Chapter Summaries

Hu Yanbo accepted the Universe Mercenary Alliance’s special-class contract and became a provisional Core Member. After the other King Rank experts departed, he ignored the envy of onlookers and returned to his residence.

• Hu Yanbo decided to join the Universe Mercenary Alliance and bowed to Thousand Illusions King and Void True King.
• Thousand Illusions King welcomed Hu Yanbo and promised to send the special-class contract terms after discussing the matter.
• The King Rank experts congratulated Hu Yanbo and left, while watching Immortals reacted with envy and disbelief at the alliance’s offer.
• Thousand Illusions King provisionally entered Hu Yanbo as a Core Member and told him he could use the alliance’s basic Core Layer benefits.
• Void True King encouraged Hu Yanbo, then left; Hu Yanbo ignored the onlookers and flew back to his residence.

Hu Yanbo celebrated joining the Universe Mercenary Alliance Core Layer as a special-grade King Rank prospect, then claimed a palace in the heart of Glory Sacred Mountain. He signed the alliance’s generous training contract and prepared to pursue the Heavenly Bridge trials to advance beyond High-level Marquis.

• Hu Yanbo promised Babata a Mechanical Heart and recognized that his new privileges would let him seek access to the Heavenly Bridge for his repayment mission.
• An attendant guided Hu Yanbo to Glory Sacred Mountain, where he chose a palace site in the King Rank district’s innermost area among established Peak Kings.
• King Qian Cang contacted Hu Yanbo and teased him for choosing such a bold location for his palace.
• King Qian Cang presented Hu Yanbo’s special-grade King Rank prospect contract, offering Venerable guidance, a customized secret technique, King Rank equipment, and 300 million Hunyuan Units.
• Hu Yanbo reviewed the contract, accepted its terms by imprinting his soul mark, and thanked King Qian Cang and the alliance.

After three hundred years of studying the Nine Universes Chaos Stele, Hu Yanbo unlocked another advance and chose to gain Initial King-level understanding of space law. He absorbed the overwhelming insights and began integrating them with his accumulated knowledge.

• Hu Yanbo completed ten Chaos Stele study sessions, and the Prepayment System made one advance available.
• Hu Yanbo considered advances to Barely King Rank and Initial King, whose repayment conditions required becoming a Universe Venerable's disciple, surviving life-or-death battles, and cultivating in Chaos City for thousands of years.
• Hu Yanbo planned to entrust Iron Sword Marquis and others with managing Earth and nurturing its promising people while he cultivated in seclusion.
• Hu Yanbo tried to advance to High King, but the system refused because he had not mastered one of the three great mysteries of space law.
• Hu Yanbo took an advance on Initial King-level space law insights and struggled to absorb the torrent, drawing on his studies and exchanges with King Rank experts.

After an epiphany at the Nine Universes Chaos Stele, Hu Yanbo underwent another breakthrough, astonishing Lord Kandri and Marquis Yan Chen. Kandri showed unusual confidence in Hu Yanbo’s future, leaving Yan Chen shocked and envious.

• Hu Yanbo emerged from the Bronze Gate and entered an epiphany while Kandri watched over him.
• Kandri used Space Lockdown to silence and restrain an approaching Immortal God as Hu Yanbo’s aura surged and his divine body absorbed cosmic energy.
• Hu Yanbo thanked Kandri, who praised his two breakthroughs in six hundred years and asked his name.
• Marquis Yan Chen recognized Hu Yanbo’s latest breakthrough and felt bitter envy over his own lack of progress.
• Kandri told Hu Yanbo to cultivate well and promised to treat him to a drink when he reached King Rank, leaving Yan Chen astonished.

Hu Yanbo absorbed cosmic energy in Chaos City and raised his divine power, shocking the powerful beings who witnessed his breakthrough. Star Radiance King regretted losing him to the Universe Mercenary Alliance, while King Qian Cang celebrated the news.

• Hu Yanbo absorbed cosmic energy on his rooftop, expanding his divine power while preserving the completeness of his soul.
• Star Radiance King and other powerful beings noticed Hu Yanbo's energy fluctuations and were astonished by his progress.
• Star Radiance King lamented that Hu Yanbo had joined the Universe Mercenary Alliance under King Qian Cang's Special-grade King Rank Seed contract.
• King Qian Cang received news of Hu Yanbo's breakthrough and called Void True King to celebrate the contract decision.

