Chapter Summaries

Cao Bing pursued Venerable Tianyang after the besiegers fled and attacked him with his supreme treasures and a powerful new slash. Venerable Tianyang lost most of his strength, while Cao Bing judged that his technique still needed improvement.

• Cao Bing released Venerable Chong Yan from the Refining Fire Domain and concentrated its power on Venerable Tianyang, slowing his escape.
• Venerable Chong Yan fled without helping Venerable Tianyang, who pleaded with Cao Bing to let him go.
• Cao Bing refused and sent the Evil Skull Peak crashing toward Venerable Tianyang while the Purple Gold Bell struck his soul.
• Cao Bing used his new slash, Annihilate, to split Venerable Tianyang in two and destroy ninety percent of his strength.
• Cao Bing noted that Venerable Tianyang had survived and that the slash remained far from a Universe Master-level Ultimate Secret Art.

Cao Bing defeated the besieging experts and captured Venerable Tianyang in the Profound Yellow Realm to enslave his soul. After the spectators recoiled from his overwhelming strength, Cao Bing chose to leave the Original Star rather than risk attracting Universe Masters.

• Cao Bing weakened Venerable Tianyang under the Purple Gold Bell and Evil Skull Peak, then pulled him into the Profound Yellow Realm to attempt to enslave him.
• Cao Bing's two avatars waited inside the Profound Yellow Realm, ready to help if needed.
• The watching experts were stunned that Cao Bing had killed more than thirty Universe Venerables and three Universe Hegemons with little apparent loss.
• Cao Bing looked toward the spectators, who backed away in fear, but he did not attack them.
• Cao Bing decided the battle was over and prepared to leave the area, and no one dared stop him.

After killing Venerable Tianyang, Cao Bing was ambushed by Master of Green Ring, a Universe Master, but survived the attack. As Master of Green Ring prepared to strike again, Cao Bing’s master intervened.

• Cao Bing prepared to leave after the battle, but Master of Green Ring attacked him with an emerald palm print.
• Cao Bing ignited fifteen percent of his divine body and met the attack head-on, surviving with his aura weakened.
• Cao Bing recognized Master of Green Ring as the Green Ring Clan’s strongest powerhouse and the one responsible for Lord of the Withered Willow’s fall.
• Cao Bing challenged Master of Green Ring for attacking a junior, but Master of Green Ring declared he would kill him and surged forward.
• Cao Bing’s master demanded to know whether Master of Green Ring had considered the consequences of attacking his disciple.

Chaos City Lord arrived on the Original Star and stopped Master of Green Ring from killing Cao Bing and taking his supreme treasures. With Master of Green Ring badly outmatched, Cao Bing was safe for the moment, while his teacher's appearance exposed the gap between their strengths.

• Master of Green Ring attacked Cao Bing to seize his supreme treasures, but Chaos City Lord struck him away before he could land the blow.
• Master of Green Ring realized Chaos City Lord had arrived and suspected Cao Bing had been bait for a Human Race trap.
• Cao Bing had used his Profound Yellow Realm to bring Chaos City Lord from the Chaos Ruins after warning him that Master of Green Ring had appeared.
• Chaos City Lord's sudden attack heavily injured Master of Green Ring, and Cao Bing was relieved that his avatar would not have to face the Universe Master alone.
• Master of Green Ring recognized that Chaos City Lord's sixth-stage strength far surpassed his own advanced first-stage power, leaving him little chance in a prolonged fight.

Chaos City Lord confronted Master of Green Ring after he ambushed Cao Bing, and the two Universe Masters fought before Master of Green Ring escaped. Back in the Profound Yellow Realm, Cao Bing found the Qi Mirror Stone among Venerable Tianyang’s belongings and prepared to deal with his captive before returning to cultivation.

• Chaos City Lord accused Master of Green Ring of ambushing Cao Bing and attacked him with the Thousand Treasures River and a punch.
• Cao Bing watched the Universe Masters fight, but Master of Green Ring soon broke free and escaped without being pursued.
• Cao Bing apologized to Chaos City Lord, then vowed to kill Master of Green Ring himself; Chaos City Lord praised his ambition and took him away.
• Chaos City Lord returned with Cao Bing from the Profound Yellow Realm to Chaos City after confirming no one followed them.
• Cao Bing searched Venerable Tianyang’s belongings in the Profound Yellow Realm and found the Qi Mirror Stone alongside the wings he had taken from him.

Cao Bing gave the Qi Mirror Stone he had taken from Venerable Tianyang to the Chaos City Lord, choosing to help the Human Race rather than risk entering Qishen Temple himself. The Chaos City Lord accepted it and promised to record Cao Bing’s merit and discuss granting him access to the Human Race Treasury.

