Chapter Summaries

Dongguan visited the Heavenly Mulberry Tree and discussed cultivation paths and the laws of the universe with the Black Universe Founder. After the Founder set conditions for Dongguan to earn his remaining Supreme Treasures, Dongguan left for the Primal Stars, while the Founder promised to take him to the Universe Ocean after emerging from seclusion.

• Dongguan caught a Heavenly Mulberry Fruit, accepted a sack of fruit from the Heavenly Mulberry Tree, and gave the tree four World Rings.
• Dongguan ate a fruit and examined how it strengthened affinity with the wood origin law and modified the body.
• The Black Universe Founder shared his insight that developing one's own path to its limit might allow one to contain the ten great laws and achieve the void.
• Dongguan and the Founder discussed studying phenomena such as the Dark Universe, wormholes, and Divine Kingdom Teleportation, and the Founder urged Dongguan to clarify his future path.
• The Black Universe Founder offered Dongguan one of four remaining Supreme Treasures for each milestone: becoming a Universe Master and defeating Universe Masters of progressively higher tiers.
• Dongguan left the Heiji Secret Realm for the Primal Stars, and the Black Universe Founder said he would take Dongguan to the Universe Ocean after his seclusion.

The Primal Stars opened, drawing powerhouses from across the universe into their Vortex Passages. Dongguan entered a Primal Star and began following the Hongmeng Alliance’s plan to locate the passages while its Venerables searched for scattered treasures.

• The Primal Stars opened, and Venerables from the Hongmeng Alliance and other powers gathered to enter.
• Dongguan declined Star Prison Demon Lord’s offer to team up, and the Universe Masters led the Venerables through the Vortex Passage.
• Pei Feng Venerable entered with the Northern Border Alliance, hoping to recover resources after losing his Divine Kingdom and treasures.
• Dongguan arrived on a Primal Star and followed the plan to locate its other Vortex Passages as the Venerables scattered to search for treasures.
• Dongguan found a Space Vortex and shared information through the Virtual Universe while the other Universe Masters established branch bases.

Dongguan searched a Primal Star for traces and treasures, then encountered Flame Star Lord, who seized two Venerables’ treasures and tried to rob him as well. Dongguan confronted Flame Star Lord and drew his sword.

• Dongguan searched the Primal Star for several months, finding Heavy Treasures but no Supreme Treasures.
• Dongguan left through a space vortex, and three Venerables followed him to another Primal Star.
• Flame Star Lord claimed the Primal Star and blocked Dongguan’s way out.
• Flame Star Lord restrained two Venerables, took their treasures, and threw them into the space vortex.
• Flame Star Lord eyed Dongguan’s Supreme Treasures, and Dongguan accused him of coveting them before drawing a longsword.

Dongguan fought Flame Star Lord on the Primal Star, using his secret arts to endure an overwhelming assault until Chaos City Lord arrived. Flame Star Lord withdrew, and Chaos City Lord learned that Dongguan had hidden his true body through a second secret art.

• Flame Star Lord used Control of Space-Time and a flood of undying flames to attack Dongguan, who destroyed individual flames by collapsing the space sustaining them.
• Flame Star Lord created a hundred thousand flames that formed a fire dragon, while Dongguan combined his control abilities and sword techniques to hold it back.
• Dongguan struck Flame Star Lord with a claw and planted a black speck on him, causing a burst of opposing forces that twisted the Flame Star Beast's claw.
• Flame Star Lord's claw erupted into a colossal fire dragon, and Dongguan evaded its attacks with countless rainbow-like phantom bodies.
• Chaos City Lord arrived and used the Thousand Treasure River to envelop part of the fire dragons, prompting Flame Star Lord to flee through a Vortex Passage.
• Dongguan revealed himself from a disguised rock, and Chaos City Lord said he could not see through Dongguan's two secret arts.

Dongguan discussed the Flame Star Lord’s strength and revealed how he and Luo Feng shared the fused Shi Wu Wings before finishing his survey of all 10,081 Primal Stars. After hundreds of years, the patterns he had recorded finally formed a complete whole, though he was surprised by what they revealed.

• The Chaos City Lord explained that the Flame Star Lord’s Immortal Fire made him exceptionally difficult to kill, and Dongguan disclosed the Starry Sky Divine Mountain’s location.
• Dongguan told the Chaos City Lord that his pair of wings had fused with Luo Feng’s Shi Wu Wings, and then messaged Luo Feng about them.
• The Flame Star Lord reported his encounter with Dongguan to the Starry Sky Behemoth Progenitor, who ordered that Dongguan be watched.
• Dongguan completed his exploration of the 10,081st Primal Star after several hundred years of recording its secret patterns.
• Dongguan’s accumulated information transformed into a complete whole, and he recognized what it was.

