Chapter Summaries

After failing to kill the Blood-Killing King, Lu Qingshan spent over a million years fighting cautiously while building his wealth and cultivating his time-law comprehension. He mastered Temporal Area Pause, reorganized his divine power to reach true king-level strength, and prepared to attempt the eighteenth level of the Heavenward Bridge.

• Lu Qingshan and Kleist failed to kill the Blood-Killing King, so Lu Qingshan decided to cultivate further rather than risk more divine power and resources.
• Lu Qingshan fought without burning divine power, hunted marquis-level immortals, and challenged king-level opponents while gaining a reputation on the Extraterritorial Battlefield.
• After a peak king-level Demon Race expert hunted him, Lu Qingshan escaped with Kleist and moved from the Tenth Extraterritorial Battlefield to the First.
• Lu Qingshan accumulated more than fifty billion chaos units of wealth while surviving over a million years of battles and crises.
• In Chaos City, Lu Qingshan used the Time-Illusion Flower to confirm that he had mastered Temporal Area Pause, then reorganized his divine power and raised his base strength to ten thousand times that of a universe master.
• Lu Qingshan replenished his second clone and Endless Divine Sea clone, then connected to the Virtual Universe to attempt the eighteenth level of the Heavenward Bridge.

Pigel passed the fifteenth level of the Heavenward Bridge and met Lu Qingshan, who had returned to challenge the sixteenth level. Lu Qingshan easily passed the sixteenth level, then defeated the seventeenth-level guardian and continued his ascent.

• Pigel defeated the fifteenth-level guardian and celebrated his breakthrough with Kremor and their friends.
• Pigel compared his progress with Lu Qingshan's, while Kremor argued that Lu Qingshan's circumstances and cultivation made the comparison unfair.
• Lu Qingshan arrived at the Heavenly Bridge Plane, agreed to let Pigel watch his challenge, and entered the Heavenly Thunder Bridge.
• Lu Qingshan killed the sixteenth-level guardian with two sword strikes, shocking Pigel and the others watching.
• Lu Qingshan fought the seventeenth-level guardian, overwhelmed him with his sword, and passed the level.

Lu Qingshan cleared the eighteenth level of the Heavenward Bridge, earning recognition as a king-level immortal and drawing powerful figures from across the Human Race to witness his challenge. He then attempted the nineteenth level but failed against its illusionist gatekeeper.

• After Lu Qingshan cleared the seventeenth level, Overseer Baffin alerted king-level immortals and Thunder Illusion King that Lu Qingshan might pass the eighteenth.
• Thunder Illusion King, Thunderclap King, Black Peak King, and many other immortals gathered at the Heavenly Bridge Plane to watch Lu Qingshan challenge the eighteenth level.
• Lu Qingshan defeated the purple-clad warrior gatekeeper with his Thunder Phantom Body and cleared the eighteenth level, prompting the immortals to congratulate Thunder Illusion King.
• Lu Qingshan chose an illusionist for the nineteenth-level challenge, broke free of the gatekeeper’s Nightmare illusion, and attacked.
• The gatekeeper’s composite blade struck Lu Qingshan down, ending his attempt at the nineteenth level in failure.

After Lu Qingshan passed the eighteenth level of the Heavenly Thunder Bridge, he was recognized as a King-level immortal and admitted to the Hong Alliance. News of his breakthrough reached his old friends and disciples, who reacted with shock and excitement.

• Thunder Illusion King welcomed Lu Qingshan back to the Heavenly Bridge Plane, introduced him to the King-level immortals, and took him away after he greeted them.
• The Hong Alliance's 108 representatives approved Lu Qingshan's admission and arranged for an envoy team to invite him to join.
• Ross learned of Lu Qingshan's breakthrough from Christopher and went to meet him and their friends to offer congratulations.
• Warren told Hogus that Lu Qingshan had become a King-level immortal, and Hogus sent his teacher an email before disabling his Virtual Universe network reception.

After clearing the eighteenth level of the Heavenward Bridge, Lu Qingshan celebrated with Thunder Illusion King and his senior brothers and sisters, then chose to cultivate in Chaos City rather than venture to the Extraterritorial Battlefield. Shadow Lord began reviewing Lu Qingshan’s background before approving his new status, but the discovery of the name Spirit-Burning Marquis made him pause.

