Chapter Summaries

Chu Tiannan and his team met the Genius Guard assigned to his villa complex and learned that new members from several major organizations would soon join their Heavenly Ladder Team. They waited for the newcomers, including one from the mysterious Western Heaven Papal Palace.

• Aode and several hundred members of the Genius Guard appeared before Chu Tiannan and welcomed him as the Chaos Emperor.
• Tu Man introduced himself as commander of the 099th Battalion and reported that his force included fifty King-Conferring Star Gods and one hundred and fifty Eternal Star Gods.
• Chu Tiannan dismissed the guards and asked Tu Man and Aode to remain with him.
• Bo Jue, Luo'er, and Alita asked why Chu Tiannan had told them to wait, and he explained that newcomers from the Cosmic Knight Alliance, the Death Arena, and the Western Heaven Papal Palace would soon arrive.
• Luo'er remarked that the Western Heaven Papal Palace rarely sent its core geniuses out and that its participation showed the team was important.

Chu Tiannan and his companions learned that mixed Heavenly Ladder Teams from humanity’s major factions had a history of producing powerful Cosmic Lords and Cosmic Thrones. As they considered the significance of their own team, three figures arrived by divine kingdom teleportation, leaving Chu Tiannan stunned by one newcomer’s six snow-fox tails.

• Bo Jue, Alita, and Chu Tiannan discussed how the human race’s major factions had each sent representatives to their Heavenly Ladder Team.
• Aode said he had never seen a Heavenly Ladder Team assembled from geniuses of different major factions, and Tu Man recalled a historic team whose members became mighty figures.
• Bo Jue, Alita, and Luo'er failed to find information about mixed teams, but Chu Tiannan used Asila’s records to discover their history and the power their members attained.
• Three pillars of divine kingdom teleportation light descended into the courtyard, and three figures emerged.
• Chu Tiannan stared at a graceful figure with six long snow-fox tails and swore in surprise.

Chu Tiannan unexpectedly reunited with the six-tailed Spirit Venerable, Cailing, at the Western Heaven Papal Palace. Cailing ran into his arms, calling him Master and crying that she had missed him.

• Chu Tiannan recognized the graceful six-tailed girl among the newcomers and stared at her in astonishment.
• Luo'er, Alita, and Bo Jue noticed Chu Tiannan's reaction and watched the newcomers approach.
• The Death God Venerable greeted Cailing and said he was glad she would be working with them.
• Cailing saw Chu Tiannan and froze, her expression shifting through delight, panic, astonishment, and excitement.
• Cailing threw herself into Chu Tiannan's arms and tearfully told him she had missed him.

Chu Tiannan reunited with Cailing, who explained how she had become Spirit Venerable, and Luo'er welcomed her as a friend. The reunion ended with Death God Venerable questioning why Chu Tiannan was on the Heavenly Ladder Team, prompting Bo Jue to warn him.

• Cailing tearfully embraced Chu Tiannan and explained that she had been taken away by an old gentleman so she could stay by his side and share his burdens.
• Cailing noticed Luo'er, apologized, and clarified that she and Chu Tiannan had no romantic relationship.
• Chu Tiannan told Luo'er how he had once rescued Cailing from a slave trader, and Luo'er embraced Cailing and asked her to stop calling them master and mistress.
• Alita called Chu Tiannan a scumbag, leaving Bo Jue confused about what he had done.
• Death God Venerable questioned why Chu Tiannan, at the Lower Emperor-Granted level, belonged on a team of Cosmic Venerables, and Bo Jue warned him to take back his words.

Cailing defended Chu Tiannan when Death God Venerable challenged him, revealing the strength of her soul attacks. After the tension eased, Cailing announced that she, Chu Tiannan, and Luo'er were new members joining the other four.

• Death God Venerable questioned whether Chu Tiannan belonged with the Granted Emperor Level Heavenly Ladder Team and directed his aura at him.
• Cailing stepped in and used her Ten Thousand Souls Pressure to attack Death God Venerable's soul in Chu Tiannan's defense.
• Luo'er and Chu Tiannan were surprised by Cailing's power, while Alita and Bo Jue also recognized its strength.
• A smiling young man in blue robes urged Death God Venerable to withdraw his pressure, and Death God Venerable complied before Cailing dismissed her attack.
• Cailing warned Death God Venerable not to target Chu Tiannan again, and he accepted her request.
• Cailing said that she, Chu Tiannan, and Luo'er were the three new members, bringing the group to seven.

