Recaps

Lu Qingshan sold the first three layers of Thunderlight Flash to Marquis Silvermoon for 50 Hunyuan Units and was promoted to Special-Class Instructor, with Ling Yu assigned to his care. After Ling Yu’s initial grasp of the Time Origin Law triggered a thousandfold return, Lu Qingshan advanced his comprehension and nearly completed the Star Map.

• Marquis Silvermoon bought the first three layers of Thunderlight Flash from Lu Qingshan for 50 Hunyuan Units, while Lu retained the right to teach it to his disciples and juniors.
• Marquis Silvermoon promoted Lu Qingshan to Special-Class Instructor, doubled his compensation, and placed Ling Yu’s education in his hands.
• Bai Mei resigned as Ling Yu’s instructor and took responsibility for the mystic region’s other geniuses, while Lu Qingshan recommended his disciples Lei Ming and Parisi for special attention.
• Lu Qingshan planned Ling Yu’s training around the Time Law, combat skills, and soul defense, then returned to his villa.
• Lu Qingshan received a thousandfold return from Ling Yu’s initial grasp of the Time Origin Law and comprehended the essence of seven stars in the Star Map.

Lu Qingshan compiled seven saber techniques based on the Time Origin Law into a manual he named “Qingshan,” then tested them against Golden Sword and managed to inflict damage for the first time. After learning the Ganwu Auction was about to begin, he arrived at the venue hoping to find resources to help him break through to World Lord and was stunned by the crowd of World Lords.

• Lu Qingshan spent three months turning seven essences of the Time Origin Law into saber techniques and collected them in a volume named “Qingshan.”
• Lu Qingshan tested his new techniques against Golden Sword in the Killing Space, shattered several of Golden Sword’s Phantom Bodies, and was himself defeated.
• Nasus told Lu Qingshan that the Ganwu Auction would be held in one day, and Lu Qingshan checked that he had 67 Hunyuan and 478.2 billion Universe Coins.
• Lu Qingshan decided to seek auction resources that could transform his soul and help him advance from Domain Lord Ninth Stage to World Lord.
• Lu Qingshan traveled through the Virtual Universe to the Ganwu Auction and found an enormous crowd, including more than ten thousand World Lords in one group.

Lu Qingshan attended the Ganwu Auction under the alias Han Li and met Kuntukutakaticotesuwaxilasong, a young descendant of the Giant Dragon Empire. Kuntu bought the Sangsong Secret Realm for 150 Hunyuan Units, then told Lu Qingshan that he was broke and it was his turn to bid.

• Lu Qingshan joined the auction queue and met Kuntukutakaticotesuwaxilasong, who said the Giant Dragon Empire had ordered him to secure a secret realm.
• Lu Qingshan and Kuntu received neighboring seats at the auction, where host Barto announced that 1.67 million bidders had arrived.
• Barto introduced the Sangsong Secret Realm, a resource-rich territory within the Giant Dragon Empire, and opened bidding at thirty Hunyuan Units.
• Kuntu outbid the other bidders and secured the Sangsong Secret Realm for 150 Hunyuan Units.
• Kuntu told Lu Qingshan that he was broke and that it was Lu Qingshan's turn to put on a show.

Lu Qingshan searched the auction for treasures that could transform his soul, bought Lanke Fruits for Lei Ming and Parisi, and found none of the soul treasures he wanted. The grand finale began with the auction of a One-Horned Ghost King's horn, which immediately caught Lu Qingshan’s attention.

• Kuntu told Lu Qingshan that Sangsong Fruit could strengthen the souls of those below Universe Level, but not a Domain Lord’s.
• Barto opened the auction with lots of spaceships, Machine Race battle suits, and the Universe Divine Weapon, which sold for 5.3 Hunyuan Units.
• Lu Qingshan bought ten batches of Lanke Fruits for Lei Ming and Parisi, spending 1.8 Hunyuan Units.
• Lu Qingshan waited through the two-day auction for a treasure to transform his soul, but none appeared.
• Barto announced the horn of a One-Horned Ghost King as a grand finale lot, and Lu Qingshan stared at it intently.

