Chapter Summaries

Cao Bing used thirtyfold Slow-motion Intent to kill the five Green Light Mantises, then entered the Crystal Room of Ruins No. 9 to break through to the Planetary level. His Gene Primal Energy and Stellar Transformation power began merging, triggering a painful transformation that left him unconscious.

• Cao Bing used his newly advanced Slow-motion Intent to kill Mantis Boss and the other four Green Light Mantises, collecting their Nascent Souls.
• Cao Bing gathered useful materials and headed to the Crystal Room of Ruins No. 9 to attempt a breakthrough.
• Cao Bing consumed two Nascent Souls to supply the energy needed to reach the Planetary level.
• Cao Bing formed a miniature planet in his heart, and his body began evolving through a life transformation.
• Cao Bing's Stellar Transformation power and Gene Primal Energy began merging, causing his cells to break apart and reassemble until he collapsed unconscious.

Cao Bing discovered that his heart and dantian had formed a powerful linked celestial system and awakened the Time Seal Clone ability. After more than a year in Ruins No. 9, he continued refining his saber technique rather than leaving, but planned to depart in time for Mist Island’s Wood Essence Crystal feast.

• Cao Bing found that the linked planet and nebula had doubled his physical attributes and Gene Primal Energy, then awakened the Time Seal Clone ability, which let him create powerful, enduring clones through time and space.
• The Ruins No. 9 supercomputer watched Cao Bing and wondered about his unusual abilities, noting that he could not break the Crystal Barrier without mastering the Basic Fist Technique Secret Manual.
• Luo Feng left Ruins No. 9 after one year and three months, learned that Li Yao had arranged for his father to be injured, and set aside his resentment toward Cao Bing after learning Cao Bing had not emerged either.
• Cao Bing kept training after mastering all 365 fist forms because he was integrating their techniques into his Asura Saber Technique and working to improve his Phantom Arms.
• Cao Bing decided to leave during the final month so he would not miss Mist Island’s Wood Essence Crystal feast.

Cao Bing completed the ruins’ death mission, received Yun Mo Star’s inheritance items, and emerged from the ruins as a powerful fighter. Learning that Luo Feng’s inauguration was about to begin, Cao Bing flew off to attend, leaving the base staff in chaos.

• Cao Bing shattered the crystal room, passed the death mission, and was told he was the second student in five thousand years to succeed.
• The bald crystal figure gave Cao Bing a Black God Suit, an auxiliary optical computer, the Liu Ying technique, and a Yun Mo Star token, while warning that Yun Mo Star could not be contacted.
• Cao Bing left the ruins and found Zhang Qian and the base staff watching news of Luo Feng’s appointment as the sixth Inspector.
• Cao Bing asked when Luo Feng’s inauguration began, then flew away on his sword after learning it was at two in the afternoon.
• The red-robed old man ordered the Director to be notified that Cao Bing had emerged and seemed to be stronger than a God of War.

Cao Bing returned from Ruins No. 9 at Planetary level three and arrived just after Luo Feng’s inauguration as Limitless Martial Arts’ sixth Inspector. Hong welcomed Cao Bing’s return, decided to appoint him as the seventh Inspector, and asked what he knew about the universe.

• Hong learned that Cao Bing had escaped Ruins No. 9 and quietly returned Cao Bing’s Black God Suit to his fighter jet.
• Luo Feng was appointed the sixth Inspector of Limitless Martial Arts in a ceremony led by Hong.
• Cao Bing arrived at the ceremony, reunited with Luo Feng, and revealed that he had reached Planetary level three.
• Cao Bing told Hong and Luo Feng about his trial in Ruins No. 9, while concealing the Yun Mo Star Inheritance.
• Hong promised to hold an Inspector inauguration ceremony for Cao Bing.
• Cao Bing explained that the universe contained many lifeforms and described strength levels from Apprentice through Immortal.

Cao Bing told Hong and Luo Feng that he had found an inheritance in a spaceship and presented them with the Void Spirit Art, hoping to give them another path to strength. Hong and Luo Feng discovered that their Planetary-level bodies could not cultivate it, leaving Cao Bing surprised by the incompatibility between cultivation systems.

• Cao Bing revealed that he had obtained incomplete inheritances, and Hong and Luo Feng expressed greater trust in him.
• Cao Bing claimed that he had killed a king-level Old Turtle in Forest No. 017 and found a damaged spaceship containing an inheritance.
• Cao Bing used a Storage Bracelet and a modified wristwatch to present the Void Spirit Art as a universal inheritance.
• Hong and Luo Feng examined the art, but Hong explained that his Planetary-level body absorbed cosmic energy before it could form True Essence Power or circulate through his meridians.
• Luo Feng confirmed that he also could not cultivate the Void Spirit Art after reaching the Planetary level, and Cao Bing wondered why his own cultivation faced no such barrier.

