Arc 6The Light Lord and the Hunt

Dongguan advanced his cultivation, became a World Lord, and used his tracking abilities to take on missions while surviving an assassination attempt. He left to pursue Lou Wuxing after uncovering clues to his mother’s valuable alloy formulas and his own karmic tracking ability.

  • Dongguan reached the higher Tower floors, studied under August Venerable, and joined the Skull Society under the name Soul Chaser.
  • Dongguan’s Light Lord core transformed him and gave him a Light Lord Clone, then he killed Yan Jiansha after resisting his attack on Sea Spirit Star.
  • Dongguan helped Black Snow Marquis and Yike track Mitchell Wades, but a disguised assassin and Zerg forces attacked their starship, forcing him to flee with Yike while Black Snow Marquis fought Meiya.
  • King Withered Bones killed Meiya, and Dongguan continued cultivating until his clone and human body reached new heights.
  • Dongguan broke through to World Lord, rescued Yike from the World Ring, and unlocked Dong Xuan World Lord’s account and message about the Wood and Grass Divine Cauldron.
  • August Venerable ordered Dongguan to master the second level of the Eight Methods of Pursuing the World or gain recognition from the time origin law before returning to the Space Tower.
  • Dongguan pursued Lou Wuxing, learned that he had secretly sold products made with stolen patent technologies, and discovered his mother’s valuable Xuanlan alloy formulas.
  • Dongguan used his karmic connection to find Lou Wuxing on a nearby mineral planet, but Lou refused to surrender and Dongguan left without capturing him.
Chapters 126–150 Vol. 2 Read

Ch. 126August Venerable

Dongguan cleared floor 200 of the August Secret Art Tower, impressed August Venerable with his secret art, and became his nominal disciple. Meanwhile, the Genius Battle trials advanced, with Zhang Gui finishing 512th and the Dry Witch Universe Country placing six competitors in the top 7,300.

  • Dongguan reached floor 201 and submitted “Yin-Yang Divides Dusk and Dawn,” which the tower rated at floor 249, before studying a Light-Time Fusion secret art on floor 202.
  • August Venerable summoned Dongguan after his achievement triggered a hidden condition and offered to take him as a nominal disciple, which Dongguan accepted.
  • Zhang Gui used his Fire World technique to survive the fourth trial tower and destroyed its Zerg Mother Emperor.
  • Zhang Gui advanced to the fifth trial tower but was eliminated after killing 561 blood-haired mammoths, provisionally ranking 493rd.
  • Luo Feng later failed on the first floor of the sixth trial tower, and Zhang Gui's final rank settled at 512th.
  • Thirteen celebrated that six Dry Witch Universe Country competitors reached the top 7,300, including four in the top 1,000 and two in the top 100.

Ch. 127Taking a Master

Dongguan became August Venerable’s nominal disciple and received guidance on his cultivation, advice about secret arts, and a path toward becoming a personal disciple. After leaving August Venerable’s private space, he arrived in City No. 69 and ran into Yinie.

  • August Venerable accepted Dongguan as a nominal disciple because Dongguan had comprehended the beast god intent realm, then spent ten days answering his cultivation questions.
  • Dongguan described the Ten Thousand Rays Secret Realm and showed August Venerable the secret arts he had obtained there.
  • August Venerable warned Dongguan against practicing the Light and Dark Codex, approved Eternal Time’s law-essence method for him, and gave him the first four layers of the Eight Methods of Pursuing the World.
  • August Venerable said Dongguan would become his personal disciple after mastering the secret art’s second layer and recommended the Formless Soul-Refining Secret Manual for soul cultivation.
  • August Venerable explained that the Skull Society was an institution for nurturing talent connected to the Five Great Powers, then sent Dongguan to City No. 69.
  • Dongguan explored his assigned residence and met Yinie, his first friend in the Guchen Universe Country.

Ch. 128The stirring of the Primordial Embryo Stone

Dongguan learned why August Dojo entry slots were valuable, then began studying the Eight Methods of Pursuing the World and deepening his understanding of the Time Law. As he immersed himself in the manuals, the pale green stone egg in his World Ring began to stir with a growing aura of life.

