Chapter Summaries

Chen Ze discovered that the empty space reached through the pearl contained a tiny crack leading to another world. After Chen Bei crossed through and confirmed his connection to Chen Ze remained intact, Chen Ze and the other Doppelgangers joined him and began exploring.

• Chen Ze and the Doppelgangers searched the bounded, empty space but found no sign of the strange energy.
• Chen Ze noticed a faint ripple and uncovered a tiny crack that leaked energy like the pearl’s.
• Chen Ze and the Doppelgangers used their spiritual power to widen the crack, revealing a gateway to another world.
• Chen Bei entered the new world and confirmed he could still sense Chen Ze and Myriad Things Space.
• Chen Ze and the other Doppelgangers crossed through, and Chen Ze named the treasure-seeking Doppelganger Chen Bei before ordering everyone to explore.

Chen Ze and the Doppelgangers explored a strange new space and discovered an unconscious immortal cultivator in a flower patch. After the cultivator woke, he identified the place as a Trial Ground but did not know how to pass its trial.

• Chen Ze used Heavenly Eye to explore the new space and found that the entrance rift had vanished.
• Chen Bei investigated a group of glowing butterflies and flowers, then retreated when strange energy began to surge from the flower patch.
• A butterfly cried out, causing the strange energy to disappear, and Chen Ze sensed an immortal cultivator hidden among the flowers.
• Chen Bei found the cultivator unconscious, and Chen Ze and the Doppelgangers waited nearby as the sky darkened.
• The cultivator woke and told Chen Bei that the place was a Trial Ground where each trial had to be explored and passed without guidance.

Chen Ze and Chen Bei met Li Hao, who explained that their pearls were Void Spirit Pearls that had brought them to a dangerous Trial Ground. The three agreed to explore together, but Chen Ze realized Li Hao was leading them toward a strange energy fluctuation discovered by his Doppelgangers.

• Chen Ze revealed himself to Chen Bei and Li Hao, and Li Hao identified their pearls as Void Spirit Pearls that transported their holders to the Trial Ground.
• Li Hao said ancient records described the Trial Ground as rich in resources but dangerous, and he believed completing its trials might let them leave and help him reach the Spirit Transformation Realm.
• Chen Ze proposed that they travel together, and Li Hao agreed after weighing the risks and benefits of cooperating.
• The three began exploring the Trial Ground, and Chen Ze learned that his Doppelgangers had found a strange energy fluctuation nearby.
• Chen Ze told the Doppelgangers to guard the energy, then noticed Li Hao was leading them toward it.

Li Hao led Chen Ze and Chen Bei to an ancient stone tablet in the Trial Ground and explained that its trial required them to defeat a powerful Monster Beast. Chen Ze memorized the tablet’s runes while remaining wary of Li Hao’s incomplete explanation, and asked how they would find the beast.

• Chen Ze asked Li Hao about his sect and knowledge of the Trial Ground, but Li Hao revealed little beyond saying he came from the Central Continent.
• Li Hao led Chen Ze and Chen Bei toward the strange energy fluctuations, and they found an enormous stone tablet covered in ancient runes.
• Chen Ze dismissed his hidden Doppelgangers to search elsewhere and used Heavenly Eye on the tablet, but could not understand it.
• Li Hao said the tablet described the trial and revealed that they had to find and defeat a powerful Monster Beast within a time limit to leave the Trial Ground.
• Chen Ze memorized the runes, questioned how they would find the Monster Beast, and Li Hao privately concluded that the others had believed his account.

Chen Ze learned that creatures in the ancient ruins carried Energy Crystals formed from strange energy and ordered his Doppelgangers to gather them. As their search sparked battles across the space, he sent reinforcements and arranged for the Doppelgangers to restore their spiritual power.

• Li Hao deciphered the stone stele and led Chen Ze and Chen Bei along a route of traps toward the imprisoned monster beast.
• Chen Ze learned from Li Hao that the space contained ruins of a vanished cultivation sect, though he doubted much of Li Hao's account.
• A Doppelganger reported killing a Nascent Soul Realm creature and finding an Energy Crystal inside it.
• Chen Ze confirmed that the Energy Crystal could be stored in Myriad Things Space and ordered the Doppelgangers to search for more.
• The Doppelgangers encountered many creatures with different abilities and reported that their numbers were overwhelming.
• Chen Ze instructed the Doppelgangers to summon reinforcements and take turns restoring their spiritual power while collecting Energy Crystals.

Chen Ze, Chen Bei, and Li Hao followed a powerful energy fluctuation to a cave that seemed to hold the trial's demon beast. Li Hao broke the formations guarding its entrance, opening a passage for them to enter.

• Chen Ze sent his Doppelgangers to collect Energy Crystals while he continued exploring with Chen Bei and Li Hao.
• Chen Ze and Li Hao sensed a powerful energy fluctuation and followed it deeper into the forest, with Li Hao taking the lead.
• The three found a cave surrounded by formations and traps that appeared to imprison a powerful creature.
• Li Hao set formation flags around the cave and used hand seals and an incantation to break the formation.
• The formation's light net dissipated and revealed a passage into the cave.

Chen Ze, Chen Bei, and Li Hao entered a cave and found a powerful monster beast sealed inside a crystal cage. Li Hao warned that the beast had grown far stronger than the trial records described and wanted to abandon the trial, but Chen Ze suggested they might have another option.

• Li Hao used a formation to open a quiet passage through the original barrier, and Chen Ze admired the method.
• Chen Ze, Chen Bei, and Li Hao entered a brightly lit cave and found a golden-scaled monster beast sleeping inside a crystal cage.
• Chen Ze sensed that the cage and beast emitted powerful energy, and he could not determine the beast's true realm.
• Li Hao explained that the beast had surpassed the Fifth Order strength recorded on the trial tablet and that releasing it could get them killed.
• Li Hao proposed abandoning the trial, but Chen Ze stopped him and said they might have another way.

Chen Ze persuaded Li Hao and Chen Bei to investigate the Crystal Cage’s sealing power as an alternative to fighting the demon beast. The three approached the cage to study its runes, while the beast remained asleep inside.

• Chen Ze proposed weakening the demon beast or finding a way to complete the trial without lifting its seal, and Li Hao doubted they could harm it.
• Chen Ze suggested studying the Crystal Cage’s restraining power, and Li Hao agreed to try rather than give up.
• Chen Ze asked Li Hao how to lift the seal, and Li Hao explained that undoing the runes on the cage would release the demon beast.
• Chen Ze led Li Hao and Chen Bei toward the cage to examine its runes and totems while Li Hao watched the sleeping beast anxiously.

Chen Ze, Chen Bei, and Li Hao examined the rune-covered Crystal Cage while the demonic beast inside began to stir. The beast fully awakened and directed its spiritual pressure at them, leaving their next move uncertain.

• Chen Ze memorized the cage’s runes while Li Hao studied them and Chen Bei watched the sleeping demonic beast.
• Li Hao found a rune matching one on the stone stele, but Chen Ze continued comparing the patterns.
• A powerful energy surge made the demonic beast rise, and Chen Bei warned Li Hao to keep quiet.
• Chen Ze noticed chain-like runes linking the cage to the beast and wondered whether its cultivation had been sealed.
• The demonic beast fully awakened, fixed its gaze on Chen Ze, Chen Bei, and Li Hao, and struck them with immense spiritual pressure.

Chen Ze and his companions watched the demonic beast test the Crystal Cage, whose runes initially contained its attacks. The beast then manipulated the cage’s runes and opened a crack, leaving Chen Ze and Chen Bei facing its imminent escape while Li Hao fled.

• The demonic beast roared and struck the Crystal Cage, but the glowing runes held firm against its attacks.
• Chen Ze realized the beast was trying to provoke them into removing the restriction, while Li Hao urged the group to leave.
• The demonic beast scratched the ground and altered the cage’s runes, revealing that it could influence the seal.
• Li Hao fled, but Chen Ze chose to stay with Chen Bei and watch, trusting that they could escape through the Myriad Things Space.
• The demonic beast unleashed the cage’s runes, and a crack slowly opened in the Crystal Cage.

Chen Ze realized the monster beast was deliberately staying inside the Crystal Cage because the surrounding space was another prison and the cage’s energy served its purposes. He proposed cooperating to help it find Energy Crystals or escape, but the beast questioned whether it wanted to leave at all.

• Chen Ze and Chen Bei prepared for the monster beast to escape, but it repeatedly moved around the cage before settling down again.
• Chen Ze approached the Crystal Cage and asked the monster beast whether it wanted to leave.
• The monster beast explained that the space beyond the cage was merely a larger cage and admitted the cage’s energy helped it, though not only by restoring its strength.
• Chen Ze suggested they cooperate and offered to find Energy Crystals or help the beast escape.
• The monster beast called Chen Ze interesting and mocked his offer, saying it liked the place and had never said it wanted to leave.

Chen Ze confronted the demon beast about its fear of leaving its refuge and offered to help it face the Heavenly Tribulation when it was ready. The demon beast explained how Energy Crystals worked and revealed that it and the bizarre creatures had been created in ancient experiments to study strange energy.

• Chen Ze deduced that the demon beast feared leaving because it could not yet withstand another Heavenly Tribulation, and the demon beast admitted this was true.
• Chen Ze offered to help the demon beast leave safely but refused to reveal his plan until they were on more equal terms.
• Chen Ze asked about Energy Crystals, and the demon beast explained that they could aid cultivation and healing but might overwhelm weak meridians.
• Chen Ze asked how the bizarre creatures and crystals came to exist, and the demon beast said an ancient expert created the space and its inhabitants to study strange energy.
• The demon beast explained that Energy Crystals formed when the creatures absorbed enough strange energy.

Chen Ze learned how the Crystal Cage’s energy cycle worked and offered to shelter the demon beast in Myriad Things Space while it recovered. The demon beast accepted his proposal but chose to remain in the Crystal Cage for now, and Chen Ze left Chen Bei behind as its companion.

• The demon beast explained that creatures absorbed strange energy and periodically fed their Energy Crystals to the Crystal Cage, then recovered and repeated the cycle, so Chen Ze told his Doppelgangers to stop collecting crystals.
• The demon beast revealed that the space had once been a Trial Ground created by a mighty expert, and that removing the creatures’ crystals only weakened them temporarily before they recovered.
• Chen Ze offered to take the demon beast into Myriad Things Space to recover safely, and the demon beast accepted while deciding not to leave yet.
• Chen Ze learned that he had comprehended the seventh-grade Hua Ling Seal Formation after spending two days in the space.
• Chen Ze left Chen Bei with the demon beast, then Chen Bei revealed his Late Spirit Transformation Realm cultivation, shocking it.

Chen Ze left the Profound Ice Qilin after promising to help it in the future, then returned to the Myriad Things Space and prepared to test the Hua Ling Seal Formation on the Cangzhou ruins. The chapter ended with his Doppelganger entering the ruins to retrieve the jade box without opening it.

• Chen Ze revealed his strength to the demonic beast, learned it was the Profound Ice Qilin, and promised to help it if he could.
• Chen Ze departed, leaving Chen Bei with the Profound Ice Qilin, which returned to sleep in the Crystal Cage.
• Chen Ze returned to the Myriad Things Space, exchanged for the Nine Heavens Wind and Thunder Formation, and assigned the Phantom to study it.
• Chen Ze went to Cangzhou and used the Hua Ling Seal Formation to envelop the ancient ruins.
• Chen Ze ordered a Doppelganger to retrieve the jade box underground without opening it.

Chen Ze secured the Void Spirit Pearl from the ancient ruin and considered its connection to Xuantian Hall and the Profound Ice Qilin. He sent Chen Bei to find Li Hao’s Void Spirit Pearl, but Li Hao refused to reveal where it was.

• The Doppelganger retrieved the jade box containing the Void Spirit Pearl after the Hua Ling Seal Formation suppressed the ancient ruin’s illusion.
• Chen Ze returned to his body in Wannan City, where Zhao Ling'er had watched over him for two days, and discussed the pearl and Trial Ground with her.
• Chen Ze and Zhao Ling'er considered why Ye Kai had possessed the treasure maps and whether a Xuantian Hall elder knew about the Void Spirit Pearl.
• Chen Ze told Chen Bei to find Li Hao’s Void Spirit Pearl and placed Doppelgangers in the Central Continent on standby.
• Chen Bei found Li Hao, pretended they were the only ones left in the Trial Ground, and tried to learn the pearl’s whereabouts, but Li Hao refused to tell him.

Chen Bei soul-searched Li Hao and learned where the Void Spirit Pearl was hidden, while Chen Ze arranged to retrieve it and gather information about other pearls. After five days of intense cultivation, Chen Ze reached the Ninth Layer of the Spirit Transformation Realm and planned to resume training after replenishing the stores.

• Chen Bei knocked Li Hao unconscious, used the Soul Searching Technique, and found the Void Spirit Pearl's location and the method to enter its hidden refuge.
• Chen Bei reported his findings to Chen Ze, who ordered him to leave Li Hao alone and investigate the Trial Ground through his memories.
• Chen Ze instructed his Central Continent doppelgangers to retrieve the Void Spirit Pearl without touching it and told his traveling doppelgangers to search for more pearls.
• Chen Bei reviewed Li Hao's memories near the dormant Profound Ice Qilin and found an ancient book containing more information about the Trial Ground's runes.
• Chen Ze cultivated for five days in the Automated Training Room, reached the Ninth Layer of the Spirit Transformation Realm, and stopped when the Myriad Things General Store ran out of goods.

After reclaiming ten days’ worth of goods and learning how much the Myriad Things General Store had earned, Chen Ze bought another large batch of supplies and upgraded the Myriad Things Space to Level Eight. The next upgrade required 10 billion Points or Spirit Stones.

• Chen Ze reclaimed accumulated items and received 655 million Points in returns.
• Chen Ze learned from Xiao Ping that the Myriad Things General Store had earned 634 million Low-grade Spirit Stones, now held as 107,000 High-grade Spirit Stones.
• Chen Ze asked Xiao An for the store’s supply list and exchanged 500 million Points for goods.
• Chen Ze upgraded the Myriad Things Space, which now required 10 billion Points or Spirit Stones for its next upgrade.

After the Myriad Things Space upgraded, Chen Ze explored its expanded area, renamed the Mine area the Myriad Phenomena Domain, and found that the Myriad Things Shop’s items had risen to top-grade Heaven Grade. He opened the skill shopping interface, which still showed only an incomprehensible pattern.

• The Myriad Things Space doubled in size to 102.4 square kilometers, and its Spirit Fields increased from 640 to 1,280.
• Chen Ze told Li Hengwen to expand the Mine area and plan for future cultivators and demon beasts to join it.
• Chen Ze named the Mine area the Myriad Phenomena Domain, and Li Hengwen left to announce the new name.
• Chen Ze inspected the spiritual herb garden and entered the Myriad Things Shop to check its updated goods.
• Chen Ze found that the shop’s items had risen by one grade to top-grade Heaven Grade, then opened the skill interface and saw its usual incomprehensible pattern.

After buying Supreme Comprehension and the Beast Taming Garden, Chen Ze explored the new beast cultivation realm and invited the Jade Green Lion and Full Moon Crystal Silver Snake to see it. Little Silver agreed to go, while the Jade Green Lion remained doubtful that the new place could surpass the Myriad Phenomena Domain.

• Chen Ze purchased Supreme Comprehension and found that it sharpened his perception and helped him understand spells and auxiliary arts.
• Chen Ze purchased the Beast Taming Garden, which let him communicate with beasts and increased the cultivation speed and loyalty of beasts willing to train there.
• Chen Ze entered the Beast Taming Garden and saw its varied environments, then summoned the Jade Green Lion and contacted the Full Moon Crystal Silver Snake.
• Chen Ze explained that he wanted them to consider cultivating in the Beast Taming Garden, and Little Silver readily agreed to go take a look.
• The Jade Green Lion questioned whether the new cultivation place could be better than the Myriad Phenomena Domain.

Chen Ze introduced the Jade Green Lion and Little Silver to the Beast Taming Garden, where they chose places to cultivate. He then entered the Automated Training Room to attempt his breakthrough into the Spirit Severing Realm, and a powerful force erupted from within him.

• Chen Ze brought the Jade Green Lion and the Full Moon Crystal Silver Snake to the Beast Taming Garden and explained that it boosted beasts' cultivation without requiring soul contracts, though it would gradually increase their loyalty to him.
• The Jade Green Lion and Little Silver eagerly agreed to cultivate in the garden and explored its rich habitats and dense Spiritual Energy.
• The Jade Green Lion settled beside a mountain spring, while Little Silver chose a bamboo grove suited to its cultivation.
• Chen Ze left the Beast Taming Garden and began cultivating in the Automated Training Room to break through to the Spirit Severing Realm.
• Chen Ze's Spiritual Energy gathered into a vortex, and his body jolted as a powerful force erupted from within him.