Cao Bing reunited with old friends at Luo Feng’s inauguration, then watched Hong defeat the Tentacle Beast on Mist Island. After the beast emperor’s death, Hong sent Cao Bing and others to explore Mist Island Lake for treasures.

• Cao Bing gave Hong a cultivation technique to experiment with after learning Planetary-level Martial Artists and Mental Masters could not cultivate it.
• Cao Bing reunited with the Divine Arrow Squad and learned that Guan Yong and Song Shengnan had advanced in rank, while Song Shengnan was three months pregnant with Xie Hongxin’s child.
• Cao Bing greeted Nan Xin at Luo Feng’s inauguration and told her he probably would not return to the Special Operations Squad.
• Cao Bing used his Spiritual Consciousness to observe Hong defeat the newly advanced Tentacle Beast beneath Mist Island.
• Hong summoned Cao Bing, Luo Feng, Ice Mountain, Enchantress, and others to search Mist Island Lake for treasures, offering rewards to those who found or seized them.

Cao Bing searched underground near Mist Island for Wood Essence Crystals, quickly collecting several and defeating powerful rivals as the discovery sparked a frenzy among Earth’s Planetary-level fighters. He then searched for the buried Yin Mo Star and Babata without success, unaware that Babata had rejected him in favor of Luo Feng but sent him ten Wood Essence Crystals as compensation.

• Cao Bing found a Wood Essence Crystal guarded by Lord-level Monsters, killed them with his Flying Sword, and used the crystal’s aura to locate more.
• Cao Bing collected five Wood Essence Crystals, then increased his search speed as more powerful fighters entered the underground area.
• After the Wood Essence Crystals’ effects became known, Cao Bing slapped away a Western council member who tried to steal one.
• During three days of searching and fighting, Cao Bing defeated five powerful council members, including the Third Speaker and Fourth Speaker, before Hong intervened.
• Cao Bing searched deep underground for the Yin Mo Star and Babata but could not detect either, while Babata secretly chose Luo Feng as his master’s inheritor.
• Babata sent ten Wood Essence Crystals toward Cao Bing as compensation for passing him over.

Cao Bing reflected on his limited Wood Essence Crystals and slow cultivation before Luo Feng contacted him about a damaged spacecraft. Babata learned about Cao Bing’s Void Spirit Art and urged Luo Feng to study its spellcraft, while promising to open Yun Mo Star’s non-core inheritances to Cao Bing in exchange for sharing the manual.

• Cao Bing calculated that his remaining Wood Essence Crystals could support accelerated cultivation for only eighty-seven days and saved his remaining cultivation pills for the Divine Arrow Squad.
• Luo Feng called Cao Bing to ask about buying the damaged spacecraft beneath Forest No. 017, and Cao Bing gave it to him freely.
• Babata questioned Luo Feng about Cao Bing’s weapon-refinement inheritance, then offered Cao Bing access to Yun Mo Star’s non-core secret manuals in exchange for the Void Spirit Art.
• Luo Feng recited the Void Spirit Art to Babata, who praised its path to Immortal-level power but said its physical-body cultivation was relatively weak.
• Babata told Luo Feng to study the manual’s spellcraft section because it could help him comprehend laws.

Cao Bing challenged Hong to break through his cultivation bottleneck and learn about domains. Their fierce battle ended with Hong revealing his domain, leaving Cao Bing excited to experience its power firsthand.

• Cao Bing, unable to grasp domains through cultivation alone, challenged his master Hong to fight above the East Sea, and Lei Shen came to watch.
• Hong sensed that Cao Bing posed a greater threat than Lei Shen and attacked first; the two exchanged blows and fought to a standstill.
• Cao Bing pressed Hong with a relentless assault, while Hong repeatedly deflected his attacks and waited for an opening.
• Hong unleashed a devastating spear strike, and Cao Bing countered with Twelve Shadow String Kill.
• Hong revealed his domain of separated light and darkness, and the collision of their attacks carved a deep depression in the sea as Lei Shen worried he might lose his standing as the world's second strongest.

Cao Bing fought Hong and used his Spiritual Consciousness to study Hong’s Light Domain, deliberately taking a full-power spear strike to deepen his understanding. Hong and Lei Shen rescued the badly injured Cao Bing, who believed he was close to comprehending his own Domain.

