Chapter Summaries

Wang An reviewed the Bronze Human Race’s technical bounties and chose to investigate spatial storage technology. At the Dao discussion, Yu Yaoqing comprehended a trace of Sword Intent, became Wang An’s fourth personal disciple under the Daoist name Tianqing, and was healed before the gathering ended.

• Wang An agreed to exchange his perfected Sword Intent method with the Bronze Academy and noted a bounty for developing spatial storage equipment.
• As the Dao discussion ended, Yu Yaoqing became the only one of seven sword-seekers to awaken a faint trace of clear, cold Sword Intent.
• Wang An recognized Yu Yaoqing’s [Flying Sword Grandmaster] fate and accepted her as his fourth true disciple, bestowing the Daoist name Tianqing and teaching her sword cultivation methods.
• Wang An healed Yu Yaoqing’s wounds, and she joined him while the other mid-tier experts regretted not taking her as a disciple.
• Wang An prepared to return to his residence, and Gaoyang Zhenkong dispelled the defensive formation covering the Dao venue.

Wang An demonstrated his Thunder Execution Clear Cold Severing Seal Sword Intent on a bronze cliff before Huayin Jiaoyue guided him to the academy treasury to claim his reward. After verifying his permission to select one law resource or secret technique, Wang An prepared to choose a law-condensation secret technique as a reference for creating his own Golden Nature method.

• Wang An unleashed his sword intent across a thousand-meter bronze cliff, freezing the lake and transforming the cliff’s surface.
• Wang An and Yu Yaoqing followed Huayin Jiaoyue to the academy treasury, where Yu Yaoqing explained how the Bronze Human Race stored cultivation knowledge.
• Huayin Jiaoyue told Yu Yaoqing to wait outside because she lacked permission, then teleported herself and Wang An to the underground treasury.
• Wang An and Huayin Jiaoyue passed the treasury’s identity and permission checks, which granted Wang An the right to select one law resource or secret technique.
• Huayin Jiaoyue asked Wang An to state his choice, and Wang An considered selecting a law-condensation secret technique as a reference for his Golden Nature method.

Wang An selected the Thousand Illusions Myriad Transformations Nebula Water to advance his understanding of water-related laws and considered how his spatial-law knowledge could help him pursue the Bronze Human Race’s space technology bounty. As he left the treasury with Yu Yaoqing and Huayin Jiaoyue, a hurried masked expert approached.

• Wang An searched the treasury for water-path law resources and chose the Thousand Illusions Myriad Transformations Nebula Water from the available options.
• Huayin Jiaoyue explained that the bronze vessel contained one cubic unit of the resource and had to be returned when Wang An left the academy.
• Wang An reflected that the Bronze Human Race’s storage vessel showed progress in space technology and that studying their knowledge might help him pursue their bounty.
• Wang An told Yu Yaoqing that the vessel held a resource compatible with Heavenly River Water, and they discussed using resources before seeking a secret method for condensing laws.
• A mid-tier level-three expert wearing a bronze ghost-face mask hurried toward the treasury, and Huayin Jiaoyue asked Wang An whether he needed further help.

Wang An arranged for his unregistered disciples to cultivate at the academy’s Spirit-Nurturing Mountain and began refining the thousand illusions myriad transformations nebula water. He learned the resource required immense time and high-tier civilization-level facilities to produce.

• Wang An asked Huayin Jiaoyue to find a place where his unregistered disciples could build their Dao Foundations, and the academy assigned them an isolated mountain range.
• Huayin Jiaoyue led Wang An and Yu Yaoqing to Spirit-Nurturing Mountain, transferred its controls to Wang An, and returned to her Bronze Divine Tree.
• Wang An appointed Yu Yaoqing to organize the disciples’ settlement and promised to explain the Transcendent System to them about once a month.
• Wang An unlocked the Bronze Venerable and sent the thousand illusions myriad transformations nebula water into his blessed land space to refine into his Divine Ability.
• Wang An searched the academy intranet and learned that the Nebula Race needed at least a thousand years and high-tier civilization-level resources to produce the law resource.

Wang An studied advanced spatial storage technology at the Bronze Academy’s library and found that his blessed land might provide the materials needed to research it. He left with the prerequisites seemingly within reach, though he had not yet built a storage device.

• Wang An instructed Yu Yaoqing to find a separate place for her junior brothers and sisters to cultivate and advised her to observe their Dao Foundation attempts while studying the Heavenly River Five Elements Mystic Truth Qi Refining Art.
• Wang An traveled to the Divine Tree of Wisdom and used his authorization to reach its restricted thirty-third floor.
• Wang An found the spatial technology section and read Detailed Explanation of Elementary Storage Space Technology.
• Wang An learned that spatial storage required spatial energy, spatial Laws, and spatial materials, and realized the soil and rocks in his blessed land might serve as those materials.
• Wang An concluded that he could begin researching spatial storage technology but could not simply make a device to fulfill the bounty.

Wang An studied spatial knowledge to prepare for an academy commission, then faced pressure from Cancong Baixiang, who wanted the [Thousand Illusions Myriad Transformations Nebula Water]. Gaoyang Zhenkong intervened, and Wang An refused to trade away the resource he was already refining; Cancong Baixiang left, while Gaoyang watched him warily.

• Wang An finished reading the spatial knowledge on the Wisdom Divine Tree’s thirty-third floor and decided to return to complete his commission.
• Cancong Baixiang confronted Wang An and demanded an exchange for the [Thousand Illusions Myriad Transformations Nebula Water], while his laws of illusion and transformation surrounded them.
• Wang An contacted Vice Dean Gaoyang Zhenkong, raised his sword intent, and prepared to defend himself as Cancong Baixiang grew dangerous.
• Gaoyang Zhenkong arrived and suppressed Cancong Baixiang’s laws, warning him against forcing a trade or bullying an honored guest.
• Wang An refused to trade the resource because it was already advancing his Dao, and Cancong Baixiang left without a word.
• Gaoyang Zhenkong watched Cancong Baixiang depart and looked at his white hair with a serious, warning expression.

Wang An tried to avoid drawing attention from Cancong Baixiang while building his cultivation system and guiding his disciples through forging Dao Foundations. As his true body neared a breakthrough, he learned that his embryonic Heavenly River law would transform into Dharma Nature.

• Wang An thanked Gaoyang Zhenkong for warning him about Cancong Baixiang and resolved to keep a low profile while his true body refined the resource.
• Wang An returned to Spirit-Nurturing Mountain, developed storage-artifact techniques, and prepared Dao Establishment Peak for his disciples to forge Dao Foundations.
• Taichang forged a Water in the Spring Dao Foundation, gaining a lifespan of six hundred and fifty years, and Wang An urged her to teach Qi Refining disciples to build Qi Destiny.
• The other former Core Formation disciples forged Dao Foundations over the next half month as visitors arrived to observe Wang An's Transcendent System.
• Wang An advised Taizhen not to delay changing cultivation systems, while remaining wary of Cancong Baixiang's hidden surveillance.
• Wang An learned that his embryonic Heavenly River law would become Dharma Nature, which could be nourished into Golden Nature and eventually bear Golden Core fruition.

Wang An advanced to intermediate rank 2, formed the [Jade Earth Heavenly Palace] Purple Mansion Divine Ability, and set out to confront Cancong Baixiang. A black-hooded attacker trapped him in a barrier and demanded the [Thousand Illusions Myriad Transformations Nebula Water].

• Ten of the twelve Core Formation cultivators successfully forged their Dao Foundations, while two failed and became spirit land.
• Wang An advanced to intermediate rank 2 and formed the [Rooftop Earth] and [Jade Earth Heavenly Palace] Purple Mansion Divine Abilities.
• Wang An informed Vice Dean Gaoyang Zhenkong that he was going to deal with Cancong Baixiang, then flew toward the library district.
• A black-hooded man trapped Wang An in a barrier of Yin realm law profound truths and cut off his communications.
• The attacker demanded the [Thousand Illusions Myriad Transformations Nebula Water] and threatened to spare Wang An only if he surrendered it.

Wang An fought Cancong Baixiang, whose [Heavenly Yin Ghost King Banner] and nine-headed snake transformation filled the sealed area with ghosts and poison. Wang An purified the corruption and severed one of the snake demon’s heads, but Cancong Baixiang swallowed the ghost king as the battle continued.

• Cancong Baixiang summoned the [Heavenly Yin Ghost King Banner], spreading a ghostly realm that contaminated the surroundings.
• Wang An used the [Heavenly River of Return to Oneness] to purify the land and suppress the ghostly corruption.
• Cancong Baixiang transformed into a nine-headed snake demon and attacked Wang An alongside the ghost king.
• Wang An revealed a snake head with his moonlight and severed it with a sword strike, leaving Cancong Baixiang wounded.
• The ghost king’s claw failed to reach Wang An through his defenses, while poison and sword intent stalled against each other.
• Cancong Baixiang merged his remaining heads into one body and swallowed the ghost king.

Wang An confronted Cancong Baixiang, who used the Ghost-Devouring Beast-Transformation Technique to create a ghost beast wielding the Law of Ghost Poison. After Wang An lost an arm to its attack, he revealed that he was an Avatar and that he had summoned Vice Dean Gaoyang Zhenkong, leaving Cancong Baixiang facing the consequences of his ambush.

• Cancong Baixiang combined a beast and a ghost with a forbidden secret art, creating a monster wielding the Law of Ghost Poison.
• The ghost beast's roar pierced Wang An's defenses and began corrupting his body, forcing him to cut off an arm that transformed into Poison Ghost Primordial Qi.
• Cancong Baixiang demanded the Thousand Illusions Myriad Transformations Nebula Water, then attacked Wang An with another ghost-poison roar.
• Wang An resisted with his Divine Abilities and revealed that he was an Avatar who had already notified Vice Dean Gaoyang Zhenkong.
• As attacks battered the barrier, Cancong Baixiang's killing intent gave way to fear and regret over the consequences of ambushing Wang An.

Cancong Baixiang fled after Gaoyang Zhenkong broke the barrier, while Wang An survived the attack and received treatment and an apology from the vice dean. Gaoyang Zhenkong launched a pursuit and offered compensation, but an urgent alert interrupted their conversation.

• Gaoyang Zhenkong attacked the barrier with the Sky-Subduing Shattering Heaven-Dominating Seal, and Wang An pushed Cancong Baixiang to flee as it began to collapse.
• Cancong Baixiang escaped into the Dark Universe, while Wang An gathered the Qi Destiny he had planted in him into a seed.
• Gaoyang Zhenkong declared Cancong Baixiang wanted, ordered a planetary lockdown, and arranged investigations and pursuit squads.
• Wang An left the barrier, severed the part of his body contaminated by the law, and received treatment from Gaoyang Zhenkong.
• Gaoyang Zhenkong apologized, offered Wang An a choice of compensation and a water-path law secret method, and an urgent alert sounded on his communicator.

After Cancong Baixiang fled, Wang An continued researching storage-space technology while studying spatial laws in his blessed land. He formed a [Space Prototype Prism] that granted him [Space Perception] and [Space Angle], then submitted a paper on elementary storage-space technology to the academy.

• Gaoyang Zhenkong issued a wanted notice for Cancong Baixiang, assembled a pursuit squad, and left to reconvene the academy's senior leaders.
• Wang An told the gathered disciples to return to cultivation and continued researching storage-space technology and spatial laws.
• After half a year of study, Wang An condensed a spatial law prototype in his Purple Mansion and gained a new perspective on the laws sustaining his blessed land.
• Wang An synchronized with his main body and formed a [Space Prototype Prism] in his finger space, gaining [Space Perception] and [Space Angle].
• Wang An wrote [On the Implementation and Application of Elementary Storage-Space Technology] and submitted it through the academy's intranet.

Wang An defended his spatial technology paper by revealing his nascent spatial law, then received approval to enter the Supreme Beginning Yu Heaven Azure Spirit Ding. He and Shennong Yinmu traveled to the Ding’s small world, where he arrived beneath an azure sun amid dense Ruin Copper Spiritual Essence.

• Wang An defended his paper before Gaoyang Zhenkong, Shennong Jianmu, and Xiling Zhousheng, demonstrating his nascent spatial law and securing approval for field testing.
• Gaoyang Zhenkong told Wang An to prepare his disciples because he would be unable to leave the Supreme Beginning Yu Heaven Azure Spirit Ding for five years.
• Ten days later, Shennong Yinmu accompanied Wang An from Azure Sacrifice Star to the supersized Bronze Divine Tree for teleportation.
• Wang An and Shennong Yinmu completed several days of tests and scans before using the spatial array in the Bronze Divine Tree.
• Wang An reached the Ding’s small world and saw an azure sun above land filled with intermediate-stage Ruin Copper Spiritual Essence.

Wang An toured the Bronze Human Race’s small world with Shennong Yinmu, learning how its dynasties cultivated the law of rites and how the civilization organized its research systems. He arrived at a Space Technology Research Center to register his project after Shennong Yinmu departed.

• Wang An admired the Heavenly Fire Meteor Heaven-Subduing Mulberry, and Shennong Yinmu explained its origins, age, and growing power.
• Wang An and Shennong Yinmu flew east through a peaceful small world filled with mortal cities and dynasties governed by rites and laws.
• Shennong Yinmu explained how the Supreme Beginning Yu Heaven Azure Spirit Ding’s law of rites shaped the dynasties and helped cultivators comprehend its branches.
• Shennong Yinmu told Wang An that most Bronze Human Race experts worked in twelve principal and over a hundred secondary civilization planetary systems, which were generally closed to outsiders.
• Wang An and Shennong Yinmu reached an island’s Space Technology Research Center, where she explained that he could register his project and obtain research resources.
• Shennong Yinmu left for her own research, and Wang An continued with his business.

Wang An established a spatial technology research project in Supreme Beginning Yu Heaven, then returned from four years of seclusion having reached intermediate stage level 2. He heard Lu Tianxin and Ye Tianli report on Blue Star’s growing population of cultivators and the Federation’s efforts to help people who struggled to cultivate.

• Wang An submitted and received approval for a solo spatial storage technology project, collected its resources, and traveled to an assigned island beneath an energy heavenly eye.
• Wang An emerged from seclusion in year 16 of the New Era after advancing to intermediate stage level 2 and summoned Lu Tianxin, Chen Tianping, and Ye Tianli for a report.
• Lu Tianxin reported that the Federation had terraformed parts of Venus and Mars, gained a fire-aspected spirit turtle, and produced five Initial Transcendent Stage lifeforms in four years.
• Lu Tianxin told Wang An that breakthrough success had reached twenty percent, twenty cultivators had died during failed attempts, and Blue Star had twenty million Qi Refining cultivators at level 2 or above.
• Ye Tianli explained that the Federation was developing cultivation techniques for people with low sensitivity to Life Primordial Qi and had verified that ingesting Mystic Qi could slowly help people cultivate True Qi.

Wang An reviewed the Human Federation’s technological progress and set long-term goals for its development during the 500-year protection period. He guided his disciples in their cultivation and gave them a record of Five Elements Dao Foundations, then cautioned Lu Tianxin about the difficulty of pursuing other kinds of Dao Foundations.

• Ye Tianli reported advances in transcendent artifacts, space technology, life sciences, and human longevity to Wang An.
• Wang An ordered the Human Federation to prepare for planetary migration, adapt human genes across generations, and encourage competing cultivation systems.
• Lu Tianxin said she had cultivated the Pine and Cypress Wood Dao Foundation and completed two lesser Divine Abilities, while Chen Tianping asked for help choosing his next element.
• Wang An advised Chen Tianping to cultivate either earth or a water-and-fire Furnace Fire Dao Foundation, based on his innate image.
• Wang An transmitted the Complete Record of the Five Elements Xuan Zhen Dao Foundations to the three disciples and told them to choose a suitable path; he later explained that the eight trigrams and other proposed Dao Foundations were difficult or unsuitable for them.

Wang An inspected the growing Netherworld Domain and its three levels of hell, where evil demons were refined into resources and the domain’s origins grew stronger. In Thunder Hell, he sensed several faint fluctuations of law coming from the fissure that was pouring demons into the realm.

• Wang An explained to his three disciples why cultivating the Five Elements Dao was safer than pursuing other star laws.
• Wang An visited the Netherworld Domain, where the Netherworld Samsara Reincarnation Lotus had grown to the upper grade of the second tier.
• Wang An inspected Frost Hell and watched the Gluttonous Evil Demon consume condemned souls and spawn lesser demons that froze into nourishment for the domain.
• Wang An observed Bloodthirsty Evil Demons form and kill one another in Blazing Fire Hell, then refined the surviving demon into an impure energy crystal.
• Wang An examined Thunder Hell and sensed faint law fluctuations from the pitch-black fissure as countless evil demons poured through it.

Wang An created an array in Thunder Hell to refine devils and nurture a flying sword, then developed and promoted cultivation methods for the five immortals. Five years later, people across the Human Federation had begun adopting varied paths, and Ghost Immortal cultivators were helping the Netherworld operate more efficiently.

• Wang An used a Yin locust leaf and a Yin Soldier Talismanic Edict to scout the rift, discovering that powerful devils were widening it and could break through within a hundred years.
• Wang An established the Thunderfire Devil-Refining and Heavenly Treasure-Gestating Array, which drew invading devils into a furnace of thunder and fire and refined them into energy and sword essence.
• Wang An deduced four Five Immortals cultivation methods alongside the Heavenly Talisman Dao Foundation system and began promoting them throughout the Heavenly River Dao Lineage.
• Over five years, Human Federation cultivators switched to or innovated different paths, while some elderly people continued cultivating after death through the Ghost Immortal method.
• Ghost Immortal cultivators served as Yin soldiers and ghost generals, improving the Netherworld’s administration.

Wang An completed and named a powerful flying sword, then successfully created a stable spatial storage pouch using Void Serpent skin. He left the sword in his Purple Mansion for nurturing and confirmed that the pouch could hold an object without collapsing.

• Wang An inspected the Netherworld Samsara Reincarnation Lotus's growing Dharma Nature and visited the Lightning Hell to examine the flying sword he had forged over five years.
• Wang An connected with the black flying sword and discovered it had Sword Edge and Lightning Law Dharma Natures, letting it cut through defenses and suppress yin and evil creatures.
• Wang An named the sword Emperor's Edge Wields Lightning, Heaven Sword Slays Demons and summoned it into his Purple Mansion for nurturing.
• On Island No. 17 in Supreme Beginning Yu Heaven, Wang An tested a spatial rune module with Void Serpent skin and successfully activated a stable one-cubic-meter micro-space.
• Wang An placed a fist-sized stone inside the storage pouch and confirmed that the space remained stable, declaring the experiment a success.

Wang An completed lifespan tests on his biological-material spatial storage bags and submitted the technology for review. After the Bronze Academy verified the bags, he proposed licensing the technology to the Bronze Human Race for ten percent of the profits, leaving the deal under discussion.

• Wang An tested the storage bags and the supercomputing center estimated they could be used about ten thousand times and last 500 to 800 years.
• Wang An submitted the project results, received approval for a final review, and traveled to the academy's star system.
• Shennong Jianmu and Gaoyang Zhenkong welcomed Wang An and brought him to the Academic Committee, where they tested three storage bags.
• Shennong Jianmu and Gaoyang Zhenkong praised the technology and discussed its commercial potential with Wang An.
• Wang An offered to license the technology to the Bronze Human Race for ten percent of the profits, and the two vice deans considered the investment and sales prospects.