Chapter Summaries

Dongguan experimented with channeling World Power as an Immortal and studied the World Trees’ space-time techniques to refine his Secret Art. After learning about King Feijing’s status and the limits of Soul Enslavement, Dongguan ordered him to conceal his enslavement and demonstrated his Universe Mirror Secret Art, which Dongguan began to study.

• Dongguan used a World Ring to simulate an Internal World and found that fusing World Power with Immortal Divine Power failed.
• Dongguan observed the World Trees’ Space-Time Tremor and Control of Space-Time techniques, then repeatedly visited them to study their Secret Arts.
• Dongguan learned from King Feijing that the Northern Border Alliance was loosely organized and that Soul Slaves could still use Ancestral God School inheritances, though they could not inherit its exalted positions.
• Dongguan told King Feijing to hide his enslavement unless the Lord of the Nine Nethers had exposed it.
• King Feijing displayed his Universe Mirror Secret Art, and Dongguan studied its Secret Patterns with his Spirit Eye.

Dongguan adapted King Feijing’s Universe Mirror Secret Art and used it to improve his observation and recording of secret patterns. He also advanced his incomplete Beast God Heart through the fourth stage, then planned to complete more Beast God diagrams and seek out the World Tree for training.

• Dongguan transformed his body and soul to imitate King Feijing, then used Universe Mirror, whose range increased with Wishful Body and Blood Luo Power.
• Dongguan used Universe Mirror to reflect the Initial Universe’s secret patterns into his Mental Space, making them much faster to record.
• While contemplating the Light-Time Fusion Law in the Winged Human State, Dongguan formed an incomplete Beast God Heart at the fourth stage, with a soul amplitude of 16.
• Dongguan tried another state but failed to form a new imprint, concluding that he needed eight complete Beast God Secret Pattern Diagrams.
• Dongguan examined liquid containing traces of the Water-Space Fusion Law and planned to cultivate before challenging the World Tree as a sparring partner.

Dongguan repeatedly raided the Strongest World Tree for branches, planted them to stabilize and expand his Divine Kingdom, and watched upheaval reshape the Moon-Worship Kingdom. When he returned to Tree Island for another attack, the Lord of the Nine Nethers intervened and ordered him to stop.

• The Strongest World Tree trapped Dongguan in his destructive Tree World Return to Ruins, but Dongguan survived and escaped with another branch.
• Dongguan planted the branch in his Origin World and considered planting more Life Trees across his Divine Kingdom and Star Worlds as the realm continued expanding.
• Dongguan visited the Moon-Worship Kingdom, where its ancient Snake-person ruler died; he then planted a Life Tree, and the ruler's death sparked war and the beginnings of a new civilization.
• Dongguan returned to Tree Island, relying on the second layer of his Calamity-Flow Blacklight Armor to face the Strongest World Tree again.
• The Lord of the Nine Nethers restrained Dongguan and declared the World Tree under his protection, ending Dongguan's repeated raids.

Dongguan gathered biological samples from powerful Special Lifeforms across the Ancestral God Secret Realm until the Ancestral God ordered him to leave. He joined the Ancestral God School as an outer member instead, then set out to seek treasures across the Primal Universe.

• Dongguan stopped attacking the World Trees and obtained samples from Venerable Xunman Vine and her children on Tree Island.
• Dongguan plundered Special Lifeforms throughout the Ancestral God Secret Realm, then surprised Divine General Mantuo and cut off part of his body.
• Divine General Mantuo told Dongguan that the Ancestral God had ordered him expelled from the Secret Realm Land and offered him outer membership as an alternative.
• Dongguan accepted the Ancestral God School's outer membership and received an Ancestral God Token from Divine General Mantuo.
• Dongguan considered his progress toward comprehending the fourth layer of the Light-Time Fusion Law and used Divine Kingdom Teleportation to leave for the Primal Universe.

