Chapter Summaries

Chapter Summary: Universe Mercenary Alliance Outpost

Key Plot Points and Events

• Fifty years after killing his first third-stage World Lord ferocious beast, Zhou Yuan has explored deep into the Sixth Continent of the Yunyan Secret Realm.
• He has fought or encountered more than ten World Lord-level beasts:
  • He killed first- and second-stage World Lords using the Zhenkong Blade and Zhenkong Slash.
  • He repeatedly fled from peak World Lord beasts, losing two spacecraft and surviving several chases through the Myriad Transformations Secret Technique, disguising himself as a meteorite.
• Zhou Yuan learns from Beibei that the Universe Mercenary Alliance has established outposts around every continent. These bases offer missions, trading, repairs, and safe services for human mercenaries.
• With half of his spacecraft destroyed and many valuable treasures accumulating, Zhou Yuan decides to travel to the Sixth Continent outpost, located roughly thirty light-years away.
• After several decades of travel, he reaches the enormous mobile fortress serving as the Alliance outpost. The fortress is protected by powerful energy shields, extensive weaponry, and peak World Lord-level combat robots.
• Zhou Yuan receives permission to enter and reviews the base’s rules, which prohibit combat, guarantee trade security, provide mission services, and offer repairs, purchases, cultivation facilities, and other support.
• He deliberately chooses to sell his resources directly to the Alliance rather than in the public market, preserving his secrecy and avoiding unwanted attention while disguising his aura as that of a second-stage World Lord.
• Using Beibei, he identifies Alliance acquisition missions for three treasures:

Flame Sun Grass

Star Marrow Fungus

Profound Ice Lotus

• He submits the treasures in a VIP room, receiving 18.6 trillion Universe Coins in total:
  • 4.8 trillion for the Flame Sun Grass
  • 4 trillion for the Star Marrow Fungus
  • 5 trillion for the Profound Ice Lotus
• Zhou Yuan then sells his remaining unusable treasures to the Alliance, earning more than 50 trillion Universe Coins overall.

Character Developments

• Zhou Yuan has grown considerably stronger and more experienced over the past fifty years. He is capable of killing lower-stage World Lords but remains cautious and practical when facing peak World Lord beasts.
• His survival instincts and resourcefulness are emphasized through his repeated use of spacecraft sacrifices and the Myriad Transformations Secret Technique.
• He demonstrates careful strategic thinking by:
  • Seeking a secure Alliance outpost after losing two spacecraft.
  • Selling treasures through official channels to protect his identity and wealth.
  • Maintaining a weaker aura disguise to avoid exposing his true strength.
• Beibei continues to function as Zhou Yuan’s efficient intelligent assistant, managing navigation, communications, mission searches, and transactions.

Significant Themes

• Survival through caution and adaptability: Zhou Yuan’s strength is important, but his ability to retreat, disguise himself, and assess danger is equally vital.
• Risk and reward in exploration: The dangers of the secret realm are immense, yet Zhou Yuan’s expeditions yield enormous wealth and rare treasures.
• Secrecy and concealment: Zhou Yuan carefully hides his true cultivation and avoids public transactions that might reveal his capabilities.
• Order amid danger: The Alliance outpost represents a rare zone of safety, regulated trade, and organized cooperation within the otherwise lawless secret realm.
• Accumulation of wealth and resources: Zhou Yuan’s decades of exploration begin to produce tangible financial rewards, strengthening his position for future cultivation and ventures.

Character Interactions

• Zhou Yuan relies heavily on Beibei for navigation, communication, mission selection, and logistical support.
• His interactions with the Alliance are formal and transactional:
  • He receives entry authorization.
  • He reviews and accepts the base’s regulations.
  • He submits treasures through a receptionist and official scanning system.
• The Alliance’s receptionist and automated systems treat him as a valued guest, directing him to a VIP room and ensuring swift, confidential transactions.

Chapter Summary: Purple Zenith Auction

Key Plot Points and Events

• After leaving the Universe Mercenary Alliance outpost, Zhou Yuan rents a large estate on a nearby habitable planet instead of immediately returning to the Yunyan Secret Realm.
• He spends time recovering physically and mentally from more than a century of exploration while planning how to use the over sixty trillion Universe Coins he has accumulated.
• In the Virtual Universe, Zhou Yuan checks his emails and learns that his account has been upgraded to a three-star account after receiving 56.83 trillion Universe Coins. His wealth now exceeds that of most World Lords.
• His new status grants him access to the Purple Zenith Auction, a prestigious event held every three years by the Virtual Universe Company. The next auction is scheduled for one year later.
• Zhou Yuan also receives a complimentary Bronze VIP membership from the Giant Axe Dojo, allowing him to watch its live duel broadcasts.
• After waiting one year and three months, Zhou Yuan travels through the Virtual Universe to Purple Zenith Sky City, the auction venue.
• He is impressed by the city’s enormous scale, ancient architecture, powerful protective formations, and the vast number of elite attendees.
• At the auction hall, he receives seat number LGD66892 and enters a stadium-sized venue containing roughly five million seats, many of which are already occupied by World Lords and Immortal-level experts.

Character Development

• Zhou Yuan demonstrates greater maturity and caution by prioritizing recovery and careful financial planning after his long expedition.
• His immense earnings mark a major rise in status and influence, elevating him into the ranks of wealthy World Lords.
• He becomes increasingly ambitious after learning that the auction may offer high-level weapons, armor, secret techniques, and even access to the Initial Universe.
• His determination to attend the auction shows that he recognizes the importance of rare resources in advancing his strength and future prospects.

Significant Themes

• Growth through resources: Wealth, treasures, and opportunities such as the Purple Zenith Auction are presented as essential tools for cultivation and advancement.
• Status and privilege: Zhou Yuan’s account upgrade grants him access to exclusive institutions and benefits previously unavailable to him.
• The vastness of the universe: The diverse species, powerful experts, and enormous auction venue emphasize the scale and complexity of the wider human universe.
• Preparation and patience: Rather than rushing back into danger, Zhou Yuan rests, organizes his wealth, and waits strategically for a major opportunity.

Character Interactions

• Zhou Yuan has no major direct conversations with other characters in the chapter.
• His interactions are primarily with institutional systems: the Universe Galaxy Bank, the Virtual Universe Company, the Giant Axe Dojo, and the auction’s robotic attendant.
• At the auction, he observes discussions among World Lords about the Initial Universe, Immortal weapons, the Extraterritorial Battlefield, and recent developments in the Yunyan Secret Realm, highlighting the interests and concerns of the powerful figures gathered there.

Chapter Summary: “Auction Begins”

Key Plot Points and Events

• The Purple Zenith Auction officially opens after attracting 3,759,605 participants, including millions of World Lords and several hidden Immortal-level deities.
• The host, Yun Yi, introduces the auction and announces a preliminary warm-up auction.
• The first item is the Red Shuttle, an E9-level spacecraft equipped with powerful defenses, nine laser cannons, and a maximum Dark Universe speed of twenty times the speed of light.
• Although its value is estimated at around 440 Hunyuan units, an anonymous bidder suddenly offers 500 Hunyuan units, winning the spacecraft. Zhou Yuan realizes that he cannot participate because his entire fortune is only slightly above sixty Hunyuan units.
• The main auction begins with the sale of twenty Life Fruits, treasures capable of instantly restoring a severely injured World Lord to peak condition.
• Life Fruit bids surge from 500 billion Universe Coins to several trillion, with the final prices ranging from 2.998 trillion to 3.0827 trillion Universe Coins.
• Zhou Yuan does not bid because he is only at the Universe Level and has access to cheaper, more suitable recovery resources.
• He examines the first and second batches of auction items through his purple token, finding that most are ordinary cultivation resources, fifth-tier weapons, armor, and support treasures that do not suit him.

Character Developments

• Zhou Yuan remains observant and practical. He understands the enormous gap between his wealth and that of the major World Lords present, recognizing that most of the auction’s treasures are beyond his financial reach.
• His careful evaluation of each item shows that he is not tempted by prestige alone. He rejects the Life Fruits, battle armor, force weapons, and spiritual-force treasures because they do not match his current cultivation level or abilities.
• Yun Yi is established as a professional, experienced auction host. Her commanding voice and elegant presentation immediately bring order to the enormous crowd and emphasize the auction’s importance.

Significant Themes

• The vast disparity in wealth and power: Even an E9 spacecraft and life-saving treasures are easily purchased by powerful bidders, while Zhou Yuan’s entire fortune is insufficient for participation.
• Practicality and self-awareness: Zhou Yuan demonstrates restraint by refusing to waste resources on treasures unsuitable for his cultivation level.
• The scale of the universe: The millions of participants, immense prices, and presence of Immortal-level beings highlight the enormous breadth of the cultivation world.
• Value and survival: The huge demand for Life Fruits shows that even powerful World Lords regard survival as more important than wealth.

Character Interactions

• Yun Yi addresses and manages the entire auction hall, interacting indirectly with millions of participants through her announcements and bidding system.
• Anonymous bidders compete intensely for the Red Shuttle and Life Fruits, with one bidder dramatically overpaying for the spacecraft.
• Zhou Yuan does not directly interact with other characters but observes their bidding behavior and compares his own circumstances with theirs.
• Through his analysis of the auction catalog, Zhou Yuan reinforces his understanding of his own strengths, limitations, and future needs.

