Chapter Summaries

Xiao Bi reappeared and joined Zhu Zi'an and Mei Yingyin on their journey to Three Source City, where she collected one of her Divided Sources. Zhu Zi'an found only a Platinum Rank Nether Soul to devour, and the group’s next steps remained unresolved.

• Xiao Bi returned to Zhu Zi'an and Mei Yingyin, claiming her cultivation had recovered after she awakened some memories and inheritance, and agreed to accompany them to Three Source City.
• Azure Sparrow left Red Sparrow in Creation Space and traveled with Zhu Zi'an and Mei Yingyin to Three Source City to collect one of the Nine Sources.
• Mei Yingyin lured the dandy Er Wu Ba and his lackeys into an alley and drained them, while Zhu Zi'an later silenced inn guests who complained about the couple’s nightly noise.
• Xiao Bi dissolved a hidden Great Array beneath Three Source City and gathered the Star Points into an Azure Pearl, successfully collecting her Divided Source.
• Zhu Zi'an found a nearly dissipated Platinum Rank Nether Soul and devoured it, gaining fifty thousand years of cultivation.

A sudden upheaval trapped Zhu Zi'an, Mei Yingyin, and Xiao Bi inside the Secret Realm and revealed a Jet-Black Treasure Pagoda guarded by an Eight-Legged Tong Python. After entering the pagoda, Xiao Bi overcame its illusion and chose to clear it, while Zhu Zi'an and Mei Yingyin remained trapped in theirs until she woke them.

• The Secret Realm shook, and Zhu Zi'an discovered that an illusory barrier blocked their exit and his Void Source Lord authority no longer worked.
• A Jet-Black Treasure Pagoda rose from the ground, and Xiao Bi identified its guardian as an Eight-Legged Tong Python born in the All Heavens Starry Sky.
• Xiao Bi urged Zhu Zi'an and Mei Yingyin to enter the pagoda, and the Eight-Legged Tong Python retreated into the Secret Realm's dark walls.
• The pagoda's first-floor illusion ensnared Zhu Zi'an and Mei Yingyin with seductive visions, while Xiao Bi first saw Red Sparrow and then a man claiming to be the Lord of All Heavens.
• After the man offered to bestow the pagoda's Origin Essences or let her earn them, Xiao Bi chose to clear the pagoda herself.
• Xiao Bi vanished from the man's embrace, then used two beams of light to wake Zhu Zi'an and Mei Yingyin from their illusions.

Zhu Zi'an, Mei Yingyin, and Xiao Bi entered the second layer of the pagoda and were reincarnated into different worlds. After Zhu Zi'an’s family was spared execution and he was reduced to a commoner, a Princess brought him an imperial decree restoring his office and ordering him to lead troops against Shuda.

• Zhu Zi'an, Mei Yingyin, and Xiao Bi absorbed the first layer’s Origin Essence and rules, then entered the second layer and were reincarnated.
• Zhu Zi'an became the infant son of a corrupt prefect, Mei Yingyin was adopted by a taoist nun, and Xiao Bi was born into a farming family in a magical world.
• Twenty years later, Zhu Zi'an’s family faced execution for his father’s crimes, but an imperial edict spared them and reduced them to commoners.
• A Princess visited Zhu Zi'an in his village, and the two reunited before she revealed that war with Shuda had begun.
• The Princess read a decree restoring Zhu Zi'an to his former office and ordering him to lead troops against Shuda, and Zhu Zi'an told his parents they could return to the Grand Marshal Residence.

Zhu Zi'an returned to the Grand Marshal Residence after being reinstated to help Da Ming fight Shuda's invasion. He resolved to deal with Minister Li Shangshu before going to war, while Li Shangshu feared the consequences of Zhu Zi'an's return.

• The Emperor asked Princess Ling Yue to bring Zhu Zi'an back after Shuda invaded Da Ming and captured several cities.
• Princess Ling Yue visited Zhu Zi'an in his hometown, and he accepted the Emperor's edict to return.
• Zhu Zi'an and his family arrived at the Grand Marshal Residence, where the steward and Maids welcomed them.
• Zhu Zi'an decided to eliminate Li Shangshu before setting out for war.
• Li Shangshu panicked after learning Zhu Zi'an had been reinstated, then met Zhang Weiyong, who said he had come to save him.

