Ch. 241Level-5 Foraging Permit!

Key plot points and events

  • After calculating that a lone King-level assassin had only an 11.17% chance of killing Xiao Yang, the Machine Race Venerable decides not to act alone. He plans to coordinate with the Zerg and Demon Race, whose leaders also fear Xiao Yang’s rapid, likely concealed progress.
  • Six months later, Xiao Yang’s original body and Heavenly Void Clone have both reached the seventh stage of the Domain Lord Level. He expects to become a World Lord within a year or two and receives his appointment as an Inspector Envoy to the Dry Witch Universe Country.
  • Marquis Mu Yu prepares to transport Xiao Yang and his guards there by Divine Kingdom Teleportation, using a token placed in advance. Xiao Yang offers to cover the costly teleportation.
  • In the Game World, the Back Hill Mountain Foraging Event returns. Now able to buy a Level-5 Foraging Permit, Xiao Yang gains three hours to forage and immediately finds a Level-6 Wild Ginseng.

Character developments and interactions

  • The Machine Race Venerable shifts from considering a solo assassination to seeking cooperation, recognizing that Xiao Yang is too well protected and dangerous to target alone.
  • Marquis Mu Yu respects Xiao Yang as the Chaos City Lord’s disciple and is increasingly impressed by his growth. He feels fortunate to serve as Xiao Yang’s guard captain.
  • Xiao Yang remains considerate toward Mu Yu, offering to pay for the teleportation rather than taking his assistance for granted.
  • Xiao Yang is thrilled by the prospect of finding more Level-6 crops, which could raise the gene levels of both his body and clone.

Significant themes

  • Rising power and threat: Xiao Yang’s swift advancement makes him a priority target for rival races.
  • Secrecy and strategic conflict: The Human Race’s concealment of Xiao Yang’s results signals how valuable—and vulnerable—he has become.
  • Ambition and opportunity: The new permit gives Xiao Yang a chance to build on the extraordinary gains from his earlier Wild Ginseng.
  • Respect earned through potential: Mu Yu’s loyalty and admiration reflect Xiao Yang’s growing status.

Ch. 242Level 6 Wild Ginseng, Jianshou Mushrooms, and Wild Peanuts!

Key events

  • In the Back Hill, Xiao Yang finds Level 6 Wild Ginseng, which can raise a lifeform’s gene level tenfold below the hundredfold baseline. He plans to give it to his Heavenly Void Clone, whose gene growth options are limited, but not to his original body: without a special rule-defying treasure, it cannot surpass the hundredfold gene limit before becoming a Universe Master.
  • Using nanobots to search quickly, he discovers a Level 6 Goji Berry tree and several other valuable crops, though he avoids sharing the berries because he is unsure it is safe.
  • He finds Level 6 Jianshou Mushrooms. They can induce a year-long illusion to temper the user’s will, potentially up to peak immortal level, with no lasting harm if the trial fails. Xiao Yang expects them to help push his will beyond its World Lord-level ceiling and aid his future study of the Virtual Universe.
  • A nanobot alerts him to wild peanuts. He finds a large patch of Level 6 peanuts: each pod contains six, and consuming them creates avatars that last a hundred years and possess one-thousandth of his strength. Like his weaker peanut-grown avatars, they can comprehend laws; he hopes their greater strength will also improve their efficiency.
  • After harvesting the peanuts and returning for the mushrooms, his time in the Back Hill expires. Back at the farm, he heads to the manor to give the peanuts to his original body and clone and put the mushrooms in the audiovisual room.

Character developments and interactions

  • Xiao Yang shows caution and strategic thinking: he weighs each crop’s benefits against its limits, saves the ginseng for his clone, and avoids distributing unfamiliar goji berries.
  • He is increasingly focused on strengthening his will and accelerating law comprehension, seeing both as important to his future progress.
  • Number One, now an intelligent lifeform, cannot enter the Back Hill, leaving Xiao Yang reliant on nanobots rather than his most capable search assistant. No direct interactions with Luo Feng or the others occur; Xiao Yang specifically refrains from giving them the goji berries.

Significant themes

  • Growth constrained by rules: Powerful gains still face cosmic limits, and surpassing them requires extraordinary methods.
  • Preparation and resource management: Xiao Yang carefully matches each crop to the person or purpose where it offers the greatest advantage.
  • Incremental cultivation: Stronger will, more efficient law study, and strategic use of clones all contribute to long-term advancement.

Ch. 243The Bait Was Set

Plot points and events

  • After consuming level-six Wild Peanut, Xiao Yang’s new Avatars become much stronger and far more effective at understanding laws. Together, the six Avatars nearly match his own comprehension speed, effectively doubling his progress.
  • Xiao Yang and his clone continue cultivating, while he anticipates reaching World Lord level within a few years and growing much more rapidly afterward.
  • At the Virtual Universe Company’s Ganwu Branch, Xiao Yang meets three marquises and makes clear that he only wants to complete his Highest Points Mission, not interfere in their affairs unless they have acted egregiously. He accepts their gift but declines a welcome ceremony.
  • Xiao Yang takes Marquis Mu Yu to a purchased planet, presenting it as his homeworld. The planet is a decoy: Xiao Yang plans to use it as bait, while concealing his true origins.
  • Months later, Xiao Yang receives his first mission: bring down the Yanni Empire’s imperial family for aiding the Zerg by selling intelligence and smuggling human-territory treasures.
  • Xiao Yang and the Ganwu forces attack Yanni Star, arrest the imperial family—including its Immortal ancestor—and confront the Immortal and three World Lord princes. Xiao Yang reveals the reason for their arrest; the Immortal realizes their allegiance to the Zerg has caught up with them.

