Chapter Summaries

Cao Bing’s plan to trap and destroy the Blood Lotus Organization shifted when Blood Lotus sealed the Universe Secret Realm’s passage, trapping Zeliel inside with him and Black Lotus. Cao Bing and Xu Ying arrived to reinforce Zeliel, and Blood Lotus tried to negotiate as the encirclement closed around him.

• Cao Bing and Zeliel planned to draw out the Blood Lotus Organization’s three Immortals and cut off their retreat, but Blood Lotus sealed the passage, trapping everyone inside the secret realm.
• Blood Lotus and Black Lotus joined forces against Zeliel, who used her combat experience and High-grade Immortal Artifacts to withstand their assault.
• Cao Bing, Xu Ying, and her two deputy generals arrived, alarming Blood Lotus and Black Lotus and giving Zeliel a chance to counterattack.
• Blood Lotus had Black Lotus hold off Zeliel and moved to block Cao Bing and the others, offering to settle their dispute through negotiation.

Cao Bing and the Seventh Legion fought the Blood Lotus Organization after revealing that venerables had ordered its leaders killed. Cao Bing took on Black Lotus himself and showed strength that surprised his opponent, leaving their duel unresolved.

• Cao Bing told Blood Lotus that venerables wanted him dead, but Blood Lotus thought he was being mocked and attacked him.
• Xu Ying and her two deputy generals joined forces to hold Blood Lotus back from Cao Bing.
• Cao Bing left Zeliel to join the fight against Black Lotus, then sent Zeliel to support Xu Ying and the others.
• Black Lotus attacked Cao Bing with his Revolving Wheel, but Cao Bing's slash sent the weapon flying back and shocked him.

Cao Bing fought Black Lotus, first matching his attacks and then overpowering him in close combat with his physical strength. Black Lotus’s counterattack failed to harm Cao Bing, who turned to strike again while drawing on the Time Law.

• Cao Bing charged Black Lotus, and they traded more than a hundred probing attacks that shook the surrounding spacetime.
• Black Lotus invoked his Light Law, transformed his Revolving Wheel, and rushed Cao Bing for close combat.
• Cao Bing met Black Lotus head-on and used his superior strength to unleash a rapid series of slashes that suppressed him.
• Black Lotus used his Light Law and secret technique to attack Cao Bing from all directions, then appeared behind him and struck with his enlarged Revolving Wheel.
• The wheel passed through Cao Bing without harming him, and Cao Bing turned to counterattack as the mark on his forehead flickered with the power of the Time Law.

Cao Bing fought Black Lotus evenly after inflicting serious wounds, while Xu Ying, his deputies, and Zeliel gained the advantage against Blood Lotus. The Seventh General was instead driven into a severe disadvantage by Blue Lotus’s relentless attacks.

• Cao Bing repeatedly slashed Black Lotus, who healed his wounds and split the Revolving Wheel into two discs to counter Cao Bing’s attacks.
• Cao Bing and Black Lotus traded techniques in an evenly matched battle, neither able to suppress the other.
• Xu Ying, his two deputy generals, and Zeliel besieged Blood Lotus, with Zeliel’s High-grade Immortal Artifact inflicting the greatest damage.
• Blue Lotus used his sword and an unusual book to bombard the Seventh General, forcing him to retreat despite his superior strength.

Cao Bing shattered Black Lotus’s attack with the Illusion Void Blade’s final strike, though the weapon was left near destruction. As Cao Bing mourned the blade and promised to have it reforged, Black Lotus returned to attack, only to be knocked back by a mysterious figure.

• Cao Bing and Black Lotus fought evenly for an hour until their weapons’ repeated clashes cracked the Illusion Void Blade.
• Black Lotus widened the cracks with his Revolving Wheels and attacked relentlessly, expecting Cao Bing to be helpless once his weapon shattered.
• Cao Bing struck Black Lotus with three successive killing attacks, cleaving him into the turbulent void currents and destroying nearly ten percent of his divine body.
• Cao Bing inspected the badly damaged Illusion Void Blade, promised to have it repaired and reforged, and considered finding it a new master.
• Black Lotus charged back at Cao Bing, but a figure appeared and struck him away with a black Blade Radiance.

Cao Bing used his two Time Seal Clones and increasingly powerful weapons to overwhelm Black Lotus. He finished the fight with his newly mastered Starburst—Dark Star, which destroyed Black Lotus and tore through the surrounding space.

