Chapter Summaries

Cao Bing reached Tongtian Mountain’s peak and fought its three gatekeepers, whose unleashed strength proved far greater than at the mountainside. He was overwhelmed by their attacks, but the outcome of the trial remained unresolved.

• Cao Bing climbed to the peak while observers, including King Kuanglan and King Zhenyan, watched and discussed his chances.
• The ape-man, Minotaur, and Snake Woman warned Cao Bing that their full strength would be unleashed at the peak, then joined their auras together.
• The Minotaur and ape-man attacked Cao Bing, and their combined assault overwhelmed his defenses and cut his body in two.
• Cao Bing reappeared behind the ape-man and unleashed his sixty-four-image Lotus formation, but the Minotaur shattered it with a sweeping axe.
• A pitch-black nine-headed serpent burst from beneath the axe’s light and lunged at Cao Bing.

Cao Bing fought the ape-man, Minotaur, and Snake Woman, using his techniques to evade their attacks and unleash a devastating strike. He killed the ape-man and Snake Woman, but after his strength ran out, the Minotaur split him in two with his axe.

• Cao Bing evaded the hydra and Minotaur's attacks with Floating Flurry, then nearly killed the Minotaur with Mountain Split until the Snake Woman's will interference deflected his blade.
• The ape-man transformed Arc Snake into a tiny serpent and used Wind Shadow—Void Shift to obscure its path, forcing Cao Bing to strike before he was ready.
• Cao Bing unleashed a peak strike that erased the landscape before him and reduced the ape-man to dust.
• Cao Bing turned and struck the Minotaur and Snake Woman, killing the Snake Woman but exhausting his strength.
• The Minotaur struck Cao Bing with his axe and split him in two.

Cao Bing recovered from his failed attempt to clear the summit of Primal Tongtian Mountain and accepted that he needed to grow stronger. When Luo Feng returned with his Demon Killer Race avatar badly injured after killing a powerful World Master, Cao Bing congratulated him and proposed celebrating at Wuka’s expense.

• King Lou Gu regretted Cao Bing’s failure, while King Kuanglan and King Zhenyan discussed his performance before leaving the Virtual Universe.
• Cao Bing reflected on losing at the summit, accepted that the result was fair, and began cultivating to recover his state of mind.
• About ten days later, Luo Feng returned from the Blood Luo World with a badly injured Demon Killer Race avatar and explained that he had killed a Level Four World Master.
• Cao Bing praised Luo Feng and suggested that they make Wuka pay for a celebration, joking that he was nearly out of money.

After completing the Blood Warrior mission, Cao Bing and Luo Feng were summoned to meet the Lord of the Heavenly Eclipse Palace. He gave them separate demonstrations of the first six illustrations of their Chaos Tablets, and Cao Bing became deeply immersed in his comprehension.

• Merlock greeted Cao Bing and Luo Feng at Heavenly Eclipse Palace and learned that both had completed the Blood Warrior mission.
• Merlock escorted Cao Bing and Luo Feng to meet the Lord of the Heavenly Eclipse Palace, who received them on the ninth level.
• The Lord praised Luo Feng's perseverance and willpower and said he thought highly of both Luo Feng and Cao Bing.
• The Lord offered Cao Bing and Luo Feng separate demonstrations of the first six illustrations of the Cosmic Chaos Tablet and the Nine Universe Chaos Tablet.
• Cao Bing became absorbed in the Lord's snowfall demonstration as it stirred the Origin Laws of space and time.
• An Immortal transported Cao Bing and Luo Feng away, and the Lord revealed that Kuang Lan had asked him to help them.

After gaining new insights from the Lord of the Heavenly Eclipse Palace, Cao Bing returned to the Taichu Secret Realm and heard that Luo Feng and the others had advanced on Tongtian Bridge. He resumed studying the Beast God Statue with Luo Feng and considered returning to the Blood Luo World to obtain more statues.

• Cao Bing awakened after the Palace Lord's demonstration and realized he had mastered all the Space Law mysteries in the first two diagrams of the Cosmic Chaos Tablet.
• Cao Bing returned to his manor in the Taichu Secret Realm, learned Zeliel was still preparing to break through to the Immortal level, and ordered Zadask not to disturb his seclusion.
• Cao Bing learned from emails that Luo Feng had passed the seventh Tongtian Bridge level, Rong Jun the sixth, Hong the fourth and fifth, and Lei Shen the third.
• Cao Bing joined Luo Feng and the others in celebrating their Tongtian Bridge breakthroughs until morning, with Wuka supplying fine liquor.
• Cao Bing's Time Seal Clone and Luo Feng's Golden Horned Beast clone examined the Beast God Statue, and Cao Bing considered returning to the Blood Luo World to steal two more statues from the Immortal Temple.