Dongguan studied the patterns behind treasure appearances on the Primal Stars and traveled to Primal Star No. 2889, where he encountered Luo Feng after a battle. Luo Feng revealed that his Golden Horned Beast had received the Strongest Secret Technique “Gold Origin Universe,” leaving Dongguan to consider how his earlier actions had changed Luo Feng’s power.

• Dongguan found a cauldron-shaped valuable treasure and marked its location on his Primal Star map.
• Dongguan studied treasure appearance records and traveled toward Luo Feng’s position on Primal Star No. 2889.
• Luo Feng’s Golden Horned Beast used “Gold Origin Universe” to defeat three Prison Race Universe Venerables, killing one and driving the others to flee.
• Dongguan froze space-time, sealed one fleeing Prison Race Venerable in amber, and collected the belongings of the one who self-destructed.
• Luo Feng recognized Dongguan, explained that “Gold Origin Universe” was his innate Strongest Secret Technique, and Dongguan reflected that his changes had replaced “I Am the Universe.”

Luo Feng took the Silver Four Wings from Dongguan and split from him so he could pursue battles on the Primal Star. After repeated fights left him aware of his weakness, Luo Feng set out to find Teacher Sitting Mountain Guest, while Dongguan began reorganizing the Star Worlds in his Divine Kingdom.

• Dongguan gave Luo Feng the incomplete Silver Four Wings and warned him to disguise them when he reached the Universe Ocean.
• Luo Feng asked Dongguan to split up so he could temper himself through battles, and Dongguan agreed before leaving through a Vortex Passage.
• Luo Feng baited Universe Venerables into fighting him, using the wings to escape and defeating opponents until he provoked a Universe Master and had to switch to his Golden Horned Beast clone.
• Luo Feng judged himself too weak and decided to seek out Teacher Sitting Mountain Guest.
• Dongguan altered the trajectories of the 10,081 Star Worlds in his Divine Kingdom, bringing their movements into a more coordinated rhythm.

Dongguan formed plans to connect the Star Worlds in his Divine Kingdom through level-restricted Vortex Passages while observing new developments within them. The chapter left him exploring the Primal Star as his Light Lord Clone continued modifying the Divine Kingdom.

• A group of technologically minded beings activated a metal monster, named their organization the Star Association, and pledged to shine like stars.
• An aging Zerg Mother Emperor sacrificed herself to bring a new Mother Emperor into the world, hoping the newborn would leave her mark despite being unable to become immortal.
• Dongguan finished shifting the Star Worlds and decided to connect them to the Origin World first, with plans to create a continent where their inhabitants could gather.
• Dongguan chose to let the newborn Mother Emperor live freely and decided that Vortex Passages should open periodically with restrictions based on strength.
• Dongguan's Human Main Body continued exploring the Primal Star, focusing on its environment and uncharted areas.

Dongguan uncovered Star Divine Palace while exploring a Primal Star and alerted the Human Race, which began gathering the Supreme Treasure keys needed to open it. As Dongguan guarded the palace, the Demon Race’s Venerable Tianhua arrived to challenge him.

• Dongguan dug through magma passages, collected more than a hundred magma lakes, and triggered a palace to burst from the ground.
• Dongguan identified the palace as Star Divine Palace and told Chaos City Lord that he could not handle the discovery alone.
• Chaos City Lord ordered Dongguan to guard the site and briefed the Giant Axe Meeting on the palace and its 10,080 keys.
• The Human Race and Hongmeng Alliance began mobilizing to gather keys, while Giant Axe Founder decided to enter Star Divine Palace.
• Dongguan learned that all 10,080 keys had to be gathered at the palace before the Primal Stars closed, then sensed Venerable Tianhua arrive.

Dongguan fought off Venerable Tianhua and killed him after preventing him from escaping aboard White Needle. Afterward, Dongguan faced down Fortress Master Fan Nuo, while Tianhua’s surviving clone realized Dongguan’s strength might rival that of some Universe Masters and decided to report him to his teachers.

• Dongguan covered the stone tablet and met Venerable Tianhua’s attack head-on, overpowering him with his sword.
• Dongguan pursued Tianhua as he tried to escape aboard White Needle, while using the Calamity-Flow Blacklight Spear to keep the shuttle away.
• Venerable Ji Qi attacked the tablet’s cover and was killed by Dongguan’s spear, but the distraction let White Needle approach Tianhua.
• Dongguan struck Tianhua with a sudden surge of power, forcing him to self-destruct before his shuttle arrived, and collected his treasures.
• Fortress Master Fan Nuo withdrew into his flying fortress when Dongguan turned toward him.
• Tianhua’s surviving clone resolved to report Dongguan’s strength to the Lord of Sky Wolf and the Dream Demon Ancestor.