• Lu Qingshan escaped the crowds outside Thunder Illusion King’s residence and briefly secluded himself to organize his insights from the Heavenward Bridge.
• Thunder Illusion King and Lu Qingshan’s senior brothers and sister celebrated his breakthrough and discussed his next steps.
• Lu Qingshan chose to use his Chaos Stele study opportunities in Chaos City and asked Thunder Illusion King to arrange a meeting with Radiant Light Venerable.
• Shadow Lord reviewed reports on foreign geniuses and learned that Lu Qingshan had cleared the eighteenth level of the Heavenly Thunder Bridge.
• Shadow Lord examined Lu Qingshan’s history, judged that possession and soul enslavement were unlikely, then stiffened when he saw the name Spirit-Burning Marquis.

Shadow Lord investigated Lu Qingshan’s background and discovered evidence that he possessed an unusual incarnation technique, then reported his findings to Chaos City Lord. Chaos City Lord cleared Lu Qingshan for cultivation, while Radiant Light Venerable summoned him to a meeting that he and Thunder Illusion King set out to attend.

• Shadow Lord reviewed Lu Qingshan’s records, noted his aliases and the incarnation working in the transportation department, and judged that he was unlikely to be possessed or enslaved.
• Shadow Lord told Chaos City Lord that Lu Qingshan had become a king-level immortal after leaving the Initial Universe and seemed to possess an incarnation with a vast divine body.
• Chaos City Lord recognized Lu Qingshan from the Initial Universe, concluded that he had encountered an opportunity, and ordered his benefits and authority within the Virtual Universe Company to be increased.
• While Lu Qingshan drank with Thunder Illusion King and his disciples, Thunder Illusion King received an email saying Radiant Light Venerable wanted to see Lu Qingshan.
• Lu Qingshan followed Thunder Illusion King toward Radiant Light Venerable’s residence, wondering whether the summons was connected to his incarnations or battlefield accomplishments.

After passing the eighteenth level of the Heavenward Bridge, Lu Qingshan met Radiant Light Venerable and Shadow Lord, explained that the Primal Universe’s origin will had granted him his clone-creating technique, and accepted his grandmaster’s guidance. He chose the title Myriad Worlds King, declined to join the intelligence department, but agreed to discuss selling captured enemy immortals to it before leaving with Thunder Illusion King.

• Radiant Light Venerable praised Lu Qingshan’s talent and asked how he had obtained his clone-creating method, and Lu Qingshan attributed it to a talent secret technique bestowed by the Primal Universe’s origin will.
• Radiant Light Venerable offered to guide Lu Qingshan’s secret-technique training, and Lu Qingshan accepted with Thunder Illusion King’s approval.
• Lu Qingshan chose the title Myriad Worlds King and learned that he could apply for the company’s benefits after receiving his formal king title.
• Shadow Lord tried to recruit Lu Qingshan into the intelligence department, but Lu Qingshan declined, and Radiant Light Venerable defended his choice to focus on cultivation.
• Shadow Lord offered rewards for transferring enslaved enemy experts to the intelligence department, and Lu Qingshan offered to sell several dormant enemy immortals for King Qingping to negotiate over.
• Radiant Light Venerable dismissed Shadow Lord’s recruitment discussion, and Lu Qingshan and Thunder Illusion King left the palace.

Thunder Illusion King advised Lu Qingshan about the dangers of his clones and ways to quickly strengthen them, especially by improving his Life Gene Level with Blood Luo Crystals and Beast God's Blood. He offered to help Lu Qingshan obtain the rare materials once he officially reached King level.

• Radiant Light Venerable and Shadow Lord judged that Lu Qingshan was unlikely to become a Universe Venerable but could potentially reach Invincible King level through his clones.
• Thunder Illusion King learned that Lu Qingshan's clone was exploring the Extraterritorial Battlefield, promised to keep the secret, and warned that soul attacks could destroy or enslave him.
• Thunder Illusion King told Lu Qingshan that his clone ability already made him one of humanity's strongest King-level Immortals, and Lu Qingshan declined the intelligence department's recruitment.
• Thunder Illusion King explained that Law Comprehension, secret techniques, and treasures could increase Lu Qingshan's strength, but Fire God Crystals were costly and single-use.
• Thunder Illusion King described how Blood Luo Crystals and Beast God's Blood could raise Life Gene Level, then offered to help Lu Qingshan apply for more Beast God's Blood after he reached King level.

