Chapter Summaries

As the Black Dragon Mountain Ship traveled from Mars toward Qiu Long Star, Zhang Junbao and Babata explained the dangers and powers of the universe to Hong, Thunder God, and Luo Feng. The four overcame their initial shock with renewed determination, and the ship entered the Dark Universe.

• Zhang Junbao warned Hong, Thunder God, and Luo Feng that Earth was a vulnerable indigenous world and urged them to integrate into the universe and grow stronger.
• Babata explained the Virtual Universe Network and introduced the universe’s five great forces, including the banks, Giant Axe Arena, Universe Mercenary Alliance, and Virtual Universe Company.
• Hong, Thunder God, and Luo Feng responded to the universe’s immense power with excitement, discussing the chance to join its organizations and improve their abilities.
• Zhang Junbao encouraged the group to face their genetic disadvantages by solving problems step by step, and the four exchanged smiles as their fear turned into anticipation.
• The Black Dragon Mountain Ship accelerated to light speed, entered the Dark Universe, and shut down its exterior simulation.

Babata explained the dangers and customs of the universe as the group traveled through the Dark Universe to Qiu Long Star, where they registered as Black Dragon Mountain Empire citizens. Zhang Junbao then posed as a young noble to secure a contact at the Treasure Tower, and the group headed there to sell art.

• Babata warned Zhang Junbao, Hong, Thunder God, and Luo Feng about the universe’s slave trade, the need for citizenship, and the dangers of intervening without enough strength.
• During the nine-day Dark Universe journey, Babata taught the group about cosmic currencies, travel, and the relationship between the Dark Universe and the Original Universe.
• The group arrived at Qiu Long Star and used the Flowing Silver Guard’s presence to obtain Black Dragon Mountain Empire citizenship.
• Zhang Junbao tipped the official Zhas and pretended to be a young noble with ties to the Treasure Tower, prompting Zhas to give them a business card and contact its manager.
• Hong explained Zhang Junbao’s plan to use the officials’ assumptions to make the group seem important, and Babata led them toward the Treasure Tower.

Zhang Junbao and his companions sold five Earth antiques at the Treasure Tower for forty-eight billion Black Dragon Coins, then bought slaves to help defend Earth. They planned to find a transit planet as a second base and connect to the Virtual Universe Network.

• Zhang Junbao, Luo Feng, Hong, and Thunder God visited the Treasure Tower and met its manager, Aokaluo.
• Thunder God negotiated the sale of three famous paintings and two artworks, earning the group forty-eight billion Black Dragon Coins.
• Zhang Junbao set aside twelve billion Black Dragon Coins for shared expenses and divided the rest among the four companions.
• The group bought four Star Level Seventh Grade Spirit Readers, a hundred Star Level Low Rank martial artists, and a thousand Planetary Level Ninth Grade Spirit Readers for 2.3 billion Black Dragon Coins.
• Zhang Junbao said they needed to find a transit planet to protect Earth’s location and told the others they could buy helmets to access the Virtual Universe Network.

Zhang Junbao and his companions joined the Ganwu Dojo, then explored the Virtual Universe, where a mysterious white figure inspected Zhang Junbao and secretly granted him super administrator privileges. After buying equipment and treasures, the four left Qiu Long Star aboard the Black Dragon Spaceship, carrying new resources and responsibility for Earth’s future.

• Babata urged the group to join the Ganwu Dojo, and Zhang Junbao and the others signed up before splitting up to explore Qiu Long Star and the Virtual Universe.
• A mysterious white figure froze Zhang Junbao in the Virtual Universe, examined memories from both his lives, and disappeared after calling him a possible variable in the Original Universe.
• Zhang Junbao discovered a hidden Virtual Universe control interface offering him super administrator privileges that Babata and the others could not see.
• Zhang Junbao learned from Babata that primordial intelligent souls cost one trillion Universe Coins, then bought planetary surveillance equipment while Luo Feng, Hong, and Thunder God collected strength-enhancing treasures.
• The slaves and purchases were delivered to the Black Dragon Spaceship, and Zhang Junbao and his companions departed Qiu Long Star with Earth’s future in their hands.