Dongguan stalled five Top Universe Overlords at the Star Divine Palace while the Human Race collected keys across the Primal Stars. When two Universe Masters arrived, Dongguan prepared to flee as competing forces took control of the space-time around him.

• Dongguan decided to leave if anyone attacked, having bought time and claimed White Needle as a suitable Supreme Treasure for himself.
• On Primal Star 1928, Star Prison Demon Lord seized a third key from an alien Universe Venerable, then learned that Dongguan had killed Venerable Tianhua's Special Life Clone.
• Star Prison Demon Lord learned that he could keep one key and contribute his other two to the Human Race, while keys were being gathered for the Hongmeng Alliance.
• On Primal Star 81, Dongguan faced five Top Universe Overlords who argued over whether to attack him or inspect the stone tablet, and he considered the aura's power to amplify his Divine Power Burning Secret Technique.
• A Universe Master took control of the space-time around Dongguan, then a second Universe Master arrived and contested that control.

Dongguan and the humans revealed the stone tablet’s connection to the Star Divine Palace, then negotiated with rival factions over its entry keys. After receiving a key, Dongguan resumed exploring the Primal Stars and discovered how its causal lines connected across all the Vortex Passages.

• Lord Xinghe, Chaos City Lord, Lord Bimo, Lord Cixin, and Lord Youmo gathered around the stone tablet as competing powers sought access to the Star Divine Palace.
• Chaos City Lord removed the barrier, revealed the tablet, and negotiated an agreement that no one would hide a key and prevent the palace from opening.
• Lord Bimo placed a covered message beside the tablet to discourage weak unaffiliated Universe Venerables from hiding keys.
• After leaving the Primal Star with Chaos City Lord and Lord Long Xing, Dongguan received a small stick as his entry key.
• Dongguan checked the Virtual Universe news, continued his Primal Star exploration, and used the Vertical Eye Between the Brows to trace 10,081 causal lines connecting to every Vortex Passage.

Dongguan studied the Star Divine Palace key and Qi Mirror Stone, considered whether he could save Original Ancestor, and gathered information about the keys. He discovered that one causal line from his key led toward the Machine Race Territory, prompting Chaos City Lord to question his strength.

• Dongguan compared the Star Divine Palace key with the Qi Mirror Stone and continued researching the Primal Stars.
• Dongguan weighed the risks of trying to save Original Ancestor and decided to wait until he had more confidence.
• Dongguan visited a tavern on Thunder Island, where Venerable Kuangzhou discussed how many Star Divine Palace keys the various powers had collected.
• Dongguan followed the key’s causal lines and found that a solitary line pointed toward the Machine Race Territory.
• Chaos City Lord asked Dongguan whether his strength had reached that of some Universe Masters.

Dongguan traveled into Machine Race Territory to retrieve the last Star Divine Palace key, following Chaos City Lord’s suggestion to take advantage of his strength while still officially a Universe Venerable. After reaching the Ting Secret Realm’s vicinity and disguising himself by merging with the void, he considered how to gather intelligence before acting.

• Dongguan reflected on Chaos City Lord’s proposal to raid Machine Race Territory and seize its Star Divine Palace key while the Machine Race’s Father God was absent.
• Dongguan arrived in Machine Race Territory near the Ting Secret Realm and assessed the surveillance around the region.
• Dongguan transformed himself into a nearly invisible form by merging his body with the void, though he knew a Universe Master could still locate him.
• Dongguan considered infiltrating the Machine Race’s virtual world, then connected to the Virtual Universe to ask Chaos City Lord for intelligence support.

Dongguan used Soul Simulation to infiltrate the Machine Race’s virtual world and learned how its society operated. He entered the Ting Secret Realm, killed Tianchang Venerable, and took the Star Divine Palace Key.

• Dongguan controlled a World Lord-level Machine Race member and seized his virtual account with Soul Simulation.
• Dongguan studied the Machine Race’s social structure and considered using stolen accounts to disrupt its virtual network.
• Dongguan planned to prepare more World Lord-level Machine Race interfaces before entering the Ting Secret Realm.
• Tianchang Venerable examined the Star Divine Palace Key he had taken from a Nine Domains Alliance member.
• Dongguan forced Tianchang Venerable out of the virtual network, killed him, and took the key.

Dongguan seized control of Lord Xuxing’s Virtual Form after disabling the virtual network, then destroyed it and plundered the Ting Secret Realm. When Lord Xuxing’s consciousness arrived in a spare Virtual Form, Dongguan chose to fight him.