Zhu Zi'an crushed a plot involving Li Shangshu and the Shuda spy Zhang Weiyong, recovering nearly all the fragments of Da Ming’s Key of National Destiny. Several days later, he departed for the battlefield after bidding farewell to Princess Ling Yue.

• Zhang Weiyong revealed his Shuda identity to Li Shangshu and persuaded him to surrender his fragment of the Key of National Destiny in exchange for the safety of his residence.
• Li Shangshu switched rooms with his steward, but Zhu Zi'an's troops stormed the Chancellor's Residence and killed everyone there, including Li Shangshu.
• Zhu Zi'an's soldiers captured Zhang Weiyong as he tried to escape Heng He City, and Zhang revealed that the Key's fragments were hidden in a secret chamber beneath the city.
• Zhu Zi'an recovered the Key of National Destiny and killed Zhang Weiyong, then spent time with Princess Ling Yue.
• Several days later, Zhu Zi'an led his army toward the battlefield after sharing a farewell kiss with Princess Ling Yue.

Zhu Zi'an used Chang Jing City's empty streets and concealed troops to destroy Shuda's million-strong army without losing a soldier. After the victory, he ordered the army to march on Mo Du and sent General Xu to kill Shuda's Emperor.

• Shuda's forces massacred the people of Zi Lan City and marched toward Chang Jing City, while Zhu Zi'an arrived with his army.
• Zhu Zi'an executed Chang Jing City's defending general and prefect for planning to flee, then ordered the residents indoors and concealed his troops while leaving the gates open.
• Shuda's army entered Chang Jing City, where Zhu Zi'an's forces shut the gates, surrounded the invaders, and wiped out the entire army in a day and night of fighting.
• General Xu apologized to Zhu Zi'an for opposing him, and Zhu Zi'an ordered him to take Shuda's Emperor's head.
• Zhu Zi'an ordered the army to march directly on Mo Du.

Zhu Zi'an led Da Ming’s army to destroy Shuda, returned in triumph, and married Princess Ling Yue after receiving the title of Stability King. Their honeymoon ended when news arrived that Zhu Luo Country had invaded Da Ming’s Sea Territory, prompting Zhu Zi'an to lead troops south.

• Zhu Zi'an led Da Ming’s army across Shuda, capturing Mo Du and ordering the Shuda clan’s extermination as the emperor fled.
• The old general caught and killed the Shuda emperor, then returned his head and the treasures to Zhu Zi'an.
• Zhu Zi'an returned to a heroes’ welcome, and the Da Ming emperor bestowed on him the title of Stability King and arranged his marriage to Princess Ling Yue.
• Zhu Zi'an and Ling Yue married, then honeymooned in Water City while the Da Ming emperor received news of Zhu Luo Country’s invasion.
• After examining the imperial edict, Zhu Zi'an returned to the capital with Ling Yue and later led troops toward the Sea Territory.

Zhu Zi'an used civilian boats to lure Zhu Luo's pursuing fleet into an ambush, then captured the enemy camp and won a major victory. With a large fleet and his million troops, he sailed toward Zhihai City to continue the campaign.

• Zhu Zi'an arrived at Sea Abundance City and learned that its fleet had only twenty warships and twenty thousand naval soldiers.
• Zhu Zi'an secretly eliminated Zhu Luo spies in the city, requisitioned civilian boats with the people's agreement, and planned an ambush.
• Zhu Zi'an sent the twenty warships to lure Zhu Luo's fleet into an encirclement, where Da Ming's hidden troops captured more than three hundred ships and killed the pursuers.
• Zhu Zi'an led five hundred thousand troops aboard the captured warships into Zhu Luo's sea camp, killed its general, and destroyed its forces.
• Zhu Zi'an set sail from Sea Abundance City with his million troops and reached the waters of Zhihai City in less than three days.

Zhu Zi'an defeated the Zhu Luo fleet, pacified Da Ming’s Sea Territory, and decided to conquer Zhu Luo Country and rule it himself. After sailing there with 4,500 warships, his army landed and captured the coastal city of Du Bian City.

