Arc 15Earth’s New Path

Zhang Junbao developed Earth’s training and cultivated an unprecedented fusion of laws before taking on missions that exposed Zerg infiltration and corruption in Youmo Universe Country. After completing his trials, he entered the Outer Domain Battlefield under the codename Taiji and was sent to the deadly Ninth Battlefield.

  • Zhang Junbao secured Earth’s future as a protected training ground, gave Luo Feng the Black Metal Plate, and arranged for Yanzhu King to cultivate his state of mind there.
  • Zhang Junbao’s discussions with Demon Lord Luan Shen and Chaos City Lord revealed his unprecedented Fusion Law, and he advanced to World Lord with a vast Internal World.
  • Zhang Junbao raised his Life Gene Level to fifty times the norm and accepted a Highest Points Mission targeting the Zerg-infiltrated Myriad Aspects Pavilion.
  • Zhang Junbao survived the trap at the Blood Demon Sacrifice site, defeated the Zerg attack with Venerable Guiyi, and enslaved Mother Emperor Marquis Chanmu to help Isabella infiltrate the Zerg.
  • Zhang Junbao investigated the Youmo Universe Country’s three corrupt leaders and, despite pressure from powerful figures, sentenced Wanfu King, Blood Wolf King, Black Duck King, and their willing accomplices to death.
  • Zhang Junbao received his mission rewards and traveled to Fengdu Star, where he joined a group of World Lord warriors under the codename Taiji.
  • Zhang Junbao and Muxing learned their military merit quotas and were sent with the other warriors to Barracks Base No. 72 on the Ninth Battlefield.
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Ch. 354The Earth Secret Realm Era

Zhang Junbao organized Earth’s recovery after its crisis, establishing plans to turn it into a secret realm where alien geniuses would cultivate their minds and compete with Earth’s people. Earth’s leaders pledged to defend their world and build its strength as the Earth Secret Realm Era began.

  • Zhang Junbao, Hong, Thunder God, and Luo Feng discussed their Heart Tempering in the Mortal World technique, and Hong gave Zhang Junbao the completed illusion crystal.
  • Zhang Junbao arranged for Venerable Tiehuo’s Illusion Tower to be transported to Earth and explained how it would test and cultivate the minds of alien geniuses.
  • Zhang Junbao told Earth’s leaders that Earth’s crisis had ended, that Earth remained his, and that he intended to make it a top secret realm comparable to Chaos City.
  • Zhang Junbao proposed that Earth’s leaders challenge visiting alien geniuses and earn points toward resources from a fund supported by Earth’s gestation income.
  • Jia Yi, Mohanderson, Shi Jiang, and the other leaders vowed to protect Earth and help its people grow strong enough to face the universe’s races.

Ch. 355Black Metal Plate

Zhang Junbao discovered an ancient Black Metal Plate that held a secret he could not access because it clashed with his Ancestral God inheritance, so he entrusted it to Luo Feng. He then told Luo Feng he planned to bargain with Shi Huo Venerable and make Yanzhu King beg for mercy.

  • Zhang Junbao and Zhang Anzhong discussed Earth's need to cultivate and how Zhang Anzhong would guide the alien geniuses arriving on Earth.
  • Zhang Anzhong showed Zhang Junbao a broken Black Metal Plate found among Earth's ancient artifacts, and Zhang Junbao recognized it as the object he had been seeking.
  • Zhang Junbao tried to penetrate the Black Metal Plate but suffered a clash between its power and the Ancestral God Lingxi, realizing he could not learn the Nine Tribulations Secret Manual.
  • Zhang Junbao gave the Black Metal Plate to Luo Feng and warned him to keep it secret, explaining that Luo Feng should uncover its secret himself.
  • Zhang Junbao told Luo Feng he intended to plead for leniency for Yanzhu King as part of a deal with Shi Huo Venerable, promising to make Yanzhu King kneel and beg for mercy.
  • Zhang Junbao entered the Virtual Universe Network, while Luo Feng began considering how to punish Yanzhu King.

