Chapter Summaries

Cao Bing spent his new fortune buying Azurewave Marrow and ores, then went to the slave market to negotiate for powerful slaves. He secured ten Star Level 9 Mental Masters and 100,000 Planet Level 9 Martial Artists with exhausted potential, preparing the Mental Masters for the future Thunder World.

• Cao Bing bought 300 jin of Azurewave Marrow and several dozen kinds of unusual ores at the Exotic Treasure Shop.
• Cao Bing visited the slave market, where he met Fei Yi, an alien from the Dongchen Tribe who sought furry slaves.
• Cao Bing asked a purple-skinned manager for ten Star Level 9 Mental Masters and used his intimidating presence to obtain a five percent discount.
• Cao Bing demanded that the manager include 100,000 Planet Level 9 Martial Artists with nearly exhausted potential, and the manager accepted.
• Cao Bing planned to use the 100,000 Martial Artists for an undisclosed purpose and save the ten Mental Masters for the future Thunder World.

Cao Bing bought control chips for the demon cultivators he planned to acquire and returned to Luo Feng with money from selling Force Weapons. Their trip through the universe made both men confront how far they still had to grow, and Cao Bing began cultivating again.

• Cao Bing bought one hundred Star-level chips and ten Cosmic-level chips to control future demon cultivator slaves.
• Cao Bing returned to the meeting point and planned to use the approaching Nuolanshan Family explorers to pressure Earth's trio into training harder.
• Luo Feng arrived with many slaves, and Cao Bing gave him a bank card containing ten billion Black Dragon Coins from selling the Force Weapons.
• Cao Bing asked Luo Feng about his trip, and Luo Feng admitted that the universe had made him feel insignificant.
• Cao Bing returned to his room and resolved to cultivate until his Space Domain reached the fifth level.

After returning to Earth, Cao Bing focused on cultivation while Hong and the others faced the pressure of protecting Earth and growing stronger. Meanwhile, the conflict over Nine Sha Hall ended with Di Qing’s brothers dead and Di Qing fleeing.

• Cao Bing raised his Space Domain to the fifth level and urged Hong and Lei Shen to improve their strength, but Lei Shen refused to spar with him.
• Hong, Luo Feng, and Cao Bing discussed the dangers of the universe and the enormous cost of buying Earth, while Cao Bing kept his wealth rather than selling a Space Ring.
• More than half a year after Cao Bing took Nine Sha Hall, most of its subordinate cave mansions pledged loyalty to his faction before Di Qing and his brothers learned what had happened.
• Di Qing and his brothers occupied Giant Armor Cave Mansion and split their forces, with Di Jian going to Crimson Blood Cave Mansion to confront Qin Yu.
• Qin Yu, Xiao Hei, and Hou Fei fought Di Jian for three days and nights and killed him, then attacked Giant Armor Cave Mansion and quickly defeated the other Di Jian.
• After hearing that his Sixth Brother and Seventh Brother had died, Di Qing abandoned his newly gathered forces and disappeared.

Qin Yu and Xiao Hei learned that Luo Feng, the new master of Nine Sha Hall, might be their sworn brother Cao Bing, so they set out to visit him. At Leishan Residence, Cao Bing welcomed the masters of Azure Water Mansion and Azure Dragon Palace, who questioned how a late Nascent Soul Stage cultivator had taken control of Nine Sha Hall.

• Xiao Hei suspected Luo Feng was Cao Bing, and Qin Yu agreed to investigate while Hou Fei stayed behind to guard Crimson Blood Cave Mansion.
• Qin Yu and Xiao Hei traveled to the central region of Nine Sha Hall, which Cao Bing had renamed Leishan Residence and placed under Pipi Shrimp's management.
• Three-eyed Old Toad and Azure Dragon arrived at Leishan Residence and intimidated Pipi Shrimp and the guards.
• Cao Bing appeared and welcomed the two visitors, who recognized him as a late Nascent Soul Stage cultivator.
• Azure Dragon and Three-eyed Old Toad privately wondered whether Cao Bing was hiding his cultivation and decided not to provoke him yet.

Cao Bing hosted Azure Dragon and the Three-eyed Jade Toad at Leishan Residence, where the two powerful visitors tested his strength and took interest in his cave mansion and wine. After tasting the Chao Ling Lu Wine, the Three-eyed Jade Toad discovered it could strengthen his body, giving him a compelling reason to seek it.

