Chapter Summaries

Old Ancestor Tian Yu praised Xia Zhi’s talent, welcomed him into the Grand Void Heavenly Palace, and gave him a disciple’s token, robe, and weapon. After Xia Zhi revealed his Ancient Cultivator talent and promised to travel to the sect within a hundred years, Tian Yu began arranging a guide for him while Xia Zhi stayed to cultivate.

• Old Ancestor Tian Yu recognized Xia Zhi’s extraordinary comprehension and invited him to join the Grand Void Heavenly Palace, where Void Gods served as elders.
• Old Ancestor Tian Yu gave Xia Zhi a golden robe, a Void God weapon, and a token containing sect information and a route to the Seven Stars Sea Sacred Realm.
• Xia Zhi learned about the sect’s resources and cultivation texts, then told Old Ancestor Tian Yu about his awakened Ancient Cultivator talent and ability to teleport across vast distances.
• Xia Zhi promised to reach the Grand Void Heavenly Palace within a hundred years and chose to cultivate at the thatched cottage, intending to master the Undying River.
• Old Ancestor Tian Yu decided to assign Xia Zhi to Wentian Hall as an Inner Hall Elder and guide after he passed the sect assessment.

After leaving his home universe, Xia Zhi arrived in the Seven Stars Sea Sacred Realm with Gu Ganluo and set out to find an inhabited place. He sensed a familiar, unusual fluctuation nearby as Gu Ganluo went to ask a village Ruler for directions.

• Xia Zhi left a drop of his Undying River blood with Ancestor Mo as a resurrection safeguard before departing the universe.
• Xia Zhi said farewell to Senior Brother Meng Yi and the Destruction Legion, then told the Blood Blade God Emperor of his plan to travel to the Seven Stars Sea Sacred Realm.
• The Blood Blade God Emperor gave Xia Zhi a self-powered puppet to accompany his family, and Xia Zhi promised Bu Yueluo he would return and take her with him once she became a Ruler.
• Xia Zhi left the universe through a Space Rift and used ultra-long-distance teleportation to reach the Seven Stars Sea Sacred Realm.
• Xia Zhi brought Gu Ganluo out of his miniature universe, and they traveled by Chaos Flying Ship until they found a village whose residents included a Ruler.
• Gu Ganluo went to ask the village Ruler for directions while Xia Zhi sensed a familiar, unusual fluctuation nearby.

Xia Zhi traveled toward Tianshui City and found Sishui Kingdom under attack by fiends, where a mysterious treasure resembling the Taiyu Tower stirred memories of the Tai Shang Sect. He intervened just as two silver-armored outsiders were about to be overwhelmed, and the woman recognized him as her father.

• Xia Zhi learned that Sishui Kingdom lay along his route to Tianshui City and chose to investigate the strange sensation he had detected there.
• A green-armored Void creature devoured residents of Sishui Kingdom until a silver-armored man killed it with one slash, then left with Tiantian to attack the fiends' hideout.
• Xia Zhi arrived above Sishui Kingdom and recognized the besieged treasure tower as resembling the Taiyu Tower, so he teleported toward the battle.
• Tiantian used a Black Token marked with the character "Xia" to protect herself, Luo Hai, and the two Protector Elders as the black-cloud formation's attacks intensified.
• A black-robed man overwhelmed the defenders and exhausted Tiantian's protection, but Xia Zhi burst through the formation and appeared before them.
• Tiantian felt a familiar connection to Xia Zhi and murmured, "Dad?"

Xia Zhi defeated Black Cloud Saint and his Ancient Sacred Cult followers, then learned from Hong that he had arrived in a world countless years in the future. The chapter left Xia Zhi wondering why his True Self had not come to find him.

• Xia Zhi recognized Xia Tian and Luo Hai but held back from approaching them while Black Cloud Saint formed the Eight-headed God to attack.
• Xia Zhi split the Eight-headed God with a sword strike, killed Black Cloud Saint, and destroyed the six remaining envoys with his Rule Domain.
• Xia Tian and Luo Hai questioned Xia Zhi, but Hong arrived and stopped time throughout Sishui Kingdom.
• Hong told Xia Zhi that Luo Feng had traced his arrival to the Boundary God Token carrying his true spirit through a space-time rift into a future world.
• Xia Zhi realized that the time difference explained his family’s increased strength and asked Hong why his True Self had not come to find him.

Hong told Xia Zhi how their companions had risen on the Origin Continent and revealed that Xia Zhi's True Self and Luo Feng had surpassed the God King Realm. After Hong left with Xia Tian and Luo Hai, Xia Zhi joined the Tianshui Palace Master to attack an Ancient Sacred Cult stronghold, where the cult's leaders were preparing to flee.

