Chapter Summaries

Lu Li decided to leave his home world with Lu Xueqing to return to the wider World Sea, investigate the shadow and the Space, and find his friends. After retrieving the Sky Pit and saying goodbye to his Master and Senior Apprentice-Sister, he set out for the Divine Martial Continent.

• Lu Feng recognized Lu Li's fading drive to cultivate and encouraged him to seek new challenges, while Lu Li resolved to leave after considering the dangers surrounding his home world and the World Sea.
• Two years later, Lu Li and Lu Xueqing returned to the Sky Pit, discovered it was likely an Origin-Grade treasure, and discussed its possible purpose as a prison or testing ground.
• Lu Xueqing revealed that she knew Chuchu from childhood, and Lu Li learned that the Sky Pit's structure could not be damaged even by his powerful strike.
• Lu Li pulled the Sky Pit from the singularity, shrank it into a heavy bronze-seal-like object, and stored it away.
• Lu Li said goodbye to Lu Feng and his Senior Apprentice-Sister, leaving them safely in their concealed world until he could assess conditions beyond it.
• Lu Li and Lu Xueqing shattered the sky and entered the World Sea, planning to reach the Divine Martial Continent and find a way to contact the Space.

A century of epochs after the Divine Martial Continent’s calamity, its leaders worried that the Primordial God Realm’s harsh competition rules and lack of reinforcements would leave them with few resources. Lu Li returned to the continent with Lu Xueqing, and Lu Gaoge immediately asked where Yi'er was.

• The Abyssal Blood Emperor restored some Sky Abyss experts but could not revive the dead, and the surviving Abyssal Blood Aristocracy later rebuilt its numbers with help from the Primordial God Realm and a Taboo-level being.
• The Divine Martial Continent’s leaders recalled losing the previous competition after its calamity and objected to the Primordial God Realm lowering the age limit to three million years.
• Yuan Wu reported that few Explorers had accepted invitations, and the leaders considered bringing in a Dragon despite doubts about its unstable strength.
• Yuan Wu sensed an intruder, but the checkpoint guards had let Lu Li through; Lu Li arrived with Lu Xueqing and asked whether Lu Gaoge was present.
• Lu Gaoge saw Lu Li and Lu Xueqing, rejoiced that Lu Li was alive, and asked where Yi'er was.

Lu Li returned to the Divine Martial Continent at the True Self Realm Peak and agreed to help it compete against the Primordial God Realm alongside Lu Xueqing. After visiting Martial God Mountain, he found A'Huo in World 108 being attacked for stealing medicinal treasures and intervened, making the dragon return some of what it had eaten.

• Lu Li told the Grand Elder that he had reached the True Self Realm Peak, and Yuan Wu realized his age made him eligible for the competition.
• Lu Li and Lu Xueqing agreed to help the Divine Martial Continent compete, then visited Mountain Lord Lu Shuiliu, who failed to remove the remaining threads in Lu Xueqing's body.
• Lu Li left Martial God Mountain to find A'Huo in World 108 after learning the fat dragon had been roaming nearby worlds.
• Lu Li found three True Self Realm Peak experts attacking A'Huo for consuming their spiritual herbs and the world's origin, and he separated them with a blade aura.
• Lu Li explained that A'Huo was his mount and made it spit out some stolen Great Dao-Grade medicinal treasures.

Lu Li punished three True Self Peak cultivators who tried to extort A'Huo, then arrived with the Divine Martial Continent delegation for its competition against the Primordial God Realm. The opening match was set to pit the ancient genius Mo Nv against Lu Li, whose age qualified him to compete despite his True Self Peak cultivation.

• Lu Li took all the three experts' valuables after they demanded A'Huo's Origin Essence Blood and True Soul, then scattered some medicines and materials before leaving their world.
• A'Huo told Lu Li that it had reached its strength by eating the remains of dragons in the True Dragon Immortal Cave.
• Lu Li joined the Divine Martial Continent's delegation for its competition with the Primordial God Realm, where Hu Feng selected Mo Nv for the opening match.
• Yuan Wu named Lu Li as the Divine Martial Continent's contestant, surprising Hu Feng, who had mistaken him for a team-leading elder.
• Yuan Wu used the True Soul Illuminating Bone Mirror to verify that Lu Li was only a little over 1.2 million years old, and Mo Nv realized she would face a True Self Peak cultivator.

