Chapter Summaries

Dongguan studied the Gathering-Scattering Nebula’s Great Destruction and gained a new understanding of destruction, life, and his Life-Slaying Blade. As the nebula re-formed, an artificial Space Lockdown trapped him and many other observers, and he set out to investigate.

• Dongguan recalled his gains from the Wind and Water Forbidden Zone and developed his Space-Time technique into a Peak Secret Technique in the Virtual Universe.
• August Venerable praised Dongguan’s progress, learned he had fused ten Blood Luo Crystals’ worth of power using crystals and Beast God blood, and discovered he had fused at least eight Blood Luo Crystals himself.
• Dongguan settled outside the Gathering-Scattering Nebula to observe its Great Destruction while secretly planning to visit other battlefields and eventually kill King Huozhen for revenge.
• Void Scorn King, Tiger Soul King, Zuiqian King, and Zerg Mother Emperor Beihui arranged a trap using 10,081 Sealing Towers, and one tower killed a Demon Race Immortal who discovered it.
• Dongguan comprehended the Great Destruction as the nebula vanished and re-formed, gaining insight that let him adjust the Life-Slaying Blade and connect divine-body burning with life moving toward destruction.
• After the nebula’s Great Destruction ended, Dongguan sensed an artificial Space Lockdown, connected to the Virtual Universe military system, and prepared to investigate.

Dongguan attended a meeting of Human Faction fighters trapped inside the Three-Race Alliance’s encirclement and argued that they should form small teams and choose between hiding and breaking out as circumstances allowed. After learning that the alliance had identified him as its primary target, he watched a barrier node and waited for a chance to act.

• Mu Tianwang explained that the Machine Race, Zerg, and Demon Race had sealed off the region and presented plans to break out or hide.
• Mo King warned Dongguan that his Insect-Hunting King title attracted a high bounty, but Dongguan refused to change it out of fear.
• Dongguan proposed letting fighters choose their own approach, operating in trusted small teams, and adapting rather than rallying under Mu Tianwang; the meeting ended without a unified plan.
• August Venerable told Dongguan that the operation might have exposed his identity, that the three races were targeting him, and that no Venerables would be sent into the conflict.
• Zuiqian King, Beihui, and Void Scorn King discussed their hunt for Dongguan, while King Huozhen resolved to kill him after examining the Wood and Grass Cauldron Pearl.
• Dongguan observed a pyramid guarding the encirclement barrier and waited for an opportunity to attack as breakout attempts drew enemy forces.

Dongguan tested the Space-Sealing Grand Array, lured Leisa away from its protection, and fought him while making a breakthrough in the Time Law. As Dongguan pursued the wounded Leisa, the enemy alliance identified him as Dongguan, and Dongguan prepared to refine his simulated divine power.

• Sebas and Leisa monitored the array as Dongguan's attacks began draining its energy, and Sebas sent Leisa out to investigate.
• Dongguan lured Leisa away from the barrier, then used Time Stop and his saber to shatter Leisa's body and annihilate portions of his divine power.
• Dongguan's Human Main Body experienced a breakthrough in comprehending Time Stop after witnessing Leisa use it in battle.
• Beihui, Void Scorn King, and Zuiqian King compared reports and concluded that Insect-Hunting King was the human World Lord Dongguan.
• Dongguan pursued Leisa while his Human Main Body confirmed that the refined second version of simulated divine power was ready and considered the energy he would need after becoming an Immortal.

Dongguan captured Leisa and learned that the three races were shrinking the Space-Sealing Grand Array around the trapped Kings. As the encirclement tightened and nonhuman Kings were offered a chance to leave for ransom, the remaining Human Faction leaders planned a risky breakout.

• Dongguan overwhelmed Leisa with white light, sealed him in amber, and stored him in his World Ring.
• The Zerg Faction expert, Void Scorn King, Tiger Soul King, and Zuiqian King arrived after Leisa’s capture, while Human Faction Kings failed to break through a Pyramid’s barrier.
• Mu Tianwang explained that the Space-Sealing Grand Array’s second stage divided the encircled region into isolated sections, and Dongguan learned the circle was closing.
• Eight years later, Dongguan listened as the trapped Kings discussed dwindling reinforcements, the three races’ limits on escalation, and how long they might need to survive before teleportation became possible.
• Tong Nan King announced that nonhuman Kings could leave by paying ransom and passing identity checks, prompting some allies to depart.
• Tong Nan King urged the remaining Kings to shelter lower-ranked Immortals of their races and prepare for a coordinated breakout through a breach in the array.