Hu Yanbo continued absorbing cosmic energy for five hundred years, astonishing the Immortals in Chaos City as his space-law comprehension appeared to reach King Rank. Venerable Greenstone reprimanded Star Radiance King for failing to recruit him and ordered him to choose between leaving his post or leaving Chaos City.

• Hu Yanbo cultivated on a rooftop for five hundred years, continuously absorbing vast amounts of cosmic energy.
• The Immortals and King Rank experts watched in disbelief as they suspected Hu Yanbo had reached King Rank comprehension of the space law.
• Venerable Greenstone questioned Star Radiance King about failing to recruit Hu Yanbo, and Star Radiance King admitted his poor judgment.
• Venerable Greenstone told Star Radiance King to relinquish his recruitment position or leave Chaos City and return to his post.
• Star Radiance King realized the ultimatum was punishment for his mistake and felt regret as he looked toward Hu Yanbo.

After seven hundred years of cultivation in Chaos City, Hu Yanbo completed his divine body and entered King Rank. As the Human Race welcomed its new King Rank expert, he realized that the young cultivators below now saw him as a great being.

• A Black-Robed Envoy explained Chaos City's rules to a new group of young cultivators and praised Hu Yanbo's astonishing progress in seclusion.
• The young cultivators learned Hu Yanbo was close to earning permanent residency, while a Universe Mercenary Alliance King Rank expert compared his potential to Mengsui King.
• After several more years, the energy surrounding Hu Yanbo dispersed, and he awoke with a complete divine body and King Rank strength.
• King Rank experts congratulated Hu Yanbo on becoming a new Human Race King Rank expert, and he greeted them calmly.
• Hu Yanbo watched young cultivators return from hunting chaos true spirits and realized they now regarded him as a great being.

After entering King Rank, Hu Yanbo assessed his limits and decided that killing Demon Hand King would require more strength and time. Void True King and King Qian Cang congratulated him and began discussing the title the alliance would bestow upon him.

• Babata celebrated Hu Yanbo's new King Rank and urged him to seek revenge on Demon Hand King, but Hu Yanbo judged that his soul techniques were not yet refined enough to defeat him.
• Hu Yanbo recognized that he had achieved his first goal of living freely in the Primal Universe and set killing Demon Hand King as his next goal.
• Hu Yanbo concluded that he needed to reach Peak King strength to guarantee Demon Hand King's destruction, and considered how future breakthroughs might bring him there.
• Babata announced an incoming call from Void True King, and Hu Yanbo accepted it, bringing Void True King and King Qian Cang into view.
• Void True King and King Qian Cang congratulated Hu Yanbo on entering King Rank, and Qian Cang said the alliance wanted to grant him a title despite his having skipped a proper Marquis title.

Hu Yanbo declined an offer to have the Universe Mercenary Alliance give him a title, preferring to earn one through his own achievements. After the call, he focused on strengthening himself and considered the elite King-level Immortals who had begun seeking his friendship.

• Void True King and King Qian Cang offered to recommend a title for Hu Yanbo, but he said he wanted to earn one through his own deeds.
• Void True King praised Hu Yanbo’s ambition, while King Qian Cang reminded him that he would eventually need a title befitting his status.
• After the call ended, Babata questioned Hu Yanbo’s decision, and Hu Yanbo said that strength mattered more than an empty name.
• Hu Yanbo resolved to improve his soul techniques, integrate his increased power, and eventually defeat Demon Hand King.
• Several prominent King-level Immortals contacted Hu Yanbo to befriend him and called him the second Mengsui King, but he left their requests unanswered and set his sights higher.

Hu Yanbo received an invitation from Kandri for a drink and realized that becoming a King Rank Immortal made him a peer rather than a traditional disciple to Universe Venerables. Just as he prepared to rely on his own cultivation, Universe Overlord Yuan Huang offered to take him as his direct disciple, and Hu Yanbo accepted.

• Hu Yanbo read Kandri’s congratulatory email and accepted the invitation to visit him after consolidating his progress.
• Hu Yanbo concluded that Venerables saw him as a promising junior rather than someone needing traditional master-disciple guidance.
• Yuan Huang sent Hu Yanbo an offer to become his direct disciple after reviewing his combat records.
• Hu Yanbo searched the alliance database and learned that Yuan Huang, the Abyssal Emperor, was a powerful Universe Overlord with a history as a lone wanderer.
• Hu Yanbo accepted Yuan Huang’s offer and paid his respects to him as his new master.