Ch. 356Extortion

Zhang Junbao offered to help Shi Huo Venerable’s son, Yanzhu King, improve his state of mind on Earth instead of serving his sentence in the Ninth Starfield. Shi Huo Venerable agreed to provide a soul-defense Advanced Heavy Treasure if Zhang Junbao fulfilled his promise.

  • Shi Huo Venerable worried that Yanzhu King, whose real name was Cha Luo, would not endure a thousand eras in the Ninth Star Domain Prison.
  • Zhang Junbao visited Shi Huo Venerable, praised Yanzhu King, and apologized for Luo Feng’s part in the dispute.
  • Zhang Junbao proposed that Yanzhu King cultivate his state of mind on Earth for a thousand eras, with Hong helping persuade the Lord of Void Gold to approve the change.
  • Zhang Junbao promised to raise Yanzhu King’s state of mind to true King-level within a thousand eras and said Earth’s training would make him filial.
  • Zhang Junbao demanded a soul-defense Advanced Heavy Treasure as payment, and Shi Huo Venerable agreed if Yanzhu King reached the promised level.

Ch. 357Yanzhu King's Nightmare

Zhang Junbao secured Yanzhu King's release from the Ninth Starfield by proposing that Earth cultivate his state of mind, and Shi Huo Venerable agreed to send him there under strict restrictions. Yanzhu King arrived on Earth wearing a Spirit-Severing Crown and faced Luo Feng's extensive collection of open-ended questions as his first lesson.

  • Earth publicized Zhang Junbao and Shi Huo Venerable's agreement to cooperate in educating Yanzhu King, while Giant Axe Founder and Chaos City Lord approved the plan.
  • Shi Huo Venerable told Yanzhu King that Zhang Junbao and Hong had secured his release and that he would have to cultivate his state of mind on Earth for up to a thousand eras.
  • Zhang Junbao agreed to train Yanzhu King, and Shi Huo Venerable explained that Lord of Void Gold had ordered him to wear a Spirit-Severing Crown that restricted his power.
  • Shi Huo Venerable brought Yanzhu King to Earth's Heart-Nurturing Pavilion, then left despite Yanzhu King's desperate pleas.
  • Luo Feng showed Zhang Junbao a World Ring filled with open-ended questions he had prepared for Yanzhu King's training.

Ch. 358Secrets of the Laws

Zhang Junbao gave Luo Feng a soul-defense Heavy Treasure and arranged for him to instruct Yanzhu King, then welcomed Demon Lord Luan Shen as a mentor in the fusion of laws. Their discussion of Earth’s ancient ideas led them to consider whether the two primal law factions came from an even deeper Chaos Law, and whether the Original Ancestor was suppressed after approaching it.

  • Zhang Junbao gave Luo Feng the Golden Spirit Guardian and left Yanzhu King in his care until Yanzhu King reached the first realm of state of mind.
  • Zhang Junbao arranged for Luo Feng to enslave and nurture the Zerg Mother Emperor in Shennongjia, while keeping Isabella hidden for his plans.
  • Demon Lord Luan Shen praised Earth’s ancient writings and offered to guide Zhang Junbao in fusing laws, while leaving Space-Time Law and secret techniques to Chaos City Lord.
  • Demon Lord Luan Shen explained that the Ten Great Laws had divided from two primal laws: a space faction and a time faction.
  • Zhang Junbao proposed that the two primal laws might arise from Chaos Law, and Demon Lord Luan Shen wondered whether the Original Ancestor had been suppressed for approaching that taboo.

Ch. 359A New Law?

Demon Lord Luan Shen explained how he had fused the eight fundamental laws with space and time to become a top-tier Universe Master, while Zhang Junbao revealed that his own cultivation followed a different path rooted in the True Meaning of Taiji. After examining Zhang Junbao’s Space-Time Domain, Demon Lord Luan Shen concluded that it was not truly the power to control space-time.