At the Ganwu Auction, Lu Qingshan recognized the One-Horned Ghost King's horn as potentially important to Ling Yu and bid on it despite its flaws. After the auctioneer revealed it could neither provide Time Law patterns nor be used to nurture a clone, Lu Qingshan still won it for 30 Hunyuan Units.

• Lu Qingshan saw the One-Horned Ghost King's horn and decided to try to buy it, wondering whether it could benefit Ling Yu.
• An Immortal and a white-robed man recognized the horn's potential and prepared to acquire it, while most bidders waited for an explanation.
• Barto revealed that the horn came from a rare Special Lifeform with a 50-fold Gene Level, but its Time Origin Law patterns had been erased and it could not nurture a clone.
• Barto opened bidding at one Hunyuan Unit, and Kuntu and other bidders raised the price before Lu Qingshan entered the contest at 15 Hunyuan Units.
• Lu Qingshan bid 30 Hunyuan Units, outlasted the other bidders, and won the horn.

Lu Qingshan finished the auction, arranged to buy Sangsong Fruits from Kuntu, and received his purchases at the Ganwu Dojo before returning to the Ganwu Mystic Region. The next morning, a mysterious powerhouse arrived at his courtyard and asked for him, but Lu Qingshan had already left.

• Lu Qingshan left the auction with only 35 Hunyuan Units, then agreed to buy 10,000 Sangsong Fruits from Kuntu for delivery to Ganwu City.
• Crocodile King thought he recognized Lu Qingshan at the auction and renewed his determination to bring his brothers and sisters to the core region.
• Lu Qingshan considered how to give Ling Yu the One-Horned Ghost King's horn without arousing suspicion.
• A month later, Lu Qingshan received the Lanke Fruits and the horn from the Universe Galaxy Bank, then paid for the Sangsong Fruits when they arrived and returned to the Ganwu Mystic Region.
• A mysterious powerhouse appeared at Lu Qingshan's courtyard the next morning, and Luo Er told the stranger that his master had left the previous night.

Lu Qingshan learned that a mysterious powerhouse had searched for him and suspected the Immortal Kunshaluo was behind the pursuit of his Locke Divine Water. He gave his disciples Sangsong Fruits and confirmed that the Genius Battle would take place in twelve years.

• Lu Qingshan heard from Luo Er that a mysterious powerhouse had visited his estate and resolved to grow strong enough to reach the World Lord realm.
• Lu Qingshan asked Yang who backed the Treasure Pavilion, learned it was the Immortal Kunshaluo, and connected him to the scheme involving his Locke Divine Water.
• Lu Qingshan summoned Lei Ming and Parisi, gave them Sangsong Fruits to strengthen their souls, and urged them to raise their domains to the ninth stage.
• Lu Qingshan confirmed that the Genius Battle would take place in twelve years, and Lei Ming and Parisi vowed to work hard.

Lu Qingshan learned that Dragon Soul Jade would accelerate his soul’s transformation and decided to remain in the Ganwu Mystic Region while it worked. He then trained Ling Yu in applying the Time Law to her sword technique, leaving her exhausted after a month of strict practice.

• Lu Qingshan used Nasus to identify Dragon Soul Jade, wore it, and found that it greatly accelerated his soul’s evolution.
• Lu Qingshan decided to stay in the Ganwu Mystic Region for ten years, hoping to complete his soul transformation before the Genius Battle.
• Lu Qingshan demonstrated how to apply the Time Law to Wind Thunder Thrust, then guided Ling Yu as she struggled to imitate the move.
• Lu Qingshan ordered Ling Yu to practice for more than twenty hours a day and corrected her technique while resting beneath a lightning-struck tree.
• After a month of training, Ling Yu collapsed from exhaustion and glanced curiously at the single horn Lu Qingshan was holding.

Ling Yu discovered that Lu Qingshan’s horn helped her comprehend the Time Law and awakened a consciousness inside it, which offered to evolve her hidden One-Horned Ghost King bloodline. After giving Ling Yu the horn, Lu Qingshan received a One-Horned Ghost King clone in return and learned that Ling Yu had entered seclusion.