• Cao Bing ordered his guards to stand down and stopped the Three-eyed Jade Toad from attacking the Sui Ye brothers, then made them retreat.
• Cao Bing received the Three-eyed Jade Toad and Azure Dragon as guests while quietly warning Pipi Shrimp and the others to move the surrounding forces away.
• Azure Dragon recognized Leishan Residence as a High-grade cave mansion Spirit Artifact, and the Three-eyed Jade Toad reacted with greed.
• Cao Bing served the guests Chao Ling Lu Wine, and Azure Dragon offered a hundred-year nonaggression pact in exchange for a jar.
• The Three-eyed Jade Toad drank the wine and realized it could slightly strengthen his body, surprising and delighting him.

Cao Bing hosted Azure Dragon and the Three-eyed Old Toad, who tried to obtain the Jade Sword he had taken from Nine Sha Hall. Cao Bing refused to trade the key to the Nine Sword Immortal Mansion, and the Three-eyed Old Toad turned hostile.

• Azure Dragon and the Three-eyed Old Toad gave Cao Bing congratulatory gifts and drank Chao Ling Lu Wine at Leishan Residence.
• Azure Dragon asked whether Cao Bing had obtained a Jade Sword, and Cao Bing showed them the one taken from Di Long.
• Azure Dragon offered one Top-grade Spirit Artifact, while the Three-eyed Old Toad offered two, for the Jade Sword.
• Cao Bing revealed that he knew the Jade Sword's purpose and refused Azure Dragon's offer of four Top-grade Spirit Artifacts.
• The Three-eyed Old Toad rose and coldly challenged Cao Bing after he refused to part with the Jade Sword.

Cao Bing faced the Three-eyed Old Toad’s threatening demand without fear, confident that his strength, clone ability, and hidden weapons would keep him from being robbed or killed. He had already removed the valuables from Leishan Residence and was prepared to destroy his clone—or use ten Nuclear Bombs—if the toad attacked.

• Cao Bing dismissed the Three-eyed Old Toad’s pressure and judged that his own power could make a fight difficult even against the stronger divine beast.
• Cao Bing considered how the Stellar Transformation technique and Gene Primal Energy had raised his strength beyond that of high divine beasts.
• Cao Bing relied on the Time Seal Clone’s ability to preserve him as long as one clone survived, and on the light mote to transfer treasures away from a doomed clone.
• Cao Bing recalled that he had already taken every portable treasure from Leishan Residence and could abandon the villa if a fight began.
• Cao Bing resolved to self-destruct rather than be robbed and considered using ten high-yield Nuclear Bombs against the Three-eyed Jade Toad.

Cao Bing fought the Three-eyed Old Toad after the toad tried to seize his treasure, and the battle escalated into a deadly clash inside Leishan Residence. Their second exchange reached its decisive moment, but the chapter ended before revealing the victor.

• The Three-eyed Old Toad attacked Cao Bing with jade-green beams, and Cao Bing dodged while preparing to fight to the death.
• Cao Bing mocked the toad’s true appearance, enraging him, and the Three-eyed Old Toad charged with his emerald spear.
• Cao Bing used Twelve Shadow String Kill and Slow-motion Intent, but the Three-eyed Old Toad destroyed most of the attack and sent Cao Bing crashing into a wall.
• Azure Dragon Yan Lang retreated and watched as Cao Bing and the Three-eyed Old Toad launched a second, fiercer clash that wrecked the reception hall.
• After three seconds of increasingly precise attacks, the blade tip and spear tip touched, and the victor was decided.

Cao Bing and the Three-eyed Jade Toad left Leishan Residence to continue their fight, while Azure Dragon tried to play both sides for a share of their treasures. Cao Bing exploited the toad’s brief distraction and launched his strongest strike, Thirtyfold Slow Motion: Starlight.

• Cao Bing and the Three-eyed Jade Toad emerged from Leishan Residence, and Cao Bing stored the residence inside his sea of consciousness.
• The Three-eyed Jade Toad and Cao Bing each tried to recruit Azure Dragon by offering him treasures and Chao Ling Lu Wine.
• Azure Dragon avoided choosing sides and urged the two opponents to stop fighting, making both men suspicious of him.
• The Three-eyed Jade Toad briefly let down his guard while addressing Azure Dragon, and Cao Bing seized the opening.
• Cao Bing attacked with Thirtyfold Slow Motion: Starlight, enraging the Three-eyed Jade Toad.

Cao Bing used Lei Wei’s Blood-Burning Method to empower Starlight and slice through Three-eyed Jade Toad’s innate beam, nearly reaching the toad’s head. Three-eyed Jade Toad counterattacked with a piercing croak and a green blast that buried Cao Bing in a massive crater.