After emerging from seclusion with greatly improved comprehension of the laws, Cao Bing decided to pursue dangerous trial missions to earn points. He chose Dragon Tower Star, aiming to steal a Dragon Blood Fruit with the help of his Wuxu secret technique.

• Cao Bing emerged after half a year of seclusion, having comprehended one Space Law mystery and five Time Law mysteries during that period.
• Cao Bing found that he lacked the points to buy later volumes of Chronicles of Time and Space, so he decided to finish mastering his remaining secret techniques first.
• Cao Bing reviewed the trial mission categories and decided to pursue dangerous missions to make the most of his remaining opportunities before the hundred-year mark.
• Cao Bing applied for the Dragon Tower Star trial mission, targeting the optional Dragon Blood Fruit mission worth 50,000 points.
• Cao Bing planned to use his Wuxu secret technique to find and steal a Dragon Blood Fruit despite the World Lord dragon beasts and their groups guarding the rare fruit.

After half a year on Dragon Tower Star, Cao Bing found a Dragon Blood Fruit Tree guarded by a World Lord level 6 Rock Dragon and risked a fight to harvest its fruit. He escaped with all three fruits, including the golden-patterned one, while the wounded Rock Dragon gave up its pursuit.

• Cao Bing used the Wuxu secret art to sneak toward the Dragon Blood Fruit Tree, which the Rock Dragon guarded while it rested.
• When the Rock Dragon woke and struck at him, Cao Bing used his speed to cross over its head and pluck all three ripe Dragon Blood Fruits.
• The Rock Dragon attacked with powerful Earth Law, so Cao Bing countered the pressure with Space Law and Time Law before launching his strongest strike.
• Cao Bing wounded the Rock Dragon, then escaped through its territory, cutting down over a hundred charging Rock Dragons with Starlight.
• Cao Bing sped away as the World Lord level Rock Dragon pursued him for hundreds of thousands of kilometers before giving up.

After consuming a Dragon Blood Fruit, Cao Bing’s physical strength and defense increased dramatically, so he chose to keep the remaining fruit instead of turning it in for mission points. He completed several dangerous missions and survived a Desperate-level mission, but still lacked the points needed to buy the next volume of Chronicles of Time and Space.

• Cao Bing recovered from his injuries aboard his spaceship and swallowed one of the Dragon Blood Fruits, enduring its intense heat as its power strengthened his body.
• Cao Bing decided to keep the remaining Dragon Blood Fruits, reserving one for his body in the Stellar Transformation world and considering having the golden-patterned fruit refined into a pill.
• Cao Bing abandoned the Dragon Blood Fruit mission and redirected his spaceship toward Void Cable Cliff to earn points for Chronicles of Time and Space.
• Cao Bing completed eight dangerous-level missions and earned more than five hundred thousand mission points, but still could not afford the fourth volume.
• Cao Bing risked a Desperate-level mission at Death Star and survived with his two clones, earning one hundred thousand points but remaining far short of the amount he needed.

Cao Bing chose the Desperate-level Time-Space Forbidden Zone mission, but King Kuanglan warned him that its dangers could destroy his soul and taught him how to reduce the risk. Cao Bing set out with a three-year limit and a promise to find a way back.

• Cao Bing selected the Time-Space Forbidden Zone mission, drawn by its points despite knowing how dangerous Desperate-level missions could be.
• Cao Bing arrived at an artificial planet near the empty starfield that swallowed a drifting meteorite and examined the strange region.
• King Kuanglan confronted Cao Bing in the Virtual Universe and explained that Hate Beasts could devour his soul through the Space-Time Law, even destroying an avatar permanently.
• King Kuanglan offered to protect Cao Bing if he left one avatar behind in the Taichu Secret Realm.
• King Kuanglan warned Cao Bing that the region’s chaotic time and space could trap or erase him, and ordered him to return if he could not finish within three years.

Cao Bing reviewed the dangers and rewards of the Time-Space Forbidden Zone before arriving at its entrance with two World Master escorts. As he prepared to enter, he became fascinated by the Universe Masters’ engravings on the gate and began studying them.

