Chapter Summaries

Cao Bing obtained the Myriad Beasts Scroll and opened its first world, then joined Qin Yu and the others on the second floor of the Nine Heavens Palace. They learned the next trial would decide who obtained the Bewildering God Scroll, and Cao Bing recognized its value while considering sharing it with his companions.

• Immortal Emperor Ni Yang explained that the Myriad Beasts Scroll contained three worlds of spirit beasts and demonic beasts that could be unlocked at different cultivation levels.
• Cao Bing infused the scroll with energy, entered its first world, and gained control over the spirit beasts living there.
• Cao Bing and Qin Yu agreed to continue upward and led the group to the second floor of the Nine Heavens Palace.
• The group read a stone tablet announcing the Self-Illuminating Heaven trial and stating that the winner would obtain the Bewildering God Scroll.
• Hou Fei and Cao Bing mocked Immortal Emperor Ni Yang for expecting envoys to enter the realm, while Qin Yu and Cao Bing concluded that the scroll was a valuable treasure.

Cao Bing, Qin Yu, Xiao Hei, and Hou Fei learned that the only way to leave the Ni Yang Realm alive was to withstand a Sky-Breaking Sword Qi in one of the third level’s trial rooms. Cao Bing realized the Myriad Beasts Scroll could exploit a loophole in the test and asked Qin Yu about the Spirit Beast Rings.

• Cao Bing and the others read that the third level’s seventeen rooms required each entrant to withstand a sword qi head-on or die.
• Qin Yu urged Xiao Hei and Hou Fei not to attempt the test, but Cao Bing warned that they might have no choice if they wanted to leave alive.
• Cao Bing reassured them that spirit beasts in his Myriad Beasts Scroll could take the sword qi on their behalf because the trial’s attacks were fixed.
• Cao Bing explained that a Spirit Beast Ring paired with a World Ring could let others use the same loophole.
• Cao Bing asked Qin Yu whether he still had the Spirit Beast Rings from the Nine Sword Immortal Mansion, and Qin Yu confirmed that they did.

Cao Bing selected two Sky Demons from the Myriad Beasts Scroll to become spirit beasts for Xiao Hei and Hou Fei, who were Super Divine Beasts. After seeing the brothers Xue Jie and Xue Hao freed from the Scroll’s restraints, the two willingly prepared to serve Xiao Hei and Hou Fei.

• Cao Bing ordered Shuo Yan, the first level’s leader, to select five powerful level-nine Sky Demons and chose Xue Jie and Xue Hao for Xiao Hei and Hou Fei.
• Cao Bing released Shuo Yan and the five selected Sky Demons from the Myriad Beasts Scroll, and they saluted him in the hall.
• Cao Bing gave Xiao Hei and Hou Fei spirit beast rings and World Rings, then had them reveal their Super Divine Beast auras.
• Xue Jie and Xue Hao felt the pressure of Xiao Hei and Hou Fei’s bloodlines and willingly accepted the chance to serve them.
• Cao Bing removed the Myriad Beasts Scroll’s restraints on Xue Jie and Xue Hao, who stayed obedient and wanted to follow the two Super Divine Beasts.

Cao Bing and his companions met the powerful guardian of the Nine Heavens’ third level and began its room trials. Xiao Hei survived the first trial badly injured, while Hou Fei entered next and suffered a devastating wound as Xue Hao was incapacitated.

• The third-level guardian summoned Cao Bing and the others, assessed Cao Bing’s talent, and explained that the seventeen rooms could each be entered up to three times.
• Xiao Hei entered the first room with Xue Jie and survived the Sky-Breaking Sword Qi, though both were badly injured.
• The guardian announced Xiao Hei’s success, and Hou Fei entered the first room next.
• Hou Fei transformed into a giant ape and fought the Sky-Breaking Sword Qi alongside Xue Hao, but Xue Hao was split in two and his Nascent Soul was gravely injured.
• The Sky-Breaking Sword Qi pierced Hou Fei’s chest and heart, leaving him with a massive wound.

Hou Fei and Cao Bing passed their tests in the Nine Heavens, and Qin Yu entered the first room for his turn. Wu Lan revealed that Cao Bing’s unusual clone technique gave him hope of returning to his distant homeland before teleporting Cao Bing to the fourth level.

• Hou Fei asked Qin Yu for a Life Creation Pill for the gravely wounded Xue Hao, then Wu Lan teleported Hou Fei to the fourth level after he passed twelve levels.
• Cao Bing confronted the Sky-Breaking Sword Qi with his four Time Seal Clones and survived, though all four were badly injured.
• Cao Bing emerged after passing fourteen levels, and Qin Yu entered the first room for his test.
• Wu Lan questioned Cao Bing about his clone technique and said it had renewed his hope of returning to his homeland.
• Wu Lan introduced himself by name and teleported Cao Bing to the fourth level.

