Recaps

Dongguan outmaneuvered Nine Abyss Venerable, weakened him, and sealed him inside the Sealing Star. He rejected Lord Huang Jian’s summons and began negotiating Nine Abyss Venerable’s release, insisting that the Wood and Grass Cauldron Pearl alone was not enough.

• Dongguan endured Nine Abyss Venerable’s attacks in the Dark Universe, then escaped and used Lifeless Light and the Sealing Star to weaken and seal him in the Original Universe.
• Dongguan left to avoid Lord Huang Jian, reflected on his need to grow stronger, and considered how to protect himself while keeping Nine Abyss Venerable captive.
• Lord Huang Jian reviewed the battle and agreed to talk with Dongguan through the Virtual Universe.
• Dongguan chatted with True Yan King, Tong Nan King, and Jianhuang King in his Hongmeng City villa before King Niexin delivered Lord Huang Jian’s summons.
• Dongguan refused to attend and offered to release Nine Abyss Venerable in exchange for reasonable terms; he rejected the Wood and Grass Cauldron Pearl as insufficient compensation.
• Dongguan confirmed to Jianhuang King that Nine Abyss Venerable was sealed and awaiting a deal.

Dongguan accepted Lord Huang Jian’s offer and released Nine Abyss Venerable, ending their feud through Chaos City Lord’s mediation. He established a palace on Thunder Island’s mountainside and left Human Territory, while Nine Abyss Venerable teleported away into Zerg Territory.

• Dongguan gave Nine Abyss Venerable three days to secure acceptable terms, and Chaos City Lord later relayed Lord Huang Jian’s offer of the Wood and Grass Cauldron Pearl and five supreme treasure points.
• Dongguan accepted the offer, agreed to release Nine Abyss Venerable, and told Chaos City Lord that he planned to leave Human Territory.
• Chaos City Lord granted Dongguan a mountainside palace on Thunder Island and asked about Luo Feng’s disappearance from the Virtual Universe; Dongguan recounted what he knew from the Star Tower.
• Dongguan established his palace, arranged precautions for Immortal Donghua and his mother, and sent messages to Qiong, Zhang Yu, Youyue, and others.
• Dongguan released Nine Abyss Venerable, who teleported away after warning that they would meet again; Dongguan hid an immortal crystal on the planet and left as well.
• Nine Abyss Venerable sensed that he had arrived in Zerg Territory.

Dongguan claimed the Wood and Grass Divine Cauldron, enslaved King Huozhen, and learned from Abis that his progress with the Formless Soul-Refining Secret Manual could be extraordinary. He brought his allies and captives to his Divine Kingdom to cultivate, then prepared to send his light lord clone out with new equipment and the Beast God Inheritance Token.

• King Mieye delivered the Wood and Grass Cauldron Pearl, and Dongguan restored the Wood and Grass Divine Cauldron and made himself its master.
• Dongguan ordered King Huozhen to release Abis, then used her soul power to improve his cultivation of the Formless Soul-Refining Secret Manual.
• Abis explained the Formless Training Camp and said Dongguan had a chance to cultivate a formless soul beyond ninety percent completion.
• Dongguan took Abis and King Huozhen to his Divine Kingdom, where he assigned King Huozhen to study the cauldron and King Lianxin to continue trying to enslave Nan Cheng.
• Dongguan prepared his light lord clone with the Suimo Blade, Darkvault Armor, Nine Abyss Realm, Ethereal Boat, and Beast God Inheritance Token.

Dongguan expanded the Guanjie Talisman Company’s plans and traveled to the Ancestral God Secret Realm to seek help with his cultivation and research. After arriving at Purple Thorn Island, he waited to meet the Guardian Beast God and studied the Beast God sculptures.

• Dongguan ignored criticism of his Venerable-level residence and went down Thunder Island to expand the Rune business, leaving Youyue in charge of operations.
• Nine Swords Venerable told Blood Wing Venerable that Dongguan had defeated Nine Abyss Venerable and taken his Supreme Treasures, shifting the Venerables’ doubts toward Dongguan’s character.
• Dongguan traveled through the Dark Universe aboard the Ethereal Boat, considering how to advance his Time Law, Beast God studies, and research into consciousness.
• Dongguan reached the Ancestral God Secret Realm and followed a Feicang Venerable through the Five-Colored Aurora Lake to Purple Thorn Island.
• A human servant told Dongguan that the Guardian Beast God would receive him within ten years at most, and Dongguan studied the Beast God sculptures while waiting.