Chapter Summary: “Myriad Avatars”

Key Plot Points and Events

• Zhou Yuan examines the auction listings and discovers Myriad Avatars, a spatial movement secret art capable of producing thousands of phantom bodies and eventually enabling teleportation.
• Recognizing that movement is one of his weaknesses, Zhou Yuan decides he must obtain it. He bids aggressively, first raising the price to 25 Hunyuan units, then to 27, successfully winning one of the one hundred copies at a final cutoff price of 26.9 Hunyuan units.
• After completing payment, the secret art is transferred through the Virtual Universe to his property on Sky Orchid Plain.
• Zhou Yuan continues attending the auction, using the long event to absorb information about the wider universe. He also purchases an E2-class spaceship for 5.1 Hunyuan units, gaining a durable vessel capable of traveling at eight times the speed of light in the Dark Universe.
• On the auction’s eleventh and final day, the event moves to its hundred valuable finale treasures, all starting from zero.
• The Wind Source Fruit becomes the first major finale item. It temporarily accelerates Wind Origin Law comprehension and permanently improves affinity slightly. After intense bidding, it sells for 6,800 Hunyuan units.
• The final treasure is a Star Core Fruit Tree sapling, which can eventually produce nine Star Core Fruits every era and enhance Earth Origin Law affinity. Its price rises dramatically, finally selling for 26,000 Hunyuan units.
• The Purple Zenith Auction officially concludes after all five hundred thousand regular items and one hundred finale treasures are sold.

Character Developments

• Zhou Yuan demonstrates strategic judgment by identifying Myriad Avatars as a major solution to his combat weakness and spending heavily to secure it.
• His willingness to bid decisively shows growing confidence and financial strength, though he remains conscious of the enormous scale of the auction’s prices.
• He broadens his understanding of the universe by listening to the surrounding World Lords and learning information beyond what he previously knew.
• His purchase of the E2 spaceship marks progress toward independent exploration of dangerous regions such as the Yunyan Secret Realm.
• Zhou Yuan briefly considers the value of the Star Core Fruit Tree sapling because its price could instead fund cultivation of the third level of the Nine Revolutions Mysterious Technique, revealing his continued focus on personal advancement.

Significant Themes

• Preparation and self-improvement: Zhou Yuan invests in tools that directly compensate for his weaknesses and support future growth.
• The scale of power and wealth: The enormous bids for the finale treasures emphasize the vast resources possessed by Immortal experts and major families.
• Opportunity versus cost: Valuable treasures offer shortcuts or advantages in cultivation, but their prices force bidders to weigh them against other possible uses of their wealth.
• Expansion of perspective: Zhou Yuan’s exposure to the auction broadens his understanding of the universe and its hidden resources.
• Competition among powerful forces: The bidding reflects intense rivalry between races, families, and major experts seeking treasures capable of nurturing geniuses or advancing their cultivation.

Character Interactions

• Zhou Yuan and Yun Yi: Yun Yi serves as the auction host, announcing the items, explaining their effects, and declaring the results. Her presentation drives the auction’s excitement, while Zhou Yuan responds through his bids.
• Zhou Yuan and other World Lords: Though he does not directly converse with them, Zhou Yuan observes their discussions and bidding behavior, learning from their knowledge and reactions.
• Major families and Immortal experts: Their aggressive competition for the Wind Source Fruit and Star Core Fruit Tree highlights the influence and resources of powerful factions.
• Auction participants: The bidders’ escalating offers create the central tension of the finale, especially when one determined bidder secures the Star Core Fruit Tree sapling at 26,000 Hunyuan units.

Chapter Summary: “Training”

Key Plot Points and Events

• After the auction, Zhou Yuan leaves the floating island and returns home through the teleportation network near Sky Orchid Plain.
• He receives and studies the Myriad Avatars secret technique, a movement art that creates multiple phantom bodies:
  • First level: 1 avatar
  • Second level: 10 avatars
  • Third level: 100 avatars
  • Fourth level: 1,000 avatars
  • Fifth level: 10,000 avatars
  • A legendary sixth level, Teleportation, is mentioned but not explained.
• Zhou Yuan memorizes the technique and begins intensive training in the Virtual Universe’s Killing Ground.
• The training simulation requires him to evade thousands of energy projectiles while destroying moving targets, forcing him to master both speed and precision.
• After three months, he masters the first level. Although he can create only one avatar through the technique in the Virtual Universe, his natural affinity with the Space Origin Law lets him produce three phantom bodies in reality.
• The Virtual Universe Company delivers his new E2-class spacecraft. Zhou Yuan names it the Sky Roc, but barely inspects it before returning to cultivation.
• After more than three years of nearly uninterrupted training, he masters the second level, producing ten avatars in the Virtual Universe and dozens in reality.
• His comprehension of the Space Origin Law advances significantly. He becomes capable of sensing and manipulating spatial fluctuations, improving both his movement speed and concealment.
• Zhou Yuan decides to combine Myriad Avatars with his saber technique, Zhenkong Slash, potentially creating a new offensive method based on Spatial Teleportation.
• He plans to continue training until he reaches a bottleneck, then enter the real world to gain experience through life-and-death battles against fierce beasts.

Character Development

• Zhou Yuan demonstrates patience, discipline, and extraordinary dedication, spending nearly all his available time training.
• His mastery of Myriad Avatars progresses rapidly, exceeding the technique’s normal results because of his strong affinity with the Space Origin Law.
• He expands his understanding of spatial laws from primarily Spatial Lock—sealing and suppression—toward Spatial Teleportation.
• His thinking becomes increasingly creative and combat-oriented as he seeks to transform movement-based insights into offensive power.
• Zhou Yuan remains modest and approachable; his polite smile toward an attendant leaves the attendant pleasantly surprised.

Significant Themes

• Relentless cultivation and discipline: Zhou Yuan’s progress comes from years of focused, repetitive training.
• Theory versus practical mastery: Memorizing the secret technique is only the beginning; true proficiency requires constant application and simulated combat.
• Integration of abilities: Zhou Yuan seeks to combine different techniques and branches of law rather than developing them in isolation.
• Virtual training versus real combat: The Killing Ground provides ideal practice, but Zhou Yuan recognizes that only genuine danger and life-or-death battles can fully reveal his potential.
• Growth through innovation: His idea of combining avatars, spatial movement, and saber techniques shows his willingness to create new methods rather than merely follow established paths.

Character Interactions

• Zhou Yuan interacts briefly with a Universe Level attendant, treating him warmly and respectfully. The attendant is surprised because powerful World Lords are usually cold and arrogant.
• His intelligent assistant, Beibei, helps establish and explain the Myriad Avatars training environment.
• Zhou Yuan has no major face-to-face interactions in the chapter; the focus is primarily on his solitary cultivation and internal development.

Chapter Summary: “Teammates”

Key Plot Points and Events

• After 120 years of seclusion, Zhou Yuan emerges after reaching a bottleneck in his comprehension of the Space Origin Law.
• He advances Myriad Avatars to its fourth level, allowing him to create over a thousand phantom bodies in the Virtual Universe and several thousand in reality.
• Combining the Space and Earth Origin Laws, Zhou Yuan creates a new blade technique, Instant Space Slash. Unlike the heavy, suppressive Zhenkong Slash, this technique emphasizes speed, explosive power, spatial distortion, afterimages, and the stacking of multiple blade energies.
• Realizing that further secluded cultivation is unlikely to produce a breakthrough, Zhou Yuan decides to seek experience in a more dangerous region: the Sixth Continent.
• He accepts an invitation to join a team of World Lord-level experts planning to explore the continent.
• The team gathers at Phoenix Grace Restaurant, where they introduce their abilities and discuss how they will cooperate.
• The six members then travel to the Universe Mercenary Alliance’s contract hall and sign a binding thousand-year team contract.
• The contract forbids teammates from attacking one another, requires treasure distribution according to Virtual Universe-assessed contributions, and prevents members from abandoning the team without warning.
• After formally becoming teammates, the group schedules its departure for the Sixth Continent the following morning.

Character Developments

• Zhou Yuan grows significantly stronger during his 120-year seclusion. His mastery of spatial techniques reaches a new level, and he demonstrates increasing versatility by developing a fast, offensive counterpart to his defensive and suppressive blade technique.
• Having surpassed the challenges of the outer planetary regions, Zhou Yuan becomes more willing to enter dangerous territory and rely on cooperation with other powerful cultivators.
• Gao Tao, the team captain, is established as a peak World Lord specializing in defense and direct assault through the Metal Origin Law.
• Suo Lin is introduced as a seventh-stage World Lord and skilled assassin who uses the Light Origin Law.
• Ka En, an eighth-stage World Lord of the Rocka Tribe, is a heavily defensive fighter whose Earth Origin Law interests him in Zhou Yuan’s insights.
• Yun Yan is presented as a ninth-stage World Lord focused on direct assault and shows particular enthusiasm for discussing blade techniques with Zhou Yuan.
• Mu Feng, the final member, is a sixth-stage World Lord from the Windwing Tribe. As a spirit reader, he specializes in speed and area attacks through the Wind Origin Law.