• Hong recounted the rise of Xia Kingdom, the human race's strength on the Origin Continent, and how Xia Zhi's True Self and Luo Feng had reached a realm beyond God Kings.
• Hong took Xia Tian and Luo Hai away, gave Xia Zhi coordinates for Ancient Sacred Cult strongholds, and erased witnesses' memories of their encounter.
• The Tianshui Palace Master arrived in Sishui Kingdom, praised Xia Zhi for killing Black Cloud Saint, and agreed to destroy a stronghold Xia Zhi had located.
• Xia Zhi and the Tianshui Palace Master reached a remote city and agreed to split the Merit Points and spoils from the attack.
• The stronghold's Saint Envoys ordered their followers to dismantle the site and move the Holy Lord Statue, but the Tianshui Palace Master suppressed the city's void with a vast rain before they could escape.

Xia Zhi destroyed an Ancient Sacred Cult stronghold with Tianshui Palace Master, then probed its Holy Lord Statue and attracted the attention of the Holy Master. Old Ancestor Tian Yu protected him, and Xia Zhi returned safely to Tianshui City, where he prepared to travel to Grand Void Heavenly Palace.

• Tianshui Palace Master drowned the Ancient Sacred Cult stronghold and killed its Saint Disciples and Saint Envoys, then gave Xia Zhi the Holy Lord Statue to take back and destroy.
• Xia Zhi examined the statue and discovered that its core rune contained a miniature universe tied to the Holy Master's enslavement power.
• The Holy Master noticed Xia Zhi probing the statue, but Old Ancestor Tian Yu concealed Xia Zhi and warned the Holy Master against targeting a Grand Void Heavenly Palace disciple.
• The Holy Master destroyed the statue through its core rune, and Xia Zhi suppressed the resulting evil force within his miniature universe.
• Old Ancestor Tian Yu cautioned Xia Zhi to return to Grand Void Heavenly Palace, and Xia Zhi and Tianshui Palace Master reached Tianshui City safely.
• Tianshui Palace Master introduced Xia Zhi to the city's elders and deacons and told him he could soon take the Chaos Passage to Grand Void Heavenly Palace.

Xia Zhi returned to the Grand Void Heavenly Palace with Elder Chun Wu and entered Star Tower to test his combat strength. He easily cleared the first three floors, while Old Ancestor Tian Yu watched and waited to see how he would fare against the fourth floor.

• Xia Zhi and Elder Chun Wu arrived at the Grand Void Heavenly Palace through the Chaos Vortex Passage, and Elder Chun Wu introduced him to the Chaos Hall and the Tai Void Holy Land.
• Elder Chun Wu explained that Star Tower measured combat strength and that clearing its fifth floor was required to become an Inner Hall Elder.
• Xia Zhi entered Star Tower, saw Luo Feng's carvings depicting thin armored creatures massacring powerful cultivators, and realized the cultivators faced enemies beyond the Ancient Sacred Cult and the Mother Ancestor Cult.
• Xia Zhi defeated the first floor's gray-armored warrior with a sword strike and cleared the second floor by overwhelming ten opponents.
• Xia Zhi used his Rule Domain and sword lights to defeat more than a hundred stronger gray-armored creatures on the third floor.
• Old Ancestor Tian Yu watched Xia Zhi clear the first three floors and anticipated his performance on the fourth.

Xia Zhi defeated the Star Tower’s fourth- and fifth-floor opponents, then used the growing battle on the sixth floor to create the fifth move of the Heart Sword Art, the Blade of Chaos. He entered the seventh floor before Old Ancestor Tian Yu could explain the secrets behind the trials.

• Xia Zhi killed the blood-red armored creature on the fourth floor with the fourth move of the Heart Sword Art.
• Xia Zhi fought and defeated the four-armed alien warrior on the fifth floor, deepening his mastery of the sword art.
• Xia Zhi faced increasingly numerous four-armed alien warriors on the sixth floor and used their combined pressure to forge his fifth move, the Blade of Chaos.
• Xia Zhi destroyed the warriors’ battle formation and entered the seventh floor, while Old Ancestor Tian Yu hurried after him.

Xia Zhi defeated the Star Tower’s seventh-level opponents by burning a large portion of his miniature universe’s Origin energy, then received a Nine-Leaf Spirit Pill from Old Ancestor Tian Yu. His unprecedented achievement spread across the Tai Void Holy Land, where he was promoted to Inner Hall Elder and hailed as a legend.

