Chapter Summaries

Li Wuyang and the others nearly filled the Chaos Altar’s Pool of Sacrifice when the Taotie Demon Lord ambushed them. Xuan sacrificed herself to repel it and complete the altar’s activation, leaving the return passage open as Li Wuyang grieved her apparent death.

• Xuan completed the formation, and Li Wuyang, the Demon Saint, the Demon Lord, the Azure Dragon, and the Sword Immortal channeled their powers to fill the Pool of Sacrifice with Chaos Energy.
• As the pool neared capacity, the Taotie Demon Lord and its Chaos demon generals attacked and tried to seize its energy.
• Xuan blocked the Taotie Demon Lord’s devouring attack with her Power of Annihilation, but it then lunged at her.
• Xuan burned her Source of Annihilation and detonated herself inside the Taotie Demon Lord’s mouth, driving it away and devastating its forces.
• Li Wuyang and the others stabilized the formation, filled the pool, and opened a spatial passage, while Li Wuyang stared at the place where Xuan had vanished.

After Xuan sacrificed herself to open the Return-to-Origin Passage, the others entered it while Li Wuyang stayed behind, unable to accept her loss. A signal from his Tracking Compass and Great Dao Imprint gave him hope that Xuan might still exist beyond Taotie Demon Lord’s spatial rift, so he pursued it as it closed.

• The Demon Lord, Demon Saint, Azure Dragon, and Sword Immortal entered the passage despite Li Wuyang’s doubts about where it led.
• Li Wuyang told Qingyunzi to take Earth Doll, Tatian Boot, the Earth-Splitting Gauntlet, and the Qingyun Sect disciples through the passage without him.
• After the Qingyun Sect members left, Li Wuyang remained on the altar with Xuan’s jade slip as the passage began to close.
• The Tracking Compass pointed toward Taotie Demon Lord’s shrinking spatial rift, and the Great Dao Imprint pulsed from beyond it.
• Believing Xuan might still be alive, Li Wuyang charged into the rift, which closed behind him.

Li Wuyang crossed the chaotic void and reached the Stomach of the Glutton, where he infiltrated its lair in search of Xuan. He followed the compass and the Great Dao Imprint into the stronghold’s labyrinth, still unsure whether Xuan was alive.

• Li Wuyang endured the chaotic void’s storms and creatures while following the bronze compass toward the Great Dao Imprint’s resonance.
• Li Wuyang found the Stomach of the Glutton, a guarded stronghold shaped like a gigantic stomach, and sensed Xuan’s Source of Annihilation within it.
• Li Wuyang imitated the chaotic aura of the lair’s creatures using the Huang Ting Jing and the Great Dao Imprint.
• Li Wuyang slipped in with a returning patrol after the entrance’s energy scan failed to identify him.
• Li Wuyang navigated the lair’s maze of distorted energy and devouring traps, following the compass toward its depths.

Li Wuyang broke into the Taotie Demon Lord’s core and discovered that Xuan’s faint remnant was being refined. After confronting the demon lord, he received a crystal of Xuan’s origin and her message to find the Eye of the Returning Void before escaping.

• Li Wuyang found the guarded spherical space at the Taotie Demon Lord’s core and slipped inside when an energy surge drew two guards away.
• Li Wuyang discovered Xuan’s remaining spark of annihilation bound in a Chaos vortex as the Taotie Demon Lord tried to devour it.
• Li Wuyang attacked the Taotie Demon Lord, and a trace of Primordial Dao Rhyme weakened the demon lord’s blow.
• Xuan sent a crystal of her origin into Li Wuyang and urged him to take it to the Eye of the Returning Void to find the real her.
• Li Wuyang escaped through the energy membrane as the enraged Taotie Demon Lord drove the vortex to devour him.

Li Wuyang escaped the Taotie Demon Lord by being swept through a spatial fissure into a ruined hall in a fragment of chaotic space. He resolved to recover and find the Eye of the Returning Void, which might hold the key to Xuan's revival.

• Li Wuyang fled through the Stomach of the Glutton as Xuan's will in the Annihilation Crystal guided him around dangers.
• Li Wuyang chose a narrow, unstable passage over a tempting route and was struck by the Taotie Demon Lord into a spatial fissure.
• The Taotie Demon Lord failed to retrieve Li Wuyang before the fissure closed.
• Li Wuyang landed in a ruined stone hall, badly injured but beyond the Taotie Demon Lord's reach.
• Li Wuyang realized Xuan might not truly be dead and began recovering while determined to seek the Eye of the Returning Void.

Li Wuyang recovered from his injuries in an isolated fragment space and met a timid jellyfish-like creature trapped there with him. The creature knew the Eye of the Returning Void was dangerous but could not help him reach it or escape, so Li Wuyang planned to restore his strength and keep searching.

