Recaps

Dongguan, Seven Sword King, and Insect-Chasing King searched Mirror Lake for a Space-Time Demon Spirit, using its aura and the lake’s black ice crystals to guide them. After more than two years without success, Dongguan discovered that a captured Zerg Mother Emperor had given birth to another Mother Emperor in his Divine Kingdom.

• Seven Sword King led Dongguan and Insect-Chasing King to Mirror Lake, where he had previously sensed a Space-Time Demon Spirit.
• The three divided the lake into search areas, and Dongguan used black ice crystals and his soul slaves to search his assigned region.
• Dongguan waited in a cave in an orange ice crystal while his slaves explored, moving away when the nearby black ice crystal began to change color.
• After more than two years, none of the three had found a Space-Time Demon Spirit, though Insect-Chasing King discovered a predecessor’s cave residence with a few minor treasures.
• Dongguan’s aura shifted when a captured World Lord Level Zerg Mother Emperor gave birth to a newborn Zerg Mother Emperor in his Divine Kingdom.

Dongguan took the newborn Zerg Mother Emperor Leitia into his care after her mother died, intending to study her soul as she grew. He brought her to the Origin World, examined her, and began documenting how Zerg Mother Emperors’ souls developed.

• The dying Zerg Mother Emperor told Dongguan she had named her newborn daughter Leitia and asked him to preserve her bloodline.
• After the old Mother Emperor died, Dongguan took Leitia and her small Zerg Mother Nest, assigning her to help with his research into Zerg souls.
• Dongguan brought Leitia to the Origin World, arranged teachers and resources for her, and instructed her to return for examinations at each minor stage.
• Dongguan examined Leitia’s soul and recorded how Zerg Mother Emperors gained soul sources and telekinetic strength as they matured.

Dongguan studied his soul traits and Leitia’s growth in his Divine Kingdom while his servants searched Mirror Lake. King Feijing killed one of Dongguan’s Soul Slaves, and Dongguan decided to resurrect him later.

• Dongguan examined the five traits in his soul and adjusted his consciousness to improve his ability to handle multiple tasks.
• Leitia advanced from Planetary Level to Star Level and asked Dongguan for permission to strengthen her Mother Nest and create warriors; he agreed.
• King Feijing used his Universe Mirror to track a Marquis Immortal, trapped him in a shattered Mirror Lake, and watched him die.
• Dongguan learned from Venerable Huozhen that King Feijing had killed one of his Soul Slaves and planned to resurrect the servant after becoming a Venerable.

Dongguan and Venerable Huozhen confronted King Feijing after he admitted killing three of Huozhen’s slaves, but he escaped through a black ice crystal. They pursued him, trapping him and damaging his divine body until he fled beneath Mirror Lake, where Dongguan followed alone.

• Dongguan experimented with a water-light illusion secret art while Venerable Huozhen reported that three of his slaves had been killed.
• Dongguan and Venerable Huozhen found King Feijing at the latest death site, where he admitted killing the slaves and attacked them with soul attacks that failed.
• Dongguan and Venerable Huozhen battled King Feijing, but he escaped through a black ice crystal that teleported him elsewhere.
• Dongguan tracked King Feijing and, with Venerable Huozhen blocking his escape, wounded him and drove him toward Mirror Lake.
• King Feijing shattered the lake’s surface and fled underwater, and Dongguan followed while Venerable Huozhen stayed above to guard the Nine Abyss Realm.

Dongguan pursued King Feijing through Mirror Lake, overcoming its space-time suppression and following him into a black ice crystal. Dongguan emerged in the lake’s depths, saw the sleeping Mirror Lake Lord, and teleported away without disturbing him.

