Chapter Summaries

The Chaos City Lord offered Cao Bing a chance to become his registered disciple if he gained recognition from a law origin within ten years and before reaching the World Lord level. After leaving the City Lord's Mansion, Cao Bing planned to focus on mastering the Space Law and use his remaining time in Chaos City to study.

• The Chaos City Lord set Cao Bing a ten-year test: gain recognition from a law origin before reaching the World Lord level to become his registered disciple.
• Cao Bing accepted the test, and Venerable Guiyi escorted him out of the Chaos Ruins and told him he could stay in Chaos City for three months.
• Cao Bing decided to use his three chances to view the Chaos Tablets and focus on the Space Law, which he considered his best chance for meeting the test.
• Cao Bing chose to order the first five volumes of Chronicles of Time and Space before returning to his former courtyard.

Cao Bing received the first five volumes of Chronicles of Time and Space and began studying the third volume. He broke through to the Tribulation Crossing Stage and Domain Lord level, stabilizing at Domain Lord level three.

• Cao Bing collected the five volumes of Chronicles of Time and Space from Virtual Universe Company and returned to his old courtyard.
• Cao Bing studied the third volume for three days, comprehending 300 of its 1,620 techniques and finding many others beyond his understanding.
• Cao Bing decided to abandon trial missions and break through before his three-month stay in the Initial Universe ended.
• Cao Bing swallowed and refined a five-tribulation loose immortal's Nascent Soul, advancing the Stellar Transformation technique to the early Tribulation Crossing Stage.
• Cao Bing reached Domain Lord level one after refining most of the Nascent Soul, then stabilized at Domain Lord level three after refining the rest.

Cao Bing studied the Cosmic Chaos Tablet while the Chaos City Lord considered taking him as a disciple. Hong learned that Cao Bing had been chosen for a test and believed his Fourth Brother would pass.

• Kandri welcomed Cao Bing and opened the chamber so he could use one of his remaining chances to study the Cosmic Chaos Tablet.
• Cao Bing focused on the tablet’s Snowflake, Little Snow, and Blizzard diagrams, finding fresh insights in them.
• Hong trained against powerful beast-shaped puppets and demonstrated strength that Kong Jiang said could reach the seventh level of the Tongtian Bridge.
• Kong Jiang told Hong that the Chaos City Lord planned to test a prospective disciple, then revealed that the candidate was Cao Bing.
• Hong excitedly expressed confidence in Cao Bing, while Kong Jiang warned him not to reveal Hong’s own secret discipleship until Cao Bing passed the test.

After leaving the Initial Universe, Cao Bing suspected that its Universe Channel and the Two-World Passage in his mind were connected, and risked testing the link. Touching the passage struck his consciousness and left the Star of "Spirit" in all his clones cracked, destabilizing the cycle of Essence, Qi, and Spirit.

• Cao Bing finished his three months studying the Cosmic Chaos Tablet, mastering all 108 fundamental Space Law units but comprehending the essence of only three.
• Cao Bing left the Initial Universe aboard a spacecraft and reflected on the similarities between the Universe Channel and the Two-World Passage.
• Cao Bing cautiously sent his consciousness toward the Two-World Passage despite his growing sense of danger.
• Cao Bing touched the point of light, and an immense force struck his consciousness as both of his bodies trembled.
• The Star of "Spirit" in Cao Bing's clones cracked, causing the cycle among the three stars of Essence, Qi, and Spirit to become unstable.

Cao Bing touched the strange point of light in the Universe Channel and glimpsed the origin of the Time Law, but the experience left him unconscious and badly injured. His actions stirred ancient powers in both worlds, while the Chaos City Lord calmed the passage and a mysterious figure in the Stellar Transformation world went to tell its Big Brother about the anomaly.

• Cao Bing briefly saw the origin of the Time Law and was cleansed by its power before falling unconscious.
• The disturbance stirred an ancient will, which the Chaos City Lord sensed as he prepared to stabilize the Universe Channel.
• The Chaos City Lord calmed the chaotic passage and protected the spaceship and its frightened passengers.
• A blurry figure in the Stellar Transformation world sensed Cao Bing as an anomaly and vanished to tell its Big Brother.
• Cao Bing remained unconscious with his avatars severely injured, while the cleansing increased his affinity with the Time Law a thousandfold.

Cao Bing awoke after a year-long coma with greatly enhanced affinity for the Time Law and made rapid progress in comprehending it. A year later, the Virtual Universe Company sent him an appointment to serve as a regional governor.