• Cao Bing considered the three trial missions and learned how distorted space and time, Hate Beasts, and the search for a Space-Time Secret-Pattern Crystal made them dangerous.
• Cao Bing learned that a Space-Time Secret-Pattern Crystal could improve a person’s Space-Time Law talent and was coveted by powerful experts.
• Cao Bing confirmed to the two World Master escorts that he would enter the Time-Space Forbidden Zone.
• The green-clad World Master explained that Cao Bing had to enter through the enormous gate and described its ninety-nine engravings, inscribed by Universe Masters to stabilize space-time.
• Cao Bing studied the gate’s Space-Time Secret-Method Engravings while the two World Masters waited behind him.

Cao Bing entered the Time-Space Forbidden Zone and struggled to stabilize himself amid its chaotic Space-Time Law. After marking his location and carefully taking a step, he discovered that the zone distorted his movement and timing beyond his ability to predict.

• Cao Bing failed to gain insight from the engraving, thanked the two World Lords, and passed through the void gate.
• Cao Bing used his Space-Time Law abilities to stabilize the chaotic laws affecting him inside the Time-Space Forbidden Zone.
• Cao Bing inspected the novice protection zone and realized its shifting law impacts could help him cultivate the Space-Time Law.
• Cao Bing found the gate far away, left a Space-Time mark, and prepared to move cautiously.
• Cao Bing took one step and was displaced about 150 meters diagonally, arriving 0.07 seconds later than he had predicted.

Cao Bing adapted to the chaotic Space-Time Laws inside the Time-Space Forbidden Zone, then continued cultivating after his beginner protection ended. Outside, his clone learned from King Kuanglan that the zone offered valuable insights but was extremely dangerous.

• Cao Bing slowly learned to navigate the Time-Space Forbidden Zone, though he could not accurately track how much time passed inside.
• Cao Bing's beginner protection ended, and he realized the zone's chaotic laws could sweep him away if he failed to resist them.
• Cao Bing chose to remain where he was and cultivate for the next three months rather than explore deeper.
• Cao Bing's clone told King Kuanglan that its connection to the clones inside the zone had weakened while new insights kept arising.
• King Kuanglan warned Cao Bing that the Time-Space Forbidden Zone had claimed countless King level Immortals and refused to direct him toward places beyond his reach.

After two months of cultivation in the Time-Space Forbidden Zone, Cao Bing was attacked by a Hate Beast that manipulated the chaotic Space-Time Laws. He wounded it with the Illusion Void Blade, but the enraged beast continued its assault.

• Cao Bing learned from a note sent by his outside clone that two months had passed.
• A surge of chaotic Space-Time Laws swept Cao Bing away and caused minor internal injuries.
• Cao Bing realized a Hate Beast was stirring the laws and found the semi-transparent creature nearby.
• The Hate Beast shrieked and battered Cao Bing with the surrounding Space-Time Laws.
• Cao Bing attacked with the Illusion Void Blade, injuring the Hate Beast only slightly.
• The enraged Hate Beast circled Cao Bing and sent waves of chaotic Space-Time Laws crashing toward him.

Cao Bing killed a Hate Beast and obtained an Abyssal Beast Crystal, which greatly accelerated his comprehension of the Space-Time Law. After its nine-day effect expired, he decided to venture deeper into the Time-Space Forbidden Zone to seek more crystals.

• Cao Bing overcame the Hate Beast’s evasive movements and killed it with a barrage of blade strikes.
• Cao Bing collected the crystal left behind and fused it into himself to stop it from dissipating.
• The crystal let Cao Bing perceive patterns in the chaotic Space-Time Law and comprehend it far more clearly.
• Cao Bing cultivated with the crystal for nine days, gaining the equivalent of nearly three years of cultivation.
• After the crystal’s effect ended, Cao Bing resolved to seek more crystals and advance deeper into the Time-Space Forbidden Zone.

Cao Bing endured the deadly hazards of the Time-Space Forbidden Zone and discovered two powerful Hate Beasts fighting inside a solid space-time barrier. He risked staying hidden to observe their battle and deepen his understanding of the Space-Time Laws.

• Cao Bing narrowly survived numerous dangers in the Time-Space Forbidden Zone, including a space-time rupture that forced him to sacrifice a Top-grade Spirit Artifact.
• Cao Bing found a solid barrier formed from fused Space-Time Laws but could not understand its mysteries.
• Cao Bing discovered two high-level World Lord Hate Beasts battling inside the barrier and concealed himself with Wuxu.
• Cao Bing continued watching the intensifying battle, recognizing that the Hate Beasts wielded the Space-Time Laws with skill comparable to Immortal experts.