• Ling Yu told Lu Qingshan that holding his horn made her comprehension of the Time Law far stronger, so he lent it to her.
• After Lu Qingshan left, a consciousness inside the horn told Ling Yu that her hidden One-Horned Ghost King bloodline had awakened and offered to evolve it.
• Ling Yu agreed to the evolution and prepared to enter seclusion, while the consciousness warned her not to take the horn out again.
• Lu Qingshan received a One-Horned Ghost King clone as a thousandfold return for giving Ling Yu the horn and estimated it would finish gestating in about three years.
• The next morning, Lu Qingshan learned that Ling Yu had entered seclusion for a few days.

Ling Yu told Lu Qingshan that the horn had awakened her bloodline and revealed its time origin law secret patterns. Lu Qingshan let her keep it through the Genius Battle and urged her to aim for first place, while recognizing the horn’s immense value and hoping she would keep it safe.

• Ling Yu emerged from seclusion and showed Lu Qingshan the horn, now covered in time origin law secret patterns.
• Ling Yu told Lu Qingshan about the strange consciousness, the changes to her body and bloodline, and the opportunity she had received.
• Lu Qingshan explained that a powerful One-Horned Ghost King had likely concealed the horn’s secret patterns and helped Ling Yu before its consciousness dissipated.
• Ling Yu offered the horn back, but Lu Qingshan let her keep it until the Genius Battle ended and raised his goal for her to winning first place.
• Ling Yu promised to take first place, kept the horn, and returned to cultivate while Lu Qingshan reflected on its value and her chances.

Lu Qingshan continued using the Dragon Soul Jade to transform his soul while preparing to stay in the Ganwu Mystic Region until he reached World Lord Level. After comprehending all nine stars in the Star Chart, he formed two new time-law saber manuals and realized that mastering the chart itself would require further work.

• Lu Qingshan assessed the growing supply of Locke Divine Water and resolved to remain in the Ganwu Mystic Region until he became a World Lord, while his One-Horned Ghost King clone continued gestating.
• Lu Qingshan told Star Eater to consume the Locke Divine Water and try to break through to World Lord so it could help him.
• Lu Qingshan used the time origin law insights returned through Ling Yu to comprehend the Star Chart for seventeen days and twenty-one hours.
• Lu Qingshan created the saber techniques Moon Slashing and Starlight, completing nine manuals that each represented an essence of the time origin law.
• Lu Qingshan concluded that the nine essences were not the same as fully mastering the Star Chart and believed he could unite them through further comprehension.

Kunshaluo went to the Ganwu Mystic Region seeking Lu Qingshan and his Locke Divine Water, but Marquis Silvermoon restricted his movements and warned him away from Wind Thunder Island. Lu Qingshan sensed Marquis Silvermoon’s visit, then encountered his neighbor Blood Pupil, who had a congratulatory message for him.

• Kunshaluo demanded that his subordinates find Lu Qingshan, then decided to enter the Ganwu Mystic Region with a Dragon Blood Bodhi Seed as a gift for Marquis Canghai.
• Marquis Silvermoon confronted Kunshaluo, verified his reason for visiting with Marquis Canghai, and restricted him to Canghai Island and public areas while forbidding him from Wind Thunder Island.
• Kunshaluo left for Canghai Island, realizing that Lu Qingshan was likely on Wind Thunder Island and that Marquis Silvermoon’s warning made his plan difficult.
• Lu Qingshan sensed Marquis Silvermoon’s time-origin fluctuations and concluded that she had visited the island.
• Blood Pupil approached Lu Qingshan and said he had something to congratulate him on.

Lu Qingshan refused Kunshaluo’s invitation to meet in person, then confronted him in the Virtual Universe, where Kunshaluo demanded the Locke Divine Water and threatened him. Lu Qingshan left without yielding and warned his family to take shelter in the Black Dragon Mountain Empire’s capital.

