Chapter Summaries

Dongguan submitted his completed hunts to the Universe Mercenary Alliance and chose to pursue the two-star qualification mission, hoping to rescue Youyue. Meanwhile, the Golden Frost Marquis began uncovering the Blood-Killing Marquis’s hidden base, prompting the Blood-Killing Marquis to evacuate and relocate.

• Babata revealed the Arena Decisive Battle roster, and Thunder God explained that Zhang Gui had a favorable group while Hong and Luo Feng faced stronger opponents, including Rong Jun.
• Zhang Gui, Luo Feng, and Hong reviewed their opponents and resolved to fight their best, with Luo Feng prepared to rely on the Reincarnation Battle if he lost.
• Dongguan noticed that the causal lines connected to Akaso and Youyue had shifted, then submitted his completed hunts and accepted the two-star mercenary qualification mission.
• Dongguan confirmed that Youyue had moved and headed into space to search for her, hoping that rescuing her would complete the mission.
• The Golden Frost Marquis began unraveling the Blood-Killing Marquis’s concealed Space Secret Technique, while the Blood-Killing Marquis detected the attempt and started evacuating Blood-Killing Star.

You Zhou, Golden Frost Marquis, and Yi Weitu confronted Blood-Killing Marquis over Youyue’s kidnapping, while Dongguan tracked the kidnappers’ warship through the Dark Universe. Dongguan cut Youyue’s compartment free, and Yan Chuangxiao escaped with her into the Original Universe just before Dongguan’s ship arrived.

• Golden Frost Marquis and Yi Weitu accompanied You Zhou to the abandoned Blood-Killing Star, where Blood-Killing Marquis challenged Golden Frost Marquis to fight instead of negotiating over Youyue.
• You Zhou and Yi Weitu flew toward the deserted planet while Golden Frost Marquis fought Blood-Killing Marquis, and the Bloodslaughter Group’s leaders discussed where to hide their warship and captive.
• Dongguan used his Eye of Cause and Effect to locate the warship, followed it with Qiong, and prepared Illusionary Potion to identify its shape without revealing their position.
• A laser cut compartment 0504 out of the warship, and Yan Chuangxiao escaped with unconscious Youyue through the Dark Universe before returning to the Original Universe.
• Yan Chuangxiao contacted Yanlvsha for help, and Dongguan’s silver-white spaceship arrived at approximately the same location.

Dongguan fought through Yanlvsha’s forces after his spaceship was destroyed, using his plant lifeforms and speed techniques to escape their encirclement. Yanlvsha failed to catch him and tried to negotiate for his son’s return, but Dongguan escaped in an advanced ship, so Yanlvsha ordered his wealth exposed.

• Dongguan’s spaceship was destroyed, forcing him to fight the silver-robed Domain Lord who blamed him for killing his son; Dongguan killed him and two pursuing Domain Lords before escaping the encirclement.
• Dongguan increased his speed with Light Transformation, Flow of Time, and the Beast God Intent Realm as Yanlvsha pursued him and the other forces fell behind.
• Yanlvsha’s subordinates used spaceships to try to intercept Dongguan, but he evaded them and escaped in an E9-class spaceship.
• Yanlvsha learned from Dongguan’s intelligence that he was a Universe Mercenary and offered to release him if he returned Yan Chuangxiao, letting him keep Youyue.
• Yanlvsha discovered that Dongguan had escaped beyond their reach and ordered his subordinates to publicize Dongguan’s wealth while continuing to seek his son.

After rescuing Youyue and completing his mission, Dongguan joined the mysterious Skull Society and discovered its treasury and mission system in the Virtual Universe. He left the Chaotic Star Domain to cultivate before the Society’s gathering five months later.

• After submitting his mission, Dongguan was followed into space by greedy mercenaries, and he killed their World Lord Third Stage leader with the Illusion-Light Vine before escaping the rest.
• An Immortal named Minghai invited Dongguan to join the Skull Society, and Dongguan accepted after learning that its members could pursue missions and exchange points for treasures.
• You Zhou, Golden Frost Marquis, and Yi Weitu awakened Youyue, who learned that Dongguan had rescued her.
• Dongguan brought the unconscious Yan Jianxiao to Akaso, erased his memories, and left him with Akaso along with a C-class spaceship.
• In the Virtual Universe, Dongguan explored the Skull Society’s treasury and mission system, learned how members earned and spent mission points, and decided to cultivate before accepting missions.

Dongguan prepared for the Universe Peak Genius Battle while challenging the August Secret Art Tower, and Zhang Yu set out to pursue her own path as a potion master. As the trial towers began, Zhang Gui advanced to the second tower, while Luo Feng remained near the bottom of the rankings.

• Dongguan claimed 1,378,192,319 Hunyuan units from his second account and installed a defense system on Sea Spirit Star.
• Zhang Yu told Dongguan she wanted to pursue potion mastery, borrowed 100 Hunyuan units, and planned to study on Senluo Star.
• Dongguan showed Hong secret patterns that deepened his understanding of the law of light, while Hong warned himself to heed Dongguan's caution about challenging the Illusion Sea.
• Three years later, Luo Feng and Zhang Gui qualified for the Genius Battle finals, Hong entered the Dry Witch Secret Realm, and Dongguan began challenging the August Secret Art Tower.
• Dongguan wrote secret arts through the tower's early floors and removed his fire-law manuals after reaching a secret art involving the Fire Domain.
• Zhang Gui killed the Zerg Mother Nest on the seventh floor of the first trial tower on the fifty-fifth day and entered the second tower, while Luo Feng fell near the bottom of the rankings.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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