Dongguan became a Purple Thorn Island inheritor and entered the Inheritance Land to test his Light-Time Fusion Law understanding. After the inheritance rated him at the first layer, he corrected gaps in his foundation and advanced to the second layer, where he continued studying and gained insight for his Consciousness Probe.

• The Purple Thorn Island Lord granted Dongguan access to Glory World, the Inheritance Land, the Treasure Land, and the Secret Realm Land.
• Dongguan built a residence, released King Mieye to guard it, and headed to the Inheritance Land.
• The inheritance rated Dongguan at the first layer and revealed that gaps in his Secret Pattern Flow foundation had held back his progress.
• Dongguan studied the first-layer inheritance for more than ten days and then received the second-layer inheritance.
• After three more months of cultivation, Dongguan was rated at the second layer again and gained insight into developing the Consciousness Probe.

A thousand years after Dongguan’s new buildings appeared on Purple Thorn Island, he observed civilizations developing in his Divine Kingdom and reached another limit in his soul cultivation. Unable to make further progress toward becoming a Venerable through seclusion, he sent his Light Lord Clone to Zerg Territory.

• Dongguan explored Earthstar World and found that the Snake-people had developed the earliest civilization, with rudimentary writing, priestly techniques, and worship linked to his energy ocean.
• Dongguan decided to let Earthstar World develop freely and considered introducing outside life into some of his other Star Worlds.
• Dongguan reviewed a thousand years of cultivation, including his progress in the Light-Time Fusion Law and his soul training with Nan Cheng, and found that his Soul Amplitude had reached 99.44 times and his Formless Soul 44%.
• Dongguan decided to leave seclusion and travel to Zerg Territory because his comprehension of the Time Law remained short of the final step to becoming a Venerable.
• Dongguan sent his Light Lord Clone toward Zerg Territory with the Suimo Blade, Darkvault Armor, and Sealing Star, leaving the Ethereal Boat and Nine Abyss Realm behind.

Dongguan entered Zerg Territory, researched its inhabitants and missions, and learned that Zerg Mother Emperor Meiya had grown much stronger. Using his newly expanded Eye of Cause and Effect, he traced connections to Zerg Mother Emperors and chose to hunt World Lord-level targets instead.

• Dongguan reviewed information about Zerg Territory and found that other races, including humans, lived among the Zerg Mother Emperors’ domains.
• Dongguan checked the Calamity Star Zone and Netherworld Hall’s missions, then passed over assignments involving the Calamity Mistress as too dangerous.
• Dongguan learned that Meiya had gained power in a Cosmic Secret Realm and had become a priority target for Zerg investigations and hunting missions.
• Dongguan discovered that his Light Lord Clone could use the Eye of Cause and Effect after his breakthrough, but passed over the trail leading to Meiya in the Zerg Queen’s Miniature Universe.
• Dongguan decided to hunt World Lord Level Zerg Mother Emperors and directed his biological spaceship toward a location on the Star Map.

Dongguan infiltrated Wenno Star disguised as the Domain Lord Weite, hoping to approach its Zerg Mother Emperor during a celebration while learning about life among the Insect People. When the celebration ended, the real Weite was selected by the Zerg Warriors, giving Dongguan a chance to follow him toward the Mother Emperor.

• Dongguan arrived on Wenno Star disguised as Weite and met Mokesun, who helped him settle into life on the planet.
• Dongguan learned about the Insect People’s dependence on the Zerg Mother Emperors and waited for the celebration to begin.
• Multicolored clouds and strange fluctuations marked the start of the celebration, and Dongguan located their source on an isolated island.
• Zerg Warriors selected Insect People over three days, and they took the real Weite from his home on the final day.
• Dongguan followed the Zerg Warriors invisibly, bypassing Wenno Star’s detection methods.