• Black-Blade Cao Bing struck Black Lotus from behind, and White-Blade Cao Bing followed with Starburst—Mountain Split, wounding him further.
• Cao Bing put away the Illusion Void Blade and attacked with a High-grade Immortal Artifact warblade, cutting into Black Lotus's divine body.
• Cao Bing and his two clones launched a coordinated barrage, forcing Black Lotus to struggle against attacks from every direction.
• Cao Bing used Starburst—Dark Star to pierce Black Lotus's weapon and body, then unleashed its compressed power and vaporized him.
• The force of Dark Star spread outward, plowing apart the surrounding time and space.

Cao Bing annihilated Black Lotus with a secret technique and confirmed that he was dead, then sensed the other battles. The Seventh General killed Blue Lotus, whose final words revealed that he had recognized Cao Bing and suspected the attack was a Virtual Universe Company mission.

• Cao Bing and his three avatars unleashed Space-Time Burial Annihilation, seemingly erasing Black Lotus.
• Black Lotus reappeared as an empty shell after his soul and Life Imprint had been destroyed, and Cao Bing confirmed his death.
• Cao Bing sensed that Zeliel and the others were overwhelming Blood Lotus while the Seventh General had turned the fight against Blue Lotus.
• The Seventh General pierced Blue Lotus with feather blades, and he died without resisting.
• Blue Lotus told the Seventh General that he had recognized Cao Bing as the Virtual Universe Company's Inspector Envoy before his life ended, leaving the Seventh General troubled.

Yu Xuan and Cao Bing discovered that Blue Lotus was a hidden Marquis-level avatar, then joined forces to kill the Blood Lotus Organization’s remaining leader. With all three immortals dead and the organization destroyed, Yu Xuan found the token needed to reopen the Blood Lotus Realm’s passage.

• Yu Xuan told Cao Bing that she had killed Blue Lotus, and Cao Bing suspected Blue Lotus’s true body had infiltrated the Human Race’s upper ranks and secretly planned the Blood Lotus Organization.
• Yu Xuan hurried ahead to confront Blood Lotus, while Cao Bing chased after her to secure the mission credit for killing him.
• Cao Bing activated the Blood Burning Secret Art and struck Blood Lotus down before Yu Xuan could deliver the final blow.
• Xu Ying sent the First Legion’s universe soldiers to pursue the Blood Lotus Organization’s remaining members.
• Yu Xuan found a blood-red token in Blood Lotus’s World Ring and explained that it could help reopen the Universe Secret Realm passage.

After completing the Blood Lotus Organization mission, Cao Bing rejected the Virtual Universe Company's criticism of his decision to spare Nan Xin and Zi Lian. He headed back to Earth and received approval to cultivate in Chaos City for one thousand years.

• Cao Bing and the others divided the Blood Lotus Organization's spoils, but Cao Bing failed to find Blue Lotus's secret technique.
• Cao Bing decided to leave the search for Blue Lotus's hidden spy to the Virtual Universe Company's specialists and prepared to return.
• The Virtual Universe Company awarded Cao Bing 320,000 points for the mission and criticized him for sparing Nan Xin and Zi Lian.
• Cao Bing dismissed the criticism, resolved to return Nan Xin to Earth, and planned to encourage Luo Feng to pursue greater ambition.
• Cao Bing applied to cultivate in Chaos City, and the Virtual Universe Company approved his request for one thousand years.

Cao Bing returned to Chaos City with Luo Feng and planned a thousand years of cultivation there while another avatar trained in the Time-Space Forbidden Zone. He aimed to raise his strength and acquire stronger battle secret techniques before venturing into the Outer Territory Battlefield.

• Cao Bing arrived in Chaos City for the third time with Luo Feng, who had left Earth despite longing to stay with Xu Xin.
• Cao Bing asked Luo Feng about his Tongtian Bridge progress and reflected on Luo Feng's likely gains, including the Nine Tribulations Scripture and Flame God Race armor.
• Cao Bing assessed his own strength and recognized that his current combat secret techniques were falling behind his growth.
• Cao Bing sent an avatar with the Space-Time Law Secret Pattern Crystal and Marquis Qu Yang to cultivate in the Time-Space Forbidden Zone while he stayed in Chaos City.
• Cao Bing planned to reach at least Marquis Peak strength and decided he would need to buy stronger battle secret techniques himself.

After settling back into Chaos City, Cao Bing studied the Chronicles of Time and Space for a century while Luo Feng rose to fame by reaching the thirteenth level of Tongtian Bridge. Luo Feng’s success drew attention to Earth, leaving Cao Bing worried that the Chaos City Lord might discover its secret.