After establishing a warehouse on Bailan Star, Zhang Junbao, Hong, Thunder God, and Luo Feng returned to Earth and discussed building strength and eventually buying the planet. Luo Feng found his family injured by Li Yao’s harassment, then killed Li Yao and Venina when they threatened him and nearby civilians.

• Zhang Junbao and the others rented a warehouse on Bailan Star, left Star Level slaves to manage it, and returned to Earth.
• Babata explained the costs and options for claiming Earth, while Zhang Junbao said he would pursue a way to make money in the Virtual Universe.
• Luo Feng gave everyone Azure Wave Marrow and returned home, where Luo Hua told him Li Yao had harmed and terrorized their family.
• Luo Feng confronted Li Yao and Venina at the HR Alliance Huaxia Headquarters after they threatened to kill nearby civilians with explosives.
• Luo Feng killed Venina and Li Yao with the Sky-Escaping Shuttle, ending the bounty farce, while Councilor Zhu Xi realized how powerful Luo Feng had become.

After establishing a new city near Jiangnan Base City, Zhang Junbao began studying the universe’s cultivation techniques and argued with Babata that he should combine the laws of time and space through the True Meaning of Taiji. Babata assigned him foundational techniques while agreeing to focus on Luo Feng, and Zhang Junbao continued his own cultivation path.

• Zhang Junbao and the others told Earth’s leaders about the universe and provided each country with two Consciousness Sensing Helmets.
• Zhang Junbao cleared demon beasts from the area near former City 023, where Huaxia built a new city and Zhang Junbao and Luo Feng’s family moved in.
• Zhang Junbao gave Jia Yi a Wood Bud Crystal as payment and advised him to absorb it himself instead of using it to create another Planetary Level expert.
• Zhang Junbao told Babata he intended to cultivate the Space Law and Time Law together and fuse universe techniques into the True Meaning of Taiji.
• Babata assigned Zhang Junbao Ten Thousand Line Flow, the Aurora Sword Technique, and the fundamental space and time manuals, while urging him to abandon the dual path if it proved unworkable.
• Zhang Junbao asked Babata to leave an intelligent clone with him and focus on guiding Luo Feng, so Babata’s main consciousness went to attend to Luo Feng.

Zhang Junbao used his super authorization for true sensations of death to challenge a Stellar Level One Golden Horned Beast, hoping the experience would improve his cultivation. He unleashed a soul-burning attack and pierced the beast, but the chapter ended as his sword struck its Soul Crystal Ball.

• Zhang Junbao examined his Universe Level super authorization and decided to test its true sensation of death in the challenge space.
• Zhang Junbao chose a normally grown, one-year-old Stellar Level One Golden Horned Beast as his opponent.
• Zhang Junbao's attacks barely affected the beast, and he used his domain to evade its powerful claw strikes.
• Zhang Junbao burned his soul and compressed his domain into his sword for a desperate attack.
• The Golden Horned Beast unleashed its own secret technique, but Zhang Junbao turned himself into a sword and pierced through its body toward its Soul Crystal Ball.

Zhang Junbao fought the Golden Horned Beast in the Virtual Universe Network and gained an insight into spacetime that let him bypass its soul defenses and kill it. Exhausted after the realistic death simulation, he returned to reality and told Babata he was fine.

• Zhang Junbao combined his Void Tower soul technique with a physical attack, but the Golden Horned Beast's secret patterns blocked his strike.
• Zhang Junbao burned his seven Miniature Planets to strengthen the Void Tower, and both fighters' life auras faded as the Golden Horned Beast's Soul Crystal Ball began to crack.
• Zhang Junbao found himself in a state of nothingness and reasoned that time and space existed wherever his thoughts and soul persisted.
• Zhang Junbao used Spacetime Distortion to attack the Golden Horned Beast's Soul Crystal Ball from another spacetime and shattered its soul.
• Zhang Junbao disconnected from the Virtual Universe Network, and Babata asked what had happened as Zhang Junbao assured him that he was fine.