Dongguan completed the fourth layer of fusion-law comprehension, gathered his forces in the Virtual Universe, and learned that Demon Candle King and King Jian were targeting Luo Feng’s allies. He began investigating their moves and considered how to respond.

• Dongguan finished comprehending the fourth layer of fusion laws and planned to strengthen his beast god heart before receiving the fifth-layer inheritance.
• Dongguan summoned his Virtual Universe forces, heard Zhang Gui’s report from the Outer Domain Battlefield, and guided him in understanding space resonance.
• Dongguan learned from Zhang Gui that Xu Xin had sent an email and realized Luo Feng was nearing the end of his Star Tower seclusion.
• Dongguan investigated and found that King Jiankuo and Demon Candle King were targeting the relocating Luo Family and harming the Earth Lineage and other allied forces.
• Dongguan considered the powerful backing of Demon Candle King and King Jian as he weighed his response.

Demon Candle King and King Jiankuo rejected Venerable Huozhen’s demands for compensation over their targeting of the Luo Family and Earth Lineage. King Jiankuo was sent to prison by his teacher, while Demon Candle King learned that Insect-Hunting King had challenged Shi Huo Venerable and waited anxiously for the outcome.

• Demon Candle King dismissed King Jiankuo’s concerns about targeting the Luo Family and Earth Lineage, and proposed buying Earth and giving it to Insect-Hunting King if necessary.
• Venerable Huozhen arrived and demanded harsh compensation on Insect-Hunting King’s behalf, but Demon Candle King refused, claiming the disputes were normal conflicts between forces.
• After Venerable Huozhen left, Demon Candle King told King Jiankuo that refusing the demands would bring further consequences.
• King Jiankuo received an order from Jinlan Venerable to serve ten thousand epochs in the Twelfth Starfield Prison or lose his status as a disciple.
• Demon Candle King learned that Insect-Hunting King had suppressed Jinlan Venerable and challenged Shi Huo Venerable, and reassured himself that his father would win.

Dongguan forced Jinlan Venerable to stake his wealth and Jinlan Universe Country on a duel with Shi Huo Venerable, while the human leaders negotiated the terms. The battle began with Dongguan injuring Shi Huo, but Shi Huo escaped into a sea of black flames.

• Dongguan offered Jinlan Venerable a choice between surrendering his treasures as compensation or staking them on Dongguan's battle with Shi Huo Venerable.
• Jinlan Venerable agreed to the wager, and the Lord of Void Gold and Lord Youhou arranged for Jinlan Universe Country to transfer to the Virtual Universe Company.
• Shi Huo Venerable agreed to pay Jinlan's debt if he lost, while the Lord of Void Gold set compensation at twenty supreme treasure points if Shi Huo was defeated.
• Dongguan and Shi Huo Venerable began fighting after both deployed Space Lockdown.
• Dongguan used the Nine Abyss Realm and pierced Shi Huo's palm with his spear, annihilating one percent of his divine body.
• Shi Huo Venerable transformed into black fire and vanished into a sea of flames to evade Dongguan's next attack.

Jinlan Universe Country’s observers watched Dongguan fight Shi Huo Venerable and discovered that Dongguan’s perfect-gene clone could control space-time in a way normally reserved for Universe Masters. Dongguan overwhelmed Shi Huo Venerable, who revealed his newly advanced ultimate secret art, while the Lord of Void Gold agreed to cover the cost of his defeat.

• The Giant Axe Founder and Chaos City Lord watched Dongguan battle Shi Huo Venerable and discussed Dongguan’s strongest secret technique and perfect-gene clone.
• The Chaos City Lord sensed that Dongguan could control space-time and speculated that he might even wield the authority to reverse time and space.
• Dongguan used Control of Space-Time to locate Shi Huo Venerable’s true body and prevent him from escaping into the space interlayer.
• Shi Huo Venerable burned his divine body and unleashed Eroding Space Fire: Dragon Roar, but Dongguan’s control of space-time stabilized the battlefield.
• Lord Youhou judged that Shi Huo Venerable could not win, and the Lord of Void Gold offered to pay the twenty supreme treasure points owed for his defeat.

