Chapter Summaries

After nearly a thousand years of secluded cultivation, Lu Qingshan mastered all thirty-six essences of the time origin law and activated the Thunderous Strike technique. His disciple Hogus reminded him that the universe-wide finals of the Peak Genius Battle were opening, stirring memories of how he had once searched the competitions for talented disciples.

• After the chat group members returned to their worlds, Lu Qingshan resumed secluded cultivation, and nearly a thousand years passed.
• Lu Qingshan mastered the thirty-sixth sword technique in First Understanding of Time and comprehended all thirty-six essences of the time origin law.
• Lu Qingshan used Thunderous Strike to annihilate a star and reflected that he might someday surpass Thunderclap King.
• Deep Blue told Lu Qingshan that Hogus had arrived, and Lu Qingshan went to the reception hall to meet him.
• Hogus reminded Lu Qingshan that the universe-wide finals of the Peak Genius Battle were opening, and Lu Qingshan recalled how he had discovered and trained Hogus.

Lu Qingshan watched the genius battle finals with his immortal disciple Hogus, who credited Lu Qingshan’s guidance for his success. After they found no promising disciples among the contestants, Lu Qingshan left his family and headed to Virtual Universe Company headquarters as his leave ended.

• Hogus thanked Lu Qingshan for telling him to remain at the stellar level until the next Peak Genius Battle, which helped him enter the Apocalypse Secret Realm and eventually become immortal.
• Hogus showed Lu Qingshan the Trial Tower challenges and reported that the year's strongest contestants showed only modest progress in the origin laws.
• Hogus said no contestant from Yan Feng Universe Country stood out, though one young genius who had mastered the lightning origin law already followed a marquis-level immortal.
• Hogus explained that his understanding of the time origin law had stalled since he became immortal and said he hoped to improve his secret technique and accumulate wealth.
• Lu Qingshan and Hogus stopped watching the finals after finding no suitable disciples; Hogus returned to his duties, and Lu Qingshan set out for Virtual Universe Company headquarters as his leave ended.

Lu Qingshan arrived at Virtual Universe Company headquarters to begin work in the Transportation Department and learned that one of his fellow recruits had died on the Extraterritorial Battlefield. Marquis Qingcang welcomed the new transporters, warned them against stealing cargo, and described the rewards for risking their lives to protect the company and humanity.

• Lu Qingshan arrived at Headquarters Continent and met Kremor and the other Undying recruits in the Transportation Department hall.
• Kremor told Lu Qingshan that Tori had died after joining the Extraterritorial Battlefield and falling to a demon race squad.
• Marquis Qingcang welcomed the recruits, activated their department permissions, and warned them never to abscond with valuable shipments or betray the company.
• Marquis Qingcang recounted how Kelin had protected a Primal Secret Realm genius from alien spies and earned treasures to restore his divine body and a hundred thousand years of Initial Universe comprehension time.
• Marquis Qingcang finished his reminders and dismissed Lu Qingshan and the other new transporters.

Lu Qingshan completed his first Transportation Department mission, delivering a world ring to a powerful expert at the 002nd Barracks Base. He discovered that the recipient was Purple Radiance Ross, the genius who had defeated him in the Universe Human Peak Talent Tournament.

• Lu Qingshan connected to the Virtual Universe, gained new privileges, applied for formal employment, and received his first delivery mission.
• Lu Qingshan collected the designated world ring and set out with two World Master-level assistants for the 002nd Barracks Base on the Seventh Extraterritorial Battlefield.
• Lu Qingshan traveled through a fixed spatial passage and then aboard Blood Red Three to reach Azure Dragon Star and the barracks base.
• Lu Qingshan delivered the world ring to a thin figure at a luxurious villa and prepared to leave after the recipient verified the goods.
• The figure recognized Lu Qingshan, revealed himself as Purple Radiance Ross, and reminded Lu Qingshan of the tournament battle in which Ross had defeated him.

