Chapter Summaries

Liu Yuxi secretly entered Black Dragon Pool to check whether the underwater residence and its Seven-Colored Lotuses had been discovered after Tan Jiu’s death. Cao Bing allowed him to find the entrance, then trapped him in an illusion inside the Aurora Three-Kill Formation.

• Liu Yuxi rushed from Yuchi City to Black Dragon Pool after learning that Cao Bing had killed Tan Jiu and taken control of the pool.
• Cao Bing let Liu Yuxi find the underwater residence’s entrance, fearing he might reveal the lotuses’ location if he could not enter.
• Liu Yuxi probed the entrance with his Spiritual Sense for a quarter of an hour before entering the residence.
• Liu Yuxi followed the route he remembered and believed he had reached the Central Courtyard, where the two Seven-Colored Lotuses remained.
• Cao Bing’s illusion had kept Liu Yuxi circling inside the main hall, where the Aurora Three-Kill Formation awaited him.

Cao Bing ambushed Liu Yuxi with the Aurora Three-Kill Array, destroyed his divine body and Nascent Soul, and captured his remaining soul Nascent Soul. Unable to enslave Liu Yuxi with the Soul Locking Tower or by force, Cao Bing turned to soul searching for his memories.

• Cao Bing activated the Aurora Three-Kill Array after Liu Yuxi lowered his guard, severely wounding him and reducing his Red-Refining Demon Phoenix body to a charred skeleton.
• Cao Bing struck Liu Yuxi's weakened Nascent Soul with a Blade Radiance and obliterated it, leaving only his damaged soul Nascent Soul.
• Cao Bing captured Liu Yuxi's remaining soul Nascent Soul, sealed it against self-destruction, and ordered Xiong Hei to strengthen Black Dragon Pool's patrols and defenses.
• Cao Bing discovered the Soul Locking Tower could not pass through the Two-World Passage while it held enslaved souls, and his attempt to enslave Liu Yuxi by force failed.
• Cao Bing abandoned enslavement and decided to use Soul Searching to obtain Liu Yuxi's memories.

After searching Liu Yuxi’s soul, Cao Bing kept his disappearance secret while cultivating and developing his internal world for hundreds of thousands of years. He finally merged the stars of Essence, Qi, and Spirit, beginning a dramatic transformation of his world.

• Cao Bing’s soul search left Liu Yuxi’s consciousness badly damaged, but revealed the underwater residence and its Seven-Colored Lotuses were known only to Liu Yuxi and Tan Jiu.
• Cao Bing worried Liu Yuxi’s disappearance might expose Black Dragon Pool, but Yuchi City remained unaware for more than six thousand years.
• Cao Bing cultivated secret techniques, studied forging and formations, tempered his Nascent Blade Heart, and used Xuanhuang Qi to develop his internal world and nurture his treasures.
• After more than six hundred thousand years had passed in the Jiang Lan Realm, Cao Bing’s internal world reached a critical point.
• Cao Bing merged the stars of Essence, Qi, and Spirit into a new star, then split it into currents that formed the sky and earth as his consciousness expanded the world.
• The continent and Law Islands shook, and the stars representing laws such as life and death shone brightly as though their restraints had disappeared.

Cao Bing's internal world transformed into an independent minor world, greatly increasing his strength and allowing him to shape its laws and terrain. He named it the Xuan Yan Realm and planned to test his new power against an enemy after returning to the Original Star.

• Cao Bing's twelve law cores fused with his internal world, transforming it into an independent true world beyond the universe.
• Cao Bing reshaped the barren landscape and watched Profound Yellow energy form within the world.
• Cao Bing named the world the Xuan Yan Realm and its other side the Profound Yellow Realm.
• Cao Bing's strength reached the ranks of peak Universe Hegemons, and he planned to test it against an enemy on the Original Star after completing his slash.

After years of waiting for the Seven-Colored Lotuses to mature, Cao Bing discovered they had been consumed to bring a legendary Nine-leaf Hua Lotus to full maturity. He learned that the lotus’s parts held extraordinary value, including a heart that could create a Hua Lian Clone.

• Qin Yu advanced to the Heaven-and-Earth Realm, opened a small world, and reached the peak of the third level of The Way of Formations.
• Xiao Hei gained a powerful spear-art insight that let him fight a mid-level Heavenly God without disadvantage.
• More than ten years later, Cao Bing sensed the two Seven-Colored Lotuses mature and prepared to harvest them.
• The lotuses withered as their light converged, revealing a mature Nine-leaf Hua Lotus at the pool’s center.
• Cao Bing recognized the legendary treasure and recalled that its heart could create a Hua Lian Clone, its seeds could revive the dead, and its other parts were also precious.