• Cao Bing offered the Qi Mirror Stone to the Chaos City Lord as a contribution to the Human Race.
• Cao Bing explained that he had no intention of entering Qishen Temple, since powerful rivals and enemies would make his chances of survival and obtaining treasures slim.
• The Chaos City Lord accepted the Qi Mirror Stone, explaining that the Human Race hoped Great Axe Founder could use it to seek an ultimate supreme treasure.
• The Chaos City Lord promised to record Cao Bing’s contribution as merit and discuss opening the Human Race Treasury to him.
• Cao Bing thanked his teacher and showed interest in the Treasury’s natural treasures and unidentified items.

Chaos City Lord told the Human Race’s Universe Masters that Cao Bing had contributed the Qi Mirror Stone, and they approved opening the race’s treasury to him. While choosing treasures there, Cao Bing discovered that Evil Skull Peak intensely longed for the green and blue mists inside a transparent jar.

• Chaos City Lord presented the Qi Mirror Stone at a meeting of the Human Race’s Universe Masters and announced his plan to open the treasury to Cao Bing.
• Great Axe Founder and the other Universe Masters approved Chaos City Lord’s decision to reward Cao Bing.
• Chaos City Lord led Cao Bing into the Human Race Treasury, where Cao Bing examined its many treasures and selected a dozen or so rare items.
• Evil Skull Peak trembled inside Cao Bing and drew him to a transparent jar containing green and blue mist.
• Cao Bing found that Evil Skull Peak’s longing peaked near the jar, as if it wanted to swallow the mists.

Cao Bing left the Human Race treasury with a few selected treasures and was warned by Chaos City Lord to remain in Human Territory after drawing the attention of hostile races. Back in his residence, he let Evil Skull Peak absorb the mysterious cyan and blue gases, triggering a change that sent new information into his mind.

• Chaos City Lord let Cao Bing keep access to the Human Race treasury and warned him that the Insect Race, Mechanical Race, and Demon Race might target him.
• Cao Bing reluctantly agreed to remain in Human Territory for his safety.
• Back in Chaos City, Cao Bing took out the cyan and blue gases and found that Evil Skull Peak strongly desired them.
• Cao Bing released the gases, and they flew into Evil Skull Peak, which flashed with cyan, blue, and purple light before sending information into his mind.

Cao Bing learned that Evil Skull Peak was once part of the ultimate supreme treasure Seven-Orifice Divine Smoke Peak and had grown stronger after recovering two more colors of divine smoke. He hid from his enemies, advanced his secret-method training, and planned to challenge Master of Green Ring to make the universe’s races believe he had reached the Universe Master level.

• Evil Skull Peak revealed its history as one half of Seven-Orifice Divine Smoke Peak and explained how Lord of the Withered Willow had fused it with violet divine smoke.
• Cao Bing learned that the cyan and blue divine smoke had returned, bringing Evil Skull Peak close to ultimate supreme treasure level, and resolved to nurture it and seek the remaining smoke if possible.
• After Cao Bing disappeared following the Original Star battle, the Demon Race, Mechanical Race, and Insect Race tried to target him but could not find him.
• Cao Bing kept his clones in the safe Profound Yellow Realm and spent several thousand years in Chaos City improving his secret methods and Blade Heart.
• Cao Bing vowed to complete his Universe Master-level secret method within a thousand years and use Master of Green Ring’s blood to consecrate his blade.
• Cao Bing planned to fight Master of Green Ring long enough to convince the universe’s races that he had become a Universe Master and end their pursuit.

After Uncle Fu reminded him that he had met the requirements to enter the Fire Refining Hall, Cao Bing opened it to discover Che Houyuan had left a Golden Scroll and a message explaining his approach to artifact-refining tools. Cao Bing had already forged his own tools, and he was ready to learn from Che Houyuan’s legacy.

• Uncle Fu emerged from seclusion and apologized to Cao Bing for forgetting to tell him that he could open the Fire Refining Hall.
• Cao Bing recalled his interest in Che Houyuan’s artifact-refining path and summoned the Misty God Temple with Uncle Fu.
• Cao Bing found that the Fire Refining Hall’s doors opened easily and entered its vast, empty interior.
• Che Houyuan’s voice explained that he had taken his tools to refine a Heavenly Venerate Spirit Treasure and that grandmaster artifact refiners made their own tools.
• Cao Bing saw the Golden Scroll and noted that he had already forged a set of tools suited to himself.