  • Dongguan and Yinie discussed August Dojo entry slots, the safety of August Planet, and why Dongguan should hold on to his slots.
  • Yinie asked Dongguan what he thought of Youyue, and Dongguan said he considered her a friend; Youyue read Yinie's email and returned to her work.
  • Dongguan studied August Venerable's Eight Methods of Pursuing the World and chose the Wing-Spreading Diagram and Embryonic Breathing Diagram for his cultivation.
  • Dongguan reviewed the Eternal Time manuals and immersed himself in studying the 108 essences of the Time Law.
  • The pale green stone egg in Dongguan's World Ring trembled and emitted a growing aura of life.

Ch. 129King Withered Bones

Zhang Gui reunited with his father, Dongguan, before continuing his journey to the Virtual Universe Company headquarters. Dongguan joined the Skull Society, met its president King Withered Bones, and learned why he had been recruited and how his past had put him at odds with King Huozhen.

  • Zhang Gui received Dongguan's message, met him at Nine Star Bay, and promised to surpass him as they parted.
  • Dongguan teleported to the Skull Society's gathering, where Axe Peak warned him about Nianyou and told him Minghai was his guide.
  • Minghai brought Dongguan to the society's president, King Withered Bones, who revealed that he was Dongguan's senior brother and a disciple of August Venerable.
  • King Withered Bones explained that the Skull Society recruited people for covert missions and had chosen Dongguan for his talent at tracking targets.
  • King Withered Bones told Dongguan that August Venerable had identified him as a member of the Qiong Luo Race and concealed his information from Nine Abyss Venerable.
  • King Withered Bones explained that King Huozhen was imprisoned in the Ninth Star Domain Prison for five thousand years after harming the Qiong Luo Race, while Dry Witch Country Lord sought repayment for the damage.

Ch. 130The name Soul Chaser

Dongguan joined the Skull Society under the code name Soul Chaser and accepted the complete Formless Soul-Refining Secret Manual on credit. He later completed an assassination mission, while Zhang Gui and Luo Feng advanced through the trial towers, with Zhang Gui qualifying for the Doomsday Secret Realm.

  • King Withered Bones assigned Dongguan to follow Minghai, explained the Skull Society's missions, and warned him to keep his identity secret.
  • Dongguan chose the complete Formless Soul-Refining Secret Manual on credit and named himself Soul Chaser.
  • Minghai introduced Dongguan to the plaza, where Green Armor commented on his code name and Axe Peak offered him a mission that he declined.
  • Dongguan left the gathering and returned to his residence on Lingyun Peak, where the Formless Soul-Refining Secret Manual had arrived.
  • Dongguan completed an assassination mission and gained a greater reputation for his hatred of evil.
  • Zhang Gui and Luo Feng challenged the trial towers; Zhang Gui failed in the fifth tower, ranked in the three hundreds, and qualified for the Doomsday Secret Realm.

Ch. 131Ten Years of Cultivation

Dongguan studied and began cultivating the Formless Soul-Refining Secret Manual, then spent ten years improving his abilities and combining two diagrams to break through a mental power limit. He headed to Sea Spirit Star and the Virtual Universe Tower, catching up on messages from his friends and Skull Society contacts.

  • Dongguan read about Possession, Soul Enslavement, and the five layers of the Formless Soul-Refining Secret Art before cultivating its first layer.
  • Over ten years, Dongguan reached domain lord stage six, noticed his growing affinity for the Law of Wood, and found that his Spirit Eye abilities had changed.
  • Dongguan overlapped the Wing-Spreading Diagram and Embryonic Breathing Diagram, completing a new technique and raising his mental power amplitude to 101.
  • Dongguan left the World Ring for Sea Spirit Star and entered the Virtual Universe with seventy days saved for the Tower.
  • Dongguan read messages from Zhang Yu, Zhang Gui, Yinie, Youyue, King Withered Bones, Minghai, and Axe Peak about their progress, offers, and requests.

Ch. 132The Flying Fish Bandits' upheaval

Dongguan advanced through the Virtual Universe Tower, consulted August Venerable about his cultivation, and returned to Sea Spirit Star to learn that the Flying Fish Bandits had taken people from his planet. Meanwhile, Yan Jiansha recovered his brainwashed son and ordered a massacre, as the Flying Fish Bandits secretly informed the Bloodslaughter Group that Dongguan had returned.

