Chapter Summaries

Zhang Junbao challenged the Universe Heavenly Bridge, easily clearing its first two levels and overwhelming the third-level gatekeeper while testing the opponent’s techniques. As he continued to push the gatekeeper to its limits, Guardian Bafen shared the battle recording with powerful figures, who worried that Zhang Junbao might attract the attention of the Universe School’s strongest expert.

• Feitian explained that Zhang Junbao could earn ten times the usual points for clearing Heavenly Bridge levels during his first thirty years in Chaos City.
• Zhang Junbao defeated the first-level gatekeeper with one sword strike, while Ai Chen and Qian Shui persuaded Guardian Bafen to broadcast the battle.
• Zhang Junbao swiftly killed the second-level gatekeeper, whose sword formation and Phantom Bodies were techniques he had already mastered.
• On the third level, Zhang Junbao sensed and restrained the gatekeeper’s Time-Space attacks, then followed him effortlessly as the island’s observers watched in amazement.
• Guardian Bafen sent recordings to powerful figures, who began competing to claim Zhang Junbao as a disciple and feared that the Universe School’s strongest expert would take him first.
• Zhang Junbao stopped pushing the exhausted gatekeeper and defeated him with one sword strike.

After Zhang Junbao passed the fourth level of the Heavenly Bridge, the Universe Country Lords and Venerables argued over who would take him as a disciple. His victory left them eager to see how far he could go next.

• Experts gathered on the central island after Bafen's email, and Universe Country Lords argued over who would claim Zhang Junbao as a disciple.
• Bafen asked the gathered experts to wait until Zhang Junbao finished his attempt and chose for himself.
• Zhang Junbao faced the fourth-level Controller, who attacked with the Space-Time Hunyuan Sword's Third Layer, Ten Thousand Swords Gui Yi.
• Zhang Junbao combined the power of the Ten Great Laws and split the guardian's lightsword, revealing that he had already cut the guardian in two.
• Zhang Junbao passed the fourth level, and Venerable Nine Swords and the Ganwu Country Lord praised his skill while anticipating his next challenge.

Zhang Junbao shocked the Venerables by clearing the sixth level of the Universe Heavenly Bridge on his first attempt, using a fusion of the Ten Great Laws to defeat its gatekeeper. He was killed immediately on the seventh level, then returned to his Cultivation Residence while Venerable Nine Swords began trying to recruit him as a disciple.

• Zhang Junbao defeated the fifth-level gatekeeper with one strike, astonishing the watching geniuses and Venerables.
• Zhang Junbao fought the sixth-level gatekeeper and used his fusion of the Ten Great Laws to break the opponent’s Space-Time Hunyuan Sword and pass the level.
• The geniuses and Venerables on the central island marveled that Zhang Junbao had reached the sixth level less than a day after studying the Universe Chaos Stele.
• Zhang Junbao entered the seventh level but was killed by a single sword strike, then returned to his Cultivation Residence to study what he had learned.
• Venerable Nine Swords asked the Ganwu Country Lord to help him recruit Zhang Junbao as his disciple.

After Zhang Junbao cleared six levels of the Heavenly Bridge, he secluded himself to study the Universe Chaos Stele while hundreds of Universe Venerables sought to take him as a disciple. When Chaos City Lord summoned him to the City Lord's Mansion, Zhang Junbao feared the powerful lord might target his extraordinary Virtual Universe authority, but entered the Chaos Ruins to meet him anyway.

• The other geniuses reeled at Zhang Junbao's results, while Luo Feng and Rong Jun entered the Heavenly Bridge to make their own attempts.
• Universe Venerables began competing to recruit Zhang Junbao, and he spent three months in seclusion studying the Universe Chaos Stele before deciding he needed a teacher's guidance.
• Feitian told Zhang Junbao that Chaos City Lord had summoned him to the City Lord's Mansion, and Zhang Junbao worried that the lord might seek control of his special Virtual Universe authority.
• Zhang Junbao visited Venerable Nine Swords, who urged him to show Chaos City Lord respect, then went to the City Lord's Mansion and met Venerable Guiyi.
• Venerable Guiyi warned Zhang Junbao that Chaos City Lord's Chaos City incarnation was in charge of slaughter, then led him into the Chaos Ruins to meet his teacher.