Character developments and interactions

  • Xiao Yang’s improved Avatars greatly expand his ability to cultivate and comprehend laws, reinforcing his confidence in his future advancement.
  • Xiao Yang shows himself to be pragmatic and politically calculating: he accepts the marquises’ gift to put them at ease, avoids unnecessary interference, and disguises his homeworld to support his larger plan.
  • The three marquises are relieved by Xiao Yang’s hands-off stance and try to maintain his favor through a gift and an offered ceremony.
  • Marquis Mu Yu accompanies Xiao Yang to the decoy planet and stays nearby.
  • At Yanni Star, the imperial Immortal initially appeals to Xiao Yang for an explanation, but Xiao Yang condemns the family’s dealings with the Zerg.

Significant themes

  • Power and growth: The stronger Avatars accelerate Xiao Yang’s progress toward greater cultivation.
  • Political pragmatism: Xiao Yang manages officials by offering reassurance while keeping his real aims hidden.
  • Deception and strategy: The supposed homeworld serves as bait, and Xiao Yang’s mission targets a family whose covert dealings threaten human interests.
  • Consequences of betrayal: The Yanni imperial family faces punishment for aiding humanity’s enemy.

Ch. 244Venerable Strikes!

Key plot points and events

  • Xiao Yang gives the three captured World Lord princes a chance to survive by defeating him. They attack together, but he kills all three with a single finger thrust that sends out three spear-like strikes.
  • Marquis Mu Yu kills the Yanni Empire Immortal before he can plead for mercy.
  • As Xiao Yang is about to board the ship, a powerful presence immobilizes him and seals space. The Dry Witch Lord has arrived to assassinate him.
  • The Dry Witch Lord battles Venerable Illusory Nether of the Illusion Core Race. Their clash tears apart the surrounding void, but an unseen force shields Xiao Yang from the shockwaves.
  • Illusory Nether attempts a soul attack on Xiao Yang, only to discover that Xiao Yang apparently has no soul and is unharmed. The Dry Witch Lord seizes the opening and attacks more fiercely.
  • While the Venerables fight, a King-level warrior and two Immortals emerge to attack Xiao Yang. The King engages Marquis Mu Yu, while the two Immortals rush Xiao Yang. His ten World Lord guards stand protectively before him—but flame-red vines burst from Xiao Yang and blunt the attackers’ strikes.

Character developments and interactions

  • Xiao Yang demonstrates overwhelming strength, casually defeating three high-ranking World Lords. His apparent lack of a soul also makes him immune to Illusory Nether’s attack, and the chapter ends by revealing another defensive power: the fiery vines.
  • Marquis Mu Yu remains decisive and protective. She executes the Yanni Immortal and later places herself between Xiao Yang and the attackers, despite being occupied by the King-level enemy.
  • The ten guards show loyalty by forming a shield around Xiao Yang, prepared to die protecting him.
  • The Dry Witch Lord is revealed as Xiao Yang’s would-be assassin, but turns the battle against Illusory Nether after the latter’s failed ambush.
  • Venerable Illusory Nether underestimates Xiao Yang’s unusual nature and is driven onto the defensive by the Dry Witch Lord.
  • The Yanni Immortal’s hope of survival ends when the princes are killed and Marquis Mu Yu executes him.

Significant themes

  • Xiao Yang’s concealed power: Each crisis reveals that his abilities exceed what even formidable warriors expect.
  • Loyalty and protection: Marquis Mu Yu and the guards risk themselves to defend Xiao Yang.
  • Shifting power and vulnerability: Even Venerables can be pressured or caught off guard, while Xiao Yang’s unusual nature frustrates attacks designed for ordinary beings.
  • Mercy as a test, not a reprieve: Xiao Yang offers the princes a chance, but their failure leads to their deaths.

Ch. 245Self-Destruction

Key plot points and events

  • Xiao Yang catches the two Immortal attackers off guard with a devastating strike from Boundless, destroying part of each of their divine bodies and severing an arm apiece.
  • The Dry Witch Lord joins the fight and kills the two wounded Immortals with a Soul Attack.
  • Venerable Illusory Nether tries to escape, but the Dry Witch Lord seals space and halts time. His punch shatters Illusory Nether’s body, though the Venerable reforms thanks to his Immortal Body.
  • Facing defeat, Illusory Nether burns his Divine Power to multiply his strength. The Dry Witch Lord does the same when Illusory Nether threatens Xiao Yang.
  • The Dry Witch Lord badly wounds Illusory Nether, who ultimately self-destructs. The blast devastates the surrounding void and nearby planets.
  • The Dry Witch Lord shields Xiao Yang, while the Flame Star Vine absorbs the remaining force. Marquis Mu Yu is badly injured, losing at least half her Divine Power; the Dry Witch Lord loses roughly a fifth of his. Illusory Nether’s assassination attempt is ended, but the defenders pay a heavy price.

Character developments

  • Xiao Yang demonstrates the growing power and destructive reach of Boundless, striking decisively despite the attackers’ momentary advantage. He remains appreciative of the Dry Witch Lord’s rescue.
  • The Dry Witch Lord proves formidable and versatile, using space- and time-based control, Soul Attacks, and powerful hand-to-hand combat. He is willing to burn his own life-force to protect Xiao Yang, though the cost leaves him seriously weakened.
  • Venerable Illusory Nether shifts from attempted escape to a desperate gamble, sacrificing Divine Power for strength before self-destructing rather than accept defeat.
  • Marquis Mu Yu endures a costly fight and the final explosion, emerging severely weakened.

