Chapter Summaries

Han Li, Mysterious Voice, and the True Venerables attacked Cracked with powerful treasures and methods, weakening the sealed world and restoring the connection between the two Three Powers Arrays. Social Butterfly True Venerable then released purified Heavenly Tilting Aura into a breach, hoping to force the Great Monarch to intervene and become contaminated.

• Han Li sent Extreme Dao Golden Flame into Cracked, where it erupted in a blazing inferno and seemed to make the Great Monarch hesitate.
• Mysterious Voice summoned a Giant Axe and cut open space, damaging the sealed environment and allowing the two Three Powers Arrays to reconnect.
• Qu Jianlei and True Venerable Han Wei told everyone to continue their original attacks after recognizing that the Giant Axe had broken the environment rather than their target.
• Social Butterfly True Venerable released a gray orb of purified Heavenly Tilting Aura toward the breach, and Taiyuan Sea moved the Giant Axe aside to avoid it.
• The Heavenly Tilting Aura spread through the breach as Social Butterfly True Venerable gambled that the Great Monarch would intervene to preserve its arrangements and risk contamination.

Qu Jianlei, Xiaoyou, and their allies confronted a Great Monarch whose Deadly Silence Qi clone attacked their formations. Qu Jianlei and Xiaoyou combined their Time Divine Abilities to tear and slow the giant hand, forcing the Great Monarch to abandon control of the clone before he vowed to kill everyone.

• Social Butterfly True Venerable used Heavenly Tilting Aura to disrupt the Great Monarch’s arrangements, prompting the monarch to send a massive Deadly Silence Qi hand at the two battle formations.
• Giant Axe struck the void again as Qu Jianlei and Xiaoyou targeted the hand with their Time Divine Abilities.
• Qu Jianlei and Xiaoyou coordinated their abilities to twist space, slowing and distorting the hand while the Great Monarch reacted with shock at their unusual attack.
• Qu Jianlei redirected the Three Powers Array’s spatial tearing toward the hand, and Han Wei warned the others not to interfere with the contaminated clone.
• The Great Monarch let the hand explode and gave up control of his clone, then shouted that none of them would survive.

A dying Human Race Great Monarch began destroying the surrounding void, forcing Han Li and the other True Venerables to take shelter while they searched for a way to survive. After the Palace endured three strikes, Han Li prepared to rely on Xiaoyou’s Warship, as a distant voice complained that they were ignoring it.

• The Great Monarch’s collapsing Big Hand shook the void and threatened everyone, so Han Li opened his Palace and ordered the True Venerables inside.
• True Monarch Kanshui explained that the Great Monarch was trying to destroy the void and that they could not break out, while Qu Jianlei considered using Creation and Destruction but was advised to wait for a life-or-death moment.
• The Palace endured repeated strikes, and Han Li and Xiaoyou estimated that it and her Warship could withstand only a limited number of blows.
• True Venerable Han Wei offered his Abode as a fallback, while Qu Jianlei asked Social Butterfly True Venerable about a resource that could not be condensed again.
• After the Palace survived a third strike, Han Li told Xiaoyou to ready her Warship, and a distant voice asked whether they were taking it seriously.

Qu Jianlei faced a Great Monarch in the chaotic void until Mysterious Venerable Heng intervened and executed the enemy. The group reunited afterward, learned that only seven days had passed for them, and discussed Heng’s intervention as his karma.

• Han Li entered the Warship despite his injuries, but Qu Jianlei ordered him to stay inside while Qu went out alone.
• Qu Jianlei faced the hostile Great Monarch in the chaotic void, and Mysterious Venerable Heng appeared and executed the enemy for bullying a junior and secretly following the Heretical Cultivator path.
• Qu Jianlei thanked Mysterious Venerable Heng, who said the intervention was tied to karma and told Qu to treat the being in the axe well before departing.
• Qu Jianlei released the Stone of the Inner Space, and Xiaoyou and the other True Venerable Realm cultivators emerged and learned the crisis was over.
• Han Li said seven days had passed, and Qu Jianlei explained that Senior Heng had intervened rather than his own trump card saving them.
• Qu Jianlei urged everyone to remember Senior Heng’s karma, and True Venerable Yueran asked whether the Great Monarch’s name had only one character.