Dongguan defeated Shi Huo Venerable in a direct fight, secured Jinlan Venerable’s release, and took control of the Jinlan Universe Country. Lord Youhou questioned Dongguan about his cultivation and plans, while news of his victory and new position spread across Human Territory.

• Dongguan used his fused form and spear to break Shi Huo Venerable’s black dragon technique, but the Lord of Void Gold intervened and declared Dongguan the winner.
• The Lord of Void Gold transferred 20 supreme treasure points, and Dongguan released Jinlan Venerable and returned his armor and mirror.
• Lord Youhou asked Dongguan about his fusion-law progress, delayed breakthrough, unusual abilities, and plans for the Jinlan Universe Country.
• Dongguan said his Venerable Slaves could administer the Universe Country, and Lord Youhou approved the arrangement.
• News spread that the Jinlan Universe Country had changed hands and that Insect-Hunting King should not be provoked.

Dongguan took control of the Jinlan Universe Country and introduced Rune Dao research and specialized competitions to find talented cultivators. As the competitions began, Mo Tun World Lord’s slave-trading group planned to retrench, unaware that Dongguan had overheard them.

• Dongguan announced that the Jinlan Universe Country would largely maintain its policies, support the Guanjie Company’s promotion of the Rune Dao, and hold specialized competitions.
• The Guanjie Company expanded into Jinlan, and the Virtual Universe began sixty-five competitions across thirteen fields and five cultivation tiers.
• Dongguan cultivated the fourth layer of the beast god heart and received an inheritance for its fifth layer at the Ancestral God School.
• Mo Tun World Lord and his subordinates discussed the country’s upheaval and decided to pause shipments and retreat strategically while honoring existing deals.
• Dongguan overheard the slave traders’ secret discussion as he walked through a tribe tens of thousands of kilometers away.

Dongguan created an enchanted mirror that revealed hidden opportunities and events to Tianming, a young cultivator on enslaved Mercury. After discovering his uncle was conspiring with the Demon God Palace, Tianming decided to warn the village chief and seek a spaceship that could take him to the universe.

• Dongguan considered how to address the slave trade on Mercury and made an ancient mirror containing a Divine Power Token.
• Tianming found the mirror in a river and took it home, where it revealed information about buried treasures, a spaceship, and his Uncle Tianqiu's meeting with a Demon God Palace Emissary.
• Tianming verified the mirror's information and later overheard Tianqiu meeting the Emissary at Soul-Breaking Cliff.
• Tianming decided to tell the village chief about the insider and leave the tribe to search for the spaceship in the Northern Nether Sea Region.

Dongguan distributed thousands of self-made treasures, then visited the Jinlan Secret Realm to inspect and reward its 650 selected geniuses before leaving the Calamity Mistress in charge of the Universe Country. In Chaos City, he exchanged for a saber and discussed his research into clone techniques with Venerable Kandri.

• Dongguan refined and scattered treasures such as the Demon Sword, whose karmic effects could bring its wielder opportunities, trouble, and enemies.
• After running short on materials, Dongguan stopped distributing treasures and went to the Jinlan Secret Realm to observe and reward the 650 selected geniuses.
• Dongguan appointed the Calamity Mistress to oversee the Jinlan Universe Country and departed through Divine Kingdom Teleportation.
• In Chaos City, Dongguan exchanged supreme treasure points for a long saber and asked Venerable Kandri about his cloning methods.
• Dongguan demonstrated secret patterns related to clone techniques, and Kandri sensed a connection to the Clone Secret Technique.

Dongguan studied the Universe Chaos Stele and discussed cultivation with Kandri before learning that Luo Feng had passed the World Lord Level Original Tongtian Mountain and become the Star Tower's master. After encouraging Bolan, Dongguan returned to his residence, where Luo Feng visited.