Lu Qingshan reunited with Ross after both became immortal gods, and they shared wine while discussing their breakthroughs and cultivation. Ross believed Lu Qingshan had limited potential in the higher origin laws, unaware that Lu Qingshan had rapidly improved his time-law comprehension.

• Ross recognized Lu Qingshan as his former Genius Battle opponent and welcomed him into his villa after Lu dismissed the logistics experts.
• Ross served Lu Qingshan Divine Spirit Drunk, and Lu praised its effect on his immortal divine body.
• Lu told Ross that he had recently become an immortal god after cultivating in the Initial Universe and had joined the Virtual Universe Company's transportation department.
• Ross described his tempering missions and said his spatial-law comprehension had reached the Heavenward Bridge’s fourteenth floor, giving him barely marquis-level combat power.
• Lu said his time-law comprehension was comparable to the seventh floor and explained that he had relied on complete lightning-law comprehension to break through.
• Ross assumed Lu would need a long time to advance, not knowing Lu had raised his time-law comprehension by two levels in only a thousand years.

Lu Qingshan learned from Ross that Francis, the former Genius Battle champion, had died on the Seventh Extraterritorial Battlefield. Ross also described the few surviving geniuses and his plan to help his auxiliary lifeform become immortal before Lu Qingshan left; the chapter ended with reader comments and questions.

• Ross told Lu Qingshan that Francis had become a disciple of Thousand Illusion King and risen to become a powerful immortal before King Ziluo killed him at Star Tower.
• Ross suggested that human race great beings might someday resurrect Francis, while Lu Qingshan doubted he would qualify.
• Ross said only thirteen of the thousand Genius Battle participants who joined the Virtual Universe Company were still alive, and described Lucius, now Storm Marquis, as the strongest survivor.
• Ross explained that he had spent most of his wealth on supplies for his auxiliary lifeform's immortal breakthrough, and Lu Qingshan encouraged him to believe it would succeed.
• Ross introduced Lu Qingshan to three immortal divine spirits, and Lu Qingshan later returned to reality and left the military camp base.

While traveling through the dark universe, Lu Qingshan traded resources with Han Li, accepted Xiao Yan’s repayment and the Flame Mantra, and heard about Xiao Yan’s progress. Yue Buqun invited the chat group to visit the Five Sacred Mountains Assembly at Mount Hua.

• Lu Qingshan stopped cultivating after using up his Heaven-Soaring Creation Dew and contacted the Myriad Heavens Chat Group.
• Lu Qingshan exchanged cultivation potions and spiritual herbs with Han Li for twenty-three drops of Heaven-Soaring Creation Dew.
• Xiao Yan transferred 3,260 points to Lu Qingshan and said he had reached the Dou Practitioner realm and received the Flame Mantra from Yao Chen.
• Lu Qingshan accepted Xiao Yan’s Flame Mantra after Xiao Yan insisted on giving it to him.
• Yue Buqun invited Lu Qingshan and the others to visit Mount Hua Sect and see the Five Sacred Mountains Assembly.

Lu Qingshan accepted Yue Buqun’s invitation and made his first trip to another world, sending a low-powered avatar to Mount Hua. He arrived with other chat group members for the Five Sacred Mountains Assembly, while his main body began absorbing cosmic energy in the Swallowed Star world.

• Lu Qingshan agreed to visit Yue Buqun’s world, and Yue Buqun invited the other chat group members to join them.
• Lu Qingshan created an avatar with only faint divine power, spent 20 points to travel, and received Yue Buqun’s approval.
• After the avatar departed, Lu Qingshan’s main body began slowly absorbing cosmic energy.
• Lu Qingshan and the other travelers appeared in a Mount Hua chamber, where Yue Buqun greeted them.
• The Heavenly Dream Ice Silkworm disguised itself as a white-clad youth, and Yue Buqun led the group toward the Hall of Righteousness.

At Mount Hua’s Five Sacred Mountains Assembly, Lu Qingshan and the chat group members met Yue Lingshan before Lu asked Liu Zhengfeng and Ning Zhongze to take them to hear The Smiling, Proud Wanderer. Yue Buqun confronted Dongfang Bubai at the assembly and killed him with a single sword strike, then declared Qu Yang a guest elder of Mount Hua Sect.

