Chapter Summaries

Cao Bing rejected the Virtual Universe Company's moral dilemma, deciding to save both sides rather than choose who would die. With Zeliel and the others unable to help and Marquis Qu Yang kept secret, he looked to his cultivated Moyun Vines for support.

• Cao Bing condemned the Virtual Universe Company's executives for using billions of lives to test Luo Feng's character and resolved to save both sides.
• Cao Bing recalled how he had invested heavily in cultivating Moyun Vines, whose tough vines could trap enemies even though he no longer needed them for defense.
• Cao Bing described the three cultivation methods, noting that the 360-vine method could produce an entry-level King but required enormous resources and had only a 40% chance of success.
• Cao Bing's original 360-vine Moyun Vine and a later 108-vine one both reached the peak of the World Lord level.
• With Zeliel and the others barred from helping him, Cao Bing chose to rely on his other Moyun Vine while keeping Marquis Qu Yang's slave status hidden.

Cao Bing urgently tried to reach a slave ship before King Kuihuan could sell its captives, so he forced the Moyun Vine to evolve into an Immortal. With Little Green able to perform Divine Kingdom Teleportation, Cao Bing set off toward the ship and began considering how the process might reveal laws connected to the Stellar Transformation world.

• Cao Bing split up, taking Marquis Qu Yang toward the Universe Secret Realm while his Time Seal Clone pursued the slave ship with the Moyun Vine.
• After two months of receiving nearly half of Cao Bing’s assets, the Moyun Vine froze for three days and broke through to the Immortal level.
• The universe’s law origin descended during the breakthrough, strengthening Cao Bing’s affinity with the laws as he observed its power.
• Cao Bing told Little Green to establish a divine kingdom and arranged for a teleportation token to be delivered to the target location.
• Little Green activated Divine Kingdom Teleportation, and Cao Bing wondered whether its similarities to teleportation in the Stellar Transformation world could help him discover its laws.

Cao Bing confronted King Kuihuan’s Immortal commander over the forced conscription of citizens from the Falcon Star System and demanded they be sent home. When the commander challenged Cao Bing’s authority, Cao Bing attacked and overwhelmed him, leaving the commander pleading for the fight to stop.

• Cao Bing identified himself as a Virtual Universe Company Inspector Envoy and ordered the Immortal to disband the conscripted Falcon Star System citizens.
• The Immortal argued that the Falcon Star System was King Kuihuan’s territory and that Cao Bing had no authority over the Universe Mercenary Alliance.
• Cao Bing struck the unguarded Immortal with the Illusion Void Blade, severing one of his arms and severely damaging him.
• Cao Bing relentlessly pressed the attack, overpowering the Immortal in combat and forcing him to retreat and defend himself.
• After suffering serious injuries, the Immortal called out to Cao Bing to stop fighting.

Cao Bing forced Dapu to return the conscripted citizens to the Falcon Star System and freed the slaves, completing the second stage of his mission with a 98% evaluation. He received the third-stage mission, which targeted twenty-five of King Kuihuan’s subordinates, including a prince of the Dark Flame Universe Kingdom, and decided to proceed despite the likely consequences.

• Cao Bing ordered Dapu to return the Falcon Star System’s citizens within half a year, and the transport fleets turned back as the citizens cheered.
• Cao Bing and Little Green intercepted the slave ships, freed their human captives, and sent the fleet back to the Falcon Star System.
• The Virtual Universe Company awarded Cao Bing 196,000 points, rated his second-stage completion at 98%, and qualified him for the third stage.
• Cao Bing read the third-stage mission, which named twenty-five of King Kuihuan’s subordinates for acts beyond the limits, including An Qiong, a prince of the Dark Flame Universe Kingdom.
• Cao Bing realized the mission would force him to offend King Kuihuan and possibly the imperial family, but he chose to carry it out.

Cao Bing decided to carry out the Virtual Universe Company's order and travel to King Kuihuan's palace to judge the criminals there. King Kuihuan prepared to surrender his three offending subordinates, including An Qiong, while warning them that neither the Universe Mercenary Alliance nor the Dark Flame Universe Kingdom would protect them.

• Cao Bing closed the Virtual Universe Company's email and resolved to go to King Kuihuan's lair despite the danger.
• Cao Bing departed aboard the Wei Wu Hao with Zeliel and entered the Dark Universe.
• King Kuihuan gathered An Qiong, Sapur Lakolin, and Feng Mingxu before his subordinates and reprimanded them for their crimes.
• A Marquis-level Immortal urged King Kuihuan to appeal to the Universe Mercenary Alliance, but King Kuihuan rejected the idea, fearing it would invite an investigation.
• King Kuihuan told An Qiong that the Dark Flame Universe Kingdom would not risk offending the Virtual Universe Company to save him.