• Dongguan, Kandri, and Bolan discussed cultivation while waiting for the Chaos Stele study chamber to open.
• Dongguan entered the chamber, studied the eighth and ninth pictures for seven days, and left without extending his time.
• Bolan asked Dongguan about his friendship with Luo Feng and revealed that Luo Feng had passed the World Lord Level Original Tongtian Mountain.
• Dongguan realized Luo Feng had become the Star Tower's master and reassured Bolan about his potential, though Bolan took his words as mockery and left.
• Luo Feng visited Dongguan, who congratulated him.

Luo Feng and Dongguan discussed time, the nature of laws, and how Earth’s history and political systems reflected broader patterns in the universe. Dongguan urged Luo Feng to reconsider Earth’s social order, leaving Luo Feng to consider whether Earthlings had become too dependent on him and the Luo Family.

• Luo Feng and Dongguan walked through YZ City and debated whether time represented change and whether the universe held laws beyond the familiar paths.
• At the Great Nirvana Memorial Hall, Dongguan noticed that his statue’s description called him an “alien friend,” while Luo Feng’s statue stood at the front.
• Dongguan explained how primitive, slaveholding, feudal, corporate, and communist systems appeared on Earth and across the universe.
• Dongguan argued that Earth’s hierarchy made its people appendages of Luo Feng and other powerful figures, and Luo Feng said he would consider changing the system.
• Dongguan described how external threats led powerful members of the Human Race to prioritize collective interests, while races competed under the law of the jungle.

Luo Feng asked Dongguan to locate the remaining Black Metal Plates, and Dongguan traced one to the Yinfa Secret Realm near Craftsman God Star. They arrived at Craftsman God Star, where Luo Feng sensed the plate nearby, while Dongguan discovered that parts of his supreme-treasure set were in a forbidden zone.

• Luo Feng showed Dongguan his two Black Metal Plates, and Dongguan traced three plates to the Wuhua, Yinfa, and Guy an Secret Realms.
• Dongguan took Luo Feng to the Yinfa Secret Realm, where Luo Feng found that the plate’s direction also led toward Craftsman God Star.
• Luo Feng and Dongguan left their spaceship and flew through the spatial vortices, where Dongguan discovered that four causal lines pointed to a forbidden zone containing missing pieces of his supreme-treasure set.
• Luo Feng and Dongguan reached Craftsman God Star, where Luo Feng sensed the Black Metal Plate nearby.
• Luo Feng considered the special lifeforms on Craftsman God Star as possible material for his third clone, while Dongguan eyed the stronger ones but avoided breaking the planet’s rules.

Luo Feng failed to retrieve the Black Metal Plate from inside Craftsman God Mountain, while Dongguan gathered a seventh component of the Calamity-Flow Blacklight Set in the Yinfa Secret Realm. The set reached high-grade supreme treasure status, though its battle skirt and helmet were still missing.

• Luo Feng sent his Demon Killer Clan clone to investigate Craftsman God Mountain while Dongguan entered the Yinfa Secret Realm to search for the set’s components.
• Dongguan retrieved the boot, both leg pieces, and both arm pieces from the forbidden land, then fused them with the spear and body armor to improve the set.
• Luo Feng’s Demon Killer Clan clone reached the entrance to the Black Metal Plate’s location but was vaporized by the extreme heat, forcing Luo Feng to abandon the attempt.
• Dongguan captured a special lifeform who had found the sword and added it as the set’s seventh component.
• Dongguan concluded that the missing battle skirt connected the incomplete third-layer secret arts, while the helmet remained the set’s core.

Luo Feng failed to retrieve the Black Metal Plate from Craftsman God Mountain, so Dongguan entered the mountain and stole the Black Gourd containing it. Dongguan fled as the Craftsman God Master returned, while Luo Feng prepared to leave Craftsman God Star after learning the gourd had been tossed into a dangerous Space Vortex.