  • Demon Lord Luan Shen described the difficulty of fusing laws and explained how his split souls helped him fuse the eight fundamental laws separately with space and time.
  • Zhang Junbao proposed that fundamental laws could be fused with one another, and Demon Lord Luan Shen said Teacher had once suggested the same possibility.
  • Zhang Junbao revealed that he had gained the recognition of all Eight Great Fundamental Laws simultaneously, aided by the eight Law Cores from the Chaotic God Demon Domain.
  • Zhang Junbao explained that his True Meaning of Taiji had led him to a domain that controlled space-time and that he could fuse and break down laws through the five elements.
  • Demon Lord Luan Shen examined Zhang Junbao’s Space-Time Domain and told him that it was not the power to control space-time.

Ch. 360The Bizarre Properties of the Laws

Zhang Junbao’s unusual Space-Time Domain led Demon Lord Luan Shen and Chaos City Lord to discover that his fusion of the Eight Great Fundamental Laws created a power unlike ordinary Control of Space-Time. Chaos City Lord suspected the unprecedented technique concealed mysteries they could not yet explain, leaving Zhang Junbao’s cultivation path unresolved.

  • Demon Lord Luan Shen questioned Zhang Junbao about his domain, and Zhang Junbao explained how he fused the Eight Great Fundamental Laws to control time and space.
  • Demon Lord Luan Shen recognized that Zhang Junbao’s method differed from conventional law fusion and agreed to consult Chaos City Lord despite their past grievances.
  • Demon Lord Luan Shen brought Zhang Junbao to Chaos City, where Zhang Junbao demonstrated his strengthened Space-Time Domain to Chaos City Lord.
  • Chaos City Lord sensed that Zhang Junbao’s domain resembled Control of Space-Time but used a different power, and he learned Zhang Junbao had fused nearly fifty percent of the Eight Great Fundamental Laws.
  • Chaos City Lord and Demon Lord Luan Shen concluded that Zhang Junbao’s cultivation method was unprecedented and might contain mysteries beyond their understanding.

Ch. 361Return to Chaos City

Zhang Junbao returned to Chaos City, where the Chaos City Lord, Demon Lord Luan Shen, and Giant Axe Founder examined his unprecedented Fusion Law. After Giant Axe agreed to study its secrets, Zhang Junbao began settling back into secluded cultivation and turned his attention to a mystery connected to Kedi.

  • The Chaos City Lord approved Zhang Junbao's return to Chaos City, postponed his Highest Points Mission, and planned to guide him while he studied the Fusion Law with Demon Lord Luan Shen and Giant Axe Founder.
  • Demon Lord Luan Shen and the Chaos City Lord argued over who should guide Zhang Junbao until Giant Axe Founder appeared and recognized that Rong Jun carried a trace of his bloodline.
  • The Chaos City Lord showed Giant Axe Founder Zhang Junbao's Space-Time Domain, and Giant Axe decided to remain in Chaos City to investigate its unfamiliar yet familiar nature.
  • Giant Axe Founder sent Zhang Junbao away from the Chaos Ruins, and Zhang Junbao returned to the Heaven-Questioning Residence to cultivate and examine the secret hidden in its rooftop inscription.
  • Zhang Junbao recalled that Kedi had pursued the inscription's mystery and disappeared after entering an Alien Race's secret realm.

Ch. 362Kedi Falls into a Trap

Zhang Junbao cultivated in Chaos City, investigated the secrets of the Initial Universe, and deciphered the law engraving on the Heaven-Questioning Residence. He discovered that Demon Lord Luan Shen had left the engraving that led Kedi to an Alien Race's secret realm, while Kedi's fate remained unknown.