Zhang Junbao used the Virtual Universe Network to study Golden Horned Beast secret patterns, strengthen his understanding of Space Law, and temper his will, while deciding to postpone serious secret-pattern research until after the Genius Battle. He then opened a wager-based Duel Space under the nickname Daoist Sanfeng and waited for challengers.

• Zhang Junbao studied the Golden Horned Beast’s secret patterns and found they helped him understand Space Law and improve his Ten Thousand Line Flow.
• Zhang Junbao concluded that he should focus on getting stronger before the Genius Battle and pursue systematic secret-pattern knowledge if he joined the Virtual Universe Company.
• Zhang Junbao reflected on how repeated virtual death had strengthened his will and state of mind.
• Zhang Junbao learned the rules of the Duel Space from Babata’s intelligent clone and paid ten million Black Dragon Coins to open his own space.
• Zhang Junbao registered as Daoist Sanfeng, set a one-billion-Black-Dragon-Coin wager and a hundred-thousand-coin spectator fee, then waited for challengers.

Zhang Junbao drew powerful fighters to his Duel Space with a billion Black Dragon Coin wager and defeated the popular Planetary Level combat streamer Yue Lun with ease. After attracting attention from more than 300,000 spectators, Zhang Junbao raised the next wager to five billion and sought a Stellar Level One opponent.

• Zhang Junbao opened a Planetary Level challenge with a billion Black Dragon Coin wager, drawing applications from thousands of fighters.
• Zhang Junbao chose Yue Lun, a Planetary Level Nine combat streamer who promised to teach him how to fight.
• Yue Lun attacked Zhang Junbao with fast, deceptive sword techniques, but Zhang Junbao blocked him and wounded his hand.
• Yue Lun used Ten Shadows Burial, but Zhang Junbao evaded the attack and beheaded him before he could react.
• More than 300,000 spectators watched the brief fight, and an expert explained that Zhang Junbao's speed and strength rivaled a Star Level fighter's.
• Zhang Junbao raised the wager to five billion Black Dragon Coins and told Babata to select a Stellar Level One opponent.

Zhang Junbao defeated the nine-star Stellar Level fighter Lüjita and continued taking wagered battles to sharpen his skills. Three months later, Thunder God reached Star Level and challenged Zhang Junbao, only to learn that Zhang Junbao had also advanced and defeat him in a spar.

• After defeating Yue Lun, Zhang Junbao raised his wager and challenged Stellar Level One fighters, drawing hundreds of thousands of spectators.
• Zhang Junbao fought Lüjita, using his domain and Taiji Sword to suppress the Saiya Galaxy prince even after he transformed and grew much stronger.
• Zhang Junbao killed Lüjita and asked Babata to raise the challenge threshold to Stellar Level Three, then fought ten wagered battles a day to improve.
• Three months later, Thunder God announced that he had reached Star Level and challenged Zhang Junbao to a spar on Earth.
• Zhang Junbao defeated Thunder God in ten minutes, then revealed that he had also reached Star Level.

Zhang Junbao and his companions confronted the Golden Horned Beast that had descended on Earth, discovering that it was a young Stellar Level One member of a pinnacle race. Rather than kill it at once, Zhang Junbao let Hong, Thunder God, and Luo Feng prepare to test themselves against it, while the surrounded beast fought back against the unexpected opposition.

• Zhang Junbao learned that a Devouring Beast was destroying American defenses, and Babata identified it as a Golden Horned Beast that had likely arrived on Earth as an undetected egg.
• Babata judged the beast to be Stellar Level One and urged Zhang Junbao to capture it so he could use its superior Gene Level to break his own genetic limits.
• Zhang Junbao brought Hong, Thunder God, Luo Feng, and four Stellar Level Seven slaves to the American Continent, where they found the Golden Horned Beast devouring a war base.
• Hong asked to fight the beast, and Zhang Junbao agreed to let him, Thunder God, and Luo Feng face it one at a time while the slaves kept it from escaping.
• The Golden Horned Beast unleashed its bloodline pressure, but the three men’s domains overwhelmed it; when it tried to flee, Zhang Junbao kicked it back, provoking it to roar and fight.