Cao Bing studied Che Houyuan’s artifact refinement knowledge for over twenty thousand years in the Jiang Lan Realm while continuing his cultivation. After Luo Feng returned from a long imprisonment with a Universe Master-level secret method, Cao Bing stopped him from heading to the Original Star and gave him Wu Clan's Wings components to improve his chances of survival.

• Cao Bing took Che Houyuan’s Golden Scroll and immersed himself in its artifact refinement foundations and the secret method Thousand Hammers, Hundred Refinements.
• Cao Bing spent over twenty thousand years studying inside the Misty God Temple while the Insect Race, Mechanical Race, and Demon Race searched unsuccessfully for information about him.
• Cao Bing reached the threshold of the Universe Venerable level while pursuing his cultivation goals in seclusion.
• Luo Feng returned to the Human Race after spending over a hundred million years in the Starry Sky Beast Ancestor's world and comprehending a Universe Master-level Ultimate Secret Method.
• Luo Feng decided to visit the Original Star, but Cao Bing stopped him and sent him back to Chaos City, warning that he lacked Cao Bing’s protection against a Universe Master.
• Cao Bing gave Luo Feng the pair of Wu Clan's Wings components he had obtained from Venerable Tianyang to help him survive.

After Luo Feng claimed Wu Clan's Wings, he rose to fame by defeating eighteen Universe Venerables and a Demon Race Universe Hegemon, then survived an assassination attempt when the Two-faced Ancestral God drove off Void True Demon God. In Chaos City, Cao Bing completed his Space Law and triggered an immense law-origin descent, leaving the Chaos City Lord astonished by the scale of his breakthrough.

• Luo Feng obtained Wu Clan's Wings component from Cao Bing, then went to the Original Star and defeated eighteen Universe Venerables and a Demon Race intermediate Universe Hegemon in a fight over a Top-grade supreme treasure.
• The Demon Race, Mechanical Race, and Insect Race sent Void True Demon God to kill Luo Feng, but the Two-faced Ancestral God intercepted him in the Ancestral God Cult and forced him to retreat.
• Cao Bing completed his Space Law while seated in Chaos City, drawing down a vast five-colored vortex and torrents of spatial divine power.
• The law-origin pressure immobilized many powerful residents of Chaos City, and the Chaos City Lord appeared to reassure them before watching Cao Bing's breakthrough.
• The Chaos City Lord marveled that Cao Bing's five-colored vortex far surpassed those he had seen during other Universe Venerable breakthroughs.

Cao Bing completed his breakthrough to Universe Venerable, absorbing a vast flood of divine power before the universe’s origin energy vanished. Although his seven avatars reached only about 21–22% divine body conversion, he believed he could contend with Universe Masters and asked Chaos City Lord to arrange a battle against a top-tier Universe Hegemon.

• Cao Bing absorbed divine power through the five-colored vortex, and the powers from his two worlds fused into a stronger type within his body.
• Chaos City Lord praised Cao Bing, ordered him to stabilize his cultivation, and told everyone in Chaos City to keep the breakthrough secret.
• Cao Bing dismissed his six avatars and assessed his incomplete conversion, concluding that his current strength could contend with some Universe Masters.
• Cao Bing met Chaos City Lord in the Chaos Ruins and asked for a battle against a top-tier Universe Hegemon that he could completely kill.
• Cao Bing told Chaos City Lord he could leave at any time, and Chaos City Lord agreed to choose a target.

Cao Bing planned to publicly kill a top-tier Universe Hegemon and use the display of Universe Master-level power to make other races believe he had become a Universe Master. Chaos City Lord agreed and began considering a suitable target, while planning to secretly watch over Cao Bing.

• The chapter explained that Universe Strongest were suppressed by the universe's origin and faced punishment for killing beings protected by it, including Universe Masters.
• Cao Bing wanted to kill a top-tier Universe Hegemon in public so other races would mistake him for a Universe Master and hesitate to ambush him.
• Chaos City Lord agreed with Cao Bing's plan and realized he could no longer gauge Cao Bing's true strength.
• Chaos City Lord considered the requirements for Cao Bing's target: a lone wanderer without avatars, ideally on an Original Star with powerful witnesses nearby.
• Chaos City Lord planned to secretly follow Cao Bing, possibly by staying inside Cao Bing's Profound Yellow Realm.

Cao Bing waited for Chaos City Lord to find a suitable top-tier Universe Hegemon for him to kill and establish his reputation. While cultivating in Chaos City, he studied Che Houyuan's Level 8 Formation and used the Profound Yellow Realm's principles to create the Primordial Formation, which could trap anyone below Universe Master level.

