Arc 7Earth’s Hidden Power

Dongguan deepened his cultivation, built his company, and pursued the mysteries of Earth while confronting threats to his family and allies. After securing Earth against hidden dangers and welcoming Zhang Gui and Qian Shui’s twins, he left for Chaos City.

  • Dongguan established Guanjie Talisman Company as a Virtual Universe Company subsidiary, appointed Youyue as its representative, and began secluded cultivation.
  • Dongguan advanced his fusion laws and secret arts, became Lord Aozushen’s direct disciple, and returned to Dry Witch to reunite with his brothers.
  • Dongguan defeated Tagu, studied F-grade alloys and formless soul patterns, and later strengthened his soul-refinement manual beside the Zerg Mother Nest on Earth.
  • Dongguan captured alien infiltrators on Earth, then copied Earth and its surrounding Solar System inside his Internal World in an experiment that offered only a glimmer of hope.
  • Dongguan discovered the Wood and Grass Divine Cauldron, learned it needed its missing Cauldron Pearl, and received the Heaven and Earth Flower from Cang.
  • Dongguan’s Light Lord Clone was destroyed after confronting a silver-armored undying while investigating Star Pirates who threatened Qiong Luo youths.
  • Dongguan found Demon Candle King’s hidden immortal crystal on Earth and raised the Thousand-Leaf Grass to King Rank, while Venerable Ao Zhang Yu urged him to leave for Chaos City.
  • Dongguan met Zhang Gui and Qian Shui’s newborn twins, Zhang Bing and Zhang Mu, offered the family dojo places, and departed for Chaos City.
Chapters 151–175 Vol. 2 Read

Ch. 151The idea of starting a company

Dongguan negotiated a second-tier subsidiary with Dragon Ying Marquis, then completed his mission by defeating Lou Wuxing in one move. As Dongguan turned to his company and cultivation, Yike pursued an opportunity, and Luo Feng sensed that Fourth Brother had arrived at the Blood Luo Continent.

  • Dongguan discussed the Virtual Universe Company's point exchange privileges with Dragon Ying Marquis and proposed a company built around his rune products and alloy formula.
  • Dragon Ying Marquis agreed to acquire Dongguan's company as a second-tier subsidiary, with Dongguan contributing 49,000 Hunyuan Units and licensing the alloy formula to it.
  • Lou Wuxing, abandoned by the Machine Race and unable to leave the sealed Eternal Sin Star System, gained the wood origin law's acknowledgment and challenged Dongguan.
  • Dongguan defeated Lou Wuxing with one move, destroyed his body, and sealed his Life Core before leaving the Eternal Sin Star System.
  • Burial Immortal and Immortal You Zhou watched the brief battle, while Yike continued exploring with his Goldrock Race teammates and resolved to seek an opportunity.
  • Luo Feng sensed that Fourth Brother had arrived at the Blood Luo Continent.

Ch. 152Miscellaneous

Dongguan demonstrated his talismans to Dragon Ying Marquis, then struggled to find a representative for the Guanjie Talisman Company and ultimately hired Youyue. He left the company in her hands and began a long period of secluded cultivation in August City.

  • Dongguan showed Dragon Ying Marquis his escape talismans and gifted her a rare soul-protecting altar token before she tested the other talismans.
  • After Dragon Ying Marquis advised him to appoint a human representative, Dongguan asked Hai Ling, who declined because her ties to Sea Spirit Star could compromise her fairness.
  • Yinie suggested recruiting through an open application process, and Dongguan agreed despite having already rejected Youyue as a marriage prospect.
  • Youyue applied to manage the company, earned the highest interview score, and Dongguan appointed her as its representative.
  • Dongguan left Youyue in charge of the Guanjie Talisman Company's Sea Spirit Star headquarters and began secluded cultivation, focusing on laws, secret patterns, and raising his cultivation.

Ch. 153A gathering and a warning

Dongguan browsed the Virtual Universe Company and Skull Society treasuries, arranged to buy mission points, and received warnings from King Withered Bones about his cultivation and the dangers of Divine Kingdom Teleportation. He met Lord Youhou, who tested his willpower and granted him access privileges equal to a World Lord in the Primal Secret Region, while privately wondering whether Dongguan was a Pearl of the Vast Sea.