• Li Wuyang used the Annihilation Crystal and the Huang Ting Jing to stabilize his injuries and recover to the middle stage of Spirit Refinement and Void Return.
• Li Wuyang examined the ruined hall and realized the fragment space had no apparent exit.
• A translucent jellyfish-like creature emerged from the shadows and cautiously identified Li Wuyang as a new neighbor.
• Li Wuyang learned that the creature was also trapped and that it had heard the Eye of the Returning Void was a terrifying place its mother had warned it to avoid.
• Li Wuyang and the jellyfish exchanged stories about their worlds and the fragment space, and he decided to recover fully before searching for a way out.

Li Wuyang escaped the fragment space by riding a spatial ripple through the Chaos Void. He emerged in an unfamiliar region and set out to find information about the Eye of the Returning Void and the real Xuan.

• Bao Bao told Li Wuyang that spatial ripples could briefly connect the fragment space to the outside and sensed one might soon appear above the hall.
• When a ripple opened in the dome, Li Wuyang used the Huang Ting Jing and Annihilation Crystal to shield himself and launched into it, bidding Bao Bao farewell.
• Li Wuyang endured the spatial storm and emerged in a tranquil region of the Chaos Void, escaping the fragment space.
• Li Wuyang found that the Tracking Compass no longer guided him to Xuan and decided to seek a settlement or intelligent lifeforms for clues about the Eye of the Returning Void.
• Li Wuyang confirmed his cultivation had stabilized at the middle stage of Spirit Refinement and Void Return, then set off to find the Eye and the real Xuan.

Li Wuyang struggled to control the rampaging Source of Annihilation Crystal while searching the chaotic void, and its power drew a trio of Chaos Demon Race attackers. After Xuan’s lingering will briefly took over and saved him, Li Wuyang faced the arrival of an even more dangerous pursuer from the Stomach of the Glutton.

• Li Wuyang’s Annihilation Crystal destabilized, eroding his body and consciousness as he tried to suppress it with the Huang Ting Jing.
• Three Chaos Demon Race members attacked Li Wuyang, and he used the Power of Annihilation to destroy two of them with Annihilation Double Punch.
• The demon leader thrust its bone spear at Li Wuyang, but Xuan’s lingering will awakened through the crystal and erased the attacker with Annihilation Returning Void Finger.
• Li Wuyang collapsed after the attack, realizing he still needed to control the crystal or find the Eye of the Returning Void.
• A powerful pursuer from the Stomach of the Glutton rushed toward Li Wuyang, making the Annihilation Crystal stir again.

Li Wuyang fought off a half-step Quasi-Sage Demonic Whale by combining the Annihilation Crystal, his Huang Ting Jing true qi, and earth essence, but collapsed from the backlash. The Huang Ting Jing jade slip protected him from the whale’s final strike and drove it away, and he lost consciousness after noticing a familiar ripple in the distance.

• The Demonic Whale attacked Li Wuyang, drawn by the Source of Annihilation within him, and tried to swallow him.
• Li Wuyang fused the Annihilation Crystal’s power, Huang Ting Jing true qi, and earth essence into a strike that wounded the whale but left him severely injured.
• The Demonic Whale raised its tail to crush Li Wuyang, but the Huang Ting Jing jade slip emerged and shielded him with a purple light curtain.
• The jade slip’s Dao aura burned the whale’s scales and dispersed its demonic qi, frightening it into fleeing.
• Li Wuyang watched the jade slip return to him, then lost consciousness after seeing a faint, familiar ripple in the distance.

Li Wuyang woke in the Lost Realm after Ai Xi rescued him from the chaotic void, and reunited with Bao Bao. He learned that reaching the Eye of the Returning Void might offer a chance to revive Xuan, but first he needed to recover and control the Annihilation Crystal while awaiting the Great Elder.

• Li Wuyang awoke in a stone chamber with severe injuries and found Bao Bao beside him.
• Ai Xi introduced herself as a guardian of the Lost Realm and explained that she had rescued Li Wuyang and Bao Bao from spatial fragments.
• Li Wuyang asked Ai Xi about the Eye of the Returning Void and revealed that he sought a way to revive someone.
• Ai Xi explained that the Eye appeared unpredictably, required a special guide, and might be drawn to Li Wuyang's Source of Annihilation if he learned to control it.
• Ai Xi told Li Wuyang to recover in the Lost Realm and said the Great Elder might know more after emerging from seclusion.
• Bao Bao comforted Li Wuyang, who resolved to heal and master the Annihilation Crystal before pursuing the Eye of the Returning Void.

After recovering in the Lost Realm, Li Wuyang learned that reaching the Eye of the Returning Void and resurrecting Xuan would be nearly impossible. The Great Elder revealed that Bao Bao possessed a faint Void Spirit Bloodline, giving Li Wuyang a possible guide, and he resolved to go despite the near-certain danger.