• Blood Pupil told Lu Qingshan that Kunshaluo had asked him to visit Island 526, but Lu Qingshan refused because he had a grudge against Kunshaluo.
• After Kunshaluo insisted on meeting in the Virtual Universe, Lu Qingshan agreed and went to the Ganwu Dojo rather than the Treasure Pavilion.
• Kunshaluo demanded Lu Qingshan hand over his Locke Divine Water and threatened him, then offered to make him a personal disciple if he complied.
• Lu Qingshan refused Kunshaluo’s offer, called him a thief, and left the Virtual Universe.
• Lu Qingshan asked Nasus to block incoming mail and warned Lu Lingxiao and Kevin to hide in the Black Dragon Mountain Empire’s capital.

Lu Qingshan dealt with the fallout from Kunshaluo’s feud while continuing to train Ling Yu and strengthen her soul defenses. He refused Ling Yu’s offer to seek Marquis Silvermoon’s help and warned her to keep her valuable secrets hidden.

• Yang asked Lu Qingshan about the rumors, and Lu Qingshan explained that Kunshaluo wanted to force him to reveal a treasure he had sold.
• Yang promised to remain Lu Qingshan’s friend and advised him to stay cautious around Kunshaluo.
• Lu Qingshan learned that his and Parisi’s treatment had not changed, though several neighbors and Bai Mei kept their distance.
• Lu Qingshan praised Ling Yu’s 28 Temporal Phantoms and improved Wind Thunder Thrust, then gave her the soul secret technique Void Eye.
• Ling Yu offered to ask Marquis Silvermoon to help resolve Lu Qingshan’s conflict with Kunshaluo, but Lu Qingshan refused and cautioned her not to flaunt her wealth.

Lu Qingshan cultivated Thousand-Thread Soul Refinement and experienced reincarnation illusions that tested and strengthened his soul and will. He returned to reality with his soul’s transformation accelerated and estimated that he could break through to World Lord in about six years.

• Lu Qingshan received the first volume of Soul Analysis, containing 3,172 Soul Secret Techniques, as a return for giving his disciple Void Eye.
• Lu Qingshan decided to begin with Thousand-Thread Soul Refinement and told Nasus to wake him after ten days.
• In an illusion, Lu Qingshan relived being denied credit and driven from Tengke Company, then returned years later to acquire the company and punish Yang Yunyun.
• Lu Qingshan entered another illusion as Great Qian’s crown prince, inherited the throne, and became a victorious emperor after cultivating martial arts.
• Lu Qingshan awoke with only a few hours left on the timer and found that Thousand-Thread Soul Refinement had sped up his soul’s transformation, bringing his World Lord breakthrough closer.

After two years of cultivating the Thousand-Thread Soul Refinement Technique, Lu Qingshan felt his soul nearing a breakthrough to the World Lord realm. His One-Horned Ghost King clone hatched, revealing powerful abilities and a connection that could let Lu Qingshan survive the destruction of either body.

• Ling Yu mastered Wind Thunder Thrust, advanced her Thunderlight Flash, and strengthened her soul by condensing the Eye of the Void.
• Lu Qingshan explained that his soul was transforming rapidly and left when he sensed the One-Horned Ghost King clone was about to hatch.
• Lu Qingshan watched the massive egg crack open and the One-Horned Ghost King emerge at the Domain Lord Ninth Stage.
• Lu Qingshan discovered that the clone shared his soul aura, had a 10,081-faceted Life Core, and could potentially revive if either body was destroyed.
• Lu Qingshan examined the clone's inherited techniques, including Time Acceleration, disguise, and the lethal Time Reincarnation.

After the One-Horned Ghost King clone transformed Lu Qingshan’s soul and granted him powerful abilities, he broke through to World Lord by drawing on the Primal Universe’s Origin Land. His Internal World grew into a vast continent surrounded by an ocean, and he shaped it into a living world while remembering his deceased wife, Catherine.