  • Dongguan exchanged points for the Drifting Blood Manual, bought Tongxuan Silver Motherlode, and hired the Virtual Universe Company to upgrade his Qiongluo Ship.
  • Dongguan arranged with Axe Peak to buy five hundred million one-star mission points in five installments of twenty-five hundred Hunyuan Units each.
  • King Withered Bones advised Dongguan not to pursue the Space Origin Law too deeply before advancing his Time Law, and warned him that Zerg soldiers and Machine Race puppets could serve as teleportation coordinates.
  • King Withered Bones brought Dongguan to meet Lord Youhou, who tested his willpower with baleful energy and praised him for having Marquis Level willpower.
  • Lord Youhou granted Dongguan access privileges equal to those of a World Lord in the Primal Secret Region, then privately wondered whether Dongguan was a Pearl of the Vast Sea.

Ch. 154A hundred years as a World Lord

Over a hundred years, Dongguan cultivated the fusion laws, perfected his seventh-level secret art, and accepted Lord Aozushen’s guidance while deciding to visit the Dry Witch Universe Country before going to Chaos City. The chapter leaves him preparing to pursue a desperate-level mission, while Hong meets Ji Qing in the Prison Battlefield and considers joining him for the eighth task.

  • Dongguan spent a century studying fusion laws, refining the Beast God Diagrams, and challenging the Aozushen Secret Art Tower, eventually reaching its 400th floor and completing the seventh level of “Four Laws for Treading the World.”
  • Lord Aozushen named Dongguan his eighty-seventh direct disciple, gave him the associated secret arts, and offered to guide his Space Law studies without objecting to Dongguan’s decision to postpone them.
  • Dongguan visited Lord Aozushen in person, explained that he planned to return to the Dry Witch Universe Country before cultivating in Chaos City, and received permission to use three thousand years there.
  • Dongguan tested his improved “Yin-Yang Divides Dusk and Dawn” against a World Lord-level Daytime Ancestral God School, winning but recognizing that his secret art remained imperfect.
  • Dongguan considered taking the desperate-level mission at Demon Mountain and hoped to enter the Primordial Secret Realm through the coming Qualification Battle.
  • Hong met Ji Qing in the Prison Battlefield; Ji Qing proposed that they cooperate on the eighth task and asked whether Hong knew the secret behind its token.

Ch. 155Before returning

Dongguan inspected the growth of Dis Company and Sea Spirit Star, then prepared to leave for Mou Xinmei aboard the upgraded Qiongluo Ship. In his Internal World, he discovered that his Light Lord Clone could transform universal energy and Universe Crystals into a golden sea, while the company still faced funding and staffing challenges.

  • Dongguan discussed Dis Company's expansion, imitators, staffing shortages, and planned financing with Youyue, then agreed that she would become a shareholder.
  • Dongguan visited Sea Spirit Star with Hai Ling, saw its prosperous development, and heard that young Erjie had passed the first-tier, seven-star Secret Pattern Master examination.
  • Youyue asked Dongguan for a hug before they parted; he agreed, and she said they would be friends and business partners from then on.
  • Dongguan left Sea Spirit Star and traveled through his Internal World, where his blue-robed Light Lord Clone formed a golden ocean from universal energy and Universe Crystals.
  • Dongguan retrieved the upgraded Qiongluo Ship from the warehouse and prepared to depart for Mou Xinmei.

Ch. 156The journey home

Dongguan reunited with his brothers and learned about their plans to enter dangerous missions and secret realms, while a search revealed that Hong’s partner was a disciple of Ji Qing King and that King Huozhen was tied to their past conflict. As Dongguan traveled through the Dark Universe, a hostile Immortal attacked his ship, and he drew his blade to face him.