Zhang Junbao met Chaos City Lord in the Chaos Ruins, where his inherited privileges and connection to the Original Ancestor were revealed. Chaos City Lord accepted him as a disciple on his teacher’s behalf, but warned him that the True Meaning of Taiji might lead to a dead end and gave him a thousand years to prove otherwise.

• Zhang Junbao resisted Chaos City Lord’s overwhelming presence and comprehended the first diagram of the Universe Chaos Stele by observing him.
• Chaos City Lord learned that Zhang Junbao had received the Original Ancestor’s inheritance and took him as a disciple on his teacher’s behalf.
• Zhang Junbao told Chaos City Lord that he had granted Chaos Stele access to Luo Feng, Hong, and Thunder God, and Chaos City Lord arranged another chance for Hong and Thunder God to qualify for Chaos City.
• Chaos City Lord gave Zhang Junbao his cultivation insights and warned him to abandon the True Meaning of Taiji, but Zhang Junbao insisted on continuing it.
• Chaos City Lord granted Zhang Junbao a thousand years to comprehend the origins of all ten great laws and arranged for Venerable Guiyi to instruct him every ten years.

Zhang Junbao began cultivating in Chaos City with access to the Universe Chaos Stele, while the Chaos City Lord worried that his path resembled the one that had doomed Kedi. After learning about Chaos True Spirits and the dangers of hunting Chaos Beasts, Zhang Junbao prepared to face the trials outside the city.

• Venerable Guiyi told Zhang Junbao he would visit him on Yuxiang Mountain in ten years, and Zhang Junbao planned to use his Chaos Stele opportunities to improve.
• The Chaos City Lord reflected on Zhang Junbao's mysterious soul, warned him away from fusing the Ten Great Laws, and feared he might share Kedi's fate.
• Zhang Junbao studied the Universe Chaos Stele, while Venerable Nine Swords gave up on recruiting him and the Ganwu Country Lord granted his family and Earth greater favor.
• Rong Jun passed the first Heavenly Bridge level and became a Universe Country Lord's disciple, while True Yan King secretly took Luo Feng as his disciple after Luo Feng nearly passed the second level.
• Zhang Junbao found traces of the Ten Great Laws in Kedi's carvings, then learned from a stone tablet that Chaos True Spirits came from slain Chaos Beasts and could strengthen souls.
• Rong Jun warned Zhang Junbao that more than a hundred young cultivators had died hunting Chaos Beasts, then set out to hunt them himself as Zhang Junbao continued studying the dangers and rules.

Zhang Junbao hunted Chaos Beasts outside Chaos City, strengthening his affinity with the Origin of Laws before returning to study the Universe Chaos Stele’s paired secret art. As the thirty years in Chaos City ended, Rong Jun learned that Junbao had become far stronger, while Junbao’s study of the laws had advanced rapidly.

• Zhang Junbao killed hundreds of Universe Level Chaos Beasts and absorbed their Chaos True Spirits, then hunted Domain Lord Level beasts until a charge of more than a thousand drove him to retreat.
• Rong Jun told the Yuan Chen Country Lord that the Chaos Beasts had nearly killed him, and his teacher showed him a video of Zhang Junbao’s hunt.
• The Yuan Chen Country Lord warned Rong Jun that Zhang Junbao was far ahead of his peers but might risk his talent by pursuing the difficult path of fusing the Ten Great Laws.
• The video of Zhang Junbao’s hunt spread among the geniuses, and Zhang Junbao returned to his Heaven-Questioning Residence.
• Zhang Junbao learned that On the Universe was the secret art paired with the Universe Chaos Stele and studied it alongside Detailed Explanation of the Ten Great Laws.
• Zhang Junbao immersed himself in studying the Law Essence and secret arts, and thirty years passed in the blink of an eye.

After thirty years of secluded study in Chaos City, Zhang Junbao had comprehended the Origins of the Ten Great Laws and emerged ready to test his progress. He and Ai Chen entered the Tongtian Bridge Plane to attempt the Heavenly Bridge, drawing the attention of those who had wondered whether his talent had stalled.