• Zhu Zi'an led Da Ming forces to destroy the Zhu Luo fleet at Zhihai City and then defeated the Zhu Luo main camp, killing its Army Commander and capturing more warships.
• The Da Ming Emperor celebrated Zhu Zi'an’s victory and issued an edict granting titles to his unborn descendants.
• Zhu Zi'an pacified unrest throughout Da Ming’s Sea Territory and decided to claim Zhu Luo and its surrounding lands as his own domain.
• Zhu Zi'an sailed toward Zhu Luo Country with 4,500 warships while its Emperor and officials remained unaware of the invasion.
• Three months later, Zhu Zi'an’s army landed in Zhu Luo Country, slaughtered its defenders, and captured Du Bian City.

Zhu Zi'an invaded Zhu Luo Country, conquered its cities and Imperial Capital, and established himself as its ruler. After rebuilding the palace, he prepared to take the title of Emperor Xuan and send an envoy to Da Ming.

• Zhu Zi'an led his army through Du Bian City and Hengdao City, killing the defenders of the first and stabilizing the second with policies announced by Ye Youji.
• Ye Youji advised Zhu Zi'an as his army captured ten cities in succession, prompting the Emperor of Zhu Luo Country to send Hengda Yichuan and a million troops to resist him.
• Zhu Zi'an defeated Hengda Yichuan at Yichuan City, killed him, and accepted the surrender of the remaining Zhu Luo Soldiers.
• Zhu Zi'an's army advanced to Zhu Jing, where the ministers surrendered and the Emperor of Zhu Luo Country hanged himself.
• A year after seizing Zhu Jing, Zhu Zi'an sat on the rebuilt Dragon Throne, approved plans to take the title of Emperor Xuan, and agreed to send an envoy to Da Ming.

Zhu Zi'an reunited with Ling Yue, expanded the Xuan Empire through decades of conquest, and conquered the world before dying and completing his trial. Back on the second floor of the Jet-Black Treasure Pagoda, he worried when Mei Yingyin and Xiao Bi failed to return, then was transported to the third floor.

• Zhu Zi'an founded the Xuan Empire and sent Yu Liucun to Da Ming, where Princess Ling Yue learned he had been found and agreed to return to him.
• Zhu Zi'an reunited with Ling Yue, appointed her Empress, and began a campaign that brought neighboring nations under Xuan rule.
• Zhu Zi'an paused his conquests to govern, then resumed until the Xuan Empire controlled more than half the world.
• After Ling Yue died, Zhu Zi'an conquered Da Ming when its Emperor broke their friendship, and he eventually became World Emperor before passing the throne to Crown Prince Zhu Jie and dying.
• Zhu Zi'an returned to the second floor of the Jet-Black Treasure Pagoda, where he waited for Mei Yingyin and Xiao Bi as they fought separate battles, then a beam of light carried him to the third floor.

Zhu Zi'an appeared on the third floor of the Jet-Black Treasure Pagoda, where he encountered Xu Miaomiao and her junior sister Xing Er in a boudoir. After winning Xu Miaomiao's trust and becoming her husband, he cultivated the Yin Yang Supreme Saint Divine Skill with her and nearly had his yang energy drained away.

• Zhu Zi'an found himself in a boudoir on the third floor and hid beneath the bed when Xu Miaomiao and Xing Er entered.
• Xu Miaomiao showed Xing Er the Yin Yang Supreme Saint Divine Skill, and the two began cultivating it together without a man.
• After being discovered, Zhu Zi'an pretended he had secretly loved Xu Miaomiao, moving her to tears and convincing her to accept him as her husband.
• Xing Er left, and Zhu Zi'an and Xu Miaomiao spent the night together.
• Xu Miaomiao explained that she and Xing Er had only used the manual to give each other foot massages, then invited Zhu Zi'an to cultivate it with her.
• Xu Miaomiao's cultivation surged as the skill drained Zhu Zi'an's yang energy, and she stopped when he became sallow and nearly died.

Zhu Zi'an was drained by Wan Jun, who gave him the Yin Yang Source Saint Pill and Yin Yang Source Law and named him her successor. After mastering the manual while awaiting the pagoda trial, he remained in Xu Miaomiao’s bedchamber, where Wan Jun later confronted him for not visiting her Inner Hall.