Dongguan found a vast cache of Green Rainbow Thread, then responded to Greenwood Marquis's distress call and rescued Yao from the Demon Race ambush. After Qianyun King self-destructed, Dongguan took the Cloudmist World and began refining it, unaware that the three races were tracking its hidden signal and converging on him.

• Dongguan collected an egg-sized lump of Green Rainbow Thread worth over a billion mixed units and set course to assist Greenwood Marquis's squad.
• Five King-level Immortals trapped Greenwood Marquis and his teammates; Qianyun King used the Cloudmist World to restrain them and demanded that Greenwood Marquis call Insect-Hunting King.
• Dongguan attacked the enemy, freed Yao, and left Greenwood Marquis and the others to escape as Qianyun King self-destructed.
• Dongguan discovered Qianyun King's hidden tracking signal in the Cloudmist World and chose to refine the treasure.
• Zuiqian King tracked Dongguan using the signal, while Dongguan told the gathered Immortals that enemies were coming and urged them to break out elsewhere.

Dongguan refined the Cloudmist World, used his Eye of Cause and Effect to hunt pursuing King-level Immortals, and discovered that his enemies could track his position. The chapter left him suspecting that the captured Space-Time Demon Beast was a clone revealing his location.

• Dongguan extracted the Black Signal Source from the Cloudmist World, threw it into the void, and concealed the Qiongluo Ship with World Projection and Control of Space-Time.
• Dongguan identified twenty-eight pursuing King Ranks, while a Zerg-alliance squad learned that Squad 75 had been wiped out and decided to join forces with another squad.
• King Miu led Human Faction Immortals toward node 7829 as Tong Nan King, Jianhuang King, and Flame Dragon King prepared coordinated attacks on the three races.
• Dongguan hunted the pursuing squads in the Gathering-Scattering Nebula, where many King-level Immortals self-destructed; he sealed a weakened Space-Time Demon Beast and collected its spoils.
• Tiger Soul King told Void Scorn King and Beihui that Zuiqian King had deliberately helped locate Dongguan, and they planned to assemble a stronger encirclement.
• Dongguan realized the enemies could pinpoint his location and suspected the captured Space-Time Demon Beast was a clone after two causal lines appeared.

Dongguan fought Tiger Soul King and Void Scorn King after the Space-Time Demon Beast escaped and self-destructed. Tiger Soul King died, while Dongguan used his Internal World to replenish his Simulated Divine Power as he faced the remaining enemies and their reinforcements.

• The Space-Time Demon Beast broke free of Dongguan’s amber confinement and self-destructed, destroying a World Ring and exposing Dongguan’s possessions in the void.
• Tiger Soul King attacked Dongguan, but Dongguan’s Years technique and burning Simulated Divine Power steadily damaged the Demon Immortal.
• Void Scorn King arrived with ten Black Pyramids and used Void Scorn Lake to hinder Dongguan while Tiger Soul King continued fighting.
• Dongguan countered with the Cloudmist World, froze space-time, and drove Tiger Soul King below half his divine body, prompting Tiger Soul King to self-destruct.
• Dongguan collected a fiery-red bead from Tiger Soul King’s remains and attacked Void Scorn King’s Black Pyramid as ten more King-level Immortals arrived.
• Dongguan’s Biological Factories converted energy from his Internal World into fresh Simulated Divine Power, allowing him to keep burning it while fighting Void Scorn King.

Dongguan fought off Tian Shen King and the encircling forces, then escaped after the Space-Sealing Grand Array collapsed. Back in Hongmeng City, he decided to remain on the Outer Domain Battlefield to hunt for mission rewards while pursuing Space Lockdown, though he still wanted to achieve perfect genes before breaking through to Immortal.