• Dongguan used Control of Space-Time to counter Mirror Lake’s suppression and close the gap on King Feijing.
• King Feijing pleaded with Dongguan to stop, sent a request for help to the Northern Border Alliance, and searched for an escape route with Universe Mirror.
• King Feijing found a lake-bottom vortex and entered it, with Dongguan following close behind.
• King Feijing discovered the vortex led to a black ice crystal, and Dongguan entered it after briefly hesitating.
• Dongguan emerged deep beneath Mirror Lake, recognized the sleeping Mirror Lake Lord, and teleported away; the Lord briefly formed a face before returning to sleep.

Dongguan pursued King Feijing through Mirror Lake, then discovered the Space-Time Demon Spirit and locked it down. King Feijing escaped through a black ice crystal, but the demon spirit did too, leaving Dongguan still unable to capture either target.

• King Feijing escaped Dongguan’s attacks through the black ice crystals and tried to summon Venerable Pei Feng for help.
• Dongguan and Venerable Huozhen tracked King Feijing to Mirror Lake’s depths, where Dongguan spotted the Space-Time Demon Spirit.
• Dongguan used Space Lockdown on the demon spirit, then pursued King Feijing, who escaped through a black ice crystal.
• Dongguan tracked the Space-Time Demon Spirit, but it also fled through a black ice crystal before he could catch it.

Seven Sword King discovered that King Feijing had encountered the Space-Time Demon Spirit and followed Insect-Hunting King and Venerable Huozhen to the Mirror Lake confrontation. Dongguan weakened King Feijing until Pei Feng Venerable intervened, and Venerable Huozhen pulled Dongguan and Seven Sword King into the Heart-Locking Hall as King Suichong arrived.

• Seven Sword King sensed the Space-Time Demon Spirit's aura on King Feijing, then received Dongguan's coordinates and contacted Insect-Chasing King.
• Dongguan switched to his human body and fought King Feijing, whose divine power fell below half as Dongguan tried to seal him with the Sealing Star.
• Seven Sword King arrived while King Feijing prepared to self-destruct, but Pei Feng Venerable struck aside the Sealing Star and freed him.
• King Feijing revealed that Dongguan had a soul and a Domain-type Supreme Treasure, prompting Pei Feng Venerable to eye Dongguan as a prize.
• King Suichong appeared, and Venerable Huozhen used the Heart-Locking Hall to draw Dongguan and Seven Sword King inside.

Insect-Chasing King, Dongguan, and Seven Sword King captured a Space-Time Demon Spirit and agreed to let it remain free while cooperating with them. More than three hundred years later, Leitia broke through to World Lord, enabling Dongguan to complete the Formless Soul, and he began planning tests of its abilities.

• Venerable Pei Feng withdrew after realizing that fighting Insect-Chasing King and Dongguan would take too long, and Seven Sword King clarified that King Feijing had not captured the Space-Time Demon Spirit.
• Insect-Chasing King persuaded Dongguan and Seven Sword King to let the Space-Time Demon Spirit remain free if it agreed to cooperate.
• Dongguan and the others trapped the Space-Time Demon Spirit, and Insect-Chasing King successfully convinced it to cooperate; Seven Sword King was given the first chance to use it.
• More than three hundred years later, Leitia broke through to World Lord in Dongguan's Divine Kingdom, and Dongguan completed the Formless Soul while observing her transformation.
• Dongguan allowed Leitia to move freely through several realms with restrictions, and she called him "Father" before leaving.
• Dongguan resolved to test the Formless Soul's characteristics and considered releasing Leitia once he became a Universe Master.

Dongguan tested a new Formless Soul trait by severing his Soul Enslavement of King Lianxin, only to find that King Lianxin remained loyal and could be enslaved again with unusual ease. The discovery left Dongguan and his companions preparing further experiments as he explored the abilities of his perfected Formless Soul.