• Xia Zhi fought the ten Armored Warriors, but their Destruction aura wore down his defenses and left him close to defeat.
• Xia Zhi used the Annihilation secret technique, burning nearly twenty percent of his miniature universe’s Origin energy to clear the pink aura and kill the enchanting woman’s nine crimson figures.
• Old Ancestor Tian Yu praised Xia Zhi for reaching the peak of seventh-level combat power and gave him a Nine-Leaf Spirit Pill to restore his injuries.
• The bells of the Tai Void Hall summoned the holy land’s upper echelons, and news spread that Xia Zhi had passed the seventh level on his first day and become an Inner Hall Elder.
• Elder Chun Wu heard the news and called Xia Zhi a legend.

Xia Zhi was welcomed as a legendary prodigy after passing the seventh level of the Star Tower and was appointed an Inner Hall Elder assigned to Wentian Hall. Old Ancestor Tian Yu and Hall Master Wentian revealed the Chaos Void’s struggle against the Destruction Demon Race and identified Xia Zhi as a future candidate to help, once he grew strong enough.

• Old Ancestor Tian Yu welcomed Xia Zhi as the thirty-ninth Inner Hall Elder, and assigned him to Hall Master Wentian’s Wentian Hall.
• The Tianshui Palace Master gave Xia Zhi roughly three hundred Yuan Realm Stones from the Ancient Sacred Cult stronghold spoils, and Xia Zhi accepted after he insisted.
• Old Ancestor Tian Yu and Hall Master Wentian questioned Xia Zhi about his Extreme Long-Distance Teleportation talent and Universe's Strongest System cultivation method.
• Old Ancestor Tian Yu explained that the Primordial Sacred Realm had shattered in a war among Ultimate Existences, after which the Destruction Demon Race emerged to threaten the Chaos Void.
• Old Ancestor Tian Yu revealed that cultivators were fighting the Destruction Demon Race at the end of the void and said Xia Zhi might help once he reached the ninth level of the Star Tower.
• Hall Master Wentian condemned Holy Master and Mother Ancestor for refusing to join the fight, while Xia Zhi learned that their followers’ conflict with the other realms was tied to that refusal.

Xia Zhi settled into his new role as an Inner Hall Elder and began cultivating the incomplete Candle Dragon Legacy, while news of his seventh-floor Star Tower achievement spread throughout the Chaos Void. The Holy Master ordered him captured alive, and the Boundary Ancestor took interest in Xia Zhi and the Stone Mirror he possessed.

• Old Ancestor Tian Yu and Hall Master Wentian told Xia Zhi that the Ancient Sacred Cult and Mother Ancestor Cult sought to enslave all living beings, then urged him to grow stronger.
• Hall Master Wentian gave Xia Zhi an exclusive cave residence, where Xia Zhi sent a servant to retrieve Gu Ganluo from Tianshui City.
• Xia Zhi studied the Candle Dragon Legacy, used the Stone Mirror to test whether it could guide the incomplete inheritance, and began cultivating its first layer.
• News spread that Xia Zhi had passed the seventh floor of the Star Tower at the Unity Realm, drawing attention across the Chaos Void.
• The Holy Master ordered Saint of the Dark Abyss to capture Xia Zhi alive, while the Boundary Ancestor watched Xia Zhi through the Stone Mirror and considered him a potential disciple.

Xia Zhi completed the first transformation of the Candle Dragon Legacy and discovered that the Stone Mirror greatly aided his comprehension. The Boundary Ancestor’s master then revealed an interest in Xia Zhi because he carried the legacy of the master’s old friend, and the Boundary Ancestor agreed to observe him.

• The Boundary Ancestor watched Xia Zhi cultivate for a thousand years and recognized that he was practicing Hall Master Wentian’s incomplete legacy.
• Xia Zhi reached the Void God level through the first Candle Dragon transformation, strengthening his soul by nearly ten percent while consuming rare treasures.
• Xia Zhi used the Stone Mirror with the Candle Dragon Legacy and found that its patterns revealed deeper mysteries and could guide him toward completing the technique.
• The Boundary Ancestor ordered his disciples to attack Mother Ancestor Cult forces after learning that its followers had sacrificed fifteen cities.
• The Boundary Ancestor’s master appeared through a dream incarnation and explained that Xia Zhi’s Candle Dragon Legacy had drawn his attention; he considered taking Xia Zhi as a disciple and asked the Boundary Ancestor to watch him.