• Yue Buqun introduced Yue Lingshan to Lu Qingshan and the others, who gave her precious gifts, including Lu Qingshan’s Everlasting Beauty Fruit.
• A disciple told Yue Buqun that Zuo Lengchan, Abbot Fangzheng, and Daoist Chongxu had arrived at Mount Hua.
• Lu Qingshan asked Liu Zhengfeng to take the group to Cliff of Repentance to hear The Smiling, Proud Wanderer, and Ning Zhongze and Liu Zhengfeng went with them.
• Zuo Lengchan challenged Yue Buqun over his failure to greet the arriving leaders and demanded that Qu Yang be brought out.
• Yue Buqun called Dongfang Bubai out of the forest and beheaded him with a single sword strike.
• Yue Buqun announced that Qu Yang had abandoned the demonic sect and become a guest elder of Mount Hua Sect.

Lu Qingshan left Yue Buqun after hearing Qu Yang and Liu Zhengfeng perform The Smiling, Proud Wanderer Melody, then returned to his world and received an innate secret technique from a mysterious force. He discovered the technique could create a fully independent avatar identical to himself.

• Qu Yang and Liu Zhengfeng performed The Smiling, Proud Wanderer Melody, and Lu Qingshan gave them life-extending pills.
• Yue Buqun told Lu Qingshan that he had killed Dongfang Bubai, defeated Zuo Lengchan and the Thirteen Guardians, and accepted the position of Five Sacred Mountains Alliance leader.
• Lu Qingshan departed with Han Li and Xiao Yan, while Cao Cao, Pang Bo, and the Heavenly Dream Ice Silkworm stayed with Yue Buqun.
• After returning to his world, Lu Qingshan and his two avatars were frozen and scanned by a mysterious force.
• Lu Qingshan received the innate secret technique "Avatar," which let him create an independent copy of himself with no loss of strength.

Lu Qingshan investigated why the Primal Universe's origin will had granted him an innate secret technique and concluded that his cross-world travel had triggered a divine-power recovery bug. After securing his avatar in his divine kingdom, he resumed his mission, though restoring its power would take a long time.

• Lu Qingshan tested his innate secret technique by visiting Yue Buqun's world and then Xiao Yan's, but neither trip caused any unusual effect.
• Xiao Yan's teacher, Yao Chen, appeared and recognized Lu Qingshan as the expert who had once given Xiao Yan the Chaos Source Fruit.
• Lu Qingshan realized the Primal Universe's origin will had mistaken his concealed avatar's departure for its destruction, replenished his main body's divine power, and granted the technique to compensate for the resulting error.
• Lu Qingshan found that restoring his avatar quickly would cost over a hundred thousand chaos elements, far beyond his remaining funds, so he chose to recover it slowly.
• Lu Qingshan transferred some divine power to his avatar, placed it in his divine kingdom for safekeeping, and continued traveling by universe ship toward his mission's destination.

Lu Qingshan mastered the final technique of First Understanding of Time and reconstructed his divine power, increasing his foundational strength to four hundred times that of a World Master. After using his clone to replenish his reserves, he learned that his third son, Lu Hongwen, was nearing the end of his lifespan.

• Lu Qingshan mastered the last sword technique in First Understanding of Time and brought his time-origin law comprehension to the level of the twelfth Heavenward Bridge level.
• Lu Qingshan reconstructed his divine power using the time-origin laws, raising his foundational strength to four hundred times that of a World Master.
• Lu Qingshan summoned his clone to replenish his original body's divine power, leaving the clone nearly depleted.
• Deep Blue informed Lu Qingshan that Lu Hongwen had at most three hundred thousand years left to live unless he became immortal.

Lu Qingshan decided to reward his aging son Lu Hongwen with a chance to cultivate in the Initial Universe, but found he lacked the points to buy a slot. He headed to the Heavenly Bridge Plane to challenge the eleventh level for a large reward, while his friend Walsh watched the attempt.