• Venerable Guiyi told Chaos City Lord that Zhang Junbao had mastered nearly all the Mysteries of the Eight Great Fundamental Laws and most of time and space, and might finish the first volume of Detailed Explanation of the Ten Great Laws within a month.
• Zhang Junbao emerged from seclusion after analyzing the Origins of all Ten Great Laws, and recognized that he could now form Law-based secret techniques with ease.
• Zhang Junbao visited Luo Feng, Wuka, and Rong Jun, then met Ai Chen, who said she planned to attempt the third level of the Heavenly Bridge.
• Zhang Junbao and Ai Chen entered the Virtual Universe’s Tongtian Bridge Plane, where Guardian Bafen prepared to notify those watching for Zhang Junbao’s return.

After thirty years in Chaos City, Zhang Junbao returned to the Heavenly Bridge and drew the attention of geniuses and powerful figures across the universe. He swiftly defeated the seventh-level gatekeeper and flew toward the eighth level.

• The Ganwu Country Lord and Immortal God Thirteen celebrated news of Zhang Junbao's Heavenly Bridge attempt, while a popular legend credited the Country Lord with guiding Zhang Junbao to the Origin of Laws.
• Geniuses and Universe Venerables gathered or watched the broadcast as Ai Chen and Zhang Junbao prepared to attempt the Heavenly Bridge.
• Ai Chen passed the third level but was killed by the fourth-level gatekeeper, then returned to watch Zhang Junbao.
• Zhang Junbao reunited with Luo Feng, Rong Jun, Bolan, Wuka, Jiang Mo, and Qian Shui, startling them by claiming he had visited their cultivation spots without their noticing.
• Zhang Junbao flew directly to the seventh level and split its gatekeeper in two before heading for the eighth.

After thirty years of cultivation, Zhang Junbao passed the seventh and eighth levels of the Universe Heavenly Bridge with a single sword stroke, revealing a technique that dismantled attacks into fundamental laws. He cleared the ninth level by switching to a reinforced Space-Time attack and continued toward the tenth, while the other geniuses realized his advantage lay in understanding laws at a higher level.

• Zhang Junbao killed the seventh-level gatekeeper with one stroke, leaving the watching geniuses unable to see his attack.
• Bolan and Luo Feng admitted they could not block Zhang Junbao's sword, while Luo Feng vowed to keep striving to follow him.
• Zhang Junbao defeated the eighth-level Controller, and Venerable Nine Swords explained that he broke down attacks by reversing Space-Time Law into the eight fundamental laws.
• Zhang Junbao failed to dismantle the ninth-level gatekeeper's attack, so he reinforced his Space-Time technique with the Eight Great Fundamental Laws and passed.
• Bolan and the others recognized that Zhang Junbao had fused the principles of secret techniques into his own method and viewed laws from a higher level.

Zhang Junbao passed the Tenth Layer of the Heavenly Bridge by killing its Immortal-level guardian with Chaos First Opens, but the eleventh-layer guardian stopped the technique and defeated him. Watching Zhang Junbao’s battle, Bolan, Rong Jun, Luo Feng, and Wuka cast aside their fear of failure and headed to the Killing Field together.

• Zhang Junbao used the sixth form of the Space-Time Hunyuan Sword, Chaos First Opens, to destroy the Tenth Layer’s guardian and pass the trial.
• Venerable Nine Swords explained that Zhang Junbao had fused the Ten Great Laws to strengthen the Space-Time Law, astonishing the observing geniuses.
• Zhang Junbao challenged the eleventh layer, but its guardian stopped his Space-Time Vortexes and killed him, though the effort made the guardian spit blood.
• Zhang Junbao returned to the Heaven-Questioning Residence, where Bolan, Luo Feng, and Rong Jun discussed his feat and Rong Jun challenged Bolan to fight.
• Wuka joined Bolan, Rong Jun, and Luo Feng, and the four teleported to the Killing Field to begin a melee.

Luo Feng, Bolan, Rong Jun, and Wuka fought a grueling three-day battle before Zhang Junbao arrived and encouraged them to aim for the universe’s greatest heights. Zhang Junbao then shared his insights into the Laws, and the five geniuses ended their time in Chaos City with a month-long discussion of the Dao and a lecture from Venerable Guiyi.

• Luo Feng killed Wuka, Bolan killed Rong Jun, and Luo Feng and Bolan ultimately perished together after fighting for three days and nights.
• Zhang Junbao found the exhausted geniuses and urged them to strengthen their resolve and pursue power beyond becoming Immortals.
• Zhang Junbao challenged Rong Jun using the Laws of Earth and Space, defeated him, and explained how the Space Law could strengthen Rong Jun’s Earth-based slash.
• Zhang Junbao offered to help Bolan understand how to fuse the Laws of Wind and Space, and the five geniuses exchanged insights during their final month in Chaos City.
• Venerable Guiyi lectured all five geniuses at Zhang Junbao’s request, and they thanked him and promised to heed his guidance.