• Dongguan examined the runes in his soul, adjusted his consciousness through the comprehension rune, and prepared to test his Formless Soul.
• Dongguan severed his enslavement of King Lianxin and discovered that the capacity it used would recover over time, likely within one Epoch.
• King Lianxin remained devoted to Dongguan despite the severed enslavement, and the Calamity Mistress realized Dongguan had truly mastered the Formless Soul.
• Dongguan asked Venerable Huozhen to enslave King Lianxin, and Huozhen succeeded more easily than expected because King Lianxin's former master position seemed vacant.
• Dongguan considered whether he could transfer enslaved enemies to his own Soul Slaves and began planning further tests of the Formless Soul.

Insect-Hunting King Dongguan’s battle footage played before the Ancestral God School’s inheritors, exposing his strength and methods while King Feijing and Nihemo considered how to oppose him. Dongguan joined the Hongmeng Alliance gathering as the footage replayed, and the other inheritors discussed his failed attempt to capture King Feijing and his bond with Venerable Huozhen.

• The inheritors watched footage of King Huozhen’s rise to Venerable and debated Dongguan’s strength, weapons, and transformed human body.
• King Feijing explained that publicizing Dongguan’s methods was the only revenge available to him and hoped enemies would learn to counter Dongguan.
• Nihemo regretted not enslaving Dongguan when they first met, while Dongguan overheard him and considered developing a prophecy-like secret art using the Eye of Cause and Effect.
• Dongguan sat among the Hongmeng Alliance inheritors, who praised his battle against King Feijing and noted he might have killed him had he not tried to capture him.
• The inheritors questioned why Venerable Huozhen had helped Dongguan, while the human Venerables privately knew Huozhen was Dongguan’s soul slave.

Dongguan learned that fifth-layer inheritors could earn Glory Points through Ancestral God School missions, then accepted challenges from all 188 fourth-layer Hongmeng Alliance inheritors in hopes of gaining enough points for an inheritance opportunity. His first battle against King Xunji began with both fighters burning divine power and attacking with fusion-law techniques.

• King Xunji challenged Dongguan to a Glory World battle, and Dongguan questioned how inheritors could earn enough Glory Points for inheritance opportunities.
• Venerable Tianxing explained that fifth-layer inheritors could earn Glory Points by completing Ancestral God School missions and said Dongguan was strong enough to qualify as an Outer Member.
• Dongguan proposed challenging the 188 fourth-layer Hongmeng Alliance inheritors present and accepted every invitation.
• The other inheritors debated how many matches Dongguan could win as he entered his first battle against King Xunji in a desert arena.
• King Xunji burned his divine body and charged at Dongguan, who also ignited his divine power and counterattacked with his long saber.

Dongguan entered Glory World and used his efficient divine-power burning and combat techniques to defeat a long series of opponents, including several Venerables. After 188 battles, he finished with 181 wins and 7 losses, earning enough Glory Points for an inheritance opportunity and leaving with 77 points remaining.

• Dongguan defeated King Xunji in his first Glory World battle by outlasting him and finishing him with a slash.
• Dongguan defeated King Purple Blood, who judged his fusion-law comprehension to be at a level usually reached by Venerables.
• Dongguan continued his winning streak until Venerable Qianyu defeated him, leaving his record at 42 wins and 1 loss.
• Dongguan later defeated Venerable Meiying and kept winning as Venerables became his remaining opponents.
• King Feijing noticed that Dongguan's combat methods were being shown in a looping video and left Glory World after shutting it off.
• Dongguan finished all 188 battles with 181 wins and 7 losses, raising his Glory Points from 3 to 177; after exchanging for an inheritance opportunity, he had 77 points left.

Dongguan collected his plans for improving his strength and challenged the Universe Heavenly Bridge, passing its 21st Layer despite not being a Venerable. He continued onward to the 22nd Layer and selected a Time-specialized warrior opponent.