• Lu Qingshan considered the One-Horned Ghost King’s disguise, time acceleration, and deadly ultimate move, then resolved to break through to World Lord.
• Lu Qingshan connected his Life Core to the universe, absorbed World Power, and entered the Primal Universe’s Origin Land to receive its gift.
• Lu Qingshan’s Internal World expanded past ninety thousand kilometers in diameter, and he turned the remaining World Power into an ocean.
• Lu Qingshan formed mountains, valleys, rivers, lakes, trees, flowers, and aquatic life throughout his new world.
• Lu Qingshan created a sea of flowers and remembered how Catherine’s companionship had warmed him, holding onto a faint hope of seeing her again.

After breaking through to World Lord, Lu Qingshan and his One-Horned Ghost King clone gained vastly faster law-comprehension speeds, and Lu Qingshan rapidly analyzed more of the Time Origin Law. He decided to send the clone out to face the Treasure Pavilion’s pressure and left Wind Thunder Island to prepare for its departure.

• The One-Horned Ghost King broke through to World Lord, and Lu Qingshan found that World Lords could comprehend laws far faster than before.
• Lu Qingshan used the Star Chart to analyze the Time Origin Law, mastering its eleventh essence after three years of cultivation.
• Lu Qingshan noted that Lei Ming and Parisi were still struggling with the Lightning Origin Law, while Ling Yu’s progress with the Time Law increasingly benefited him.
• Lu Qingshan decided that his One-Horned Ghost King clone would leave to avoid hindering his cultivation and to respond to Kunshaluo’s monitoring and coercion.
• Lu Qingshan left his manor and flew away from Wind Thunder Island for the first time since arriving in the Ganwu Mystic Region.

Lu Qingshan visited a public area in the Ganwu Mystic Region and purchased two expensive spaceships. The eighteenth prince offered to mediate Lu Qingshan’s dispute with Kunshaluo, and Lu Qingshan left after politely declining.

• Lu Qingshan entered public island 1027, where cultivators discussed the growing number of instructors ahead of the Genius Battle.
• Lu Qingshan bought a D-class Machine Race ship and an E5-model spaceship from the Ten Thousand Treasures Pavilion.
• The eighteenth prince arrived, recognized Lu Qingshan, and offered to mediate his dispute with Kunshaluo.
• Lu Qingshan declined the offer and left after exchanging contact information with the eighteenth prince.
• The eighteenth prince told the old man he wanted to befriend Lu Qingshan because Marquis Silvermoon trusted him and Kunshaluo had been unable to deal with him.

Lu Qingshan prepared his disciples and Ling Yu for the future by giving them spaceships, while arranging for his Ghost King clone to use a disguised E-class Machine Race spaceship. Meanwhile, Kunshaluo continued searching for Lu Qingshan and ordered a major shipment of black obsidian mother.

• Lu Qingshan gave Lei Ming and Parisi D-class Machine Race spaceships, which yielded two E6-class ships through his system.
• Lu Qingshan gave Ling Yu an E-class spaceship as an investment in her future with the Virtual Universe Company.
• Lu Qingshan had Nasus disguise his E-class Machine Race spaceship as a D-class ship and prepare to pilot it with a secondary clone.
• Kunshaluo learned that Lu Qingshan had briefly left his residence and ordered his subordinates to investigate the Black Dragon Mountain Starfield and find Lu Qingshan's family.
• An armored World Lord placed an order for a hundred Hunyuan units' worth of black obsidian mother and paid a one-Hunyuan-unit deposit.
• Kunshaluo ordered the Treasure Pavilion to ship all the black obsidian mother from Black Orchid Planet to headquarters.

Lu Qingshan disguised himself as Han Li and traveled to the Dark Blood Pirates’ hideout to take revenge on the Treasure Pavilion outside Ganwu City. He arrived as the pirates threatened Bodo Harvey, then killed Caesar and the other pirates in a single strike.

• Lu Qingshan left Ganwu City aboard a disguised spaceship and ordered Nasus to take him to the Dark Blood Pirates’ lair.
• Caesar and his Dark Blood Pirates held Bodo Harvey and waited for his family to pay a ransom.
• With half a day left before the deadline, a bearded pirate threatened Bodo Harvey while the other pirates celebrated.
• Lu Qingshan appeared in the pirates’ banquet hall and identified himself as Han Li.
• Caesar and his subordinates attacked Lu Qingshan, who killed Caesar and the other Dark Blood Pirates with one swift strike.