Qu Jianlei and the others found the Middle Thousand World where a dying Great Monarch had guarded a hidden Quasi-Soul-Splitting cultivator, and learned that his earlier account of an Out-of-Body breakthrough had been an illusion. Miss intervened in the sealed energy within, but warned that the world would collapse, leaving the group to flee before witnessing the breakthrough.

• Xiaoyou told True Venerable Yueran that they owed Senior Heng a stretch of karma, while Luo Fu asked whether they still needed to search for the world.
• The Giant Axe pointed out the Middle Thousand World, and the group discovered a Quasi-Soul-Splitting presence inside it.
• The mysterious voice revealed that Qu Jianlei's earlier vision had been an illusion, and Qu Jianlei realized the Great Monarch had been watching a Quasi-Soul-Splitting cultivator.
• Qu Jianlei sensed violent energy trapped by a seal, and the Creation Compass revealed its power as Miss claimed a share of the karma and ordered everyone to withdraw.
• Han Li suggested the Great Monarch had been refining a Great Dao avatar to extend his lifespan, and the group understood why he had guarded the place.
• Miss warned that the world would collapse, so the True Venerables fled while Xiaoyou regretted missing the attempted breakthrough to the Soul-Splitting Realm.

The True Venerables watched a Middle Thousand World collapse as Qiye emerged as a Great Monarch, only to reveal that he had been ambushed during his breakthrough. After Qiye departed, the survivors discussed his misfortune and wondered who could protect them during their own breakthroughs.

• The True Venerables debated the danger of Heavenly Tilting before a powerful aura erupted from the Middle Thousand World.
• The Middle Thousand World exploded, and a vast human face formed as the Great Monarch breakthrough continued.
• Xiaoyou noticed something was strange, and Song Yue'er and Jin Ge recognized the face as the missing Qiye.
• Qiye awoke, thanked those who had saved him, and learned that the enemy who plotted against him was gone.
• Qiye left after lamenting his repeated misfortunes, while Xiaoyou and Yueran concluded he had reached Soul-Splitting.
• True Venerable Song worried about finding protection for his breakthrough, and True Venerable Qu wondered whether he needed a protector too.

Qu Jianlei learned how the destruction of the Middle Thousand World created a karmic opportunity for him and the others, and the group divided the recovered World Core. An illumination then identified the fallen Great Monarch as Yuji, whom Little Sister recognized as someone once barred from the Taiyuan Sea’s “Dao Discussion” Mode.

• Han Li and Xiaoyou offered to protect Qu Jianlei when he attempted to break through to the Soul-Splitting Realm, while Little Sister offered her Abode as shelter.
• White Mist told Qu Jianlei that his Giant Axe was still consuming the lingering Deadly Silence Qi inside the destroyed Middle Thousand World.
• Taiyuan Sea explained that Mysterious Venerable Heng had left True Monarch Qiye alive and that the Giant Axe’s role in breaking the Sealing Domain turned the resulting karma into a benefit for Qu Jianlei and the others.
• Qu Jianlei and the other True Venerables agreed that the nine participants would receive thirty percent of the World Core, taken from Qu Jianlei’s share, while True Monarch Kanshui received none.
• White Mist illuminated the fallen Great Monarch’s identity, revealing that he had styled himself Yuji, and Little Sister recalled that he had once been barred from the Taiyuan Sea’s “Dao Discussion” Mode.

Qu Jianlei and the others learned that Great Monarch Yuji’s Secret Treasure was in the dangerous Zhongling World, prompting debate over who should go and what risks awaited them. After Miss repaired Qu Jianlei’s Ritual Artifact, Qu agreed to lead the group there, but first they would return to Houde to recover and make preparations.

• Miss recalled that Yuji had once been refused permission to hold a Dao Discussion, while True Monarch Kanshui revealed that Yuji’s Secret Treasure was in Zhongling World.
• The group discussed Zhongling World’s hidden location, difficult entrance requirements, and powerful inhabitants, and Miss warned that retrieving the Secret Treasure could draw interference.
• Qu Jianlei hesitated to join the expedition, but Miss returned his Ritual Artifact fully repaired and explained that it needed to be complete to show its proper power.
• Luo Fu asked Qu Jianlei to take her back to Houde, and Qu agreed to lead the others toward Zhongling after they returned there first.
• Han Li said the group needed time to recover and repair his Palace, while True Monarch Kanshui asked whether he could return to Yuxiu World to recuperate.