After more than three hundred thousand years of cultivation, Xia Zhi reached the Fourth Transformation of the Candle Dragon Legacy and the Unity Realm, then advanced his rules and profound mysteries system and began studying the Myriad Phenomena Hall’s texts. The chapter left him considering whether Purgatory, Pang Yi, and Qing Jun would join the Grand Void Heavenly Palace as new disciples were recruited.

• Xia Zhi completed the Candle Dragon Legacy’s Fourth Transformation, and his Candle Dragon phenomenon startled the disciples and elders of the Tai Void Holy Land until Old Ancestor Tian Yu contained it and explained its source.
• Old Ancestor Tian Yu praised Xia Zhi’s progress and pointed out that his rules and profound mysteries system lagged behind his other cultivation paths, prompting Xia Zhi to break through to the Unity Realm.
• Xia Zhi went to the Myriad Phenomena Hall and spent several million years studying its texts to broaden his understanding of the rules and profound mysteries system.
• A purple-clothed True God disciple asked Xia Zhi for guidance, but he directed her to Elder Qian Ming and continued reading.
• After moving to the fourth floor, Xia Zhi considered asking Senior Brothers Purgatory, Pang Yi, and Qing Jun to join the Grand Void Heavenly Palace when it recruited new disciples.

Xia Zhi brought Blood Blade God Emperor, Master Yuanchu, Qing Jun, Pang Yi, and Purgatory Master to the Grand Void Heavenly Palace, where the newcomers began settling into their cultivation. Old Ancestor Tian Yu then asked Xia Zhi to take over Wentian Hall’s missions while its hall master fought at the edge of the void.

• Xia Zhi explained that his family and disciples would remain in the Hometown Universe until they reached the Void God realm, then promised to take them away near the era’s end.
• Xia Zhi used Extreme Long-Distance Teleportation to bring the group from Thunder Island to the Tai Void Holy Land, correcting an initial misplacement along the way.
• Blood Blade God Emperor and Master Yuanchu went to study at the Myriad Phenomena Hall, while Qing Jun, Pang Yi, and Purgatory Master settled on Wugui Island to prepare for the coming disciple ranking battle.
• Old Ancestor Tian Yu summoned Xia Zhi and explained that the Destruction Demon Race might soon launch a large-scale attack at the edge of the void.
• Old Ancestor Tian Yu asked Xia Zhi to take over Wentian Hall’s missions while Hall Master Wentian went to fight at the edge of the void.

Xia Zhi learned that his new role at Wentian Hall would involve overseeing intelligence and assisting with Extreme Long-Distance Teleportation, while continuing to prioritize cultivation. Hall Master Wentian was away, so Xia Zhi arrived to take charge and was greeted by the hall’s elders and deacons.

• Old Ancestor Tian Yu told Xia Zhi to oversee Wentian Hall’s affairs, assist with teleportation, and leave routine work to its elders and deacons.
• Tian Yu explained that Xia Zhi would not have to repay the rare treasures worth roughly five thousand Yuan Realm Stones if he handled the duty well, and said Hall Master Wentian had left for the edge of the void.
• Xia Zhi visited Wentian Hall’s plaza and examined its mission board as the gathered cultivators recognized and watched him.
• Elder Changmei and Elder Mingyi led several hundred Void Gods out to greet Xia Zhi and announced that he was acting in charge while Wentian was absent.
• Xia Zhi asked Changmei and Mingyi to show him around Wentian Hall, then entered the hall with them and the deacons.

Xia Zhi ordered an investigation into the Qingyun Sect’s destruction and moved to expand the Grand Void Heavenly Palace’s influence on Jiuyun Continent. He then entered Time Hall to develop a domain technique, leaving the Ancient Sacred Realm’s supreme existences pondering him.

• Xia Zhi ordered Elder Mingyi to lead thirty stewards to investigate the Qingyun Sect’s destruction, punish those responsible, and reclaim the sect’s territory.
• Elder Mingyi and his team teleported to Jiuyun Continent, and Xia Zhi said the Grand Void Heavenly Palace should establish its own sphere of influence there.
• Xia Zhi returned to Myriad Phenomena Hall and chose Nine Swords of the Lightning Serpent and Boundless Domain Boundary as the basis for a new domain technique.
• Xia Zhi entered Time Hall and requested ten-thousandfold time acceleration, paying the cultivation fees with Merit Points.
• Xia Zhi exchanged Merit Points for a Fuling Heart Fruit, consumed it, and resumed comprehending the two ultimate techniques as supreme existences in the Ancient Sacred Realm pondered him.