• Cao Bing’s recklessness prompted probing by the Demon Race, Insect Race, and Mechanical Race, and the Human Race retaliated by killing three Demon Race Universe Venerables.
• Cao Bing awoke from his coma, still recovering from injuries that had damaged his origin, and recalled a fragment of the Time Law origin.
• Cao Bing learned that remnants of the Time Law origin had transformed him during his coma and accelerated his understanding of the Time Law.
• Cao Bing focused on the Time Law and, within a year of waking, mastered its 124 basic law units and comprehended the essence of 35.
• The Virtual Universe Company sent Cao Bing an appointment to serve as a regional governor.

Cao Bing received his long-delayed appointment as Inspector Envoy of the Dark Flame Universe Kingdom and prepared to leave the Primal Secret Realm with his guards. He learned from King Kuanglan that his High-grade Immortal Artifacts were extraordinarily valuable in the Devouring Starry Sky world, leaving him with a warning to keep them secret.

• The Virtual Universe Company appointed Cao Bing as Inspector Envoy of the Dark Flame Universe Kingdom because Luo Feng already held the post in the Ganwu Universe Country.
• Cao Bing prepared to travel with Zeliel, Zadask, and three peak World Lord-level guards, and considered visiting Earth along the way.
• Cao Bing showed a High-grade Immortal Artifact to King Kuanglan and learned that his cultivation could not unleash its full power.
• King Kuanglan explained that the High-grade Immortal Artifact would be considered a Pseudo-heavy treasure and warned Cao Bing not to reveal it except in a life-or-death situation.

Cao Bing used his Immortal Artifacts to earn a fortune, bought an F-class spaceship, and left the Primal Secret Realm for his appointment in the Dark Flame Universe Kingdom, eager to visit Earth. Meanwhile, an enemy ordered agents to kill him during his journey and continued waiting for Target No. 7 to leave Earth.

• King Kuanglan warned Cao Bing to keep his High-grade Immortal Artifact secret, then helped him sell Mid-grade Immortal Artifacts under her name.
• Cao Bing used his earnings to buy a 350-meter F-class spaceship and named it Wei Wu Hao.
• Cao Bing departed the Primal Secret Realm with Zeliel, Zadask, and two World Masters, planning to visit Earth on the way to the Dark Flame Universe Kingdom.
• A hidden enemy learned that Cao Bing had left the Primal Secret Realm and ordered Menluo and Pigu to kill him at any cost.
• The enemy's subordinate reported that Target No. 7 remained on Earth, so the enemy ordered them to wait for him to leave.

Cao Bing diverted the Wei Wu Hao to the Black Dragon Mountain Empire to visit its holy land and was greeted with an elaborate banquet by the empire’s powerful figures. After entering the palace, he told Black Dragon he had another matter to handle, leaving his request unstated.

• Cao Bing decided to visit his friend Guan Yong at the Black Dragon Mountain Empire’s holy land and instructed Zadask to notify the emperor.
• The Wei Wu Hao arrived at the empire’s capital planet, where Black Dragon and other powerful figures prepared to welcome Cao Bing.
• Cao Bing stepped out of the spaceship and exchanged greetings with Black Dragon, Crespo, and the other Immortals.
• Black Dragon invited Cao Bing to the palace banquet, and Cao Bing accepted.
• Cao Bing told Black Dragon that he had another matter to attend to during his visit, and Black Dragon offered to help.

Cao Bing visited Black Dragon Mountain and asked to meet his friend Guan Yong, prompting the empire's emperor to hurry to the Holy Land to find him. Guan Yong was brought to the banquet, where he learned that his connections to Cao Bing and Luo Feng had suddenly made him important.

• Cao Bing told Black Dragon Mountain that he had come to catch up with Guan Yong, who was cultivating in the empire's Holy Land.
• Black Dragon Mountain Zoltan recalled recruiting Guan Yong and left to bring him to the banquet.
• Guan Yong's nominal World Lord master learned of his powerful background, rushed to him, and eagerly tried to make him a personal disciple.
• Black Dragon Mountain Zoltan arrived and treated Guan Yong with great enthusiasm, confirming Guan Yong's suspicion that his ties to Luo Feng and the others had drawn their attention.

Cao Bing reunited with Guan Yong at the Black Dragon Mountain Empire’s palace and revealed that he was a Virtual Universe Company Inspector Envoy. The gathering ended with Cao Bing and Guan Yong reminiscing about Earth and their old companions.