Before leaving Chaos City, Zhang Junbao revealed to the Chaos City Lord that he had deliberately hidden his true strength, received a soul-protecting treasure, and accepted a powerful ship from Venerable Guiyi. As the cohort departed for the Four Great Secret Realms, Zhang Junbao and Luo Feng reunited with Hong and Thunder God, who had passed a test to enter Chaos City.

• Zhang Junbao met the Chaos City Lord, demonstrated strength sufficient to pass the twelfth Heavenly Bridge level, and explained that he had intentionally stopped at the tenth to conceal his abilities.
• The Chaos City Lord warned Zhang Junbao about assassins and Soul Enslavement, then gave him the Heavenly Spirit Soul-Stabilizing Pearl to protect his soul.
• Venerable Guiyi gave Zhang Junbao a G-class Void Whale ship fused with a Metal Lifeform.
• Bolan and Luo Feng passed the seventh Heavenly Bridge level, Rong Jun passed the sixth, and Wuka passed the fifth before the cohort's departure.
• Venerable Nine Swords gathered the surviving geniuses and announced that they would be sent to the Four Great Secret Realms.
• Zhang Junbao and Luo Feng reunited with Hong and Thunder God, who had passed the Chaos City Lord's test, and advised them before boarding the departing ship.

Zhang Junbao and Bolan arrived at the Primal Secret Region after Venerable Nine Swords warned them about the dangers of the universe. Zhang Junbao began considering how to gain influence to protect Earth, then discovered that Venerable Guiyi had come to guide his cultivation.

• Luo Feng, Rong Jun, Wuka, Qian Shui, and Ai Chen said farewell to Zhang Junbao and Bolan before leaving for the Primordial Secret Realm.
• Venerable Nine Swords explained the Cosmic Secret Realms and cautioned Zhang Junbao and Bolan to value survival over treasure hunting.
• Zhang Junbao and Bolan reached their residences in the Primal Secret Region, where a silver-haired Immortal introduced the Ninth Spacetime and its 136 Wu Chen Planets.
• Zhang Junbao considered how to gain enough strength and influence to protect Earth from the powerful human organizations.
• Zhang Junbao found Venerable Guiyi waiting at his estate and learned that his second senior brother had volunteered to guide his cultivation through an Immortal-level Clone.

Zhang Junbao explored the Virtual Universe Company’s cultivation options, raised his body to Universe Level Ninth Stage, and went to the Immortal Altar to test his strength with Luo Feng. The chapter ended with Zhang Junbao earning 16,000 points and Luo Feng discovering how poorly he controlled his physical strength.

• Zhang Junbao reviewed the Virtual Universe’s study and cultivation options, considered the risks of training missions, and decided to seek safe Cosmic Secret Realms while postponing attempts to create a Clone Secret Technique.
• Zhang Junbao used a Nutrient Pod to advance from Universe Level First Stage to Universe Level Ninth Stage in a little over ten days.
• Zhang Junbao invited Luo Feng to the Immortal Altar to test their physical strength, where the absence of external energy made Zhang Junbao feel at ease.
• Zhang Junbao completed five strikes in under 0.1 seconds, scored 98 units, and earned 16,000 points.
• Luo Feng managed a best strike of only 34 units and received no points, while Zhang Junbao resolved to improve his control over his newly strengthened body.

After earning points at the Immortal Altar and Illusion Sea without drawing undue attention, Zhang Junbao sought to learn Treasure Refining as a way to advance his understanding of law fusion. The Chaos City Lord approved and sent him to the Iron Fire King, who agreed to teach him and assigned him a year to study the Encyclopedia of Universe Materials.

• Zhang Junbao and Luo Feng concealed their full abilities while earning points at the Illusion Sea, stopping at the ninth and eighth islands respectively.
• Zhang Junbao told Venerable Guiyi that he wanted to learn Treasure Refining to deepen his comprehension of the laws and fuse them.
• The Chaos City Lord approved Zhang Junbao's plan and ordered Venerable Guiyi to find him a suitable Treasure Refining master.
• Venerable Guiyi introduced Zhang Junbao to the Iron Fire King, who tested his understanding and agreed to teach him.
• The Iron Fire King gave Zhang Junbao the Encyclopedia of Universe Materials and told him to memorize it within a year.