  • Dongguan reached floor 299, refined Yin-Yang Divides Dusk and Dawn, and studied a fusion-law spear technique on floor 300 before his time in the Tower ended.
  • August Venerable praised Dongguan's progress, answered his cultivation questions, and demonstrated three essences of the time origin law for him.
  • Dongguan learned that the Flying Fish Bandits had taken people from Sea Spirit Star and discovered that their Immortal leader was secretly eradicating slave trading across nearby star domains.
  • Yan Jiansha reclaimed his brainwashed son from Akaso, had his son kill Akaso, and ordered every living being on Shacao Planet killed.
  • After accepting a Universe Level mission, Dongguan left Sea Spirit Star, while the Flying Fish Bandits sent the Bloodslaughter Group intelligence that he had returned.

Ch. 133Possession Failed

Dongguan killed the World Lord Mosai, returned toward Sea Spirit Star, and prepared to possess the newly formed Light Lord. He discovered that the Light Lord had no soul, making Possession impossible.

  • Dongguan defeated Mosai on Crimson Flame Star with his time-law saber strike, killed him, and collected his belongings.
  • Dongguan reviewed his Skull Society points, ordered the first three levels of Wishful Body and its resources, and headed toward Sea Spirit Star.
  • The Primordial Embryo Stone transformed into a crystal core, and Dongguan examined its connection to the Giant Egg and Bright Feather Diagram.
  • Dongguan probed the Light Lord and found that it enhanced his perception of the universe's origin laws.
  • Dongguan discovered that the Light Lord was soulless, so he could not possess it.

Ch. 134Transformation of the Heart

After giving up his fixation on gaining a clone, Dongguan transformed his state of mind and will, then discovered that the Light Lord’s Crystal Core had merged with his Life Core and granted him a different kind of clone. He returned to Sea Spirit Star to adjust to the changes, while Yanlvsha sensed his return and set out to confront him.

  • Dongguan used his Spirit Eye abilities to study the Light Lord’s Crystal Core and accepted that he could not possess it in the usual way.
  • Dongguan released his guilt and attachment to his past plans, reached a Childlike Heart, and sensed that his will had reached Immortal Level.
  • The Light Lord’s Crystal Core entered Dongguan’s body, transformed his Life Core into an Origin Core, and merged its Secret Patterns into his Mental Space, giving him a Light Lord Clone with unusual differences.
  • While Dongguan remained aboard the Qiongluo Ship, Hai Ling and the other Heaven-Observing Envoys waited for him on Sea Spirit Star, and Yanlvsha continued to regard his altered son with grief and hatred for Dongguan.
  • Dongguan emerged on Sea Spirit Star, dismissed the Heaven-Observing Envoys except Hai Ling, and said he would likely stay for a few years to adjust to his new Origin Core and clone.
  • Yanlvsha sensed that Dongguan had returned, left Blood-Killing Star, and headed toward Sea Spirit Star.

Ch. 135Yanlvsha's Revenge

Dongguan received his cultivation treasures and continued developing his internal world while advancing his understanding of the time origin law. Yan Jiansha ambushed him, and Dongguan transformed and fought back as their battle lit up Sea Spirit Star’s sky.

  • Dongguan received his auctioned treasures and estimated that his internal world needed about twenty more years to finish developing.
  • Dongguan reflected on his progress in the time and light origin laws and his plans to study Time Acceleration.
  • Dongguan detected dust spreading across the planet and identified Yan Jiansha as the enemy behind the ambush.
  • Yan Jiansha trapped Dongguan with his World Projection and attacked, but Dongguan resisted and shifted into his Winged Human form.
  • Dongguan combined his Winged Human form with the Wishful Body and struck Yan Jiansha with Yin-Yang Divides Dusk and Dawn.
  • The fighters’ attacks illuminated Sea Spirit Star’s night sky, and Hai Ling watched from the manor, worried about Dongguan.