Qu Jianlei returned to Houde, checked on Red Leaf Ridge, and demanded that One Palace Four Sages Mountain recognize his authority. Jin Ge then asked whether Baiqiao could accompany them to Zhongling World, and Qu Jianlei insisted that Baiqiao promise not to interfere with Jin Ge’s attempt to reach Soul-Splitting Realm.

• True Monarch Kanshui abandoned his plan to meet Qu Jianlei after Little Sister warned that Qu Jianlei was good at fishing, and Han Li learned that Senior Heng was likely above Soul-Splitting Realm.
• After eight months, Qu Jianlei and the others returned to Houde, where campaigns to explore Apollo World and Tree Race World had expanded and Cangwu Lower Realm was attracting settlers.
• True Immortal Xiang Xue told Qu Jianlei that she had turned away visitors seeking access to Red Leaf Ridge, and he summoned One Palace Four Sages Mountain to make its leaders recognize the situation.
• Jin Ge asked Qu Jianlei whether Baiqiao could go to Zhongling World, and Qu Jianlei said Baiqiao must promise not to obstruct Jin Ge’s attempt to reach Soul-Splitting Realm.
• Jin Ge reported that Baiqiao might go to Han Li if Qu Jianlei refused, while Qu Jianlei doubted Baiqiao’s stated reasons for wanting to go.

Qu Jianlei’s group gathered to travel to Zhongling World, with Baiqiao joining them after arranging it with Qu Jianlei. After a difficult journey, the group reached Zhongling’s chaotic outer void and prepared to risk divination to find its entrance.

• Song Yue'er presented Qu Jianlei with a bill that included a piece of Boundless Stone bought for Luo Fu’s Great Dao Spirit Inkstone, and Qu Jianlei agreed to reimburse her.
• Baiqiao arrived at the gathering, and Han Li learned that Baiqiao would travel with the group to Zhongling World.
• Eleven True Venerables spent a year and eight months reaching Zhongling World, repeatedly losing their bearings until True Monarch Kanshui shared the karmic burden with everyone.
• The group arrived in Zhongling World’s chaotic outer void, but White Mist could not safely illuminate the entrance, and Little Sister sheltered in Qu Jianlei’s Inner Space.
• Han Li prepared to use Divination Sticks to locate the entrance, and Qu Jianlei insisted on helping protect him, so Han Li asked Qu Jianlei and Baiqiao to assist.

Qu Jianlei's group prepared to divine the entrance to Zhongling World while a pair of blue-robed True Venerables watched from afar. Qu Jianlei found the exit with unnerving ease, then opened his right eye toward the distant pair as they raised a massive Taiji Diagram.

• Qu Jianlei's group chose their positions for the Three Powers Array, and Luo Fu volunteered to guard him from within it.
• After a day of preparations, Han Li and Xiaoyou detected five approaching cultivators; Xiaoyou drove off the two blue-robed True Venerables and their three Nascent Soul companions.
• True Venerable Kunxiu explained that outsiders who could not find Zhongling World's entrance sometimes appeared, while the group prepared to use the Three Powers Array.
• The blue-robed pair watched from a safe distance and realized Qu Jianlei's group was divining the entrance while protected by an array.
• With Luo Fu's Righteous Qi protecting him, Qu Jianlei used the Turtle Shell and Chess Piece to locate the exit and anchor its karma without harming anyone nearby.
• Qu Jianlei opened his right eye toward the blue-robed pair, who raised a huge Taiji Diagram in response.

Qu Jianlei and his companions found Zhongling World’s hidden entrance and negotiated entry with its gatekeeper, citing their debts of karma. They were allowed to enter in limited numbers, but the gatekeeper’s reaction to Ancestor Qing’s token remained unresolved.

• Qu Jianlei’s group warned the azure-robed True Venerables with a swift divine ability, then tracked down Zhongling World’s shifting entrance.
• The group entered the passage and told the Out-of-Body Realm gatekeeper they had come to settle karma, showing Baiqiao’s Lingyun token.
• The gatekeeper allowed Baiqiao to bring two people but barred those from Lianxing, then let Qu Jianlei enter with one or two companions after hearing he had killed a Great Monarch.
• The gatekeeper refused to let the Spider on Qu Jianlei’s shoulder enter without a Great Monarch’s endorsement, but Kanshui’s offer to vouch for it was rejected under Zhongling’s rules.
• Qu Jianlei took out Ancestor Qing’s token and asked whether it would change the gatekeeper’s decision.