  • Zhang Junbao studied the Initial Universe's laws and wondered whether the Original Ancestor had only recently become a Universe Supreme Master when he was suppressed.
  • Zhang Junbao used the Zhou Heavenly Star Battle Formation to study the Space-Time Fusion Law concealed in the four characters for "Universe School."
  • Luo Feng, Wuka, Rong Jun, and Bolan arrived in Chaos City, and Wuka and Rong Jun joked about their former reputation as the "Five Tigers Who Defy the Strong."
  • After more than a hundred years of study, Zhang Junbao recognized the engraving as Demon Lord Luan Shen's work and realized that its clues had sent Kedi to the Alien Race's secret realm.

Ch. 363Scheming

Zhang Junbao prepared to infiltrate the Zerg through Isabella while reflecting on the Human Race’s effort to save the Original Ancestor. After discussing his rapid progress and independent path of Fusion Laws with the Chaos City Lord and Demon Lord Luan Shen, he began advancing to the World Lord realm under their protection.

  • Zhang Junbao reasoned that the Chaos City Lord had allowed Kedi to pursue Demon Lord Luan Shen’s clues because he hoped they might lead to a way to save the Original Ancestor, despite the danger to human geniuses.
  • Zhang Junbao confirmed that the coordinates left by Demon Lord Luan Shen pointed to the Zerg Secret Region and asked Isabella whether she could sense Mother Emperors hidden among the Human Race.
  • Zhang Junbao planned to send Isabella back to the Zerg as a covert agent, told her to conceal her loyalty to him, and arranged resources and the Insect Gu Secret Technique to strengthen her.
  • The Chaos City Lord told Zhang Junbao that he and Demon Lord Luan Shen could not guide his unique Fusion Laws and advised him to begin creating his own secret techniques at the World Lord Level.
  • Zhang Junbao declared that advancing to the World Lord realm would be easy for him, and the Chaos City Lord and Demon Lord Luan Shen guarded him as his Life Core began transforming.

Ch. 364Stepping Into the World Lord Level

Zhang Junbao broke through to the World Lord Level as his balanced laws, Law Cores, and emerging World Power drew energy from the Universe Origin. He formed an immense, stable Internal World and gained a glimpse of the Origin Land, leaving him with greatly enhanced law-comprehension speed and plans to raise his Life Gene Level.

  • As Zhang Junbao began his breakthrough, the Chaos City Lord and Demon Lord Luan Shen watched his Life Core transform while discussing his nine Law Cores and balanced cultivation.
  • Zhang Junbao fused the Eight Great Fundamental Laws and began combining his Soul and Origin Force, but his Law Cores unexpectedly opened a channel to the Universe Origin and drew in divine power.
  • The Universe Origin power fused with Zhang Junbao's emerging World Power and carried his consciousness to the Origin Land, where he glimpsed its vast mysteries.
  • Zhang Junbao's Life Core became a billion-kilometer Internal World with eight law continents, a central taiji landmass, and seawater bearing the aura of the Fusion Law.
  • Zhang Junbao condensed an Origin Bead from his Spiritual Force, Origin Force, and World Power, then resolved to seek Special Lifeforms to improve his Life Gene Level.

Ch. 365An Old Acquaintance

Zhang Junbao reached World Lord level and discussed his Internal World and cultivation with Chaos City Lord and Demon Lord Luan Shen before setting out to temper himself. After learning about a specially arranged points mission, he met Ai Chen in Chaos City and revealed that he had already surpassed Domain Lord level.

  • Zhang Junbao told Chaos City Lord and Demon Lord Luan Shen that the Universe Origin had merged with his first World Power, strengthening his Life Core and stabilizing his Internal World.
  • Chaos City Lord explained how the Internal World reflected the Original Universe and developed into a God Kingdom and eventually a Miniature Universe, then allowed Zhang Junbao to leave Chaos City and seek experience.
  • Chaos City Lord and Demon Lord Luan Shen decided Zhang Junbao needed no additional treasures because he already possessed powerful Law Cores, a Domain-type Supreme Treasure, and soul defenses.
  • Zhang Junbao learned from Feitian that Earth had been fortified, Yanzhu King had completed Luo Feng's exam questions, and the company had assigned him a confidential, specially arranged points mission.
  • While walking through Chaos City, Zhang Junbao encountered Ai Chen, who had reached Domain Lord level, and revealed that he himself was already a World Lord.