Wenna experimented with insectoid genes to develop new Zerg troops, but Dongguan secretly captured her and had King Lianxin enslave her. Wenna submitted to Dongguan, who planned to use her in his cultivation.

• Wenna extracted genes from insectoids and used fertilized egg cells to begin creating new Zerg Warriors.
• Dongguan watched Wenna's experiments from inside the Zerg Mother Nest, then revealed himself and subdued her.
• Dongguan took Wenna, the Zerg Mother Nest, its warriors, and the Soul Slaves away from Wenno Star and teleported to his Divine Kingdom.
• King Lianxin volunteered to enslave Wenna and succeeded, after which Dongguan released her from the space-time seal.
• Wenna greeted Dongguan and the others, then agreed to cooperate with Dongguan's cultivation.

Dongguan created Shadow Mother Emperors that could produce Insect Soldiers, then began deploying them in a Cosmic Secret Realm to attract Zerg Mother Emperors while pursuing his Formless Soul cultivation. The plan was underway, but the Shadow Mother Emperors’ limitations and the risk of discovery remained.

• Dongguan found that Wenna could no longer significantly improve his Formless Soul and ordered her to contact other Zerg Mother Emperors without asking for their locations.
• Dongguan created a Shadow Mother Emperor using his Dark Lord avatar and instructed her to produce Zerg Warriors, while Nan Cheng warned that she could not convincingly infiltrate the Zerg.
• Nan Cheng reported that many World Lord Zerg Mother Emperors had shown interest in Wenna’s plan, but few Immortals had come, so Dongguan planned to use the Shadow Mother Emperor to attract stronger targets.
• Dongguan revealed that he had captured more than twenty World Lord Zerg Mother Emperors but wanted to target Immortals, despite the greater risk of exposure.
• A silver-armored Immortal deployed Shadow Zerg Mother Nests across a Cosmic Secret Realm, where their worker bees established subsidiary nests and gathered resources.

Wenna demonstrated giant insects assembled from Zerg Warriors and offered Giant Insect Cores to visiting Zerg Mother Emperors, while Dongguan was revealed as their creator. Before the news spread, a survivor from the Yuqian Secret Realm reported that creatures resembling Zerg Mother Emperors were devouring everything inside.

• Wenna showed the Zerg Mother Emperors a giant insect made from multiple types of Zerg Warriors and explained its immense cost and potential as a third-generation Zerg Legion.
• Wenna revealed that a living World Lord had to merge with a Giant Insect Core to create a true giant insect, then offered to sell the cores and gifted two to each visitor.
• Dongguan used his insight into life and other techniques to create the Giant Insect Cores and form new causal lines.
• A lone survivor from an Insect Person squad reported that creatures resembling Zerg Mother Emperors were devouring everything in the Yuqian Secret Realm.

Dongguan imprisoned a Zerg Mother Emperor in a sealed chamber while the Zerg Venerables debated how to investigate the Yuqian Secret Realm. After nearly eleven epochs in seclusion, King Huozhen broke through to become Venerable Huozhen, giving Dongguan a powerful new ally and servant.

• Lord Minglian decided that allied races could explore the Yuqian Secret Realm first, while interested Zerg could follow at their own risk.
• The Calamity Mistress reported that Wenna had created Giant Insect Cores but refused to share their manufacturing technology, and Lord Minglian allowed others to try to reverse-engineer them.
• Dongguan sealed a Zerg Mother Emperor in a chamber where her warriors faced movement limits, and she resigned herself to captivity while continuing to cultivate.
• Dongguan reflected that capturing Immortal Level Zerg Mother Emperors would be easier if he became a Venerable, then learned that King Huozhen had succeeded after nearly eleven epochs in seclusion.
• King Huozhen began converting his divine body through the universe origin law, and Dongguan told him to report back once his human clone had finished so he could take on tasks.

Dongguan and Venerable Huozhen began their plan to capture Shadow Mother Emperors and harvest their nests in the Yuqian Secret Realm. After a Shadow Mother Nest triggered an explosive trap, they sealed the pursuing Zerg Mother Emperor and headed for the next prepared site.