Lu Qingshan told Thunder Illusion King about his great wealth and asked for help securing a Spirit Wind God General Inheritance slot. After Thunder Illusion King agreed to investigate, Lu Qingshan accepted the Hong Alliance’s invitation and became an official member.

• Lu Qingshan revealed that he had amassed more than fifty billion chaos units, and Thunder Illusion King advised him to seek a God General Inheritance to improve his strength.
• Thunder Illusion King explained that the available soul-amplitude inheritances were the Demonic Sound and Spirit Wind God General Inheritances, and Lu Qingshan asked him to obtain a Spirit Wind slot opening in a little over a thousand years.
• Thunder Illusion King agreed to investigate whether another recipient could exchange their Spirit Wind slot for resources, and Lu Qingshan returned to his residence.
• Deep Blue told Lu Qingshan that nine Hong Alliance envoys were waiting, and their leader, Desire Heart King, formally invited him to join.
• Lu Qingshan accepted the invitation, received the Hong Alliance star mark, and was welcomed as an official member by a mysterious silhouette before the envoys departed.

After becoming the Myriad Worlds King, Lu Qingshan used his new authority to obtain Blood Luo Crystals and Beast God's Blood, raising his life genetic level to ten times that of an ordinary lifeform. He planned to save his remaining funds for a God General Inheritance slot.

• Hogus congratulated Lu Qingshan on becoming a King-level immortal, and Lu Qingshan entrusted him with arranging a banquet at the Virtual Universe Company's Universal Headquarters.
• Lu Qingshan checked his new authority and received ten Blood Luo Crystals and five free drops of Beast God's Blood.
• Lu Qingshan successfully fused four Blood Luo Crystals, but his attempt to fuse a fifth failed.
• Lu Qingshan fused all five free drops of Beast God's Blood and bought another drop for ten billion points.
• After fusing the sixth drop, Lu Qingshan activated his Blood Luo Power and found his base strength had reached roughly one hundred thousand times that of a World Master.

Lu Qingshan’s rise to king-level immortal brought invitations and gifts from powerful figures across the Human Race, while Thunderlight Ancestor ordered his clan to make amends with the Lu Family. Half a year later, Lu Qingshan’s banquet began at the Virtual Universe Company’s headquarters, where Thunder Illusion King introduced him to Blood Soul King, who had agreed to give up a Spirit Wind Divine General inheritance slot for him.

• Thunderlight Ancestor ordered Fitzjeller to take those involved in provoking the Lu Family to Thunder Star and personally apologize, then chose Rex and Qing Lan to accompany him to Lu Qingshan’s banquet and cultivate in the Initial Universe.
• Charm Heart Marquis, Scarlet Fire Marquis, and Purple Scale Marquis discussed Lu Qingshan’s rapid rise and agreed to prepare gifts worth less than five hundred thousand mixed yuan units each.
• Heaven Eclipse Venerable told Frost Venerable and Gui Yi Venerable that Lu Qingshan had become a king-level immortal and planned to send someone to his banquet.
• Lu Qingshan prepared a lavish banquet at the Virtual Universe Company’s headquarters and welcomed Thunder Illusion King, who introduced him to Thunderclap King, King Fengyan, and Blood Soul King.
• Thunder Illusion King told Lu Qingshan that Blood Soul King had agreed to give up a Spirit Wind Divine General inheritance slot for him, then sent Lu Qingshan to receive the other guests.

Lu Qingshan celebrated becoming a king-level immortal at a banquet attended by thousands of Human Race powerhouses and honored guests from other forces. After announcing he planned to cultivate in Chaos City, he declined Black Peak King's offer to remain in the Transportation Department for its benefits and prepared to leave the department.