Lu Qingshan rescued Bodo Harvey and his guards from the Dark Blood Pirates, then controlled their strategist Shang Jie and learned how to access the pirates’ hidden funds. After waiting near Qiguang Star, Lu Qingshan and Shang Jie spotted a Treasure Pavilion merchant ship, leaving their plan to intercept it poised to begin.

• Lu Qingshan freed Bodo Harvey and his guards after killing the Dark Blood Pirates’ leaders, and the survivors thanked him before leaving.
• Shang Jie revealed that the pirates had 1.8 Hunyuan Units in a bank account, and Lu Qingshan used Heart Soul to make him a loyal slave.
• Lu Qingshan learned from Shang Jie that Treasure Pavilion merchant ships usually left the Dark Universe near Qiguang Star, then ordered him to watch for one.
• Lu Qingshan and Shang Jie waited near Qiguang Star for two and a half months while Lu Qingshan’s clone studied the Time Origin Law.
• Shang Jie spotted a Treasure Pavilion merchant ship emerging from the Dark Universe and alerted Lu Qingshan.

Lu Qingshan used his Ghost King clone to ambush a Treasure Pavilion transport, destroy it with a Star Annihilator Cannon, and kill its surviving World Lord to seize his cargo. The clone escaped into the Dark Universe with the black obsidian mother, leaving the World Lord’s Internal World behind.

• Lu Qingshan ordered Nasus to fire the Star Annihilator Cannon at a Treasure Pavilion transport, destroying the ship and killing its crew.
• Lu Qingshan’s Ghost King clone introduced himself to the surviving World Lord as Han Li, a star pirate, while nearby ships fled.
• The Treasure Pavilion World Lord tried to stall Lu Qingshan and offered to overlook the attack, but Lu Qingshan demanded the cargo.
• Lu Qingshan’s Ghost King clone used Epiphyllum to kill the wounded World Lord and take his World Ring containing black obsidian mother.
• Lu Qingshan decided he had no time to search the World Lord’s Internal World, then returned to the spaceship and escaped into the Dark Universe.

Kunshaluo discovered that the Treasure Pavilion’s shipment of black obsidian mother had been stolen as part of a deliberate scheme, while rumors about the attack spread despite efforts to suppress them. In the Ganwu Mystic Region, Lu Qingshan revealed to Yang that he had orchestrated the robbery and proposed shorting the Treasure Pavilion’s stock.

• Kunshaluo learned that the stolen merchant ship carried black obsidian mother worth a hundred Hunyuan Units and realized the buyer had deceived his younger brother.
• Kunshaluo ordered a discreet investigation and tried to suppress news of the robbery, but witnesses had already spread the story.
• Yang visited Lu Qingshan and told him the Treasure Pavilion’s merchant ship had been destroyed, killing everyone aboard.
• Lu Qingshan indicated that the Treasure Pavilion’s misdeeds had brought the attack upon it and suggested shorting its stock.
• Yang agreed to join Lu Qingshan in taking positions against the Treasure Pavilion’s stock.

Lu Qingshan shorted Treasure Pavilion stock and gathered costly resources to help his Star-Eating Grass evolve. He returned to his villa and prepared the Black Obsidian Mother and a golden fruit for its breakthrough.

• Lu Qingshan instructed Qingqing to short Treasure Pavilion stock with twenty Hunyuan Units and five-times leverage.
• More than half a year later, Yang accompanied Lu Qingshan out of the Ganwu Mystic Region because he feared Kunshaluo might retaliate.
• Lu Qingshan received a ten-Hunyuan-Unit treasure from Universe Galaxy Bank to improve the Star-Eating Grass's chances of evolving.
• Lu Qingshan met Shang Jie and collected the items in his ring, then left with Yang without incident.
• Lu Qingshan entered his World Ring and placed a mountain of Black Obsidian Mother and a golden fruit before the Star-Eating Grass.