Chapter Summaries

Qi Yuan acquired the Time Formation and used it alongside the True Explanation of Formations fragment to accelerate his Law of Time cultivation. After a year of progress, he returned to the Lanting Auction, where he reunited with acquaintances and found the proud girl in white seated beside him again.

• Qi Yuan studied the Time Formation, which contained 10,081 basic formations for comprehending the Law of Time.
• Qi Yuan was pleased that the Time Formation and the enlarged True Explanation of Formations fragment would help him advance rapidly in his cultivation.
• Qi Yuan spent a year cultivating the Laws after resolving his affairs in the Eternal Starfield and Blue Bay Branch.
• Qi Yuan entered the Lanting Auction and exchanged greetings with Clan Leader Dilong, Ancestor Xue Lan, and other acquaintances.
• The proud girl in white arrived and sat beside Qi Yuan, then snorted and ignored him.
• Xue Shang welcomed the audience and began introducing the auction's first item.

Qi Yuan won a study slot for the Nine Chapters of Thunder at the Lanting Auction and gave it to Liao Li. The gift triggered a system reward, leaving Qi Yuan with the Heavenly Thunder Secret Codex stored in his System Space.

• Qi Yuan found the Nine Chapters of Thunder study slots at the auction and bid until he won one for thirty-three Hun Yuan Units.
• Qi Yuan registered the slot to Liao Li, who had the highest base return multiplier among his thunder-attributed disciples.
• Ten days later, Qi Yuan and Liao Li verified their identities and received the auction items from the delivery team on Red Leaf Star.
• Qi Yuan gave Liao Li the Nine Chapters of Thunder chip and urged her to study the secret art diligently.
• The system rewarded Qi Yuan with the Heavenly Thunder Secret Codex after the gift triggered a 60x critical reward.

Qi Yuan used the Heavenly Thunder Secret Codex to accelerate his cultivation while distributing auction treasures to his disciples and expanding Red Leaf Star’s influence across the Liu Quan Star System. Thirty years passed in this steady routine, with Qi Yuan still focused on comprehending Laws, training, and developing his territories.

• Qi Yuan received the Heavenly Thunder Secret Codex and considered selling study rights to earn royalties, but prioritized increasing his strength.
• Qi Yuan gave auction treasures to his disciples, including Metal Lifeforms, Lan Ke Fruit, and the Yan Dao Disk, and received valuable returns.
• Qi Yuan cultivated the Laws of Thunder and Time with the aid of secret arts and formations, while wishing he had clones like Luo Feng.
• Qi Yuan delegated most of his Virtual Universe Company duties to Sagi as Red Leaf Star’s influence grew through alliances with Realm Lord families.
• Qi Yuan spent nearly 250 billion Cosmic Coins to acquire the Liu Quan Star System and began large-scale reconstruction with the Cosmic River Bank.
• Thirty years passed as Qi Yuan cultivated, instructed disciples, attended auctions, and developed his territories.

Qi Yuan gained recognition from the Thunder Origin Law and broke through from Domain Lord to World Lord as his World Embryo transformed into an Inner World. His new Inner World finished forming, and an Origin Bead emerged within his Life Core.

• Samonka and Supervisor Bayer arrived at the Divine Temple and witnessed the Thunder Origin Law descend over it, recognizing that Qi Yuan had obtained Origin Law Recognition.
• Mileya and the other disciples identified the phenomenon and celebrated Qi Yuan’s achievement while residents gathered to watch.
• Qi Yuan’s consciousness entered the Thunder Law Ocean, greatly accelerating his comprehension of the Thunder Law.
• The World Embryo in Qi Yuan’s Life Core completed its transformation, and the fusion of his Force power and mind power produced the first strand of World Power.
• Qi Yuan used Two-Realm Resonance to draw Universe Origin Energy into his Life Core, forming a vast Inner World with a central Amethyst Giant Tree, surrounding ocean, and Cosmic Crystal deposits.
• The transformation finished as the Force power and mind power merged into an Origin Bead, marking Qi Yuan’s breakthrough to the World Lord level.