• Dongguan broke through Void Scorn King's Black Pyramid, but the ten Pyramids combined into a G-grade defense as Tian Shen King and many King Ranks arrived to surround him.
• Tian Shen King attacked Dongguan and discovered he was a World Lord, then tried to recruit him to the Zerg; Dongguan refused and fled while fighting off pursuit.
• Jianhuang King, Flame Dragon King, and Tong Nan King helped break the Space-Sealing Grand Array, lifting the space lockdown across the Gathering-Scattering Nebula.
• After learning the array had collapsed, Dongguan killed another King Rank and fought Tian Shen King while pursuing enemies who could not teleport; he escaped by breaking through Space Lockdown and teleporting outside the barrier.
• In Hongmeng City, Dongguan reviewed his mission rewards and chose to stay on the Outer Domain Battlefield to hunt more King Ranks and focus on comprehending Space Lockdown.
• Dongguan considered breaking through to Immortal to improve his strength but remained intent on achieving perfect genes and learning the strongest Innate Secret Technique.

Dongguan reviewed the spoils from his campaign on the Third Battlefield, refined new treasures, and planned ways to conceal his identity and protect his World Lord origin core. After gaining recognition from the Metal Law, he used Divine Kingdom Teleportation to leave for another battlefield.

• Dongguan killed another King-level Immortal, found a flaming spear for Zhang Gui, and decided to visit other battlefields as the Third Battlefield grew quiet.
• Dongguan sorted his spoils, kept the Flame Luo spear for his son, refined the Sharp Kill Blade, and discovered the Tiger Soul Pearl could protect his soul and enhance soul attacks.
• Dongguan recognized that enemies could kill him by striking his origin core, so he planned to fight through a clone and develop false identities using metal, space, and illusion techniques.
• Five Elements King warned Dongguan that Tian Shen King had placed a bounty on him, and Dongguan resolved to disguise his distinctive combat methods.
• August Venerable cautioned Dongguan to remain careful, while Dongguan explained his studies and said he would break through to Immortality when he sensed an opportunity.
• Dongguan gained recognition from the Metal Law, prepared two false identities, and teleported to another battlefield using the Illusion-Light Vine.

King Huozhen explained his failed plot against Dongguan to Nine Abyss Venerable, who agreed to consult Lord Huang Jian about whether Huozhen could pursue the Wood and Grass Divine Cauldron. Meanwhile, Luo Feng sensed armor-like fluctuations on Yanji Continent and directed his spaceship toward them.

• King Huozhen feared Dongguan would find and kill him, then confronted Nine Abyss Venerable in the Virtual Universe and endured a half-hour beating.
• Nine Abyss Venerable rebuked King Huozhen for conspiring with aliens against a human genius and risking the exposure of Zuiqian King's undercover identity.
• Nine Abyss Venerable confirmed that Dongguan was the Qiong Luo orphan and learned that King Huozhen had sought the Wood and Grass Divine Cauldron because its Divine Plant Essence had improved his Space Law comprehension.
• King Huozhen said he would accept studying the Wood and Grass Divine Cauldron without owning it, so Nine Abyss Venerable contacted Lord Huang Jian and told him to await a message.
• On Yanji Continent, Luo Feng sensed fluctuations resembling those of Soldier Armor and General Armor and ordered Babata to fly toward them.

Dongguan explored the Yanji Continent and reflected on his cultivation before meeting Luo Feng, who had come looking for an ally to trade with. Dongguan revealed his identity, and Luo Feng recognized his old friend as Brother Guan.

• Dongguan studied the secret-pattern traces in the Yanji Race's abandoned underground palace, then left the desert in his spaceship.
• Dongguan reviewed his progress in the laws and secret-pattern diagrams while waiting for Luo Feng to arrive.
• Luo Feng detected an allied Immortal ahead and learned that the figure was the mysterious Illusory Mist King, believed to possess King Rank Limit strength.
• Luo Feng left his other bodies and Origin Core aboard his spaceship and approached the white-robed figure with his human main body.
• Dongguan teleported in front of Luo Feng, called him by name, removed his mask, and was recognized as Brother Guan.

Luo Feng and Dongguan met on the Outer Domain Battlefield, where Dongguan revealed a sealed Yan God Race warrior and helped Luo Feng locate the other Black Metal Plates. When Luo Feng showed Dongguan the Small Beast God Statue, it completed one of Dongguan’s Gold-Space Beast God diagrams and transformed his body, leaving him eager to study the statue further.