Hong, Luo Feng, and Thunder God took turns fighting the young Golden Horned Beast while Zhang Junbao watched and recorded its techniques. After Hong wounded it and Luo Feng and Thunder God battered it into submission, Zhang Junbao stood before the terrified beast.

• Zhang Junbao told Babata to conceal the battle from Earth’s network surveillance, and Hong volunteered to fight the Golden Horned Beast first.
• Hong used his domain, spear, and combat experience to outmaneuver the inexperienced beast, then pierced its body and withdrew when his strength ran low.
• The wounded Golden Horned Beast used a strengthening technique and targeted Luo Feng, so Zhang Junbao sent Luo Feng and Thunder God to fight it together.
• Luo Feng and Thunder God fought recklessly for ten minutes, leaving themselves bloodied and the Golden Horned Beast mangled and terrified.
• Zhang Junbao stood before the weakened Golden Horned Beast as it wailed.

Zhang Junbao subdued the Golden Horned Beast and chose Luo Feng to possess it, believing the beast’s Gold-Space path suited Luo Feng better than his own Taiji Path of Yin-Yang. After Luo Feng accepted the risk to help protect Earth, Zhang Junbao broke through the beast’s soul defense and Luo Feng began the possession.

• The Golden Horned Beast’s final attack missed Zhang Junbao, who redirected its golden beam into the sky, while the four Star Level slaves suppressed its soul.
• Zhang Junbao rejected Babata’s suggestion that he possess the beast and explained that the Golden Horned Beast’s Gold-Space path suited Luo Feng, while he remained committed to Taiji.
• Zhang Junbao warned Luo Feng that Earth could be invaded and its people enslaved, prompting Luo Feng to accept the possession and vow to protect Earth.
• Zhang Junbao gradually broke through the Golden Horned Beast’s soul defense as Luo Feng prepared his Void Tower and sent his soul into the beast’s Soul Crystal Ball.
• Luo Feng’s possession of the Golden Horned Beast began.

Luo Feng fought the Golden Horned Beast’s weakened consciousness and successfully possessed its body, gaining its vast inherited knowledge and secret techniques. As he began adapting to his new form, he discovered the Clone technique could let him regain a human body, while Zhang Junbao and the others prepared to venture into the universe.

• Zhang Junbao, Hong, Thunder God, and Babata waited on the beach while Luo Feng struggled to possess the Golden Horned Beast, and Hong and Thunder God advanced their domains through the experience.
• Luo Feng used his determination to protect Earth and his loved ones to crush the Golden Horned Beast’s consciousness and devour its soul.
• Babata confirmed Luo Feng’s success, and Luo Feng began learning to control the beast’s body as he received its inherited memories and secret techniques.
• Luo Feng explained that the Golden Horned Beast could grow by devouring metal and that its inheritance included the Strengthening, Devouring, and Clone techniques.
• Zhang Junbao told Luo Feng to collect Earth’s spaceship wrecks for food and said it was time for them to venture into the universe.
• Luo Feng discovered the Clone technique could give him a human body again and excitedly shared the news.

Luo Feng decided to use his Golden Horned Beast’s first clone slot to gestate a copy of his original body, so he could return to his family without waiting for another hundred years. The gestation began successfully, and the chapter ended with Luo Feng challenging Thunder God to a spar while the others watched.

• Luo Feng rejected Babata’s warning that using the first clone slot on his low-gene-grade original body would waste it, and Thunder God asked whether Luo Feng could gestate another Golden Horned Beast; Luo Feng said earlier attempts had failed.
• Zhang Junbao compared the Golden Horned Beast’s clone technique to One Qi Transforms into Three Purities and asked Luo Feng to share its inherited information and record the gestation process.
• Luo Feng agreed to let Babata record the process, then used the Clone technique to form a golden egg around his original body’s genetic material inside the Internal World.
• Zhang Junbao studied the secret patterns, while Luo Feng learned the clone would take about a year to gestate and would match his original body’s strength and genes.
• Thunder God joked that Luo Feng was pregnant, so Luo Feng challenged him to spar; Hong and Zhang Junbao encouraged Thunder God, who activated his domain to dodge Luo Feng’s first blow.