Qi Yuan completed his breakthrough to the World Lord level, gaining a transformed body and vastly faster Law comprehension. After awakening the first level of the Tiangong Tower’s power and seeing its destructive might, he began considering bolder plans.

• Qi Yuan’s Inner World fully opened, and the World Power it produced transformed his body as he reached the World Lord level.
• Qi Yuan’s consciousness descended into the Universe Origin Land, where he sensed Laws far more clearly and found his Thunder Law comprehension had accelerated dramatically.
• Qi Yuan summoned the Tiangong Tower and, guided by Bumblebee, activated the first level of its power by tracing its secret patterns with World Power.
• Qi Yuan tested the charged tower inside a World Ring, where its strike pulverized mountain ranges and nearly collapsed the space within.
• Qi Yuan stopped the tower and realized its power surpassed that of an ordinary World Lord, then considered making bolder plans.

Qi Yuan planned how to use his World Lord stage to strengthen his laws, find a clone, improve his aptitude and foundations, and create a secret art. He decided to begin by seeking eligibility for the Virtual Universe Company's Intermediate Auction.

• Qi Yuan continued comprehending laws and cultivating after testing the Tiangong Tower.
• Qi Yuan prioritized raising his Origin Law of Lightning comprehension and advancing his Law of Time.
• Qi Yuan considered finding a disciple to learn the Law of Time from and seeking talents, treasures, or secret arts that could help him comprehend it faster.
• Qi Yuan explored obtaining a special clone, particularly a Destroying Silk Giant Beast, and considered seeking Kandri's Cloning Technique or a substitute.
• Qi Yuan identified improving his Life Gene Level, Inner World, and secret-art creation as further goals, then decided to pursue eligibility for the Virtual Universe Company's Intermediate Auction.

After becoming a World Lord, Qi Yuan sold some of his accumulated treasures and raised his account to four stars, earning an invitation to an Intermediate Auction eight years away. He began buying secret techniques to gift and resell for funds, while Captain Long Ji returned to his merchant group with an eerie, altered expression.

• Qi Yuan sold Immortal Divine Weapons, spaceships, and other treasures, raising his account balance above 10,000 Hun Yuan Units and qualifying for a four-star account.
• The Virtual Universe Company invited Qi Yuan to its Intermediate Auction, which would take place in eight years, and he decided to strengthen himself and raise more funds before attending.
• Qi Yuan bought the secret techniques Nine Flashes of Void Lightning, Star Burial, and Thousand Mechanisms, gifted them, and received valuable originals in return.
• Captain Long Ji returned to his merchant ship, where his crew praised his rise from an ordinary planetary-level youth to leader of a large merchant group.
• Long Ji's expression turned eerie as silvery-white light spread through his pupils, and he summoned the crew closer to tell them about business opportunities.

Qi Yuan attended a gathering at the Central Heavenly Palace, where Nine Stars Marquis introduced Long Yun as the new Branch Chief of the Qianyun Star Domain. Recognizing the famous Genius War victor from the original story, Qi Yuan became excited but realized he needed to grow stronger before he could approach him as a potential disciple.

• Qi Yuan left his Law of Thunder cultivation after Lord Xing Zhan summoned him to the Virtual Universe with Director Wiggins.
• Xing Zhan told Qi Yuan that Nine Stars Marquis had called the Lanting Division's leaders to welcome a genius posted from the company's core Secret Realm.
• Qi Yuan and the others gathered with tens of thousands of Realm Lords and Immortal Gods before the Central Heavenly Palace.
• Nine Stars Marquis introduced Long Yun, a Domain Lord from the Primordial Realm, as the new Branch Chief of the Qianyun Star Domain.
• Qi Yuan recognized Long Yun as the Genius War victor who had defeated Luo Feng and resolved to become stronger before trying to seize an opportunity with him.

Qi Yuan investigated a cargo vessel that had reappeared after sending a self-destruction alarm and found its crew linked to a parasitic creature called a Time-Rubbing Bug. When his system briefly identified the golden-haired youth as Long Ji Montoya instead, Qi Yuan entered the youth’s sea of consciousness and confronted the bug’s attack.