Chu Tiannan’s new teammates introduced themselves, but Abu Luodi and Wu questioned whether he was strong enough to lead them. Chu Tiannan offered to prove his qualifications as captain, leaving the group ready to test his strength.

• Chu Tiannan welcomed the Cosmic Venerables as teammates and shook hands with Guardian Venerable Wu, who sensed unusual power in him.
• Abu Luodi, Cailing, Luo'er, Bo Jue, and Alita introduced themselves by their titles.
• Abu Luodi said he would not accept Chu Tiannan as captain unless Chu Tiannan was stronger than him, and Wu agreed that Chu Tiannan should demonstrate his abilities.
• Bo Jue warned that even he would not be able to defeat Chu Tiannan, but Abu Luodi still insisted on seeing proof.
• Chu Tiannan stepped forward and invited Abu Luodi to choose how he would prove himself fit to be captain.

Chu Tiannan accepted Abu Luodi’s challenge to prove he deserved to be captain, and the chapter left them clashing on the combat arena after Chu Tiannan’s attack suddenly intensified.

• Abu Luodi proposed that Chu Tiannan defeat him in a fight to earn his willing support as captain.
• Chu Tiannan accepted the challenge, and Aode raised a combat arena from the grounds.
• Cailing worried that Chu Tiannan was only at the Lower Emperor-Granted level, but Luo'er reassured her that he was stronger than he seemed.
• Chu Tiannan gathered Chaos Currents and used Teleportation to attack Abu Luodi with the Great Heaven Rasengan.
• Abu Luodi sensed the Rasengan grow several thousand times stronger and met it with blood-red ripples of law.

Chu Tiannan fought Abu Luodi and overwhelmed him with a Great Heaven Rasengan amplified by the Star God Force Multiplier and the Law of Mingdao. He left Abu Luodi driven back, while Cailing recognized that Chu Tiannan’s combat strength had reached the Cosmic Venerable level.

• Luo'er used the Luo God Domain to contain the shock waves from Chu Tiannan and Abu Luodi's clash.
• Tu Man watched Luo'er's domain with fervent admiration, seeing it as the power he had sought for countless years.
• Chu Tiannan's amplified Great Heaven Rasengan began to shake Abu Luodi's Death God Law, shocking Abu Luodi and Wu.
• Bo Jue recalled that Chu Tiannan had once pushed him through similarly overwhelming training.
• Chu Tiannan unleashed a powerful strike that sent Abu Luodi sliding back hundreds of meters, and Cailing proudly praised her master.

Chu Tiannan defeated Abu Luodi in a direct clash and was accepted as captain by the group. After the others departed, Chu Tiannan was left with Luo'er and Alita.

• Chu Tiannan drove Abu Luodi back with a single strike, impressing Wu and the others.
• Wu accepted Chu Tiannan as captain, and Abu Luodi acknowledged his defeat and called Chu Tiannan the boss.
• Cailing healed Abu Luodi and agreed that Chu Tiannan was their boss.
• Wu gave Chu Tiannan his virtual ID and left using Teleportation.
• Cailing took Abu Luodi with her as they departed, leaving Chu Tiannan behind.

After Cailing and the others departed, Chu Tiannan celebrated keeping his position and proposed that Alita become captain while he served as the team’s hidden ace. Bo Jue insulted Alita and fled from her pursuit, while Chu Tiannan and Luo'er shared a romantic moment.

• Chu Tiannan watched Cailing teleport away and remarked that she liked him even though she called him her brother.
• Chu Tiannan announced that he had held on to his position, and Alita challenged him to compete for captain.
• Chu Tiannan suggested that Alita lead while he became the team’s ace, and Bo Jue mocked the idea by calling the team weak.
• Alita took offense at Bo Jue’s insult, and he fled using Teleportation as she chased him.
• Chu Tiannan put his arm around Luo'er and said he wished time could stay frozen with her.
• Luo'er teased Chu Tiannan that he could stay by her side if he started calling her Luo God Lord.