Significant themes

  • Power has a price: Burning Divine Power can provide overwhelming strength, but it consumes an Immortal’s life and risks lasting weakness.
  • Protection and sacrifice: The Dry Witch Lord prioritizes Xiao Yang’s safety, accepting substantial losses himself.
  • The stakes of immortality: Immortals can recover from bodily destruction, but damage to Divine Power threatens their strength, survival, and future.
  • Combat through teamwork: Xiao Yang’s strike creates an opening, and the Dry Witch Lord turns it into a decisive victory.

Character interactions

  • Xiao Yang’s attack disrupts the Immortals’ assault, allowing the Dry Witch Lord to finish the two attackers.
  • The Dry Witch Lord blocks Illusory Nether’s escape and repeatedly intervenes to keep Xiao Yang safe, even as Illusory Nether’s power surges.
  • The Dry Witch Lord protects Xiao Yang and the Flame Star Vine from the self-destruction blast; Mu Yu is caught in the devastation.
  • Xiao Yang and Mu Yu thank the Dry Witch Lord afterward. He ignores Mu Yu and focuses on Xiao Yang, seemingly pleased that his protection achieved its intended effect.

Ch. 246The Dry Witch Lord's Shock

Plot points

  • The Dry Witch Lord saves Xiao Yang and Marquis Mu Yu, then prepares to leave. He had taken the mission partly to earn Xiao Yang’s future favor, believing Xiao Yang might one day equal or surpass him.
  • Xiao Yang thanks him with a ten-meter-wide watermelon, which the Lord accepts without realizing its full worth.
  • Marquis Mu Yu, weakened by the battle, believes he can no longer serve as Xiao Yang’s guard captain. Xiao Yang gives him a smaller watermelon instead.
  • A small bite rapidly restores Mu Yu’s divine power; after several mouthfuls, he is back to peak condition. Xiao Yang and the guards then set out for the Primordial Secret Realm, as ordered.
  • The Dry Witch Lord coordinates a crackdown on covert networks in his universe country, then returns home to recover. He is pleased by the contribution points earned through the mission.
  • Curious about Xiao Yang’s gift, the Lord cuts open the watermelon. Its rind is valuable enough to be supplementary material for a Supreme Treasure. A piece of its flesh restores 1% of the High Venerable’s divine power, astonishing him.

Character developments and interactions

  • Xiao Yang shows gratitude and generosity, using his mysterious farm-grown fruit to restore both the Dry Witch Lord and Mu Yu.
  • Marquis Mu Yu moves from shame and dejection over failing to protect Xiao Yang to renewed respect after experiencing the watermelon’s power.
  • The Dry Witch Lord initially sees the gift as a modest courtesy, but its extraordinary effects shock him. His belief in Xiao Yang’s exceptional potential—and the value of keeping a connection with him—is reinforced.

Significant themes

  • Unexpected value and hidden potential: The watermelon appears ordinary but proves extraordinarily powerful, much like Xiao Yang’s still-concealed abilities.
  • Gratitude and reciprocal loyalty: The Lord hopes Xiao Yang will owe him a favor, while Xiao Yang responds to the rescue with valuable gifts.
  • Power and protection: Mu Yu’s failure highlights the dangers surrounding Xiao Yang, while the fruit offers a surprising means of restoring strength.

Ch. 247Recognition by the Time and Space Origin Laws

Plot points and events

  • The Dry Witch Lord discovers that Xiao Yang’s level-8 watermelon can restore even a Venerable’s divine power rapidly. Realizing it may also help Universe Masters, he carefully stores the remaining fruit and rind, regretting that he did not trade it earlier for valuable Supreme Treasures.
  • Xiao Yang returns to the Primordial Secret Realm and enters seclusion to advance from Domain Lord to World Lord. After two years, his original body and Heavenly Void Clone reach the peak of Domain Lord.
  • When Xiao Yang emerges to break through, the Primordial Universe’s power freezes space and time around him, signaling that he has gained acknowledgment from the origin laws of space and time.
  • The Chaos City Lord recognizes the event and is surprised that Xiao Yang achieved it so soon after leaving the Initial Universe. Other geniuses learn of the breakthrough in comprehension: Xiao Yang’s mastery is roughly equivalent to the fifteenth Celestial Bridge level, far beyond his peers.
  • Xiao Yang understands that he had already met the requirements through his mastery of Space Lock and part of Time Acceleration; the acknowledgment came only after he returned from the Game World. He immediately begins his World Lord breakthrough, which proceeds without resistance, and an energy vortex forms above him.

Character developments and interactions

  • Dry Witch Lord shifts from underestimating the watermelon’s value to treating the remainder as a lifesaving asset, reflecting his financial desperation and newfound appreciation of its rarity.
  • Xiao Yang continues his rapid advancement with confidence, moving directly from receiving the laws’ acknowledgment into a seemingly effortless breakthrough.
  • Chaos City Lord watches Xiao Yang and expresses quiet surprise at his progress. The other young geniuses respond with astonishment and reassess Xiao Yang’s already formidable reputation.

Significant themes

  • The value of rare resources: A quickly absorbed divine-power restorative is exceptionally valuable, especially to powerful beings whose survival and ability to resurrect their followers depend on such energy.
  • Rapid cultivation and exceptional talent: Xiao Yang’s law comprehension advances at a pace that far exceeds that of his peers.
  • Recognition and reputation: Xiao Yang’s breakthrough becomes public news, reinforcing his status even though he is unaware of the attention.
  • Preparation and timing: Xiao Yang had already developed the necessary abilities; returning to the Primordial Universe allowed the acknowledgment and breakthrough to occur.

Ch. 248Breaking Through to World Lord and Farm Town!