Qu Jianlei used Luo Fu’s Haoran Token to bring his group into Zhongling World, where a Spirit Monarch inspected them without stopping their passage. The group reached the Diecui Plate and found its vast, sparsely populated lands remarkably peaceful as they prepared to visit a large market for news.

• Qu Jianlei borrowed Luo Fu’s Haoran Token and showed it to the gatekeeper, who let him and his companions enter while holding the two travelers from Lianxing World back.
• A Spirit Monarch inspected the group in the passage, focused on Qu Jianlei, then withdrew after Qu Jianlei revealed the Creation Compass.
• Qu Jianlei and the others emerged into Zhongling World, traveled for several days, and arrived near the Diecui Plate.
• The group descended onto Diecui, where the local True Venerables barely reacted to their arrival or the visitors’ divine-sense probing.
• Song Yue'er suggested that they find the largest market on Diecui to look around and ask for news.

The group searched the Diecui sector for news about the Zhongling World, then learned about the sector’s Great Monarch and encountered True Venerable Peach. Qu Jianlei traded insights about his Chaos Wood Spirit for Peach’s help, and True Venerable Peach offered five Origins of Wood for the unusual wood attribute from the Otherworld.

• Qu Jianlei and his companions searched three Residential Areas for news but found little, and a visiting Out-of-Body True Venerable refused to help them.
• True Monarch Kanshui visited True Venerable Peach, who explained Zhongling’s situation and revealed that a Great Monarch guarded Diecui from a hidden Tier 6 Spirit Vein.
• True Monarch Kanshui gave True Venerable Peach an Origin of Water, and Peach offered an Origin of Wood to Qu Jianlei in exchange for asking about his unusual Wood Attribute karma.
• Qu Jianlei revealed the Creation Compass and explained that the Chaos Wood Spirit had been a spirit monster before he killed it, so True Venerable Peach declined to take its aura.
• Qu Jianlei offered a thick branch from his body instead, and True Venerable Peach recognized it as unusual Otherworld wood and offered five Origins of Wood for a living Nascent Soul Realm body.

Qu Jianlei refused to trade Wind Forgotten to True Venerable Peach, assigning the Tree Traitor to guard Cangwu Realm while allowing it to leave offspring behind. After the group reached Daizhu to seek Great Monarch Yuji's Secret Treasure, they found its location caught in a dispute over a Tier 5 Spirit Vein and decided against sneaking in, leaving Qu Jianlei's proposal to visit the Great Monarch openly under consideration.

• Qu Jianlei refused True Venerable Peach's offer of five strands of the Origin of Wood for Wind Forgotten and said he would use the Tree Traitor to guard Cangwu Realm.
• True Venerable Peach asked Wind Forgotten to leave offspring for study, and Qu Jianlei agreed before the group departed for Daizhu.
• True Venerable Bai Qiao revealed that he had business involving Lingyun's karma and asked Jin Ge to accompany him, while the other True Venerables continued onward.
• The group arrived at Daizhu and learned that True Venerable Qisi and True Venerable Zijing were fighting over a Tier 5 Spirit Vein near the peninsula where Great Monarch Yuji's Secret Treasure was located.
• Qu Jianlei's group rejected sneaking into the heavily guarded peninsula and considered visiting the Great Monarch directly, a plan True Venerable Yueran supported.

Qu Jianlei and his companions sought the Great Monarch’s permission to settle a Great Monarch’s karma on Daizhu, and received approval to keep the disturbance small and leave quickly. They then went to the peninsula and contacted True Venerable Qisi, while True Venerable Wusheng clarified that the visitors—not he—wanted to speak with him.

• Qu Jianlei’s group asked to report their business to the Great Monarch, and True Venerable Wusheng arrived to hear their purpose.
• Qu Jianlei said a Great Monarch had schemed against him, an elder had killed that Great Monarch, and he had come to settle the remaining karma on the peninsula.
• Qu Jianlei declined to name the fallen Great Monarch or his elder, and Wusheng relayed the Great Monarch’s instruction to keep the disturbance small and leave when finished.
• True Venerable Han Wei suggested inviting Wusheng along, but Wusheng declined because his presence could cause misunderstandings amid the fighting.
• Qu Jianlei’s group went to the peninsula and contacted True Venerable Qisi, while Wusheng stated that the visitors were the ones seeking him.