• Dongguan reached the warehouse and dismantled several autonomous mechanical puppets before breaking through its bronze doors.
• Dongguan drove his simulated soul into Lord Xuxing’s dormant Virtual Form and used its commands to make the mechanical puppets kneel and freeze.
• Dongguan destroyed the Virtual Form and collected it along with the mechanical puppets.
• Dongguan plundered silence crystals, silence thread, and Evolution Hearts as the virtual network began to recover.
• Lord Xuxing’s consciousness entered a spare Virtual Form, attacked Dongguan with directed mechanical puppets, and challenged him to stay.
• Dongguan took up his longsword and attacked Lord Xuxing’s Virtual Form.

Giant Axe Founder, the Zerg Queen, and Dream Demon Ancestor observed Dongguan fighting Lord Xuxing and agreed that the Star Divine Palace would open in ten years. After Dongguan destroyed Lord Xuxing’s phantom, the hostile races recognized him as a Universe Master, and Giant Axe prepared to bring him back.

• Giant Axe Founder arrived to observe Dongguan’s battle, followed by Dream Demon Ancestor and the Zerg Queen, who questioned whether the humans planned to target the Machine Race.
• Giant Axe argued that Dongguan was only a Universe Venerable, while the Zerg Queen noted that his strength and Void-merging defense already approached Universe Master level.
• Giant Axe reminded the other two that Dongguan’s actions served their shared interests in keeping others out of the Star Divine Palace, and the three agreed to open it in ten years.
• Dongguan endured Lord Xuxing’s attacks, fought back, and destroyed his phantom form as Lord of Lan Country arrived with Lord Xuxing’s true body.
• Dream Demon Ancestor warned that the races would treat Dongguan as a Universe Master from then on, and Giant Axe prepared to extract him from the battlefield.

Dongguan destroyed Lord Xuxing’s Virtual Form, then escaped when the Lord of Lan Country arrived and the Giant Axe Founder intervened. Afterward, Dongguan headed to the highest point of Thunder Island, considering how to seek a breakthrough and strengthen his will.

• Dongguan used his techniques to disrupt the Machine Race’s virtual network and destroyed Lord Xuxing’s Virtual Form.
• Lord Xuxing and the Lord of Lan Country arrived, and Dongguan retreated into a white shuttle as the Lord of Lan Country tried to capture it.
• The Giant Axe Founder’s pressure stopped both Universe Masters long enough for the shuttle to escape.
• The Mechanical Race Father God learned that the Star Divine Palace Key had been taken and returned his attention to exploring the Universe Boat.
• The Giant Axe Founder told Dongguan to meet the other Universe Masters before an upcoming Giant Axe Meeting.
• Dongguan reviewed his plans to seek the Original Ancestor’s guidance and pursue breakthroughs in both cultivation and will, then arrived at the highest point of Thunder Island.

Dongguan was formally recognized as the Human Race's nineteenth Universe Master and met the Virtual Universe Company's other Universe Masters. While paying respects to the Original Ancestor, he underwent a major transformation in his Law Universe and began reconstructing the remains of the Lord of Ten Thousand Rays as the Universe Origin Law descended upon his Divine Kingdom.

• The Chaos City Lord told Dongguan that the Human Race had granted him Universe Master status after his battle with Lord Xuxing's Virtual Form drew the attention of alien strongest ones.
• The Chaos City Lord introduced Dongguan to the Lord of Youhou, Lord Long Xing, the Lord of Ice Peak, and the Lord of Darkness, who warned him not to neglect breaking through.
• The Chaos City Lord led the group to pay their respects to the Original Ancestor, and Dongguan's Vertical Eye opened as his Law Universe connected with and absorbed the sixty-four Beast God Secret Pattern Diagrams.
• Dongguan found that his Law Universe's transformation was incomplete, then received an unforgettable impression from a white-robed figure in the Virtual Universe.
• Dongguan returned to his Divine Kingdom and used divine power to reconstruct the remains of the Lord of Ten Thousand Rays, after which the Universe Origin Law descended.

Dongguan’s Divine Kingdom became a ravenous Miniature Universe after his breakthrough, forcing him to seek more space fragments to feed it. At the Undersea Base, he merged his bodies, resisted the Light-Chasing Lord’s attack, enslaved him, and prepared to continue to the Ten Thousand Rays Secret Realm.

• Dongguan’s newly completed Divine Kingdom devoured space fragments, but its hunger persisted, so he directed it toward the Ten Thousand Rays Secret Realm.
• Dongguan visited the imprisoned Light-Chasing Lord in the Undersea Base and revealed that he had broken through to Universe Master.
• Dongguan merged his human main body with his other body, but an inner aura stirred and then subsided without completing whatever was beginning.
• The Light-Chasing Lord attacked Dongguan’s soul, but Dongguan’s treasures and superior will rendered the attack harmless.
• Dongguan enslaved the weakened Light-Chasing Lord, restored his strength with energy from the Energy Ocean, and ordered him to return to the Ten Thousand Rays Secret Realm.