Chapter Summaries

Cao Bing visited the Lord of Crafting God with a golden leaf sent by the Chaos City Lord and learned that it could secure him a chance to study the Lord’s crafting path. The Lord agreed to teach him as a prospective disciple, provided he forged a pseudo-heavy treasure within one hundred thousand years.

• The Lord of Crafting God summoned Cao Bing to Artisan Heart Hall, and his disciple directed Cao Bing up the mountain.
• Cao Bing met the Lord of Crafting God and presented the Glittering Gold Strange-Pattern Leaf from the Chaos City Lord.
• The Lord explained that the leaf fulfilled an agreement allowing him to accept Cao Bing as a registered disciple and teach him crafting.
• The Lord set Cao Bing the test of forging a pseudo-heavy treasure within one hundred thousand years, and Cao Bing agreed to remain on Crafting God Mountain and try.

Cao Bing stayed on Craftsman God Mountain to learn artifact refining from the Lord of Crafting God, aiming to forge Pseudo-heavy treasures. After ten thousand years of study and practice, he had begun attempting them but had not succeeded.

• Cao Bing told the Chaos City Lord that the Lord of Crafting God had kept him on Craftsman God Mountain, and the Chaos City Lord urged him to cultivate there and pursue the full inheritance.
• The Lord of Crafting God taught Cao Bing artifact-refining fundamentals, gave him his Detailed Guide to Artifact Refining, and answered his questions as Cao Bing also studied other masters' lectures.
• After ten thousand years, Cao Bing had begun attempting to forge Pseudo-heavy treasures in his eighth thousandth year, but none of his attempts had succeeded.
• The chapter described the blazing caverns inside Craftsman God Mountain, where only the Lord of Crafting God and his three Hegemon-level disciples could work near the mountain's fiery center.

Cao Bing returned to Craftsman God Mountain to attempt forging a Pseudo-heavy treasure, speaking briefly with his Ninth Senior Brother, Venerable Huo Hao. After carefully forming seven Law Secret Patterns and finishing the blade, Cao Bing successfully forged his first Pseudo-heavy treasure.

• Cao Bing greeted Venerable Huo Hao and said he was confident he would succeed in forging another Pseudo-heavy treasure.
• Venerable Huo Hao left, and Cao Bing prepared his custom forging equipment and began making a war blade.
• Cao Bing used Lord of Crafting God's Hidden Pattern Method to forge the blade's first six Law Secret Patterns.
• Cao Bing nearly made a mistake while forging the seventh pattern but completed it without mishap.
• Cao Bing finished the blade and successfully forged his first Pseudo-heavy treasure.

Venerable Guiyi told Cao Bing that the Human Race would soon hold a Supreme Meeting, then Cao Bing learned that Luo Feng had broken through to Immortality and demonstrated strength that made him invincible below the Universe Hegemon level. The chapter left Cao Bing awaiting the meeting while Luo Feng’s achievements drew growing attention.

• Venerable Guiyi visited Cao Bing in the Virtual Universe to notify him of the upcoming Supreme Meeting and said it should be good news.
• Cao Bing learned that several thousand years had passed during his forging studies and resolved to attend the meeting without asking his teacher about its purpose.
• Cao Bing learned that Luo Feng had returned from his travels, reached Immortality, and been granted a palace on Thunder Mountain by the Chaos City Lord.
• The Chaos City Lord ranked Cao Bing first, Luo Feng second, and Hong after them, and wondered what made Earth capable of nurturing the three prodigies.
• Luo Feng killed King Fei Jing with a single slash, then fought Venerable Peifeng and injured him by detonating a subsidiary clone of his Nether Sea Clone.

Cao Bing reunited with Luo Feng, Hong, and Lei Shen before receiving a summons to the Human Race's Supreme Council. At Gods' Mountain, Cao Bing and Luo Feng faced jealous experts who accused the Chaos City Lord of unfairly giving them supreme treasures.

• Cao Bing emailed Luo Feng, Hong, and Lei Shen, and the four met in the Virtual Universe to catch up on their lives and plans.
• Lei Shen said he had reached strength comparable to a high-level Immortal Army Lord and intended to become an Immortal after advancing on the Tongtian Bridge.
• Two months later, Cao Bing received a notice to attend the Supreme Council and traveled to Gods' Mountain.
• Cao Bing greeted Luo Feng and True Yan Venerable and entered the gathering with them as other Universe Venerables acknowledged them.
• Jealous experts blamed Cao Bing and Luo Feng's strength on the Chaos City Lord giving them multiple supreme treasures, and Cao Bing dismissed their complaints.