Mo Nv entered the arena hoping to temper her Dao against Lu Li, but he effortlessly defeated her and showed that he could master and improve her Flying Immortal Palm after seeing it once. The Primordial God Realm’s students were left stunned, and one volunteered for the next match.

• Mo Nv insisted on fighting Lu Li despite Hu Feng’s concerns about the danger of facing a True Self Realm Peak expert.
• Lu Li overwhelmed Mo Nv’s full-strength palm without moving, then used an improved version of her Flying Immortal Palm to defeat her without striking her.
• Mo Nv asked how Lu Li had learned her technique, and he explained its flaws and how to improve it.
• Mo Nv accepted defeat, thanked Lu Li for his guidance, and left the arena as both realms’ spectators reacted with astonishment.
• A student of the Primordial God Realm volunteered to fight in the next match.

After Lu Li guided the Primordial God Realm’s students to a successful tournament despite the Divine Martial Continent’s victory, he left with Lu Xueqing and Dragon Snake Rising Land to return to Origin Space. They arrived at the World Tree, where Dragon Snake Rising Land grew solemn as they approached the lakeside.

• Lu Li’s guidance transformed the tournament into a series of lessons for the Primordial God Realm’s students, and the Divine Martial Continent ultimately won while the Primordial God Realm still received ten percent of the resources.
• Hu Feng invited Lu Li to visit the Primordial God Realm, but Lu Li declined because he had urgent matters to resolve.
• Lu Li left with Lu Xueqing and Dragon Snake Rising Land, joking about the Inheritance Crystal Dragon Snake Rising Land had once wagered on Lu Xueqing.
• Dragon Snake Rising Land took Lu Li and Lu Xueqing through a concealed barrier into Origin Space, revealing the World Tree.
• Dragon Snake Rising Land brought them to a lakeside near the edge of the World Tree’s Underlayer and became extremely restrained.

Lu Li learned from Xue Zhiyu that the Sacred Soul inside him was once a Tenth Order being that had been defeated and imprisoned, and that powerful hidden beings could transcend the World Sea’s greater spacetime. Xue Zhiyu revealed that the current threat was tied to the future, leaving Lu Li and Lu Xueqing with the warning that time’s uncontrolled expansion had created a new danger.

• Dragon Snake Rising Land claimed Space had assigned him an emergency mission and left before Lu Li and Lu Xueqing reached the lake.
• Xue Zhiyu told Lu Xueqing she could shatter the power binding her, but Lu Xueqing chose to dissolve it through cultivation herself.
• Xue Zhiyu revealed that the Sacred Soul inside Lu Li had once been a Tenth Order being that nearly destroyed the world and killed Space’s founder before it was defeated and sealed.
• Xue Zhiyu explained that the shadow was a projection of a Tenth Order existence that had transcended the greater spacetime, and that her son was bearing the burden of protecting the World Sea.
• Xue Zhiyu recounted that the World Sea’s Supreme Beings had created time during an ancient war by repeatedly restarting the world, and that the Time Taboo died after becoming entangled with three beings possessing Tenth Order power.
• Lu Li realized the enemy came from the future, and Xue Zhiyu said the successor to the Time Taboo had allowed the future to expand without limit.

Xue Zhiyu explained how the Time Taboo created time to help the World Sea resist the Primordial Ancestor of Myriad Tribulations, and why the future was initially restricted. She revealed that time had since gone out of control, leaving Lu Li to face the possibility of future Tenth Order enemies as he vowed to kill the shadow inside him.