Key plot points and events

  • Xiao Yang breaks through to the World Lord level, transforming his Inner World into a vast landscape of ten continents, an Endless Ocean, plants, magma, and volcanoes. Two central continents embody Higher-tier Origin Laws; eight surrounding continents embody Lower-tier laws.
  • His Psychic Power and Origin Force merge, creating his first World Power. This lets him communicate with the Primordial Universe’s Origin Land and access its energy.
  • The Primordial Universe pours vast amounts of Universe Origin Energy and World Power into his Inner World, expanding it to over 100 million kilometers in diameter—far larger than a typical World Lord’s. The surplus energy forms mountains of Universe Crystals, and the Inner World’s laws and energy density strengthen.
  • Xiao Yang uses his Origin Bead to stabilize the Inner World, then enters the game with his true body and clone. His advancement raises his game level to Level 6, awards a gift pack, and unlocks the Farm Town map.
  • He discovers he can finally leave the farm’s previously impassable boundary. After flying for an hour, he reaches the entrance to Farm Town.

Character development and interactions

  • Xiao Yang actively shapes his Inner World rather than letting it develop passively, directing the arrangement of continents, oceans, vegetation, and volcanic regions.
  • He approaches his breakthrough with confidence and curiosity, already considering how to use Level-6 Onions to expand his Inner World further and wondering about Level-9 crops and new game features.
  • His interaction with the Primordial Universe is framed as an “angel investment”: it supplies the energy that enables his rapid growth. He also coordinates his true body and avatar in using their abilities.

Significant themes

  • Growth and creation: Xiao Yang’s breakthrough is both a personal advancement and the creation of a complex inner world.
  • Power through opportunity: His unusually deep law comprehension, clones, and special abilities make his gains far exceed those of an ordinary World Lord.
  • Exploration and expanding horizons: The newly unlocked Farm Town opens a larger world beyond the farm, setting up the next stage of discovery.

Ch. 249The Blacksmith Shop

Plot points and events

  • Xiao Yang arrives in Farm Town, which is much smaller and quieter than he expected. Most buildings are closed because many residents are traveling; only Charlie’s produce shop and John’s blacksmith shop are open.
  • Xiao Yang meets Charlie, the young man who buys produce from his farm in bulk. Charlie recognizes him, though they have mainly dealt with each other online, and explains the town’s current state.
  • On the way to the blacksmith, Xiao Yang notices the many locked businesses, including a seed shop, bakery, pharmacy, bookstore, and even Farm Town University.
  • Xiao Yang discovers that he cannot fly or use his power to damage anything while inside town, though he can still access items and use World Power.
  • At the blacksmith shop, he watches John finish a kitchen knife at extraordinary speed. Xiao Yang senses that the knife—and the farming tools on display—are powerful treasures.
  • John explains that the displayed tools belong to other customers, but offers to make Xiao Yang a custom item.

Character developments and interactions

  • Xiao Yang is eager to explore the town and quickly shifts his attention to the blacksmith when he learns it is open. He is impressed by John’s speed and craftsmanship and realizes the shop can produce high-grade treasures.
  • Charlie is friendly and enthusiastic, welcoming Xiao Yang and offering to guide him. Their relationship is revealed to be an established business partnership, despite their limited face-to-face contact.
  • John is courteous and confident in his craft. His exceptional speed and the quality of his work establish him as a powerful, capable blacksmith.

Significant themes

  • A game world with its own rules: Town limits restrict Xiao Yang’s movement and powers, emphasizing that familiar abilities do not work everywhere.
  • Exploration and discovery: The quiet town hints at larger systems and possibilities that Xiao Yang has yet to access.
  • Craftsmanship and value: The blacksmith’s work turns ordinary-looking tools into extraordinary treasures, suggesting that expertise can conceal great power.

Ch. 250Probability of Drawing Level-9 Seeds

Plot points

  • Xiao Yang visits John’s smithy and asks whether John can forge equipment. John confirms he can, but requires customers to supply materials and charges an extra 10 percent.
  • Xiao Yang provides samples of his farm materials and confirms that John understands the outside world’s Supreme Treasures. The materials are too weak for true Supreme Treasures, but can produce Pseudo-Heavy Treasures.
  • Xiao Yang commissions a spear and armor, and asks for a special item to conceal his cultivation. John tests Xiao Yang’s spear technique against the smithy wall, then says the smithy is an Ultimate Palace Supreme Treasure. He promises to deliver the weapon and armor to Xiao Yang’s farm within three days.
  • Back at his farm, Xiao Yang checks the draw odds: a level-9 crop seed is extraordinarily rare, with odds of one in ten sextillion. The expected cost is about ten trillion chaos units’ worth of Voucher Points.
  • Since he may need far more than that for repeated draws—and eventually for level-10 crops—Xiao Yang decides to seek Primal Ancestor’s help. He logs into the Virtual Universe and goes to Primal Ancestor’s private space.

Character developments and interactions

  • Xiao Yang is resourceful and forward-looking: he uses the smithy visit to test both John’s abilities and his knowledge, and plans ahead for the costs of higher-level seeds. He is willing to disclose some information to secure the resources he needs.
  • John is a proud, capable, and somewhat eccentric smith. He eagerly inspects Xiao Yang’s materials, confidently assesses what they can produce, and briskly sends Xiao Yang away so he can begin forging.
  • Xiao Yang and John negotiate the materials and payment, discuss the desired equipment, and establish that John will tailor the weapon and armor to Xiao Yang’s fighting style.
  • Xiao Yang and Primal Ancestor have not yet met in this chapter, but Xiao Yang’s decision to approach him sets up a request for substantial support.