• Cao Bing launched Starlight at Three-eyed Jade Toad, forcing the old toad to fire his innate dark-green beam.
• Cao Bing burned his blood with Lei Wei’s secret demonic art, transforming Starlight into a bloody Demon Star that split the beam into twenty-four parts.
• Three-eyed Jade Toad poured his strength into thickening the beam, but Cao Bing’s Demon Star continued toward his head.
• Three-eyed Jade Toad opened his mouth and released a piercing croak followed by a green blast at Cao Bing.
• The blast broke Cao Bing’s attack and embedded his body in a huge seabed crater, where Three-eyed Jade Toad declared him no match.

Cao Bing tricked Three-eyed Jade Toad and Azure Dragon into fighting over fake Space Rings, then detonated ten nuclear bombs around them. As the blast engulfed the demons, Cao Bing prepared to attack again because he doubted the explosion would kill them.

• Cao Bing used his remaining strength to throw out several Space Rings and pretend to flee, baiting Three-eyed Jade Toad and Azure Dragon toward them.
• Three-eyed Jade Toad and Azure Dragon fought over the rings while discovering that the first two they checked were empty.
• Azure Dragon overpowered Three-eyed Jade Toad and grabbed the third cluster of rings.
• Cao Bing revealed a remote control and detonated ten nuclear bombs hidden in the rings, engulfing both demons in a massive explosion.
• Cao Bing doubted the bombs had killed the two demons and raised his battle blade to strike again.

Cao Bing’s nuclear explosion left the Three-eyed Jade Toad gravely wounded, and his desperate Demon Star attack killed it. Azure Dragon survived the attack and tried to counter it, while Pipi Shrimp received Cao Bing’s order to lead Leishan Residence’s forces into battle and kill Azure Dragon.

• The explosion shattered the Three-eyed Jade Toad’s defenses and left its body severely injured, while Azure Dragon suffered lighter wounds.
• Cao Bing’s chaotic Demon Star struck the Three-eyed Jade Toad and ground its body apart, killing it.
• Azure Dragon threw up a shield, relied on its Azure-Scale Armor, and drove its great halberd toward the Demon Star’s center.
• After the battle’s light and energy faded, Pipi Shrimp and Sui Ye waited with Leishan Residence’s forces for Cao Bing’s command.
• Pipi Shrimp received Cao Bing’s order to charge into the battlefield and kill Azure Dragon.

Azure Dragon Yan Lang defeated Cao Bing's clone but was too badly injured to finish him off before Sui Ye arrived. Cao Bing survived and returned Leishan Residence to the battlefield, where he began recovering under guard as Azure Dragon fled.

• Azure Dragon Yan Lang survived the battle against Cao Bing but suffered severe injuries and used medicinal pills to restore some vitality.
• Azure Dragon approached Cao Bing's motionless clone and prepared to destroy his Nascent Soul, believing victory would leave him dominant among the underwater factions.
• Sui Ye arrived and deflected Azure Dragon's attack, forcing the wounded Azure Dragon to flee with the items scattered after the Three-eyed Old Toad's death.
• Cao Bing stopped Sui Ye from pursuing Azure Dragon and teleported Leishan Residence back into the crater.
• Sui Ye carried Cao Bing into Leishan Residence's cultivation chamber, where Cao Bing ordered him to keep everyone away while he recovered.

Cao Bing recovered from the severe injuries his avatar sustained after the Three-eyed Old Toad attacked, using materials purchased through the virtual network. His body in the Stellar Transformation world returned to peak condition, and he discovered that the ordeal had further increased his strength.

• Cao Bing woke in an underground training hall on Qiu Long Star, where he had arranged cultivation guidance for Guan Yong, Yan Ying, and Zheng Ke and given each Divine Arrow Squad member a Wood Essence Crystal.
• Cao Bing recalled that the Three-eyed Old Toad had attacked after investigating the change of ownership at Nine Sha Hall, leaving his avatar badly injured.
• Cao Bing ordered more than a hundred million Black Dragon Coins' worth of restorative materials so he could heal quickly and continue preparing for the Genius Battle.
• Cao Bing and a robot used the materials to treat his body in Leishan Residence, and he spent ten days recovering inside a Nutrient Pod.
• Cao Bing emerged fully healed and realized that his severe injury had helped his strength advance another step.

Cao Bing recovered and ordered Leishan Residence to seek peace talks with Azure Dragon Palace amid the seabed's turmoil. Azure Dragon, still badly injured, agreed to negotiate and prepared to move his cave residence away from Cao Bing's territory.