Ch. 366Growing Danger

Zhang Junbao prepared to face the Outer Domain Battlefield and raised his original body's Life Gene Level to fifty times the norm by fusing it with his Extreme Yang Clone. After surviving the dangerous transformation, he prepared to begin his Virtual Universe Company mission.

  • Zhang Junbao told Ai Chen he planned to complete his assigned missions before heading to the Outer Domain Battlefield, and he gave her a valuable spot to cultivate on Earth.
  • Ai Chen resolved to keep advancing on the path to Immortality after her assistant told her the Earth cultivation spot was worth ten million Hunyuan Units.
  • Zhang Junbao reviewed the risks of his Clone Secret Technique and decided to use his stabilized Extreme Yang Clone to raise his original body's Life Gene Level.
  • Zhang Junbao's Life Core cracked during the gene fusion, but the Ancestral God Lingxi and the power of his Internal World helped repair it and complete the transformation.
  • Zhang Junbao reached a Life Gene Level fifty times the norm, tested his increased control over space-time, and told Feitian to notify the Virtual Universe Company that he was ready for his mission.

Ch. 367The Revenge Mission

Zhang Junbao prepared to leave for the Outer Domain Battlefield, receiving soul-defense and detection treasures from Venerable Guiyi and stocking supplies for his clones. Before departing, he was assigned a high-stakes mission to stop a Zerg-infiltrated organization from sacrificing more than one hundred billion people, and traveled toward the target region.

  • Zhang Junbao told Luo Feng, Hong, Thunder God, and Bolan he was heading to the Outer Domain Battlefield, and Hong shared that he and Ji Qing were cultivating together at the Giant Axe Arena.
  • Venerable Guiyi gave Zhang Junbao a Demon Soul Silkworm Cocoon from Chaos City Lord and two high-grade detectors, while warning him about assassination attempts and the dangers of the battlefield.
  • Zhang Junbao stocked up on materials for his Extreme Yang Clone and Cloud-Touching Vine, then received a linked Highest Points Mission targeting the Zerg-infiltrated Myriad Aspects Pavilion.
  • The mission required Zhang Junbao to kill the pavilion’s ninety-nine World Lord elders and offered him the choice of killing its Immortal Army Lord or saving more than one hundred billion people threatened by a Blood Demon Sacrifice.
  • With the sacrifice due to begin in three days, Zhang Junbao used Divine Kingdom Teleportation to reach an Immortal in the Youmo Universe Country.

Ch. 368The Trap

Zhang Junbao chose to stop the Blood Demon Sacrifice and save the hundred billion people in the Myriad Aspects Empire before pursuing the ninety-nine World Lords. When he arrived, Tuyile and the World Lords revealed their ambush and detonated themselves, engulfing Zhang Junbao and Ebonwood Marquis in a torrent of energy.

  • Zhang Junbao accepted Ebonwood Marquis's warning that he would not intervene against the mission targets and chose to head for the Blood Demon Sacrifice site.
  • Zhang Junbao and Ebonwood Marquis traveled aboard the Void Whale Spaceship, which smashed through Tuyile's Space Lockdown around the Myriad Aspects Empire.
  • Zhang Junbao began collecting the civilians into his World Ring, but the ring met resistance as Feitian warned him that all ninety-nine World Lords were present.
  • Tuyile and the World Lords surrounded Zhang Junbao and Ebonwood Marquis, revealing that they had laid a trap and deceived the Virtual Universe Company's intelligence agents.
  • Tuyile and the ninety-nine World Lords detonated themselves, and the resulting torrent of energy swallowed Ebonwood Marquis.

