Recaps

Qu Jianlei and the others discovered that the next Heavenly Tilting trial was the Sorrow of the End Times, a calamity tied to the world’s fate. As they prepared to face it, Qu Jianlei urged the Dao Stele to expand, and Ancestor Tong realized he had somehow refined it.

• Ancestor Tong warned Qu Jianlei that the Dao Stele would be needed in the next round, while True Monarch Boping gathered treasures to sustain the great array.
• Six days later, the Dao Stele trembled, and the great array’s consumption rose seven to nine times as Wenshi offered his remaining treasures.
• The group sensed the arrival of a Sorrow and identified it as the Sorrow of the End Times, a calamity that could destroy a newborn Great World.
• True Monarch Kong Yu asked Little Sister to explain Sorrows, and she said they were triggered by the general trend and became irreversible once they arrived.
• Qu Jianlei urged the Dao Stele to expand, and Ancestor Tong recognized that Qu Jianlei had refined it.

Qu Jianlei learned a small portion of the Dao Stele’s Shaman Cultivator methods as Mysterious Mourning began to manifest around the array. The Dao Stele kept growing, but the gray gloom steadily intensified, leaving the assembled experts unsure whether it could turn the crisis around.

• Qu Jianlei clarified that he could not refine the Dao Stele, then accepted Big-Headed Boy’s flood of Shaman Cultivator knowledge and quickly grasped a small part of it.
• The Dao Stele grew beyond the grand array’s protection, and an oppressive gray gloom and overwhelming helplessness spread through the space.
• Mobius Ring ordered the grand arrays maintained and put True Monarch Wenshi in command as the gloom became increasingly perceptible.
• True Monarch Kanshui warned that the despair had only begun, while Mobius Ring and True Monarch Boping urged the experts not to give in to it.
• The Dao Stele surpassed two billion kilometers as its growth slowed and the gloom continued strengthening; True Monarch Twin-Wings asked Kanshui whether there was still time.

Qu Jianlei brought the Dao Stele’s true body into the Phantom, causing it to expand rapidly and clash with Mysterious Mourning as the grayness intensified. The clash gave the others a brief respite, while Qu Jianlei pressed Ancestor Tong with a silent demand to finally join the fight.

• Kanshui warned True Monarch Twin-Wings after his comparison of the Rings of Heavenly Tilting seemed to provoke Mysterious Mourning, which increased the grayness’s spread.
• Qu Jianlei sent the Dao Stele’s true body into the Phantom, and its aura triggered an explosive expansion.
• Little Sister and Mobius Ring warned that the Dao Stele’s rigid defense could not last and that Qu Jianlei could not fully control it.
• Mysterious Mourning accelerated its infiltration, but the Dao Stele expanded its defensive field and drew the grayness into a fierce clash.
• The clash temporarily eased the pressure on the others, and Qu Jianlei silently demanded that Ancestor Tong join the fight; Big-Headed Boy smiled.

Qu Jianlei linked with the Dao Stele as it struggled against the gloom, while Ancestor Tong used the Giant Axe to test the boundary. When Qu Jianlei sensed the Dao Stele taking damage, he sent it life force and prepared to stake everything on his own approach.

• Qu Jianlei asked Ancestor Tong to buy him more time, and Ancestor Tong summoned the slowly solidifying Giant Axe.
• The cultivators discussed the Dao Stele's confrontation with the Higher Dimension and realized they could barely sense its aftermath.
• Ancestor Tong slowly swung the Giant Axe against the gloom, which yielded under pressure but did not break.
• The Dao Stele grew irritable after the Giant Axe's restrained strike, and Mobius Ring warned Qu Jianlei that its state would not last long.
• Qu Jianlei sensed the Dao Stele taking damage and sent it twenty thousand streams of life force, slightly raising its aura.
• Qu Jianlei told Ancestor Tong he had found his own path and was going to try it.

Qu Jianlei entered the Dao Stele to influence its emotions and stabilize it, despite the danger of being assimilated by Dao intent. Over ten days later, the Stele was holding its ground against Mysterious Mourning, easing the pressure on the team trying to save the heavens from tilting.