• Lu Qingshan recalled how Lu Hongwen had served the family for nearly ten million years and decided to give him an Initial Universe cultivation opportunity.
• Deep Blue told Lu Qingshan he had 18,564 points and 4,673.4 chaos elements, leaving him unable to afford a world master-level comprehension slot.
• Deep Blue suggested Lu Qingshan challenge the Heavenly Thunder Bridge, where passing the eleventh level would earn over a hundred thousand points.
• Lu Qingshan arrived at the Heavenly Bridge Plane, greeted Guardian Baffin, and said he intended to challenge the eleventh level.
• Lu Qingshan met Walsh, agreed to let him watch the attempt, and entered the Heavenly Thunder Bridge as Walsh's livestream appeared on a screen.

Lu Qingshan cleared the eleventh level of the Heavenly Thunder Bridge and challenged the twelfth, defeating its gatekeeper with his self-created secret technique. He continued his progress after comprehending all 108 essences of the Law of Time Origin.

• Lu Qingshan chose the warrior opponent on the eleventh level and defeated the yellow-robed gatekeeper with a sword strike.
• Walsh wondered how Lu Qingshan had advanced so quickly, while overseer Baffin watched to see whether he could clear the twelfth level.
• Lu Qingshan reached the surface at the twelfth level and chose to fight its warrior gatekeeper.
• Lu Qingshan and the gatekeeper clashed using the Law of Time Origin and the Law of Lightning Origin, but the gatekeeper's shield initially held.
• Lu Qingshan unleashed his self-created technique, Heavenly Thunder Break, and beheaded the gatekeeper, clearing the twelfth level.

After passing the twelfth level of the Heavenly Thunder Bridge, Lu Qingshan failed the thirteenth, then earned points at the Immortal Altar and reached the seventeenth island of the Illusory Sea before his will gave out. The Illusory Sea administrator recognized his remarkable willpower and contacted king-level immortals who followed the illusionist path, while Lu Qingshan left pleased with his increased points.

• Lu Qingshan passed the twelfth level of the Heavenly Thunder Bridge but was swiftly defeated by the guardian of the thirteenth level.
• Walsh challenged the thirteenth level after Lu Qingshan and also failed, while Baffin reflected on the potential of ordinary immortals.
• Lu Qingshan tested his physical strength in the Immortal Altar Plane and received 81,000 points.
• Lu Qingshan passed the first seventeen islands of the Illusory Sea before the pressure on the eighteenth island scattered his consciousness.
• The Illusory Sea administrator praised Lu Qingshan's will and emailed king-level immortals who followed the illusionist path about him.

After earning millions of points, Lu Qingshan offered his son Lu Hongwen a precious Initial Universe cultivation opportunity, and Lu Hongwen agreed to try. News of Lu Qingshan’s rapid progress and formidable will spread among immortals and king-level experts, drawing attention from potential mentors.

• Lu Qingshan used his Illusory Sea Plane rewards to arrange an Initial Universe cultivation slot for Lu Hongwen, who first refused out of concern for the family’s resources before accepting when his father reassured him.
• Walsh informed Hogus that Lu Qingshan had cleared the twelfth level of the Heavenly Thunder Bridge, and Hogus set out to congratulate his teacher.
• Ross told Storm Marquis Lucius that Lu Qingshan had cleared the twelfth level, prompting Lucius to suggest they build their relationship with him.
• King-level soul masters received notice that Lu Qingshan had cleared the seventeenth island of the Illusory Sea Plane and considered taking him as a disciple.
• In Chaos City, the grandmasters of the Heavenly Thunder Chaos Stele lineage discussed Lu Qingshan, and Thunder Illusion King received an email from the Illusory Sea Plane administrator.

After receiving several offers from king-level immortals, Lu Qingshan became Thunder Illusion King's forty-third personal disciple. He left to meet his new master, while Hogus learned how far Lu Qingshan had advanced and resolved to cultivate harder.