Ch. 369The Mantis Stalks the Cicada

Zhang Junbao survived a Zerg ambush by suppressing the blast from ninety-nine World Lords and Immortal Army Lord Tuyile while Ebonwood Marquis defended him from a combined Zerg attack. With a Zerg Mother Emperor restarting the Blood Demon Sacrifice against a hundred billion people, Zhang Junbao's Extreme Yang Clone swallowed the blood mist, and Zhang Junbao redirected the explosion toward the enemy passage.

  • Three King Rank experts at Virtual Universe Company Headquarters watched Zhang Junbao's mission and realized the explosion of ninety-nine World Lords and Immortal Army Lord Tuyile was a premeditated trap.
  • Zhang Junbao used the Zhou Heavenly Star Battle Formation, his World Projection, Divine Fire Armor, and Extreme Yang Clone to suppress the blast and shield the nearby planets.
  • A thousand Immortal Zerg Warriors attacked through a space-time passage, and Ebonwood Marquis blocked their strike as he recognized Mother Emperor Marquis Chanmu.
  • Marquis Chanmu restarted the Blood Demon Sacrifice and detonated its blood spheres while five thousand Immortal Zerg Warriors pinned down Ebonwood Marquis.
  • Zhang Junbao's Extreme Yang Clone used Treasure Devouring to swallow the blood mist, and Zhang Junbao redirected the controlled explosion toward the space-time passage.

Ch. 370The Oriole Behind

Zhang Junbao lured the Zerg Mother Emperor Marquis Chanmu into Venerable Guiyi’s trap and enslaved her, then recruited her and Isabella for an intelligence operation inside Zerg territory. The chapter ended with Zhang Junbao and Venerable Guiyi preparing to stage the battle so it appeared Ebonwood Marquis had driven Chanmu away and rescued him.

  • Marquis Chanmu sent thousands of Immortal Zerg Warriors and hundreds of thousands of World Lord Level Zerg Warriors against Zhang Junbao, but his Zhou Heavenly Star Battle Formation deflected their attacks.
  • Zhang Junbao’s taunts lured Marquis Chanmu through the space-time passage, where Venerable Guiyi trapped and compressed her along with the Zerg Warriors and Ebonwood Marquis.
  • Zhang Junbao enslaved Marquis Chanmu’s soul and ordered her to hide Isabella in her divine kingdom, then help Isabella enter the Mother Emperor Mystic Realm under a false story.
  • Marquis Chanmu revealed the human spies she controlled, including Kemosi, and Venerable Guiyi ordered an investigation into Alien Race infiltration of the company.
  • Zhang Junbao arranged for Marquis Chanmu and Isabella to use enslaved humans to access the Virtual Universe Network, while Demon Lord Luan Shen concealed Isabella’s soul enslavement.
  • Zhang Junbao and Venerable Guiyi planned to make it appear that Ebonwood Marquis had driven Marquis Chanmu back and saved Zhang Junbao.

Ch. 371The "Victim's" Trial

Venerable Guiyi revealed that Zhang Junbao’s apparent rescue from Marquis Chanmu had been part of a covert mission, and Ebonwood Marquis was rewarded and sworn to secrecy. Zhang Junbao then learned he had to put Youmo Universe Country’s three corrupt giants on trial, a test that would pit him against their powerful backing.

  • Venerable Guiyi released Ebonwood Marquis, who initially mistook him for an alien but accepted his identity after seeing him in the Virtual Universe Network.
  • Venerable Guiyi instructed Ebonwood Marquis to conceal the mission and portray himself as having driven Marquis Chanmu away, while Zhang Junbao gave him ten cubic kilometers of Locke Divine Water as a reward.
  • Zhang Junbao asked the Virtual Universe Company to reimburse him for the Locke Divine Water, and Venerable Guiyi assured him he would receive what he was owed.
  • Venerable Guiyi told Zhang Junbao that the three giants of Youmo Universe Country had enabled alien smuggling and corruption, and assigned him to put them on trial.
  • Venerable Guiyi explained that the three giants had powerful Universe Venerable teachers and that the trial would test Zhang Junbao’s ability to withstand pressure.

