Chapter Summaries

Ji Ning learned the two difficult ways to leave the Infinite World, while Zhou Qing perfected an Undying Peak Secret Technique in the Swallowed Star World. Zhou Qing then set off for the Cold Star Empire's Imperial Capital Star.

• Ji Ning asked Zhou Qing how to leave the Infinite World, and Zhou Qing explained that he needed either ten consecutive hell-level missions as a mortal or one hell-level mission after becoming an Empyrean God or Celestial Immortal.
• Ji Ning realized that both paths were extremely difficult, especially after recalling how dangerous even a calamity-level mission had been.
• Zhou Qing spent over two hundred years studying secret techniques in his Divine Kingdom and perfected Space Rift, an Undying Peak Secret Technique.
• Zhou Qing tested Space Rift by shattering space across a million kilometers, then boarded his F9-class spaceship and spoke with his intelligent assistant Jiufang.
• Zhou Qing ordered Jiufang to set the ship's exterior simulation to seventy percent and head for the Cold Star Empire's Imperial Capital Star.

Zhou Qing returned to the Cold Star Empire as a celebrated World Lord, welcomed by its ruler and leading powerhouses. He reunited with his former teacher Scott and arranged for Scott to receive a place in the Initial Universe.

• God Lord Cold Star and the Cold Star Empire’s leading figures gathered in space to welcome Zhou Qing, whose F9-class spaceship astonished them.
• Zhou Qing greeted God Lord Cold Star and the heads of the five major factions’ local branches, who praised his rise and welcomed him home.
• Zhou Qing singled out his former teacher Scott and asked about his progress in the Law of Lightning.
• After learning Scott still lacked a place to enter the Initial Universe, Zhou Qing secured one for him through Saluo.
• Scott gratefully thanked Zhou Qing, who dismissed the favor as a small matter.

Zhou Qing gave God Lord Cold Star a valuable divine weapon and continued refining his secret techniques in the palace. A Zerg assassin targeted him, and the chapter ended as the assassin unleashed a powerful sword attack.

• Zhou Qing presented God Lord Cold Star with the Water Moon Sword, a divine weapon worth 1.4 million Hunyuan Units.
• Zhou Qing settled into God Lord Cold Star's residence and refined four Immortal-level Peak Secret Techniques: Space Rift, Shadowless, Prison World, and Illusion Destruction.
• A servant of the Zerg's Venerable Azure Mist found Zhou Qing and targeted him for assassination, believing he had taken over a Space Phantom's body.
• Zhou Qing sensed an illusion, teleported into outer space, and confronted the black-robed assassin.
• The black-robed assassin burned his divine power and sent 10,081 swords' beams toward Zhou Qing.

Zhou Qing defeated the Peak King assassin Azure Fox King after revealing that he had become Undying and mastered powerful secret techniques. Spirit Devouring Venerable arrived, learned of Zhou Qing’s abilities, and the chapter ended with the Virtual Universe Company’s Venerables discussing his breakthrough and mastery of Space Law.

• Zhou Qing used Space Rift to destroy most of Azure Fox King’s divine body, then stopped him from self-destructing with Illusion Destruction.
• Spirit Devouring Venerable arrived and saw Zhou Qing defeat Azure Fox King, recognizing that Zhou Qing had created an Undying Peak Secret Technique.
• Zhou Qing greeted Spirit Devouring Venerable, who identified the dead assassin as Azure Fox King, a Demon Race soul master who had been presumed dead.
• Spirit Devouring Venerable reflected that Zhou Qing had created two Undying Peak Secret Techniques within a few hundred years of becoming Undying.
• Nine Swords Venerable watched footage of the battle and remarked that Zhou Qing had mastered Space Strangulation, Space Lockdown, and Teleportation.

Three Universe Venerables rewarded Zhou Qing for his extraordinary strength with a major treasure, a Divine General inheritance token, and Beast God Blood. After collecting them, Zhou Qing went to Chaos City to study the Time Origin Law, mastered Time Stop, and received a summons from Chaos City Lord.