Hu Yanbo entered Yuan Huang Hall and was accepted as Yuan Huang’s fourth disciple after the Venerable praised his rise from humble origins through relentless struggle. Yuan Huang passed him the Yuan seal, a framework of space-law insights, leaving Hu Yanbo with a powerful new method to study.

• Hu Yanbo flew to Yuan Huang Hall on Glory Sacred Mountain, shocking the onlookers who watched the gates open for him.
• Hu Yanbo entered the hall and met Yuan Huang, whose presence and battle-worn appearance overwhelmed him.
• Yuan Huang told Hu Yanbo about his three accomplished disciples, Hong, Zhu, and Pan, and explained that he valued those who forged their own paths through hardship.
• Yuan Huang named Hu Yanbo his fourth disciple and sent the Yuan seal into his soul.
• Yuan Huang explained that the Yuan seal embodied his insights into the three mysteries of space law and surpassed the Space-Time Essays in depth.

Hu Yanbo received the Abyssal Seal’s insights into applying space law and believed they would soon help him advance. Yuan Huang rewarded him with resources and promised a Universe Master’s guidance if Hu Yanbo reached Peak King and killed five enemy King Rank experts within three hundred epochs.

• The Abyssal Seal fused with Hu Yanbo, combining his past insights and granting him powerful combat experience in Yuan Huang’s methods of slaughter.
• Hu Yanbo told Yuan Huang that the gift had clarified obstacles in his space-law comprehension and could lead to a breakthrough.
• Yuan Huang realized Hu Yanbo might be nearing Initial King and praised his comprehension.
• Yuan Huang granted Hu Yanbo three billion Hunyuan units in starting resources and an upgraded armor-and-war-blade set made primarily from grade G metal.
• Yuan Huang promised to ask a Universe Master to analyze Hu Yanbo’s secret techniques if Hu Yanbo reached Peak King and killed five enemy King Rank experts within three hundred epochs.
• Hu Yanbo thanked Yuan Huang, resolved to meet the conditions quickly, and left Yuan Huang Hall.

Hu Yanbo chose to save his available advance rather than risk drawing more scrutiny, then passed the Eighteenth Layer of the Nine Universes Heavenly Bridge and received permission to found a school. After meeting Venerable Guiyi, he planned to leave Chaos City once he finished his remaining business.

• Hu Yanbo decided to hold back his available advance because another sudden breakthrough could attract unwanted attention in Chaos City.
• Hu Yanbo passed the Eighteenth Layer of the Nine Universes Heavenly Bridge and qualified to apply for permanent residency in Chaos City.
• Hu Yanbo visited the City Lord's Mansion to upgrade his privileges and met Venerable Guiyi, who confirmed his accomplishments.
• Venerable Guiyi granted Hu Yanbo permission to found a school based on the Nine Universes Chaos Stele and earn contribution points through public lectures.
• Hu Yanbo left the City Lord's Mansion relieved but uneasy about the Chaos City Lord's scrutiny, and resolved to leave Chaos City after finishing his business.

Hu Yanbo established his own palace in Chaos City, received congratulations and resources, and cultivated his soul techniques while preparing to leave. His plans were interrupted by a farewell message from Marquis Glorious Light, who thanked him for saving his life.

• Hu Yanbo used his permanent resident privileges to build a black-metal palace in Chaos City and received congratulations from fellow cultivators, including True Yan King.
• Babata compared the value of True Yan King's secret technique with Hu Yanbo's Soul Seal, and Hu Yanbo said his potential could surpass True Yan King's.
• Hu Yanbo replied to the congratulatory messages and secluded himself to study the soul path and digest what he had gained from the Abyssal Seal.
• An Immortal God delivered two World Rings containing the rare resources Hu Yanbo had bought with nearly all his available wealth.
• Hu Yanbo cultivated the Cloud-Touching Vine and worked on a soul attack technique until Marquis Glorious Light sent a message thanking him for saving his life and bidding him farewell.

Hu Yanbo received a farewell email from his old comrade Marquis Glorious Light and urgently sought a way to locate him. Void True King revealed that Glorious Light had entered the dangerous Nether God Secret Realm on a high-risk mission, leaving Hu Yanbo with a lead and a warning about the dangers ahead.

• Babata told Hu Yanbo that Marquis Glorious Light’s farewell email suggested his life was in danger, but gave no location.
• Hu Yanbo asked Void True King to help trace the email, and Void True King explained that he lacked access to the Virtual Universe Network’s transmission records.
• Void True King recognized Marquis Glorious Light and revealed that he and Marquis Rock had accepted a high-risk five-star mission in the Nether God Secret Realm several months earlier.
• Void True King warned Hu Yanbo that the public secret realm was treacherous and filled with powerful Immortals from alien races.

