Chapter Summaries

Cao Bing arrived at the Dark Flame Universe Kingdom’s Virtual Universe Company headquarters, where its branch leaders welcomed him and promised a sweeping search for the aliens who had attacked him. At a lavish banquet attended by the kingdom’s powerful Immortals, Cao Bing met An Qiong, a member of the imperial family.

• Marquis Chenglie welcomed Cao Bing and said the Military Department, Martial Department, and Commerce Department had launched a search for the alien attackers.
• Cao Bing met Marquis Chifeng, head of the Martial Department, and Marquis Yuzhu, head of the Commerce Department.
• Marquis Chenglie introduced Cao Bing to the kingdom’s powerful guests at a grand welcoming banquet attended by dozens of King-level Immortals and hundreds of Marquis-level Immortals.
• An Qiong introduced himself to Cao Bing as a member of the Dark Flame Universe Kingdom’s direct imperial line.

At his welcoming banquet, Cao Bing faced Prince An Qiong’s open provocation and learned that An Qiong resented his new post and was the disciple of his teacher’s enemy. Cao Bing accepted An Qiong’s demand to demonstrate his strength by proposing a match between them.

• An Qiong needled Cao Bing and said he wanted to witness the Inspector Envoy’s strength.
• Marquis Chenglie warned Cao Bing not to take the bait and explained that Cao Bing’s appointment threatened An Qiong’s interests, while An Qiong was also a disciple of King Kuihuan, who had conflicts with King Kuanglan.
• An Qiong continued pressing Cao Bing to show his abilities despite the objections of Marquis Chenglie, Marquis Chifeng, and Marquis Yuzhu.
• Cao Bing stopped the others and agreed to a match with An Qiong, proposing that they test each other while holding back at the right point.

Cao Bing accepted An Qiong’s challenge at the welcoming banquet and faced him in space. He struck first and sent An Qiong flying with a single blow.

• An Qiong provoked Cao Bing at the banquet, and Cao Bing accepted his challenge to fight in space.
• Cao Bing wagered with Marquis Chenglie that he would win the most beautiful planet in Gongmai Starfield and asked the guests to witness the duel.
• Zeliel told Marquis Chenglie that he did not understand Cao Bing’s strength, then followed him as the banquet guests pursued the fighters.
• Cao Bing arrived in space and attacked An Qiong with the Illusion Void Blade before An Qiong could use the laws.
• An Qiong met Cao Bing’s strike head-on and was sent flying for countless miles by the force of the blow.

Cao Bing fought An Qiong, using his superior physical strength and relentless attacks to gain the advantage despite An Qiong’s mastery of the Fire Law. The chapter ended with Cao Bing activating the Blood Burning Secret Art and charging at An Qiong as a blood-red meteor.

• Cao Bing shattered An Qiong’s sword arm with an opening slash and pressed his attack before An Qiong could recover.
• An Qiong unleashed Tiger King Devours the Sun, and the fiery tiger clashed with Cao Bing’s Cross - Extreme Shadow String Kill, sending both fighters flying back.
• An Qiong formed a one-horned flame flood dragon to break Cao Bing’s Starlight—Meteor Shower, but Cao Bing continued attacking with a barrage of blade techniques.
• Cao Bing’s repeated strikes injured An Qiong, who struggled to withstand the assault as his greater reserves of Immortal energy remained his advantage.
• Cao Bing activated Starlight—Demon Star with the Blood Burning Secret Art, and An Qiong mistook its blood-red aura for Burning Divine Body.

Cao Bing defeated An Qiong in a battle at the welcoming banquet, displaying his strength to the Dark Flame Universe Kingdom’s powerful figures and earning their respect. He then collected on his bet with Marquis Chenglie and prepared to continue the banquet.

• Cao Bing’s Blood-Colored Demon Star overwhelmed An Qiong’s defenses and destroyed nearly two-thirds of his divine body, leaving him defeated.
• Marquis Chenglie and the other experts reacted with shock as Cao Bing revealed he could defeat an Immortal Army Lord while still a Domain Lord.
• Cao Bing told the gathered experts that his strength was more than passable, and they responded with respect while leaving An Qiong unaided.
• Cao Bing reflected that he had fought to establish his authority in the Dark Flame Universe Kingdom and discourage anyone from interfering with his cultivation.
• Cao Bing asked Marquis Chenglie whether their bet still stood, and Marquis Chenglie agreed to show him the most beautiful planet in the Gongmai Starfield after the banquet.

Cao Bing toured Beicheng Star with Marquis Chenglie, then stayed behind to cultivate in seclusion. He reviewed his battle with An Qiong and studied the Time Law, having comprehended 60 of its 124 units.