• Nine Swords Venerable, Venerable Ice Flame, and Venerable Rong Bing agreed that Zhou Qing deserved major resources and arranged a major treasure, a Thunder God General inheritance spot, and ten drops of Beast God Blood for him.
• Zhou Qing traveled to the Virtual Universe Company Headquarters, where Nine Swords Venerable gave him the Heavy Gloom Claw, the inheritance token, and the Beast God Blood.
• Zhou Qing went to Chaos City to advance his understanding of the Time Origin Law using the Chaos Universe Tablet.
• A year later, Zhou Qing mastered Time Stop, one of the three branches of the Time Law.
• Zhou Qing received an email summoning him to the City Lord's mansion and wondered why Chaos City Lord wanted to see him.

The Lord of Darkness returned from the Universe Ocean with a Peak Domain-type Supreme Treasure and became interested in Zhou Qing after learning of his accomplishments. After seeing Zhou Qing’s mastery of Time Stop, he chose him as his personal disciple, and Zhou Qing accepted.

• The Lord of Darkness told the Chaos City Lord that he had obtained the Master of Hengfeng’s inheritance, including a Peak Domain-type Supreme Treasure.
• The Chaos City Lord told the Lord of Darkness about Zhou Qing’s achievements, then showed him Zhou Qing mastering Time Stop.
• The Lord of Darkness decided Zhou Qing had the potential to become a pillar of humanity and asked to take him as his disciple.
• Zhou Qing went to the City Lord’s Mansion, met the Lord of Darkness, and withstood the pressure of both Universe Masters’ presences.
• The Lord of Darkness asked Zhou Qing to become his disciple, and Zhou Qing accepted, learning that his ten senior disciples were all Universe Venerables and that You Hou had become a Universe Master.

After becoming the Lord of Darkness's disciple, Zhou Qing received two High-grade Supreme Treasures and the Darkness Codex, then returned to Chaos City to refine his gifts and strengthen himself with Blood Luo Crystals and Beast God Blood. He reached a Gene Multiplier of eighteen and a base strength of 1.8 million times that of a Peak World Lord.

• The Lord of Darkness introduced Zhou Qing to his eldest senior brother, the Lord Youhou, who gave him High-grade Supreme Treasure Armor.
• The Lord of Darkness gave Zhou Qing the Azure Flame Divine Lamp and the Darkness Codex, and told him to present himself publicly as the Lord Youhou's disciple.
• Zhou Qing returned to Chaos City and refined the armor and lamp, gaining powerful defenses against material and soul attacks.
• Zhou Qing absorbed eight Blood Luo Crystals but failed to fuse with a ninth, then consumed two drops of Beast God Blood to reach a Gene Multiplier of ten.
• Zhou Qing absorbed the remaining eight drops of Beast God Blood, raising his Gene Multiplier to eighteen and his base strength to 1.8 million times that of a Peak World Lord.

Zhou Qing traveled to Thunder God Planet to receive the Thunder Divine General Inheritance and completed its first stage. The inheritance raised his divine power amplitude to thirty-threefold and named him a Preliminary Candidate.

• After thirty years of cultivation, Zhou Qing left the Initial Universe and traveled to Thunder God Planet for the inheritance.
• Zhou Qing met King Wind Ape, who guided him to the thirty-two Inheritance Temples beneath the planet’s surface.
• While waiting for the inheritance to begin, Zhou Qing comprehended laws and perfected his secret techniques as other human King-level Immortals gathered.
• When the inheritance began, Zhou Qing entered a temple and climbed all 3,333 steps through the lightning, gaining the Divine Power Amplitude Secret Technique.
• The inheritance voice declared Zhou Qing a Preliminary Candidate, and the mist revealed a Blue Spirit Fruit and a Thunderclap War Blade.