• Zhu Zi'an spent days cultivating with Xu Miaomiao, then took too many Yang Supplementing Pills and continued their intimacy until he recovered.
• Wan Jun entered Xu Miaomiao’s bedchamber, claimed Zhu Zi'an as her forbidden possession, and gave him a pill, a cultivation manual, and a token.
• Xu Miaomiao identified the gifts as the Yin Yang Source Saint Pill and Yin Yang Source Law, and celebrated Zhu Zi'an’s selection as Wan Jun’s successor.
• Zhu Zi'an swallowed the pill and mastered the manual, causing his cultivation to surge while he stayed in the bedchamber to await the pagoda trial.
• Wan Jun returned after half a month, threw Xu Miaomiao out, and reproached Zhu Zi'an for not visiting her; Zhu Zi'an drew Wan Jun close and reassured her.

After the Seven Great Sects and the Demon Clan besieged the Yin Yang Harmonious Union Sect, Zhu Zi'an protected Wan Jun and annihilated their attackers from Xu Miaomiao’s bedchamber. Wan Jun launched a century-long war of vengeance that ended with the world’s destruction and rebirth, while Zhu Zi'an remained in the bedchamber as his sect became the foremost holy land.

• Wan Jun and the Elders fled the besieged sect and took refuge in Xu Miaomiao’s bedchamber, where Zhu Zi'an was staying.
• Zhu Zi'an killed the invading Supreme experts and Demon Clan chiefs, then restored Wan Jun’s injuries.
• Wan Jun ordered the sect to slaughter the invaders and transformed the female disciples who had lost the will to live into killing machines.
• The sect’s century-long war wiped out every other living creature, after which the world began anew.
• Zhu Zi'an remained in the bedchamber for a thousand years as the sect became the Yin Yang Holy Source Palace, and his son Zhu Zhan established the Yuanyang Holy Source Palace.
• Ten thousand years later, a young man dressed in black rose to prominence and shattered the balance between the two palaces.

Chi Yu captured and destroyed Qing Xuan after Zhu Zhan’s trap defeated the Qing Xuan Holy Source Kingdom. Mei Yingyin and Xiao Bi finished training in the Jet-Black Treasure Pagoda, were transported to a strange forest, and followed a song into the mountains.

• Chi Yu watched his Future Self’s clone, Qing Xuan, attack the Yin Yang Holy Source Palace and dismissed the threat.
• Qing Xuan’s reincarnated clone built a kingdom, suffered an earlier defeat, reunited his divided realm, and launched another attack on the Yin Yang Holy Source Palace.
• Zhu Zhan used the bribed Yuanyang Holy Source Palace Elders to lure Qing Xuan’s army into a trap, where the two palaces defeated them.
• Qing Xuan detonated his Origin Essence, but Chi Yu caught the Black Qi escaping the blast and destroyed it.
• Mei Yingyin and Xiao Bi returned from training, were transported from the second floor of the Jet-Black Treasure Pagoda to an unfamiliar forest, and followed a song toward a mountain hollow.

Mei Yingyin and Xiao Bi entered the Profound Vein Secret Realm, where Spirit Platform Old Man accepted them into the Spirit Platform Source Manor and gave them an inheritance. After the manor vanished, Chi Yu intervened, Xiao Bi disappeared, and Mei Yingyin encountered a mysterious golden-clad man.

• Mei Yingyin and Xiao Bi lost the hidden door in a vast forest, met a woodcutter, and learned they were in the Profound Vein Secret Realm near the Spirit Platform Cave Residence.
• An attendant led Mei Yingyin and Xiao Bi to Spirit Platform Old Man, who accepted them into his manor and bestowed Source Law and secret art inheritances.
• Spirit Platform Old Man vanished with the cave residence, leaving Mei Yingyin and Xiao Bi back in the forest with their new powers.
• Chi Yu sent a ray of Dark Gold Rank light to Spirit Platform's true self on the ninth floor of the pagoda, and Spirit Platform thanked him for the guidance.
• Chi Yu teleported Xiao Bi to himself, while Mei Yingyin searched the forest for her and worried over her sudden disappearance.
• A Golden Spirit Fish leaped from a stream, transformed into a handsome man in gold, and asked the troubled Mei Yingyin what was wrong.

Mei Yingyin learned that Zhu Zi'an was an incarnation of Chi Yu, then fell under the influence of a ghostly force and led an attack on the Yin Yang Holy Source Palace. After Chi Yu destroyed the soul fragment she blamed, he finally killed Mei Yingyin and returned to the Creation Space.