Cao Bing, Luo Feng, and other Human Race experts attended the supreme meeting in the Hall of the Gods, where Cao Bing’s combat strength earned him a seat among the Universe Hegemons. The Universe Masters discussed complaints about the treasures Chaos City Lord’s disciples possessed, and Chaos City Lord defended them by saying he had granted each only one supreme treasure.

• Cao Bing and thousands of Universe Venerables were transported into the Hall of the Gods for the supreme meeting.
• Cao Bing found himself seated among the Universe Hegemons, while Luo Feng and True Yan Venerable sat among lower ranks and Venerable Kuang Lan sat among the high-level Universe Venerables.
• The Universe Masters watched Cao Bing and debated whether Chaos City Lord had unfairly given Cao Bing and Luo Feng too many supreme treasures.
• Chaos City Lord said he had granted each disciple only one supreme treasure and that their other treasures came from their own extraordinary encounters and luck.

Chaos City Lord announced that the Original Stars were about to open and explained their dangers, treasures, and rules to the Human Race’s highest council. Cao Bing accepted his new responsibility as a contributor to the race and decided to visit the Original Stars.

• Chaos City Lord began the highest council meeting and announced that the Original Stars were about to open.
• The council members reviewed information about the 10,081 Original Stars, their one-thousand-era opening, and the deadly battles for treasures.
• Cao Bing learned that experts could keep treasures they obtained or trade them to the Human Race for contribution points.
• Chaos City Lord told Cao Bing and King Fei Lian that they had become pillars of the Human Race and were expected to contribute rather than rely on resources.
• Cao Bing acknowledged the Human Race’s support and decided to join the expedition to the Original Stars.

Cao Bing and Luo Feng learned that the Original Star would open in ten years and discussed their plans to go. After the meeting, the Nine Sword Venerable approached Luo Feng to borrow a defensive supreme treasure armor.

• The Chaos City Lord announced that the Original Star would open in ten years and urged the Human Race to prepare before the Supreme Meeting ended.
• Cao Bing and Luo Feng left the meeting and agreed they would both go to the Original Star, though Luo Feng planned to retrieve the Calamity Armor from Emperor Yan first.
• The Nine Sword Venerable greeted Cao Bing and Luo Feng, then asked Luo Feng to lend him a defensive supreme treasure armor for the journey to the Original Star.

Nine Sword Venerable asked Luo Feng to lend him defensive armor for his Original Star expedition, but Luo Feng declined because he planned to go himself. Cao Bing lent Nine Sword Venerable an unused armor-type supreme treasure, then asked Chaos City Lord to help rent out his surplus Divine Artifacts through the Human Race.

• Nine Sword Venerable tried to borrow a defensive supreme treasure from Luo Feng, who refused because he also intended to enter the Original Star.
• Cao Bing lent Nine Sword Venerable the Black Condensation Battle Robe, and Nine Sword Venerable promised to return it and provide compensation.
• After Nine Sword Venerable left, Cao Bing met with Chaos City Lord and said he had decided to offer his accumulated Divine Artifacts for rent to Human Race experts preparing to enter the Original Star.
• Cao Bing asked Chaos City Lord to arrange the rentals in the Human Race's name rather than his own.

Human Race Venerables prepared to lease supreme treasures for the Original Star after the clan opened its treasure vault to the public. Cao Bing, who had supplied the treasures, welcomed the income as a way to fund his costly studies in forging and formations.

• Several Venerables discussed the new leasing rules and decided to lease supreme treasures before entering the Original Star.
• Cao Bing checked the Virtual Universe and saw that more than a hundred Divine Artifacts and one Heavenly Divine Artifact had been leased on the first day.
• Cao Bing reflected that the leasing arrangement benefited the Human Race and would generate wealth from treasures he did not need.
• Cao Bing planned to use the rental income to buy materials for his forging studies and other expensive research.

As the Original Stars opened, Cao Bing discussed his plans with Chaos City Lord and delayed his entry for a year to avoid the experts waiting outside. He entered alone with two avatars and abundant equipment, arriving on an Original Star whose immense pressure prevented teleportation and hindered movement.