• Cao Bing visited King Kuanglan and the Chaos City Lord, received cultivation guidance, and returned to his former courtyard to meditate.
• Cao Bing chose to focus on comprehending the first six volumes of Chronicles of Time and Space because he could not afford advanced secret techniques.
• After a century in Chaos City, Luo Feng challenged Tongtian Bridge and defeated the gatekeeper of its thirteenth level before falling at the fourteenth.
• Luo Feng’s feat made him famous across the universe, while experts began courting him and showing interest in Earth and its other geniuses, Hong and Lei Shen.
• Cao Bing worried that the Chaos City Lord might investigate Earth and uncover the secret created by Zuo Shanke.

Cao Bing watched the Earthling lineage thrive while he and Luo Feng advanced under the Chaos City Lord’s guidance. He emerged from cultivation for the Domain Lord qualification tournament, where he defeated his challengers and narrowly beat Luo Feng after a three-day battle.

• Several years passed without trouble on Earth, and Luo Feng’s acceptance as the Chaos City Lord’s registered disciple strengthened the Earthling lineage’s position.
• Luo Feng cleared the first thirteen Tongtian Bridge levels, while Bolan later cleared the ninth level and completed his highest-point mission.
• Cao Bing continued cultivating instead of challenging the Tongtian Bridge, relying on guidance from the Chaos City Lord and his senior brothers; Luo Feng received a trial to cultivate the first level of the Yan Shen Seven Transformations within three thousand years.
• Eleven years later, Cao Bing used an opportunity to comprehend the Chaos Tablet, and Bolan arrived in Chaos City.
• Cao Bing ended his seclusion for the Domain Lord qualification tournament, defeated the contestants who challenged him, and fought Luo Feng for three days before winning by a narrow margin.

After nearly five hundred years cultivating in Chaos City, Cao Bing strengthened his understanding of the Time and Space Laws and mastered five volumes of the Chronicles of Time and Space. He then searched for a supreme secret technique but found that he could not afford any of the ones he wanted, leaving him considering borrowing money.

• Cao Bing gained recognition from the Space Law origin and adopted a balanced approach to cultivating the Time and Space Laws.
• Cao Bing revisited the first three diagrams of the Cosmic Chaos Tablet, spending fifty years deepening his insights and building a stronger foundation.
• Cao Bing mastered the first five volumes of the Chronicles of Time and Space and nearly completed the sixth.
• Cao Bing examined several supreme secret techniques but found their prices far beyond his savings of about 500 million Origin Units.
• Cao Bing rejected cheaper techniques and joked that he was so poor he would have to borrow money.

Cao Bing chose the Yunming secret technique and planned to earn more points by challenging the Tongtian Bridge and the Domain Lord level Primal Tongtian Mountain. He began a Tongtian Bridge challenge as powerful spectators gathered, while King Kuanglan said he should be able to pass the fourteenth level.

• Cao Bing chose the first three volumes of Yunming, created by his teacher the Chaos City Lord, and considered asking for help with its cost.
• Cao Bing decided to earn points by challenging the Tongtian Bridge and the Domain Lord level Primal Tongtian Mountain, which required extraordinary combat strength.
• Cao Bing greeted Bafen in the Tongtian Bridge Plane and stepped onto the Cosmic Tongtian Bridge to test his recent progress.
• Bafen informed powerful experts of Cao Bing's challenge, drawing King Luyu, King Lou Gu, King Zhenyan, King Kuanglan, Venerables, and a strand of the Chaos City Lord's consciousness to watch.
• King Kuanglan told the other spectators that Cao Bing had improved greatly and should have little trouble passing the fourteenth level.

Cao Bing advanced through the Tongtian Bridge, defeating the gatekeepers through the fifteenth level and astonishing the watching Immortals and Venerables with his strength. He reached the sixteenth level as Nine Sword Venerable reflected on the disciples he had missed out on.

• King Kuanglan told the watching King-level Immortals that Cao Bing's strength was formidable, and they marveled at his rapid cultivation.
• Cao Bing cleared the twelfth level with a single slash before its gatekeeper could speak.
• Cao Bing defeated the thirteenth- and fourteenth-level gatekeepers with one strike each, prompting the Immortals to discuss his progress.
• Cao Bing fought harder to defeat the fifteenth-level gatekeeper, whose strength had reached Marquis Peak.
• Nine Sword Venerable watched Cao Bing's advance and regretted missing the chance to make Cao Bing and Luo Feng his disciples.
• Cao Bing stepped onto the sixteenth level of the Tongtian Bridge.