Qin Yu completed his trial and was sent to the eighth level, while Cao Bing reached the ninth and learned that Immortal Emperor Ni Yang wanted him to avenge his death. Cao Bing accepted the request conditionally and headed toward the inner hall to claim Ni Yang’s greatest treasures.

• Qin Yu completed his trial with the Sword Immortal Puppet, and Wu Lan sent Hei Yu to the seventh level, Qin Yu to the eighth, Cao Bing to the ninth, and Hou Fei out of the Ni Yang Realm.
• Cao Bing arrived in the ninth-level hall and swept its Immortal Artifacts and medicinal pills into his World Ring.
• Immortal Emperor Ni Yang’s image appeared and asked Cao Bing to make the Yu Emperor and Xuan Emperor suffer a major loss, revealing that the Myriad Beasts Scroll had been the key to reaching the ninth level.
• Immortal Emperor Ni Yang explained that a poisonous insect from the Divine Realm had caused his death and urged Cao Bing not to forget his request.
• Cao Bing bowed, promised to help if the opportunity arose, and walked toward the inner hall containing a Mid-grade Divine Artifact, a Low-grade Divine Artifact, and the Bewildering God Scroll.

Cao Bing obtained three treasures from Immortal Emperor Ni Yang’s inner hall, including the Bewildering God Scroll, and teleported to Jinmu Island. There he reunited with Hou Fei and Xiao Hei, who had also been expelled from the Ni Yang Realm.

• Cao Bing claimed the Mid-grade Divine Artifact Sky-Breaking and absorbed the genuine Sky-Breaking Sword Art.
• Cao Bing took the Low-grade defensive Divine Artifact Black Condensation Snow and learned that he could not open the Bewildering God Scroll until reaching Profound Immortal strength.
• Cao Bing collected the Bewildering God Scroll and used the Nine Heavens teleportation formation to reach Jinmu Island.
• Cao Bing reunited with Hou Fei and Xiao Hei, learning that Hou Fei had obtained nothing while Xiao Hei had gained a defensive Divine Artifact and a set of Top-grade Immortal Artifacts.

After Cao Bing and the others finished exploring the Ni Yang Realm, Xiao Hei and Hou Fei ascended to the Demon Realm, leaving Qin Yu grieving their departure. Cao Bing stayed with the drunken Qin Yu overnight, then set off to investigate how the mortal universe of Stellar Transformation differed from the universe of Devouring Starry Sky.

• Qin Yu joined Cao Bing, Xiao Hei, and Hou Fei after Cao Bing emerged from the Nine Heavens, and Cao Bing described his ninth-level treasure haul while keeping the Bewildering God Scroll secret.
• Cao Bing distributed Immortal Artifacts to Qin Yu and the others, then considered sending enslaved experts into the Ni Yang Realm with his unused Sky-Breaking Diagrams to seek more Divine Artifacts.
• Cao Bing, Qin Yu, Xiao Hei, and Hou Fei spent their remaining time together before Xiao Hei and Hou Fei ascended to the Demon Realm.
• Qin Yu drank himself unconscious after the brothers parted, and Cao Bing asked Liang Shen to take him home before leaving to explore the mortal universe.

Cao Bing left the Time-Space Forbidden Zone after fifty years of cultivation, having reached the limit of what his body could endure there. He planned to complete his mission and challenge Primal Tongtian Mountain before advancing to the Domain Lord level.

• Cao Bing stopped at the ninety-ninth step because the region's growing repulsive force threatened to destroy his body.
• Cao Bing left the special region and asked Marquis Qu Yang to escort him out of the Time-Space Forbidden Zone.
• Cao Bing reflected that his Devouring Starry Sky World clone and Stellar Transformation World clone had comparable combat strength despite their different cultivation levels.
• Cao Bing planned to have Marquis Qu Yang help him kill one hundred Hate Beasts on the way back, while keeping Qu Yang out of the mission footage.
• Cao Bing left the forbidden zone and noted that he would be able to enter the special region again after its repulsive force weakened in about a dozen years.

Cao Bing left the Time-Space Forbidden Zone after completing its fifty-year survival mission and submitted footage for the Hate Beast hunt mission. He traveled back to his estate in the Taichu Secret Realm to continue cultivating, while his guard commander Zeliel remained at his side as an Immortal God.