• Li Wuyang recovered, stabilized his cultivation, and found that stillness helped him soothe the Annihilation Crystal.
• Ai Xi brought Li Wuyang to meet the Great Elder, who explained that Xuan had undergone Dao dissolution and that the Reincarnation Well might offer a slim chance to restore her.
• The Great Elder said Li Wuyang needed to control the Source of Annihilation and find a Void Spirit to navigate the path to the Eye of the Returning Void.
• Bao Bao revealed that it could faintly sense trails of ending, and the Great Elder discovered it carried a trace of Void Spirit Bloodline.
• The Great Elder warned Li Wuyang that the journey could mean certain death, but Li Wuyang declared that he would go.

Li Wuyang and the Great Elder awakened Bao Bao’s dormant Void Spirit Bloodline with the Ancient Spirit Awakening Array, giving Bao Bao the ability to sense paths of ending. Li Wuyang continued preparing to find the Eye of the Returning Void as turmoil persisted in the chaos.

• The Great Elder explained that awakening Bao Bao’s thin Void Spirit Bloodline could help guide Li Wuyang through the void turbulence, but warned that the process could harm Bao Bao.
• Bao Bao chose to help Li Wuyang, and Li Wuyang promised not to abandon it as they agreed to face the danger together.
• The Great Elder used the Ancient Spirit Awakening Array and Li Wuyang’s Source of Annihilation aura to awaken Bao Bao’s bloodline.
• As Bao Bao endured the painful awakening, Li Wuyang used the Huang Ting Jing to soothe it, and Bao Bao emerged larger, at the Celestial Immortal level, and able to sense paths of ending.
• Li Wuyang trained to control the Annihilation Crystal while Bao Bao adapted to its new ability, and Ai Xi reported that the Stomach of the Glutton had temporarily withdrawn after the Heaven-Devouring Demonic Whale was severely injured.

Li Wuyang mastered initial control of the Source of Annihilation and learned that it might contain the seed of rebirth, strengthening Xuan’s trace within the crystal. After preparing for the Returning Void Tide, he and Bao Bao entered a passage to the Eye of the Returning Void, where they arrived at the vortex entrance.

• Li Wuyang synchronized his consciousness with the Annihilation Crystal, touched its singularity, and gained initial control of the Source of Annihilation.
• The Great Elder and Ai Xi praised Li Wuyang, and Bao Bao sensed that the path to the end had grown clearer.
• The Great Elder said the Returning Void Tide would surge in three days and warned Li Wuyang and Bao Bao that their journey could prove fatal.
• Li Wuyang prepared with the Great Elder’s jade talismans and Ai Xi’s recovery pills and star map.
• The Great Elder opened a temporary passage, and Li Wuyang carried Bao Bao through it into the chaotic void.
• Li Wuyang and Bao Bao saw the dark vortex entrance to the Eye of the Returning Void, their destination in the search for a way to revive Xuan.

Li Wuyang and Bao Bao raced through the unstable entrance to the Eye of the Returning Void, surviving a deadly spatial rift and an ambush by a Void Shadow Demon. Li Wuyang entered the Eye and found himself in a place of complete stillness and void.

• Bao Bao warned Li Wuyang that the entrance was unstable, and Li Wuyang charged toward it while shielding himself with the Power of Annihilation.
• Bao Bao guided Li Wuyang through the void currents, and they plunged through a vast rift of absolute nothingness with the help of a life-saving jade talisman.
• A hidden creature ambushed Li Wuyang as he neared the rift's far side, and its black ray pierced his defenses and wounded him.
• Li Wuyang escaped the rift and entered the Eye of the Returning Void as Bao Bao identified the attacker as a Void Shadow Demon.
• Li Wuyang and Bao Bao endured the Eye's immense pressure, and Li Wuyang crashed onto hard ground inside a motionless void.

Li Wuyang found Xuan’s origin within the Reincarnation Well, but Xuan warned him that trying to rescue him would kill them both. Li Wuyang left the well to search for the Origin Starfire and return later.

• Li Wuyang followed the Annihilation Crystal’s faint tremor through the Eye of the Returning Void and found the Reincarnation Well.
• Li Wuyang sensed Xuan’s origin deep within the Reincarnation Primordial Liquid and tried to communicate with him.
• The awakened Reincarnation Well drew Li Wuyang and Bao Bao toward it, and Xuan warned Li Wuyang to leave because it was not yet time to rescue him.
• Xuan urged Li Wuyang to find the Starfire and return, then used his remaining strength to push Li Wuyang and Bao Bao away from the well.
• Li Wuyang vowed to find the Origin Starfire and turned toward the exit of the Eye of the Returning Void.