• Qi Yuan met Samonka near the silent cargo vessel and learned that it had vanished after an alarm, then reappeared with its crew refusing contact.
• Samonka showed Qi Yuan footage of the Golden-haired Unicorn Youth and the crew connected by silver threads, which made the company suspect parasitism.
• Qi Yuan used his World Power to inspect the vessel and identified the youth as a Time-Rubbing Bug with a 58x return multiplier, but the system briefly changed the target’s name to Long Ji Montoya.
• Qi Yuan invaded the youth’s sea of consciousness, where he saw the thousand-winged, thousand-legged bug attached to three stellar fireballs.
• The Time-Rubbing Bug attacked Qi Yuan’s power with silver threads, a Soul Attack, and an invisible force that slowed the consciousness accompanying his probe.

Qi Yuan subdued the Time-Rubbing Bug parasitizing Long Ji and learned that killing it would also destroy Long Ji and his companions, who were bound to it in a special soul symbiosis. As Long Ji begged for a way to save them, Qi Yuan said there might be another option.

• Qi Yuan used World Power to destroy the Time-Rubbing Bug's offspring and seal the mother insect's consciousness.
• Qi Yuan stored the Silver-Gray Cargo Ship and told Samonka to comfort the victims' families and keep the incident quiet.
• Long Ji woke in Qi Yuan's World Ring, thanked him, and explained that his merchant group had lost consciousness after visiting Qian'e Star.
• Qi Yuan learned that the Time-Rubbing Bug could regenerate offspring and had once grown powerful enough to control many experts.
• Qi Yuan warned Long Ji that the bug would awaken again and that killing it might cause Long Ji and his companions to die with it.
• Long Ji pleaded for his companions to be saved, and Qi Yuan said there might be another way.

Qi Yuan accepted Long Ji Montoya as his disciple and spent heavily on preparations to help him seize the consciousness of the parasitic Time-Sand Bug. After the Inheritance Crystal began strengthening Long Ji’s soul, an unexpected change occurred within his sea of consciousness.

• Qi Yuan explained that Long Ji could attempt Soul Seize to escape the Time-Sand Bug’s control, though success was unlikely and his companions’ fate remained uncertain.
• Long Ji chose to attempt Soul Seize, and Qi Yuan offered to fund the costly preparations in exchange for Long Ji becoming his disciple.
• Long Ji accepted and greeted Qi Yuan as his master, revealing his disciple attributes, including a 21x Basic Return Multiplier.
• Qi Yuan purchased a Soul Seize secret method in an Inheritance Crystal and spent more than 4,700 Hun Yuan Units on it and other preparations.
• After the items arrived nearly a month later, Qi Yuan entered his pocket world and suppressed the Time-Sand Bug as it attacked him with silver threads.
• Qi Yuan sent the Inheritance Crystal into Long Ji’s sea of consciousness, where it began pouring soul energy into his largest stellar fireball before an unexpected change occurred.

Qi Yuan watched Long Ji battle the Time-Rubbing Bug’s invading consciousness while trying to use the Soul Seize secret art. After two years, Long Ji destroyed the bug’s consciousness fragment and immediately began seizing its body as the main consciousness prepared to self-destruct.

• The Time-Rubbing Bug split off part of its consciousness and invaded Long Ji’s soul core, forcing Long Ji to fight back while absorbing the Soul Seize secret art.
• Qi Yuan noticed the System Return had not triggered because the battling consciousnesses were making Long Ji’s attribute panel fluctuate between identities and races.
• A black-robed young man on Hanmu Star reported that No. 66 had likely returned to his hometown, and was instructed to keep gathering intelligence.
• Over two years, Long Ji’s will transformed, allowing him to gain the upper hand and destroy the portion of the Time-Rubbing Bug’s consciousness inside his soul core.
• As the Time-Rubbing Bug’s main body began preparing to detonate its soul, Qi Yuan warned Long Ji, who condensed his consciousness into a blade and plunged into the bug’s sea of consciousness.