• Luo Feng told Dongguan that his avatars had failed to reach the Black Metal Plate, and Dongguan volunteered to try without bringing any treasures.
• Dongguan used his control of space-time to withstand the flames, then severed the Black Gourd’s connections and replaced it with a simulated copy.
• Dongguan escaped the mountain with the real Black Gourd as the Craftsman God Master’s disciples pursued him.
• The Craftsman God Master returned, and Dongguan told Luo Feng that he had thrown the Black Metal Plate into a dangerous Space Vortex before disappearing to focus on his escape.
• Luo Feng sensed the Craftsman God Master’s aura recede and prepared to leave Craftsman God Star.

Dongguan entered the Desperate Land and kept the High-grade Supreme Treasure Fire Gourd, while Luo Feng obtained another Black Metal Plate and met with Sitting Mountain Guest. Sitting Mountain Guest told Luo Feng to seek him out after becoming Immortal, as Dongguan began searching for a way out and encountered someone inside the Desperate Land.

• Craftsman God Master let Dongguan's theft go and became absorbed in an idea for a new treasure-refining method.
• Sitting Mountain Guest discovered that Luo Feng had gone to Yinfa Secret Realm before becoming Immortal and worried that the trial could endanger him.
• Dongguan examined the High-grade Supreme Treasure Fire Gourd, assessed the Desperate Land's restrictions, and set out to explore rather than sacrifice his avatar to escape.
• Luo Feng retrieved a Black Metal Plate containing the Sixth Tribulation method and part of the Seventh, then told Dongguan he would search for the remaining plates himself.
• Dongguan and Luo Feng learned that each had encountered someone, and Sitting Mountain Guest appeared in Luo Feng's spaceship.
• Sitting Mountain Guest declined to take the Black Metal Plate, gave Luo Feng a Communication Token, and told him to find him after becoming Immortal.

Dongguan fought Sword Venerable, Cetian Venerable, and Yuan Dark Lord inside the deathtrap, then realized Space-Time Origin Point might connect to his Divine Kingdom. He chose to investigate whether he could use the technique to escape without revealing his Divine Kingdom's location.

• Dongguan encountered Sword Venerable, Cetian Venerable, and Yuan Dark Lord and attacked them with his black gourd.
• Dongguan used a false body and Space-Time Origin Point to ambush Sword Venerable, tear away part of his divine body, and escape.
• Dongguan examined the captured divine-body fragment and realized Space-Time Origin Point had briefly connected to his Divine Kingdom.
• Dongguan considered escaping through Divine Kingdom Teleportation but worried it would expose his Divine Kingdom to the Starry Sky Behemoth Progenitor.
• Dongguan decided to research Space-Time Origin Point as a way to break the deathtrap's confinement.

Dongguan planned to complete his Calamity-Flow Blacklight Set and pursue other goals before the Primal Star opened. In the Desperate Land, he fought Sword Venerable, revealed a new space-time movement technique, and escaped, leaving the weakened Overlords worried he would attack again.

• Dongguan decided to search the Congyun Secret Realm and Heiji Secret Realm for the missing pieces of his set, while pursuing other treasures and research over the next hundred thousand years.
• Dongguan returned to the Desperate Land and attacked Sword Venerable with the Black Gourd, burning divine power from the start of their fight.
• Sword Venerable’s divine body weakened as Dongguan struck him with Annihilation Power, while Cetian Venerable and Yuan Dark Lord retreated rather than join the battle.
• Dongguan used a short-range movement technique combining aspects of Teleportation and Time Acceleration to evade Sword Venerable’s strike.
• Dongguan escaped using Long Rainbow, and Sword Venerable warned Cetian Venerable and Yuan Dark Lord that he might attack them next.
• Sword Venerable withdrew into a star to restore his divine body, while Cetian Venerable and Yuan Dark Lord reconsidered their safety.