Zhou Qing completed the second stage of the Thunder God General’s inheritance, reached the 9,000th step of the third stage, and gained a ninetyfold Divine Power Amplitude before heading to the Outer Domain Battlefield. There, he reunited with Duyan King, who privately realized that Zhou Qing had taken possession of Space Phantom.

• Zhou Qing completed the second inheritance stage, collected an Azure Origin Fruit and a Star-Shattering Blade, and began the third stage.
• Zhou Qing studied the Thunder God General’s secret technique while climbing to the 9,000th step, then reached his limit and was teleported from the Inheritance Temple.
• Zhou Qing calculated that his ninetyfold Divine Power Amplitude and eighteenfold Gene Multiplier let his human clone unleash 162 million times the power of a Peak World Lord.
• Zhou Qing left the Giant Axe Secret Realm for the Second Battlefield and met Duyan King at Barracks Planet No. 04.
• Duyan King recalled injuring Space Phantom and concluded that Zhou Qing had likely possessed him, but decided to treat his role in Zhou Qing’s rise as a contribution to humanity.

Zhou Qing entered the Demon Light Archipelago and demonstrated overwhelming strength by defeating two King Rank Limit experts. After killing or suppressing fifteen King-level Immortals over three years, he attracted the attention of the major pinnacle races.

• Zhou Qing arrived in the Demon Light Archipelago and searched its islands for King-level Immortals.
• Aurora King fought Azure Rainbow King and demanded half his treasures, while Zhou Qing arrived and was asked to help Azure Rainbow King.
• Zhou Qing killed Aurora King with his Heavy Gloom Claw and pursued Azure Rainbow King, who uploaded information about Zhou Qing to the Demon Race's virtual world before nearly losing his divine body.
• Zhou Qing killed or suppressed fifteen King-level Immortals over the next three years, drawing the attention of the major pinnacle races.

Zhou Qing encountered Dream Soul King and then fought Samsara King, an ancient Demon Race Invincible King who had ambushed him. Zhou Qing held his own against Samsara King for months, earning fame as humanity’s newly risen Black Armor King, while King Wind Ape wondered whether he could be Zhou Qing.

• Zhou Qing recognized Dream Soul King as a Samsara Cong-Eyed Snake and chased him after Dream Soul King fled.
• Samsara King ambushed Zhou Qing with a soul attack, but Zhou Qing resisted it and struck Samsara King, revealing his hiding place.
• Zhou Qing and Samsara King clashed, and Zhou Qing’s superior strength forced Samsara King onto the defensive.
• Samsara King burned divine power and asked Dream Soul King to summon Star King and Blood Prison King, while Zhou Qing allowed Dream Soul King to leave.
• The battle continued for months and drew witnesses, who spread the news of Black Armor King’s strength throughout the Second Battlefield.
• King Wind Ape speculated about Black Armor King’s identity and briefly considered Zhou Qing before dismissing the possibility.

Dream Soul King persuaded Star King to aid Samsara King, who was struggling against Zhou Qing. Star King and Blood Prison King arrived at the Demon Light Archipelago, but Zhou Qing attacked them, leaving all three Demon Race Invincible Kings facing him.

• Dream Soul King asked Star King to help Samsara King defeat Black Armor King and offered a Blood Cocoon Fruit as a reward.
• Star King agreed to travel to the Second Battlefield after learning Blood Prison King would also join the fight.
• Star King and Blood Prison King arrived at the Demon Light Archipelago, where Samsara King called on them to fight Zhou Qing together.
• Zhou Qing attacked Star King and Blood Prison King instead of accepting their offer to let him leave.
• Star King's Sealing Stars were blasted apart, and Blood Prison King was knocked back with his divine body heavily damaged.

Zhou Qing used his Nether Thunder technique to trap and subdue the three Demon Race Invincible Kings after luring them into believing he had withdrawn. Witnesses mistook the attack for the work of a Universe Venerable, then identified the Space Phantom avatar and assumed it was an assistant Zhou Qing had brought.