Significant themes

  • The limits of resources: Xiao Yang’s materials constrain the quality and types of equipment he can obtain, while the seed-drawing costs strain even his considerable means.
  • Preparation and strategic growth: He seeks equipment suited to future battlefield needs and considers how to conceal his true cultivation.
  • Economic power and scarcity: Universe crystals are valuable strategic resources, and Xiao Yang recognizes that drawing rare seeds could require support beyond his personal means.
  • Hidden strength and remarkable artifacts: The smithy’s true nature as an Ultimate Palace Supreme Treasure contrasts with its modest exterior and John’s casual manner.

Ch. 251Clone Plans

Plot points and events

  • Xiao Yang visits the Primal Ancestor after breaking through to World Lord. They discuss how he should use his two remaining clone opportunities: one for a main combat clone and another for a clone with a large divine body.
  • The Primal Ancestor recommends choosing a combat clone with a high gene level and a useful support-type innate secret skill, since Xiao Yang’s own talent should eventually make conventional abilities less valuable.
  • Xiao Yang asks about Venerable Candri’s extraordinary ability to create more than a hundred powerful avatars. The Primal Ancestor explains that Candri’s genes were raised to a hundred times their original level and the Primordial Universe granted him the secret skill. Attempts to clone Candri produced special life forms but not the same ability, so it cannot simply be inherited.
  • Xiao Yang abandons the idea of using Candri’s species for his second clone. The Primal Ancestor promises to provide information on special-life-form materials in the Human Race Treasury and on World Lord-level special life forms in the Primordial Universe.
  • Xiao Yang then asks for an enormous supply of universe crystals, offering resources in exchange. He requests at least a quadrillion—and ideally ten quadrillion—chaos units’ worth. The Primal Ancestor agrees to arrange the purchase through Chaos, but questions Xiao Yang’s resources and motives.
  • Xiao Yang shows him information about his Level-7 crops, which can restore divine power. The Primal Ancestor recognizes their rarity and usefulness even to Venerables, and wonders whether Xiao Yang has enough to trade at the scale he wants.

Character development and interactions

  • Xiao Yang is deliberate about planning his clones and candid with his teacher. His interest in Candri’s ability reveals his ambition to greatly multiply his combat strength, while his huge crystal request shows that he is pursuing a separate, resource-intensive goal.
  • The Primal Ancestor acts as an experienced mentor: he gives strategic advice, explains the limits of Candri’s ability, and readily offers institutional support. His surprise at Xiao Yang’s request prompts practical questions about both its purpose and the resources behind it.
  • Their relationship is trusting and informal. Xiao Yang openly shares his plans and asks for help; the Primal Ancestor responds warmly while still scrutinizing the scale of the request.

Significant themes

  • Power and specialization: A clone’s value depends not just on strength but on its gene level, divine body, and innate abilities.
  • The limits of imitation: Exceptional powers may come from unique circumstances and cannot necessarily be reproduced by cloning the bearer.
  • Mentorship and cooperation: Xiao Yang’s growth is supported by the Primal Ancestor’s advice and access to Human Race resources.
  • Ambition and resource exchange: Xiao Yang’s vast demand for universe crystals hints at larger plans, while the scene emphasizes the economic value of rare restorative treasures.

Ch. 252The Astonished Primal Ancestor

Key plot points and events

  • Xiao Yang tells the Primal Ancestor he can supply unlimited quantities of the listed treasures, provided he receives enough Universe Crystals. The Primal Ancestor initially proposes a modest purchase, wary of spending too much of the race’s strategic resources.
  • Xiao Yang offers an even more valuable set of Level-8 crops that restore Venerables’ Divine Power. The Primal Ancestor wonders whether they can work on Universe Masters and orders Xiao Yang’s avatar to test them with the Chaos City Lord.
  • Xiao Yang visits the Chaos City Lord in the Thousand Treasures River and presents more than a dozen crop varieties. The Chaos City Lord consumes them and confirms they restore his Divine Power—and are easier to refine than comparable treasures.
  • Xiao Yang asks for ten quintillion Chaos Units’ worth of Universe Crystals. To prove he can meet the enormous demand, he produces and delivers tens of thousands of Watermelons, which offer the best value for restoring Divine Power. The Chaos City Lord agrees to arrange the payment.
  • Back in the Virtual Universe, the Primal Ancestor is astonished by the scale of Xiao Yang’s ability.

Character developments

  • Xiao Yang is confident about his supply and resource-generation abilities, though he is calculating how to obtain enough Universe Crystals to draw the crop seeds he wants—especially those that improve talent.
  • The Primal Ancestor shifts from cautious curiosity to amazement as he sees the potential value of Xiao Yang’s treasures.
  • The Chaos City Lord moves from skepticism to serious interest after personally testing the crops and confirming their effectiveness.

Significant themes

  • Extraordinary abundance versus scarcity: Treasures that are normally rare strategic assets are commonplace to Xiao Yang.
  • Trust proven through action: Xiao Yang answers doubts not with explanations but by producing an immense quantity of crops.
  • The value of resources and innovation: A new, easily refined source of Divine Power could significantly benefit the Human Race.

Character interactions

  • Xiao Yang negotiates with the Primal Ancestor, seeking more Universe Crystals in exchange for increasingly valuable crops.
  • The Primal Ancestor directs the test through the Chaos City Lord, who acts as both evaluator and potential buyer.
  • The Chaos City Lord’s surprise and Xiao Yang’s matter-of-fact confidence highlight the gulf between Xiao Yang’s unusual opportunity and the established scarcity of such treasures.

