Chapter Summaries

Cao Bing revealed that he had become a Universe Master and fought Lord Huiying on equal terms, shocking the ancient Demon Race expert. When Lord of Burning Fire arrived and warned that more Universe Masters were coming, Cao Bing broke away and fled.

• Cao Bing severed one of Lord Huiying's claws and declared that Lord Huiying could test whether he was a Universe Master.
• Cao Bing and Lord Huiying fought for hundreds of exchanges, and Cao Bing's strength matched Lord Huiying's.
• Lord Huiying realized he could not defeat Cao Bing quickly and was shocked by how rapidly Cao Bing had grown.
• Lord of Burning Fire arrived and told Lord Huiying that more Universe Masters were coming to help trap Cao Bing.
• Cao Bing struck Lord of Burning Fire's hammer, used the force to retreat, and fled with his Void Wings.

Cao Bing escaped Lord Huiying and Lord of Burning Fire aboard the Flying Ape Divine Boat, then used the Primordial Formation to slaughter experts from the three major races and their allies across the Original Star. He continued killing as the two Universe Masters pursued him, leaving their forces with more than five hundred Universe Venerables lost.

• Cao Bing fled Lord Huiying and Lord of Burning Fire aboard the Flying Ape Divine Boat, outrunning their pursuit.
• Cao Bing trapped and killed more than a hundred approaching experts with the Primordial Formation.
• Cao Bing changed course toward another group of three-race experts and killed them, including a high-level Universe Hegemon allied with the Mechanical Race.
• Cao Bing continued slaughtering experts across the Original Star while Lord Huiying and Lord of Burning Fire chased him.
• Lord of Burning Fire condemned Cao Bing for attacking weaker opponents as the three races and their allies lost more than five hundred Universe Venerables.

Cao Bing continued his massacre until four Universe Masters confronted him, and his Blade Heart punished Lord Banfu for attacking his soul. Cao Bing and his clone then struck Lord Banfu together, leaving him badly damaged but alive.

• Cao Bing killed more than eight hundred powerhouses, driving the survivors to flee the Original Star.
• Lord Banfu and Lord Black Olive arrived to stop Cao Bing, joining Lord Huiying and Lord of Burning Fire in the attack.
• Lord Banfu’s soul secret technique triggered Cao Bing’s Blade Heart, which struck back and severely wounded Lord Banfu’s soul.
• Cao Bing focused his domains and Blade Domain on Lord Banfu, then cleaved his body in two with his strongest attack.
• Cao Bing’s clone used the Remnant Snow Divine Spear to blast apart half of Lord Banfu’s body, but Lord Banfu began recovering.

Cao Bing overwhelmed Lord Banfu with attacks powered by his Blade Heart and killed him before Lord Huiying, Lord Black Olive, and Lord of Burning Fire could intervene. The three were left furious as the fall of a Universe Master sent a heavenly phenomenon across the sky.

• Lord Banfu warned Lord Black Olive that Cao Bing was skilled in willpower and used bizarre soul techniques after Cao Bing blasted half his body apart.
• Cao Bing attacked Lord Banfu again with the Purple Gold Bell, Evil Skull Peak, his blade, and his clone's spear, repeatedly breaking through his defenses.
• Lord Banfu's consciousness and body were devastated by Cao Bing's Blade Heart, and he begged for help as Cao Bing brought down his battle blade.
• Lord Huiying threatened Cao Bing with war between the three great races and the Human Race, but Cao Bing ignored him and killed Lord Banfu.
• A heavenly phenomenon marked Lord Banfu's death, and Lord Black Olive, Lord Huiying, and Lord of Burning Fire reacted with fury.

Cao Bing killed Lord Banfu and escaped the Original Star before more enemies could surround him. The Zerg Empress and the other Universe Strongest decided to hunt him and destroy one of his clones to reclaim their alliances’ lost face.

• Cao Bing mocked Lord Black Olive, Lord Huiying, and Lord of Burning Fire, then explained that Lord Banfu’s carelessness and the damage from Blade Heart had made his death possible.
• Cao Bing fled aboard the Flying Ape Divine Boat, and Lord Huiying and the others failed to catch up.
• The Zerg Empress, the Mechanical Race Father God, Shock Demon Ancestor, and Meng Cha gathered to discuss Lord Banfu’s death and Cao Bing’s strength.
• The four Universe Strongest agreed to hunt Cao Bing and destroy one of his clones, and Meng Cha accepted the task.

After Cao Bing killed Lord Banfu, the three-race alliance sent Dream Demon Ancestor and more than a dozen Universe Masters to hunt him on Original Star, unaware that he had already returned to Chaos City. The Chaos City Lord told Cao Bing that the Human Race had unanimously recognized him as its nineteenth Universe Master and revealed the race’s hidden roster.