  • Dongguan and Yike discussed the Rock Race ceremony, their cultivation, and Dongguan’s progress in Space Law before Dongguan set off for Dry Witch.
  • Dongguan reunited with his brothers, heard that Huan Ling had become a Domain Lord, and learned that Meng Ling and Guchen planned to enter dangerous missions and secret realms.
  • Hong explained that he and Qian Shui had grown close, while Dongguan’s search revealed that she was a disciple of Ji Qing King and that King Huozhen had once clashed with him.
  • Dongguan warned Zhang Gui not to involve himself in his father’s inherited responsibilities, while Zhang Gui insisted he was old enough to face the matter.
  • A hostile Immortal forced Dongguan’s ship out of the Dark Universe, and Dongguan drew his blade and advanced to fight him.

Ch. 157Slaying Immortals

Dongguan defeated the Immortal Tagu in the Dark Universe and assessed how his techniques and strength had developed. He changed course for the Heavenly Craft Starfield to meet Xiang Wan and pursue better weapons, while planning his next steps toward Immortality.

  • Dongguan fought Tagu in the Dark Universe, using Blade Waterfall and his other techniques to break through Tagu’s defenses and steadily annihilate his divine power.
  • Tagu called for help, but his teammate arrived too late, and Dongguan killed him and collected the spoils.
  • Dongguan analyzed the battle, concluded that his Life-Slaying Blade only temporarily weakened an Immortal, and decided to upgrade his weapons.
  • Dongguan asked Qiong about Thousand-Leaf Grass and chose to follow the optimal cultivation plan, accepting that its breakthrough would take another hundred-plus years.
  • Dongguan ordered the Qiongluo Ship to change course for the Heavenly Craft Starfield, where he planned to pick up Xiang Wan and visit Yinjia.

Ch. 158Masters

Dongguan arrived on Heavenly Craft Star to seek equipment and met with Zhang Yu and Bo Yan, learning how commissions with master artificers worked. At Shi Mi Wen’s exchange meeting, eight masters gathered to discuss breaking through the F-class barrier, setting up the meeting’s central question.

  • Dongguan and Zhang Yu discussed finding a master artificer, and Zhang Yu explained that masters chose commissions after reviewing a client’s materials and equipment plans.
  • Dongguan reunited with Bo Yan, gave her more Hunyuan Units, and encouraged her to pursue becoming a master potion maker.
  • Bo Yan told Dongguan that an exchange meeting hosted by eight masters would take place the next day in Shi Mi Wen.
  • Dongguan and Zhang Yu attended the crowded exchange meeting, where the eight masters were introduced.
  • The city lord announced that the meeting’s theme was how to break through the F-class barrier, prompting an uproar among the attendees.

Ch. 159Replicating secret patterns

Potion Master Palma, Artifact Forging Master Xiang Lianhun, and Secret Pattern Master Zhang Yu presented research into F-grade alloys and invited discussion. Dongguan demonstrated soul-related secret patterns that Zhang Yu could not reproduce, and the chapter left her offering to have the three masters forge him a complete set of equipment if he showed her another pattern she could not imitate.

  • Palma explained that the masters had not broken the F-grade barrier, but shared findings that F-grade alloys formed through natural transformations linked to the Universe Origin Law.
  • Palma presented research on Immortal Machine Race bodies, including the recorded breakthrough of a World Lord-level Machine Race member and experiments with metal alloys.
  • Zhang Yu noticed Dongguan and challenged him to draw a secret pattern she could not imitate, offering equipment made by all three masters in return.
  • Dongguan drew a soul secret pattern that caused pressure among the audience, and Zhang Yu failed to copy it.
  • Zhang Yu recognized that Dongguan's pattern involved a soul secret technique and asked him to reveal more secret-pattern diagrams.

Ch. 160Seeing Luo Feng again

Dongguan tested whether he could reproduce a mysterious soul pattern, then reunited with Thunder God and sparred with him in the Virtual Universe. The group later reached Earth, where Thunder God and Dongguan discussed their missions, cultivation, and family.

  • Immortal Ming Huo reproduced the soul secret pattern by sandwiching a golden plate between two silver plates and pulling the layers apart.
  • Dongguan learned that the Formless Soul Refinement Canon had been created by the fallen Zerg mighty being Lord of Form, and Ming Di valued the eclosion gold at two hundred thousand Hunyuan Units.
  • Thunder God arrived at Dongguan's residence, and the two caught up before testing their strength in a Virtual Universe training ground.
  • Dongguan dismantled Thunder God's Sword World and explained how his mastery of time and space let him counter Thunder God's attacks.
  • Dongguan, Thunder God, Ning Xue, and Dylan reached Earth and gathered at the Luo Family manor, where Thunder God asked Dongguan to visit his family and suggested they return to Earth together.