• Dongguan decided to collect the Space-Time Demon Spirit from Seven Sword King, study the Chaos Stele, and later travel the universe before receiving his inheritance.
• Dongguan went to the Tongtian Bridge Plane and told Guardian Bafen that he intended to challenge the 21st Layer without becoming a Venerable.
• Dongguan withstood the guardian’s Time Stop, Chaos, and Annihilation techniques, passed the 21st Layer, and gained a faint understanding of Annihilation.
• Guardian Bafen sent several emails after realizing Dongguan had passed the 21st Layer as an Immortal.
• Dongguan reached the 22nd Layer and chose to fight a Time-specialized warrior.

Dongguan passed the 22nd floor of the Universe Heavenly Bridge and fought briefly on the 23rd, drawing Chaos City Lord’s attention to his time-space fusion insight and secret technique. After returning to Chaos City, Dongguan was summoned to the Chaos Ruins, where Chaos City Lord noticed something unusual about him.

• Chaos City Lord watched Dongguan defeat the 22nd-floor guardian and lose to the 23rd, recognizing his trace of time-space fusion and praising his Long Rainbow movement technique.
• Giant Axe arrived to speak with Chaos City Lord as Dongguan left the Virtual Universe Company Headquarters for Chaos City.
• Dongguan reflected on his Heavenly Bridge gains and his compromises with Lord Huang Jian, concluding that he needed greater strength.
• Dongguan received an email in Chaos City and went to the City Lord’s Mansion, where he met Chaos City Lord in the Chaos Ruins.
• Chaos City Lord began questioning Dongguan, then sharpened his gaze after noticing something unusual about him.

Dongguan told Chaos City Lord about the Formless Soul legacy and his operations in Zerg Territory. He left after revealing that he had enslaved Calamity Mistress, while Chaos City Lord wondered what Luo Feng had been doing.

• Chaos City Lord asked Dongguan about Lord Formless's legacy and explained that humanity wanted information about the Zerg bounty.
• Dongguan confirmed he had obtained the legacy, discussed his Formless Soul defenses, and agreed to submit useful findings to the Virtual Universe without revealing personal cultivation insights.
• Chaos City Lord asked what Dongguan had done in Zerg Territory, and Dongguan admitted he had captured dozens of Zerg Mother Emperors and killed several others.
• Dongguan told Chaos City Lord that he had enslaved Calamity Mistress and would submit the information she knew about the Zerg.
• After Dongguan left, Chaos City Lord wondered why Luo Feng had not logged into the Virtual Universe for over two thousand years.

Dongguan used the Space-Time Demon Spirit to deepen his understanding of space-time while studying the Chaos Stele, then returned the spirit to Insect-Chasing King after five hundred years. He finally reached the hidden Ten Thousand Rays Secret Realm and entered its spatial storm.

• Dongguan brought the Space-Time Demon Spirit to his Divine Kingdom and used its possession to improve his grasp of space-time frequency while studying the Chaos Stele in Chaos City.
• Dongguan accelerated time during his study, and the Space-Time Demon Spirit believed far more than five hundred years had passed before Dongguan persuaded him otherwise.
• During their time together, the Space-Time Demon Spirit cultivated and grew more adept at understanding space-time.
• After five hundred years in the Primal Universe, Dongguan returned the Space-Time Demon Spirit to Insect-Chasing King, who noticed that Little Spirit had become more intelligent and skilled.
• Dongguan found the hidden Ten Thousand Rays Secret Realm and charged into the spatial storm at its edge.

Yana and her squad escaped a seemingly endless horde of Dark Beasts, then found a spaceship that recognized Yana as its master. After Naxiu helped her silence the Psychic and persuade Sailin to join the Human God Society, Yana met Guan, an old acquaintance who appeared inside the ship.

• Yana led Sailin, Naxiu, and the Psychic through the Dark Beast horde, using her domain and Drunken Light to help them escape.
• The squad reached a Void Continent and found an intact spaceship from Beyond the Domain, which recognized Yana as its master.
• The Psychic confronted Yana over concealing the spaceship, and Naxiu killed him before Sailin could act.
• Yana spared Sailin on the condition that she join the Human God Society, and Naxiu explained the organization to her.
• Yana sensed that someone had been helping her, and Guan appeared before her in the spaceship, greeting her as an old acquaintance.