• Cao Bing struggled against Hong’s Light Domain, which distorted the light and overwhelmed his attacks.
• Cao Bing closed his eyes and used his Spiritual Consciousness to track Hong, gaining insight into how Hong manipulated light.
• Cao Bing let Hong’s full-force spear strike him so he could experience the Domain directly, and Hong blasted him into the sea.
• Hong and Lei Shen rescued Cao Bing while the King-level Monsters scattered from their path.
• Cao Bing told Hong and Lei Shen that he might soon comprehend his own Domain, leaving Lei Shen astonished.

After ten months of refining Storage Rings, Cao Bing comprehended a first-level Space Domain and emerged from seclusion. He reunited with Xie Hongxin’s family, discovered he had missed Song Shengnan’s childbirth, and learned that Uncle Fang had advanced to God of War.

• Cao Bing used his Storage Ring research to comprehend a first-level Space Domain that strengthened him and gave his attacks a spatial cutting effect.
• Cao Bing left Leishan Residence and visited Xie Hongxin, where he realized Song Shengnan had given birth and he had forgotten his promise to visit.
• Xie Hongxin told Cao Bing that Uncle Fang had advanced to God of War and that Yan Ying and the others had taken him to the wilderness area.
• Cao Bing asked the baby’s name, and Xie Hongxin proudly proposed Xie Zhanshen before Song Shengnan threw a baby bottle at him and objected.

Cao Bing reunited with his friends and strengthened the Divine Arrow Squad before Luo Feng offered him a place in the Yun Mo Star lineage. Cao Bing accepted and prepared to receive the inheritance, while Babata corrected Luo Feng’s assumption that Xiao Xing was an Intelligent Lifeform.

• Cao Bing upgraded the Divine Arrow Squad’s equipment and used pills made from the Spirit of Plants and Trees to raise its members to intermediate God of War level.
• Cao Bing visited old friends, including Wei Wen, Shi Jiang, Zhao Ping, Zhao Ruo, and Nan Xin, who had advanced to Planetary level.
• Luo Feng visited Cao Bing, and Babata detected that Cao Bing had reached level five Planetary and comprehended the first level of a spatial domain.
• Luo Feng offered to let Cao Bing join the Yun Mo Star lineage and access its secret manuals, and Cao Bing eagerly agreed.
• Luo Feng began preparing to transfer the digital manuals to Cao Bing’s smart wristwatch, and Babata explained that Xiao Xing was not yet an Intelligent Lifeform.

Cao Bing ignored the Golden Horned Beast crisis while studying space secret methods, then went to confront the beast after it survived a nuclear explosion. Hong and Lei Shen rushed to join him as he faced it alone.

• The God of War Palace watched a recording of the Golden Horned Beast devouring a war base, while Cao Bing stayed silent because the beast had not threatened Huaxia.
• Cao Bing studied Luo Feng’s manuals and raised his Space Domain to the second level in ten days.
• Cao Bing focused on the Eight Directions Shadow Capture secret method, which created increasingly powerful phantom bodies as its levels advanced.
• After Cao Bing saw a nuclear explosion in the distance, he decided to intervene before the Golden Horned Beast retaliated recklessly.
• The Golden Horned Beast survived the nuclear blast, and Luo Feng boarded the X-81 spacecraft as Cao Bing appeared before the beast.
• Hong and Lei Shen recognized Cao Bing on the satellite feed and left the God of War Palace to help him.

Cao Bing battled the Golden Horned Beast beneath the sea, overpowering it with his speed and saber techniques while searching for its hidden life-core pearl. He pursued the wounded beast and prepared a combined attack called Starlight.

• Cao Bing dodged the Golden Horned Beast's Golden Light and clashed with its claw, demonstrating that his sabers could break its scales.
• Cao Bing used Twelve Shadow String Kill to blast the Golden Horned Beast into the sea and sever one of its foreclaws.
• Cao Bing pursued the beast underwater, evaded its attempt to trade injuries, and carved a large wound into its head without finding its life-core pearl.
• Cao Bing struck the Golden Horned Beast's spine, forcing it to flee toward the depths of the sea.
• Cao Bing caught up to the slower beast and formed his sabers into a cone to unleash Meteor Strike combined with Twelve Shadow String Kill, which he named Starlight.

Cao Bing killed the Golden Horned Beast, saved its remains, and was celebrated as Earth’s hero. Luo Feng returned too late to help, then learned Cao Bing had kept the beast’s Origin Core for him.