Ch. 253Dao Enlightenment Fruit

Key plot points and events

  • The Primal Ancestor remarks that Xiao Yang’s opportunities exceed even the extraordinary ones he had as a World Lord, reflecting on how the Human Race’s fortunes once rose and fell with him.
  • Xiao Yang agrees to provide the Human Race with his future treasures. The Primal Ancestor promises to have its experts gather more Universe Crystals, anticipating Xiao Yang’s growing needs.
  • Xiao Yang asks to exchange treasures that restore divine power for Supreme Treasure materials. The Primal Ancestor directs him to consult the Chaos City Lord about the Human Race Treasury, including materials from special life forms.
  • Since Xiao Yang plans to train on the Extraterrestrial Battlefield, the Primal Ancestor gives him the Myriad Races Mirror, a Soul Defense Supreme Treasure that can disguise his aura and let him pose as an Immortal rather than a World Lord.
  • Xiao Yang collects a World Ring containing a billion billion Chaos Units’ worth of Universe Crystals and receives 1,000 treasure points from the Chaos City Lord.
  • Back in the Game World, Xiao Yang claims a top-up event reward: a Level-10 Dao Enlightenment Fruit. He consumes it, improving his law-comprehension efficiency and sparking new inspiration for his Creation Secret Technique.

Character developments and interactions

  • Xiao Yang shows increasing ambition and foresight: he plans to gather materials, prepare for battlefield training, and make use of the Human Race’s resources. He remains grateful to the Primal Ancestor and continues developing his abilities.
  • The Primal Ancestor recognizes Xiao Yang’s unusual potential and supports him with resources and a concealment treasure, while advising him to seek the Chaos City Lord’s help.
  • The Chaos City Lord provides Xiao Yang with a vast supply of Universe Crystals and treasure points.
  • The Primal Ancestor’s reflections on Giant Axe and the Human Race’s misfortune underscore how rare Xiao Yang’s opportunities are.

Significant themes

  • Fortune and opportunity: The Human Race’s history is tied to the rise and fall of its greatest figures, while Xiao Yang appears to possess exceptional luck.
  • Preparation and strategic growth: Xiao Yang plans beyond his immediate needs, securing resources, materials, and concealment before entering a dangerous battlefield.
  • The value of comprehension: The Dao Enlightenment Fruit reinforces that improved understanding of laws and techniques is central to cultivation and power.

Ch. 254Star Gate Vine

Key plot points and events

  • After consuming a Dao Enlightenment Fruit, Xiao Yang comes up with ideas for creating his own secret techniques and records them before checking the next top-up mission.
  • The new mission requires a hundred million times more universe crystals than the previous one. Xiao Yang doubts he can obtain that sum anywhere except from the Ancestor God Religion, and converts his remaining crystals into Voucher Points.
  • Xiao Yang reviews special life forms as candidates for his second clone. He favors the Cold Whale over the World Tree, since a World Tree clone would be difficult to move and likely confined to his Divine Kingdom.
  • His attention turns to an enigmatic plant remnant in the Human Race Treasury: a vine from a life form that survived three universe destructions. It has a gene level of three thousand times the baseline and can move through space—even resisting Space Lock—but previous attempts to nurture it as a clone all failed.
  • Xiao Yang visits the Chaos City Lord in the Initial Universe and asks to examine the remains. His ordinary knife passes through the vine; the Chaos City Lord explains that only the higher-tier origin law of space can damage it.
  • Back in the Game World, Xiao Yang places a fragment in his warehouse and discovers the life form’s name: Star Gate Vine. He opens its detailed information to learn more.

Character developments and interactions

  • Xiao Yang is eager to begin developing his own techniques, though he originally intended to wait until his Supreme Treasure was complete and to study more techniques first.
  • He is increasingly drawn to the Star Gate Vine as a possible second-clone candidate, but remains cautious because its nature is unknown and earlier candidates failed.
  • The Chaos City Lord acts as both a guide and resource: he supplies the vine remains and explains how its unusual spatial properties protect it.

Significant themes

  • Power through self-creation: Xiao Yang recognizes that original secret techniques will eventually be necessary to fully express his strength.
  • Ambition and practical limits: His progress is constrained by both the enormous cost of the next mission and the difficulty of choosing a suitable clone.
  • The unknown and discovery: The Star Gate Vine’s ancient origin, unusual abilities, and hidden information set up Xiao Yang’s next investigation.

Ch. 255Fire Origin?

Key plot points and events

  • Xiao Yang studies the warehouse’s information on Star Gate Vine, learning that it is a powerful plant life-form that can merge with space, move through it even under Space Lock, and feed on Space Fragments.
  • Its two innate skills convince him to make it his second clone: Mastery of Time and Space, and Star Gate, which opens routes between places where it has left an Immortal Crystal or a piece of itself. Star Gate can bypass Space Lock and work beyond the Primordial Universe.
  • Xiao Yang begins nurturing the clone, but the process rapidly drains his World Power. He replenishes it with Level-7 crops. After a day, an enormous red egg—fifty million kilometers tall—forms in his Inner World.
  • The clone’s development is expected to take 180,000 years. Xiao Yang considers speeding it up with life-restoring crops, since the Human Race lacks enough Water of Life, and turns to his stored Level-8 and Level-9 crops.
  • While inspecting the seeds, he finds Level-8 and Level-9 chili peppers. Their descriptions promise insight into the Fire Origin, prompting him to realize that crops may help cultivate a true Source of Laws.

Character development and interactions

  • Xiao Yang shifts from admiring Star Gate Vine’s abilities to decisively choosing it as a clone, prioritizing its mobility and survival benefits.
  • His excitement gives way to frustration at the clone’s immense size and development time, but he responds pragmatically by seeking ways to accelerate it.
  • Xiao Yang interacts mainly with his clone and the warehouse system: he uses the system’s detailed descriptions to evaluate the Vine and discovers the chili peppers’ significance.