• An Immortal Zerg Mother Emperor attacked a Shadow Mother Nest, hoping to seize its nest and unique troops.
• The Shadow Mother Nest activated Tier 6 human Runes, triggering a powerful explosion that hurled the Zerg Mother Nest deep into the Space Interlayer.
• Dongguan used the Sealing Star to suppress the Zerg Mother Emperor, who managed to send her Soul Slaves a warning about a human in Jade-Green Armor.
• Dongguan told Venerable Huozhen to take him to the next location, continuing the plan to trap targets at fifty prepared sites.

Dongguan refused to claim missions tied to his Zerg Territory operation, while the Zerg discovered his identity and began strengthening their defenses. After enslaving eleven Immortal Zerg Mother Emperors, he found his formless soul nearly complete but doubted the final step would succeed, and prepared to act with Huozhen.

• Dongguan reviewed the Zerg Territory missions but declined to claim rewards that would expose his actions and conflict with his interests.
• Lord Minglian revealed that Insect-Hunting King had orchestrated the Yuqian Secret Realm upheaval, and the Zerg Venerables learned that eleven Immortal Zerg Mother Emperors could not be resurrected.
• The Calamity Mistress reported that World Lord-level Zerg had also disappeared earlier, prompting Lord Minglian to order stronger territorial defenses.
• Dongguan confirmed that eleven Immortal Zerg Mother Emperors had become his soul slaves and that his formless soul was one percent short of completion.
• Dongguan called Huozhen to accompany him as he considered a new way to complete his formless soul.

Meiya returned to Zerg Territory, where Dongguan ambushed her and nearly captured her before her Universe Master teacher intervened. Meiya destroyed herself to avoid capture, and after being resurrected, she left with her most important treasure but immense losses.

• Meiya relaxed in her territory and recalled her recent progress, including becoming a Personal Disciple of a Universe Master.
• Dongguan attacked Meiya with Space Lockdown and a blade strike, weakening her and sealing her Zerg Mother Nest with a Sealing Star.
• Meiya broke free of Dongguan’s illusion, while Dongguan’s Control of Space-Time clashed with the power of her teacher’s divine power clone.
• Dongguan ordered Venerable Huozhen to disrupt the teacher’s Divine Kingdom Passage, and Meiya self-destructed with her soul slaves and army as the passage collapsed.
• Meiya’s Universe Master teacher resurrected her, and Meiya departed by Divine Kingdom Teleportation after confirming her most important treasure had been left in her Divine Kingdom.

Dongguan examined a Mutation Inheritance tablet, then planned one precise attempt to complete his Formless Soul after concluding that capturing Meiya would not help. He arranged for Wenna to distribute Giant Insect Cores among the Zerg as part of his next move.

• Dongguan learned that the tablet described a Mutation Inheritance suited to Zerg Mother Emperors, though its Light of Mutation was missing.
• Nan Cheng explained that the inheritance could benefit Mother Emperors on the Miniaturization Path, like the Calamity Mistress.
• Dongguan decided to test whether a Zerg Mother Emperor's telekinetic power affected him, then make one precise attempt to complete his Formless Soul.
• Dongguan prepared Giant Insect Cores in his Divine Kingdom as a backup plan after completing his operation in the Yuqian Secret Realm.
• Wenna ordered one hundred thousand Giant Insect Cores offered for sale and one given to every Mother Emperor at the Immortal level or above.

Dongguan prepared to attack a Zerg Venerable, strengthening Venerable Huozhen with new treasures and researching the lost Calamity-Flow Blacklight Set. He launched a surprise attack on the Calamity Mistress, but her reaction to his Formless Soul confused him.

• Dongguan concluded that Venerables, but not Immortals, could help condense the final trace of his Formless Soul, and planned to strike one in a single attack.
• Dongguan exchanged treasures in Chaos City, obtaining the Heart-Locking Hall and researching the Calamity-Flow Blacklight Set and its lost components in the Yinfa Secret Realm.
• Dongguan arrived at the Calamity Mistress's territory in the Heart-Locking Hall and used the Nine Abyss Realm to trap her and block her escape.
• Dongguan attacked the Calamity Mistress with an incorporeal soul attack, and she realized he was not Nine Abyss Venerable.
• Dongguan found that the attack had an unexpected effect and wondered what had happened.