• Dragon Horn King attended and delivered gifts from himself and Heaven Eclipse Venerable, while other powerful guests arrived, including Black Peak King and Marquis Qingcang.
• Tawen King and King Mengdu arrived with Golden Horn Race members, bringing Elder Klimans's gift and inviting Lu Qingshan to visit for the guidance Klimans had promised.
• King Qingping brought a gift from Shadow Lord, and the guests discussed Lu Qingshan's connections as more than ten thousand immortal gods gathered for the banquet.
• Extreme Electric King introduced Lu Qingshan's rise from an ordinary immortal to a king-level immortal, and Lu Qingshan pledged to fight for the Human Race before opening the feast.
• Black Peak King offered Lu Qingshan rewards for staying registered with the Transportation Department, but Lu Qingshan said he would leave to cultivate in Chaos City, and Black Peak King agreed to handle his departure.

Lu Qingshan bought Blood Soul King's Spirit Wind God General Inheritance slot and then visited Hong Alliance City for the first time. There, he met Stone Peak King and other members, who welcomed him into their residential district.

• Blood Soul King reduced the price of the Spirit Wind God General Inheritance slot from 35 billion to 32 billion mixed yuan units to build a relationship with Lu Qingshan, and Lu completed the transfer.
• Thunder Illusion King advised Lu to protect the secret of his clone and prepare soul-enhancing treasures before the inheritance opened; Lu resolved not to cultivate the inheritance to major completion.
• Lu connected to the Virtual Universe and teleported from Thunder Island to his assigned residence in Hong Alliance City.
• Lu toured his residential district, where alien king-level immortals greeted him warmly, then reunited with Stone Peak King.
• Stone Peak King introduced Lu to Setting Sun King, Storm King, Silver Wing King, and other experts, who welcomed him and promised to meet regularly.

Lu Qingshan toured Hong Alliance City with Stone Peak King, sold his rare resources for a high price, and bought powerful new equipment. With his strength and gear greatly improved, he prepared to face stronger opponents on the Extraterritorial Battlefield.

• Stone Peak King guided Lu Qingshan around Hong Alliance City and showed him its bustling trading districts and Puya Palace casino.
• Lu Qingshan declined to gamble and visited the Universal Treasure Hall to learn about its rare treasures and consignment services.
• With Stone Peak King's help, Lu Qingshan sold his remaining resources for 15.9 billion chaos elements, more than the Virtual Universe Company's offer.
• Deep Blue recommended four pieces of equipment suited to Lu Qingshan, and he ordered them for a total of eighteen billion chaos elements.
• Lu Qingshan assessed that his upgraded strength and equipment could let him threaten entry king-level opponents and survive encounters with stronger foes.

Lu Qingshan equipped his new treasures and returned to the Illusory Star River to test his greatly increased strength against King-level Immortals. He killed Divine Crocodile King, survived his self-destruction unharmed, and left with the spoils.

• Lu Qingshan donned the Violet Firmament Exquisite Armor and Thunder God Battle Suit, took up his Thunder Sound Sky-Piercing Sword, and prepared to explore the Illusory Star River.
• After searching for more than twenty years, Lu Qingshan found Divine Crocodile King and attacked him with a soul strike.
• Divine Crocodile King blocked the soul attack by burning immortal divine power and fled, but Lu Qingshan burned his own divine power and pursued him.
• Lu Qingshan struck Divine Crocodile King with his sword, destroying much of his divine body and driving him to detonate what remained.
• Lu Qingshan's armor withstood the explosion without injury, and he collected the spoils before leaving the battlefield.

Lu Qingshan celebrated killing Divine Crocodile King, assessed his gains, and replenished his divine power before resuming his hunt. His second clone arrived in Chaos City to study the Chaos Steles, where Thunder Illusion King gave him combat secret techniques to aid his cultivation until the Spirit Wind Divine General’s inheritance opened.

• Lu Qingshan reviewed his strength after killing Divine Crocodile King, named the six alien experts he planned to confront, and chose Heaven Piercing King as his first target.
• Lu Qingshan valued Divine Crocodile King’s damaged spoils at more than three hundred million mixed-element units, replenished his divine power, and resumed searching for prey.
• Lu Qingshan’s second clone joined Black Peak King’s transport to Chaos City, explaining that he wanted to study the Chaos Steles after passing the eighteenth Heavenward Bridge level.
• Robertson and Robert escorted Lu Qingshan to his new permanent estate near Thunder Illusion King’s residence, where he completed the ownership process.
• Lu Qingshan listened to Thunder Illusion King teach the Heavenly Thunder Chaos Stele, then met with his teacher, who offered him combat secret techniques from the Human Race treasury.