Significant Themes

• Growth beyond stagnation: Zhou Yuan recognizes that cultivation requires new challenges once secluded training reaches its limits.
• Balance between strength and cooperation: Although Zhou Yuan has become powerful, the dangers of the Sixth Continent require a reliable team rather than individual recklessness.
• Trust and accountability: The formal contract reflects the importance of mutual trust in high-risk exploration, while its penalties discourage betrayal, unfairness, and cowardice.
• Complementary abilities: The team is deliberately composed of fighters with different specialties—defense, assassination, direct assault, area attacks, and support potential—emphasizing the value of coordinated combat.
• Innovation in martial techniques: Zhou Yuan’s creation of Instant Space Slash shows how combining different Origin Laws can produce specialized techniques suited to different combat situations.

Character Interactions

• Gao Tao welcomes Zhou Yuan as an important teammate and acts as the group’s organizer and leader.
• Suo Lin and Ka En greet Zhou Yuan warmly, with Ka En showing particular interest in Zhou Yuan’s understanding of the Earth Origin Law.
• Yun Yan invites Zhou Yuan to sit beside him and eagerly discusses blade techniques, establishing a likely connection based on their shared combat interests.
• Mu Feng arrives last but is greeted without hostility, preserving the team’s harmonious atmosphere.
• The group openly explains its individual abilities and fighting styles, allowing them to plan future cooperation.
• Gao Tao formally declares that, after signing the contract, the six are teammates who must live and die together, setting the tone for their upcoming expedition.

Chapter Summary: “First Arrival on the Continent”

Key Plot Points and Events

• Zhou Yuan meets Captain Gao Tao and their four other teammates at the spaceport. The six-member team departs for the dangerous Sixth Continent aboard Gao Tao’s specially modified E3-class spacecraft.
• Gao Tao explains that the Sixth Continent is an enormous landmass surrounded by countless planets. Its extreme environment and dense origin power make it far more dangerous than the surrounding outer planets.
• The spacecraft stops one hundred million kilometers above the continent because flying closer would make it an easy target. The team exits and begins descending through the continent’s nine cloud layers.
• Each cloud layer exerts increasing suppression. Only Universe Level experts can fly through the upper layers, while breaking through all nine requires World Lord-level strength.
• After more than ten minutes of descent, the group reaches the forest-covered surface. The immense gravity severely limits flight and consumes much more Force.
• Gao Tao reveals that the continent’s dense origin power allows most native ferocious beasts to reach at least the Universe Level, while deeper regions contain even stronger creatures.
• A Domain Lord-level giant eagle attacks the group, but Mu Feng instantly kills it by using his fifth-tier psychic weapon, the Wind Spirit Blade, to pierce its singularity core.
• Gao Tao uses terrain data recorded during their descent to identify a nearby valley likely to contain abundant resources. His map reveals a ferocious beast pack consisting of five World Lord-level beasts and numerous Domain Lord-level followers, establishing the team’s first major target.

Character Developments

• Zhou Yuan gains a clearer understanding of the Sixth Continent’s dangers and recognizes why its native beasts are exceptionally powerful.
• Gao Tao demonstrates his leadership, experience, and strategic planning. He provides information about the environment, keeps the team organized, and quickly develops a hunting plan based on terrain analysis.
• Mu Feng displays confidence and combat ability by effortlessly killing the attacking Domain Lord-level eagle. His remark about the beasts’ boldness also shows his awareness of the continent’s unusual ecosystem.
• Yun Yan acts practically by questioning their objective and reminding the group that they need a meaningful target rather than wasting time on weak beasts.
• Suo Lin is identified as the team member best able to evade detection by World Lord-level ferocious beasts, hinting at specialized stealth abilities.
• The entire team appears disciplined and prepared, following Gao Tao’s instructions to restrain their auras and descend together.

Significant Themes

• Survival in an extreme environment: The continent’s gravity, cloud-layer suppression, dense forests, and powerful beasts create constant danger.
• Strength shaped by surroundings: Dense origin power and intense competition produce ferocious beasts far stronger than those found elsewhere.
• Preparation and strategy: The team relies on reconnaissance, aura concealment, specialized equipment, and terrain analysis rather than rushing blindly into combat.
• Underestimation and deception: By restraining their auras, the team appears weak to ordinary beasts, while they themselves assess threats carefully. The attacking eagle mistakes them for easy prey.
• Hierarchy of power: The chapter emphasizes the differences between Stellar, Domain Lord, Universe Level, and World Lord experts through flight restrictions and beast strength.

Character Interactions

• Gao Tao briefs the team about the continent and receives their unified acknowledgment, establishing his authority as captain.
• Mu Feng asks Gao Tao about the effects of gravity, prompting an explanation of the continent’s flight restrictions and origin power.
• Zhou Yuan adds his own observation about the continent being hundreds or thousands of times more dangerous than the outer planets.
• Mu Feng kills the eagle and comments on its recklessness, while Gao Tao explains why the beast attacked and contrasts ordinary Domain Lord beasts with more cautious World Lord-level creatures.
• Yun Yan questions Gao Tao’s immediate plans, and Gao Tao responds by revealing his recorded terrain map and proposing the nearby beast valley as their next destination.

Summary: “First Cooperative Battle”

1. Key Plot Points and Events

• Captain Gao Tao proposes that the six-member team hunt a group of World Lord-level ferocious beasts in a nearby valley. The hunt promises both combat experience and valuable treasures.
• The team scouts the valley and discovers hundreds of giant bears, including:
  • A World Lord peak leader
  • Two powerful World Lord-level subordinates
  • Several other bears ranging from World Lord fifth to seventh level
• Suo Lin infiltrates the valley using her Light Origin Law and discovers seven Water Essence Grass plants, each worth about ten Hunyuan units and capable of improving Water Origin Law comprehension.
• Gao Tao assigns each team member a specific opponent and role:
  • He and Zhou Yuan will kill a World Lord fifth-level bear.
  • Ka En will hold off the World Lord peak leader.
  • Mu Feng will occupy two other World Lord-level bears.
  • Yun Yan will fight a World Lord seventh-level bear.
  • Suo Lin will harvest the Water Essence Grass after the enemies are drawn away.
• The team launches its attack. The bears detect them and charge.
• The leader immediately strikes at the group, sending Ka En crashing through a tree. Ka En quickly recovers and insists that everyone follow the plan.
• Gao Tao and Zhou Yuan engage the World Lord fifth-level bear. Zhou Yuan uses Zhenkong Slash, combining Earth and Space Origin Laws to suppress the beast’s movement and prepare for the attack.

2. Character Developments

• Gao Tao demonstrates strong leadership and tactical judgment by carefully matching each teammate against an appropriate opponent and prioritizing the protection of the treasures.
• Zhou Yuan begins participating in his first coordinated battle with the team. His Zhenkong Slash proves especially useful for restricting powerful enemies and supporting Gao Tao’s assault.
• Suo Lin displays exceptional stealth and scouting ability, successfully infiltrating the bear territory without detection and locating the Water Essence Grass.
• Ka En proves his courage and defensive strength by confronting the World Lord peak leader despite being sent flying by its first attack. His determination reinforces his role as the team’s shield.
• Mu Feng and Yun Yan accept difficult assignments suited to their abilities, showing trust in Gao Tao’s command and confidence in the group’s strategy.

3. Significant Themes

• Teamwork and coordinated combat: The group relies on specialized roles rather than individual strength, dividing the enemies to prevent being overwhelmed.
• Leadership and trust: Gao Tao’s planning allows the team to challenge stronger opponents, while the others follow his instructions even under immediate danger.
• Risk and reward: The battle offers both valuable treasures and combat experience, but success depends on controlling the danger.
• Strength through specialization: Each character’s unique Origin Law, weapon, or combat style contributes to the overall strategy.
• Courage under pressure: Ka En’s decision to continue fighting after being struck by the leader highlights the team’s resolve.

4. Character Interactions

• Gao Tao directs the entire operation and gives individualized orders to Suo Lin, Zhou Yuan, Ka En, Mu Feng, and Yun Yan.
• Suo Lin communicates her discovery of the Water Essence Grass to Gao Tao through the Virtual Universe, allowing the captain to incorporate the treasure into the battle plan.
• Gao Tao specifically partners with Zhou Yuan, relying on Zhou Yuan’s control technique to assist in killing the first target.
• Ka En reassures the team after being injured and orders them not to abandon their assignments.
• The chapter ends as Zhou Yuan’s Zhenkong Slash slows the World Lord fifth-level bear, marking the beginning of the team’s first major cooperative battle.