• Chaos City Lord asked Cao Bing about his plans for the Original Stars, and Cao Bing said he would travel alone, conceal his identity, and enter a year after they opened.
• Chaos City Lord revealed that one of his avatars would enter the Original Stars immediately and lamented that the Human Race lacked an Ultimate supreme treasure.
• After waiting a year, Cao Bing prepared two avatars and brought an array of powerful treasures, confident he could protect them even if his avatars died.
• Cao Bing entered the Original Star Passage and emerged on an Original Star.
• Cao Bing descended into a mountain forest and felt the star's immense pressure, which halted spatial fluctuations and made teleportation impossible.

Cao Bing explored the Original Star, learned that its native terrain and plants could not be taken, and followed distant battle fluctuations to a clash between Green Ring Clan and Prison Race experts. He concealed himself nearby as Crystal Race experts, sworn enemies of the Prison Race, approached.

• Cao Bing descended onto the Original Star and considered using Wuxu to approach other experts, but decided not to attack without a clear opportunity.
• Cao Bing entered a forest and discovered that its trees and soil were bound to the Original Star and restored themselves after he damaged them.
• Cao Bing sensed a distant battle and flew toward it through the Original Star’s immense suppressive force.
• Cao Bing concealed himself with Wuxu and watched Prison Race experts overpower two Green Ring Clan Universe Venerables.
• Cao Bing noticed Crystal Race experts approaching, setting them on a collision course with their sworn enemies, the Prison Race.

Cao Bing watched the Prison Race and Crystal Race clash, then pursued the fleeing Green Ring Clan Venerables to seize their treasure. He ambushed and nearly killed both of them, leaving their fate unresolved.

• The Green Ring Clan Venerables drew the pursuing Prison Race experts toward the approaching Crystal Race, and the two rival groups immediately began a fierce battle.
• Cao Bing noticed the Green Ring Clan Venerables escaping and followed them, reasoning that he could attack them without interfering in the clash.
• The Green Ring Clan Venerables revealed that they had obtained the supreme treasure and hurried away from the fighting.
• Cao Bing used Wuxu to approach the Green Ring Clan Venerables, then attacked them by unleashing the Fire Refining Bracelet's Refining Fire Domain and striking with the Remnant Snow Divine Spear.
• Cao Bing followed with his Blood Waves Billow secret art, engulfing both Green Ring Clan Venerables and reducing their divine power to below twenty percent.

Cao Bing used the Soul Locking Tower to enslave two Green Ring Clan Universe Venerables and learned about their clan’s forces on the Original Star. He disguised himself to avoid the Master of Green Ring and sent the two Soul Slaves to gather information about him.

• Cao Bing weakened Lü Zhen and Lü Yi with Blood Waves Billow and the Nascent Blade Heart, then captured and enslaved them with the Soul Locking Tower and his soul technique.
• Cao Bing hid his presence and left the battle site, then released Lü Zhen and Lü Yi in a cave on the Original Star.
• Lü Zhen told Cao Bing that sixty-five Green Ring Clan Universe Venerables and the Universe Master, the Master of Green Ring, had entered the Original Star.
• Cao Bing recalled the Master of Green Ring’s role in the Withered Willow Clan’s decline and worried that the Master might target him.
• Cao Bing changed his appearance and aura, gave Lü Zhen and Lü Yi healing supplies and Human Race communication devices, and ordered them to report the Master of Green Ring’s movements.

Cao Bing gave up wandering the Original Star and began studying and testing formations while waiting for supreme treasures to emerge. More than a century later, he helped the Human Alliance contest a defensive supreme treasure set, sold the armor he claimed, and saw his Divine Artifact business thrive.

• Cao Bing decided to wait near a vortex passage and study the nine hundred volumes of "The Way of Formations" instead of roaming between Original Stars.
• Cao Bing began building illusion, defensive, and killing formations around the vortex to practice his formation skills and ensnare newcomers.
• More than a hundred years later, a High-grade supreme treasure set of armor and Bracers emerged far from Cao Bing, and he joined the battle for it.
• Cao Bing and nine Human Alliance allies failed to claim the whole set, but Cao Bing obtained its armor and sold it for wealth.
• Cao Bing sold more than thirty Divine Artifacts and rented out over two hundred as Human Race venerables fought boldly on the Original Star.

Cao Bing trapped three Universe Hegemons from the Northern Border Alliance in the grand formation he had built around the spatial vortex. Venerable Bei Feng realized they were circling in place, but the three had not yet found a way out.