Dongguan learned from Yana that the Divine Venerable had awakened again and that the Human God Society had fractured into factions since Feiluo’s death. He contacted Meng Jin and the society’s leaders to trade information about the secret realm for access to the Virtual Universe, while offering to take Yana out of the realm.

• Dongguan praised Yana’s Drunken Light Blade Technique, and she told him the Real Person Society had become the Human God Society after Feiluo became an Immortal and was later killed by the Divine Venerable.
• Yana explained that Meng Jin had recruited her and led one of the Human God Society’s factions, while Dongguan said he wanted to investigate the Light Lord, the Dark Lord, and the Divine Venerable before acting.
• Yana asked to become Dongguan’s follower, but he instead offered to take her out of the secret realm and gave her an intelligent Optical Computer to access the Virtual Universe.
• Dongguan joined Yana in contacting the Human God Society, where Meng Jin reported his second visit and offered information about the secret realm in exchange for Virtual Universe devices and permanent accounts.
• Ne’aosi and the other leaders accepted Dongguan’s terms, then began discussing repairs to the Human God Divine Kingdom.

Dongguan found the Human God Society’s hidden Divine Kingdom and learned that Light-Chasing Venerable was a powerful soul-bearing enemy. He decided to wait until he became a Venerable before confronting him, while Light-Chasing Venerable questioned Nihemo about his discoveries.

• Ne'aosi, Meng Jin, and Xing Gui discussed restoring the Divine Kingdom and preserving it as a refuge, despite shortages of people and resources.
• Dongguan discovered the Divine Kingdom and observed its leaders, then visited Yana and helped her settle her breathing after her breakthrough.
• Dongguan reviewed information from the Human God Society and the Human Race, identified Light-Chasing Venerable, and resolved to confront him only after becoming a Venerable.
• Dongguan learned that Light-Chasing Venerable had a soul and considered enslaving him, then examined intelligence about the Light Lords and Dark Lords.
• Light-Chasing Venerable asked Nihemo what he had learned in the universe and at the Ancestral God School.

The Divine Venerable weighed alliances for the Light Lords while nearing a breakthrough, but his progress was delayed when he intervened against a human Immortal. After enslaving Weiya, Dongguan learned more about Light Lord cultivation and the Ten Thousand Rays Divine Kingdom, and decided to remain in the Secret Realm to study its fusion-law mysteries.

• Nihemo advised the Divine Venerable to contact the Northern Border Alliance and other powers while gathering information about the Crystal Race.
• The Divine Venerable revealed that he was close to breaking through, then explained that he had delayed his progress by stopping a human Immortal from escaping the Secret Realm.
• Dongguan questioned his enslaved Weiya, who explained why Light Lords created soul-bearing human clones and described their origins and cultivation practices.
• Weiya told Dongguan that the Divine Venerable was recovering and that his fall would collapse the Secret Realm.
• After learning that the Secret Realm retained features of the Ten Thousand Rays Divine Kingdom, Dongguan decided to stay and study its fusion laws.

Dongguan reversed space-time to resurrect Feiluo, the former leader of the Human God Society, and assigned him work monitoring the secret realm and running covert operations. The chapter ends with Dongguan and Feiluo heading to the Divine Kingdom after Dongguan severed it from the secret realm.

• Dongguan reversed space-time, paid the cosmic rules' cost with his divine body, and brought Feiluo back to life.
• Dongguan told Feiluo to keep his resurrection secret and tasked him with gathering intelligence and managing business for the Human God Society.
• Dongguan released King Lianxin and explained his arrangements to Feiluo, while the revived Divine Kingdom alerted the Human God Society's members.
• Feiluo agreed to Dongguan's plan, and Dongguan cut the space fragment containing Feiluo's Divine Kingdom away from the secret realm.
• Dongguan teleported with Feiluo to meet his subordinates and planned to help the Human God Society contact the outside universe and access the Virtual Universe.