Ch. 161Earth two hundred years later

Dongguan returned to Earth after centuries away and explored how its civilization had changed, then asked August Venerable about strange effects from his Formless Soul Refinement Manual. He chose to keep cultivating it while investigating the apparent mutual resistance between his soul defense and Zerg Luo Feng.

  • Luo Feng, Dongguan, and their companions arrived on Earth, where Yang Bei explained that the altered shape of Hawaii came from Nolan Mountain's invasion.
  • Dongguan toured Earth and learned that its people and institutions had advanced, while the Luo Family's influence had made ordinary Earthlings feel like subjects of royalty.
  • Dongguan told August Venerable that his manual had reached its eighth layer and that it weakened Zerg Luo Feng's soul attacks but also made enslaving him difficult.
  • August Venerable advised Dongguan that pursuing strength meant facing unknown risks, and Dongguan decided to continue cultivating the manual.
  • Dongguan engraved formless secret patterns onto metal plates and examined Zerg Zhang Yu with his world power.

Ch. 162Fifty years

Dongguan spent decades cultivating on Earth, then explored the Dark Lord Clone’s ability to create life and borrowed the sleeping Zerg Mother Nest as a research subject. After completing his breakthrough in soul cultivation, he prepared to leave on a Virtual Universe Company mission.

  • Dylan said his progress had stalled after seventy years of cultivation on Earth and decided to leave for life-and-death training; Thunder God accepted that he would stay near Dongguan until Dongguan finished cultivating.
  • Dongguan tested the Light Lord Clone’s Shadow Creation secret art, growing a huge flower that kept expanding but proved lifeless inside.
  • Dongguan asked to borrow the Zerg Mother Nest, and Thunder God agreed after Babata assured him the sleeping Zerg Luo Feng would not awaken without someone surpassing his teacher in soul attainment.
  • Dongguan continued cultivating beside the Zerg Mother Nest, using its spiritual force to advance the Formless Soul Refinement Secret Codex and strengthen his resistance to soul attacks.
  • Dongguan completed his cultivation and made plans to leave Earth for the Virtual Universe Company mission.

Ch. 163Remodeling the Internal World

Dongguan investigated Earth for alien infiltrators, then tried to reproduce Earth’s environment inside his Internal World to uncover its hidden secret patterns. He captured most of the infiltrators and finished reshaping his world, but the experiment showed only a glimmer of promise.

  • Dongguan used his Spirit Eye and World Power to search Earth and the nearby planets, then confirmed that two disguised Domain Lords were alien infiltrators and captured them.
  • Dongguan’s scan revealed a larger alien squad, and he captured a World Lord and seven Domain Lords while another Domain Lord committed suicide; one infiltrator sent a warning before Dongguan stopped him.
  • Dongguan alerted the Mother Emperor and other leaders about the infiltrators, while the Mother Emperor had a captured Domain Lord’s memories searched.
  • Dongguan copied Earth’s land, oceans, sky, gravity, and nearby celestial bodies inside his Internal World, forming a miniature Solar System and recording its secret patterns.
  • After more than five months of adjustments, Dongguan found no immediate change in his Internal World, though he believed the experiment had revealed a glimmer of hope.

Ch. 164True Explanation of Comprehension

Dongguan investigated Earth’s hidden causal patterns and tried to reproduce the planet within his Internal World, hoping to uncover its unusual structure. He also captured an Alien Race infiltration squad, but its message escaped, prompting warnings to Zhi Guang as Dongguan continued his experiments.

  • Dongguan used his Spirit Eye to detect unusual causal threads linked to Earth and began recording the planet’s Secret Patterns.
  • Dongguan swept Earth with his World Power, discovered disguised Alien Race agents across Earth and the nearby planets, and captured eight of them while another committed suicide.
  • Dongguan warned the Luo Family and contacted Xu Xin’s associates, while the captured agents’ escaped message alerted their organization and led to a warning for Zhi Guang.
  • Dongguan spent more than seven months shaping his Internal World into a miniature Earth and Solar System, but the reproduction showed no clear effect.
  • Dongguan continued experimenting with Earth’s structure and gravity, seeing a glimmer of hope as his Internal World took on an unconventional form.