Ten days later, Cao Bing arrived at King Kuihuan’s Huan King Palace to judge twenty-five people on behalf of Virtual Universe Company. He rejected King Kuihuan’s banquet and demanded that the proceedings begin, leaving the two sides poised for confrontation.

• Cao Bing landed at King Kuihuan’s palace with Zeliel and Mr. Ying, the executioner assigned to carry out his sentences.
• King Kuihuan greeted Cao Bing and tested him with the pressure of his experts and the palace’s restrictions, but Cao Bing remained composed.
• King Kuihuan asked Cao Bing about intercepting two of his fleets, and Cao Bing explained that he had acted on Virtual Universe Company’s orders.
• Mr. Ying confirmed that Cao Bing could decide whether the twenty-five people were executed, imprisoned, or acquitted.
• King Kuihuan offered a banquet before the proceedings, but Cao Bing refused and demanded that the twenty-five criminals be brought forward.
• King Kuihuan accepted Cao Bing’s demand and ordered his men to bring the criminals out.

Cao Bing began sentencing King Kuihuan’s captured followers, while Mr. Ying swiftly executed two Immortal Gods who resisted or were condemned. Cao Bing then bypassed An Qiong and approached a World Lord-level criminal, leaving An Qiong relieved that his own fate had not yet been decided.

• Cao Bing thanked King Kuihuan for handing over the twenty-five criminals and sentenced Sapur Lakolin to death.
• Mr. Ying instantly killed Sapur Lakolin before he could resist, making King Kuihuan’s faction wary.
• Cao Bing sentenced Feng Mingxu to death, and Feng Mingxu attacked Cao Bing with his crescent moon saber.
• Cao Bing and Feng Mingxu exchanged blows, then Mr. Ying killed Feng Mingxu by piercing his chest.
• Cao Bing bypassed An Qiong and approached a World Lord-level criminal, causing An Qiong to believe he had been spared.

Cao Bing sentenced all twenty-five criminals to death, including An Qiong, whose crimes against countless girls were denounced before Mr. Ying killed him. King Kuihuan praised Cao Bing and invited him to a banquet at Huan King Palace, leaving his intentions unclear.

• Cao Bing sentenced the twenty-two World Lord experts to death, and Mr. Ying killed them one by one.
• Cao Bing condemned An Qiong for the girls he had murdered, then struck him with the Illusion Void Blade.
• Cao Bing ordered An Qiong killed, and Mr. Ying pierced his chest and shattered his soul.
• King Kuihuan applauded Cao Bing's judgment and invited him to a banquet at Huan King Palace.
• Cao Bing accepted King Kuihuan's invitation, and King Kuihuan ordered a banquet prepared.

At a banquet, King Kuihuan told Cao Bing about the Phantom Extinction Secret Realm, which he hoped to explore. Cao Bing learned that the realm restricted who could enter and suppressed all powers except physical strength, and he suspected King Kuihuan had not truly forgiven his recent actions.

• King Kuihuan hosted Cao Bing and his companions with an extravagant feast while Mr. Ying ignored the host and ate.
• Cao Bing asked why King Kuihuan had invited him, and King Kuihuan brought up the Phantom Extinction Secret Realm that Cao Bing's fleet had previously approached.
• King Kuihuan said the realm barred powerful entrants and could swallow those who ventured too deep, recounting how a Marquis Peak immortal had disappeared inside.
• King Kuihuan explained that entrants lost access to energy, laws, and soul power, leaving only their physical bodies for combat.
• Cao Bing considered the restriction favorable to his strength but remained doubtful that King Kuihuan held no grudge against him.

King Kuihuan offered Cao Bing free intelligence about the Phantom Extinction Secret Realm in exchange for retrieving an unknown treasure from a dangerous area. Cao Bing agreed after Kuihuan explained why he had chosen him and offered a dossier, leaving the details of the deal to be confirmed later.

• Cao Bing questioned King Kuihuan about why he had raised the Phantom Extinction Secret Realm, and Kuihuan proposed cooperation.
• King Kuihuan offered to share his extensive intelligence and asked Cao Bing to retrieve an unknown treasure in return.
• Cao Bing challenged Kuihuan about the risks, the unknown treasure, and why he had chosen him.
• King Kuihuan explained that Cao Bing’s multiple true body clones and formidable physical strength made him a better candidate than the geniuses he had previously recruited.
• Cao Bing asked what the secret realm contained, and Kuihuan offered him a basic dossier and time to decide.
• Cao Bing accepted the deal.