Qu Jianlei and the Seven True Venerables confronted True Venerable Jiayao after he interfered in their meeting with True Venerable Qisi. Their battle began with Jiayao revealing himself as a Great Monarch, and Qu Jianlei’s Creation and Destruction and time-tearing abilities unexpectedly slowed him.

• True Venerable Qisi declined to invite Qu Jianlei into his territory, and True Venerable Jiayao suddenly arrived, demanding to know why Qu Jianlei had come.
• Qu Jianlei warned Jiayao against involving himself, but Jiayao insisted on intervening and challenged him to fight.
• Qu Jianlei and the others moved hundreds of millions of kilometers away and set up the Starry Sky Three Powers Array as Jiayao revealed his Great Monarch aura.
• Jiayao twisted space and attacked the Spider Grand Monarch, but Qu Jianlei used Creation and Destruction to make Jiayao’s enormous body freeze.
• Qu Jianlei and Xiaoyou combined their abilities to unleash time’s tearing force, twisting Jiayao’s body and bringing fear to his eyes.
• True Venerable Qisi arrived, witnessed the battle, and fled after realizing he could not risk becoming entangled in such powerful karma.

Han Li and the others fought True Monarch Jiayao, a young Tier 6 Spirit Vein, until Great Monarch Jiuping intervened and demanded an explanation. Jiuping offered gifts to settle the matter, then learned the group had defied and slain Yuji, whose identity they had prudently concealed.

• Han Li struck True Monarch Jiayao with Extreme Dao Golden Flame while Qu Jianlei restrained him, and Xiaoyou and the Giant Axe blocked Great Monarch Jiuping's intervention.
• True Monarch Jiuping appeared, apologized for Jiayao's behavior, and explained that the child had developed intelligence less than a thousand years earlier and liked wine and delicacies.
• Song Yue'er challenged Jiuping's account, and he offered each of the group a set of Five Elements Source as a greeting gift.
• Qu Jianlei admitted he had withheld the name of the person whose karma they had settled, and Little Sister revealed that it was Yuji.
• True Monarch Han Wei explained to Xiaoyou that Yuji controlled Daizhu and that naming him to Wusheng could have provoked a dangerous reaction.

True Monarch Jiuping tried to settle the dispute after his protégé Little Fatty attacked the group, but Qu Jianlei insisted on an apology. Jiuping ultimately punished Little Fatty himself, while discovering that several members of the group seemed connected to the Righteous Sect and leaving him wary of their hidden strength.

• Qu Jianlei demanded that Little Fatty come out and apologize, but Jiuping resisted when the group insisted on an apology before discussing compensation.
• Little Sister threatened to abandon the trip to Peninsula and asked whether the Channel Entrance guard held a grudge against Jiuping, making him realize the group might face trouble at the inspection.
• Jiuping released Little Fatty and ordered him to apologize, but Little Fatty refused and blamed Qu Jianlei for hurting him.
• Qu Jianlei withdrew his demand, and Jiuping recognized signs that Qu Jianlei and Luo Fu were connected to the Righteous Sect before beating Little Fatty for his defiance.
• Luo Fu urged Buduo to eliminate the potential danger, and Han Li reacted with delight when she called him Qu Jianlei's Dao Companion.

Qu Jianlei and the others settled matters with True Monarch Jiuping, who gave Qu Jianlei a wisp of Tier 6 vitality and promised compensation after learning the danger Yuji posed. With True Venerable Qisi’s permission, the group entered the peninsula and found Yuji’s hidden treasury, leaving its contents unexplored.

• True Monarch Jiuping destroyed Little Fatty, then recreated him and gave Qu Jianlei a wisp of Tier 6 vitality to nurture into a Tier 6 Spirit Vein.
• True Monarch Kanshui explained that Yuji had become a Heretical Cultivator and escaped after they found him refining a Great Dao avatar, prompting True Monarch Jiuping to realize the danger to Daizhu and sincerely thank them.
• Song Yue'er asked for compensation, and True Monarch Jiuping agreed to give each person one set of Five Elements Source.
• The Seven True Venerables returned to the peninsula, and True Venerable Qisi agreed to let them enter and settle their karma.
• The group located Yuji’s secret treasury beneath a lakeside manor, and True Venerable Han Wei blasted open its entrance.