• The countless races were shocked by Cao Bing’s slaying of Lord Banfu, and the three-race alliance decided to send Dream Demon Ancestor and more than a dozen Universe Masters after him.
• Cao Bing had already returned to Chaos City through the Profound Yellow Realm, leaving the alliance’s hunters unable to find him on Original Star.
• The Chaos City Lord brought Cao Bing to the stone platform above his palace and told him that the Human Race had unanimously recognized him as its nineteenth Universe Master.
• Cao Bing pretended surprise when the Chaos City Lord explained that the Human Race had eighteen other Universe Masters, including several whose existence had been kept secret.

The Chaos City Lord introduced Cao Bing to the powerful Universe Masters in the Virtual Universe Company lineage, including the secretly hidden Dark Lord, and summoned the others to welcome Cao Bing as their newest Universe Master. Cao Bing reunited with Lord Youhou and Dragon Walk Master, who praised his victory over Lord Banfu on the Original Star.

• The Chaos City Lord told Cao Bing that the Virtual Universe Company had six Universe Masters with his promotion, and introduced Dragon Walk Master, Lord Ice Peak, Dark Lord, and Lord Youhou.
• The Chaos City Lord explained that Dark Lord's existence was hidden from the major powers, though he was famous in the Universe Sea, and that Lord Youhou was his disciple.
• The Chaos City Lord summoned the other members of the Virtual Universe lineage to gather with Cao Bing.
• Lord Youhou arrived, greeted Cao Bing as an equal, and remarked that their lineage now had more Universe Masters than the Giant Axe Fighting Arena.
• Dragon Walk Master arrived, praised Cao Bing for killing Lord Banfu on the Original Star, and noted that the Insect Race's old hag was likely furious.

Cao Bing met Dark Lord, his martial uncle and the last Universe Master of the Virtual Universe Company he had not encountered, and discussed his accelerated cultivation. Once all six members of the lineage had gathered, the Chaos City Lord praised Cao Bing’s survivability, surprising the others.

• Lord Ice Peak arrived and took his seat beside the gathered members of the Virtual Universe lineage.
• Dark Lord arrived, greeted the Chaos City Lord, and examined Cao Bing, whom he was meeting in person for the first time.
• Cao Bing explained that he had spent much longer cultivating in places where time flowed differently, and the Chaos City Lord and Dark Lord acknowledged his explanation.
• The Chaos City Lord announced that all six members of the Virtual Universe lineage had gathered and called Cao Bing’s survivability among the best of them.
• Dark Lord, Lord Ice Peak, Lord Youhou, and Dragon Walk Master expressed surprise at the Chaos City Lord’s assessment of Cao Bing.

Cao Bing explained the immense capacity of his divine bodies to the Human Race’s Universe Masters, who learned that each of his six avatars was about five hundred million kilometers in size. Before the upcoming highest-level meeting, Cao Bing chose the title Lord of Blade Heart.

• Chaos City Lord described Cao Bing’s ability to create avatars with powerful divine bodies, and the gathered Universe Masters recalled witnessing his breakthrough to immortality.
• Lord Youhou asked Cao Bing how large his divine body was, and Cao Bing estimated that each one was roughly five hundred million kilometers in size.
• Dark Lord, Dragon Walk Master, Lord Ice Peak, and Lord Youhou praised Cao Bing’s strength, while Chaos City Lord kept the Profound Yellow Realm secret.
• Chaos City Lord asked Cao Bing to choose a Universe Master title before the Human Race’s highest-level meeting.
• Cao Bing chose the title Lord of Blade Heart because his Blade Heart had been central to his strength and future cultivation.

Cao Bing chose the title Lord of Blade Heart, and Chaos City Lord led him and the other Universe Masters to meet the sealed Primal Ancestor. As they approached the towering statue, Chaos City Lord recounted how Primal Ancestor had once made the Human Race the universe’s strongest power.

• Chaos City Lord and the other Universe Masters approved Cao Bing’s title, Lord of Blade Heart.
• Chaos City Lord led Cao Bing and the others to visit the founder of their Virtual Universe lineage, Primal Ancestor.
• As they flew, Chaos City Lord and Dragon Walk Master told Cao Bing about Primal Ancestor’s guidance and his past dominance over the universe.
• The group reached the immense statue of Primal Ancestor, whose sealed form still radiated overwhelming law fluctuations and deterrent power.

Cao Bing paid respects to the Primal Ancestor with Chaos City Lord and the other Universe Masters, then learned that the Virtual Universe had its own universe origin and was not an illusion. The chapter left Cao Bing stunned by Lord Youhou’s claim that the vast Virtual Universe consumed almost no energy.

