Chapter Summaries

Cao Bing was violently transported into a deeper, more dangerous part of the Time-Space Forbidden Zone, leaving his valuable clone trapped without a way back. While exploring, he found a seemingly unconscious Immortal inside a space-time compression zone and decided to find a way to retrieve him.

• Cao Bing realized that he had been transported away from his previous location and could no longer sense the Forbidden Zone's entrance, exit, or his old coordinates.
• Cao Bing began exploring the chaotic region, where a compression zone nearly crushed his fingers.
• Cao Bing spotted a black-haired man deep inside the compression zone and sensed signs of life.
• Cao Bing suspected the Immortal had fallen unconscious because much of his divine body had been depleted.
• Cao Bing decided to find a way to get the Immortal out of the compression zone.

Cao Bing used a Mid-grade Immortal Artifact brush to rescue a gravely injured Immortal from the space-time compression region. Unable to tell whether the human Immortal would be friend or foe, Cao Bing decided to enslave him so he could protect himself and find a way out of the Time-Space Forbidden Zone.

• Cao Bing sent a Mid-grade Immortal Artifact brush deep into the space-time compression region to reach the motionless figure.
• After five days, Cao Bing wrapped the unconscious figure in the brush’s threads and began dragging him out.
• Cao Bing spent two months pulling the figure free, exhausting his Star Primal Energy and mental strength.
• Cao Bing recognized the black-haired figure as a human Immortal and considered the danger of leaving him uncontrolled.
• Cao Bing decided to enslave the unconscious Immortal because he could not determine whether the man was friend or foe and needed help escaping the forbidden zone.

Cao Bing challenged Luo Feng to a duel after Luo Feng boasted about his gains from Demon Mountain. Their battle displayed their formidable techniques, while Hong reminded Lei Shen that he was falling behind them.

• Cao Bing reassured Hong that his clone remained safe in the Time-Space Forbidden Zone and teased Luo Feng about his clone in Demon Mountain.
• Luo Feng challenged Cao Bing, and the two entered a duel space as Hong and Lei Shen came to watch.
• Cao Bing attacked Luo Feng, who blocked the strike with his Yan Shen Soldier and countered with Space Severing and Epiphyllum.
• Luo Feng unleashed One Staff Shatters Heaven and Earth, and Cao Bing answered with Lotus—Extreme Shadow String Kill Formation.
• Lei Shen lamented that Cao Bing and Luo Feng were surpassing him, and Hong pointed out that Cao Bing had passed the fifth level of the Tongtian Bridge while Lei Shen remained at the third.

Luo Feng and Cao Bing fought in the Virtual Universe, where Luo Feng narrowly defeated his Third Brother with Golden Sword Slashes the Void. The brothers reunited at a bar afterward, where Cao Bing reluctantly treated them to drinks and lamented his dwindling fortune.

• Luo Feng's Yan Shen Soldier and Cao Bing's blade techniques clashed until Luo Feng unleashed Golden Sword Slashes the Void.
• Cao Bing countered with Starlight—Star-Gathering Slash, but his Blade Radiance dissipated just before Luo Feng's golden greatsword, giving Luo Feng a narrow victory.
• Hong and Lei Shen watched the fight end and wondered who had won, while Lei Shen decided to stop comparing himself to the two fighters.
• Cao Bing and Luo Feng met in a Virtual Universe bar, where Cao Bing admitted the loss but noted that the Virtual Universe had limited his strength and methods.
• Luo Feng told Cao Bing to pay for the drinks, and Lei Shen and Hong ordered expensive drinks that left Cao Bing joking that he was bankrupt.

Cao Bing joined the Taichu Zone Qualification Battle and overwhelmed his opponents as he pursued the chance to challenge the Primal Secret Realm. After winning twenty-six matches, he finally faced the formidable wolfman Kroff.

• Hong asked Cao Bing about his preparations, and Cao Bing concealed that he could no longer sense his clone in the Time-Space Forbidden Zone.
• Hong shared rumors about Kroff’s strength, while Luo Feng also warned that Yu Feng was a dangerous opponent.
• The four brothers discussed their prospects, with Hong and Lei Shen expecting to advance and Cao Bing caring more about passing Primal Tongtian Mountain.
• The Taichu Zone Qualification Battle began with thirty-eight members competing in a round-robin tournament for three chances to challenge the Primal Secret Realm.
• Cao Bing defeated Zelel'an and swept through his matches, killing Yu Feng with a single stroke after resisting his prized potion.
• After twenty-six consecutive victories, Cao Bing met Kroff and sensed a threat comparable to the one Luo Feng had posed.