• Qu Jianlei entered the Dao Stele's phantom, shocking the assembled cultivators and prompting them to worry that he might be assimilated by Dao intent.
• Ancestor Tong told everyone to stay quiet while Qu Jianlei attempted to control the artifact, and Jing Yuexin said she thought he was trying to deconstruct it rather than become its Artifact Spirit.
• Qu Jianlei found that the Dao Stele accepted vitality and became calmer, allowing him to remain inside and experiment with its emotions.
• Big-Headed Boy continued striking with the Giant Axe while the Great Shamans discussed the weakened Heaven Opener aura and deferred comprehension until the crisis passed.
• More than ten days later, the Dao Stele remained stable against Mysterious Mourning, and True Monarch Boping noted that the pressure on the team had eased.

The Dao Stele swept away the Heavenly Tilting Aura from the Core Area, but Qu Jianlei explained that it was guarding the region rather than suppressing the calamity. After twelve days of silence, he asked Ancestor Tong to strike a third axe, leaving the others worried about what the next reaction would be and whether Qu Jianlei was all right.

• Three months after the stalemate began, the Big-Headed Boy had Ancestor Tong strike with the Giant Axe, and the Dao Stele swept away the grief that followed.
• The Dao Stele stirred the Core Area, making the Heavenly Tilting Aura and Decay Aura disappear while leaving the underlying karma intact.
• True Monarch Twin-Wings realized that escaping had become difficult, and Qu Jianlei explained that the Dao Stele was guarding the region rather than suppressing it.
• After twelve days without a response from Qu Jianlei, he asked Ancestor Tong to strike a third axe if they wanted to end the stalemate.
• Jing Yuexin and others asked whether Qu Jianlei was all right, while the Old Woman admitted she could not explain his communication through the Dao Stele.

After the third axe strike opened the gray gloom, Great Dao Blood Rain spread through the Boundary Realm and the Dao Stele began to falter. Ancestor Tong left with several True Monarchs, leaving the others to prepare for Eternal Slumber and seek Qu Jianlei’s guidance.

• Big-Headed Boy asked who wanted to leave with him, and True Monarch Twin-Wings and True Monarch Kanshui agreed to go.
• Ancestor Tong struck the third axe, breaking through the gray gloom and triggering Great Dao Blood Rain across the Boundary Realm.
• As the gray blood rain thickened and the Dao Stele trembled, Qu Jianlei sent a vague thought telling everyone that no sacrifice was needed.
• True Monarch Qiaoqi warned that the Dao Stele was about to break, and Qu Jianlei said it would no longer guard the inside.
• Big-Headed Boy stopped the cracked Giant Axe from struggling, gave the Stone Axe to Luo Fu, and left with five True Monarchs after wishing the others good luck.
• Jing Yuexin rejected using the Stone Axe, Xiaoyou offered her mastery of the Time Rule, and Mobius Ring asked whether Qu Jianlei could hear her.

Qu Jianlei used the Creation Compass to reinforce the damaged Dao Stele, and the two treasures joined together in an unexpected repair. The cultivators celebrated the apparent solution, though they still wondered how the compass had agreed to it.

• Mobius Ring urged Qu Jianlei to borrow the Dao Stele's power, and he explained that his Time Divine Ability was already protecting it from the blood rain.
• The Creation Compass reacted strangely, then moved toward the Dao Stele and grew as it approached.
• The Creation Compass crashed into the damaged joint between the two halves of the Dao Stele and embedded itself there.
• Jing Yuexin and Luo Fu realized the compass was acting like a repair staple, and the cultivators celebrated the possibility that the Dao Stele had been mended.
• Qu Jianlei's muddled divine sense said he had no other choice, while the others took his silence as reassurance that the repair had worked.
• True Monarch Jiuping wondered how the Creation Compass had agreed to be used this way, and little sister suggested Qu Jianlei had communicated with it from inside the Dao Stele.

Qu Jianlei persuaded the Creation Compass to join with the Dao Stele and devised a plan to counter the encroaching blood color. After the Dao Stele repeatedly shrank, it began growing again with a huge burst of aura, signaling that the counterattack might be starting.

• Qu Jianlei convinced the Creation Compass to cooperate by offering it creation insights and threatening to destroy it with Mobius Ring.
• Qu Jianlei communicated with the Dao Stele and chose a simple battle plan while the cultivators waited outside.
• The cultivators worried about Qu Jianlei undergoing Daoization, but he reassured them and joked that Ancestor Tong had left too soon.
• The Dao Stele began shrinking repeatedly, and Jing Yuexin suspected the strange operation was one of Qu Jianlei's ideas.
• After its twelfth shrinkage, the Dao Stele paused, then grew rapidly as its aura erupted.

