Chapter Summaries

God King Tang Yu told Wang Yi that Qingfeng Realm was a broken peak of Tianhuang Mountain, the ancient treasure that had belonged to the first cultivator God King. He recounted how its master fell in a battle against the Ancient Clan’s Progenitor and Ancestor Yuan, and Wang Yi ended by asking what had happened to Ancestor Yuan.

• Wang Yi recognized Qingfeng Realm in the image and asked God King Tang Yu whether it was Tianhuang Mountain.
• God King Tang Yu explained that Tianhuang Mountain predated the cultivators’ arrival on the Origin Continent and that its master became the first cultivator God King.
• God King Tang Yu said the Master of Tianhuang Mountain fought the Ancient Clan’s Progenitor and was later besieged by the Progenitor and Ancestor Yuan.
• The Master of Tianhuang Mountain fell, and the battle shattered Tianhuang Mountain, scattering its broken peaks across the Origin Continent and possibly into the Universe Sea.
• God King Tang Yu said the Master of Tianhuang Mountain sent the intact mountain into the Sea of Reincarnation before dying, and Wang Yi asked what had happened to Ancestor Yuan.

Wang Yi learned how the Void Path’s nine branches led to the three layers of God Kings and heard how the strongest figures on the Origin Continent compared. The Ancient Ancestor’s fate remained unknown, while Wang Yi knew Yuan was a Hunyuan Lord secretly protecting the Origin Continent.

• God King Tang Yu told Wang Yi that Ancestor Yuan hid in the Void Abyss and that their lineage was forbidden to enter without permission.
• God King Tang Yu and God King Zhongli explained that God Kings advanced by mastering and fusing paths, with the complete fusion of all nine Void paths marking the Third Layer.
• God King Zhongli said the Wujian Tower Master had reached no more than the Second Layer but was far stronger than most God Kings.
• God King Tang Yu and God King Zhongli said the Ancient Ancestor had vanished from the Origin Continent, prompting speculation about Yuan and the Sea of Reincarnation.
• God King Tang Yu said Yuan was beyond the comparison of ordinary God Kings, and Wang Yi recognized him as a Hunyuan Lord protecting the Origin Continent.

Master Qingye, Master Xuanman, and Master Yingtuo visited Wang Yi to seek forgiveness for their past conflict. Wang Yi accepted their gifts and agreed not to pursue the matter, while remaining focused on cultivating the Void Path and creating a powerful Secret Technique.

• Master Qingye, Master Xuanman, and Master Yingtuo arrived at Wang Yi's residence and waited while Wujian Guards announced them.
• Wang Yi studied his Senior Brothers' and Senior Sisters' cultivation insights and resolved to advance the Void Path and create a Twenty-first Order Secret Technique.
• Wang Yi agreed to meet the three Chaos Masters after realizing they had come to make peace.
• Master Qingye, Master Xuanman, and Master Yingtuo bowed, apologized, and presented Wang Yi with generous gifts.
• Wang Yi accepted the gifts and said he would not pursue their previous offense, relieving the three visitors.

Wang Yi completed his Second Clone, which absorbed the Thousand-Eyed Heart and gained the ability to use it. He then arrived at Canglan Island to take up his new position as External Affairs Department Master, welcomed by hundreds of Chaos Masters.

• Wang Yi cultivated his Second Clone from rare materials, and it emerged at the Chaos Master level with combat power comparable to his main body.
• Wang Yi discovered that the Thousand-Eyed Heart had fused with the Second Clone, allowing it to use the heart and strengthening its Will Secret Technique.
• The four Deputy Department Masters learned Wang Yi had arrived and gathered the External Affairs Department’s leading figures to welcome him.
• Wei Yan, Yudula, Hu Ping, and Sikoutuo introduced themselves and led hundreds of Chaos Masters in welcoming Wang Yi to Canglan Island.
• Wang Yi entered the main hall with his Wujian Guards as Master Xuanman greeted him humbly and Master Qin Xin reflected on how their positions had changed.

Wang Yi took up the post of External Affairs Department Master and met his subordinates, including the official overseeing Tianmu Kingdom. Meanwhile, Purple Wood God King ordered a loyal Chaos Master to use a deadly poison to kill Master Jiujiang.

• The four Deputy Department Masters introduced Wang Yi to the External Affairs Department's directors and deputy envoys, and Master Kong Yi said he oversaw Tianmu Kingdom.
• Wang Yi attended a welcome banquet and received gifts from hundreds of subordinates and acquaintances.
• Purple Wood God King met a loyal Chaos Master in an ancient forest and gave her the Flower of the Mortal World.
• Purple Wood God King ordered the Chaos Master to use the poison to kill Master Jiujiang.

Purple Wood God King sent a Chaos Master to poison Wang Yi with the Flower of the Mortal World, while Wang Yi reviewed his new authority as Mansion Master. The disguised attacker reached Wang Yi in the Wujian Universe and struck without warning.

• Purple Wood God King ordered his subordinate to use the Flower of the Mortal World against Wang Yi and erase all evidence.
• Wang Yi reviewed External Affairs Department business and considered the influence and authority he gained as Mansion Master.
• A black-robed woman entered the Wujian Universe and approached Wang Yi's palace, intending to kill him.
• Wang Yi recognized the visitor as Master Yan Luo, and she attacked him with a cry of “Die!!!”

Master Yan Luo killed Wang Yi with the Flower of the Mortal World, annihilating his soul and leaving his main body lifeless. The Tongtian Tower revived him through a hidden safeguard, while the Wujian Tower learned of his apparent death.

• Master Yan Luo used the Flower of the Mortal World to annihilate Wang Yi’s soul across his bodies and clones, and her own clone vanished afterward.
• The World Beast Avatar sensed Wang Yi’s death as the Wujian Tower’s token for him went dark and triggered an investigation.
• Master Yan Luo reported Wang Yi’s death to Purple Wood God King, who celebrated the removal of a threat.
• The Tongtian Tower’s core revived Wang Yi and brought his consciousness into the Blood Sea, where Ming explained that the safeguard could revive him only once.
• Ming urged Wang Yi to cultivate on his own, while an unknown voice questioned whether her disciple could truly revive only once.
• God King Tang Yu received news from the Wujian Tower’s Artifact Spirit and reacted with shock and anger at the report about Junior Brother Jiujiang.

After surviving Master Yan Luo’s assassination, Wang Yi learned that death in this world would send him to another world and erase his memories. The Wujian Tower Master suspected Ancestor Wu Kui’s Flower of the Mortal World had been used at someone’s direction, while Wang Yi suspected Purple Wood God King, and she ordered an investigation as Wang Yi remained in the Wujian Universe.

• The Sign-in Panel told Wang Yi that he would enter another world if he died, lose his memories, and could eventually gain authority to choose when to open the next world.
• Wang Yi suspected Tianmu Kingdom had arranged the assassination, and the Wujian Tower Master and God King Tang Yu arrived to hear his account.
• God King Tang Yu identified the flower as the Flower of the Mortal World, and the Wujian Tower Master said Ancestor Wu Kui was the likeliest source of the poison.
• Wang Yi named Purple Wood God King as his suspect because he carried the Wu Kingdom Inheritance, but God King Tang Yu noted they had no evidence connecting him to the attack.
• The Wujian Tower Master assigned God King Tang Yu to investigate Ancestor Wu Kui and Master Yan Luo, ordered him to watch Purple Wood, and told Wang Yi to stay in the Wujian Universe and avoid being discovered.

Wang Yi began studying the Void Path creatures imprisoned in Void Hundred Caves Mountain, finding that Chi Xiao’s patterns complemented his cultivation and the first diagram of the Void Derivation Technique. He awakened Chi Xiao to test its speed, confident that the seventh-level creature posed no threat to him.

• Purple Wood God King learned that Master Jiujiang was still alive and realized his attempt to kill him had failed.
• Wang Yi warned Luo Feng, Primordial Ancestor, and the others not to reveal their inheritances to outsiders.
• Wang Yi arrived at Void Hundred Caves Mountain and entered the lowest cave to study Chi Xiao, a Chaos Master-level Void Creature.
• Wang Yi found that Chi Xiao’s secret patterns offered insights into Void Path speed and complemented the first diagram of the Void Derivation Technique.
• Wang Yi used the mountain’s artifact spirit to awaken Chi Xiao and challenged it to attack, unfazed by its speed.

Wang Yi defeated Chi Xiao and spent more than four million epochs studying the Void Path before moving on to a cave inhabited by a Naga Demon. He awakened her to study her concealed mysteries, and she offered him devoted service while asking him to release her someday.

• Wang Yi released the defeated Chi Xiao and continued studying its techniques and the Void Path, receiving guidance from his senior brothers and sisters.
• After more than four million epochs, Wang Yi left Chi Xiao’s cave and headed to the second cave.
• