[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-grinding-to-become-the-master-of-the-universe":3,"chapter-grinding-to-become-the-master-of-the-universe-grinding-to-become-the-master-of-the-universe-chapter-265":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","Grinding to Become the Master of the Universe",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":20,"prevChapterSlug":21,"totalChapters":22,"novelImage":23},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":16,"volume":17,"translator":18,"content_hash":19},255111,526,"Chapter 265 - 154: Bountiful Harvest of Contribution Points! A Mournful Dirge","grinding-to-become-the-master-of-the-universe-chapter-265",265,"\u003Cp>’Flowing Light Chasing Shadow and Fierce Owl Chasing Shadow alone just aren’t enough.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’I still need to get stronger,’ Qin Feng thought as he exited the Canaan Tower, his mind awash with emotion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He glanced at his Contribution Points balance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Contribution Points: 168]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Clearing three floors of the tower had earned him a generous reward of over 150 points.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This sum would allow him to exchange for a large quantity of training resources.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then, out of habit, he opened his private messages.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They were empty.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Several days had passed since he sent out the team invitation, but none of the three—Zou Yun, Yin Jing, or Qin Lan—had replied.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’They’re probably on a mission or in seclusion,’ Qin Feng thought, not giving it much more consideration.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’Since I can’t find anyone to team up with, I’ll just have to rely on myself.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He glanced again at the daily mission list, which had been refreshed days ago, and accepted all of them with practiced ease.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>「Half a month later.」\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After Qin Feng collected the reward from his last daily mission, his Contribution Points balance successfully broke the 200-point mark, reaching 218.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He checked his private messages again. Still nothing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’Looks like I can’t count on them,’ Qin Feng thought, shaking his head.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He issued a new command directly to Hammer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Hammer, filter for Empire missions. I need a reward of around 1000 points and a danger level suitable for a life force index of 270.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Command confirmed. Filtering missions...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This time, far fewer missions appeared than when he was a Level 4 Martial Artist, but every single one held a deadly allure.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Mission: Hunt the ’Void Whisperer’]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Mission: Explore the ’Lost Ark’ Relic]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Mission: Suppress a large-scale outbreak of the ’Flesh Plague’]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qin Feng’s gaze swept rapidly over these terrifying missions, each capable of annihilating a small colonial planet at a moment’s notice. Finally, his eyes locked onto a mission with an unremarkable title but marked as \"Urgent.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Urgent Rescue Mission: Rescue stranded members on planet A12313-G1]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Mission Type: Solo Rescue]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Mission Background: An exploration team composed of members from the Canaan Star Sky Martial University Affiliated Fearless Battle Group encountered an unexpected situation while clearing out a local pirate gang on planet A12313-G1.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A powerful ’Believer of Khorne’ is suspected to be among the pirate gang.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The original mission difficulty (Life Force Index 120-180) was a severe miscalculation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Currently, communication with the squad has been lost. Their last distress signal indicated they were being relentlessly hunted by the Believer of Khorne and are in critical condition.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Mission Requirement: A powerhouse with a Life Force Index of 200+ is needed to immediately carry out the rescue.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Mission Reward: 500 Contribution Points, 500 Fearless Warband Reputation.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Stranded Members: Yin Jing, Qin Lan, Zou Yun...]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When he saw those familiar names, Qin Feng’s pupils contracted sharply!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’So that’s it! They’re in danger!’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He instantly understood why the three of them hadn’t replied to his messages for the past half-month.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’It wasn’t that they didn’t want to reply—they couldn’t!’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"A Believer of Khorne...\" Qin Feng muttered to himself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Without even glancing at the other missions, Qin Feng accepted the urgent rescue mission at lightning speed!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"BEEP—Mission accepted!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Please arrive at the last known coordinates within five minutes. Failure to arrive within the time limit will result in automatic mission failure.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Staring at the cold system prompt, Qin Feng’s figure vanished from his dorm room in an instant.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>-----------------\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>「Planet A12313-G1.」\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was a gray planet forgotten in a corner of the Empire, filled with radiation and chaos.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Beneath a lead-gray sky, modified, rust-streaked starships of various designs were piled haphazardly across a desolate, rocky wasteland like giant heaps of steel garbage, forming a massive Interstellar Pirate encampment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the center of the camp flew a flag made from the skull of some unknown giant beast and a pair of crossed bolt guns, radiating an aura of blood and violence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Directly above this lawless cesspool of sin, space tore open without warning, forming a distorted rift.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The next second, a suit of heavy power armor—pitch-black and imbued with a violent, Gothic aesthetic—plummeted from the sky like a meteor, smashing heavily into the edge of the camp!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>BOOM!!!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A tremendous roar shook the earth as dust and rubble shot into the air.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When the dust settled, Qin Feng’s figure stood silently within the massive impact crater, like a Demon God of judgment from the depths of Hell.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His cool-blue HUD rapidly scanned the camp before him, trying to find the last coordinate signal left by Zou Yun and the others.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, he couldn’t sense any familiar presences belonging to members of the Fearless Warband.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Instead, he was met with a chaotic miasma of brutality, depravity, chaos, and madness... and the nauseatingly thick stench of blood rising into the air.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His gaze slowly swept across the camp.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Everything that met his eyes made his pupils shrink, bit by bit, into dangerous pinpoints.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He saw it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In every corner of the camp, dozens of half-naked Female Martial Artists were bound by thick chains.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Their eyes were hollow and numb, as if their souls had long since died, leaving behind only husks to be ravaged at will—bodies covered in scars and marks of humiliation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was a deadness that had completely lost the will to live, a state more terrifying than death itself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With just a single glance, Qin Feng could imagine the cruel, inhuman torture they must have suffered after falling into the hands of these animals.\u003C\u002Fp>",920,"2026-05-29T16:17:35.719Z","2026-06-01T04:29:43.187Z",1,"novelbin.me","f0f11340163719cfe529f815c45a307ff6741fecacafce7d9815588eeaaec7df","grinding-to-become-the-master-of-the-universe-chapter-266","grinding-to-become-the-master-of-the-universe-chapter-264",325,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fgrinding-to-become-the-master-of-the-universe-cover.jpg"]