• Cao Bing emerged unharmed, reassuring the anxious forces at Leishan Residence.
• Cao Bing ordered Pipi Shrimp to stabilize their forces and tell Azure Dragon Palace that he was healed, then await peace talks.
• Azure Dragon initially dismissed the report of Cao Bing's recovery but believed it after hearing that Cao Bing had appeared in public several times.
• Azure Dragon decided to accept reasonable terms in peace talks and evacuate his nearby cave residence in case Cao Bing attacked.

Pipi Shrimp negotiated with Azure Dragon’s envoy for compensation after the attack on Leishan Residence, while Cao Bing took advantage of Azure Dragon’s lingering injuries to gain time to cultivate. The envoy secured a deal for two Top-grade Spirit Artifacts and additional materials, unaware that Azure Dragon had already left for Azure Dragon Palace’s territory.

• Azure Dragon sent an early-Dongxu cave master to Leishan Residence to negotiate peace, and Pipi Shrimp received him in Cao Bing’s place.
• Pipi Shrimp demanded ten Top-grade Spirit Artifacts after probing the envoy about Azure Dragon Palace’s circumstances.
• Azure Dragon, who had secretly left for his territory, instructed the envoy that he would pay at most two Top-grade Spirit Artifacts.
• The envoy negotiated the demand down to two Top-grade Spirit Artifacts and additional materials.
• Cao Bing welcomed the news that Azure Dragon remained injured and expected the delay to give him years to cultivate.

Cao Bing continued his winning streak in the Slaughter Arena while searching for opponents who could challenge his skills. After 129 victories, he accepted a duel invitation from the nine-star Night Walker, eager to test himself against a true expert.

• Cao Bing defeated a red-skinned challenger, earning his 129th consecutive victory in the duel space.
• Cao Bing reviewed his record and reflected on his rules for attracting powerful challengers and improving through battle.
• Cao Bing received an invitation from Night Walker, whose profile showed a nine-star rating and a record of 3,988 victories and 53 defeats.
• Cao Bing accepted Night Walker's challenge with rising battle intent.

Cao Bing fought Night Walker, a Star Level 9 peak opponent whose speed and Ninth Layer Earth Domain overwhelmed his attacks. Night Walker repeatedly knocked Cao Bing down as Cao Bing kept charging back in, and the fight remained unresolved when Night Walker said he had to stop for the day.

• Cao Bing met Night Walker in a virtual grassland and learned that Night Walker had come to claim the 100 billion Black Dragon Coin bounty.
• Cao Bing used thirtyfold Slow Motion and transformed into a twelve-armed Asura, but Night Walker’s punch blasted six Phantom Arms apart and sent him flying.
• Cao Bing attacked with Twelve Shadow String Kill, but Night Walker’s Ninth Layer Earth Domain dispersed the blades.
• Cao Bing unleashed Starlight, but Night Walker shattered it with his fists and knocked Cao Bing into a crater.
• Night Walker grew faster, and Cao Bing repeatedly rose from the ground to fight him despite being battered and wounded.
• Night Walker told Cao Bing he had little time left and wanted to stop for the day.

Cao Bing demonstrated his newly created Two Poles Star against Night Walker, combining blade techniques with spatial power. He pushed the move to its limit, then unleashed Starburst as his body began to fail.

• Cao Bing thanked Night Walker for his guidance and asked him to judge one final move.
• Cao Bing used a Phantom Clone so that two versions of him could attack Night Walker from opposite sides.
• The two Starlights spiraled toward each other, creating Two Poles Star and tearing at Night Walker's Earth Domain.
• Night Walker countered with Lion's Roar—Crushing Pressure, overwhelming Cao Bing and causing his body to break down.
• Cao Bing forced Two Poles Star farther inward until he could no longer maintain it, then announced Starburst.

Cao Bing lost to Night Walker in the Virtual Space, but used the fight to recognize flaws in his techniques. After learning that cosmic adventurers had reached Earth and a more dangerous fleet would arrive in three months, Cao Bing returned to training while Earth’s survival depended on Luo Feng’s progress and Cao Bing’s preparations.

• Cao Bing self-destructed Two Poles Star, destroying the lion-shaped attack but leaving himself mortally wounded, and exited the Virtual Space after losing to Night Walker.
• Night Walker awoke in Ganwu Holy Land, then went to meet his master Dashan after a junior disciple summoned him.
• Luo Feng told Cao Bing that cosmic adventurers had arrived and that the Nuolanshan Family’s stronger fleet would reach Earth in three months.
• Cao Bing discussed the threat with Luo Feng and the others, then returned to training rather than taking immediate action against the fleet.
• Cao Bing reflected on Night Walker’s criticism and resolved to improve Shadow String Kill, Starlight, and Two Poles Star while cultivating Wuxu, comprehending Domain, and reaching Star level.