Dongguan tried to escape the Calamity Secret Realm, but the Calamity Mistress pursued him and Lord Minglian joined the hunt after learning that Dongguan’s Formless Soul had nearly reached Lord Formless’s level. Dongguan and Venerable Huozhen captured the Calamity Mistress’s Zerg Mother Nest, but a Universe Master arrived, leaving them to follow their contingency plan.

• Dongguan left the Calamity Secret Realm in the Heart-Locking Hall, but the Calamity Mistress intercepted him with a Space Lockdown.
• The Calamity Mistress reported Dongguan’s Heart-Locking Hall, Nine Abyss Realm, and nearly complete Formless Soul to Lord Minglian, who ordered her to hold him until he arrived.
• Dongguan used the Heart-Locking Hall to swallow the Calamity Mistress’s Zerg Warriors and began pulling her Zerg Mother Nest into the palace.
• Dongguan and Venerable Huozhen used the Suimo Blade and Astral Wind to weaken the Calamity Mistress as her Mother Nest was swallowed.
• A Universe Master arrived and controlled the surrounding Space-Time, so Dongguan and Venerable Huozhen agreed to follow their contingency plan.

Dongguan escaped Lord Minglian by sacrificing a clone, then revived and learned that the Zerg had placed an enormous universe-wide bounty on him. As the news spread, Zhang Gui received an offer from Lord Long Xing to become his disciple.

• Lord Minglian pursued Dongguan, who burned away his divine body after his attack failed, leaving her to suspect he had a clone and seize four treasures.
• Dongguan revived in his Divine Kingdom, judged that he was not ready to face a Universe Master, and resolved to avoid Zerg Territory.
• Venerable Huozhen reported that he had enslaved the Calamity Mistress, and Dongguan took her along to verify his suspicions.
• The Zerg announced a bounty offering a Top-tier Supreme Treasure for capturing a soul-bearing clone of the Insect-Hunting King, drawing attention across the universe.
• August Venerable wondered what Dongguan had done, while Zhang Gui learned of the bounty and received an email from Lord Long Xing offering to take him as a disciple.
• The Chaos City Lord noted the Zerg’s intense hostility toward Dongguan and decided to wait until he logged into the Virtual Universe.

Dongguan learned that his cultivation with the Calamity Mistress had advanced his soul along a Zerg-influenced path but had not completed his formless soul. After studying soul cultivation in the Virtual Universe, he remained stuck at the final step and wondered what opportunity could help him break through.

• Dongguan asked the Calamity Mistress about Lord Formless and learned that the Formless Soul-Refining Secret Manual sought to create an acquired formless soul, a feat no one had achieved.
• The Calamity Mistress explained that Dongguan's progress had been aided by Zerg soul traits, which he needed to shed to form a pure formless soul.
• The Calamity Mistress suggested that Dongguan study the Zerg soul and remove the traits holding his soul back, though she could not guarantee it would work.
• Dongguan researched soul foundations, amplitude, will, traits, and application secret arts in the Virtual Universe.
• Dongguan tried to adjust his hazy, layered soul sphere but remained blocked at the final step of forming a formless soul.

Dongguan entered the Ancestral God School’s Glory World, where Insect-Chasing King recognized him as Insect-Hunting King and questioned him about the Zerg’s bounty. After checking the news, Dongguan learned that the Zerg had offered a top-tier supreme treasure for him, leaving him wary of the danger ahead.

• Dongguan reviewed the Glory World rankings and his limited Glory Points after receiving the Fourth Layer inheritance.
• Insect-Chasing King approached Dongguan and asked whether he was Insect-Hunting King.
• Dongguan realized he had never sought out the Hongmeng Alliance because he had been avoiding others after the rumors on Thunder Island.
• Insect-Chasing King told Dongguan that the Zerg had placed a bounty of a top-tier supreme treasure on him.
• Dongguan checked the Virtual Universe for details of the bounty and worried that even the Ancestral God School might not be safe.