• Xue Zhiyu told Lu Li and Lu Xueqing that time had been born from Tenth Order power after the World Sea's space creator fell, and that the Time Taboo had introduced it to give their side time to adapt.
• Xue Zhiyu explained that the Time Taboo restricted the future because the Primordial Ancestor of Myriad Tribulations could revive across all points in time if its future self recovered.
• Xue Zhiyu said the taboos had once extended time forward to search for a way to defeat the Ten Thousand Tribulations Army, and future people returned to the past to help the World Sea nurture a rival to a Tenth Order.
• Xue Zhiyu revealed that after the Time Taboo fell, time became uncontrollable and now extended about a hundred epochs into the future for every epoch in the present.
• Xue Zhiyu explained that a future Tenth Order had made it impossible to cut off the future, while Lu Li learned how concepts such as death and reproduction had helped the World Sea survive.
• Lu Li concluded that the shadow inside him was a major enemy and said he hoped to cut it down the next time they met.

Xue Zhiyu invited Lu Li to remain in Origin, but he chose to return to End Space, and Lu Xueqing joined him to search for Chuchu. As they traveled, Lu Li opened Xue Zhiyu’s gift and discovered his old equipment among its contents.

• Xue Zhiyu praised Lu Li’s ambition, welcomed him as family, and invited him to stay in Origin, but he chose to return to End Space.
• Lu Li showed Xue Zhiyu five dried Spirit Seeds, and she told him to keep them with him.
• After a lavish meal, Xue Zhiyu sent Lu Li to End Space, and Lu Xueqing asked to go along to look for Chuchu.
• Xue Zhiyu gave Lu Li a Cosmos Sack, and Lu Li found a rare smoking pipe and several damaged pieces of his old Growth Equipment inside.
• Lu Xueqing searched the sack for her own equipment, found none, and grew jealous that Lu Li’s had been recovered.

After renewing his End Space contract, Lu Li checked on his old friends and learned that two Supporters were on a dangerous mission. End Space confirmed they were in the target world, and Lu Li and Lu Xueqing set out to find them.

• Lu Xueqing seized the Joyous Union Academy Secret Art from Lu Li, then let him keep it after he promised not to visit the academy.
• Lu Li accepted a new emperor-level contract with End Space, restoring his Pioneer status and its associated functions.
• Lu Li found that Aizen and Black Lily had survived among his Explorer friends, while Chuchu and Shrimp Meat were alive but away on a mission.
• Lu Xueqing warned that the Supporters might be trapped in a dangerous world, and End Space offered Lu Li an urgent escort mission there.
• Lu Li accepted the mission, and Lu Xueqing joined him as they teleported to the target world.

Chuchu and Shrimp Meat remained trapped in the Heavenly Demon Forbidden Zone, where the Celestial Demon forced them to mine and cook for him after Paradise claimed the Divine Demon Continent. As they mourned Lu Li and wondered why End Space had not rescued them, the chapter revealed that End Space’s reinforcements had already been turned back by a Paradise powerhouse.

• Chuchu complained about mining while Shrimp Meat brought her a cake that Chuchu quickly devoured.
• Chuchu recalled how the Celestial Demon had detained them, made her process minerals, and appointed Shrimp Meat head chef after enjoying her cooking.
• Chuchu explained that Paradise had claimed the Divine Demon Continent and that End Space’s protection rules could not retrieve them while they remained under surveillance.
• Chuchu and Shrimp Meat mourned Lu Li and regretted that he was no longer alive to rescue them.
• The narration revealed that End Space had sent a Ninth Order Peak powerhouse, but a Paradise fighter defeated him in the World Sea and forced him to retreat.

Lu Li returned alive and reunited with Chuchu, Shrimp Meat, and Lu Xueqing, whose tangled childhood connections left him trapped in an awkward atmosphere. When the Celestial Demon confronted them at the mine, Lu Li seized the chance to drag him into the sky and escape the reunion.

• Chuchu spotted Lu Li's name active on her friends list, and Lu Li appeared with Lu Xueqing to take Chuchu home.
• Chuchu realized Lu Xueqing and Lu Li had grown close during their long absence, while Shrimp Meat revealed she had saved meals for Lu Li over the years.
• Lu Xueqing recognized Shrimp Meat as Xia Ren, and the group shared Shrimp Meat's cooking while Chuchu sulked.
• The Celestial Demon confronted the group for entering his forbidden ground, and Lu Li challenged him to fight beyond the heavens.
• Lu Li used Soul Intent to seize the bewildered Celestial Demon and carried him into the sky, leaving the mine behind.