• Cao Bing warmly greeted Guan Yong, whom he had not seen in nearly two hundred years, and introduced him to the empire’s leaders.
• Cao Bing told Guan Yong that the Virtual Universe Company had appointed him Inspector Envoy of the Dark Flame Universe Kingdom, astonishing Black Dragon Mountain and the other rulers.
• Black Dragon Mountain recognized Guan Yong as a potential link to Cao Bing and decided to accept him as a direct disciple.
• Cao Bing led Guan Yong to the banquet and asked how long it had been since Guan Yong returned to Earth.
• Guan Yong said he had not visited Earth in nearly twenty years, and Cao Bing and Guan Yong discussed Little God of War’s tenth-generation descendant and Xie Hongxin’s teasing of Guan Yong for remaining a bachelor.

Cao Bing and Guan Yong returned to Earth, but Earth's security system denied their ship entry and demanded it withdraw. Cao Bing contacted Luo Feng, who realized his Third Brother had arrived and hurried out to meet him.

• Cao Bing and Guan Yong left the Black Dragon Mountain Empire aboard the Wei Wu Hao and discussed their lack of news about Nan Xin.
• Cao Bing decided to ask Luo Feng to search for Nan Xin, who had been missing for nearly two hundred years.
• The Wei Wu Hao exited the Dark Universe and approached Earth, where Cao Bing and Guan Yong eagerly welcomed the sight of home.
• Earth's security system warned the ship to leave its airspace, and Cao Bing demanded to speak with Luo Feng.
• Cao Bing contacted Luo Feng through his Time Seal Clone, and Luo Feng's human clone flew out of Earth's atmosphere to meet him.

Cao Bing returned to Earth and revisited his preserved former home in Mingyue Residential Area before reuniting with the Divine Arrow Squad. He offered to arrange training for the squad’s younger generation, and the gathering ended amid laughter and family bickering.

• Cao Bing visited his former villa in Mingyue Residential Area alone and felt comforted by the familiar home, which had been carefully maintained.
• Cao Bing reunited with Yan Ying, Guan Yong, Xie Hongxin, Song Shengnan, Fang Ye, and Zheng Ke at a lavish restaurant, along with their descendants.
• Yan Ze asked Cao Bing about his Immortal-level guard, and Cao Bing said she could be considered half his teacher but should not be disturbed without cause.
• Cao Bing offered to have Pasha teach Yan Ze, Xie Zhanshen, and the other young members of the Divine Arrow Squad, delighting them.
• Xie Hongxin threatened to discipline Xie Zhanshen, but Song Shengnan turned on Xie Hongxin, prompting laughter from the gathering.

After three months on Earth, Cao Bing said goodbye to old friends and prepared to leave for the Dark Flame Universe Kingdom to serve as an Inspector Envoy. He had failed to find the Nine Tribulations Scripture among the ruins his slaves searched, and left hoping Luo Feng had found it instead.

• Cao Bing visited old acquaintances including Zhao Ping, Zhao Ruo, Jiang Nian, Zhuge Tao, Jiang Fang, and Wei Wen, and noticed that some friendships had grown more reserved.
• Cao Bing reviewed the ruins his slaves had searched on Earth but found no trace of the metal foil containing the Nine Tribulations Scripture.
• After three months on Earth, Cao Bing prepared to leave for his Inspector Envoy post in the Dark Flame Universe Kingdom.
• At the spacecraft port, Cao Bing joked with Luo Feng about avoiding political scheming and relying on strength, then said farewell to Luo Feng, Guan Yong, Yan Ying, Xie Hongxin, and the Divine Arrow Squad.
• Cao Bing boarded the Wei Wu Hao, which departed and vanished from sight.

Cao Bing’s appointment as Inspector Envoy alarmed the three department heads of the Virtual Universe Company branch in the Dark Flame Universe Kingdom, who worried that he would uncover their misconduct. Meanwhile, Menluo and an accomplice waited in a remote system to ambush Cao Bing’s ship, and the target appeared on their Dark Universe radar.

• The chapter described the Virtual Universe Company’s authority and its Martial, Commerce, and Military departments in the Gongmai Starfield.
• Marquis Chenglie, Marquis Chifeng, and Marquis Yuzhu discussed how Cao Bing’s investigation could expose their departments’ shady affairs.
• Menluo and a four-armed accomplice waited aboard a spaceship for Cao Bing’s vessel, following their master’s order to kill him.
• Menluo and his accomplice spotted a flash on their Dark Universe radar and realized Cao Bing’s ship had arrived.