• Chaos City Lord introduced Cao Bing as his new Universe Master disciple, and Cao Bing bowed before the Primal Ancestor’s statue.
• After the six Universe Masters left, the statue’s eyes moved, and an indistinct voice murmured about Cao Bing, life, and death.
• Cao Bing asked Chaos City Lord why he sensed law fluctuations from the statue, and Chaos City Lord told him they came from the Virtual Universe’s origin.
• Dark Lord explained that the Virtual Universe was not a mere illusion because beings could comprehend laws and cultivate within it.
• Lord Youhou told Cao Bing that the Virtual Universe supported countless cultivators while consuming almost no energy, leaving Cao Bing astonished.

Cao Bing learned from Dark Lord and the others that Primal Ancestor remained alive but was permanently suppressed after challenging the source of the universe. He also discovered that Primal Ancestor had built the Virtual Universe around an enslaved Mechanical Race Universe Master.

• Lord Youhou questioned why the Virtual Universe suffered losses if Original Universe energy was eternal, and Cao Bing realized his own realms still depended on outside energy.
• Chaos City Lord, Dark Lord, and Lord Ice Peak told Cao Bing that Primal Ancestor was alive and had been suppressed after waging war against the source of the universe.
• Dark Lord explained that Primal Ancestor had spread the Virtual Universe across the universe even while suppressed.
• Dark Lord revealed that an enslaved Mechanical Race Universe Master served as the Virtual Universe's intelligent core, leaving Cao Bing astonished at Primal Ancestor's power and audacity.

Cao Bing learned that no one could free Primal Ancestor from the universe's permanent suppression, then joined the Human Race's Giant Axe Conference as its newest Universe Master. The meeting began with the assembled leaders greeting Cao Bing and discussing the growth of the race.

• Cao Bing asked whether Primal Ancestor could be freed, and Dark Lord, Chaos City Lord, and Dragon Walk Master confirmed that no solution existed.
• Great Axe Founder summoned Cao Bing and the other leaders to a Human Race Supreme Council meeting, which Chaos City Lord explained was an upper-echelon Giant Axe Conference.
• Chaos City Lord led the Virtual Universe faction to Giant Axe Temple, where Human Race Universe Masters had gathered around a stone table.
• The assembled Universe Masters welcomed Chaos City Lord and took their seats, with Cao Bing seated last as the newest member and the focus of the meeting.
• Cao Bing greeted the other leaders and recognized Void Gold Master, who had protected him during his breakthrough and led the Giant Axe Fighting Arena faction in ordinary times.

Cao Bing met the leaders of the Human Race’s major factions as Great Axe Founder welcomed him as a new Universe Master. Asked what treasure he wanted as his reward, Cao Bing considered his already vast collection of treasures.

• Cao Bing observed the Universe Masters representing the Virtual Universe Company, Giant Axe Arena, Universe Mercenary Alliance, Universe First Bank, and Universe Galaxy Bank, noting their strength and reactions to him.
• Great Axe Founder arrived, and Cao Bing noticed that he reminded him of Rong Jun in appearance and bearing.
• Great Axe Founder welcomed Cao Bing and announced that the Human Race had gained another Universe Master with exceptional survival ability.
• Great Axe Founder offered Cao Bing a treasure worth a top-grade supreme treasure weapon, and Cao Bing hesitated because he already possessed many treasures.

Cao Bing asked the Human Race to provide him with a saber-type top-grade supreme treasure and agreed to spend one hundred Ordinary supreme treasures transforming the Milky Way Galaxy. Great Axe Founder approved the plans, then explained that Universe Masters took turns guarding important regions and that Cao Bing could send an avatar to serve.

• Cao Bing asked Great Axe Founder for a saber-type top-grade supreme treasure, and Great Axe Founder arranged for Chaos City Lord to deliver one after the meeting.
• Cao Bing offered one hundred Ordinary supreme treasures to comprehensively transform the Milky Way Galaxy and planned to build a massive formation across it himself.
• Cao Bing said the transformation was a settled decision, and Great Axe Founder agreed that the Human Race would carry it out.
• Great Axe Founder explained that Universe Masters took turns guarding important regions and that Cao Bing could send one avatar to take up the post.

At the Giant Axe Council, Cao Bing agreed to guard a Human Race location with one of his avatars and revealed that he could forge several grades of supreme treasures. The Human Race’s Universe Masters welcomed his offer and began considering sending materials and requests to him.