Ch. 165A transaction

Dongguan expanded his Internal World with Universe Crystals while negotiating over his Formless Rune plates, refusing a lucrative offer to sell them for now. Luo Feng met Youyue about a company subsidiary, while Marquis Bai Yan investigated Dongguan’s connections and the stolen shipment; the chapter ended with further questions about the plates’ copying method.

  • Dongguan poured Universe Crystals into his Internal World, which grew beyond forty million kilometers while he remained at World Lord Tier 4.
  • Master Zhang Yu offered Dongguan up to five hundred thousand Hunyuan Units for ten Formless Rune plates, but he refused and said he might sell them publicly in a few years.
  • Luo Feng met Youyue, confirmed that she represented Dongguan’s company, and discussed establishing a subsidiary in the Dry Witch Universe Country.
  • Marquis Bai Yan learned that Dongguan had defeated the 13th Squad on Earth and ordered an investigation into his connection to NO3.
  • Marquis Bai Yan asked Zhang Yu to negotiate for more plates, but Dongguan again declined to sell and explained that the copied plate had been stolen in transit.
  • Shen Yong questioned Dongguan about the copying method, and Dongguan said he could roughly guess its flaw.

Ch. 166Huozhen and Yan Zhu

Dongguan studied the secret patterns in his mental space while King Huozhen arranged to buy Zerg corpses and searched for clues to the Wood and Grass Divine Cauldron. The chapter left King Rank free but targeted by Demon Candle King, who secretly planned to send an immortal crystal to Earth.

  • Dongguan inscribed formless runes on metal plates and considered how consciousness structures could be changed to improve comprehension.
  • King Huozhen asked the seven Wulong Starfield overseers to help him buy 700,000 units of World Lord Level Zerg corpses, and they agreed.
  • King Huozhen questioned his soul slave about the Qiong Luo treasure and the escaped spaceship, but the surveillance had uncovered no clear clues.
  • Venerable Youmo had King Rank released, and King Rank resolved to keep searching for the Wood and Grass Divine Cauldron.
  • Demon Candle King ordered Weinien to hide an immortal crystal on Earth, King Rank's homeworld, and vowed to destroy King Rank and Zhen Yan.

Ch. 167Time Realm

Dongguan developed his enormous internal world with the Time Realm secret technique, discovering its layered structure and the steep energy and lifespan costs of accelerating time. He spent years investigating a barren planet and shouting a supposed password without success, then prepared to continue cultivating before his scheduled return visit.

  • Dongguan searched a desolate mineral planet for an unknown plant lifeform, found nothing, and later used his world power to make the planet vanish temporarily.
  • Dongguan activated Time Realm and expanded his internal world into multiple layers, with a white hole at its core and 10,081 star worlds surrounding the origin world.
  • Dongguan realized that time acceleration rapidly consumed energy and made his human body's lifespan pass faster, so he considered ways to replenish energy and increase his gene multiplier.
  • Dongguan visited the planet repeatedly and shouted, “King Huozhen will never become a Venerable in this lifetime!” without getting a response.
  • Dongguan learned that Cao Ju had completed the highest-point mission and planned to head to Chaos City, while he chose to keep cultivating until the next visit to the planet.

Ch. 168Heaven and Earth Flower

Dongguan refined his light-time law techniques, mastered the seventh diagram of the Light-Time Beast God, and encountered a mechanical puppet that led him to an Immortal Heaven and Earth Flower. The flower’s innate teleportation and costly, uncertain cultivation left Dongguan considering whether to raise one himself.

  • Dongguan used the newly completed diagrams to expand his options for fusing light-time laws and incorporated his insights into Yin-Yang Divides Dusk and Dawn.
  • Dongguan succeeded in completing the seventh diagram, received recognition from an origin law, and tested the resulting changes to his body and attacks.
  • A mechanical puppet questioned Dongguan, verified his identity with a drop of blood, and escorted him to the Heaven and Earth Flower.
  • Dongguan learned that the Heaven and Earth Flower could teleport and might become a Peak King Immortal plant lifeform, but cultivating one required enormous resources and had a low success rate.
  • Dongguan considered raising a Heaven and Earth Flower from a seed and planned to look for the necessary resources after reaching Chaos City.