Ch. 136Making a name

Dongguan defeated Yan Jiansha after surviving the World Lord’s Fire Origin Crystal, then traveled to meet August Venerable as news of the battle spread. The fight made Dongguan famous, while Yan Jianxiao sought revenge and secretly released the battle video; an unknown golden-armored figure later inspected the battlefield.

  • Dongguan wounded Yan Jiansha with his saber, survived the Fire Origin Crystal’s explosion with help from the Qiongluo Ship and Qiong, and destroyed Yan Jiansha’s Origin Core.
  • Yan Jianxiao learned that Yan Jiansha had died, fled with the family’s assets, and released his father’s battle video to make Dongguan famous.
  • Dongguan accepted August Venerable’s invitation to visit August Planet and received guidance about the Time Law.
  • The battle video spread across the surrounding star domains, drawing attention from the Blood-Killing Marquis, the Golden Frost Marquis, Youyue, and others.
  • Dongguan rejected Youyue’s affection in emails while traveling through the Dark Universe.
  • A golden-armored figure secretly scanned the Sea Spirit Star battlefield and confirmed that its traces matched the public video.

Ch. 137August Planet

Dongguan visited August Planet and met August Venerable, who explained the benefits of his discipleship and the ways to resurrect Dongguan’s parents. After learning about the real Secret Art Towers, Dongguan returned to cultivation and spent ten years studying the Eight Methods of Pursuing the World before Qiong reminded him of his appointment.

  • Dongguan agreed to attend Zhang Gui’s gathering and arrived at August Planet to meet his teacher, August Venerable.
  • August Venerable promised Dongguan a chance to cultivate in Chaos City and one resurrection, then described ways Dongguan could resurrect his parents.
  • August Venerable explained that the real Time Tower and Space Tower aided comprehension, and that Dongguan could study them based on his progress in the Virtual Universe.
  • Dongguan returned to his residence and organized the secret patterns in his mental space, deciding to complete the third diagram before drawing the fourth.
  • Dongguan spent ten years cultivating and experimenting with the Eight Methods of Pursuing the World until Qiong reminded him that his appointed time had arrived.

Ch. 138A little chat

Luo Feng, Hong, Thunder God, Zhang Gui, and Dongguan reunited in the Virtual Universe and compared their cultivation and lives. Dongguan warned them that Earth’s unusual value might draw the attention of powerful beings, leaving the group to consider how to protect it and whether to delay revealing their potential.

  • Thunder God told the others that the Luo Family had grown through six generations while Luo Feng cultivated in Chaos City, and the group teased Zhang Gui about finding a partner.
  • Luo Feng revealed that Zhang Gui had passed the third level of the Heavenly Bridge, and Zhang Gui said he planned to challenge Heaven and Earth Tongtian Mountain.
  • Dongguan disclosed that he was on August Planet as August Venerable’s nominal disciple and was working to become a direct disciple; he also offered to help Zhang Gui if he pursued Gan Shui.
  • Hong described his cultivation in the Dry Witch Secret Realm, his breakthrough to the Universe Level, and an invitation from the Giant Axe Arena, then asked Dongguan whether to accept it.
  • Dongguan apologized for advising Hong to hold back in the Illusion Sea and warned that displaying too much talent could attract powerful beings who might take an interest in Earth.
  • Dongguan suggested that Earth’s culture and cultivation of the mind gave its people special value, and urged the others to grow stronger and buy time before revealing their abilities.

Ch. 139Four joys at the door

Dongguan formed a Light Lord Clone and completed his cultivation of the Bright Feather Diagram, gaining recognition from the Light Origin Law. After Zhang Gui advanced and the Illusion-Light Vine became Immortal, Dongguan prepared to leave August Planet to establish its Divine Kingdom.

  • Dongguan formed a green-robed Light Lord Clone, examined its abilities, and began feeding it light-attribute resources.
  • Dongguan completed the Bright Feather Diagram, raising his human body's gene multiplier to 5 and helping his clone advance to universe level second order as it mastered the light aspect of the Light Origin Law.
  • Dongguan learned that Zhang Gui had passed the Heaven Realm Heavenly Bridge and entered the Heaven and Earth Secret Realm, and he cautioned his son before his cultivation missions.
  • The Illusion-Light Vine successfully broke through to Immortal after a series of transformations, delighting Dongguan, Qiong, and the Thousand-Leaf Grass.
  • Dongguan decided to leave August Planet to place the Illusion-Light Vine's Divine Kingdom, left a vine leaf as a teleportation locator, and departed.