Ch. 372The Universe Country Lord's Invitation

Zhang Junbao reviewed the crimes of the three detained King-level Immortals and resolved to judge them without yielding to pressure from their powerful allies. On the eve of the judgment, he accepted an invitation from the Youmo Universe Country Lord and arrived at Youmo Star, where Yinjiu King welcomed him amid a show of force.

  • The Ebonwood Marquis brought Zhang Junbao to the Virtual Universe Company's Youmo Universe Country branch, where he learned the judgment would take place in ten days.
  • Zhang Junbao read evidence that Wanfu King, Black Duck King, and Blood Wolf King had smuggled goods, sold humans to Alien Races, suppressed geniuses, and leaked military secrets, and he declared their actions unforgivable.
  • During his secluded cultivation, Zhang Junbao received 138,915 messages, including threats and pleas from powerful figures, while messages from Earth, Hong, and Thunder God urged him to make his own decision.
  • On the ninth day, Zhang Junbao accepted the Youmo Universe Country Lord's banquet invitation and subdued an envoy with a glance before traveling to Youmo Star with the Ebonwood Marquis.
  • Yinjiu King welcomed Zhang Junbao before hundreds of thousands of assembled experts, and Zhang Junbao suspected the greeting was meant both to win him over and intimidate him before the judgment.

Ch. 373A Feast with No Good Intentions

Zhang Junbao rejected Youmo Country Lord’s attempt to influence the investigation of Black Duck King and left without accepting his offered treasure. He returned to Tiandu Star to prepare for the trial, where the Virtual Universe Company Headquarters’ envoys arrived with the three suspects.

  • Yinjiu King pleaded with Zhang Junbao to show leniency to Black Duck King, and Zhang Junbao promised to investigate impartially.
  • Youmo Country Lord invoked Black Duck King’s service to humanity and offered Zhang Junbao a Blood Dragon Cup, but Zhang Junbao refused to be swayed.
  • Zhang Junbao criticized Youmo Country Lord’s hospitality, warned that Black Duck King might not survive the trial, and left the palace with Ebonwood Marquis.
  • On the return trip, Zhang Junbao told Feitian that Youmo Country Lord could not threaten him within Virtual Universe Company rules and suspected the three giants of Youmo Universe Country had tacitly colluded with the Alien Races.
  • After returning to Tiandu Star, Zhang Junbao cultivated through the night, and Feitian told him the headquarters envoys had arrived with the three giants.

Ch. 374Revealing Killing Intent

Zhang Junbao arrived at the Judgment Sanctuary to preside over the trial of three King-level Immortals and faced pressure from their Universe Venerable teachers before reaching the throne. He condemned King Wanfu for smuggling goods to the Zerg and selling humans, then added attempted bribery to the charges as the trial began.

  • Ebonwood Marquis escorted Zhang Junbao to the Judgment Sanctuary, where King Xiezhi and a massive enforcement force stood ready to carry out the trial’s sentences.
  • King Xiezhi told Zhang Junbao to take the presiding seat, while the Youmo Country Lord, Venerable Jinyuan, and Ten Thousand Beasts Venerable appeared and imposed a ten-minute test of resolve.
  • Zhang Junbao endured the pressure, declared that the Illusion Sea had only twenty-one islands, and walked toward the throne while reading the charges against the prisoners.
  • Zhang Junbao accused King Wanfu of smuggling prohibited goods to the Zerg and selling three hundred and fifty billion humans, then sentenced him to death and ordered the execution of implicated subordinates.
  • King Wanfu denied deserving death and offered Zhang Junbao three hundred billion Hunyuan Units to spare him, so Zhang Junbao added attempted bribery to his crimes.

Ch. 375Reduced to Ashes

Zhang Junbao judged the traitors within the Virtual Universe Company, then withstood pressure from three Universe Venerables and ordered the guilty executed. After completing his training mission, he prepared to leave for the Outer Domain Battlefield to gain strength through war.