Cao Bing watched two Hate Beasts fight to the death, and their attacks badly wounded him and shattered the Space-Time Law barrier. After both beasts perished and left behind two peak World Master-level Hate Beast Crystals, Cao Bing risked his life to approach them through the ruined barrier.

• The Hate Beasts exchanged devastating attacks, and one of their strikes pierced through Cao Bing and destroyed the lower half of his body.
• Cao Bing recovered with a potion, then noticed that the Hate Beasts’ battle had punched a passage through the Space-Time Law barrier.
• The two Hate Beasts launched energy spheres that collided, unleashing destruction that blasted Cao Bing away and further damaged the barrier.
• Cao Bing saw that both Hate Beasts had perished, leaving two enormous Hate Beast Crystals inside the barrier.
• Cao Bing swallowed healing medicine and cautiously advanced through lethal Law currents and cracks in the barrier toward the crystals.

Cao Bing tried to absorb a peak World Lord Abyssal Beast Crystal and found its energy overwhelming his sea of consciousness. As his two cultivation stars intervened, a new star began forming from spiritual power, soul power, and consciousness.

• Cao Bing celebrated finding two World Lord level Abyssal Beast Crystals and began absorbing one to improve his Space-Time Law comprehension.
• The crystal’s immense energy flooded Cao Bing’s sea of consciousness, causing severe pain and threatening to overwhelm him.
• Cao Bing used his soul power to absorb the energy and reinforce his sea of consciousness, but he reached his limit.
• Cao Bing’s Origin Force Star and Sun Star began revolving and sent streams of energy to entwine his sea of consciousness.
• A particle formed and grew at the center of Cao Bing’s sea of consciousness, and he realized it was a complex new star containing spiritual power, soul power, and consciousness.

Cao Bing survived the Abyssal Beast Crystal’s mutation, which greatly expanded his sea of consciousness and transformed his power. After recovering, he discovered his three Stars formed a circle and found he could perceive patterns in time-space barriers.

• Cao Bing absorbed the rest of the Abyssal Beast Crystal as the misty Star in his sea of consciousness stabilized and his pain faded.
• Cao Bing recovered and found his sea of consciousness had grown tenfold, with its Star connected to the other two Stars in a circle.
• Cao Bing realized his body and energies had become far stronger, and speculated that his Essence, Qi, and Spirit were balanced but had not yet fused completely.
• Cao Bing broke free of a hard shell covering his body, changed into fresh clothes, and examined the time-space barrier fragments around him.
• Cao Bing discovered that he could perceive patterns in the time-space barriers and thought he might learn to create them or travel through them.

Marquis Qu Yang fled through the Time-Space Forbidden Zone with a Space-Time Secret-Pattern Crystal while King Mo Keng pursued him, determined to seize it. As King Mo Keng burned his Divine Body and battered Qu Yang, Qu Yang turned to face him, resolved to deny him the crystal even if he died.

• Marquis Qu Yang refused King Mo Keng’s demand to surrender the Space-Time Secret-Pattern Crystal and fled through the forbidden zone.
• King Mo Keng explained that the crystal could help him improve his Time Law talent, then attacked Qu Yang with a beam from his horn.
• Marquis Qu Yang dodged King Mo Keng’s attacks and insulted him, further enraging the Mokeng king.
• King Mo Keng burned his Divine Body to accelerate his pursuit, forcing Marquis Qu Yang to burn his own Divine Body as he tried to escape.
• King Mo Keng wounded Qu Yang and dismissed the threat of Human Race retaliation because the forbidden zone blocked Virtual Universe signals.
• Marquis Qu Yang turned to face King Mo Keng and declared that he would not let him have the crystal, even if he died.

Marquis Qu Yang used his Random Space-Time Teleportation Array to escape King Mo Keng in the Time-Space Forbidden Zone, triggering a catastrophic disturbance in the chaotic Space-Time Laws. King Mo Keng survived the resulting vortex and vowed to kill Qu Yang if he was still alive.

• King Mo Keng cornered Marquis Qu Yang and demanded the Space-Time Secret-Pattern Crystal, but Qu Yang refused to surrender it.
• Marquis Qu Yang shattered his five gemstone rings and activated his Random Space-Time Teleportation Array despite the dangers of the Forbidden Zone.
• Marquis Qu Yang vanished through the unstable teleportation passage after threatening revenge against King Mo Keng.
• A black hole-like space and a vast Space-Time Law vortex formed where Qu Yang had disappeared, injuring King Mo Keng as he fled.
• King Mo Keng escaped the vortex’s devouring range and swore to kill Marquis Qu Yang if he survived.