• Cao Bing considered the scarcity of top-tier Universe Hegemons and the need to choose a target he could kill to make the universe recognize his strength.
• Cao Bing studied Che Houyuan's Level 8 Formation and realized it resembled the principles behind his Profound Yellow Realm and Xuan Yan Realm.
• Cao Bing used God Stones to build the Primordial Formation, combining the recorded design with his own ideas.
• Cao Bing activated the formation and found that he could control its space, laws, and energy, trapping even top-tier Universe Hegemons.
• Cao Bing realized a Universe Master could break out after a short time, but the formation could become far stronger if his mastery eventually reached Level 8.

Cao Bing showed the Chaos City Lord his refined Primordial Formation and shared formation knowledge and Golden Scrolls with him. The Chaos City Lord then named Fei Chu Venerable as Cao Bing’s target and warned him to be certain before acting.

• Cao Bing used the Primordial Formation to conceal himself and demonstrated that it could trap even a Universe Master.
• The Chaos City Lord visited Cao Bing and entered the formation with him to discuss confidential matters.
• Cao Bing explained some of the formation’s principles and gave the Chaos City Lord copies of Che Houyuan’s Golden Scrolls.
• The Chaos City Lord urged Cao Bing to wait until he became a Universe Master before taking a dangerous step, but Cao Bing insisted he was ready.
• The Chaos City Lord told Cao Bing that Fei Chu Venerable, a top-tier Universe Hegemon without avatars, was on Original Star No. 01691.

Cao Bing confronted Fei Chu Venerable on Original Star No. 01691 to kill him and publicly demonstrate his strength. As distant observers gathered, Cao Bing held back his full power and did not use the Primordial Formation so they could spread news of the fight.

• Cao Bing reviewed the detailed information Chaos City Lord had gathered about Fei Chu Venerable's strengths and weaknesses.
• Fei Chu Venerable claimed an Ordinary supreme treasure flying palace after a battle on Original Star No. 01691.
• Cao Bing revealed himself to Fei Chu Venerable, intending to make their battle public, while Fei Chu Venerable considered the bounty on Cao Bing.
• Cao Bing and Fei Chu Venerable fought at close quarters as other experts began gathering to watch.
• Cao Bing sensed distant Universe Venerables observing and continued holding back, leaving the Primordial Formation unused.

Cao Bing used his duel with Fei Chu Venerable to demonstrate overwhelming power before the watching races. After three devastating slashes, he left Fei Chu Venerable badly wounded and convinced that Cao Bing was a Universe Master.

• Cao Bing told Fei Chu Venerable he would stop playing around, while watching Crystal Race and Insect Race experts observed their fight.
• Cao Bing gathered his power into his blade and struck Fei Chu Venerable, shattering his attack and destroying seven percent of his divine body.
• Cao Bing followed with Blood Battle Eight Wastelands, inflicting eight deep wounds and destroying another sixteen percent of Fei Chu Venerable's divine body.
• Fei Chu Venerable burned his divine body to escape, but Cao Bing used My Will is Like a Blade to cleave him in two.
• Fei Chu Venerable cried out that Cao Bing was a Universe Master, not a Universe Venerable.

Cao Bing defeated and killed Fei Chu Venerable, shocking the watching races when Fei Chu revealed that Cao Bing had reached the Universe Master realm. Afterward, Cao Bing realized his Blade Heart and secret method still needed one final step, and he sought another powerful opponent to complete them.

• Fei Chu Venerable identified Cao Bing as a Universe Master after Cao Bing overwhelmed him with three strikes.
• Cao Bing trapped Fei Chu Venerable with the Refining Fire Domain, spatial suppression, and the Primordial formation.
• Cao Bing killed Fei Chu Venerable with a final strike before he could self-destruct.
• Experts from the watching races reported Fei Chu Venerable's death, while some weaker races considered joining the Hong Alliance.
• Cao Bing sensed that his Nascent Blade Heart and secret method remained just short of completion and wanted to fight another Universe Hegemon.

Cao Bing sought a powerful opponent to complete the transformation of his secret method and Blade Heart after killing Fei Chu Venerable. Lord Huiying attacked, and Cao Bing’s blade severed one of his claws as Cao Bing’s secret method reached the Universe Master level and his Nascent Blade Heart became a true Blade Heart.

• After Cao Bing killed Fei Chu Venerable, the watching experts fled from his killing intent, leaving him without a worthy opponent for his final strike.
• Lord Huiying arrived at the Demon Race’s request and attacked Cao Bing with an eagle claw.
• Cao Bing charged into Lord Huiying’s attack and severed one of his claws with a powerful blade strike.
• Cao Bing’s secret method entered the Universe Master level, and his Nascent Blade Heart transformed into a true Blade Heart.