Feiluo returned to lead the Human God Society as Dongguan arranged its next steps and visited his companions and teacher. Dongguan then returned to the Ten Thousand Rays Secret Realm, where he used the Lord of Ten Thousand Rays' Divine Kingdom to deepen his understanding of the Light-Time Fusion Law.

• Feiluo appeared before the Human God Society, introduced a King-level Immortal emissary, and arranged for members to travel to the universe and cultivate in the Divine Kingdom.
• Dongguan watched Feiluo's arrangements unseen, then brought Yana, Naxiu, and Sailin to Sea Spirit Star, where they chose to join Guanjie Company as a team.
• Dongguan released a human King-level Immortal on Sea Spirit Star and planned to visit August Planet before returning to the Ten Thousand Rays Secret Realm.
• Dongguan visited August Venerable and shared Thunder Spring Holy Brew with his teacher, who recognized the rare drink from long ago.
• Dongguan returned to the Ten Thousand Rays Secret Realm and found that the Lord of Ten Thousand Rays' Divine Kingdom helped him discover new combinations of secret patterns for the Light-Time Fusion Law.

Dongguan used cause-and-effect observation to confirm that King Feijing had gone to Nine Nether Space-Time, after learning how Chaos City Lord’s space-time secret art could conceal his observations. Dongguan decided to pursue him, while King Feijing rested on Barren Stone Island, unaware that Dongguan was coming.

• King Mieye told Dongguan that King Feijing had left Purple Thorn Island, and Dongguan used cause-and-effect observation to investigate the report.
• Dongguan asked Chaos City Lord about blocking cause-and-effect observation, learned his secret art, and adapted it to conceal his own method.
• Chaos City Lord gave Dongguan access to information about hostile alien powerhouses, and Dongguan checked their whereabouts.
• Dongguan confirmed that King Feijing was in Nine Nether Space-Time and decided to go there with Venerable Huozhen.
• King Feijing rested on Barren Stone Island, planning to hunt for treasures after recovering his divine body and lamenting the resources he had spent.

Dongguan captured and enslaved King Feijing on Barren Stone Island by using Control of Space-Time to impersonate a Universe Master. He then collected seawater from the Nine Nether Sea and headed toward Tree Island, while the Lord of the Nine Nethers watched and considered his unusual abilities.

• Dongguan used Control of Space-Time to suppress King Feijing, then pierced him with his spear and sealed him inside the Heart-Locking Hall.
• Dongguan enslaved King Feijing after three days and sent his Light Lord Clone to take him away.
• Dongguan decided to seek treasures in Nine Nether Space-Time, collected seawater from the Nine Nether Sea with his Space-Time Origin Point technique, and set out for Tree Island.
• The Lord of the Nine Nethers observed Dongguan's actions, suspected he had gained a special opportunity, and chose to keep watching as he approached Tree Island.

Dongguan visited Tree Island seeking a branch from the Strongest World Tree and fought an Immortal World Tree to take one. The Strongest World Tree intervened before he could claim it, forcing Dongguan to retreat, though he vowed to return.

• Dongguan decided to seek a World Tree branch and flew openly to Tree Island wearing his Calamity-Flow Blacklight Armor and carrying his Calamity-Flow Blacklight Spear.
• Dongguan attacked an Immortal World Tree and severed one of its branches, but the tree struggled with him to keep it.
• Dongguan used Space-Time Vibration to disrupt the World Tree's control of space-time and realized its ability fused immortal divine power with world power.
• The Strongest World Tree exerted its stronger control over space-time, reclaimed the branch, and drove Dongguan to flee Tree Island.
• Dongguan escaped and declared that he would return.