Zhang Junbao studied materials and treasure forging under Iron Fire King, developing a method to fuse wood and light attributes into a powerful sword. After fifty years of training, he prepared to leave for points missions, receiving Iron Fire King's Divine Fire Armor as protection.

• Zhang Junbao studied the Encyclopedia of Universe Materials, and Feitian learned that top-tier Evolution Hearts came from Machine Race territory.
• Iron Fire King began teaching Zhang Junbao practical treasure forging, while Zhang Junbao deepened his understanding of the Ten Great Laws.
• Zhang Junbao and Iron Fire King argued over combining Light of the Stigmata with Longevity Wood, and Zhang Junbao proved that Locke Divine Water could make the fusion work.
• Zhang Junbao forged a wood- and light-attribute longsword, and Iron Fire King recognized that the method could open a new system of treasure forging.
• Zhang Junbao told Iron Fire King he needed to begin points missions, and Iron Fire King gave him the Heavy Treasure-level Divine Fire Armor for protection.

Zhang Junbao chose the perilous Viska Star mission, learned that the planet’s Ancestral God Tomb concealed immense danger, and traveled there under warnings from his mentors and Venerable Golden Crow. As the teleportation array activated, an Immortal among the travelers self-destructed, plunging Zhang Junbao into immediate danger.

• Zhang Junbao reviewed the Dangerous Level missions and selected Viska Star, suspecting it held relics connected to an Ancestral God.
• Chaos City Lord, Iron Fire King, Venerable Guiyi, and Venerable Golden Crow warned Zhang Junbao about Viska Star’s dangers, and Venerable Golden Crow gave him a feather to summon help.
• Zhang Junbao reached the palace above Viska Star, met Venerable Golden Crow, and was guided toward the planet’s teleportation array.
• Mingyue prepared the array to send Zhang Junbao and three other travelers to Viska Star, but an Immortal among them suddenly self-destructed as it activated.

An enslaved Immortal self-destructed to assassinate Zhang Junbao, but Venerable Golden Crow stopped most of the blast with the Divine Fire Armor protecting Zhang Junbao. After Zhang Junbao killed a second assassin who tried to self-destruct, Venerable Golden Crow erased witnesses’ memories and personally escorted him toward Viska Star.

• Pulike, an Alien Race-controlled Immortal, self-destructed during teleportation, killing a nearby World Lord before Venerable Golden Crow contained the blast and saved Zhang Junbao.
• Venerable Golden Crow ordered an investigation and soul examinations, explaining that the Alien Races had targeted Zhang Junbao because he was the Chaos City Lord’s disciple.
• Mingyue reported that Pulike’s World Lord disciple and relatives had also self-destructed, and Zhang Junbao realized another assassin might still be nearby.
• A surviving World Lord approached Zhang Junbao and tried to self-destruct, but Zhang Junbao used the Space-Time Hunyuan Sword to annihilate him in less than 0.1 seconds.
• Venerable Golden Crow erased the witnesses’ memories of Zhang Junbao killing the World Lord and warned him to conceal his strength.
• After examining everyone in the palace, Venerable Golden Crow personally flew Zhang Junbao toward Viska Star.

Zhang Junbao entered Viska Star despite Venerable Golden Crow’s warnings about its deadly zones and factional conflicts. After surviving an ambush and discovering a fanatic group called the Ancestral Soul Religion, he was left wondering what force drove its members to sacrifice their lives.

• Venerable Golden Crow warned Zhang Junbao that Viska Star’s space-time passages could send him into deadly zones, then sent him through the vortex to begin his mission.
• Zhang Junbao arrived above a vast abyss and watched a Viska Star youth and a One-Eyed Ghost Bird attack one another and then turn their attacks on him.
• Zhang Junbao killed the One-Eyed Ghost Bird and examined its innate law imprint before asking the youth who he was.
• Moyun, a member of the Demon Spirit Clan, killed the Viska Star youth by extracting his soul, then attacked Zhang Junbao and demanded his rune for the Ancestral Soul Religion.
• Zhang Junbao defeated Moyun, but Moyun self-destructed while praising the Ancestral God, leaving Zhang Junbao to wonder what the religion was.