Significant themes

  • Power, mobility, and survival: Star Gate Vine’s space-travel abilities offer advantages beyond ordinary teleportation.
  • The cost of growth: Extraordinary potential demands enormous energy, resources, and time.
  • Cultivation through discovery: Xiao Yang’s crops may grant insight into fundamental laws, opening a new route toward higher realms.
  • Hidden knowledge: Information about Sources of Laws was concealed in the Cosmic Sea, but Xiao Yang’s findings point toward possibilities beyond what most people know.

Ch. 256Law Affinity Rises Again

Key plot points and events

  • Xiao Yang consumes a large collection of level 8 and 9 crops, including crops that improve affinity for fusion laws. Over more than a month, his affinity for the various laws rises dramatically, allowing him to comprehend them dozens of times faster.
  • His custom equipment is completed: two spears and two suits of armor, plus a domain treasure and a palace. The weapons and armor contain patterns of all ten origin laws, with one spear and one suit of armor classified as Pseudo-Heavy Treasures.
  • Xiao Yang’s law comprehension has reached roughly the Celestial Bridge’s sixteenth floor, beyond what existing Human Race techniques can fully support. The Primal Ancestor agrees it is time for him to develop his own secret techniques and gives him more than 100,000 annotated techniques to study.
  • The Primal Ancestor recommends that Xiao Yang obtain a Time Palace from the Chaos City Lord so he can study efficiently. Xiao Yang places it inside his manor and sends four Heavenly Void Avatars in to examine the techniques, leaving the remaining avatar to manage the blueberry harvest.
  • Meanwhile, Luo Feng and his companions travel to Demon Sound Mountain for their next mission, hoping their strong composure and willpower will help them withstand its demonic sounds and reach valuable opportunities. Hong’s presence as a disciple of a Universe Master deters Marquis Po Yu from continuing her attempts to assassinate Luo Feng.

Character developments and interactions

  • Xiao Yang moves from relying on others’ techniques toward the challenge of creating his own, while using his clones and resources to advance efficiently.
  • The Primal Ancestor recognizes Xiao Yang’s unusual progress, guides his training, and gives him a vast body of material to study.
  • The Chaos City Lord provides Xiao Yang with the Time Palace.
  • Luo Feng and his companions, including Hong, choose to undertake missions together for mutual support and shared opportunities.
  • Marquis Po Yu abandons her assassination plans because Hong’s status makes the risk too great.

Significant themes

  • Accelerating mastery through talent and preparation: Xiao Yang’s improved law affinity, equipment, and use of clones all support his rapid growth.
  • Individual creation beyond inherited knowledge: Xiao Yang’s progress has outgrown existing techniques, making innovation necessary.
  • Cooperation and protection: Luo Feng’s group travels together, while Hong’s powerful backing shields Luo Feng from a political threat.

Ch. 257Creating His Own Secret Arts

Key plot points and events

  • On Demon Sound Mountain, Luo Feng’s group encountered Molo but avoided a fight: Molo lacked confidence against their numbers, especially with Hong present.
  • Thanks to Xiao Yang’s earlier advice, Hong and Thunder God reached the Demon Sound Divine General’s Inheritance Palace, aided by Luo Feng’s Mosha Clan clone. Their success angered other contenders, but the Youhou Lord intervened in their defense, and opposition fell silent.
  • While the others pursued the inheritance, Xiao Yang studied the Primal Ancestor’s secret techniques and began developing a spear technique and a soul-based illusion technique.
  • In the Primal Ancestor’s private Virtual Universe space, Xiao Yang demonstrated both creations. His spear technique—using the weapon Gui Yi—formed a world of elements into a devastating beam and was judged just short of a top-tier Immortal technique. His soul illusion was only an ordinary Immortal-level technique.
  • The Primal Ancestor began coaching Xiao Yang, providing detailed feedback and simulated opponents. Xiao Yang steadily improved, though the challenges remained difficult.

Character developments

  • Xiao Yang shows strong talent as a technique creator, especially with the spear. His willpower has reached the Immortal level, aided by the audiovisual room and Jianshou Mushrooms, though his soul-technique ability lags behind.
  • Hong and Thunder God develop along the illusion-based Martial Warrior path and secure access to the Demon Sound inheritance.
  • The Youhou Lord demonstrates loyalty and protectiveness toward Hong, his disciple in name and junior fellow disciple in reality.
  • The Primal Ancestor acts as Xiao Yang’s mentor, combining expert critique with demanding practical training.

Significant themes

  • Mentorship and disciplined improvement: Xiao Yang advances by studying, testing, and correcting his work under an experienced teacher.
  • Talent and specialization: Xiao Yang excels with the spear but is comparatively weak at soul techniques.
  • Competition and protection: Inheritance opportunities are scarce, prompting a rush to claim them, while powerful patrons can shield their protégés.
  • Steady refinement: Xiao Yang’s techniques improve through repeated struggle rather than effortless mastery.

Character interactions

  • Molo and Luo Feng’s group briefly assess one another before parting peacefully.
  • The Youhou Lord’s intervention prevents challenges to Hong and the others’ inheritance access.
  • Xiao Yang presents his techniques to the Primal Ancestor, receives candid criticism, then trains against the Primal Ancestor’s simulated opponents.

Ch. 258Heading to the Extraterrestrial Battlefield?