• Luo Feng learned that Dongguan was both Illusory Mist King and Insect-Hunting King, and Dongguan recognized Luo Feng as Silver Wing King.
• Dongguan showed Luo Feng the sealed King Jintu, a living Yan God Race warrior, and gave Luo Feng the Golden Armor he had taken from him.
• Dongguan traced the causal lines from Luo Feng’s Black Metal Plate, identifying four distant directions and noting that the nearest plate was moving.
• Dongguan reflected on the causal connections between the Black Metal Plates and other treasures while he and Luo Feng exchanged insights into their cultivation.
• Luo Feng showed Dongguan the Small Beast God Statue, completing one of Dongguan’s Gold-Space Beast God diagrams and causing his body to transform.
• Dongguan thanked Luo Feng and agreed to keep studying the statue as Luo Feng’s Golden Horned Beast avatar tried on the Golden Armor.

Dongguan completed the eighth Light-Time Secret Pattern Diagram and raised his human main body's gene multiplier to elevenfold, but his merged form remained stuck below perfect genes. He left Camp Base No. 026 to study cosmic wonders, while Luo Feng stayed behind to cultivate and kept Dongguan's aid token for emergencies.

• Dongguan examined the Dream Light Divine Envoy Inheritance Crystal and decided he would trade it to the Hongmeng Alliance rather than accept its inheritance.
• After sixty-three years of cultivation, Dongguan completed the eighth Light-Time Secret Pattern Diagram and raised his human main body's gene multiplier to elevenfold, reaching 11,000 times Peak World Lord strength with Blood Luo power.
• Dongguan found that merging his bodies still left him at 10,080 times, so he decided to seek an opportunity to break through to Immortal and continue studying strange sights across the Outer Domain Battlefields.
• Dongguan planned to visit the Twin Vortex Domain and leave the Star Tower for last, then offered Luo Feng an Illusion-Light Vine leaf to request help in an emergency.
• Dongguan teleported away from Camp Base No. 026, while Luo Feng declined to accompany him and returned to cultivation.

While observing the Twin Vortex Domain, Dongguan comprehended a trace of time-space fusion and unleashed a vast World Projection that trapped many Immortals. He collapsed the projection and its captives into a miniature Twin Vortex Domain, then escaped and prepared to study the ninth volume of the Origin of the Universe.

• Dongguan studied the Twin Vortex Domain and connected its paired black holes to the fourth diagram of the Universe Chaos Stele, becoming immersed in the mysteries of equilibrium and fusion.
• Dongguan expanded his World Projection across ten billion kilometers, drawing the attention of Immortals from several factions who entered to investigate.
• Dongguan used the World Projection to trap the Immortals inside, then contracted and transformed it while burning simulated divine power.
• Most Immortals escaped, but dozens of Kings remained trapped as Dongguan collapsed the projection into a miniature Twin Vortex Domain and dispersed its matter.
• Dongguan teleported a light-year away and realized his insight into time-space fusion might let him comprehend the ninth volume of the Origin of the Universe.

Dongguan comprehended all three major techniques of both the Space Law and the Time Law, enduring a soul crisis that raised his will to the Universe Venerable level. His Law of Light reached Perfection and formed an Origin, leaving him ready to break open his Origin Core and transform his body.

• Dongguan studied law fusion and continued comprehending the Space Law, expanding his World Projection's Control of Space-Time to ten thousand meters.
• Dongguan discovered that comprehending Space Lockdown and Space Strangulation seemed to make him forget the other, then used his Mental Space to preserve and restore both techniques.
• Dongguan restored all three Space Law techniques, triggering an overwhelming pressure that branded the laws he had studied onto his soul.
• Dongguan endured the pressure and refined his soul until his will transformed to the Universe Venerable level, allowing him to comprehend all three Space Law and Time Law techniques.
• Dongguan gained insight into embracing everything, brought the Law of Light to Perfection, and formed its Origin in his Origin Core.

Dongguan reached a perfect gene multiplier after comprehending the complete Law of Light, transforming his Origin Core and receiving the innate secret technique Space-Time Origin Point. He began expanding his internal world, but realized he needed more Universe Crystals before he could continue his breakthrough to Immortality.

• Dongguan merged with his Light Lord Clone, raising his gene multiplier to 10,081 and expanding his body to over ninety thousand kilometers.
• His Origin Core transformed, and the Primal Universe sent his consciousness into a space of secret arts, where he received Space-Time Origin Point but was expelled before he could take the Vortex Secret Art.
• Dongguan examined the changes to his mental space, soul, and law diagrams, then resolved to study the partial Vortex Secret Art as material for a future move of the Collection in the Well.
• He tested Space-Time Origin Point and judged it best suited to piercing armor with a concentrated attack.
• Dongguan used the black hole in his internal world to draw in universal energy and expand the world beyond five hundred billion kilometers, then prepared to exchange for more Universe Crystals.