Chapter Summary: “Battle”

Key Plot Points and Events

• Captain Gao Tao severely wounds a World Lord fifth-level giant bear with his fifth-tier Force weapon, the Star Pattern Spear. Zhou Yuan follows up with Instant Space Slash, shattering its life core and killing it.
• Mu Feng restrains two other giant bears—a World Lord sixth-level and a World Lord fifth-level—using his Wind Spirit Blade, preventing them from assisting their companions.
• Yun Yan engages the World Lord seventh-level giant bear but is gradually overwhelmed by its strength and is eventually injured and thrown into a tree.
• Meanwhile, Suo Lin infiltrates the pool containing seven Water Essence Grass plants. After killing a hidden Domain Lord-level bear with Light Blade, she gathers all seven plants and stores them in her World Ring.
• Suo Lin returns to the battlefield and assists Mu Feng, taking control of the World Lord sixth-level bear while Mu Feng focuses on the World Lord fifth-level bear.
• Gao Tao, Zhou Yuan, and Ka En attack the peak World Lord-level bear leader. Zhou Yuan slows it with Zhenkong Slash, while Gao Tao bombards it with spear energy. Ka En repeatedly blocks its powerful attacks with his shield.
• After Yun Yan is injured, Gao Tao orders Zhou Yuan to support him. Zhou Yuan’s intervention allows Yun Yan to recover and resume attacking.
• Mu Feng eventually kills the World Lord fifth-level bear by driving a Wind Spirit Blade into its abdominal wound and shattering its life core.
• Mu Feng then supports Zhou Yuan and Yun Yan against the World Lord seventh-level bear. After Mu Feng blinds it, Zhou Yuan pierces its abdomen and destroys its life core.
• Zhou Yuan orders Mu Feng and Yun Yan to assist Suo Lin while he goes to support Gao Tao against the remaining bear leader.

Character Developments

• Zhou Yuan demonstrates decisive combat ability, repeatedly delivering the finishing blows by targeting and destroying the beasts’ life cores. He also shows battlefield awareness by coordinating support between teammates.
• Gao Tao acts as the team’s leader, initiating attacks, directing Zhou Yuan, and maintaining pressure on the strongest enemy with his Star Pattern Spear.
• Mu Feng displays exceptional control over his mental weapon and excels at restraining and weakening enemies from a distance. His patient strategy ultimately secures two important kills.
• Yun Yan is shown to be skilled but outmatched by the World Lord seventh-level bear. Despite being injured, he quickly returns to combat and continues contributing.
• Suo Lin proves effective as both an infiltrator and combatant. She successfully retrieves the Water Essence Grass, eliminates an unexpected guard, and returns to aid her allies.
• Ka En serves as a durable defensive fighter, repeatedly absorbing the bear leader’s attacks with his shield without being injured.

Significant Themes

• Teamwork and coordination: The group succeeds by dividing responsibilities, rescuing endangered allies, and combining their abilities rather than relying on individual strength.
• Tactical combat: The fighters exploit weaknesses, restrain enemies, attack life cores, and use battlefield positioning to overcome stronger opponents.
• Resourcefulness under pressure: Suo Lin gathers the valuable Water Essence Grass despite an unexpected ambush, while the others adapt quickly as different battles shift.
• Strength balanced by specialization: Each character’s unique role—leadership, defense, mental attacks, infiltration, or finishing strikes—proves essential to the group’s survival.
• Risk and perseverance: Even after Yun Yan is injured and the beasts resist fiercely, the team continues fighting and supporting one another.

Important Character Interactions

• Gao Tao and Zhou Yuan work together to kill the first World Lord fifth-level bear.
• Suo Lin joins Mu Feng, allowing him to redirect his full attention toward the other bear.
• Gao Tao orders Zhou Yuan to rescue Yun Yan when Yun Yan is injured.
• Zhou Yuan and Yun Yan combine their attacks after Zhou Yuan intervenes, with Mu Feng later joining to finish the World Lord seventh-level bear.
• Zhou Yuan then assigns Mu Feng and Yun Yan to support Suo Lin while he returns to aid Gao Tao, reinforcing the team’s coordinated battle strategy.

Chapter Summary: “Harvest”

Key Plot Points and Events

• Gao Tao and Ka En struggle against a massive World Lord–peak giant bear leader. Gao Tao attacks with his Star Pattern Spear while Ka En defends with his shield.
• Zhou Yuan arrives and uses Zhenkong Slash, combining Earth and Space Origin Laws to slow and restrict the bear’s movements. Gao Tao exploits the opening, piercing the beast, and Ka En finishes it by stabbing its Life Core.
• Elsewhere, Suo Lin takes advantage of Mu Feng’s restraint of another World Lord sixth-level bear. She destroys its Life Core with a precise Light Blade through its eye.
• With all five World Lord-level bears dead, the remaining Domain Lord beasts panic and flee. Gao Tao orders the group not to pursue them, judging the weaker beasts unworthy of the time and effort.
• The team secures seven Water Essence Grass plants and the corpses of five World Lord-level beasts, making the battle highly profitable.
• After recovering from their injuries, the group spends a month resting and searching the valley.
• Their later discoveries include:
  • An unprofitable vein of ordinary D-grade ore.
  • Fourteen D-grade Spirit Accumulation Fruit Trees bearing more than three hundred Spirit Resonance Fruits.
  • Tens of thousands of tons of F2-grade Clear Resonance Stone Mother, worth roughly ten Hunyuan units.
• The chapter ends with Gao Tao gathering everyone to assess the valley’s harvest and determine the value of their findings.

Character Developments

• Zhou Yuan demonstrates his growing combat importance by using Zhenkong Slash at a crucial moment, enabling Gao Tao and Ka En to defeat the strongest beast.
• Gao Tao remains an effective and practical leader. He coordinates the battle, prevents the team from wasting time on fleeing Domain Lord beasts, and organizes the division and evaluation of their rewards.
• Ka En proves both powerful and durable, taking the brunt of the giant bear leader’s attacks. Despite his injuries, he later recovers and displays his enormous appetite and straightforward personality.
• Suo Lin shows precision and patience, waiting for the right opening before killing the sixth-level World Lord bear. She also contributes significantly by locating the valuable metal deposit.
• Mu Feng supports the team through battlefield control with his Wind Spirit Blades and helps search the valley afterward.
• Yun Yan remains lightly injured and contributes as a steady member of the group.

Significant Themes

• Teamwork and coordinated combat: The strongest enemies are defeated through combined abilities rather than individual strength alone.
• Risk and reward: The dangerous battle yields valuable resources, justifying the team’s decision to undertake the expedition.
• Practical resource management: Gao Tao emphasizes efficiency by abandoning the pursuit of low-value beasts and rejecting ores whose mining cost would outweigh their worth.
• Recovery and camaraderie: The month of rest, shared meal, and relaxed conversation show the group developing trust and fellowship beyond combat.
• Harvest and prosperity: The chapter shifts from the danger of battle to the accumulation, appraisal, and future sale of valuable treasures.

Character Interactions

• Gao Tao directs Zhou Yuan during the battle, and Zhou Yuan’s restraint creates the opening needed for Gao Tao and Ka En to strike.
• Ka En protects Gao Tao while he attacks, highlighting their complementary defensive and offensive roles.
• Mu Feng’s attacks restrain the second giant bear, allowing Suo Lin to land the decisive blow.
• Gao Tao checks on everyone’s injuries, receives the Water Essence Grass from Suo Lin, and promises to divide the profits fairly.
• During the campfire meal, Ka En’s oversized appetite becomes a source of humor, while the others share food and conversation.
• Gao Tao later takes charge again, questioning each member about the results of the valley search and turning their discoveries into an organized assessment of the team’s gains.

Chapter Summary: “Choice”

Key Plot Points and Events

• After securing valuable resources—including seven Water Essence Grass plants and additional gains worth nearly 100 Hunyuan units—the team agrees to store everything and divide it according to individual contributions upon returning to the Universe Mercenary Alliance base.
• Captain Gao Tao presents the team with two options:
  1. Continue exploring the safer outer regions of the mountain range.
  2. Venture deeper, where fierce beasts are stronger but resources are significantly richer.
• Ka En and Suo Lin favor caution because several members were already lightly injured in the previous battle. Mu Feng and Yun Yan support deeper exploration for greater rewards.
• Zhou Yuan also supports going deeper, motivated by his need for resources to cultivate the Nine Revolutions Mysterious Technique. His Myriad Transformations Secret Technique and E2-class spaceship give him unusually strong survival options.
• The vote ends four to two in favor of entering the mountains. Gao Tao proposes advancing carefully and scouting the area before committing to greater danger.
• Over the next three months, the group travels eight million kilometers deeper into the range. They defeat two large groups of fierce beasts through effective teamwork, earning more than 100 Hunyuan units from each battle.
• Near a dense coniferous forest, the team discovers a valley containing a nest of six earth-attributed giant scorpions:
  • One World Lord peak
  • One World Lord eighth level
  • Two World Lord seventh level
  • Two World Lord sixth level
• Despite the danger, the team chooses to attack. Gao Tao assigns each member a specific opponent or role, emphasizing that the weaker enemies must be defeated quickly so reinforcements can assist elsewhere.
• The chapter ends as the six hunters launch their coordinated assault on the scorpions. The strongest scorpion, a massive dark-gold creature with a poisonous stinger, confronts Gao Tao directly.