After Luo'er left to cultivate in seclusion, Chu Tiannan resolved to grow strong enough to stand openly by her side. When Aode suggested he visit the Heaven's Will Pavilion, someone confined the space around Chu Tiannan, and he calmly watched parallel spacetime appear above him.

• Luo'er kissed Chu Tiannan, used Teleportation to leave, and told him not to contact her unless something happened while she cultivated in seclusion.
• Chu Tiannan reflected on Luo'er's burdens and decided to reach Cosmic Lord Level as quickly as possible so they could be together openly.
• Aode praised Chu Tiannan and suggested he visit the Heaven's Will Pavilion, while Chu Tiannan dismissed the idea of being the foremost genius before becoming truly strong.
• Chu Tiannan found that a special power had confined the space around him and calmly watched parallel spacetime appear overhead.

Luo Tianshen confronted Chu Tiannan in the Heaven Universe and tried to drive him away from Luo'er. Chu Tiannan refused to give her up despite being badly injured.

• Luo Tianshen appeared before Chu Tiannan and identified himself as Luo'er's father.
• Chu Tiannan greeted Luo Tianshen as his future father-in-law, but Luo Tianshen rejected the title and attacked him with the Luo God Law.
• Luo Tianshen blasted Chu Tiannan into the ground, leaving him injured and coughing blood.
• Luo Tianshen said he had come to make Chu Tiannan back down and leave Luo'er.
• Chu Tiannan told Luo Tianshen that he would not give up, no matter what.

Chu Tiannan resisted Luo Tianshen’s demand that he leave his daughter, even as the Cosmic Lord overwhelmed him with his Luo God Domain. The Chaos Wings intervened, easing the pressure, but Chu Tiannan remained determined not to give up.

• Luo Tianshen threatened to kill Chu Tiannan on the Alien Battlefield, but Chu Tiannan said he would cultivate until he could withstand him.
• Luo Tianshen’s Luo God Domain crushed the ground beneath Chu Tiannan as Chu Tiannan’s soul will proved unable to bridge their gap in power.
• Luo Tianshen offered Chu Tiannan another chance to leave his daughter, saying he admired the young man’s talent.
• Chu Tiannan refused again, and the Chaos Wings tore through the Luo God Domain to relieve some of the pressure on him.

Luo Tianshen used his Cosmic Supreme-level Luo God Domain to crush Chu Tiannan, angered by the Chaos Wings on his back. Qingzhui arrived from the Virtual World Group, broke Luo Tianshen’s domain, and began healing Chu Tiannan.

• Luo Tianshen recognized Chu Tiannan’s Chaos Wings and unleashed a stronger Luo God Domain to suppress him.
• Chu Tiannan struggled under the domain’s pressure as Luo Tianshen mocked him and blocked his escape with spatial confinement.
• An azure pillar of light shattered Luo Tianshen’s domain and freed the surrounding space.
• Qingzhui emerged through a tear in spacetime, and Chu Tiannan recognized his second senior brother.
• Qingzhui healed Chu Tiannan and warned Luo Tianshen that he had no right to bully him.

Qingzhui warned Luo Tianshen that Chu Tiannan was his junior brother and had the Five Emperors City Lord and the Virtual World Group behind him. The confrontation ended with Luo Tianshen facing the consequences of attacking Chu Tiannan.

• Luo Tianshen challenged Qingzhui's right to protect Chu Tiannan, and Qingzhui explained that Chu Tiannan was his third junior brother.
• Luo Tianshen realized that Chu Tiannan might be protected by the Five Emperors City Lord and recalled the City's unmatched reputation and strength.
• Qingzhui invited Luo Tianshen to attack, warning that the Five Emperors City Lord could resurrect Chu Tiannan and that the Virtual World Group would retaliate.

After Luo Tianshen confronted Chu Tiannan, Qingzhui’s intervention and the Five Emperors City Lord’s backing drove him to leave. Qingzhui then brought Chu Tiannan inside to explain something important.