Ch. 140Minghai's commission

Dongguan established the Illusion-Light Vine’s Divine Kingdom, developed a dangerous lifespan-draining talisman, and met his Skull Society guide, Black Snow Marquis, in the Virtual Universe. Black Snow Marquis asked him to use his tracking skills to help her disciple Yike, and Dongguan sought to learn the details before agreeing.

  • Dongguan and the Illusion-Light Vine merged its internal world with a space fragment to establish the Divine Kingdom, where Dongguan’s Light Lord Clone began absorbing energy.
  • Dongguan created the Lifeless Light talisman, which stripped away one year of lifespan, and he and Qiong recognized the danger of the item becoming known.
  • Qiong told Dongguan that Minghai had sent a message requesting a meeting under their real identities.
  • Dongguan learned that Minghai was Black Snow Marquis, an immortal marquis and his teacher’s disciple, who regarded him as her little martial uncle.
  • Black Snow Marquis asked Dongguan to help her disciple Yike, a Virtual Universe Company inspector in Guchen Universe Country, by tracking a target.
  • Dongguan asked to understand what had happened before agreeing, and Black Snow Marquis offered to take him to meet Yike.

Ch. 141Yike

Dongguan refused Yike’s request to track a fugitive in the Goldrock Race’s Cosmic Secret Realm after Yike dismissed his concerns about danger. Marquis Black Snow later told Yike that Dongguan was exceptionally capable and had recommended him partly so they could become friends, leaving Yike questioning his own pride as he prepared for the mission.

  • Yike asked Dongguan to track Mitchell Wades, a fugitive hiding in the Goldrock Race’s Cosmic Secret Realm, and assured him that Immortals would handle the fighting.
  • Dongguan warned Yike about the risk of an alien assassination, but Yike dismissed his concerns and told him to wait on Cangyun Star.
  • Dongguan refused the commission and teleported away, while Yike proceeded with his original plan and considered the opportunity offered by the Goldrock Race.
  • After receiving Dongguan’s email, Marquis Black Snow visited Yike and explained that he had recommended Dongguan for his tracking skill and to help them become friends.
  • Marquis Black Snow pointed out that Dongguan had gained Origin Law recognition, prompting Yike to reconsider his arrogance and order stronger security for the mission.

Ch. 142A Contest

Dongguan defeated Yike in the Virtual Universe, then agreed to help him find the fugitive Mitchell through a mercenary mission. After traveling to Cangyun Star, Dongguan inspected Mitchell’s former residence and learned that Mitchell had abandoned his family when he fled.

  • Yike challenged Dongguan to a fight, but Dongguan broke Yike’s staff technique and won; Yike admitted his defeat and asked Dongguan to help locate Mitchell.
  • Dongguan agreed on the condition that Yike submit the job through the Universe Mercenary Alliance, and Yike arranged a designated mission worth thirty million mercenary points.
  • A shadowy informant gave an assassin base intelligence that Yike would soon hunt a fugitive in the Goldrock Secret Realm, prompting the base’s metal figure to consider hiring Zerg and hunters.
  • Dongguan traveled to Cangyun Star, where Yike met him and led him to Mitchell’s former residence.
  • Yike showed Dongguan Mitchell’s imprisoned family and explained that Mitchell had escaped without them; Dongguan agreed to inspect the residence before meeting Yike’s teacher and heading to the Goldrock Secret Realm.

Ch. 143Goldrock Secret Realm

Dongguan used karmic threads to track Mitchell to a hidden base inside a meteorite in the Goldrock Secret Realm, where Elder Li captured him and Yike ordered him killed. After returning to Moliduo Continent, Yike agreed to stay for three days, leaving Dongguan wary that danger might still be ahead.