Cao Bing fought Kroff in the Qualification Battle and won after a three-hour duel, securing one of the three Taichu Secret Realm challenge slots alongside Luo Feng and Kroff. With ten days to prepare, Cao Bing looked ahead to facing Primal Zone members Sima Yan, Moro, and Long Yun.

• Cao Bing warned Kroff about the dangers of his Desperate level trial mission, then attacked him in the Decisive Battle Space.
• Cao Bing and Kroff traded blade and claw techniques in an evenly matched battle that lasted three hours, until Cao Bing exploited an opening and killed Kroff at the cost of serious injuries.
• Cao Bing later drew against Luo Feng and won his remaining matches, while the Qualification Battle results gave Cao Bing thirty-six victories and one draw, and Luo Feng and Kroff thirty-five victories and two draws each.
• Cao Bing, Luo Feng, and Kroff earned the chance to challenge the bottom three Primal Zone members for promotion, with ten days to prepare.
• Cao Bing considered Sima Yan's illusion techniques and Moro's Beast Fist dangerous, while dismissing his old friend Long Yun as certain to fall to the Taichu Zone.

Cao Bing defeated Moro and finished the Qualification Battle with three wins and two draws, while Luo Feng received a Primal Secret Realm spot after Kroff failed to appear. Luo Feng felt uneasy about winning without a fight, and Cao Bing remained focused on earning rewards by passing the Primal Tongtian Mountain.

• Cao Bing defeated Long Yun, impressed himself with Sima Yan’s illusions, and drew with Luo Feng and Kroff in his first four matches.
• Cao Bing discovered a flaw in Moro’s Beast Fist, broke his technique, and killed him with the Lotus—Extreme Shadow String Kill Formation.
• Kroff failed to arrive for his match with Luo Feng, so the Virtual Universe Company declared Luo Feng the winner after several hours.
• Luo Feng finished with four wins and one draw and secured a Primal Secret Realm spot, though he felt he had not earned it by defeating Kroff.
• Cao Bing dismissed the Qualification Battle’s privileges and aimed instead to pass Primal Tongtian Mountain for its ten million points.

Cao Bing learned from the enslaved Marquis Qu Yang about a region in the Time-Space Forbidden Zone that strengthened the body and soul and improved law comprehension, but became increasingly dangerous with prolonged exposure. Cao Bing reached the region with Qu Yang’s help and recognized it as a potentially immense opportunity.

• After the Qualification Battle, Luo Feng remained in Demon Mountain receiving an inheritance, while Cao Bing entered seclusion again.
• Cao Bing enslaved Marquis Qu Yang while he was unconscious, and Qu Yang later awakened and recounted his history with King Mo Keng.
• Qu Yang explained that he had found a Space-Time Secret-Pattern Crystal more than ten thousand years earlier and discovered it allowed him to survive inside a dangerous space-time region.
• Qu Yang said the region’s rhythms strengthened his body and soul and improved his law comprehension, though its suppression eventually forced him to leave and recover before returning.
• Qu Yang revealed that King Mo Keng had discovered his crystal and pursued him, leading Qu Yang to flee with a secret technique before meeting Cao Bing.
• Cao Bing reached the region with Qu Yang’s escort and realized it might be the great opportunity hidden in the Time-Space Forbidden Zone.

Cao Bing explored a dangerous region where the Space-Time Law Secret Pattern Crystal allowed its holder to endure the suppressive force and benefit from its law rhythms. He discovered that the region could gradually strengthen him, then advanced ten steps inside and decided to stay and cultivate.

• Marquis Qu Yang demonstrated that the Space-Time Law Secret Pattern Crystal let him enter the region safely, and Cao Bing sent an ordinary incarnation in to test it.
• Cao Bing's ordinary incarnation entered the World Ring while his strongest incarnation carried the crystal into the region, and the ordinary incarnation was annihilated by the Space-Time Law.
• Cao Bing realized that only someone holding the crystal could safely enter the region, dismissed Marquis Qu Yang, and returned with his strongest incarnation.
• Cao Bing found that the region's law rhythms sublimated his body and stars, then advanced ten steps until the suppressive force began drawing blood.
• Cao Bing decided to remain in the region and cultivate while his other incarnations fended for themselves.

Ten years after leaving the Nine Sword Immortal Mansion, Cao Bing had advanced his cultivation and domains at the Abyss of Death, but still had not grasped the Space-Time Law. While he considered returning Uncle Chen’s family to Qianlong Continent, his disguised identity as Hong had established the Galaxy Merchant Alliance on Soaring Dragon Continent.