• Marquis Chenglie transferred ownership of Beicheng Star to Cao Bing and took him to admire the planet’s scenery.
• Cao Bing decided to preserve Beicheng Star’s natural beauty and use it as a peaceful place to cultivate.
• Marquis Chenglie left the next day, while Cao Bing remained on the planet to focus on gaining recognition from the origin laws.
• Cao Bing asked Zadask to build him a cottage after failing to make one himself.
• Cao Bing replayed his battle with An Qiong and compared the Cosmic Chaos Tablet’s engravings with the third volume of "Chronicles of Time and Space" to study the Time Law.

After two years of secluded cultivation on Beicheng Star, Cao Bing realized that understanding the connection between time and light was the key to breaking through. He gained recognition from the Time Law origin and continued comprehending the Time Law within its origin ocean.

• Cao Bing spent two years cultivating on Beicheng Star, comprehending half of the 124 Time Law units while the kingdom's officials assumed he was a shut-in.
• Cao Bing saw the rising sun and realized that the laws could intertwine, using his insight into light to develop the Light Domain through its ninth level.
• Cao Bing comprehended the Light Law, and the Time Law origin descended to recognize him, delighting Zeliel.
• The Law origin's milky-white droplet entered Cao Bing's Spirit Star and cleansed his soul, while his Time Seal Clones gained snowflake marks.
• Cao Bing's consciousness entered the Time Law origin ocean, where he began exploring and comprehending the Law.

After receiving the Time Law Origin’s acknowledgment, Cao Bing greatly increased his mastery of the Time Law and spent a year and a half cultivating. He later asked Guardian Bafen to inform Chaos City Lord of his achievement, leaving the City Lord’s response pending.

• Cao Bing completed a year and a half of deep cultivation, while Zeliel told him that Zadask was still unable to find a path to the Immortal level.
• Cao Bing decided not to use his resources to force Zadask’s breakthrough, since Zadask still had potential and Cao Bing did not need his combat strength.
• Cao Bing spent half a month relaxing on Beicheng Star and meeting Luo Feng, Lei Shen, and Wuka in the Virtual Universe, while Hong remained missing.
• Cao Bing visited the Tongtian Bridge Plane and asked Guardian Bafen to relay to Chaos City Lord that he had received the Time Law Origin’s acknowledgment.
• Bafen reacted with surprise and hurried to contact the City Lord.

Cao Bing told the Chaos City Lord that he had gained the Time Origin Law’s acknowledgment, and the Chaos City Lord accepted him as a formal disciple. The Chaos City Lord reassured Cao Bing that the elders would handle the trouble he had caused, then gave him guidance and new access in the Virtual Universe.

• Cao Bing reported his acknowledgment of the Time Origin Law, and the Chaos City Lord praised his unconventional progress while warning that his earlier trouble remained unresolved.
• The Chaos City Lord told Cao Bing not to worry about outside pressures because the elders would protect the younger generation.
• The Chaos City Lord invited Cao Bing to call him Master, and Cao Bing knelt to become his formal disciple.
• The Chaos City Lord described his fallen disciples and said Cao Bing had twenty-six living senior brothers, including a recently accepted disciple he might be pleased to meet.
• The Chaos City Lord told Cao Bing to complete his Domain Lord external assignment before returning to Chaos City and to visit him in the Chaos Ruins upon becoming a World Master.
• The Chaos City Lord granted Cao Bing permission to teleport to his Thunder Island palace and expanded his Virtual Universe information access.

Cao Bing became the Chaos City Lord’s disciple, met his second senior brother Venerable Guiyi, and learned that his first external mission was to help the Seventh Legion kill an exposed Immortal infiltrator. After discussing Luo Feng’s dangerous assignment and later cultivation, Cao Bing’s own mission began with a requirement that he personally kill the target for full completion.

• The Chaos City Lord kept Cao Bing’s new status secret to protect him from stronger assassins during his external assignment.
• Venerable Guiyi greeted Cao Bing as his junior brother, promised him a gift, and urged him to ask their other senior brothers for gifts too.
• Cao Bing chose not to attempt the twelfth level of the Tongtian Bridge because he could not study the Cosmic Chaos Tablet while away from Chaos City.
• Cao Bing learned that Luo Feng’s assignment had gone disastrously wrong after a King-level Insect Race Immortal invaded Human Territory, and that Luo Feng had gone to the Golden Horn Race to cultivate.
• Cao Bing began his first mission: joining the Third Army of the Seventh Legion to hunt an exposed Immortal Army Lord fleeing through the Dark Flame Universe Kingdom.
• Cao Bing’s mission required the infiltrator’s death, with his score depending on his contribution and full completion requiring him to kill the Immortal himself.