• Cao Bing sliced the Golden Horned Beast into pieces, severed its Life Core, and sealed it with a Spirit Artifact net before storing the beast’s remains.
• Hong and Lei Shen arrived, learned Cao Bing had killed the beast, checked him for injuries, and brought him to a victory banquet where Earth’s leaders celebrated him.
• Luo Feng returned from Ruin No. 12 with a weapon and discovered that the Golden Horned Beast was already dead; he felt grateful to Cao Bing and disappointed that he remained far behind him.
• Babata urged Luo Feng to ask about the Golden Horned Beast’s Origin Core, and Cao Bing told Luo Feng that he had saved it for him.

Luo Feng returned with a B6-Class Laser Cannon and shared the non-core Yun Mo Star inheritance with Hong and Lei Shen. Cao Bing then gave Luo Feng the Golden Horned Beast’s Origin Core and a Storage Ring, leaving Luo Feng with more of Cao Bing’s generosity to repay.

• Luo Feng showed Hong and Lei Shen the B6-Class Laser Cannon, explaining that its slow charge and difficulty locking onto fast targets made it best suited for sneak attacks.
• Luo Feng decided to let Hong and Lei Shen study the non-core portions of the Yun Mo Star inheritance.
• Cao Bing took Luo Feng to his hidden underground residence and handed him the Golden Horned Beast’s Origin Core after using Soul Search on the beast.
• Luo Feng accepted the Origin Core, feeling indebted to Cao Bing, who said Luo Feng could use the underground place for the time being.
• Cao Bing tossed Luo Feng a Storage Ring before leaving the underground cavern.

Cao Bing entered Dark Shark City, a bustling city in the territory of Dark Shark Cave Mansion, and explored the Demon Immortal Tower while listening for useful information. He learned that the Cave Mansion Master Contest would take place in three months.

• Cao Bing arrived at Dark Shark City and paid the guards its entry fee.
• Cao Bing admired the underwater city and entered the Demon Immortal Tower, claiming he wanted to gather information.
• Cao Bing ordered an extravagant feast and listened to the demon cultivators around him.
• A demon cultivator told his companions that the Cave Mansion Master Contest would be held in three months.

Cao Bing learned about the Dark Shark Cave Mansion’s Cave Master Contest and decided to compete for the position to gain easier access to resources. After three months of cultivation at the Demon Immortal Tower, he prepared to advance his Gene Primal Energy.

• A burly demon cultivator told a lanky cultivator that the Cave Master Contest was held every three hundred years and that three powerful contenders had arrived: Blood Shark Sha'e, Lei Man, and the Blood Refining Demon Lord.
• Cao Bing overheard the conversation and decided the Cave Master position could help him gather resources for the upcoming Cosmic Genius Battle.
• Cao Bing stayed at the Demon Immortal Tower for three months, cultivating in seclusion and finding that the Stellar Transformation world’s domains and laws were too difficult for him to comprehend.
• Cao Bing avoided advancing his True Essence Power because of the risks to his soul and the balance between his two forms of energy.
• Cao Bing noted that his Gene Primal Energy had reached Planetary Level 2 and decided it was time to break through.

Cao Bing arrived at the Dark Grotto Trench for the Cave Master Contest, where demon cultivators fought in a lawless melee to earn the right to challenge Sui Ye. When Lei Man threatened to eat humans and targeted him, Cao Bing attacked the brothers, beginning their fight.

• Cao Bing surveyed the Dark Grotto Trench and noted that the contest’s free-for-all favored participants with allies.
• Sui Ye arrived with his brothers Sui Yi and Sui Feng, warned spectators away, and announced that the contest would begin.
• The participants launched into battles, with groups of siblings fighting together while Cao Bing stood alone.
• Lei Man singled out Cao Bing and bragged that he wanted to eat human flesh.
• Cao Bing attacked Lei Man and his brother with a powerful punch, prompting both to transform and send lightning at him.

Cao Bing overwhelmed the Lei Man brothers, killed Lei Man’s younger brother, and badly wounded Lei Man in the Cave Master Contest. Lei Man fled into another battle, using the other contestants to slow Cao Bing’s pursuit.

• Cao Bing shattered the Lei Man brothers’ lightning spear and rushed to kill the younger brother, forcing Lei Man to use a High-grade Spirit Artifact arrow to interrupt him.
• Cao Bing used afterimages and Blade Radiances to trap the brothers, killed Lei Man’s younger brother, and stored his Nascent Soul in his Space Ring.
• Lei Man survived Cao Bing’s slash with a severe wound and fled, abandoning thoughts of revenge when Cao Bing turned toward him.
• Lei Man raced toward Chi Hao and the other contestants, firing lightning spheres to hinder them before slipping through their battlefield.