Dongguan expanded his internal world, became an Immortal, and established an enormous, unusual Divine Kingdom deep in the space interlayer. After discovering its strange structure and powers, he turned his attention to Earth, where a savage-looking man began reversing time and space to uncover its secrets.

• Dongguan discovered that his light lord clone had developed a Glazed Crystal Transformation and separated his human main body from it.
• Dongguan borrowed one hundred trillion Universe Crystals from August Venerable and spent five years expanding his internal world and energy ocean.
• Dongguan broke through to become an Immortal, converting his divine power and establishing his Divine Kingdom in a vast Space Fragment deep in the space interlayer.
• Dongguan's Divine Kingdom developed a Core World, an Origin World, 10,081 Star Worlds, and a Shadow World, and he built a divine palace there.
• On Earth, a burly, savage-looking man began reversing time and space to investigate the planet's secrets.

Dongguan resurrected his birth mother, Domain Lord Xia Lan, and ancestor Immortal Donghua, but he could not restore Dong Xuan World Lord because the Origin Supreme Treasure he had refined made the cost too great. He reunited Xia Lan and Donghua on the ruins of Qiong Luo Star and brought them to the Divine Kingdom to explain what had happened.

• Dongguan reversed time at the ruins of Qiong Luo Star and resurrected Domain Lord Xia Lan, then placed her in his World Ring with Qiong to explain the passage of more than eight thousand years.
• Dongguan tried to resurrect Dong Xuan World Lord but stopped when he realized the cost was beyond what he could survive because Dong Xuan World Lord had refined the Wood and Grass Divine Cauldron, an Origin Supreme Treasure.
• Dongguan reversed time again and resurrected Immortal Donghua, telling him that a powerful benefactor had arranged it and that he must conceal his identity for a hundred epochs.
• Dongguan reunited Domain Lord Xia Lan and Immortal Donghua, accepted Xia Lan calling him Guan'er, and revealed that they stood on the ruins of Qiong Luo Star.
• Dongguan released the Heaven and Earth Flower, and the three used Divine Kingdom Teleportation to return to the Divine Kingdom.

After breaking through to Immortal, Dongguan resurrected Immortal Donghua and Domain Lord Xia Lan, explained why his father could not yet be brought back, and left them protected in the Heaven and Earth Flower Divine Kingdom. He returned to his Divine Kingdom to explore new insights into causality, then set out to finish his business on the Outer Domain Battlefield before retiring and pursuing King Huozhen.

• Cang questioned Dongguan about why he had not resurrected his father, and Dongguan explained that the Wood and Grass Divine Cauldron made the price too high; he promised to try again in the future.
• Dongguan took the Wood and Grass Divine Cauldron, left the Heaven and Earth Flower and Qiong with Domain Lord Xia Lan, and asked Immortal Donghua to guard them and watch over the Qiong Luo Race.
• Dongguan returned to his Divine Kingdom, where he observed new life in its worlds and discovered that he could perceive and interfere with causal lines.
• Dongguan tested his influence on causality by disrupting ants carrying a grub, causing their group to fall into disorder and leaving two ants dead.
• Dongguan decided to return to the Outer Domain Battlefield, finish his remaining business, retire from service, and then go after King Huozhen.

Luo Feng and Dongguan traveled to Star Tower, where Luo Feng felt summoned by the tower and entered alone. Dongguan explored its Forbidden Spaces, hoping to find a Sealing Star, and began fighting the guardians that appeared.

• Luo Feng told Dongguan he planned to visit Star Tower, and Dongguan agreed to accompany him.
• Three days later, Dongguan and Luo Feng arrived at Star Tower, where Luo Feng felt a mysterious summons and tried unsuccessfully to claim ownership.
• Heaven Array King greeted them and tried to claim the tower before entering alone; Luo Feng and Dongguan declined to join him.
• Luo Feng and Dongguan split up, and Luo Feng entered Star Tower while Dongguan set out to find a Sealing Star.
• Dongguan entered a Forbidden Space and fought a black leopard guardian that grew larger as he damaged it, eventually defeating it and moving on through a passage.