Ch. 169The Wood and Grass Divine Cauldron

Dongguan met Cang, the guardian of Dong Shending Cang’s hidden Divine Kingdom, and learned that the Wood and Grass Divine Cauldron was an incomplete origin-type treasure that could produce Divine Plant Essence and accelerate immortal recovery. He left the cauldron in place and took the Heaven and Earth Flower with him, intending to grow stronger before seeking the missing Cauldron Pearl from King Huozhen.

  • Dongguan emerged into a metal chamber where Cang tested him and, after checking Qiong’s records, accepted that he had not been sent by King Huozhen.
  • Cang explained that the Wood and Grass Divine Cauldron converted Universe Crystals into Divine Plant Essence and could speed the recovery of immortal divine bodies, but it could not be claimed or controlled without its missing Cauldron Pearl.
  • Dongguan saw the cauldron and learned that moving it would stop its automated operation, so he decided to leave it in place until he could safely retrieve the Cauldron Pearl.
  • Cang gave Dongguan the Heaven and Earth Flower and agreed to keep guarding the cauldron while Dongguan prepared to become strong enough to reclaim its missing part.
  • Dongguan left the Illusion-Light Vine behind and used the Heaven and Earth Flower to teleport with Cang toward Donghua Starfield.

Ch. 170Donghua Starfield

Dongguan explored the ruins of Qiong Luo Star while August Venerable assessed his secret arts and advised him on developing a third move. Their discussion was interrupted when a Qiong Luo squad hiding from Star Pirates entered the ruins, and Dongguan noticed their arrival.

  • Dongguan reached the Qiongluo Star System and sent his light lord clone to investigate the shattered remains of Qiong Luo Star.
  • Dongguan demonstrated his secret art to August Venerable, who praised its progress and advised him to apply the Claw-Fall Diagram's attack intent to his second move and consider combining his law comprehension for a third.
  • August Venerable explained that Dongguan could qualify his techniques by defeating hundreds or thousands of opponents, and Dongguan thanked his teacher for continuing to guide him.
  • A squad of five Qiong Luo geniuses hid in the ruins while Star Pirates searched for them, hoping their race's experts would arrive before they were discovered.
  • Dongguan heard someone approaching and turned his attention toward the Qiong Luo squad and the Star Pirates searching nearby.

Ch. 171Descendants

Dongguan learned that Zhang Yu and the Qiong Luo Race were facing mysterious attacks, while Zhang Gui and pregnant Qian Shui prepared to travel to Earth. He advised them to have their child born there and planned to investigate the threat to the Qiong Luo people while concealing his identity.

  • Dongguan reviewed reports of repeated deaths among Qiong Luo geniuses and discovered that Zhang Yu had been gravely wounded and had inherited management of a mining company.
  • Luo Feng discussed plans for Guanjie Company's expansion with Dongguan, who approved a proposal to form a corporate group with a Dry Witch branch.
  • Dongguan learned that Zhang Gui had entered the Primal Secret Region, become an Inspector Envoy, and was preparing to travel with pregnant Qian Shui to the Gus Universe Country.
  • Dongguan called Zhang Gui and urged him to bring Qian Shui to Earth to have their child, explaining that Earth might hold a special benefit for those born there.
  • Dongguan decided to return to Earth with the Origin Core and send his concealed Light Lord Clone to help Zhang Yu and investigate what King Huozhen had left behind.

Ch. 172A King Rank Slave

Dongguan pursued the Star Pirates into the Liangsheng Realm, where a silver-armored undying attacked him and destroyed his clone after he learned the Star Pirates were targeting Qiong Luo Race geniuses. Meanwhile, You brought the seven surviving youths back and urged them to endure and grow stronger, while Dongguan considered investigating the Star Pirates’ ship and route further.