• Cao Bing returned to the Virtual Universe Company’s outpost and learned he could submit footage of his Hate Beast kills for evaluation.
• Cao Bing arranged passage to the Taichu Secret Realm on an F-class spaceship and spent three days sharing insights among his avatars.
• Cao Bing boarded the spaceship and cultivated for the six-month journey, combining the insights gained in the Time-Space Forbidden Zone and under King Kuanglan’s guidance.
• Cao Bing arrived at his estate, where his guards and servants waited as he continued his secluded cultivation.
• Zeliel remained Cao Bing’s guard commander after becoming an Immortal God, with the Virtual Universe Company agreeing to his request.

Cao Bing returned to his manor and entered the Virtual Universe to challenge Tongtian Mountain. He defeated the gatekeepers on the lower mountain and launched a devastating attack against Meteor and the others at the summit.

• Cao Bing returned to his manor, greeted Zeliel and Zadask, and sent the guards, servants, and escort team away.
• Cao Bing asked Xiao Xing to connect him to the Virtual Universe and applied to enter the Tongtian Mountain plane.
• Cao Bing swiftly defeated Meteor, the Minotaur, and the Snake Woman at the mountain’s lower stages and advanced to the summit.
• Meteor and the others attacked Cao Bing with a soul assault, a nine-headed serpent, and a giant axe, but Cao Bing resisted and shattered their attacks.
• Cao Bing struck the summit with his blade, blasting it flat by thousands of meters.

Cao Bing successfully crossed the Cosmic-level Primal Tongtian Mountain and received congratulations, new Virtual Universe Company privileges, and a flood of messages. He considered his new opportunities and turned down recruitment offers, while Bolan challenged him to a match.

• Cao Bing crossed the Cosmic-level Primal Tongtian Mountain with four blades, and the ape-man, Minotaur, and Snake Woman congratulated him.
• Xiao Xing sorted more than eight thousand emails, and Cao Bing learned that the Virtual Universe Company had awarded him 10 million points and promoted him to Primal Secret Realm membership.
• Cao Bing declined the offer to replace Zeliel as his guard commander and considered asking his teacher about choosing a Marquis-level Immortal mentor.
• Cao Bing politely rejected recruitment attempts and noted offers of guidance from five Universe Country Lord- and Venerable-level experts.
• Luo Feng, Hong, Lei Shen, Wuka, Jiang Mo, Qian Shui, Rong Jun, and Bolan congratulated Cao Bing, while Bolan also challenged him.
• Xiao Xing told Cao Bing that his teacher was calling.

Cao Bing received praise and a warning from his teacher, King Kuanglan, after passing Primal Tongtian Mountain. King Kuanglan told him the Chaos City Lord wanted to meet him in three days, leaving Cao Bing thrilled at the prospect.

• Cao Bing thanked King Kuanglan for her close guidance, and she praised his achievement while warning that most geniuses died before becoming powerful experts.
• King Kuanglan urged Cao Bing to balance fearless ambition with caution, and he promised to remember her teaching.
• King Kuanglan told Cao Bing that the Chaos City Lord had summoned him to Chaos City in three days and that he could use his remaining chance to study the Cosmic Chaos Tablet.
• Cao Bing agreed to behave respectfully when meeting the Chaos City Lord and then asked King Kuanglan more questions about cultivation.
• After the call ended, Cao Bing excitedly imagined meeting the Chaos City Lord and wondered if he might one day become his disciple.

Cao Bing returned to the Tongtian Bridge Plane to challenge the eighth level after clearing Primal Tongtian Mountain. He defeated the white-clad guardian with a single blade technique, leaving Bafen to witness a rare Cosmic-level achievement.

• Cao Bing told Bafen he planned to challenge the eighth level of the Cosmic Tongtian Bridge, and Bafen opened the way for him.
• Cao Bing crossed the bridge to the eighth-level checkpoint, hoping to impress the Chaos City Lord when they met in three days.
• The white-clad guardian recognized Cao Bing and attacked him with a swift sword strike.
• Cao Bing used the pressure of time and space to freeze the guardian, then destroyed her with a single slash.

Cao Bing passed the eighth level of the Tongtian Bridge and challenged the ninth, drawing the attention of the Chaos City Lord. He fought the white-clad gatekeeper but was caught off guard when she used a strange technique resembling Eight Directions Shadow Capture.