Cao Bing moved the Nine-leaf Hua Lotus and One Yuan Heavy Water into his Xuan Yan Realm, planning to refine the lotus heart into a Hua Lian Clone. There, the lotus unexpectedly reacted with a mysterious golden sphere, and after waiting for their energies to stabilize, Cao Bing decided to risk proceeding despite not knowing what the change meant.

• Cao Bing considered whether a Hua Lian Clone would inherit his strength and moved the Nine-leaf Hua Lotus and One Yuan Heavy Water into his Xuan Yan Realm.
• Cao Bing gathered his One Yuan Heavy Water on the Water Law Island beside the mysterious golden sphere he had found on Trial Star in the Dark Star Realm.
• The golden sphere flew toward the Nine-leaf Hua Lotus, and their black and golden radiances intertwined as they exchanged energy.
• Cao Bing waited ten days while the lotus and sphere stabilized, uncertain whether their transformation would affect his plan to refine the lotus heart.
• Cao Bing decided to risk refining the lotus heart, trusting that he could control any danger within his Xuan Yan Realm.

Cao Bing began refining the Nine-leaf Hua Lotus’s black lotus heart and the golden orb to create a Hua Lian Clone. At the boundary of his Xuan Yan Realm, he discovered the treasures rapidly absorbed World Spiritual Energy, leaving him eager to see their final transformation.

• Cao Bing decided to refine the black lotus heart and golden orb, accepting the risk to gain another safeguard.
• Cao Bing found that the lotus heart had developed a soul and become a plant lifeform through its interaction with the golden orb.
• Cao Bing placed a drop of essence blood on each treasure, and the lotus heart and orb began revolving together as they drew in World Spiritual Energy.
• Cao Bing moved the heart and orb to the boundary of the Xuan Yan Realm and tested their absorption of World Spiritual Energy.
• Cao Bing watched the treasures consume a strand of World Spiritual Energy in about a day, then guided them another strand.

Cao Bing completed refining the Black Lotus Core and Golden Orb, which fused into a mutated Hua Lian Clone far more powerful than he had expected. The new clone gave him exceptional defense and a devastating Cold-Mist Domain, leaving Cao Bing with a means to protect himself against a God King.

• Cao Bing continued refining the saturated Black Lotus Core and Golden Orb inside the Xuan Yan Realm as their energies exchanged and their forms changed.
• After decades of refinement, the two treasures became nearly gaseous, and Cao Bing finally made their streams of light collide.
• The Black Lotus Core and Golden Orb fused into a dense azure current that transformed into a young man resembling Cao Bing with long azure hair.
• Cao Bing learned that the mutated Hua Lian Clone was equivalent to a first-rate Primordial Spirit Treasure and had extraordinary defensive power.
• Cao Bing discovered that the clone could unleash a Cold-Mist Domain capable of threatening Upper Heavenly Gods, and he wondered whether he could change its hair color.

Cao Bing discovered three abilities of the Xuan Yan Realm and returned to the Original Star after tens of thousands of years to test his developing fourth Blood Blade move. He openly invited attacks from the universe’s major forces and found that the Profound Yellow Realm still let him teleport on the Original Star, though only a few hundred meters at a time.

• Cao Bing used the Xuan Yan Realm to travel between his clones and reviewed its abilities: clone-to-clone spatial leaps, limited teleportation in the Divine Realm, and a combat-power boost within its domain.
• Cao Bing returned to the Original Star after studying forging and combat techniques at Crafting God Star with Lord of Crafting God.
• Cao Bing announced his presence openly, intending to gain combat experience by killing alien opponents and completing Blood Blade's fourth move.
• The universe’s major forces learned of Cao Bing’s arrival and tracked his route, but he continued across the Original Star without concern.
• Cao Bing discovered that the Profound Yellow Realm allowed him to teleport on the Original Star, where suppression limited each jump to two or three hundred meters.

Rumors that Cao Bing carried numerous supreme treasures drew greedy Universe Venerables to hunt him on the Original Star. Cao Bing killed one ambusher with a single strike and continued welcoming the attackers, whose battles accelerated his progress on the fourth form of Blood Blade.

• Universe Venerables spread rumors about Cao Bing’s treasures and hurried toward where he had appeared on the Original Star.
• A squid-headed Universe Venerable blocked Cao Bing and demanded his treasures, but Cao Bing killed him with one strike that annihilated his soul.
• Cao Bing collected the corpse and dismissed the ambusher’s meager equipment, including an Ordinary supreme treasure.
• More Universe Venerables ambushed Cao Bing, and he killed them one after another.
• As the attacks continued, Cao Bing’s progress in deducing the fourth form of Blood Blade advanced rapidly.