Hu Yanbo studied the dangers and resources of the Nether God Secret Realm, then left Chaos City for the Original Universe to pursue his plans. The Chaos City Lord briefly observed his departure before Hu Yanbo reached the Virtual Universe Company's Divine Kingdom teleportation site.

• Hu Yanbo searched the Universe Mercenary Alliance database and learned that the Nether God Secret Realm was a contested public realm whose active dangers were mostly King-level Immortals.
• Hu Yanbo decided that reaching High King would make the realm less dangerous and submitted an application to leave Chaos City, which was approved.
• As Hu Yanbo's vessel departed, the Chaos City Lord observed him, judged him a promising but not especially important Immortal, and turned his attention away.
• Hu Yanbo's vessel passed through the passage into the Original Universe and headed for the Virtual Universe Company's centralized Divine Kingdom teleportation site.
• Hu Yanbo arrived at the vast teleportation hub and saw experts traveling between its enormous platforms.

Hu Yanbo reached the Nether God Secret Realm in his upgraded Yunmo Star Ship and learned that Rock and Radiance were being hunted in the Dark Corrosion Cavern. As he prepared to use his advance panel to grow stronger for their rescue, he reconsidered what kind of ability he needed most.

• Hu Yanbo arrived near the Nether God Secret Realm and summoned his newly upgraded Yunmo Star Ship, while Babata praised its refined law secret patterns.
• Hu Yanbo received coordinates for the Dark Corrosion Cavern from Rock and suspected that Rock and Radiance had discovered a treasure that drew King Rank pursuers.
• Hu Yanbo told Babata to monitor the detection equipment, then entered the ship's quarters to use his advance panel.
• Hu Yanbo found that he could advance his space-law comprehension to High King but not Peak King, and concluded that his foundation could not support the greater leap.
• Hu Yanbo reconsidered taking a general High King advance and focused instead on requesting a specialized ability to improve his survival and mobility before the rescue.

The author explained that the King Rank seed contract was a formal support program for promising Immortals, extending the top powers’ investment in talent beyond the World Lord stage. The chapter argued that this system fit the original setting, while Luo Feng’s exceptional growth meant its ordinary processes were rarely shown.

• The author compared the five top powers’ investment in World Lords to institutions supporting doctoral students and building their foundations.
• The author explained that promising Immortals could receive further resources and advancement opportunities as early-career talent.
• The author described the King Rank seed contract as a commitment specifying resources, privileges, and expected goals for selected members.
• The author argued that formal training contracts were compatible with the original setting, noting that Luo Feng’s rapid growth had left little reason to depict the usual process.

Hu Yanbo advanced to complete mastery of the Space Law’s Teleportation mystery, then replenished his newly advanced High King divine body with rare treasures. He reached the outer region of the Nether God Secret Realm and prepared to face the dangerous entrance.

• Hu Yanbo chose to draw an advance on complete mastery of Teleportation, and the system granted it in exchange for surviving a life-and-death battle.
• Hu Yanbo used his World Ring’s rare treasures to rapidly restore his divine power until his High King divine body reached its ideal state.
• Babata told Hu Yanbo that the Yunmo Star Ship had reached the outer region of the Nether God Secret Realm.
• Hu Yanbo saw the turbulent energy belt and the vast vortex marking the secret realm’s entrance, and recognized that teleportation was better suited to combat than traveling hundreds of thousands of light-years.

Hu Yanbo entered the Nether God Secret Realm and raced toward the Dark Corrosion Cavern after Marquis Rock’s distress call. As Blood Fang King prepared to kill the exhausted Marquis Rock, Hu Yanbo burst into the cavern and confronted him.

• Hu Yanbo entered the chaotic Nether God Secret Realm, stored his ship, and began teleporting toward the Dark Corrosion Cavern.
• Blood Fang King cornered the wounded Marquis Rock in the cavern after she had evaded him for half a day.
• Marquis Rock used her Rock Wall Bastion to withstand Blood Fang King’s attack, but her defense nearly shattered and her divine power was running out.
• Marquis Rock prepared to burn her remaining divine power and make a final stand, believing no help would arrive.
• Hu Yanbo smashed through the cavern ceiling and challenged Blood Fang King for attacking Marquis Rock.