Key plot points and events

  • Xiao Yang trains in the Game World’s arena, which can simulate opponents with powers, secret skills, and even cultivation systems unavailable in the Virtual Universe. These varied fights have broadened his understanding, but his progress is beginning to slow.
  • The Primal Ancestor recommends that Xiao Yang train on the Extraterrestrial Battlefield, where real opponents can provide a better test than simulations.
  • Xiao Yang agrees and asks for a concealed identity. He plans to leave an avatar cultivating conspicuously in Chaos City so his true whereabouts remain hidden.
  • The Primal Ancestor arranges an Immortal identity and grants him freedom to operate alone, without joining a squad or following assigned training goals.
  • Xiao Yang prepares to prioritize testing his secret skills rather than relying on overwhelming strength or powerful trump cards. He is willing to risk death because important possessions can be kept in the Game World and he can be nurtured again.

Character developments and interactions

  • Xiao Yang shows initiative and confidence: he has already considered battlefield training and welcomes the chance to choose his own methods.
  • The Primal Ancestor respects Xiao Yang’s independence and unusual insight. He suspects Xiao Yang may possess an ancient-civilization inheritance but does not press him about it.
  • Their teacher-student relationship is marked by trust: the Primal Ancestor provides protection and freedom, while Xiao Yang openly explains his plans.

Xiao Yang’s abilities and approach

  • At Peak World Lord, Xiao Yang can produce up to a million times World Lord power, with further boosts from blood-luo power and level-9 crops. His physical and soul amplitudes are also greatly enhanced.
  • His overall strength can rival some ordinary Invincible King-level experts, and his law comprehension is nearing King level. However, he still lacks the law mastery and secret-skill refinement to match that raw power fully.
  • Some crops could grant exceptionally powerful abilities, but using them now would exhaust or injure him. He keeps them—and other trump cards—for emergencies.

Significant themes

  • Growth through real challenge: Simulated combat has value, but genuine opponents offer an unpredictable test that can drive further improvement.
  • Strength versus skill: Xiao Yang deliberately restrains his superior raw power so he can sharpen his secret skills.
  • Trust and discretion: The Primal Ancestor supports Xiao Yang without demanding explanations for his secrets.
  • Risk and detachment: Xiao Yang accepts the possibility of death and loss, allowing him to pursue training without fear.

Ch. 259Information on the Extraterrestrial Battlefield

Chapter Summary

  • The Primal Ancestor prepares Xiao Yang to enter the Extraterrestrial Battlefield. He creates a convincing Virtual Universe identity for him, registers his spaceship signal with Battlefield Intelligence, and sends him detailed battlefield information. This lets Xiao Yang travel directly to a battlefield and move freely without completing a newcomer mission.
  • Xiao Yang’s cover identity is Source Spear Marquis, an ordinary Primary Marquis-level Immortal said to have trained on the battlefields long ago. He memorizes the fabricated history and reviews the information before choosing where to go.
  • The chapter explains the battlefields’ origins and dangers: the Human, Demon, Zerg, and Machine races compete for new territories, and prolonged invasions can turn contested regions into battlefields. Powerhouses from smaller races also enter to train or earn military credits, which can be exchanged for resources. Battles are extremely deadly, especially for lower-level fighters whose leaders are killed; battlefield death rates generally exceed 90%.
  • Xiao Yang chooses Ten Thousand Plants Continent in the Eleventh Battlefield, which formed relatively recently after a secret realm was shattered during a conflict involving all four races. Its history of valuable treasures and rare plant life continues to attract many Ordinary and Marquis-level Immortals.

Character Development and Interactions

Xiao Yang shows caution and independence: rather than heading straight to the battlefield, he studies his options and selects a location suited to his plans. The Primal Ancestor acts as a trusted facilitator, supplying the identity, access, and intelligence Xiao Yang needs. Their interaction is efficient and cooperative, with Xiao Yang accepting the assistance and carrying out the preparations.

Significant Themes

  • Preparation and secrecy: Xiao Yang’s fabricated identity and carefully registered access help him operate without attracting attention.
  • Risk and opportunity: The battlefields offer training, resources, and rare discoveries, but survival is far from assured.
  • Conflict over resources: Competition among the four great races—and the ambitions of smaller races—drives the creation and continued activity of the battlefields.

Ch. 260Ten Thousand Plants Continent

Key plot points and events

  • Xiao Yang reviews the power tiers of King-level Immortals and concludes that, while his raw strength is formidable, his law comprehension and secret techniques still lag behind. He estimates he can contend with Peak Kings or King-level Limits, but an enemy burning divine power could overwhelm him, so he must be ready to flee.
  • To conceal his departure for the Extraterrestrial Battlefield, he leaves a Tianxu Avatar visibly seated in Chaos City. Another avatar travels there through the Game World’s Dry Witch Universe Country entry point, taking a slow spaceship journey.
  • In the Game World, Xiao Yang visits his Flame Star Vine and decides to accelerate its growth with level-7 and selected level-8 crops. The vine’s exceptional foundation means it needs far more resources than ordinary vines, but Xiao Yang hopes to raise it to Immortal level in time to fight beside him.
  • After more than two years of travel, Xiao Yang’s spaceship exits the Dark Universe. He orders an external-view simulation and sees the Ten Thousand Plants Continent ahead.

Character development and interactions

  • Xiao Yang is increasingly confident in his progress, but remains realistic about his limitations and the danger posed by Immortals who burn divine power.
  • His accelerated cultivation and improved talent have brought forward his plans: he is heading to the battlefield far sooner than he once expected.
  • The Flame Star Vine eagerly welcomes Xiao Yang and responds joyfully when he promises to help it grow. Xiao Yang treats it with warmth and purpose, intending to make it a combat partner.

Significant themes

  • Power and vulnerability: Great raw strength does not guarantee safety when opponents can unleash explosive power.
  • Preparation and concealment: Xiao Yang carefully hides his movements and plans for the possibility of retreat.
  • Growth and ambition: His rapid advancement pushes him toward greater risks, while he invests in helping the Flame Star Vine catch up.
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