Cao Bing decided to enter the Phantom Extinction Secret Realm despite suspecting King Kuihuan might be setting him up, then received full credit for his third-stage mission. The Virtual Universe Company assigned him a fourth-stage mission to destroy the Blood Lotus Organization, whose targets included Nan Xin.

• Cao Bing compared King Kuihuan’s intelligence on the Phantom Extinction Secret Realm with the Virtual Universe Company’s records and concluded most of it was genuine.
• Cao Bing considered that King Kuihuan might be seeking the treasure or luring him into danger, but decided to enter the secret realm for a chance at its rewards.
• Mr. Ying warned Cao Bing to proceed cautiously, then left Cao Bing’s spacecraft before it returned to Beicheng Star.
• Cao Bing received a 100 percent completion rating and 300,000 points for the third-stage mission.
• Cao Bing opened the fourth-stage mission, which required him to destroy the Blood Lotus Organization alongside the Virtual Universe Company’s military forces.
• Cao Bing noticed that Nan Xin, a Cosmic-level assassin, was listed as a target worth 10 percent completion and questioned the company’s judgment.

Cao Bing accepted a Virtual Universe Company mission that secretly made his missing friend Nan Xin a target, suspecting that powerful executives wanted to control him. He prepared for the mission with Zeliel and arrived at the border region, where the Seventh Legion’s First Legion was waiting.

• Cao Bing realized that the mission’s order to kill Nan Xin was likely an attempt by Virtual Universe Company executives to test and control him.
• Cao Bing suspected Nan Xin had become an assassin after taking a World Lord as her master, then accepted the mission and departed with Zeliel aboard the Wei Wu Hao.
• Cao Bing gave Zeliel two High-grade Immortal Artifacts and ordered him to bind them and train with them before the mission.
• After more than half a year of travel, Cao Bing arrived in the buffer zone between three nations, where the Seventh Legion’s First Legion was waiting.

Cao Bing met with the Seventh General to review the Seventh Legion’s forces and the Blood Lotus Organization’s current whereabouts. After learning she had never heard of Zi Lian or Nan Xin, he warned her not to harm Nan Xin and went to the Virtual Universe Company’s intelligence department for an update.

• The Seventh General tried to seduce Cao Bing, but he rebuked her, and she covered herself in white armor.
• The Seventh General identified Xu Ying and two vice generals as the First Legion’s Immortal-level officers and said the Blood Lotus Organization’s three Immortals were at their headquarters.
• Cao Bing asked about Zi Lian and Nan Xin, but the Seventh General had never heard of either of them.
• Cao Bing told the Seventh General not to harm Nan Xin, then connected to the Virtual Universe and requested current mission intelligence.
• The intelligence department quickly compiled the latest information for Cao Bing.

Cao Bing learned that Nan Xin was still inside the Blood Lotus Organization’s headquarters, but worried about how to enter its hidden Universe Secret Realm and rescue her safely. After the Seventh General revealed her ties to Venerable Yu Ye, Cao Bing set out with her, while Blood Lotus pirates waited in a starfield to ambush a valuable target.

• Cao Bing confirmed through the intelligence department that Nan Xin remained at the Blood Lotus Organization’s headquarters, hidden inside an abandoned Universe Secret Realm.
• Cao Bing worried that the Blood Lotus Organization could seal the realm’s sole entrance and that fighting inside would endanger Nan Xin.
• The Seventh General proposed fighting their way in, then explained that her ancestor, Venerable Yu Ye, had arranged her entry into the Seventh Legion and protected her.
• Cao Bing ordered the Seventh General to follow his command, and she agreed as they prepared to set out.
• A Blood Lotus crew aboard a black spaceship watched its radar in a desolate starfield, ready to ambush a rumored valuable target.

A foxman pirate captain led his crew in capturing a transport ship and discovering cargo worth more than one Origin Unit. Though his men urged him to flee with the treasure, he ordered them to transfer it all to their ship, afraid of the powerful person they served.

• The foxman captain ordered his pirates to board the disabled transport ship and capture its crew alive if possible.
• The Minotaur and wolfman led the attack, and the pirates slaughtered the crew, leaving the transport ship captain barely alive.
• A pirate squad leader showed the foxman captain a case containing an Azure Light Fruit and reported that the ship carried ten thousand of them.
• The foxman and his men found cargo worth more than one Origin Unit, including large quantities of other valuable goods.
• When pirates suggested keeping the treasure and fleeing, the foxman slapped one and ordered the crew to load the spoils without stealing any.