Lu Li confronted the Celestial Demon over the deaths of End Space’s Supporters and the Celestial Demon’s dealings with Paradise, then waited as Paradise’s Ninth Order Peaks gathered. The chapter ended when a powerful newcomer arrived and recognized Lu Li as his captain.

• The people of the Divine Demon Continent mistook Lu Li for an invader and cheered for the Celestial Demon, who sent a distress signal to Paradise.
• After Shrimp Meat confirmed the Celestial Demon’s subordinates had killed the Supporters, Lu Li destroyed the forbidden ground and showed the Celestial Demon the head of a slain Paradise expert.
• Three Paradise experts descended, and Tattooist tried to persuade Lu Li to leave the Celestial Demon and the world alone, but Lu Li refused.
• More than twenty Ninth Order Peaks gathered for Paradise, while Black Lily arrived from End Space and urged Lu Li to retreat.
• A loud-voiced Paradise fighter descended, and he and Lu Li recognized each other as the newcomer exclaimed, “Captain!?”

Lu Li reunited with Kenpachi Zaraki, who turned against Paradise and joined him as its forces prepared to attack. Aizen arrived while pursuing the Soul Singer, and their reunion left the Soul Singer urging Lu Li to explain why Aizen should stop hunting him.

• Lu Li recognized Kenpachi Zaraki, who revealed he had never belonged to Paradise and chose to fight beside Lu Li against its powerhouses.
• Lu Li and Kenpachi prepared to battle Paradise, but a clash in the World Sea shattered much of the Divine Demon Continent’s barrier and brought another expert into the world.
• The arriving expert called out to Aizen, who appeared among crystalline mirrors and recognized Lu Li as his old friend.
• Aizen reunited with Lu Li and said Lu Li owed him an explanation for his carefully planned revenge scheme.
• The Soul Singer asked Lu Li to explain why Aizen should stop hunting him, and Aizen appeared to understand the connection.

Lu Li reunited with Soul Singer, who refused to join End Space but turned against Paradise, and Lu Li began confronting the remaining Paradise experts. After swiftly killing two Ninth Order Peak experts, he demanded payment of ten Great Worlds from each survivor to spare their lives.

• Lu Li explained that Soul Singer had helped him, and he suspected Soul Singer's future self had altered his memories and helped him survive his tribulation.
• Aizen offered to think through what Lu Li could not understand, while Soul Singer said he would not go to End Space and might become an Irregular again.
• Soul Singer revealed that he had answered Paradise's call to find Prison Demon, not to help kill him, and Lu Li exposed and killed a hidden Paradise expert.
• Lu Li attacked the gathered Paradise experts, killed one with a strike that erased his true spirit, and demanded ten Ninth Order Late Stage Great Worlds from each person who wanted to live.
• When nobody answered, Lu Li killed another Paradise expert and asked the survivors whether they would hand over worlds to save themselves.

Lu Li effortlessly defeated the Paradise powerhouses who had tried to surround him, forcing them to surrender worlds as protection money. He then demanded that Paradise compensate the Space with another thousand Ninth Order Peak Great Worlds for detaining its Supporters and poaching Kenpachi.

• Lu Li killed several Paradise Ninth Order Peak powerhouses with ease, crushing their heads before they could answer his taunts.
• A Paradise powerhouse surrendered sixteen high-energy worlds, and Lu Li forced another attacker to endure his hammer blows before killing him.
• Lu Xueqing recognized that Lu Li's Innate Chaos True Body gave him overwhelming damage resistance and that his mastery of laws made his attacks devastating.
• The remaining Paradise powerhouses surrendered worlds, including Tattooist, who was allowed to hand over five.
• Lu Li refused to let the Paradise group leave and demanded compensation for detaining the Space's Supporters and poaching Kenpachi.
• Lu Li demanded another thousand Ninth Order Peak Great Worlds from Paradise, then interrupted Soul Singer by pretending he had suggested Ninth Order Late Stage worlds instead.