• Mei Yingyin killed and ate spirit fish, then awoke in a palace beside Xiao Bi and Chi Yu, who revealed that he was Qing Chen and Zhu Zi'an was his incarnation.
• Chi Yu took Mei Yingyin to Zhu Zi'an, whom she found with Wan Jun and Xu Miaomiao, and she slapped him before disappearing.
• Mei Yingyin wandered into a Demon Cave, where a black-robed figure infused her with Black Qi and transformed her into a ghostly being consumed by rage at Zhu Zi'an.
• Mei Yingyin killed the black-robed figure, absorbed Nether Souls, and ordered tens of thousands of Ghost Guards to attack the Yin Yang Holy Source Palace.
• Chi Yu appeared and offered Mei Yingyin a Zhu Zi'an soul fragment, which she killed; he then destroyed her body and soul and returned to the Creation Space.

Chi Yu watched as Zhu Zi'an was devoured by the Black Qi that had possessed a tiger and transformed into a Black Robe Man. The Black Robe Man’s attempt to seize Yin-Yang and prey on the women was thwarted by Chi Yu, but he went on a rampage and devastated the Sumeru World.

• Chi Yu erased Mei Yingyin and sent Xiao Bi back to the Profound Vein Secret Realm to continue her trials.
• Black Qi possessed a tiger beast, transforming it into a huge Black-Skinned Patterned Tiger Beast that hid in a cave.
• Zhu Zi'an left the Yin Yang Holy Source Palace, roamed the forest, and discovered that his Devour Soul System had disappeared.
• The black tiger swallowed Zhu Zi'an and assimilated him, then transformed into a Black Robe Man who looked exactly like him.
• The Black Robe Man tried to reach Xu Miaomiao and Wan Jun, but Chi Yu protected them and bestowed a defensive Source Array on every female living being in the world.
• After Chi Yu’s protections and divine lightning humiliated him, the Black Robe Man went berserk, slaughtered inhabitants, and devastated the Sumeru World.

Zhu Zi'an devoured souls for ten thousand years, eventually becoming a Pseudo Self-Control ancestor while the Black Robe Man followed a similar path. After the trial reset, Zhu Zi'an and Xiao Bi reached the fourth floor of the Jet-Black Treasure Pagoda and learned that Mei Yingyin had died.

• Chi Yu rescued Zhu Zi'an and sent him back to the Yin Yang Holy Source Palace, urging him to pursue the Origin Essence of the Myriad Heavens.
• Zhu Zi'an began devouring souls relentlessly, left Wan Jun and Xu Miaomiao behind, and continued his soul-devouring journey for ten thousand years.
• Zhu Zi'an encountered the Black Robe Man, who eventually copied his Soul Devouring method, and the two continued devouring souls as the world evolved around them.
• New beings worshipped Zhu Zi'an and the Black Robe Man as the White Ancestor and Black Ancestor, and their worship helped Zhu Zi'an reach Pseudo Self-Control.
• Zhu Zi'an returned to Xu Miaomiao's chamber as events replayed, then was transported from the second floor of the Jet-Black Treasure Pagoda to the fourth floor alongside Xiao Bi.
• Xiao Bi told Zhu Zi'an that Mei Yingyin had failed the trial and died.

After grieving Mei Yingyin, Zhu Zi'an and Xiao Bi discovered that the fourth layer was a chess trial that trapped its players until all four colors were represented. The Black Robe Man and the White-Haired Youthful-Faced Old Man arrived, and the Four Source Chess Game began with all four sides entering the battle.

• The Black Robe Man searched for Zhu Zi'an on the third layer, failed to find him, and resumed devouring souls.
• Zhu Zi'an grieved Mei Yingyin's death, then explored the fourth layer with Xiao Bi and found a table and four stools.
• Xiao Bi and Zhu Zi'an sat on stools and discovered they could move only the Purple Chess Pieces and Azure Chess Pieces, respectively, while the board trapped them in place.
• The Black Robe Man arrived and took the seat for the Black Chess Pieces, leaving the group waiting for the white player.
• The White-Haired Youthful-Faced Old Man appeared, announced the Four Source Chess Game, and the four players began moving their colored pieces into battle.