Character Developments

• Gao Tao demonstrates strong leadership by organizing the resource distribution, presenting strategic choices, accepting the team’s vote, and carefully assigning battle positions.
• Ka En remains the group’s cautious and responsible voice. He prioritizes avoiding serious injuries and agrees to personally handle the World Lord eighth-level scorpion.
• Suo Lin is characterized by her stealth, discipline, and preference for minimizing unnecessary risks. Her Light Origin Law allows her to scout unseen, and she identifies the scorpion nest before the attack.
• Mu Feng continues to embrace danger and opportunity. His adventurous attitude reflects his confidence in the team’s strength, and he uses the Lieyun Disk and telekinetic Wind Spirit Blades in battle.
• Yun Yan is eager for combat and resource gathering, though Gao Tao recognizes that he is slightly weaker and assigns him a holding role against a World Lord seventh-level scorpion.
• Zhou Yuan becomes increasingly important to the team. His mastery of the Myriad Transformations Secret Technique, access to an E2-class spaceship, and improving Instant Space Slash make him one of the group’s most capable members. His hunger for cultivation resources influences his decision to support deeper exploration.
• The group’s repeated victories strengthen their coordination and confidence, allowing them to challenge increasingly powerful enemies.

Significant Themes

• Risk versus reward: The central decision concerns whether the team should remain in safer territory or pursue greater resources in more dangerous regions.
• Collective decision-making: The group resolves its disagreement through a vote, showing that strategy is shaped by multiple perspectives rather than unilateral command.
• Teamwork and tactical coordination: Success depends on assigning opponents according to each member’s abilities and ensuring that stronger fighters can quickly support weaker ones.
• Growth through adversity: Continued battles improve the team’s cooperation and combat efficiency while allowing the members to acquire valuable resources.
• Individual ambition versus group safety: Zhou Yuan’s cultivation needs and Mu Feng’s adventurous nature contrast with Ka En and Suo Lin’s caution, creating tension between personal advancement and collective survival.

Character Interactions

• Gao Tao consults the entire team before deciding on the expedition’s direction, balancing caution with ambition.
• Ka En and Suo Lin align around a conservative strategy, while Mu Feng and Yun Yan argue for deeper exploration.
• Zhou Yuan silently evaluates the danger before siding with the riskier option because of his superior escape abilities and need for resources.
• Suo Lin’s scouting directly enables the team’s next decision, while Yun Yan enthusiastically pushes for immediate action.
• Gao Tao assigns roles based on each member’s strengths: defensive fighters hold back powerful scorpions, while Zhou Yuan and Mu Feng are tasked with rapidly eliminating weaker targets.
• The chapter closes with all six members acting in unison, demonstrating the trust and combat rhythm they have developed through repeated battles.

Chapter Summary: “Escape”

Key Plot Points and Events

• The group battles a group of giant scorpions in a valley, including World Lord ninth-, eighth-, seventh-, and sixth-level beasts.
• Gao Tao confronts the ninth-level scorpion, while Ka En, Yun Yan, Mu Feng, Zhou Yuan, and Suo Lin engage the others.
• A hidden World Lord eighth-level peak giant scorpion suddenly erupts from underground and ambushes Yun Yan.
• Yun Yan’s Fifth-Order Force Battle Armor is pierced, and his body is destroyed by the scorpion’s venomous stinger. Following Gao Tao’s instructions, he abandons his body and preserves his Life Core inside his head.
• The scorpions attempt to destroy Yun Yan’s remaining head, but Zhou Yuan uses Zhenkong Slash to stop the attack and stores Yun Yan’s head in his World Ring.
• Gao Tao orders a retreat after recognizing that the group is outmatched. Mu Feng, Zhou Yuan, and Suo Lin escape first.
• Ka En is trapped by two World Lord eighth-level scorpions. Gao Tao distracts the beasts with his Star Pattern Spear and an E2-class spaceship, then helps Ka En break free.
• The spaceship is overwhelmed and destroyed or captured by the scorpions, but the group escapes and travels more than a million kilometers before stopping.
• After regrouping, they discover that venom is spreading toward Yun Yan’s Life Core. Mu Feng offers a valuable Life Fruit to save him.

Character Developments

• Zhou Yuan demonstrates heightened awareness and battlefield judgment by detecting the ambush, warning Yun Yan, rescuing his Life Core, and using his illusions and spatial techniques to cover the retreat.
• Yun Yan suffers a devastating injury but retains enough consciousness to follow Gao Tao’s instructions and preserve his Life Core, leaving his survival uncertain.
• Gao Tao assumes command during the crisis. Though he blames himself for underestimating the danger, he repeatedly protects the team and risks himself to save Ka En and Yun Yan.
• Ka En proves powerful but is hindered by his large build and becomes trapped during the retreat, requiring Gao Tao’s assistance.
• Mu Feng contributes through his speed and later offers the Life Fruit, showing both practical usefulness and concern for Yun Yan.
• Suo Lin escapes efficiently by using his stealth-like movement and evasive abilities.

Significant Themes

• The unpredictability of danger: The hidden peak-level scorpion transforms a seemingly manageable battle into a life-threatening crisis.
• Teamwork and sacrifice: The group survives because members protect one another, especially Zhou Yuan’s rescue of Yun Yan and Gao Tao’s intervention for Ka En.
• The fragility of life: Yun Yan’s body is destroyed, but his Life Core offers a narrow chance of survival, emphasizing the difference between physical destruction and true death.
• Leadership and responsibility: Gao Tao’s command prevents further casualties, while his self-blame reflects the burden of leading the team.
• Retreat as wisdom rather than defeat: The group abandons the fight once the enemy’s strength becomes clear, prioritizing survival over pride or victory.

Important Character Interactions

• Zhou Yuan warns Yun Yan of the ambush and attempts to protect him with Zhenkong Slash.
• Gao Tao instructs Yun Yan to abandon his body and preserve his Life Core.
• Zhou Yuan saves Yun Yan’s remaining head from the attacking scorpions.
• Gao Tao orders the entire group to retreat and later rescues Ka En from the encirclement.
• Mu Feng provides a Life Fruit after learning that venom is threatening Yun Yan’s Life Core, giving the injured warrior a chance to survive.

Chapter Summary: “Ore Vein”

Key Plot Points and Events

• Zhou Yuan uses the Life Fruit given by Mu Feng to save the critically injured Yun Yan. The fruit rapidly purifies the toxin’s effects, restores Yun Yan’s vitality, and regenerates his destroyed body.
• Gao Tao establishes that the Life Fruit’s value will be deducted from Yun Yan’s eventual share and given to Mu Feng. Yun Yan accepts without objection, recognizing that Mu Feng and Zhou Yuan saved his life.
• The team acknowledges the danger of the mountain’s interior after their disastrous encounter with powerful giant scorpions. They decide to retreat to the safer valley where they previously killed a giant bear.
• Yun Yan fully recovers, while the others stabilize their injuries. Even the badly wounded Ka En insists he can make the journey.
• Over the next three years, the six-person team rests for more than a year and then resumes exploring the mountains. They fight more than ten battles and acquire significant resources.
• After defeating a group of lizard-like beasts, the team discovers valuable resources, including Grolin Fruits, Void Gold, and—most importantly—an immense D9-level Tungsten-Sodium Metal vein.
• Suo Lin and Yun Yan discover separate sections of the vein, while Gao Tao and the others realize the deposits are likely connected. The team gathers to discuss how to exploit the enormous find.

Character Developments

• Zhou Yuan acts decisively and compassionately by immediately administering the Life Fruit to Yun Yan. His judgment and leadership within the team continue to strengthen.
• Yun Yan is restored from the brink of death and emerges physically stronger than before. He demonstrates gratitude and fairness by willingly surrendering part of his future gains to repay Mu Feng.
• Mu Feng proves his loyalty and generosity by sacrificing a precious Life Fruit from his personal reserves to save Yun Yan.
• Gao Tao becomes more cautious and responsible as captain. The earlier crisis reinforces his determination to improve scouting and protect the team.
• Ka En remains determined despite his severe injuries and later expresses deep relief whenever the team completes an operation without casualties.
• Suo Lin demonstrates effective scouting and resource detection, discovering one of the major sections of the ore vein.

Significant Themes

• Teamwork and mutual sacrifice: The group survives because its members share resources and risk themselves for one another.
• The cost of survival: Yun Yan’s recovery comes with a material debt, emphasizing the practical value of life-saving treasures.
• Caution learned through hardship: The team’s near-disaster changes their attitude from confidence to disciplined vigilance.
• Recovery and resilience: Yun Yan’s regeneration and the team’s return to successful expeditions show their ability to recover from devastating setbacks.
• Risk and opportunity: The dangerous mountains contain lethal threats but also immense rewards, represented by the valuable ore vein.

Character Interactions

• Gao Tao warns Zhou Yuan not to waste the Life Fruit’s medicinal effect, while Zhou Yuan personally feeds it to Yun Yan.
• Gao Tao explains the team’s resource-sharing rules, and Yun Yan accepts the deduction without resentment.
• Zhou Yuan proposes retreating to the previously secured valley, and Mu Feng and Suo Lin support the plan.
• Gao Tao checks whether Ka En can travel safely, and Ka En responds with determination.
• During later expeditions, Mu Feng praises the team’s valuable haul, while Ka En emphasizes the importance of returning unharmed.
• Suo Lin and Yun Yan excitedly report their discoveries to Gao Tao, leading the team to recognize the likely existence of one enormous connected Tungsten-Sodium Metal deposit.

Chapter Summary: “Mining”

Key Plot Points and Events

• Gao Tao presents the team with the results of Suo Lin and Mu Feng’s survey: a massive Tungsten-Sodium Metal vein, likely connected across both surveyed areas.
• The deposit also contains the far more valuable associated ores Tungsten-Sodium Gold Essence and Tungsten-Sodium Gold Mother. Its total value is estimated at several hundred to several thousand Hunyuan units.
• The team debates whether to remain for several years to mine the vein or continue deeper into the mountains in search of potentially greater treasures.
• Zhou Yuan, Ka En, Suo Lin, and Yun Yan favor the safer, more stable option of mining. Mu Feng argues for continued exploration, but accepts the group’s decision.
• Gao Tao assigns Suo Lin and Mu Feng to continue surveying while the other four members establish warning devices against beast hordes.
• What was expected to take a few years ultimately lasts more than sixty years because the vein and its associated deposits prove much larger than initially estimated.
• The team completes the excavation, filling their World Rings with ore and earning several thousand Hunyuan units’ worth of resources.
• Suo Lin reports that the mining site remained largely safe, with only occasional Domain Lord-level beasts approaching.
• The group begins returning to their base. They easily defeat a herd of Domain Lord-level vicious beasts along the way and otherwise travel without incident.
• After reaching the void above the continent, Gao Tao prepares to use his D9-class spacecraft, but Zhou Yuan offers his faster E2-class spacecraft instead.

Character Developments

• Gao Tao demonstrates practical leadership by weighing the team’s safety and assigning clear responsibilities. He prioritizes returning quickly with their gains to avoid unforeseen complications.
• Zhou Yuan reinforces his cautious, resource-focused personality. He recognizes the deposit’s immense value and later shows generosity and efficiency by offering his faster spacecraft.
• Ka En remains cautious and emphasizes learning from the team’s previous dangerous experience.
• Suo Lin supports the conservative plan and proves dependable as the team’s outer-perimeter guard, successfully keeping nearby beasts away.
• Mu Feng retains his adventurous nature and initially dislikes spending decades mining, but he ultimately accepts the team’s decision and appreciates the resources it provides for weapons and cultivation.
• Yun Yan has become more cautious after his previous setback. He supports mining and uses humor to cope with the long, monotonous work.
• The entire team grows more united and disciplined, placing collective safety and long-term development above individual preferences.

Significant Themes

• Safety versus adventure: The team must choose between predictable wealth and the possibility of finding even greater treasures at increased risk.
• Steady development: The group learns that reliable gains and survival can be more valuable than reckless pursuit of opportunity.
• Patience and endurance: Sixty years of repetitive mining test the adventurers’ discipline, but the enormous payoff proves the effort worthwhile.
• Team decision-making: The majority’s judgment prevails, with individual ambitions ultimately subordinated to the group’s interests.
• Preparation and responsibility: Warning systems, perimeter watches, and a swift return plan show the importance of protecting hard-earned gains.

Character Interactions

• Gao Tao leads the strategic discussion and later organizes the mining and security duties.
• Zhou Yuan, Ka En, Suo Lin, and Yun Yan form the majority supporting mining, while Mu Feng voices the opposing adventurous view.
• Gao Tao checks with Suo Lin about the site’s safety, acknowledging her responsibility for guarding the perimeter.
• The team jokes together after the exhausting excavation, especially Yun Yan, whose comments lighten the mood.
• Gao Tao urges everyone to stop celebrating prematurely and prepare for the return journey.
• Zhou Yuan’s offer to use his superior spacecraft highlights his cooperation with Gao Tao and his willingness to help the entire team travel more efficiently.

Chapter Summary: “Splitting the Accounts”

Key Plot Points and Events

• Zhou Yuan reveals that he secretly purchased a powerful E2-class spaceship at the Purple Zenith Auction. The group is impressed, since the vessel is faster and more durable than the D-class ships commonly used by World Lords.
• The group begins the long journey back from the Sixth Continent to their base. Because there is no specialized light-speed route near the continent, the trip takes over two years.
• After arriving at the Universe Mercenary Alliance outpost, the six adventurers submit mission-related treasures for rewards and sell their remaining resources.
• They move to a private room at Phoenix Grace Restaurant to discuss their earnings discreetly.
• Captain Gao Tao presents the Virtual Universe’s contribution-based calculation of their profits from several battles, the mining operation, and related expenses.
• Their total earnings amount to 8,576 Hunyuan units, distributed according to each member’s contribution:
  • Gao Tao: 1,841
  • Ka En: 1,557
  • Suo Lin: 1,343
  • Mu Feng: 1,312
  • Zhou Yuan: 1,282
  • Yun Yan: 1,241
• Yun Yan must additionally compensate Mu Feng for the lost Life Fruit, while Ka En compensates Gao Tao for the E3-class spaceship destroyed during the rescue operation.
• Everyone accepts the Virtual Universe’s calculations as fair. The funds are transferred, and the group celebrates their enormous profits before discussing future adventures.

Character Developments

• Zhou Yuan demonstrates his growing wealth and resources by purchasing an E2-class spaceship, suggesting that his financial strength has increased significantly.
• Gao Tao reinforces his role as a responsible and trusted captain by handling the trade, accounting, and distribution of the group’s earnings transparently.
• Mu Feng remains impatient and outspoken, complaining about the long journey, but is ultimately pleased with his substantial reward.
• Suo Lin appears relaxed and practical, appreciating the improved travel speed and accepting the final division without complaint.
• Yun Yan, who receives the smallest share, still gains an extraordinary fortune compared with ordinary World Lords. His responsibility for compensating Mu Feng highlights the consequences of mistakes and losses during the expedition.
• Ka En accepts his compensation obligation for the destroyed spaceship, showing that the group’s agreements and financial responsibilities are taken seriously.

Significant Themes

• Fairness and accountability: The Virtual Universe’s contribution system ensures that profits and losses are divided according to actual effort and responsibility.
• Wealth and risk: The adventurers’ enormous earnings reflect the high rewards available in secret-realm exploration, but the expedition also involved destroyed ships, lost treasures, and personal obligations.
• Trust within the group: The members accept Gao Tao’s accounting without suspicion, demonstrating mutual confidence and established rules.
• The value of resources: Treasures only become truly useful when converted into currency, emphasizing the practical importance of selling loot and securing profits.
• Rest after hardship: Following more than sixty years of dangerous work, the group finally earns the freedom to recover and prepare for another expedition.

Character Interactions

• Mu Feng and Suo Lin tease Zhou Yuan about hiding his new spaceship, creating a lighthearted opening.
• Gao Tao explains the travel limitations to Mu Feng, maintaining a calm and informative leadership role.
• The group agrees to discuss their earnings privately, showing shared awareness that openly displaying wealth could invite trouble.
• Gao Tao formally presents the distribution, while the others listen and confirm that the calculations are fair.
• Yun Yan and Ka En accept their compensation duties, preserving fairness among the team.
• The chapter ends with all six adventurers celebrating together, their successful cooperation strengthening the group as they look toward future adventures.

Chapter Summary: Universe Powerhouse Battle Registration

Key Plot Points and Events

• Six hundred years pass while Zhou Yuan and his former teammates cultivate in seclusion.
• Zhou Yuan spends over two hundred years at the base deepening his Earth Origin Law and strengthening Zhenkong Slash, whose combined earth and space-sealing power can immobilize even a seventh-level World Lord.
• His Myriad Transformations Secret Art improves from slightly over one thousand phantom bodies to more than three thousand.
• Ka En, Mu Feng, and the other former teammates stop suppressing their realms and advance to the World Lord peak, steadily approaching the Immortal Realm.
• Zhou Yuan remains at the Universe Level peak because he must cultivate the Nine Revolutions Mysterious Technique and prepare for the upcoming competition.
• After reaching a cultivation bottleneck, Zhou Yuan joins an expedition into the Sixth Continent to seek breakthroughs through combat.
• The expedition turns disastrous when the eight-person team encounters a huge group of World Lord-level vicious beasts. Zhou Yuan kills several enemies but is overwhelmed:
  • Five teammates die.
  • Zhou Yuan and two others barely escape.
  • His E2-class spaceship is destroyed.
• Shaken by the brutality of the battle, Zhou Yuan returns to secluded cultivation. He studies fifth-tier force-weapon secret patterns and explores deeper applications of Space Law.
• Although he makes no qualitative breakthrough, his phantom bodies increase from over three thousand to more than seven thousand, bringing him close to the fifth layer of the Myriad Avatars technique.
• A massive announcement appears throughout the Virtual Universe, declaring the beginning of the Universe Humanity—Peak Powerhouse Battle, a grand contest held once every ten thousand years for Universe Level human powerhouses.
• Zhou Yuan visits the official website, learns the rules and rewards, and immediately registers.