Lu Li forced Paradise to surrender a thousand world coordinates and origin imprints, then returned to End Space with Aizen, Kenpachi, and the others. Kenpachi signed a new contract and went to find Yachiru, while Aizen explained why he had not rescued Chuchu and the others sooner.

• End Space contracted with Paradise to acquire a thousand worlds, and the released Paradise powerhouses left after losing worlds.
• A Paradise powerhouse killed Celestial Demon, and Soul Singer departed after speaking with Lu Li.
• Aizen repaired the Divine Demon Continent, and Kenpachi learned that Yachiru was in a world included in the transaction.
• Aizen told Lu Li that the Bleach World had advanced only a thousand years and that its Gotei 13 remained active.
• Lu Li and the others returned to End Space, where Kenpachi signed a new contract and received access to Yachiru's world.
• Aizen said he had emerged from seclusion three years earlier and had been preparing to hunt Soul Singer.

Lu Li reunited with Chuchu and Shrimp Meat after Lu Xueqing returned to Origin Space, and he asked Chuchu to repair his shattered equipment. Chuchu agreed to help and explained how Lu Li might restore his scabbard’s blade spirit, while hinting that repairing the Evil God Mask would require him to sacrifice his high charm.

• Aizen left Lu Li to settle his mission rewards and speak with Manjushage, leaving Lu Li to say goodbye to Lu Xueqing, Chuchu, and Shrimp Meat.
• Lu Xueqing returned to Origin Space to strengthen herself, while Chuchu and Shrimp Meat chose to remain in End Space.
• Lu Li asked Chuchu to repair his shattered equipment, and Shrimp Meat persuaded Chuchu by arguing that stronger equipment would help keep Lu Li alive.
• Lu Li gave Chuchu and Shrimp Meat permission to take local specialties and rare minerals from the worlds he had acquired.
• Chuchu said Lu Li could restore his scabbard’s blade spirit by finding beings of her origin and using traces of their true spirits to call to her.
• Chuchu hinted that the Evil God Mask might be repairable if Lu Li gave up his high charm, and Lu Li asked her to explain.

Lu Li restored his titles, reunited with his companions in End Space, and returned to the Bleach World after more than a thousand years. He promised to stay for a while, though he knew he still had to keep moving toward confronting the great enemy.

• End Space restored Lu Li’s old titles, and he realized the Human King title let him control how others perceived his Charm.
• Chuchu left to repair and reforge Lu Li’s equipment while Lu Li shared a meal with Shrimp Meat, Kenpachi, Yachiru, and Aizen.
• Lu Li and his companions returned to the Bleach World, where Byakuya Kuchiki had become Captain-Commander of the Gotei 13.
• Lu Li visited his old acquaintances in Soul Society, then traveled to Hueco Mundo and reunited with Ulquiorra, Nel, Stark, and Halibel.
• Lu Li told his Hueco Mundo companions that he would stay for a while, but he still had to advance toward ending the threat facing the worlds.

Lu Li brought Lu Feng and Lu Gui from their hidden hometown to End Space, where he arranged safe lives for them and reunited them with his friends. After settling his family, he went to meet the Botanical Garden’s leader and learned that Manjushage now held the position.

• Lu Li returned to his hometown and persuaded Lu Feng and Lu Gui to leave with him for the safer End Space.
• During their return, Lu Li wondered whether the shadow had deliberately sent him to his hometown as part of a larger plan, then set the fear aside without telling his family.
• End Space gave Lu Feng and Lu Gui Supporter contracts, and Lu Li showed them around the commercial street and introduced them to Chuchu and Shrimp Meat.
• Chuchu arranged luxurious residences for Lu Feng and Lu Gui, while Lu Gui chose to live separately from her father and decorate her own home.
• Lu Li went to the upper levels of End Space’s Vine, where Black Lily told him that Manjushage had become the Botanical Garden’s leader and Black Lily was its Vice Leader.