  • You told the seven Qiong Luo Race youths that only someone stronger than the undying who once stood at the pinnacle could protect them, and Wu Tian rallied his companions to keep fighting.
  • Dongguan followed the Star Pirates’ Machine Race spaceship into the Liangsheng Realm and watched it land on a void continent.
  • A bald King Rank man questioned Dongguan, recognized that he had no soul, and unleashed an attack that revealed him as a silver-armored undying.
  • Dongguan burned his clone’s body and Crystal Core in a desperate saber strike, but the bald Liangsheng man survived and Dongguan’s clone was destroyed.
  • You returned with the seven youths after failing to find the Star Pirates, and Wu Tian encouraged them to treat their hardship as a path toward strength.
  • Dongguan returned to the Original Universe and weighed whether to pursue the Star Pirates using their spaceship and travel route as leads.

Ch. 173What Truly Made Dongguan Special

Dongguan investigated the unusual restrictions affecting his memories and tried to teach Zhang Gui his self-created True Explanation of Comprehension, only to discover that Zhang Gui could neither see nor remember what he wrote. After confronting an attack on his Light Lord clone and considering the hidden danger on Earth, Dongguan ordered specialized detectors modified and continued probing the source of his strange abilities.

  • Dongguan wrote the True Explanation of Comprehension for Zhang Gui, but Zhang Gui could not see or remember its contents, and certain words Dongguan spoke were obscured.
  • Dongguan retraced his memories and concluded that his transmigration was genuine, while suspecting that a higher-level quality of his consciousness enabled his unusual abilities.
  • Dongguan realized that his Light Lord clone had been caught in an accident and calculated that he had lost a Space Ring and a Machine Race spaceship.
  • Dongguan remembered the immortal crystal that Demon Candle King had arranged to hide on Earth and recognized it as a future danger.
  • Dongguan asked Qiong about Cang's divine-power detection technology and ordered a batch of detectors modified to identify different power types.
  • Dongguan continued analyzing his state of mind, his special abilities, and the restrictions surrounding knowledge of higher realms.

Ch. 174Powerhouses of the universe (Universe arc finale)

Dongguan searched Earth for an immortal crystal belonging to Demon Candle King, then strengthened the Thousand-Leaf Grass and established its Divine Kingdom. On Earth, Thunder God and his brothers considered what it meant to become truly powerful, while Dongguan remained until his grandchildren were born before planning to go to Chaos City.

  • Dongguan searched Earth with Qiong's robots and found Demon Candle King's immortal crystal, prompting Demon Candle King to investigate and receive a warning from the Virtual Universe.
  • Dongguan visited Earth, explained that the search was a precaution, and told the gathered leaders he would return after his grandson and granddaughter were born.
  • The Thousand-Leaf Grass absorbed Divine Plant Essence, grew to 10,081 leaves, and broke through to King Rank; Dongguan established its Divine Kingdom in a nearby Space Fragment.
  • Dongguan tested the Thousand-Leaf Grass's weapon forms and discussed Hong's Illusion Sea progress with him and the others.
  • Thunder God and his brothers discussed the gap between geniuses and the truly powerful, and Thunder God resolved to keep growing stronger.

Ch. 175A new journey

Dongguan told Venerable Ao Zhang Yu that he was finally ready to travel to Chaos City, then visited Earth to meet his newborn grandchildren. After making arrangements for Zhang Gui, Qian Shui, and the children, Dongguan set out for the Virtual Universe Company Headquarters and the Initial Universe.

  • Venerable Ao Zhang Yu praised Dongguan's progress, warned him that Earth's unusual number of geniuses had drawn attention, and urged him to go to Chaos City.
  • Dongguan learned that Xin Hao had cleared the thirteenth level of the Heavenly Bridge and been accepted as the Chaos City Lord's nominal disciple.
  • Dongguan visited Zhang Gui and Qian Shui, met their newborn twins Zhang Bing and Zhang Mu, and offered dojo places for the family.
  • Zhang Gui planned to raise the children with Qian Shui before taking them to Gus Universe Country, while Luo Feng considered joining them.
  • Dongguan collected universe crystals and Divine Plant Essence, then left the Heaven and Earth Flower's Divine Kingdom to begin his journey to Chaos City.
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