Chapter Summaries

The Holy Master seized Xia Zhi, claiming that Xia Zhi could help him reach the final step beyond the Origin World. After the Holy Master’s attempt to enslave him failed against the Cosmic Pole Bell, Xia Zhi remained imprisoned in a grotto-heaven under Lord of Yellow Springs’s watch.

• The Holy Master opened a passage to the Ancient Sacred Realm and tried to take Xia Zhi, but Blade Emperor and Holy Lord Yaoguang arrived with Boundary Ancestor and destroyed the passage.
• The Holy Master ignored their threats and took Xia Zhi and Lord of Yellow Springs away, saying Xia Zhi was crucial to his future path.
• Inside the Holy Master’s grotto-heaven, the Holy Master’s Clone told Xia Zhi he hoped to use him to break free from the Origin World’s shackles and offered to make him a believer.
• The Holy Master’s enslavement seal entered Xia Zhi, but Xia Zhi used the Cosmic Pole Enlightenment Art to summon the Cosmic Pole Bell, which expelled the black light.
• The Holy Master’s Clone withdrew and ordered Lord of Yellow Springs to watch Xia Zhi while he dealt with the other troublemakers.

Xia Zhi broke through into the Chaos Realm and transformed his miniature universe while Holy Master tried to seize his soul. As the Cosmic Pole Bell halted time and protected Xia Zhi, he encountered Yuan in the River of Time and learned that Yuan had guided and protected him.

• Xia Zhi comprehended the origin of time and space, broke through into the Chaos Realm, and sensed the Ancient Sacred Realm through his soul.
• Old Ancestor Tian Yu warned Xia Zhi not to accept a soul imprint, but Holy Master cut off his perception of the outside world.
• Xia Zhi began evolving his miniature universe, while Holy Master’s True Self fought Blade Emperor, the Sword Master, Holy Lord Yaoguang, and Progenitor Moshan outside.
• Holy Master’s Ancient Sacred avatar attacked Xia Zhi’s defenses, but the Cosmic Pole Bell halted time throughout the Grotto-Heaven World.
• Xia Zhi’s consciousness reached the Cosmic Pole Bell in the River of Time, where Yuan appeared and revealed how he had helped and protected Xia Zhi.

Xia Zhi met Yuan in the River of Time and learned about Primordial Space, the ancient war, and the dangers surrounding the Tai Shang Sect inheritance. Yuan sent him into the world fragment to retrieve the Cosmic Pole Bell, and Xia Zhi arrived before the towering treasure.

• Yuan explained the cultivation realms beyond Origin Worlds and how Xia Zhi's True Self had become a Lord by comprehending the Grand Dao of Space.
• Yuan revealed that Tai had fallen after killing twenty-three Lord-level Innate Primordial lifeforms, and that Tai's successors, including Pan and Di, had also been targeted.
• Yuan explained that he had isolated Xia Zhi's True Self's Origin World and sent Xia Zhi to the Boundary Heart Continent to protect and train him, but the Myriad Touch Dragon Mother had ruined those plans.
• Yuan told Xia Zhi that the practitioner Lords were battling the Innate Primordial lifeforms to give his Second Nascent Soul a chance to summon the Cosmic Pole Bell from the future.
• Yuan sent Xia Zhi into the world fragment, where he arrived before the enormous Cosmic Pole Bell.

Xia Zhi absorbed his True Self’s memories and the Cosmic Pole Bell’s power, becoming a Universe God and then reaching the Ultimate Realm. He emerged before the other Ultimate Existences and turned to face Holy Master, ready to end their conflict.

• The Cosmic Pole Bell returned Xia Zhi’s consciousness and memories to his body, and he broke through from the Chaos Realm to the Universe God Realm.
• Xia Zhi used the Cosmic Pole Bell to crush Lord of Yellow Springs and erase Holy Master’s Ancient Sacred avatar, absorbing the power gathered in the Grotto-Heaven World.
• After absorbing Holy Master’s accumulated origin power, Xia Zhi reached the Ultimate Realm.
• Xia Zhi appeared before Sword Master, Blade Emperor, Holy Lord Yaoguang, Progenitor Moshan, Old Ancestor Tian Yu, and the other Ultimate Existences, then faced Holy Master’s True Self and declared that it was time to end things.

Xia Zhi completed his transformation in the Ancient Sacred Realm, reshaped his Origin World, and prepared to join his True Self in the Primordial Void. There, his True Self confronted the Infinite Serpent and other Lords over attacks on the cultivator lineage, while the Crystal Lord demanded the Taiyu Tower.

• Xia Zhi used the Cosmic Pole Bell to restore the Ancient Sacred Realm and compress the Origin World until it became dense and whole.
• Xia Zhi recognized the Sword Master as the recipient of guidance he had once given, then sensed his True Self fighting across the Primordial Void and estimated that his own transformation would finish in an hour.
• Xia Zhi destroyed the Maze Corridor, exterminated the Destruction Demon Race, enslaved the Holy Master, and instructed Old Ancestor Tian Yu and the others before departing.
• Xia Zhi's True Self confronted the Infinite Serpent in the Infinite Primordial World, accused it of conspiring against cultivators, and captured several snake-shaped monsters.
• The Steel Lump and Crystal Lord appeared; the Crystal Lord demanded the Taiyu Tower, and Xia Zhi refused and challenged it to take the treasure by force.

Xia Zhi held off three powerful Lords inside Taiyu Tower while his allies fought elsewhere in Primordial Space. His Second Nascent Soul had obtained the Cosmic Pole Bell and was set to become a Lord within an hour, leaving the cultivator faction on the brink of a decisive change.

• Xia Zhi dodged and counterattacked Metal Life, then endured the combined assault of Metal Life and the Infinite Serpent inside the Crystal lifeform's Crystal Jade World.
• The Crystal lifeform trapped Xia Zhi and summoned Fu You and Di Ming to help break through Taiyu Tower's defenses.
• Xia Zhi spoke with Luo Feng and the other cultivator Lords, who were fighting the Dragon-Touch Clan and other enemies across Primordial Space.
• Xia Zhi confirmed that his Second Nascent Soul had obtained the Cosmic Pole Bell and would become a Lord in less than an hour.

Xia Zhi became a Lord by mastering the Grand Daos of Origin and Time, then defeated the Lords who had besieged him. After Eternal invited him to the Eternal Land, Xia Zhi agreed to meet and speak with the Speaker.

• Xia Zhi comprehended the Origin World’s laws, merged with the Cosmic Pole Bell, and advanced to Lord level.
• Eternal announced that Xia Zhi had mastered the Origin Daos of Time and Space and would soon become a Second Speaker.
• Crystal lifeform, Infinite Serpent, Metal Life, and the Two Saints of Youming attacked the Taiyu Tower, but Xia Zhi broke free and revealed his new power.
• Xia Zhi used the Bronze Bell to halt time, killed the Two Saints of Youming and Metal Life, and sealed the weakened Crystal lifeform and Infinite Serpent inside the Taiyu Tower.
• Xia Zhi reunited with his Second Nascent Soul, received congratulations from the cultivator Lords, and agreed to meet Eternal in the Eternal Land.