Dongguan agreed to join Seven Sword King and Insect-Chasing King in a future expedition to find a Space-Time Demon Lotus, then traveled to Treasure Land to explore its treasures and study the lifeforms there. As he flew toward the tallest mountain, a Gold-Robed Youth noticed him, and Dongguan’s passing presence drew a brief response.

• At the Virtual Universe gathering, Nine Swords Venerable discussed the former Genius Battle contestants with Dongguan, and Venerable Kuangzhou joined them.
• Dongguan received a summons from Chaos City Lord, then met Seven Sword King and Insect-Chasing King at his residence.
• Seven Sword King invited Dongguan to help track a nearly mature Space-Time Demon Lotus in Secret Realm Land, and Dongguan agreed to join their expedition.
• After the others left, Dongguan decided to visit Treasure Land and realized its many lifeforms could help his research into life genes.
• Dongguan flew toward Treasure Land’s tallest mountain to seek one of its 108 treasures, while a Gold-Robed Youth watched him pass.

Dongguan explored the Ancestral God School’s Treasure Land, using his Eye of Cause and Effect to investigate the conditions for several hidden treasures. He encountered Nihemo again, and the meeting led him to plan a visit to the Ten Thousand Rays Secret Realm.

• Dongguan failed to open any of the 108 peak treasures, but used his phantom eye to read conditions for the treasures on the 106th, 107th, and 108th peaks.
• Dongguan visited the place where Seven Sword King had obtained a treasure and discovered two more treasures nearby, then decided that cataloguing their conditions was not worth much effort.
• Nihemo approached Dongguan, recognized him as a member of his race, and claimed he should count as his father or elder brother.
• Dongguan rejected Nihemo’s claims and considered returning to the secret realm where Nihemo had nearly enslaved him.
• Nihemo offered to introduce Dongguan to others of their race, then grew suspicious and left; Dongguan decided to visit the Ten Thousand Rays Secret Realm to seek a chance to advance his fusion laws.

Dongguan reversed space-time in a desolate region to observe Lord Formless and study the peculiarities of his body, hoping to learn how to cultivate a complete Formless Soul. Meanwhile, Nihemo discussed the possible Light Lord clone he had seen with King Feijing, who offered to investigate the human called Guan and urged Nihemo’s race to join the Northern Border Alliance.

• Nihemo told King Feijing he suspected the Light Lord he had seen was a clone made by a human called Guan, and King Feijing offered to investigate through the Northern Border Alliance.
• King Feijing urged Nihemo and his race to join the alliance, noting that a Universe Master could resurrect the Light Lords who had died long ago.
• Dongguan brought Venerable Huozhen to a desolate region and reversed space-time within a range of One Hundred Thousand Kilometers.
• Dongguan and Venerable Huozhen saw images of the Giant Axe Founder pursuing Lord Formless, and Dongguan froze the scene to study Lord Formless’s body.
• Dongguan ended the observation, moved farther away, and began reversing time and space again to continue searching for clues about cultivating a complete Formless Soul.

Dongguan witnessed Giant Axe Founder kill Lord Formless and recorded the trace of Formless’s true soul, then returned to Treasure Land, where Jueguang Venerable tried to attack him. Jueguang abandoned the attempt and left after deciding Dongguan’s soulless energy-lifeform nature and clones made him too difficult to kill.

• Dongguan reversed time and space to witness Giant Axe Founder kill the already-wounded Lord Formless, then recorded the remaining trace of Formless’s soul.
• Giant Axe Founder sensed Dongguan observing him, and the reversed scene vanished.
• While Dongguan’s Light Lord Clone examined treasures in Treasure Land, Jueguang Venerable charged at him and tried to attack with divine power.
• Dongguan countered Jueguang Venerable with a punch, and the watching inheritors discussed his strength and identity.
• Dongguan accused Jueguang Venerable of trying to break the Ancestral God School’s prohibition, but Jueguang claimed he had merely been passing by and left Treasure Land.
• Jueguang Venerable decided not to pursue the Zerg’s mission to probe or kill Dongguan because Dongguan was a soulless energy lifeform with clones.