• After months of suppressing the three Demon Race Invincible Kings, Zhou Qing retreated, and they prepared to leave the Demon Light Archipelago.
• Zhou Qing summoned a vast sea of lightning and struck the three with Nether Thunder, annihilating most of their divine bodies and freezing Star King and Samsara King in time.
• Zhou Qing struck Star King and Samsara King again, leaving them with just over ten percent of their divine bodies, then stored all three slumbering Invincible Kings away.
• King-level Immortals watching from afar debated Zhou Qing’s strength and were stunned when he suppressed three Invincible Kings at once.
• The witnesses suspected a Universe Venerable had intervened, but recognized Zhou Qing’s Space Phantom avatar and assumed he had invited the Special Lifeform to help him.
• Some King-level Immortals questioned how a Space Phantom with a Gene Multiplier of only two hundred could unleash such overwhelming power.

After suppressing three Demon Race Invincible Kings, Zhou Qing met with Shadow Lord, confirmed that he was Black Armor King, and accepted five-star Hongmeng Alliance membership. He agreed to leave the Outer Domain Battlefield for Chaos City as human experts learned of his identity and extraordinary strength.

• Zhou Qing assessed the Heavy Treasures and other spoils he had gained from Samsara King, Star King, and Blood Prison King.
• Shadow Lord met Zhou Qing in the Virtual Universe and confirmed that he was Black Armor King.
• Shadow Lord promoted Zhou Qing to five-star Hongmeng Alliance membership, and Zhou Qing chose to make his identity public.
• Shadow Lord warned that alien races would target Zhou Qing and advised him to go to Chaos City; Zhou Qing agreed.
• News of Zhou Qing's promotion and battle record spread through the human race, whose experts discovered his Space Phantom Clone and debated how he had gained his strength.

After the Lord of Sky Wolf and other peak-race leaders learned Zhou Qing wielded both Space and Time Laws, they marked him as a major threat, prompting him to leave the Second Battlefield for safety. A mysterious call led his Space Phantom clone to the place where it had been gestated, where Zhou Qing mastered the complete Space Law and gained Time Deceleration.

• The Lord of Sky Wolf reviewed the battle’s past and realized Zhou Qing had mastered a major branch of the Time Origin Law as well as the Space Origin Law, then departed to deal with the threat.
• Zerg and Machine Race Universe Masters investigated the island, and the Zerg placed Zhou Qing at the top of their Assassination Ranking.
• Zhou Qing decided to head to Chaos City, but a mysterious call from the Heavenly Pit Continent drew his Space Phantom clone into the pit’s depths.
• The Space Phantom followed a fluctuation through a stone gate into a starry realm containing a gigantic black hole.
• By studying the black hole’s mysteries, Zhou Qing completed his Space Law comprehension and mastered Time Deceleration.
• Zhou Qing recognized the black hole as the place where the Space Phantom had been gestated.

Zhou Qing comprehended the Heavenly Dao of Destruction and broke through to become a Second-Tier Ancestor Immortal. He escaped the World Prison, resolved the obsession that had held back his Heartforce, and freed True God Shiyu.

• Zhou Qing fully comprehended the Heavenly Dao of Destruction, drawing congratulations from the Nuwa Faction and concern from the Seamless Gate.
• Zhou Qing's clones absorbed chaos power and broke through, transforming their Pure Yang Jindans and increasing their magic power.
• Zhou Qing used the World Prison Command Talisman to break the prison's chains and regain his freedom.
• Zhou Qing's long-buried obsession dissolved, allowing his Heartforce to reach the fifth level, Trueheart.
• Zhou Qing freed True God Shiyu, who thanked him and called him Master.
• Zhou Qing reflected that the Kuitian Taihao Pagoda had let him spend over three thousand years contemplating destruction under fiftyfold Time Acceleration.

Zhou Qing planned a grand Dao attainment ceremony in Fengdu City ten years later, where he would select an inheriting disciple. After Ji Ning’s Second Primaltwin survived the Second-Class Celestial Immortal Tribulation, he discovered that the ceremony offered a chance to complete his hell-level mission to become True God Taixu’s disciple.