• Cao Bing noticed Palace Master Qi Xue, Venerable Bei Feng, and Venerable Wang Jia enter his formation.
• The three discussed their search for treasures and the Jianhe Luo set as they flew through the area.
• Cao Bing activated the formation using a low-grade God Stone, enclosing the area around the spatial vortex in an invisible barrier.
• After flying for several minutes, Venerable Bei Feng sensed something was wrong and warned the others that they seemed to be circling in place.
• Venerable Bei Feng pointed out that the river remained just as distant despite their continued flight.

Cao Bing trapped Palace Master Qi Xue, Venerable Bei Feng, and Venerable Wang Jia in a formation on an Original Star, then watched them struggle to find its pattern. After more than fifty years, Bei Feng neared an escape, so Cao Bing activated the formation’s next layer.

• Palace Master Qi Xue, Venerable Bei Feng, and Venerable Wang Jia tried to retreat from the strange region, but Cao Bing changed the formation and separated them when they moved.
• Venerable Bei Feng recognized that the region was a trap involving space and illusion, but he and the others could not identify the formation’s pattern.
• Cao Bing kept the three trapped and added three more Universe Venerables as test subjects while he studied The Way of Formations.
• Over fifty years, Venerable Bei Feng deciphered the first layer and neared the formation’s entrance, while Palace Master Qi Xue and Venerable Wang Jia remained lost.
• Cao Bing activated the Ninefold Bewildering Formation’s next layer before Bei Feng could escape.

Cao Bing changed the illusion array trapping Venerable Bei Feng, Palace Master Qi Xue, and the other Universe Venerables, while Qi Xue’s attacks failed to damage the array’s surroundings. Cao Bing strengthened the array’s defenses and unleashed a new storm within it, ending with lightning falling toward Palace Master Qi Xue.

• The array’s shifting scenery disoriented Venerable Bei Feng, Palace Master Qi Xue, Venerable Wang Jia, and the other trapped Universe Venerables.
• Palace Master Qi Xue tried to destroy the ground with repeated attacks, including a Burning Divine Body strike using his Ultimate Secret Art, but his attacks vanished without effect.
• Cao Bing explained that the array used the Original Star’s terrain and activated all five layers of its defensive formations.
• Cao Bing changed the array’s weather, spreading dark clouds and mist through the trapped space.
• Cao Bing formed lightning in the storm and sent a bolt falling toward Palace Master Qi Xue.

Palace Master Qi Xue was caught in Cao Bing’s array and initially mistook its illusory lightning for a Universe Master’s attack. After he became overconfident, real lightning struck and the array’s storms and filthy water joined the assault, trapping him in the Triple Slaughter Array.

• Palace Master Qi Xue sensed a terrifying aura in a lightning bolt and tried to flee, but it passed through him harmlessly as an illusion.
• Three more illusory lightning bolts struck Palace Master Qi Xue, who realized he was still unharmed.
• Cao Bing’s array produced five bolts, and Palace Master Qi Xue swung the Qi Xue Spear at them, believing they were all illusions.
• The third bolt struck the Qi Xue Spear and severely wounded Palace Master Qi Xue, while the fourth and fifth bolts blasted him apart.
• Storms and filthy water attacked Palace Master Qi Xue’s shattered body, beginning the Triple Slaughter Array’s threefold assault.

Cao Bing’s grand formation wore down Palace Master Qi Xue, Venerable Bei Feng, and Venerable Wang Jia with illusions and real attacks mixed together. Cao Bing ambushed Wang Jia, subdued him, and captured him in the Soul Locking Tower as his first Universe Hegemon-level Soul Slave.

• Palace Master Qi Xue realized that real lightning, Corroding Yin Wind, and filthy water were hidden among the formation’s illusions, while Venerable Bei Feng recognized the trap and suffered fewer injuries.
• Palace Master Qi Xue shouted for the unseen attacker to face him, and Cao Bing dismissed his challenge before deciding to capture the three Universe Hegemons.
• Cao Bing used the formation’s concealment and his Wuxu secret technique to approach the badly injured Venerable Wang Jia unnoticed.
• Cao Bing struck Wang Jia with the Remnant Snow Divine Spear, and the formation’s attacks reduced Wang Jia’s divine body to less than fifteen percent.
• Cao Bing used the Nascent Blade Heart to stun Wang Jia, then captured him in the Soul Locking Tower as his first Universe Hegemon-level Soul Slave.