• Cao Bing spent ten years cultivating at the Abyss of Death, reaching Domain Lord level three and early Tribulation Crossing Stage, with the sixth-level Fire Domain and third-level Wind Domain.
• Cao Bing recognized that he had failed to comprehend the Space-Time Law as he had promised himself, despite making progress in other domains.
• Uncle Chen’s family reached the peak of the Xiantian level, and Cao Bing planned to return them to Qianlong Continent so they could undergo tribulation and live among other people.
• Cao Bing’s disguised identity, Hong, built the Galaxy Merchant Alliance into a major power on Soaring Dragon Continent by selling rare healing potions at auctions.
• Cao Bing warned would-be thieves that a powerful loose immortal alchemist supplied the potions, while he and Empress Yan Ji captured and enslaved those who still tried to rob him.

Cao Bing learned that the Cauldron King Sect had refused to help refine his Dragon Blood Fruit and decided to seek an alchemist in the Chaotic Star Sea. He set out for Pengmo Island to visit Qin Yu and asked Empress Yan Ji to meet him there.

• Cao Bing questioned You Cheng about the Cauldron King Sect and concluded that its silence meant it would not help him.
• Cao Bing recalled Qin Yu's recent history, including Jiang Lan protecting him from the major powers and Zhou Xian taking Jiang Li to the Divine Realm.
• Cao Bing learned that Qin Yu, Hou Fei, and Xiao Hei were staying on Pengmo Island and that Qin Yu had reached the early Tribulation Crossing Stage.
• Cao Bing decided to travel to the Chaotic Star Sea to seek help from its renowned alchemist and visit Qin Yu.
• Cao Bing ordered You Cheng to guard his base and sent Empress Yan Ji a message to meet him on Pengmo Island.

Qin Yu ended his seclusion after learning that Cao Bing was coming to Pengmo Island, and he flew out with Xiao Hei and Hou Fei to welcome him. Cao Bing arrived with startling speed and immediately provoked Xiao Hei and Hou Fei by mocking their human forms, leaving Qin Yu worried that the two would start a fight.

• Qin Yu told Xiao Hei and Hou Fei that Cao Bing was on his way to Pengmo Island, and Hou Fei looked forward to sparring with him.
• Qin Yu, Xiao Hei, and Hou Fei flew out to meet Cao Bing, while Lian Chong followed them.
• Cao Bing arrived with astonishing speed, surprising Qin Yu and Lian Chong.
• Cao Bing greeted Qin Yu and teased Xiao Hei about his youthful appearance.
• Cao Bing mocked Hou Fei's pointed ears and monkey-like face, making Hou Fei and Xiao Hei angry as Qin Yu worried about stopping a fight.

Qin Yu introduced Cao Bing to Lian Chong, who learned that Cao Bing had founded the Galaxy Merchant Alliance. As they reached Pengmo Island, Lian Chong explained why the Chaotic Star Sea could be a lucrative market for Cao Bing’s Limb Regeneration Fluid.

• Qin Yu introduced Lian Chong and Cao Bing, and the two greeted each other as sworn brothers.
• Qin Yu asked Cao Bing where he had been, and Cao Bing said he had traveled to the Tenglong Continent and founded the Galaxy Merchant Alliance.
• Lian Chong recognized Cao Bing as the alliance’s founder and described its reputation and Limb Regeneration Fluid.
• Lian Chong explained that the Chaotic Star Sea’s large, wealthy population and frequent injuries made it an especially promising market for the fluid.
• Lian Chong pointed out Pengmo Island as the group approached.

After a banquet on Pengmo Island, Qin Yu asked Cao Bing when they would enter the Ni Yang Realm, hoping to find Jiang Li and claim Uncle Lan’s gift. Cao Bing persuaded him to wait until after the Nine-Nine Tribulation, and Qin Yu then asked whether Cao Bing had found top-grade Primordial Spirit Stones for his Sword Immortal puppet.

• Lian Chong welcomed Cao Bing and his companions to Pengmo Island with a lavish banquet and promised to show Cao Bing around.
• Qin Yu asked Cao Bing when they would go to the Ni Yang Realm and explained that he hoped to help Jiang Li and obtain Uncle Lan’s gift.
• Cao Bing warned Qin Yu that the Ni Yang Realm was too dangerous at his current strength and urged him to wait until after the Nine-Nine Tribulation.
• Qin Yu reconsidered the risks to Jiang Li and agreed to postpone the trip for now.
• Qin Yu asked Cao Bing whether he had obtained top-grade Primordial Spirit Stones, and Cao Bing wondered whether he could find them or a substitute in the world of Devouring Starry Sky.

Cao Bing sought a way to persuade Fu Yunzi to refine pills from Dragon Blood Fruit, and Lian Chong suggested offering Qin Yu’s Life Creation Pills. Qin Yu agreed and introduced Cao Bing to Zong Jue, who welcomed the chance to discuss wind and space with him.