• Daoist Sanqing congratulated Zhou Qing on comprehending the Heavenly Dao of Destruction and discussed holding a Dao attainment ceremony to bolster morale before the war.
• Zhou Qing set the ceremony for ten years later in Fengdu City and asked the Daoist Sect to announce that he would select an inheriting disciple.
• Ji Ning used the Void Bell and his second-level Swordforce to survive the Lightning Tribulation, then endured the Heart Demon Tribulation and became a Second-Class Celestial Immortal.
• Ji Ning checked his reincarnator panel and found that his new hell-level mission required him to become True God Taixu’s disciple.
• Ji Ning read that Taixu would test candidates at the ceremony and accepted the mission.

After becoming a Celestial Immortal, Ji Ning learned that True God Taixu was Zhou Qing, the Great Emperor of Fengdu, and departed to pursue a hell-level mission to become his disciple. Ten years later, Zhou Qing’s disciple-selection gathering drew countless immortals and demons to the Netherworld, where the assembled guests saw his colossal apparition appear.

• Ji Ning thanked Zhou Qing for guiding him, then said he was leaving the Infinite World after accepting a mission to become True God Taixu’s disciple.
• Zhou Qing told Ji Ning about Taixu’s rise to power and revealed that he was the Great Emperor of Fengdu, reminding Ji Ning of the youth who had sent him to the Great Xia World.
• Ten years later, immortals and demons crowded Netherworld cities to sign up for Zhou Qing’s disciple selection.
• Lord Cui instructed Ghost Immortals to escort invited Empyrean Gods and True Immortals to the Hall of the Yama King and other visitors to the Palace of the Ghost Gods of the Six Heavens.
• The Xia Emperor, the Celestial Emperor, Lü Dongbin, and other powerful guests arrived at Fengdu City and discussed how Zhou Qing would choose his disciple.
• Lü Dongbin pointed toward the sky, where a colossal apparition of Zhou Qing appeared before the gathered guests.

Ji Ning advanced through Zhou Qing’s disciple-selection arena, drawing praise from powerful figures for his talent and short cultivation. Meanwhile, Elder Yuan tried to recruit Zhang Xuanshu, but Zhou Qing intervened and revealed she already had a master, leaving Zhang Xuanshu stunned by Zhou Qing’s familiar manner.

• Ji Ning defeated Fengyun Wuji and won hundreds of arena matches, impressing Lü Dongbin, the Heavenly Emperor, and the Xia Emperor.
• The Xia Emperor revealed Ji Ning had cultivated for less than a century, and the others envied his connection to the Great Xia World.
• Elder Yuan approached Zhang Xuanshu in the Netherworld and offered to take her as his disciple.
• Zhang Xuanshu refused because she already had a master but could not reveal that master’s identity without violating her oath.
• Zhou Qing appeared and stopped Elder Yuan from recruiting Zhang Xuanshu, explaining that she already had a master.
• Zhou Qing teased Zhang Xuanshu in his familiar tone, and she recognized him with astonishment.

At his Dao attainment ceremony, Zhou Qing used his fifth-stage Heartforce to identify more than sixty Nuwa Faction major powers under Elder Yuan’s control and resolved to find a way to free them. Ji Ning won the disciple-selection tournament, and Zhou Qing took him as his disciple.

• Zhou Qing used his Heartforce to detect more than sixty abnormal Nuwa Faction major powers and concluded Elder Yuan controlled over a hundred across both factions.
• Zhou Qing told Daoist Sanqing and Patriarch Bodhi that he favored Ji Ning as his disciple.
• Ji Ning defeated Celestial Immortal Fenglian to win the arena tournament.
• Zhou Qing reassured Ji Ning amid the gathered True Gods and Dao Ancestors, then asked if Ji Ning would accept him as master.
• Ji Ning immediately kowtowed to Zhou Qing and paid his respects as his master.