Character Developments

• Zhou Yuan grows substantially stronger in technique and combat preparation, particularly in Earth Law, Zhenkong Slash, and the number of phantom bodies created by Myriad Transformations.
• Despite his progress, he encounters a major bottleneck in both Earth Origin Law and Space Law, forcing him to seek experience through dangerous real combat.
• The failed expedition exposes Zhou Yuan to the harshness and unpredictability of the universe. The deaths of five teammates leave him shaken and more aware of the risks of power and exploration.
• He becomes more determined to improve his strength through study and cultivation rather than relying solely on breakthroughs.
• Zhou Yuan’s ambition becomes clearer: he intends to use the Powerhouse Battle to establish his reputation, obtain access to the Initial Universe and the Virtual Universe Company’s core resources, find a powerful teacher, and secure the resources needed to cultivate the Nine Revolutions Mysterious Technique.
• Ka En, Mu Feng, and the others advance to the World Lord peak and focus on preparing for the Immortal Realm.

Significant Themes

• Cultivation through adversity: Zhou Yuan’s growth is interrupted by bottlenecks and tragedy, emphasizing that progress requires both patience and dangerous experience.
• The cruelty of the universe: The expedition demonstrates the lethal gap between preparation and survival when faced with overwhelming numbers.
• Ambition and opportunity: The Powerhouse Battle offers Zhou Yuan a path to status, resources, mentorship, and greater cultivation.
• Accumulated power beneath calm: Although the six centuries appear peaceful, Zhou Yuan and his companions quietly build formidable strength.
• Competition among geniuses: The upcoming event promises confrontations with elite Universe Level fighters from across humanity, turning Zhou Yuan’s private cultivation into a public test.

Character Interactions

• Zhou Yuan’s former teammates remain connected through their shared cultivation history, though they spend most of the six centuries in separate secluded training.
• During the Sixth Continent expedition, Zhou Yuan fights alongside seven teammates. His efforts help him kill several vicious beasts, but he cannot save the entire group; only two others escape with him.
• After the announcement, Zhou Yuan joins the wider community of Universe Level powerhouses in reacting with excitement and anticipation to the competition.
• He compares his future prospects with legendary figures such as Bolan and Kedi, revealing his confidence and desire to measure himself against the greatest geniuses.
• His registration marks his formal entry into the wider human power struggle and sets up the next major phase of his cultivation journey.

Chapter Summary: Universe Powerhouse Battle Begins

Key Plot Points and Events

• News of the Peak Powerhouse Battle spreads across the Human Territory, prompting universe nations and major factions to select their strongest Universe Level participants.
• The Purple Chen Universe Nation Lord addresses tens of millions of contestants, urging them to secure at least half of the top thousand positions for their nation. He then teleports them home to register.
• In the Nether Thunder Divine Nation, an Immortal deity motivates several hundred elite contestants by promising personal discipleship to those who pass the preliminaries and a galaxy of territory to those who reach the finals.
• Registration takes place across the Human Territory. Zhou Yuan observes the rapidly rising registration count in the Purple Chen Universe Nation.
• After one month, registration closes with 91.27 million participants from the Purple Chen Universe Nation.
• The Virtual Universe Company announces the competition rules:
  • All contestants receive identical Universe Ninth Order bodies, genetic energy, spiritual force, and physical attributes.
  • Participants may freely choose their appearance, ten weapons, and one battle suit no higher than the third order.
  • The contest evaluates willpower, domains, combat experience, and law comprehension rather than cultivation level or equipment advantages.
• The competition has two major stages:
  1. Each universe nation selects its top 1,000 participants.
  2. Those finalists compete in the broader Human Race final battle to determine the overall top 1,000.
• The Purple Chen selection begins with a brutal preliminary battle:
  • The 91.27 million contestants are divided among 100 virtual worlds, with about 912,700 participants per world.
  • Alien enemies are continuously deployed and grow stronger each day.
  • Contestants gain points by killing aliens or other participants.
  • Each world ends when only 501 contestants remain.
  • The highest-scoring survivor advances directly, while the other survivors and top eliminated contestants fight in arena battles for the remaining qualifying spots.
• Zhou Yuan spends the preparation month training in the Virtual Universe’s Killing Ground, adapting to the strength and limitations of a Universe Ninth Order body.
• When the elimination round begins, the contestants gather in a preparation world. Zhou Yuan is assigned to Zone 66 and prepares to teleport into the battle.
• He selects only a third-order genetic energy battle suit, the Zhenkong Blade, and the Breaking Mountain Blade, confident that these weapons suit his fighting style.

Character Developments

• Zhou Yuan displays calm confidence and eagerness for extreme combat. Rather than being intimidated by the elimination rate exceeding 99%, he welcomes the opportunity to test and surpass himself.
• He demonstrates disciplined preparation by repeatedly simulating battles and carefully selecting only the equipment he considers necessary.
• The Purple Chen Universe Nation Lord is portrayed as a powerful and influential ruler who expects his nation’s elites to bring honor to the country.
• The Nether Thunder Divine Lord uses material rewards and personal recognition to inspire his elites, revealing the intense competition among factions to cultivate future experts.
• Numerous organizations begin monitoring the contestants, viewing the battle as an opportunity to recruit future Domain Lords, World Lords, and other rising talents.

Significant Themes

• Competition and survival: The battle is designed as an extraordinarily harsh survival contest where nearly all participants will be eliminated.
• Equalized opportunity: By giving every participant identical bodies and energy levels, the organizers emphasize innate ability, experience, willpower, law comprehension, and battle technique.
• Ambition and glory: Universe nations, factions, and individual contestants all seek recognition, resources, territory, and greater status.
• Cultivation through pressure: Zhou Yuan sees life-and-death combat as the fastest way to break through his limits.
• Talent and recruitment: The event is not only a contest but also a massive search for future high-level experts, attracting the attention of powerful factions throughout the universe.
• Institutional power: The authority of the universe nations, Immortal deities, and the Virtual Universe Company is emphasized through grand speeches, rewards, uniform rules, and large-scale teleportation.

Character Interactions

• The Purple Chen Nation Lord directly addresses and encourages tens of millions of Universe Level powerhouses, creating a relationship of authority, expectation, and national loyalty.
• The Nether Thunder Divine Lord promises rewards to his selected elites, strengthening their motivation and highlighting the patron-disciple dynamic between powerful Immortals and younger geniuses.
• Zhou Yuan interacts with Beibei, who alerts him to the official competition email.
• Zhou Yuan also engages indirectly with the Virtual Universe Company by reading and following its regulations, preparing his equipment, and training within its Killing Ground.
• Outside factions monitor the contestants and discuss recruiting promising fighters, showing how the battle connects individual contestants to broader political and organizational interests.
• The chapter ends with Zhou Yuan silently awaiting teleportation, just as the official warning signals the beginning of the elimination round.

Chapter Summary: World Zone 66

Key Plot Points and Events

• Nearly one hundred million contestants are teleported from the preparation world into 100 virtual elimination worlds, officially beginning the Human Universe Peak Geniuses Battle.
• Zhou Yuan arrives in World Zone 66, a ruined, heavily gravitational environment containing over 910,000 contestants and an enormous number of hostile Universe Ninth Order alien races.
• The rules are revealed:
  • Contestants earn points by killing alien races or other contestants.
  • Alien races become stronger and worth more points each day.
  • The battle continues until only 501 contestants remain.
  • Dead contestants retain their leaderboard positions and may still qualify for later arena matches.
• Zhou Yuan quickly encounters and kills a wolf demon with a single strike of his Breaking Mountain Blade, finding the alien race far weaker than expected.
• He begins systematically sweeping through the ruins, targeting dense concentrations of alien races. His points rise rapidly:
  • Over 1,000 points in one hour.
  • Over 10,000 points by halfway through the first day.
  • Rank 92 with 11,038 points, despite the contestant population already falling from 912,714 to 812,351.
• His performance attracts attention from mercenary groups and major factions, who recognize his powerful Earth Origin Law comprehension and begin investigating him for possible recruitment.
• The chapter also shows the struggles of contestants elsewhere:
  • In World 3, a divine faction is disappointed that none of its contestants have entered the top 1,000.
  • In World 97, a family suffers heavy losses, with twelve of thirty-five contestants already dead and its strongest remaining member ranked only 72,674th.

Character Developments

• Zhou Yuan: Demonstrates exceptional combat ability, confidence, and adaptability. The strong gravity barely affects him because of his previous experience on the Sixth Continent. He adopts an aggressive strategy, aiming for first place rather than merely surviving.
• Zhou Yuan’s combat style: His precise, decisive blade techniques allow him to kill Universe Ninth Order alien races instantly. However, he recognizes that martial artists generally accumulate points more slowly than spiritualists, who can attack many enemies remotely.
• Other contestants and factions: Their varying performances reveal the extreme competitiveness of the event. Some rely on combat strength for later breakthroughs, while others are overwhelmed by the density and coordinated attacks of the alien races.