• Cao Bing asked Lian Chong how to persuade Fu Yunzi to refine pills, and Lian Chong explained that Fu Yunzi would require a valuable reward.
• Lian Chong suggested that two of Qin Yu’s Life Creation Pills would persuade Fu Yunzi, while warning that he might try to uncover their formula.
• Cao Bing visited Qin Yu, who agreed to provide the pills and offered to introduce him to Zong Jue.
• Qin Yu introduced Cao Bing to Zong Jue in Golden Feather Hall on Pengmo Island.
• Cao Bing remarked on the wind and space fluctuations in Zong Jue’s aura, and Zong Jue eagerly agreed to discuss them.

Cao Bing discovered that Zong Jue had partially comprehended Wind and Space Domains, then explained domain insights to him and Qin Yu. Zong Jue offered to help Cao Bing reach Fu Yunzi, while Cao Bing agreed to teach him more about domains.

• Cao Bing sensed traces of Wind and Space Domains around Zong Jue and explained the concept of domains to Qin Yu and Zong Jue.
• Zong Jue said his inherited memories had taught him fragments about domains, which he had begun to receive after becoming a Twelfth Tribulation Loose Immortal.
• Cao Bing claimed that his master, King Kuanglan, was connected to Jiang Lan, and Qin Yu failed to notice the false claim as he focused on learning about domains.
• Cao Bing offered to explain domains to Zong Jue, who eagerly accepted.
• Zong Jue promised to travel to Liuyun Island and ask Fu Yunzi to help refine pills for Cao Bing.

Cao Bing explained domain techniques to Zong Jue and Qin Yu, helping both deepen their understanding. Qin Yu emerged with the first faint traces of a domain, while Zong Jue later returned from testing his abilities with his Space Domain raised to the third level.

• Cao Bing spent three days explaining his understanding of domains to Zong Jue and Qin Yu in the Golden Feather Hall.
• Cao Bing left the two to contemplate his teachings and returned to cultivating in seclusion.
• Qin Yu emerged three days later with a faint domain aura and a new understanding of the world.
• About half a month later, Zong Jue transformed into his Golden Winged Great Peng Bird form and flew far beyond Pengmo Island to test his abilities.
• Zong Jue returned five days later with his Space Domain advanced to the third level.

Zong Jue thanked Cao Bing for helping him understand domains and set off to bring Fu Yunzi from Liuyun Island. While Zong Jue was gone, Hou Fei and Xiao Hei challenged Cao Bing, but Cao Bing defeated them after a fierce fight.

• Zong Jue promised Cao Bing his help in the future and left to fetch Fu Yunzi from Liuyun Island.
• Hou Fei launched a surprise attack on Cao Bing, and Xiao Hei appeared to block Cao Bing’s counterattack.
• Cao Bing avoided Hou Fei’s strike with a phantom body and confronted Hou Fei and Xiao Hei as they bickered.
• Cao Bing attacked with eight phantom bodies and used his secret techniques and domains against the two Super Divine Beasts.
• Cao Bing suppressed Hou Fei and Xiao Hei through several dozen exchanges and defeated them without giving them the thorough beating he had intended.

Cao Bing, Xiao Hei, and Hou Fei finished their battle, and Lian Chong invited them to celebrate before revealing that his parents would help Cao Bing persuade Fuyunzi to refine pills. Zong Jue returned with Fuyunzi, who agreed to help Cao Bing.

• Cao Bing, Xiao Hei, and Hou Fei fought fiercely above Pengmo Island, and Lian Chong praised their strength before inviting them to drink.
• Lian Chong told Cao Bing that his parents had agreed to help persuade Fuyunzi to refine pills.
• Zong Jue arrived, sent the gathered cultivators away, and told Cao Bing that Fuyunzi had agreed.
• Fuyunzi arrived and greeted Zong Jue and Cao Bing, while the narration revealed that Zong Jue had gone directly to his doorstep and startled him.

Zong Jue brought Fu Yunzi to Pengmo Island to refine pills for Cao Bing, who revealed a rare Dragon Blood Fruit. Fu Yunzi recognized its powerful but impure dragon aura and asked whether it belonged to the Dragon Clan.

• Fu Yunzi thought Zong Jue had come to ask him for alchemy, but Zong Jue seized him and raced toward Pengmo Island before he could agree.
• Zong Jue put Fu Yunzi down before they reached the island, and Fu Yunzi met Cao Bing with exaggerated courtesy.
• Cao Bing told Fu Yunzi he had obtained a priceless spirit fruit and asked him to refine it into pills.
• Zong Jue led Cao Bing and Fu Yunzi into his cultivation chamber, where Cao Bing took out a One-Pattern Dragon Blood Fruit from his World Ring.
• Fu Yunzi examined the fruit, sensed its potent vitality and impure dragon aura, and asked whether it came from the Dragon Clan.