Cao Bing and Commander Fenghat tracked Yan?, a fugitive spy, to the Yonglu Galaxy and captured his follower Sha Wu on Golden Acre Planet. Zeliel extracted Yan?’s hiding place before Sha Wu’s master destroyed his soul, and Cao Bing’s group hurried toward the uninhabited region while Marquis Qu Yang reached the location first.

• Cao Bing met Commander Fenghat in the Yonglu Galaxy and learned that Yan? was hiding there with several powerful followers.
• Cao Bing ordered the group to Golden Acre Planet to capture Sha Wu, one of Yan?’s followers.
• Fenghat, Changzhang, Zeliel, and Cao Bing ambushed and subdued Sha Wu in a concealed room at the slave market.
• Zeliel searched Sha Wu’s soul and learned where Yan? was hiding, although Yan? remotely annihilated Sha Wu’s soul.
• Cao Bing and the others flew toward Yan?’s hiding place, while Marquis Qu Yang teleported there ahead of them.

Marquis Qu Yang ambushed Yan?, the traitorous spy, and relentlessly battered him as Cao Bing’s group approached. Yan? fled into Cao Bing and his companions, who joined the attack and continued beating him.

• Marquis Qu Yang intercepted Yan? as he tried to leave the moon and began destroying his divine body.
• Yan? fled, but Marquis Qu Yang caught him repeatedly with spatial movement and continued attacking him without letting him recover.
• Cao Bing assured Commander Fenghat that Yan? could not escape as their group flew toward the target.
• Commander Fenghat struck the battered Yan? with his spiked club when Yan? failed to notice the group approaching.
• Cao Bing, Zeliel, Commander Fenghat, and Commander Changzhang joined in attacking Yan?, whose divine body had fallen below half strength.

Yan? burned his Origin Core to boost his strength and tried to kill Cao Bing, but Fenghat, Changzhang, and Zeliel pinned him down. Cao Bing prepared to strike before Yan? died, hoping to complete his mission by killing him personally.

• Yan? burned his Origin Core, blasting Cao Bing, Zeliel, and Commander Changzhang away and forcing Commander Fenghat to retreat.
• Yan? recognized Cao Bing as a Virtual Universe Company Inspector Envoy and charged at him, determined to kill the Human Race genius.
• Commander Fenghat, Zeliel, and Commander Changzhang joined forces to hold Yan? back and keep him away from Cao Bing.
• Yan?'s strength began to fade as his Origin Core burned down, and Cao Bing realized he had to act before Yan? died on his own.

Cao Bing killed Yan? after Yan? attempted a final ambush, completing his trial mission. He gave Yan?'s World Ring to Commander Fenghat, Commander Changzhang, and Zeliel to divide among themselves.

• Yan? suddenly regained his strength and attacked Cao Bing with both fists, ignoring the other commanders’ strikes.
• Cao Bing activated the Blood Burning Secret Art and split Yan? in two, shattering his Origin Core before Yan?’s punches could kill him.
• Cao Bing recovered from his injuries and confirmed that Xiao Xing had recorded Yan?’s death.
• Commander Changzhang offered Yan?’s World Ring to Cao Bing, who told Commander Fenghat, Commander Changzhang, and Zeliel to split its contents.

Luo Feng told Cao Bing that the Virtual Universe Company’s mission required him to decide Xie Feiyu’s punishment after uncovering the young man’s grave crimes. Cao Bing informed Xie Hongxin, Song Shengnan, and God of War Xie, who agreed that Xie Feiyu must be killed and the Xie Family must be gathered to make an example of him.

• Luo Feng told Cao Bing that Xie Feiyu had smuggled goods under their names, murdered rivals, trafficked people, and run an underground club for powerful figures.
• Cao Bing agreed that Xie Feiyu deserved death and said he would explain the matter to Uncle Xie.
• Cao Bing met Xie Hongxin, Song Shengnan, and God of War Xie in the Virtual Universe and revealed Xie Feiyu’s crimes.
• God of War Xie called for Xie Feiyu’s execution and for the clan to be gathered, and Xie Hongxin and Song Shengnan agreed.

After Luo Feng executed Xie Feiyu and other criminals, the major families tightened their oversight. A century later, Cao Bing received a Domain Lord-level Maximum Points Mission to judge the leaders of the Evil Dynasty Organization, and set out with Zeliel after deciding they deserved death.