Significant Themes

• Survival and ruthless competition: The battle is structured as a massive elimination contest in which contestants must constantly kill or risk being surrounded.
• Strength versus efficiency: Martial artists may possess superior individual combat power, but spiritualists can earn points faster through wide-area attacks.
• Reputation and opportunity: Zhou Yuan’s rapid rise draws the attention of powerful organizations seeking talented recruits.
• Unequal fortunes and pressure: The event affects not only contestants but also the factions supporting them, whose status and resources depend on their representatives’ success.
• Preparation and experience: Zhou Yuan’s prior hardships, especially his experience with extreme gravity, give him an advantage in the opening stage.

Character Interactions

• Zhou Yuan encounters and instantly kills a wolf demon, establishing his dominance over the local alien races.
• Viewing factions discuss Zhou Yuan’s achievements, with intelligence officers and commanders ordering investigations and recruitment efforts.
• In World 3, a World Lord attempts to reassure an angry Divine Lord that their martial-artist contestant, Carol, will perform better in the later stages.
• In World 97, a World Lord receives grim news from his family about mounting casualties and fears punishment for the poor results.

Chapter Summary: “Ranking”

Key Plot Points and Events

• Outside World One, powerful young heirs from immortal factions watch the competition aboard luxurious spaceships. A descendant of the Purple Chen Universe Nation’s imperial family proudly celebrates a contestant from their territory taking first place.
• On another spaceship, several immortal gods discuss the Yunyan Secret Realm, which is soon to be closed to the public after the Universe Mercenary Alliance takes control. They praise the Purple Chen Universe Nation’s ruler for making the realm safer and mention the success of Silver Wing Marquis’s family, whose descendant Mu Ji ranks first in World 89.
• In World Zone 66, Zhou Yuan spends five days hunting alien races. Their strength has risen to sixteen times that of an ordinary peak Universe Ninth Order warrior, but they remain helpless against him.
• Zhou Yuan defeats contestants who challenge him for points or attempt to test his strength. His overwhelming swordsmanship earns him the feared title “God of Blades.”
• After five days, Zhou Yuan has accumulated 706,821 points, placing him sixth in World 66. Only 38,431 contestants remain, meaning more than 95% have been eliminated.
• Many surviving contestants begin forming teams for protection, but Zhou Yuan continues fighting alone because his strength allows him to hunt more efficiently.
• The Illusory Dream Marquis investigates Zhou Yuan and learns that he was born in the Gulf Stream Galaxy, progressed rapidly from the Planet Level, and had already gained recognition from the Earth Origin Law while apparently only a fifth-stage Domain Lord. Suspecting that Zhou Yuan concealed his true cultivation with a treasure, the marquis declares him a seeded contestant and orders him to be monitored closely.
• Zhou Yuan remains unaware of this attention. He discovers a massive alien horde surrounding a group of contestants and charges in, seeing the situation as an ideal opportunity to gain points.
• Using the Breaking Mountain Blade and the Earth Origin Law, Zhou Yuan massacres tens of thousands of alien creatures in less than a minute. Only a small number of the surrounded contestants survive, left terrified and awestruck by his power.

Character Development

• Zhou Yuan is established as one of the competition’s dominant figures. His confidence, precision, and willingness to fight alone demonstrate that he has moved far beyond ordinary contestants.
• His reputation changes from that of an unknown competitor to the widely feared “God of Blades.”
• Illusory Dream Marquis recognizes Zhou Yuan’s exceptional talent and potential to reach the final battle, elevating him to the status of a closely watched seeded contestant.
• Guka displays pride in his family’s strong performance while maintaining a modest outward attitude before the imperial descendant.
• Silver Wing Marquis feels genuine satisfaction and pride over Mu Ji’s success, seeing it as a major achievement for his family.

Significant Themes

• Power and reputation: Zhou Yuan’s overwhelming victories quickly transform his reputation, causing other contestants to fear and respect him.
• Hidden talent and concealed strength: Zhou Yuan’s apparent past cultivation does not match his current ability, suggesting the deliberate concealment of his true development and making him an object of political and institutional interest.
• Competition and survival: With over 95% of contestants eliminated, teamwork becomes increasingly important for ordinary fighters, while the strongest individuals can continue independently.
• Political influence and hierarchy: The competition is observed by imperial descendants, immortal factions, marquises, and universe-level authorities, showing that individual performance affects family prestige and political attention.
• The value of opportunity: Dangerous places such as the Yunyan Secret Realm and the alien-filled battlefields offer enormous risks but also allow talented individuals and factions to gain wealth, status, and advancement.

Character Interactions

• The young nobles flatter the Purple Chen imperial descendant while discussing their families’ rankings and achievements.
• Immortal gods discuss the Yunyan Secret Realm and congratulate Silver Wing Marquis on Mu Ji’s first-place ranking.
• Illusory Dream Marquis questions a subordinate about Zhou Yuan’s history, then directs him to classify Zhou Yuan as a seeded contestant and monitor him.
• Zhou Yuan has hostile encounters with contestants who challenge him for points, defeating nearly all of them without mercy.
• At the chapter’s climax, Zhou Yuan rescues—or at least intervenes on behalf of—a team surrounded by alien races, but his brutal efficiency leaves the surviving contestants more frightened of him than grateful.

Chapter Summary: Purple Chen Nation Lord’s Attention

Key Plot Points and Events

• After killing tens of thousands of alien races, Zhou Yuan leaves the surviving contestants without acknowledging them. His overwhelming strength frightens them, and they recognize him as the legendary “Blade God.”
• Zhou Yuan’s massacre propels him to first place in World 66, where he maintains a huge lead over the other contestants.
• On Soka Star, more than twenty Stellar-level powerhouses watch the competition and speculate that Zhou Yuan may be the same genius who once lived there.
• Su Li confirms that Zhou Yuan left Soka Star centuries earlier after his parents’ deaths. Zhou Yuan’s distant relatives remain on the planet, though none of the family members he once asked Su Li to protect survived to the Stellar level.
• Eleven days into the elimination round, Zhou Yuan rests after fighting increasingly powerful alien races. Because the Virtual Universe body is weaker than his real body, he must now spend significant time recovering genetic energy.
• Zhou Yuan checks his status: he has over 72 million points, ranks first, and is among only 1,235 remaining contestants.
• He recalls defeating the second-ranked spirit reader two days earlier. Using the Space Origin Law and three strikes of the Breaking Mountain Blade, he forced the powerful opponent to surrender without relying on his own secret arts. No one else dares challenge him afterward.
• Dream Fantasy Marquis realizes he may have underestimated Zhou Yuan and reports him to the Purple Chen Nation Lord as a possible candidate for first place in the final battle.
• The Purple Chen Nation Lord investigates Zhou Yuan’s history in the Yunyan Secret Realm and discovers that he killed World Lord-level beasts while still at the Universe level, nearly mastered the fifth level of the Myriad Avatars/Myriad Transformations Secret Art, and created a top-tier secret art independently.
• Impressed and concerned that alien forces might assassinate such a promising talent, the Purple Chen Nation Lord decides to monitor and protect Zhou Yuan personally.

Character Developments

• Zhou Yuan: Demonstrates overwhelming combat ability, mastery of the Space Origin Law, and exceptional endurance. He has evolved from a talented former inhabitant of Soka Star into a major Universe-level powerhouse capable of attracting the attention of a universe nation’s ruler.
• Surviving contestants: Shift from considering Zhou Yuan a possible rival to fearing and respecting him as an untouchable powerhouse.
• Su Li: Provides background on Zhou Yuan’s origins and family, revealing their past friendship and Su Li’s lingering connection to Zhou Yuan’s homeland.
• Dream Fantasy Marquis: Becomes convinced that Zhou Yuan may be capable of winning the entire final battle and takes the initiative to report him.
• Purple Chen Nation Lord: Moves from curiosity to serious interest, recognizing Zhou Yuan as an exceptionally rare genius and deciding that he must be protected.

Significant Themes

• Power and reputation: Zhou Yuan’s actions create an almost mythical reputation, causing others to recognize his strength without further confrontation.
• The rise of a forgotten genius: His transformation from a young talent on Soka Star into a supreme fighter highlights the enormous growth possible through experience and cultivation.
• Talent attracting danger: Exceptional ability brings both recognition and threats, particularly from hostile alien races.
• Independence and self-made strength: Zhou Yuan’s accomplishments—especially creating a top-tier secret art without guidance—emphasize his extraordinary natural talent and determination.
• Distance from one’s origins: Although Zhou Yuan’s family remains on Soka Star, his long absence and limited involvement show how far he has moved beyond his former life.

Character Interactions

• The surviving contestants discuss Zhou Yuan in fear and admiration after witnessing his blade strike.
• Su Li answers the Stellar-level elders’ questions about Zhou Yuan’s past, family, and development.
• Zhou Yuan’s earlier confrontation with the second-ranked spirit reader establishes his dominance over the strongest competitors in World 66.
• Dream Fantasy Marquis contacts the Purple Chen Nation Lord and presents Zhou Yuan’s achievements.
• The Purple Chen Nation Lord studies Zhou Yuan’s records, recognizes his potential, and resolves to watch over him.