After escaping the Eye of the Returning Void, Li Wuyang searched the City of Disorder for clues to the Origin Starfire and learned of the shattered Eternal Furnace. He then saw the Stomach of the Glutton pursuing the old madman from the Ruins Tavern and decided to follow them.

• Li Wuyang and Bao Bao escaped the Eye of the Returning Void and set out to find the Origin Starfire.
• Li Wuyang visited the Myriad Things Pavilion, but refused to trade the Earth-Splitting Gauntlet for information and was directed to the Ruins Tavern.
• An old madman told Li Wuyang that the Origin Starfire might be connected to fragments of the Eternal Furnace, the Primordial Forbidden Zone, or the River of Time.
• Li Wuyang spotted the Stomach of the Glutton searching the City of Disorder for the old madman, whom they accused of stealing something belonging to Lord Demon Venerable.
• Li Wuyang concealed himself and decided to follow the Stomach of the Glutton, hoping to discover what the old madman possessed.

Li Wuyang seized an Eternal Furnace fragment from an old madman in the Ruins Tavern and discovered that it could guide him toward the Eternal Furnace and the Origin Starfire. A vision revealed a distant sea of chaotic flames, giving him a direction to pursue as he resolved to get closer to Xuan.

• Stomach of the Glutton cultivators attacked the old madman in the Ruins Tavern, but he revealed his strength and fought them off.
• Li Wuyang intervened with the Finger of Annihilation and Domain of Annihilation, defeating the cultivators and forcing their minor leader to reveal that the stolen iron fragment belonged to the Eternal Furnace.
• The old madman handed Li Wuyang the fragment and escaped as green smoke, while Li Wuyang spared the minor leader and left the tavern district.
• In a secluded cave dwelling, Li Wuyang found that the fragment’s patterns glowed and pointed in a distant direction when he infused it with the Power of Annihilation.
• The Tracking Compass reacted to the fragment and showed Li Wuyang a vision of the Eternal Furnace and the Origin Starfire amid a sea of chaotic flames.

Li Wuyang and Bao Bao reached the Eternal Furnace in the Domain of Ash and Flowing Fire, where the Origin Starfire began draining their power. As a Nine-Headed Fire Phoenix attacked, Li Wuyang was pulled into the furnace, leaving his fate unknown and Bao Bao fleeing to find the Great Elder.

• Li Wuyang and Bao Bao entered the Domain of Ash and Flowing Fire and followed a calmer passage through its dangerous flames.
• Li Wuyang found the shattered Eternal Furnace and saw the Origin Starfire flickering inside it.
• The Eternal Furnace began absorbing Li Wuyang's source and Bao Bao's spatial source, and Xuan's remnant will helped Li Wuyang resist.
• A Nine-Headed Fire Phoenix attacked while Li Wuyang remained trapped by the furnace's suction.
• Li Wuyang shoved Bao Bao away, cast his consciousness and Source of Annihilation into the starfire, and vanished into the furnace as the phoenix flames engulfed him.
• Bao Bao escaped through space to find the Great Elder while the Nine-Headed Fire Phoenix circled the furnace.

Li Wuyang endured the Origin Starfire’s test of his memories and emotions, then used his consciousness to fuse Xuan’s Annihilation imprint with a fragment of creation. He formed the first trace of Chaos Light, proving Xuan’s rebirth was possible, just as danger struck from outside.

• Li Wuyang entered the Origin Starfire and witnessed its visions of creation before his memories and emotions surfaced.
• Li Wuyang resisted being consumed by his obsession with Xuan by observing his feelings without clinging to them.
• Li Wuyang guided the Power of Annihilation into the creation light and formed a stable thread of Chaos Origin.
• Li Wuyang used the Chaos Origin to bring Xuan’s silver-gray Annihilation imprint and the white starfire fragment together.
• Li Wuyang successfully created the first trace of Chaos Light, but a crisis descended in the outside world.

Li Wuyang struggled to fuse the Nirvana Flame and Creation Starfire inside the Eternal Furnace as a battle between the Nine-Headed Fire Phoenix and the Taotie Demon Lord erupted outside. With the fusion on the verge of collapse and powerful enemies around him, Bao Bao fled toward the Lost Realm to seek reinforcements.

• The Eternal Furnace's defenses blocked the Nine-Headed Fire Phoenix from reaching the spark at its mouth.
• The Taotie Demon Lord arrived and tried to devour the furnace, prompting the Nine-Headed Fire Phoenix to attack it.
• The Taotie Demon Lord and the Nine-Headed Fire Phoenix fought to a standstill around the furnace, shaking its defenses and disrupting the fusion inside.
• Li Wuyang risked damaging his consciousness as he used more Chaos Origin to steady the powers and force their fusion forward.
• Bao Bao fled through the sea of fire toward the Lost Realm to seek the Great Elder's help for Li Wuyang.