• Luo Feng executed Xie Feiyu and many other criminals, including more than a hundred members of his own Luo Family.
• The Luo Family, Hong's family, Lei Shen's family, and the Divine Arrow Squad families purged their clans and strengthened their rules.
• A hundred years after Cao Bing's first mission, the Virtual Universe Company assigned him a four-stage Maximum Points Mission worth up to two million points.
• Cao Bing learned that his first-stage task was to judge the Evil Dynasty Organization's three emperors and eight great envoys without help from his guards.
• After reading the organization's crimes, Cao Bing sentenced its leaders to death and told Zeliel they were leaving to carry out the mission.

Cao Bing arrived at Evil Dynasty Star and discovered the Evil Dynasty Organization’s leaders committing atrocities while entertaining Enka, who warned them that a prince was waiting for an Inspector Envoy to leave the Dark Flame Universe Kingdom before acting. Cao Bing appeared at their banquet, and Enka recognized him as the Inspector Envoy.

• Cao Bing reached Evil Dynasty Star, where intelligence indicated that two great emperors and five envoys were present.
• Cao Bing used his Spiritual Consciousness to scan the planet and became enraged by the Evil Dynasty Organization’s crimes.
• At a banquet, the First Emperor served Enka blood wine made from the heart’s blood of girls under seven and offered him more.
• Enka told the First Emperor that a prince knew of their request but would wait until the Inspector Envoy left the Dark Flame Universe Kingdom before acting.
• Cao Bing silently appeared at the banquet and asked what matter they had been discussing.
• Enka turned pale and identified Cao Bing as the Inspector Envoy.

Cao Bing revealed his authority as an Inspector Envoy and slaughtered the Evil Dynasty Organization’s leadership and members on Evil Dynasty Star. He spared Enka to learn about the organization’s patron, Prince An Duan, and began verifying Enka’s claim himself.

• Enka identified Cao Bing as an Inspector Envoy, leaving the Evil Dynasty Organization’s leaders horrified.
• Cao Bing rejected Enka’s attempt to conceal the organization’s secrets and prepared to kill them.
• Enka urged the leaders to attack Cao Bing, but Cao Bing killed the Eighth Envoy, Sixth Envoy, other leaders, and First Emperor with single strikes.
• Cao Bing summoned Zeliel, Zadask, and the guards, who sealed off Evil Dynasty Star and purged the rest of the organization.
• Enka claimed his master was Prince An Duan, and Cao Bing spared him before clamping a hand over his face to verify the claim.

After uncovering Prince An Qiong’s connection to the Evil Dynasty Organization and its request for a Human Race top-ten bloodline agent, Cao Bing sent evidence to Marquis Chifeng and continued hunting the organization’s leaders. He left Evil Dynasty Star with Zeliel and the others, intent on tracking down the remaining criminals.

• Cao Bing searched Enka’s memories and learned that Enka served Prince An Qiong, who had backed the Evil Dynasty Organization after it obtained a valuable treasure for him.
• Cao Bing discovered that the Evil Dynasty Organization’s First Emperor had asked An Qiong to procure a vial of bloodline agent from one of the Human Race’s top ten bloodlines.
• Cao Bing had Xiao Xing send the evidence to Marquis Chifeng, intending to make clear that he would not tolerate the organization’s crimes or An Qiong’s involvement.
• Zeliel and the others killed the Evil Dynasty Organization members on Evil Dynasty Star and rescued the surviving slaves, while Cao Bing learned that those held there for more than two years were dead.
• Cao Bing left Evil Dynasty Star with Zeliel and the others to hunt the organization’s remaining higher-ups, declaring that they deserved death by a thousand cuts.

After completing the first phase of the Virtual Universe Company’s task, Cao Bing received an 86% evaluation for executing the Evil Dynasty Organization and its accomplices. The second phase required him to choose whether to save people being sent as secret-realm cannon fodder or people being sold into slavery, and he faced the decision as the chapter ended.

• Cao Bing hunted down the Evil Dynasty Organization’s remaining leaders, accomplices, and clients, executing or punishing them with help from troops borrowed from the Dark Flame Universe Kingdom.
• The Virtual Universe Company awarded Cao Bing 86,000 points and an 86% completion rate, criticizing his mass executions and cruel methods while allowing him to advance to the second phase.
• Cao Bing dismissed the criticism and maintained that his actions had saved countless lives by deterring other dark factions.
• The Virtual Universe Company assigned Cao Bing to choose between rescuing billions of people conscripted as cannon fodder for a Universe Secret Realm and people being transported to be sold as slaves.