Cao Bing challenged the sixteenth level of the Tongtian Bridge and defeated its gatekeeper with his ultimate technique, Dark Star. His success stunned powerful observers and showed that his laws and secret techniques had reached King-level combat power.

• Cao Bing arrived in a magma sea on the sixteenth level and attacked the gatekeeper, who blocked his first strikes with a technique resembling Gathering Space.
• Cao Bing and the gatekeeper began a fierce battle that vaporized the magma around them and sent shockwaves through the surrounding space.
• Cao Bing raised his aura to its peak and exchanged countless blows with the gatekeeper, gaining the advantage.
• Cao Bing unleashed Dark Star and erased the gatekeeper and everything within several hundred thousand kilometers.
• Cao Bing cleared the sixteenth level, leaving observers stunned by his King-level combat power.

Cao Bing passed five levels of the Tongtian Bridge, then challenged the Domain Lord level Tongtian Mountain. He defeated the guards at the foot and mountainside and began a difficult fight against the three gatekeepers at the summit.

• King Kuanglan scolded the gathered Immortals for being surpassed by Cao Bing, prompting them to disperse and cultivate.
• Cao Bing tried the seventeenth level of the Tongtian Bridge and was defeated immediately.
• Bafen congratulated Cao Bing for passing five levels and asked whether he would challenge the Domain Lord level Tongtian Mountain; Cao Bing agreed, and Bafen emailed the Chaos City Lord after he left.
• Cao Bing met the Minotaur, Ape-man, and Snake Woman at Tongtian Mountain and swiftly defeated them at the foot and mountainside.
• At the summit, Cao Bing clashed with the Minotaur and dodged the Ape-man's Arc Snake while the Snake Woman's illusions had little effect.

Cao Bing used the Water Illusion Technique to isolate and defeat the Ape-man and then struck down the Minotaur on Tongtian Mountain. The Snake Woman remained alive as Cao Bing’s battle against the defenders continued.

• Cao Bing evaded the Minotaur’s axe and the Ape-man’s Arc Snake, then unleashed the Water Illusion Technique across Tongtian Mountain.
• Cao Bing targeted the Ape-man with attacks reflected in the rising droplets, while the Minotaur and Snake Woman rushed to help him.
• The Ape-man used Snake Coil to defend himself, but Cao Bing pierced his heart and destroyed his life core.
• The Snake Woman tried to break Cao Bing’s technique with her soul force and spiritual power but failed.
• The Minotaur swung his wheeled axe to attack across the summit, but Cao Bing’s Starlight—Dark Star pierced his forehead.

After Cao Bing conquered the Domain Lord-level Tongtian Mountain, the Chaos City Lord summoned him and recognized his need for a powerful combat technique. He offered Cao Bing the first three volumes of Yunming, with three thousand years to comprehend its first move or repay their full cost.

• Cao Bing defeated Snake Woman and conquered the Domain Lord-level Tongtian Mountain, drawing the Chaos City Lord's attention.
• The Chaos City Lord ordered Venerable Guiyi to bring Cao Bing to see him.
• Venerable Guiyi escorted Cao Bing to the Chaos Ruins, where the Chaos City Lord praised his achievement and identified his need for a top-tier secret technique.
• Cao Bing asked for Yunming, and the Chaos City Lord agreed to provide its first three volumes in advance.
• The Chaos City Lord gave Cao Bing three thousand years to comprehend Yunming's first move or repay the points required for the volumes, and Cao Bing accepted.

The Chaos City Lord demonstrated the first volume of the Yunming secret technique to Cao Bing by making him repeatedly experience three cycles of death. Cao Bing left with three thousand years to master it, while Venerable Guiyi learned that Cao Bing would receive twenty more chances to study the Cosmic Chaos Tablet.

• The Chaos City Lord sent Cao Bing into a vision where mist, a blazing sun, and a solar eclipse repeatedly killed him, demonstrating the three parts of the first Yunming secret technique.
• The Chaos City Lord explained that mastering the first volume would unlock the sealed second and third volumes, then told Cao Bing to return in three thousand years.
• Venerable Guiyi questioned whether Cao Bing could master the difficult first volume in time, but the Chaos City Lord said Cao Bing was special and refused to explain further.
• The Chaos City Lord instructed Venerable Guiyi to tell Cao Bing that he would receive twenty more opportunities to study the Cosmic Chaos Tablet over the next three thousand years.
• Cao Bing left in good spirits, confident he could master the secret technique within the allotted time.