Cao Bing’s spaceship was ambushed by two powerful spies who forced it out of the Dark Universe. Though Zeliel urged Cao Bing to flee, Cao Bing prepared to have Marquis Qu Yang capture the attackers and uncover their secrets.

• The Wei Wu Hao detected a ship following it through the Dark Universe, and its guards realized the pursuer was faster and likely belonged to a powerful expert.
• The pursuers caught up and attacked the Wei Wu Hao, damaging its functions and knocking it into the Original Universe.
• Zeliel confronted Menluo and the grayish-white-skinned Immortal, recognized that they were stronger than he was, and urged Cao Bing to escape.
• Cao Bing refused to flee because Marquis Qu Yang, hidden in his World Ring, had mastered a powerful set of Faux Top-grade Heavy Treasures.
• Cao Bing planned to have Marquis Qu Yang capture the attackers alive so they could be interrogated with soul-searching arts.

Cao Bing remained under attack as Menluo and Pigu tried to assassinate him, but Marquis Qu Yang arrived and turned the fight against them. After Menluo urged Pigu to kill Cao Bing even by self-destructing, Marquis Qu Yang and Zeliel rushed to stop him.

• Menluo kept Zeliel occupied while Pigu bypassed her and attacked Cao Bing.
• Marquis Qu Yang appeared and struck Pigu away, then severely wounded Menluo with a Top-grade Immortal Artifact spear.
• Menluo charged Marquis Qu Yang despite their strength difference, and Zeliel joined the attack to help bring him down.
• Menluo burned his divine body and ordered Pigu to burn his own and kill Cao Bing, even if it required self-destruction.
• Marquis Qu Yang unleashed a frenzied assault on Menluo while Zeliel burned her divine body and rushed to intercept Pigu.

Cao Bing watched as Zeliel and Marquis Qu Yang fought the assassins Pigu and Menluo, refusing to leave despite the danger. After Menluo broke free and charged toward him, Cao Bing drew the Sky Breaking Divine Sword and prepared to meet him with a Time Seal Clone.

• Cao Bing dismissed the threat of the assassins self-destructing, while Zeliel intercepted Pigu and their battle erupted across the surrounding space.
• Zadask urged Cao Bing to retreat, but Cao Bing refused as Marquis Qu Yang continued to overpower Menluo.
• Menluo lured Marquis Qu Yang into striking him, endured the spear blow, and used it to rush toward Cao Bing.
• Zadask stepped in front of Cao Bing, but Cao Bing moved past him and drew the Sky Breaking Divine Sword.
• Cao Bing summoned a physical Time Seal Clone, unleashed his Slow-motion Intent, and challenged Menluo with Demon Star—Two Poles Star.

Cao Bing defeated the assassins Menluo and Pigu with help from Marquis Qu Yang and his guards. He ordered Zeliel to alter the guards’ memories and conceal Qu Yang’s identity before reinforcements arrived.

• Cao Bing’s demonic star strike crushed Menluo’s divine body and left him unconscious.
• Pigu prepared to self-destruct, but Marquis Qu Yang blasted him apart repeatedly until he lost the ability to resist.
• Marquis Qu Yang captured Menluo and Pigu and began searching their souls for memories.
• Cao Bing told his guards to claim that an Immortal passing by had rescued them, then ordered Zeliel to subdue them and alter their memories.
• Cao Bing urged Zeliel to finish quickly because the assassins’ allies might soon send reinforcements.

Cao Bing learned that a Venerable-level Demon Race infiltrator had arranged an assassination attempt and might have agents near Earth. After reporting the attack and reassuring his allies, he planned to warn Luo Feng about the danger.

• Marquis Qu Yang told Cao Bing that the attackers, Menluo and Pigu, were Demon Race pawns whose master had erased their souls, and that their controller might be a Venerable.
• Cao Bing realized that the Demon Race might have agents near Earth and decided to warn Luo Feng.
• Cao Bing told the Virtual Universe Company that Marquis Qu Yang had captured the attackers, concealing some details about their equipment.
• Cao Bing replied to inquiry messages, including one from King Kuanglan, who had rushed from Chaos City but arrived too late to help.
• Cao Bing planned to tell Luo Feng about the alien scouts near Earth so Luo Feng could stay alert.