Cao Bing and Zeliel infiltrated the Blood Lotus Organization’s secret realm, looted its warehouse, and set out to find Nan Xin. At Nan Xin’s residence, Li Mei and Jiu Sha confronted her, and she refused to welcome them inside.

• The foxman handed the Blood Lotus Organization the transport ship’s treasures in exchange for contribution points, receiving far less than their value in return.
• Cao Bing and Zeliel emerged from the Azure Yu Immortal Mansion inside the organization’s warehouse and stole its treasures, worth roughly ten thousand Origin Units.
• Cao Bing learned that Nan Xin’s teacher was Zi Lian, a Blood Lotus Organization assassin, and went with Zeliel to find Nan Xin.
• Li Mei and Jiu Sha blocked Nan Xin’s door and demanded to be let in, but Nan Xin said she needed to cultivate and would not entertain them.

Nan Xin refused Jiu Sha’s coercive mission and threat to turn her into one of his living specimens. A mysterious newcomer intervened, and Jiu Sha found Li Mei crushed to pieces beside him.

• Jiu Sha and Li Mei confronted Nan Xin at her dwelling, and Li Mei berated her for refusing Jiu Sha’s visit.
• Jiu Sha claimed his status let him assign Nan Xin missions and threatened her if she would not obey him.
• Nan Xin refused, knowing Jiu Sha collected beautiful women and turned them into immobilized living specimens.
• A newcomer asked what suffering Jiu Sha could inflict, and Nan Xin recognized him with shock.
• Li Mei insulted the newcomer, and Jiu Sha saw her reduced to minced flesh at his feet.

Cao Bing reunited with Nan Xin inside the Blood Lotus Organization and revealed that the Virtual Universe Company had sent him on a mission to capture or kill her. Nan Xin hesitated because of her gratitude to her master, and Cao Bing said he would handle the situation without forcing her to abandon that bond.

• Zeliel killed Jiu Sha, and Cao Bing dismissed the Blood Lotus member as insignificant.
• Nan Xin recognized Cao Bing, and the two exchanged teasing remarks before sparring; she repeatedly targeted his crotch, and he begged her to stop.
• Nan Xin asked why Cao Bing had come to the assassin organization, and he revealed the Virtual Universe Company's mission against her.
• Cao Bing promised not to trade Nan Xin's life for the bounty and offered to shelter her in his World Ring when fighting began.
• Nan Xin said she felt little attachment to the organization but struggled to oppose it because her master had treated her sincerely.
• Cao Bing said he understood and could handle the situation, adding that he did not care much about the mission's 5% completion.

Cao Bing had Zeliel kill Jiu Sha after Nan Xin revealed his crimes, then sent Nan Xin into his World Ring as an Immortal-level battle began. Black Lotus arrived in fury and fought Zeliel, who gained the upper hand with Cao Bing’s High-grade Immortal Artifact, while Blood Lotus and Blue Lotus arrived.

• Nan Xin identified Jiu Sha as Black Lotus’s grandson and condemned him, so Zeliel struck him dead at Cao Bing’s order.
• Cao Bing placed Nan Xin inside his World Ring before Black Lotus’s enraged aura swept across the secret realm, injuring or incapacitating nearby Martial Artists.
• Zeliel revealed her aura and met Black Lotus in battle above the secret realm.
• Zeliel used Cao Bing’s High-grade Immortal Artifact to pressure Black Lotus and force him onto the defensive.
• Blood Lotus and Blue Lotus arrived at the battlefield.

Zeliel fled after killing Black Lotus’s grandson Sha'er, but Blood Lotus sealed the Blood Lotus Realm and trapped her. Meanwhile, Blue Lotus attacked Cao Bing, whose allies emerged from his World Ring to protect him.

• Black Lotus identified Zeliel as Sha'er’s killer, and Blood Lotus and Black Lotus pursued her as she fled.
• Blood Lotus sealed the Blood Lotus Realm’s exit, trapping Zeliel, who showed no panic and fought Black Lotus again.
• Blue Lotus discovered Cao Bing hiding nearby with the Wuxu secret technique, and the two exchanged words before Blue Lotus attacked.
• The Seventh General blocked Blue Lotus’s rapier as three immortals from the First Legion emerged from Cao Bing’s World Ring.
• The Seventh General took on Blue Lotus and ordered Cao Bing and the legion commanders to handle the other two immortals.