After battling the Golden Horned Beast, Thunder God advanced his understanding of lightning, and Luo Feng comprehended a Fourth-Level Domain of Metal. Meanwhile, an explorer ship emerged from a wormhole into the Milky Way Galaxy, where its crew hoped to claim the inheritance of a fallen expert.

• Thunder God explained how observing electrical charges and the Golden Horned Beast’s metal attribute had improved his Lightning Domain, and Zhang Junbao discussed how scientific principles could reveal laws.
• Luo Feng reflected on the Law of Metal and developed a domain that Babata identified as a Fourth-Level Domain.
• Hong noted that Luo Feng’s Golden Horned Beast bloodline had let him reach that level instantly, while Luo Feng’s self-comprehension gave the domain greater flexibility and potential.
• An adventure ship emerged from an unrecorded wormhole in the Milky Way Galaxy, and its captain ordered the crew to record their discovery and report their position.
• A crew member recognized the Milky Way as a hidden region once occupied by a fallen expert and suggested that the expert’s inheritance could now be claimed.

Luo Feng stayed on Earth to gestate an Earthling Clone while Zhang Junbao, Hong, and Thunder God went to Qiu Long Star to claim Hu Yanbo’s inheritance and arrange Earth’s purchase. They withdrew only ten billion Ganwu Coins, bought Earth for 2.1 billion, and had 7.9 billion left for the combined metals Luo Feng needed.

• Zhang Junbao told Luo Feng that Xu Xin was pregnant and that Luo Feng’s Earthling Clone would take about a year to gestate.
• Babata asked Zhang Junbao to use part of Hu Yanbo’s inheritance to buy combined metals for Luo Feng, and Zhang Junbao agreed to buy Earth as well.
• Luo Feng sank to the bottom of the sea to gestate his Clone while Zhang Junbao, Hong, and Thunder God traveled to Qiu Long Star.
• Zhang Junbao told Hong and Thunder God about the coming Universe Genius Battle and urged them to prepare by comprehending the Laws.
• The three withdrew ten billion Ganwu Coins, bought Earth for 2.1 billion, and found that the remaining 7.9 billion would also need to cover Luo Feng’s metals.

Babata explained how metal consumption could accelerate the Golden Horned Beast’s growth, and the group bought an expensive year’s supply for Luo Feng. After worrying that their cultivation was falling behind, Hong, Thunder God, and Zhang Junbao learned that the Giant Axe Arena could offer the fierce battles they needed to grow.

• Babata explained that the Golden Horned Beast could evolve much faster by devouring a precisely mixed combination of pure metals, and that Luo Feng’s body gave him an enormous growth advantage.
• Zhang Junbao’s death-insight training had raised his mental power amplitude to around 80, while Hong and Thunder God lacked comparable opportunities to advance.
• Hong said that protecting Earth mattered more than comparing their individual strength, and Thunder God suggested buying metal for Luo Feng instead of worrying.
• The group bought a year’s supply of metal combinations at the Treasure Pavilion, spending most of their recently acquired Ganwu Coins.
• Thunder God asked Aokaluo where they could fight to improve quickly, and Aokaluo recommended the Giant Axe Arena as a place where many warriors advanced to Domain Lord Level.
• Zhang Junbao became interested in joining the Giant Axe Arena to gain experience.

Zhang Junbao, Hong, and Thunder God learned the rules and rewards for becoming Giant Axe Warriors, then brought Luo Feng along to the Giant Axe Arena. After hearing that a World Lord title could earn a place to study in the Initial Universe, the four resolved to pursue the challenge.

• Aokaluo explained that challengers had to pay one hundred million Ganwu Coins and win one thousand consecutive arena matches to earn the Giant Axe Warrior title.
• Zhang Junbao, Hong, and Thunder God decided to challenge for the title and returned to their spaceship to enter the Virtual Universe Network.
• Thunder God told Luo Feng about the Giant Axe Arena, and the four teleported there together.
• Babata explained the rewards at each level, including a place to study in the Initial Universe for a World Lord Level Giant Axe Warrior.
• Luo Feng and the others learned that the Initial Universe study place was worth more than a trillion Hunyuan Units and resolved to claim the title.