As Qu Jianlei used a Tier 2 Time Divine Ability to freeze Mysterious Mourning, the Dao Stele surged past its limits, and he urged the cultivators to join the assault. The chapter ended with the gathered cultivators attacking Heavenly Tilting’s blood-red barrier while the Dao Stele held back the Higher Dimension.

• The Dao Stele strained against Mysterious Mourning’s resistance, growing to three billion kilometers as blood-red armor repeatedly bound it.
• Qu Jianlei stopped time across the Lianxing Domain, freezing Mysterious Mourning and astonishing the cultivators.
• The Dao Stele rapidly expanded to three hundred billion kilometers, developing cracks as it pushed past its former limit.
• Qu Jianlei invited everyone to attack, promising a share to those who acted quickly.
• The Spider Grand Monarch, True Monarch Jiuping, Little Sister, True Monarch Qiaoqi, and other cultivators attacked the congealed blood-red barrier.

During the siege, Qu Jianlei used the Dao Stele and his Tier 2 Time Divine Ability to counter Mysterious Mourning, but the Creation Compass began to crack as he ran out of power. Spider Grand Monarch supplied a hidden Middle Thousand World, giving Qu Jianlei a World Core to keep the effort going; the chapter ended with a distant observer insisting it was someone else’s turn to help.

• True Monarch Boping and the others joined the assault on the heavens tilting after seeing their attacks work, while True Monarch Qingxia warned that the Creation Compass was failing.
• Qu Jianlei maintained his Tier 2 Time Divine Ability and channeled the Dao Stele’s power, Creation Aura, and World Core energy as the compass and stele strained under the counterattack.
• Luo Fu sensed the Stone Axe’s eagerness, but Jing Yuexin told her to wait rather than interrupt Qu Jianlei over the Heroic Spirit seniors.
• Spider Grand Monarch sent a hidden Middle Thousand World to the Dao Stele, and Little Sister placed it there so Qu Jianlei could use its World Core.
• Qu Jianlei refused Little Sister’s offer to dismantle another realm, while Jing Yuexin told Luo Fu to stop asking about the Ritual Artifact.
• A middle-aged handsome man praised the spider for learning to conceal its resources, and Big-Bellied Man demanded that he contribute his own Middle Thousand World next.

Qu Jianlei struggled to sustain the Dao Stele during Heavenly Tilting until a strike stopped the High-Dimensional Horn and eased the pressure. As the Dao Stele expanded and the Creation Compass requested Vitality Aura, another Middle Thousand World arrived, leaving Qu Jianlei grateful but worried he could not digest it fast enough.

• Qu Jianlei used a Middle Thousand World supplied by the Big-Bellied Man to replenish the Dao Stele and keep it resisting Heavenly Tilting.
• Little Sister announced that the High-Dimensional Horn had stopped, though True Monarch Pili denied causing it and the others noticed a sword intent near True Monarch Qiye.
• True Monarch Qiye observed that the Dao Stele's expansion had accelerated, while Qu Jianlei felt the burden ease as the Low-Dimensional Order stabilized.
• The Creation Compass asked Qu Jianlei for Vitality Aura, and he sent it ten thousand strands despite his dwindling supply.
• The Spider Grand Monarch sent another Middle Thousand World toward the Paifang Gate, and Qu Jianlei thanked the donor while questioning whether he could digest it.

The Dao Stele broke Blood Color’s hold over the Lianxing Realm, but a peak Soul-Splitting Realm being abducted Qu Jianlei, Jing Yuexin, and Luo Fu before they could finish their work. Five hundred years later, a beautiful Great Monarch found True Immortal Wushuang, declared her Qu Jianlei’s daughter, and took her away.

• The Dao Stele surged to thirty-six billion kilometers, and the assembled cultivators shattered and destroyed Blood Color as the Decay Aura in the Lianxing Realm receded.
• Han Li left with a burly Dao Soldier to pursue the Soul-Splitting Realm, while True Monarch Qingxia chased after them and the others continued fighting Blood Color.
• After the Dao Stele vanished, a massive furry hand seized Qu Jianlei, Jing Yuexin, and Luo Fu and carried them into the void; Senior Heng identified their abductor as a dying Alien Race Soul-Splitting Realm expert.
• Senior Heng brought the three True Venerables to safety and arranged for Qu Jianlei and his companions to recover in Xinglu World, where Jing Yuexin would guard him and Luo Fu would handle outside affairs.
• Five hundred years later, a beautiful Great Monarch appeared before True Immortal Wushuang, recognized her as Jing Wushuang and Qu Jianlei’s daughter, and took her away.