• Great Axe Founder offered Cao Bing a choice of important Human Race location to guard, and Cao Bing agreed to send an avatar while leaving the assignment to Great Axe Founder.
• Cao Bing announced that he had made progress in artifact forging and invited Human Race experts to ask him to forge supreme treasures.
• Cao Bing told Lord Qing Dong and the other Universe Masters that he could forge pseudo-supreme and Ordinary supreme treasures with a ninety percent success rate, as well as lower-quality High-grade supreme treasures.
• The Universe Masters were surprised by Cao Bing’s skill, and several realized it explained how he had obtained so many treasures to rent out.
• Lord Peng Gong said his disciples had materials ready for supreme treasures, and Cao Bing invited them to bring the materials to him.

Cao Bing became a celebrated supreme-treasure forger while building a grand formation across the Milky Way Galaxy to protect Earth. After more than three hundred years away, he returned to Earth with Nan Xin and told her he would stay.

• After the Giant Axe Council, the Chaos City Lord gave Cao Bing the top-grade supreme treasure saber Azure Ripples, which suited his burst-focused fighting style.
• Cao Bing guarded a Human Race secret region, accepted forging commissions, and successfully forged two high-grade supreme treasures on his first attempt.
• Cao Bing took forging commissions from the Hong Alliance at higher fees than those charged to the Human Race.
• While helping transform the Milky Way Galaxy, Cao Bing designed a grand formation that he hoped would advance his formation mastery.
• More than three hundred years after his identity as the Lord of Blade Heart was revealed, Cao Bing returned to Earth with Nan Xin and began preparing to make Earth the formation's core.
• As Cao Bing and Nan Xin walked through Earth's city, he told her he was not leaving.

Cao Bing’s Hua Lian Clone became the respected Hall Master of Lanxuan Hall after joining Eastern Pole Xuanjin Mountain, where his High-grade Heavenly Divine Artifact refining transformed the Huangfu Clan’s fortunes. After more than six million years of seclusion in the Profound Yellow Realm, Cao Bing continued studying the Time Law, formations, and artifact refinement while avoiding Huangfu Yu’s attempts to match him with Huangfu Jing.

• Huangfu Yu appointed Cao Bing Hall Master of Lanxuan Hall and gave him access to the Huangfu Clan’s artifact-refining knowledge.
• Cao Bing refined a High-grade Heavenly Divine Artifact, making him one of only three publicly recognized refiners able to do so and a prized figure in Eastern Pole Xuanjin Mountain.
• Cao Bing used Huangfu Clan materials to practice artifact refinement and got along well with the clan, while Huangfu Yu repeatedly tried to bring him together with Huangfu Jing.
• Cao Bing avoided Huangfu Yu and Huangfu Jing because he was married and had little interest in Huangfu Jing.
• Cao Bing’s clone observed that the Profound Yellow Realm had become a small world that helped him control the Time Law, though accelerated time did not aid his comprehension of the outside world’s laws.
• More than two thousand years passed in the Divine Realm and over six million years passed inside Cao Bing’s Profound Yellow Realm as he remained in seclusion.

Qin Yu reached the Heavenly God level and opened the third level of the Jiang Lan Realm, allowing him to meet Jiang Lan and Jiang Li. Cao Bing and Xiao Hei arrived at Qin Yu’s mountain peak to congratulate him, leaving him poised to fulfill his wish.

• Cao Bing learned that Qin Yu had reached the Heavenly God level and opened the third level of the Jiang Lan Realm.
• Cao Bing recalled that Qin Yu could meet Jiang Lan and Jiang Li after opening the realm’s third level, and looked forward to seeing Jiang Lan again.
• Qin Yu cultivated formations at Mini Mountain in the Divine Realm’s Eastern Region and gathered several Heavenly God followers.
• Cao Bing and Xiao Hei appeared behind Qin Yu, and Xiao Hei joyfully greeted his Big Brother after more than a million years apart.
• Cao Bing congratulated Qin Yu and said his wish was about to come true.

Qin Yu, Cao Bing, and Xiao Hei entered the third level of the Jiang Lan Realm and reunited with Jiang Lan. Jiang Lan was proud of Qin Yu and surprised by Xiao Hei’s growth, but Cao Bing’s apparent God King-level strength left him stunned.

• Qin Yu, Cao Bing, and Xiao Hei entered the third level of the Jiang Lan Realm and encountered Jiang Lan beneath the Bewildering Willow Tree.
• Jiang Lan praised Qin Yu for reaching Upper Heavenly God strength in less than ten thousand years, and Qin Yu greeted him excitedly as Uncle Lan.
• Jiang Lan noticed Xiao Hei’s Mid-level Heavenly God cultivation and was shocked that Cao Bing had become powerful enough to threaten a God King.
• Cao Bing greeted Jiang Lan and invited him into the courtyard, while Jiang Lan repeatedly glanced at him in disbelief.
• Qin Yu invited Jiang Lan into the main hall so they could talk.