Saint of the Dark Abyss and Saint Jiawu planned to lure Xia Zhi out of the Tai Void Holy Land and kill him, while Xia Zhi completed a new domain secret art and entered the Star Tower to challenge its eighth floor. The chapter ended with Xia Zhi’s Thunder Wave Realm overwhelming a Golden Armored Destruction Demon.

• Saint Jiawu demanded a chance to avenge his elder brother Black Cloud, and Saint of the Dark Abyss proposed using an attack on Jiuyun Continent to draw Xia Zhi out.
• Saint Jiawu agreed to go with Saint of the Dark Abyss, who planned to use his True Self to kill Xia Zhi if he appeared.
• Xia Zhi emerged from four million years of accelerated cultivation with a newly created domain secret art called Thunder Wave Realm.
• Xia Zhi went to the Star Tower intending to clear the eighth floor without using Annihilation.
• Xia Zhi unleashed Thunder Wave Realm against the Golden Armored Destruction Demon, whose armor was damaged by the domain’s lightning.

Xia Zhi cleared the eighth floor of the Star Tower and fought the nine Golden Armored Destruction Demons on the ninth floor before admitting defeat. After seeking a powerful domain weapon to strengthen his defenses, he left the Star Tower, while Saint Jiawu attacked the Grand Void Heavenly Palace's stronghold at Qingyun Peak.

• Xia Zhi used the Candle Dragon Eye, the Thunder Wave Realm, and the Blade of Chaos to defeat the Golden Armored Destruction Demon and clear the eighth floor of the Star Tower.
• Old Ancestor Tian Yu learned of Xia Zhi's achievement, watched him enter the ninth floor, and saw him kill one of the nine Golden Armored Destruction Demons before admitting defeat.
• Xia Zhi concluded that his domain and Blade of Chaos needed improvement, then traveled to Tianshui City to seek a top-grade domain-type Void God weapon.
• Xia Zhi sold treasures from the Black Cloud Saint and his subordinates for 400 Yuan Realm Stones and considered buying the Thunder Sound Heavenly Xin Sword Array.
• Saint Jiawu arrived above Qingyun Peak, vowed to take the lives of the Grand Void Heavenly Palace's elders in revenge for his elder brother, and covered the region in black clouds.

Xia Zhi rescued Elder Mingyi and the surviving deacons from Saint Jiawu’s avatar on Jiuyun Continent, then faced Saint Jiawu and Saint of the Dark Abyss as they appeared in person. After sheltering the rescued cultivators in his Grotto-Heaven World, Xia Zhi prepared to fight the two Chaos Realm giants.

• Xia Zhi returned to the Tai Void Holy Land, spent nine years refining the Thunder Sound Heavenly Xin Sword Array under accelerated time, and received Elder Mingyi’s distress call from Qingyun Peak.
• Elder Changmei recognized the attacker as Saint Jiawu’s avatar and warned Old Ancestor Tian Yu that Xia Zhi might be walking into a trap.
• Xia Zhi teleported to Jiuyun Continent and used his spatial domain and newly refined sword array to destroy Saint Jiawu’s avatar, saving Elder Mingyi and twenty-two deacons.
• Saint Jiawu and Saint of the Dark Abyss arrived in their True Selves, and Xia Zhi stored Elder Mingyi’s group in his Grotto-Heaven World before declaring that he would kill them.

Xia Zhi used his miniature universe to kill Saint Jiawu while fighting off three Ancient Sacred Cult experts, but the Lord of Yellow Springs and Saint of the Dark Abyss trapped his teleportation. The Boundary Ancestor arrived to protect him, only for the Holy Master to appear and claim she would take Xia Zhi to the Ancient Sacred Realm.

• Saint Jiawu unleashed Purple Annihilation Divine Thunder, but Xia Zhi blocked it and revealed his Blade of Chaos as he faced the attackers.
• The Lord of Yellow Springs appeared and corroded Xia Zhi's Blade of Chaos, while Saint of the Dark Abyss and Saint Jiawu joined her assault.
• Xia Zhi deployed his miniature universe, suppressed the attackers, and killed Saint Jiawu with two Blades of Chaos.
• The Lord of Yellow Springs expanded her Yellow Springs Absolute Domain, forcing Xia Zhi to withdraw his miniature universe, while the Void-Caging Gauze prevented his long-distance teleportation.
• The Boundary Ancestor arrived and suppressed the Lord of Yellow Springs and Saint of the Dark Abyss, but the Holy Master appeared beside Xia Zhi and declared she would take him to the Ancient Sacred Realm.