  • Zhang Junbao exposed Blood Wolf King's betrayal, and Blood Wolf King admitted his guilt and asked him to spare his coerced subordinates; Zhang Junbao sentenced him and the willing traitors to death and the coerced personnel to imprisonment.
  • Zhang Junbao accused Black Duck King of stealing resources and sending human geniuses to the Alien Race; Black Duck King attacked him, but Zhang Junbao struck him down and had him restrained.
  • Zhang Junbao resisted the pressure from Youmo Country Lord and the other Universe Venerables, reached the throne, and ordered the traitors executed; Xiezhi King carried out the sentences, killing Wanfu King, Blood Wolf King, Black Duck King, and thousands of other accomplices.
  • Youmo Country Lord, Venerable Jinyuan, and Ten Thousand Beasts Venerable left after the executions, while Xiezhi King reported that thousands more Immortals and billions of lower-level participants had been captured.
  • Ebonwood Marquis returned to headquarters to report Zhang Junbao's completed mission, and Zhang Junbao said he would head to the Outer Domain Battlefield for further training.

Ch. 376Fengdu Star

Zhang Junbao prepared to train on the Outer Domain Battlefield, assessing his treasures and making plans for his companions’ growth. He arrived at Fengdu Star, where his rare spaceship and World Lord aura stunned the guides.

  • Zhang Junbao received 1.1 billion points for his first mission and ten billion points, including resources, for his second mission.
  • Zhang Junbao reviewed his defenses and weapons, deciding that he still needed an offensive Heavy Treasure but should train without relying on one.
  • Zhang Junbao discussed the Cloud-Touching Vine’s potential and promised Feitian a top-grade Evolution Heart that could help her reach King Rank strength upon becoming Immortal.
  • Zhang Junbao set out for the Outer Domain Battlefield and arrived at Fengdu Star aboard the Void Whale Spaceship.
  • The Fengdu Star guides were astonished by Zhang Junbao’s Metal Lifeform-fused spaceship and his World Lord-level aura.

Ch. 377World Lord General

Zhang Junbao concealed his extraordinary seven-colored Law Mark while entering the Outer Domain Battlefield as a lone traveler under the codename Taiji. After meeting the curious Darkkin Elf Muxing, he received his military rating and was revealed to be a World Lord General.

  • Zhang Junbao disguised himself as an unacknowledged World Lord and asked the attendants where lone travelers gathered before entering the reception hall.
  • Muxing approached Zhang Junbao, sensed his unusual calm, and introduced herself; he gave his codename as Taiji and declined to discuss his past.
  • After several days, enough warriors gathered to depart, and Zhang Junbao and Muxing joined the group of World Lords.
  • An Immortal God explained the army's rules and announced that the World Lords would be rated according to their strength in the Virtual Universe.
  • Muxing was rated a World Lord General, and Zhang Junbao received the same rating, surprising the Immortal God and the assembled experts.

Ch. 378The Ninth Battlefield, a Meat Grinder

Zhang Junbao and Muxing discussed battlefield survival and their military merit quotas before learning they would be sent to the deadly Ninth Battlefield. The chapter ended as they and the other warriors were teleported toward Barracks Base No. 72.

  • Muxing tried to recruit Zhang Junbao as a teammate and explained that warriors could not leave the Outer Domain Battlefield until they fulfilled their military merit quotas.
  • Feitian described the quota ranges, and Muxing revealed her quota was four hundred million while Zhang Junbao's was the World Lord Level maximum of one billion.
  • The Immortal God announced that the warriors were headed to the Ninth Battlefield, whose death rate was said to be the highest among the eleven battlefields.
  • The Immortal God explained the battlefield's camps, Barracks Bases, and ban on attacking allies, then sent the warriors through a spatial passage to Barracks Base No. 72.
Arc 15 of 27
Arc 15 of 27