• Deep Blue notified Lu Qingshan of Dream King's offer to take him as a disciple, and he also received two similar emails and a call from Hogus.
• Lu Qingshan met Hogus, who brought wine to celebrate his success at the twelfth level of the Heavenward Bridge and shared information about Heavenly Thunder Lineage marquis-level immortals.
• Extreme Electric King arrived and offered to take Lu Qingshan as his disciple, but Thunder Illusion King came soon after and invited Lu Qingshan to join his lineage.
• Lu Qingshan accepted Thunder Illusion King as his master and received a secret technique manual from Extreme Electric King.
• Lu Qingshan told Hogus that he had passed the seventeenth island of the Illusory Sea, then left to visit Thunder Illusion King as Hogus resolved to cultivate harder.

Lu Qingshan received guidance and secret techniques from Thunder Illusion King, then used his new resources to replenish his divine power and plan to seek another avatar. He reconnected with the Myriad Heavens Chat Group and found its members discussing cultivation struggles and trading resources.

• Thunder Illusion King learned that Lu Qingshan had mastered all 108 essences of time and praised his potential to become a king-level immortal.
• Thunder Illusion King gave Lu Qingshan the Thunder Illusion Secret Technique, demonstrated the fourth diagram of the Heavenly Thunder Chaos Stele, and recommended several dozen manuals.
• Lu Qingshan replied to other king-level immortals who had sought to take him as a disciple, then considered how to spend his points and ordered treasures to restore his divine power.
• Two months later, Lu Qingshan replenished his divine power at a cost of 200,000 points and connected to the Myriad Heavens Chat Group to pursue his plan of splitting his divine body again.
• Pang Bo, Yue Buqun, Cao Cao, Xiao Yan, and Han Li discussed failed cultivation attempts, exchanged offers of resources, and bargained over Flame Mantra.

Lu Qingshan traded resources with the chat group members, visited Xiao Yan in Canaan Academy, then tested his theory by returning to Thunder Star. The Primal Universe’s origin granted him a third body, the Endless Divine Sea, whose divine power could grow without limit but would take time to accumulate.

• Han Li declined Xiao Yan’s offer for the Flame Mantra, sent Yue Buqun ten Body Tempering Pills, and offered Xiao Yan pills for points.
• Lu Qingshan distributed a thousand Body Tempering Potions, traded Han Li two thousand more and spirit herbs for Heaven-Soaring Creation Dew, and earned over ten thousand points from exchanges.
• Lu Qingshan chose to visit Xiao Yan, arrived at Canaan Academy, and met Yao Chen, who offered him pill formulas and Dou Techniques in gratitude.
• Lu Qingshan returned to Thunder Star and confirmed that the mysterious power could not detect his hidden divine kingdom before transporting his consciousness to the mysterious space.
• The Primal Universe’s origin granted Lu Qingshan the innate secret technique Third Body: Endless Divine Sea, but its small initial size meant he would have to build up its divine power gradually.

Lu Qingshan changed his plans after gaining an Endless Divine Sea avatar and decided to use his resources for cultivation in the Initial Universe. He brought five family members and disciples to Chaos City, where he settled into a new cultivation residence near his teacher’s estate.

• Lu Qingshan decided to focus his points on improving his strength and began expanding his Endless Divine Sea avatar inside his divine kingdom.
• After more than a million years, Lu Qingshan gathered his family and disciples on Thunder Star and arranged Initial Universe enlightenment slots for Lu Hongwen, Lu Hongtu, Lu Wenxiu, Black, and Aina.
• Lu Qingshan entrusted Karina with the family’s affairs, urged his family and disciples to cultivate, and promised opportunities in the Initial Universe to disciples who gained recognition from the origin laws before age five million.
• Lu Qingshan transported his group to the Virtual Universe Company headquarters, where Calista met them and escorted them to the spacecraft bound for the Initial Universe.
• Black Peak King led Lu Qingshan and the others to Chaos City, where Lu Hongwen and the rest went with the reception envoy while Lu Qingshan looked for a cultivation residence.
• Lu Qingshan chose a residence near Thunder Illusion King’s estate and became its owner.