Cao Bing learned that Venerable Tianyang and Fortress Master Fan Nuo might possess Qi Mirror Stones, keys to entering the Qishen Temple, and decided to pursue the lead. He planned to target Venerable Tianyang first and postpone confronting Fortress Master Fan Nuo until he grew stronger.

• Cao Bing killed a Low-level Universe Venerable ambusher and found information about a Qi Mirror Stone on its communication device.
• Cao Bing recalled that the Qishen Temple would open after thirty-six Qi Mirror Stones appeared across the Original Stars.
• Cao Bing learned that Venerable Tianyang and Fortress Master Fan Nuo had survived a battle on Original Star No. 07856 where a Qi Mirror Stone might have appeared.
• Cao Bing judged that Fortress Master Fan Nuo's three top-tier Universe Hegemon avatars made him a dangerous opponent.
• Cao Bing decided to seek out Venerable Tianyang first and wait to confront Fortress Master Fan Nuo until his technique matured or he reached the Venerable level.

Cao Bing learned that Venerable Tianyang was heading for his Original Star, so he stayed there and prepared a massive self-destruct formation to ambush his pursuers. After Venerable Tianyang arrived, Cao Bing revealed himself to two Universe Venerables and effortlessly withstood Bendu's attack.

• Cao Bing learned that Venerable Tianyang was approaching his Original Star and decided to wait there with a self-destruct formation prepared.
• Over several decades, Cao Bing set up the formation, concealed himself with Wuxu, and occasionally appeared to kill two lone Universe Venerables.
• Cao Bing's servants confirmed that Venerable Tianyang had arrived on the Original Star, and Cao Bing prepared to act.
• Cao Bing appeared before Bendu and Chou Shi as they searched for him; Bendu urged Chou Shi to keep the encounter secret so they could claim Cao Bing's treasures.
• Bendu attacked Cao Bing with his Azure Netherwind, but Cao Bing took the strike without injury and assessed the supreme treasure's qualities.

Cao Bing killed the bird-faced Venerable and Chou Shi, then revealed that he had lured more than forty powerful enemies to him. As the gathered Venerables and Hegemons realized something was wrong, Cao Bing activated inscriptions surrounding them.

• The bird-faced Venerable and the black stone-faced Universe Venerable attacked Cao Bing, but Cao Bing killed Chou Shi with one slash and then killed the bird-faced Venerable, taking Azure Netherwind.
• Cao Bing stayed behind and called out the enemies hiding nearby, drawing more than forty Universe Venerables and Universe Hegemons into the open.
• Cao Bing identified Venerable Chong Yan, Yellow-Silver City Lord, Twin-Branch Domain Demon, Venerable Nu Chou, and Venerable Tianyang among the assembled enemies, including his primary target, Venerable Tianyang.
• Cao Bing revealed that he had arranged for the enemies to gather and said he had waited for them to die.
• The Universe Hegemons sensed danger as inscriptions lit up across a hundred-mile area, surrounding the assembled group.

Cao Bing detonated a self-destruct array that devastated the Original Star terrain and left most of the gathered Universe Venerables dead or gravely injured. He emerged from the smoke and killed twelve survivors before the last six fled in terror.

• The self-destruct array exploded, carving a vast crater and killing twenty of the thirty-eight Universe Venerables while badly injuring the survivors.
• Cao Bing emerged from the smoke and used the Profound Yellow Realm’s spatial power to lock onto the gathered experts.
• Cao Bing moved through the smoke and killed twelve injured Universe Venerables with his war blade.
• The smoke cleared to reveal that only six Universe Venerables remained, and they lost their will to fight.
• The six surviving Universe Venerables scattered and fled in different directions.

Cao Bing trapped six fleeing Universe Venerables in the Refining Fire Domain and hunted them down while Venerable Tianyang and the other Universe Hegemons failed to catch him. After all six were dead, Cao Bing turned to face the four remaining Hegemons.

• Cao Bing activated the Refining Fire Domain, trapping six fleeing Universe Venerables in a world of flames.
• Venerable Tianyang and three other Universe Hegemons pursued Cao Bing to stop him, while Venerable Nu Chou chose to flee the battlefield.
• Cao Bing outran the pursuing Hegemons and killed his first target before the Universe Venerable could self-destruct.
• Cao Bing killed the remaining five fleeing Universe Venerables as the Hegemons failed to reach them.
• Cao Bing turned to face Venerable Tianyang, Twin-Branch Domain Demon, and the other two Hegemons, trading threats with them.

Cao Bing overwhelmed Twin-Branch Domain Demon and fought off Venerable Tianyang, Venerable Chong Yan, and Yellow-Silver City Lord at once. After striking down Yellow-Silver City Lord, he killed him with a decisive blade strike, while the remaining opponents continued their assault.

