul Pearl and checked in at the Chaos Ruins for thirty-two items.
• Zhou Hao asked to study Chaos Tablets related to fusing time and space, and the Chaos City Lord raised his authority to enter any tablet's comprehension chamber.
• Zhou Hao went to the Giant Axe Chaos Tablet chamber and used his system to check in, obtaining the tablet and comprehension of its axe marks.

After leaving the Initial Universe, Zhou Hao completed the first step of gold-space Fusion Law comprehension and arranged to teach foundational Space Origin Law insights to five hundred Domain Lords. The chapter ended as he began the session, with Luo Feng, Wuka, and the others ready to listen.

• Zhou Hao checked in at the Wind Shadow Chaos Tablet before Nine Swords Venerable escorted him toward the Qianwu Universe Country, while the Insect Race and Demon Race plotted against him.
• During the journey, Zhou Hao mastered the initial fusion of the gold and space Beast God Statues and decided to seek an earlier way to complete his special check-in mission.
• Zhou Hao told the Chaos City Lord that he would share foundational Space Origin Law insights, prompting widespread interest and applications from Domain Lords hoping to attend.
• Luo Feng and Wuka discussed how Zhou Hao's previous guidance had helped their peers and hoped the upcoming session would help Qian Shui, Jiang Mo, and Long Yun pass the seventh Tongtian Bridge level.
• Zhou Hao arrived at the Public Zone pavilion, greeted the gathered Domain Lords and Taichu Zone members, and prepared to begin his lesson.

Zhou Hao shared his Law insights with five hundred Domain Lord geniuses, and his Great Dao Admonition triggered widespread enlightenment that greatly improved their cultivation. After the session proved effective, the Human Race’s Universe Masters discussed Zhou Hao’s growing importance and ordered Darkness to guard Qianwu Universe Country against the Alien Races.

• Zhou Hao began his lecture, and Great Dao Admonition showed him the essential combinations of the earth-space Fusion Law as nearly all the listeners entered enlightenment.
• After the two-hour session ended, Zhou Hao withdrew from the Virtual Universe while the geniuses remained enlightened for half a month and then bowed to him as their teacher.
• Bafen arranged for the five hundred Domain Lords to challenge the Tongtian Bridge, where around seventy percent passed their next level and the rest still showed major improvement.
• King Zhenyan and the other King-level Immortals realized Zhou Hao’s instruction could accelerate cultivation across different levels and hoped it might help them break through their own bottlenecks.
• At the Giant Axe Meeting, the Universe Masters recognized Zhou Hao’s value to the Human Race and Giant Axe told Chaos City Lord to have Darkness return to guard Qianwu Universe Country from the Zerg Race.