• Bafen reported Cao Bing's success at the eighth level to the Chaos City Lord, who ordered him to keep observing and report updates.
• Bafen suspected Cao Bing was attempting the ninth level, though he doubted a Cosmic-level fighter could pass it.
• Cao Bing arrived at the ninth level and fought the white-clad gatekeeper, whose Space-Time Law swordsmanship put him under heavy pressure.
• Cao Bing exchanged more than ten blows with the gatekeeper and briefly appeared to gain the upper hand.
• The gatekeeper suddenly attacked Cao Bing from behind while her other figure also struck, leaving him baffled by her technique's resemblance to Eight Directions Shadow Capture.

Cao Bing fought the ninth-level gatekeeper, a woman in white whose two figures remained unharmed despite his strongest attacks. He escalated the battle with increasingly powerful techniques, but the woman continued attacking as the fight raged on.

• The woman in white struck Cao Bing from behind and nearly pierced his sea of consciousness, leaving him badly injured.
• Cao Bing created sixty-four phantom bodies and attacked the woman, but her two figures showed no signs of damage while destroying his clones.
• Cao Bing unleashed Lotus—Extreme Shadow String Kill Formation, yet the woman in white charged through it without appearing hurt.
• Cao Bing used Starlight—Meteor Shower, but both of the woman’s figures remained unharmed and counterattacked as a white crane.
• Cao Bing risked his life, summoned another Phantom Clone, and sent Demon Star—Two Poles Star toward the woman’s crane form.

Cao Bing defeated the white-clad woman to clear the ninth level of the Tongtian Bridge, then failed against the tenth-level guardian. Bafen informed the Chaos City Lord, who ordered him to conceal Cao Bing’s ninth-level achievement and announce only that he had cleared the eighth level.

• Cao Bing exposed the white-clad woman’s weakness and overwhelmed her with attacks until her two figures shattered.
• A notification confirmed that Cao Bing had cleared the ninth level of the Tongtian Bridge, and his virtual body recovered from exhaustion.
• Cao Bing challenged the tenth-level guardian but failed to last ten moves despite unleashing his full power.
• Bafen learned of Cao Bing’s ninth-level achievement and hurriedly reported it to the Chaos City Lord.
• The Chaos City Lord ordered Bafen to conceal the ninth-level result and announce only that Cao Bing had cleared the eighth level.

After Cao Bing passed the eighth level of the Tongtian Bridge, the news shook his fellow geniuses and spread throughout the universe. He prepared to meet the Chaos City Lord, while Luo Feng’s message rekindled his longing to return to Earth.

• Bolan received Bafen’s news about Cao Bing and abandoned his trial mission to break through to the Domain Lord level.
• Wuka called Cao Bing to demand a celebratory meal, while Rong Jun and Luo Feng sent congratulations; Luo Feng asked when Cao Bing would return to Earth.
• Cao Bing admitted he missed Earth but said he would first meet the Chaos City Lord in two days.
• News of Cao Bing’s achievement spread across the universe, and he rose to the top of the Human Race Genius Kill List, ahead of Bolan.
• Two immortals escorted Cao Bing to the entrance of the Initial Universe, where he anticipated gaining more from his third visit.

Cao Bing returned to Chaos City and entered the City Lord’s Mansion to answer the Chaos City Lord’s summons. Inside the inner estate, he encountered the terrifying bald man in a crimson battle robe, whose mere presence nearly overwhelmed him.

• Cao Bing returned from the Universe Channel to Chaos City, reflecting on the gains he had made during the passage.
• Mo'er Badeluo and the other Immortal escorted Cao Bing to the City Lord’s Mansion, then left him at its gates.
• Cao Bing told the inner-estate guards that the City Lord had summoned him, and they admitted him after confirming Venerable Guiyi was waiting.
• Cao Bing entered the inner estate and saw a bald man in a crimson battle robe, whose presence filled him with overwhelming terror.

Venerable Guiyi escorted Cao Bing through Chaos City Lord’s mansion to meet the City Lord, whose overwhelming presence revealed the vast gap between them. Chaos City Lord acknowledged Cao Bing’s unusual cultivation and urged him to continue pursuing the unity of his essence, qi, and spirit.

• Venerable Guiyi met Cao Bing and escorted him through the mansion, saying Chaos City Lord might consider accepting him as a registered disciple.
• Venerable Guiyi led Cao Bing into Chaos Ruins, where the corpses and their terrifying auras overwhelmed Cao Bing.
• Venerable Guiyi introduced Cao Bing to Chaos City Lord, whose presence made Cao Bing feel completely unable to resist.
• Chaos City Lord said he had noticed Cao Bing’s unusual cultivation method and assured him he would not pry into his secrets.
• Chaos City Lord told Cao Bing to continue on his path and looked forward to his essence, qi, and spirit becoming one, then calmed his mind.