• Twin-Branch Domain Demon attacked Cao Bing, but Cao Bing overpowered him and smashed him into the ground.
• Venerable Chong Yan, Venerable Tianyang, and Yellow-Silver City Lord attacked Cao Bing together, but Cao Bing severed Chong Yan's stinger, blocked Tianyang's strike, and sent Yellow-Silver City Lord flying.
• Cao Bing pursued the wounded Yellow-Silver City Lord and struck him three times, shattering his divine body until the others intervened.
• Venerable Tianyang and the others agreed to join forces against Cao Bing, and Yellow-Silver City Lord charged back into battle with Gilded Cloud-Rising City.
• Cao Bing's bell chime slowed the four attackers, allowing him to pierce Yellow-Silver City Lord with one blade strike and destroy his divine soul.

Cao Bing continued fighting the three surviving attackers after killing Yellow-Silver City Lord, using the Purple Gold Bells to overwhelm Twin-Branch Domain Demon’s soul. Venerable Tianyang revealed several powerful treasures, including wings that Cao Bing recognized as resembling one pair of Wu Clan’s Wings, while Cao Bing focused on the injured Twin-Branch Domain Demon.

• Venerable Chong Yan, Venerable Tianyang, and Twin-Branch Domain Demon reacted to Yellow-Silver City Lord’s death and resolved to use their trump cards against Cao Bing.
• Twin-Branch Domain Demon used the Prison Lock, but Cao Bing countered its soul effects with the Purple Gold Bells and struck him with a devastating soul attack.
• Cao Bing’s Refining Fire Domain scorched the three enemies, and he split half of Twin-Branch Domain Demon’s head with a slash.
• Venerable Tianyang revealed a domain supreme treasure, a pair of wings, and six high-grade supreme treasure shuttles before charging Cao Bing again.
• Cao Bing recognized Venerable Tianyang’s wings as resembling one pair of Wu Clan’s Wings and chose to target the disoriented Twin-Branch Domain Demon.

Cao Bing fought Twin-Branch Domain Demon, Venerable Tianyang, and Venerable Chong Yan, whose coordinated attacks forced him to sacrifice part of his divine body. As their battle continued, more experts gathered to watch, but none dared challenge Cao Bing.

• Twin-Branch Domain Demon burned half the remaining power in his divine body, blocked Cao Bing's fatal slash, and sent Cao Bing flying.
• Venerable Tianyang and Venerable Chong Yan seized the opening and attacked Cao Bing together.
• Cao Bing blocked Venerable Tianyang's assault but lost an arm to Venerable Chong Yan's venomous stinger, sacrificing one percent of his divine body to stop the venom.
• Twin-Branch Domain Demon, Venerable Tianyang, and Venerable Chong Yan continued pressing their attacks against Cao Bing as their clash devastated the terrain.
• Watching Universe Venerables discussed Cao Bing's strength, and the growing crowd of experts stayed back rather than trying to seize his treasures.

Cao Bing fought Venerable Tianyang, Twin-Branch Domain Demon, and Venerable Chong Yan while onlookers expected his Divine Body to give out. Instead, his strength remained undiminished as his opponents weakened, and Twin-Branch Domain Demon began considering escape.

• Elementary Universe Hegemons and other onlookers gathered near the battle but kept their distance, while some believed Cao Bing would eventually lose through attrition.
• Observers wondered why Cao Bing kept fighting instead of withdrawing, despite the growing number of hostile experts arriving.
• Cao Bing's aura showed no decline as the battle continued, while Venerable Tianyang, Twin-Branch Domain Demon, and Venerable Chong Yan reduced their Divine Body burning.
• Twin-Branch Domain Demon's strength fell below one-third of its former level after his injuries, earlier losses, and desperate Divine Body eruption.
• Venerable Tianyang cursed over Cao Bing's seemingly endless stamina, and Twin-Branch Domain Demon began planning how to flee.

Cao Bing revealed Evil Skull Peak and used it alongside the Purple Gold Bells to suppress and defeat the Twin-Branch Domain Demon. Venerable Tianyang and Venerable Chong Yan fled, leaving Cao Bing victorious as the chapter ended.

• Cao Bing decided to end the prolonged battle and focused the Purple Gold Bells’ power on the Twin-Branch Domain Demon as it tried to escape.
• Cao Bing dropped Evil Skull Peak on the Twin-Branch Domain Demon, trapping it beneath the skull-shaped mountain and its purple mist.
• Venerable Tianyang recognized Evil Skull Peak as Lord of the Withered Willow’s treasure, while Venerable Chong Yan failed to rescue the trapped demon.
• Cao Bing repeatedly struck the suppressed Twin-Branch Domain Demon until it fell asleep, then collected its body into the Profound Yellow Realm.
• Venerable Tianyang and Venerable Chong Yan fled after the Twin-Branch Domain Demon was defeated.