  • Black Snow Marquis reunited with Yike aboard the starship while four tracking experts debated where Mitchell might be hiding.
  • Dongguan used Mitchell's son Fuller Wadesi and his Spirit Eye to point the search toward a region of the Goldrock Secret Realm.
  • After three months of travel, Dongguan identified a meteorite as Mitchell's hiding place, and Elder Li tore it open and captured him.
  • Yike ordered Elder Li to kill Mitchell and took the body to verify the mission's completion.
  • Elder Li invited Yike to visit Moliduo Continent, and Yike accepted a three-day stay as Dongguan grew wary.

Ch. 144Danger finally arrived

Dongguan exposed a Demon Killer Clan assassin disguised as Chatte, but the attack on Yike's ship revealed an immortal Zerg Mother Nest and forced Dongguan to flee with Yike while Black Snow Marquis fought to hold off the Zerg. The Zerg Mother Emperor Meiya suspected Dongguan possessed a Formless Soul and sent Immortal Zerg Warriors after him as Black Snow Marquis called for her teacher.

  • Yike explained that he planned to enter the Goldrock Secret Realm's hidden site in three years, while Dongguan trained his clone until it reached Domain Lord.
  • Dongguan recognized that the guard Chatte was an impostor, misdirected him to the Engine Room, and warned Yike and Black Snow Marquis through the Virtual Universe.
  • The Demon Killer Clan assassin disguised as Weiduo attacked aboard the starship, and an immortal Zerg Mother Nest destroyed the vessel as it emerged into the Primal Universe.
  • Dongguan pulled Yike from the wreckage and fled from the assassin, while Black Snow Marquis confronted the Zerg Mother Emperor Meiya and her warriors.
  • Meiya's Soul Attack barely affected Dongguan, leading her to suspect he had a Formless Soul and send four Immortal Zerg Warriors after him.
  • Black Snow Marquis continued fighting the Zerg and urged her teacher to arrive before she was overwhelmed.

Ch. 145Divine Kingdom Teleportation

Dongguan escaped the Zerg Mother Nest’s pursuit with the Illusion-Light Vine and stripped a Demon Killer Clan World Lord of his lifespan, while King Withered Bones rescued Black Snow Marquis and killed the Zerg Mother Emperor Meiya. Two years later, Dongguan’s Light Lord Clone reached Domain Lord peak, and Dongguan’s main body had grown powerful enough to rival a fifth-order World Lord.

  • Dongguan used the Illusion-Light Vine to capture the Demon Killer Clan World Lord and teleport away from the approaching Immortal Zerg Warriors.
  • Inside the Divine Kingdom, Dongguan repeatedly struck the captive with Years Slash the Heavenly Prodigies until the World Lord’s lifespan ran out and his skin remained intact.
  • Meiya pursued Dongguan’s teleportation trail, but King Withered Bones arrived, blocked her escape, and killed her after she self-destructed to avoid capture.
  • Two years later, Dongguan’s Light Lord Clone reached Domain Lord peak, while his human main body advanced through the third Beast God Diagram, a fivefold gene multiplier, and the second level of the Wishful Body.

Ch. 146World Lord

Dongguan fused with his Light Lord clone, then broke through to World Lord and discovered new changes in his internal world, origin core, and clone abilities. He decided to postpone using Time Realm and learned that Yike had been waiting in his World Ring for several years.

  • Dongguan fused with his clone, tested his increased strength, and found that it reached 495 times his Domain Lord Peak strength.
  • Dongguan broke through to World Lord, creating a heavenly vault in his internal world and witnessing the Primal Universe's origin land as world power flowed into his world.
  • Dongguan examined his transformed origin core and discovered that his mental space, spirit eye, and Eye of Cause and Effect had changed.
  • Dongguan learned that his Light Lord clone could transform into a Dark Lord and use Shadow Body and Shadow Creation.
  • Dongguan decided to save Time Realm for later and discovered that Yike was contacting him to ask when he could leave the World Ring.

Ch. 147Copperflame Star and the Last Inheritance

Dongguan brought Yike to Copperflame Star before visiting the Universe Galaxy Bank to unlock the final tier of Dong Xuan World Lord’s account. He obtained coordinates and instructions for finding the Wood and Grass Divine Cauldron, leaving the search for a future trip to the Dry Witch Universe Country.