• Chu Tiannan reflected that the confrontation had shown him how far he still was from the Human Race’s strongest fighters, and resolved to reach the Cosmic Lord Level.
• Luo Tianshen warned Chu Tiannan not to harm Luo'er and threatened to ensure he could not be resurrected, then departed through a spacetime rift.
• Chu Tiannan wondered why Luo Tianshen thought he would hurt Luo'er, while Qingzhui explained the Lord’s concern about her transformation.
• Qingzhui grew serious and asked Chu Tiannan to go inside with him so they could discuss something important.

Chu Tiannan hosted Azure Heaven Lord Qingzhui and learned how little battle merits could buy, despite his large balance. Qingzhui began explaining why Luo Tianshen targeted Chu Tiannan, tracing the cause to the previous Chaos Lord.

• Aode served wine to Chu Tiannan and Qingzhui, then withdrew, awed that a Cosmic Lord had visited.
• Qingzhui praised the wine, and Chu Tiannan said it had cost only a few million battle merits.
• Qingzhui explained that battle merits were difficult to earn and that even he remained far short of affording a good Sacred Treasure.
• Chu Tiannan recalled seeing treasures priced far beyond his means, including a Cosmic Sea Battleship costing nine trillion battle merits.
• Qingzhui asked whether Chu Tiannan knew why Luo Tianshen hated him, then said it was because of the previous Chaos Lord.

Qingzhui explained how Chaos Lord defeated Luo Tianshen for a place on the first mixed Heavenly Ladder Team, revealing that Luo Tianshen’s resentment stemmed from his sister Phoenix Heaven Lord’s affection for Chaos Lord. He left Chu Tiannan with the revelation that Luo Tianshen had expelled Phoenix Heaven Lord from the Luo God Clan.

• Chu Tiannan asked Qingzhui whether Chaos Lord’s past had caused Luo Tianshen’s grievance against him.
• Qingzhui recounted how Chaos Lord and Luo Tianshen competed for the final place on the first mixed Heavenly Ladder Team.
• Chaos Lord and his Mingdao Clone defeated Luo Tianshen and secured the spot.
• Qingzhui revealed that Phoenix Heaven Lord, Luo Tianshen’s sister, had once admired Chaos Lord.
• Qingzhui told Chu Tiannan that Luo Tianshen had expelled Phoenix Heaven Lord from the Luo God Clan.

Qingzhui explained why Luo Tianshen had banished his younger sister, Phoenix Heaven Lord, and why Chu Tiannan’s relationship with Luo'er troubled him. After Luo'er entered seclusion, Chu Tiannan was urged to focus on cultivation and reach Cosmic Celestial Venerable within a million years, leaving him more determined to grow stronger.

• Qingzhui told Chu Tiannan that Phoenix Heaven Lord had been banished for abandoning the Luo God Law, then became Chaos Lord’s disciple and beloved.
• Qingzhui explained that Chaos Lord fell during the Heavenly War of Destruction and Phoenix Heaven Lord later disappeared, leaving Luo Tianshen unable to find his sister.
• Chu Tiannan understood why Luo Tianshen struggled to accept that he was Chaos Lord’s inheritor and had become involved with Luo'er.
• Qingzhui told Chu Tiannan that Luo'er was undergoing rapid breakthroughs in seclusion and warned him not to disturb her.
• Qingzhui relayed his teacher’s advice that Chu Tiannan cultivate first, take on clan missions, and reach Cosmic Celestial Venerable within a million years.
• Chu Tiannan watched Qingzhui leave through space and vowed to become an existence like his teacher.

Chu Tiannan took a newly listed supreme-level survival mission in Heavenly Phoenix Valley, seeking another challenge and possible hidden rewards. He left the Mission Temple with the trial ahead of him.

• Chu Tiannan returned to the Mission Temple to take more missions after completing over a hundred in the past ten thousand years.
• Chu Tiannan had reached a 9,999-fold Star God Force Multiplier, while the Crimson Flame Emperor had advanced to Cosmic Overlord Level and established the Crimson Flame Cosmic Kingdom.
• Chu Tiannan saw that Luo'er remained in seclusion and could not be reached through the virtual world.
• Chu Tiannan found the previously unseen Heavenly Phoenix Valley Trial, which required surviving there for a month and recommended at least Cosmic Venerable Greater Perfection.
• Chu Tiannan accepted the supreme-level mission, hoping for a challenge and hidden rewards for his Thousand Star River.