Lu Qingshan planned his cultivation before the Spirit Wind God General Inheritance opened, then spent over a thousand years improving his techniques and strength. He finally advanced his second sword technique to the ordinary level while Thunder Illusion King learned that Lu Qingshan’s other techniques were progressing more slowly.

• Lu Qingshan decided to save his chat group points for the Spirit Wind God General Inheritance and focus on close-combat techniques and soul attacks rather than creating a psychic-weapon control technique.
• Lu Qingshan divided his cultivation among three clones, with his main body fighting on the Extraterritorial Battlefield and another clone developing secret techniques under Radiant Light Venerable’s guidance.
• After more than a thousand years, Lu Qingshan used Profound Thunder Heavenly Blade to defeat the hundredth opponent, a Flame Lizard Behemoth, and advanced the technique to the ordinary level.
• Thunder Illusion King visited Radiant Light Venerable to ask about the Star Radiance Secret Realm and received permission to explore it with King Fengyan and Thunderclap King.
• Radiant Light Venerable told Thunder Illusion King that Lu Qingshan’s second soul attack technique had defeated only eighty-seven opponents, while his second sword technique had reached the ordinary level.

Lu Qingshan reviewed his battlefield victories and received a quota for the Spirit Wind God General Inheritance, prompting him to leave the First Extraterritorial Battlefield and return to his divine kingdom. The Demon Race then identified him as a major threat and arranged for Stone Armor King to hunt him.

• Lu Qingshan assessed the spoils from killing Flying Feather King and recalled his battles and growing record of kills in the Five Lotus Domain.
• Lu Qingshan received notice that the Spirit Wind God General Inheritance would open in three years and decided to focus on accepting it.
• Lu Qingshan returned to his divine kingdom through a temporary teleportation passage.
• The Demon Race's battlefield leaders reviewed Spirit Sword King's abilities and decided to raise a reward for killing him.
• The Demon Race selected Stone Armor King, who had accepted the Skyscraping Divine General Inheritance, as a suitable hunter for Lu Qingshan.

Lu Qingshan traveled to Spirit Wind Continent to receive the Spirit Wind God General Inheritance, after leaving Chaos City with Thunder Illusion King and Jing Lei. Wind Shadow King gathered the quota holders and brought them to the inheritance temples, where the first king-level immortal entered and the temple sealed itself behind a white barrier.

• Lu Qingshan stopped cultivating in Chaos City, informed Thunder Illusion King that he planned to receive the Spirit Wind God General Inheritance, and learned that a universe-level genius could occupy a quota by chance.
• Thunder Illusion King and Jing Lei left Chaos City to explore a cosmic mystic realm with King Fengyan, while Lu Qingshan traveled through the Virtual Universe Company's Qingguang Branch toward the Glory Secret Realm.
• Lu Qingshan arrived at Spirit Wind Continent, met Wind Shadow King and the other quota holders, and waited with them for more than two years.
• Wind Shadow King led the king-level immortals to the thirty-two inheritance temples in a mist-covered basin and explained that each temple could host one recipient.
• Several king-level immortals charged through the strange beasts, and the first to enter a temple triggered its golden light and sealed it behind a white barrier.

Lu Qingshan entered a Spirit Wind God General inheritance temple and began cultivating its soul-amplitude inheritance, which promised powerful rewards but had never been fully mastered by any inheritor. After his progress slowed on the staircase, he activated the chat group's enlightenment enhancement for one year to speed up his cultivation.

• Lu Qingshan entered an inheritance temple, destroyed the phantom beasts inside, and triggered its protective shield.
• Lu Qingshan read the inheritance site's message, learned that the Spirit Wind God General title could have only one holder, and stepped onto the inheritance staircase.
• Lu Qingshan received a profound soul-amplitude secret technique while Wind Shadow King waited outside for his junior brother to arrive and enter another temple.
• Lu Qingshan learned that the inheritance had three stages and that completing the first would earn him the title of Preliminary Candidate.
• After more than two months, Lu Qingshan reached the 2,000th stair and raised his soul amplitude to twenty times, but his progress slowed on the next stair.
• Lu Qingshan spent eighty thousand points to activate the chat group's enlightenment enhancement function for one year and resumed studying the inheritance.