  • Dongguan released Yike from the World Ring and agreed to take him to his homeworld, Copperflame Star, before heading to Cangyun Star.
  • Dongguan and Yike traveled to Copperflame Star, where Yike reflected on his race’s dependence on his success and resolved to investigate the suspected leak behind the Zerg attack.
  • Yike left Dongguan at the Universe Galaxy Bank, then learned that an immortal might have colluded with alien races and vowed to continue the investigation.
  • Dongguan unlocked the final tier of Dong Xuan World Lord’s account and transferred its balance of more than 2.8 billion Hunyuan Units.
  • Dongguan decoded Dong Xuan World Lord’s message, learning the coordinates and annual ritual needed to find the Wood and Grass Divine Cauldron, as well as the risks involving its body and Cauldron Pearl.

Ch. 148The Virtual Universe Company's Mission

Dongguan chose to study the space origin law alongside his fusion-law path, prompting August Venerable to demand that he prove his talent before continuing. He then accepted a mission to capture Lou Wuxing or drive him from the Eternal Sin Star System, and set out confident that he could succeed.

  • Dongguan entered the Space Tower to study its space secret patterns, while Silverheart Marquis alerted August Venerable to his choice.
  • August Venerable challenged Dongguan for dividing his attention and required him to reach the second level of the Eight Methods of Pursuing the World within a thousand years, or gain recognition from the time origin law, before returning to the Space Tower.
  • Dongguan accepted August Venerable's condition and resolved to use Time Realm if needed to meet it.
  • Dongguan reviewed Yike's designated mission to capture Lou Wuxing or expel him from the Eternal Sin Star System, which would also grant him three-star mercenary status and access to Virtual Universe Company point exchanges.
  • Dongguan learned that Lou Wuxing was hiding under the Giant Axe Arena's protection and set out, confident he could defeat him.

Ch. 149Eternal Sin Star System

Dongguan arrived at Wue Star to pursue Lou Wuxing, who had evaded justice for ages using a powerful Machine Race jammer. Lou refused Dongguan’s challenge and fled, leaving Dongguan to wait out the rules before beginning the search.

  • At a banquet, Lou Wuxing rejected Immortal Mai Mie’s offer to enter Giant Axe Arena blood battles, choosing instead to keep avoiding the Virtual Universe Company.
  • Dongguan and Immortal You Zhou met Immortal Mai Mie and Lou Wuxing on Wue Star, where Dongguan challenged Lou to a blood battle.
  • Lou refused the challenge, so Dongguan invoked supplementary regulation 1728 and began a pursuit; Lou left Wue Star in an E9-class Machine Race spaceship.
  • Immortal Mai Mie required Dongguan and You Zhou to stay on Wue Star for a month, and Dongguan read the system’s rules and learned how Lou’s jammer had thwarted previous searches.

Ch. 150The patent issue

Dongguan learned that Lou Wuxing had stolen patented technologies and secretly sold products, then discovered that his mother had left behind valuable, unpatented Xuanlan alloy formulas. After reading messages from his family and preparing for his mission, Dongguan found Lou Wuxing almost immediately, but Lou refused to surrender and Dongguan left to repeat the search later.

  • Dongguan learned that Lou Wuxing had used stolen patent technologies to make and secretly sell products, causing the Virtual Universe Company major losses without betraying humanity.
  • Qiong told Dongguan that his mother had developed three unpatented Xuanlan alloy formulas, including a potentially immensely valuable E9-class alloy, and had intended to keep them rather than sell them.
  • Dongguan read Zhang Gui's and Zhang Yu's letters, replied to them, and considered gathering mission points before future Outer Domain Battlefield missions.
  • Dongguan met Immortal You Zhou and Immortal Maimie before beginning another search for Lou Wuxing, with Virtual Universe synchronization enabled.
  • Dongguan followed his karmic connection to Lou Wuxing and found him in an underground base on a nearby mineral planet within minutes of leaving Wue Star.
  • Lou Wuxing refused to surrender, and Dongguan left, while Immortal You Zhou and Immortal Maimie could not explain how he had found him so quickly.
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