After Long Ji seized the Time Sand Bug’s body, Qi Yuan received the delayed return for gifting him the Soul Seize opportunity: an Immortal Level Zerg Mother Nest, the soul-control art Great Dream Thousand Autumns, and the Innate Secret Art One Qi Transforms into Three Pure Ones. When Qi Yuan touched the final reward, his cultivation space froze and his Life Core began transforming.

• Long Ji’s consciousness destroyed the Time Sand Bug’s remaining consciousness, devoured its soul fragments, and took nearly half a month to adapt to its body.
• Long Ji awakened in the Golden-haired Unicorn Youth’s body, thanked Qi Yuan, and pledged his loyalty.
• The System awarded Qi Yuan an Immortal Level Zerg Mother Nest, Great Dream Thousand Autumns, and One Qi Transforms into Three Pure Ones for his earlier gift to Long Ji.
• Qi Yuan examined Great Dream Thousand Autumns and learned that its five realms could control as many as ten thousand soul servants.
• Qi Yuan touched the reward One Qi Transforms into Three Pure Ones, freezing time and space as a mysterious power transformed his Life Core and formed Three Clear Qi Auspicious Clouds.

Qi Yuan received the Innate Secret Art One Qi Transforms into Three Pure Ones, which created three powerful clones within his Life Core. He realized the clones gave him a foundation for pursuing the Great Dao.

• The system drew Qi Yuan’s consciousness into a mysterious place where a golden mote of light transmitted an Innate Secret Art to him.
• Qi Yuan’s Life Core transformed, and he activated the secret art to manifest the Yuqing, Shangqing, and Taiqing clones in his Inner World.
• Qi Yuan discovered that the three clones could be reborn while his Life Core remained intact and possessed distinct time, space, and soul-related talents.
• Qi Yuan learned the clones’ abilities, including Time Stop and Creation for Yuqing, Space Lock and Transformation for Shangqing, and Persistence and Enlightenment for Taiqing.
• Qi Yuan recognized One Qi Transforms into Three Pure Ones as the foundation of his future path to the Dao.

Qi Yuan studied the three clones he had obtained through the Soul Seize opportunity, tested their abilities, and decided to send them to the Outer Domain Battlefield to gain combat experience, recruit stronger disciples, and gather valuable gifts. He planned to keep his main body safe while the clones ventured into the dangerous battlefield, where he also considered capturing alien geniuses to earn return rewards.

• Qi Yuan examined his Life Core and discovered that it had strengthened to support the Three Pure Ones Clones.
• Qi Yuan learned that the Jade Purity Clone could stop time and create objects, the Upper Purity Clone could freeze space and imitate secret arts, and the Great Purity Clone possessed an ability called Persistence.
• Qi Yuan tested the clones in his Inner World and recognized that they gave him four lives, allowing him to explore more safely while protecting his Life Core.
• Qi Yuan concluded that he needed higher-level disciples and suitable resources to improve his Return System rewards.
• Qi Yuan chose the Outer Domain Battlefield as his next destination, planning to gain combat experience, recruit talented disciples, and collect valuable gifts.
• Qi Yuan considered capturing geniuses from other races and using them to generate return rewards.

Qi Yuan prepared for the Outer Domain Battlefield and the upcoming mid-level auction by cultivating with his clones and selling two adapted secret techniques for a fortune. After using his growing resources to support his disciples and accelerate his cultivation, he arrived at the auction, where the event finally began.

• Qi Yuan assigned roles to his clones, hid his main body on a distant Life Planet, and used the Jade Purity Clone and Upper Purity Clone to advance his comprehension of time and space.
• Qi Yuan sold Startling Shadow and Ruins of the Void to the Virtual Universe Company, earning more than 16.5 million Hun Yuan Units and upgrading his bank and treasury privileges.
• Liao Li broke through to the Domain Lord level, and Qi Yuan gave her Domain Lord Level Perfect Nutrient Fluid, which he secretly delivered to his main body to help it reach peak Realm Lord level.
• Qi Yuan continued cultivating and teaching his disciples while waiting for the mid-level auction to arrive.
• Qi Yuan traveled to Gu Chen Continent and entered the auction hall, where thousands of Immortal powerhouses had gathered.
• A flame-robed figure appeared on the central platform and announced the start of the mid-level auction.

Qi Yuan attended a mid-tier auction, bought a Mechanical Race detector and a few spatial items, then competed for King Zhuankong’s spatial insight notes. He was among the five highest bidders and won an opportunity to study the notes for 1,060,000 Hun Yuan Units.

• Jiu Yan opened the auction, and bidders bought the Pupil Shell Armor for 864,600 Hun Yuan Units.
• Qi Yuan bid 20,000 Hun Yuan Units for a Prt-6025 Series Detector and won it.
• Qi Yuan bought a spatial-law longsword and two Combat Secret Techniques, spending less than 20,000 Hun Yuan Units in total.
• Jiu Yan introduced King Zhuankong’s spatial insight notes, and bidders drove their price past 800,000 Hun Yuan Units.
• Qi Yuan repeatedly raised his bid until the notes sold for 1,060,000 Hun Yuan Units, earning him one of five study opportunities.

Qi Yuan bought Locke Divine Water at the auction and turned much of it into Heavenly Ice Spirit Marrow by gifting it to his disciples. After gathering his auction purchases and preparing for the Outer Domain Battlefield, his Yuqing and Shangqing clones departed for the designated logistics base.

• The flaming-robed auctioneer sold nine F-class Divine Power packages and several other valuable finale items.
• Qi Yuan bid 9.1 million Hun Yuan Units for a portion of Locke Divine Water to nurture his Plant Lifeforms and use as gifts for his disciples.
• Qi Yuan received his purchased treasures, including a Detector, a spatial divine sword, Combat Secret Techniques, study access to King Zhuankong's notes, and one cubic kilometer of Locke Divine Water.
• Qi Yuan gifted 200 million cubic meters of Locke Divine Water each to Cang Fan, Liao Li, and Yuan Mu, receiving a total of 92.4 million cubic meters of Heavenly Ice Spirit Marrow in return.
• Qi Yuan spent roughly a year preparing resources and obtained approval to travel to the Outer Domain Battlefield.
• The Yuqing and Shangqing clones boarded a spacecraft and headed for the designated logistics base.

Qi Yuan arrived at Giant Puppet Star, earned the highest World Lord military rating, and was teleported with the recruits to Barracks Base No. 031 on the Ninth Outer Domain Battlefield. In the crowded base hall, he spotted many exceptionally talented warriors and looked forward to recruiting them as disciples.

• Qi Yuan reached Giant Puppet Star and noticed Noah Lansville, a peak World Lord with a 52x base return multiplier, among the waiting warriors.
• An Immortal God evaluated the World Lords’ combat power, and Qi Yuan alone received the Lord of Domain General rating.
• The recruits were assigned to the Ninth Outer Domain Battlefield and teleported to Barracks Base No. 031.
• Qi Yuan entered the hall with the other World Lords and spotted several warriors with base return multipliers above 50x.

Qi Yuan joined Immortal God Barin’s elite squad after choosing it for its strong teammates and high return multipliers. He and fellow recruit Noah were welcomed by the full team, which planned to leave for the battlefield in ten days.

• The recruits entered the hall, where veteran World Lords hurried to recruit Qi Yuan after learning he was a Lord of Domain General.
• Qi Yuan chose to speak with Immortal God Barin, whose squad included seven veteran Lord of Domain Generals and a Puppet Master named Poison Bee.
• Poison Bee introduced Qi Yuan to Noah, the blond recruit Qi Yuan had noticed earlier, and Qi Yuan agreed to join Barin’s team.
• Barin introduced Qi Yuan and Noah to teammates Xue Mei, Balia, Madman, Shadow, Meng, and Nightmare.
• Barin announced that the team would spend ten more days at the barracks base before departing for the battlefield.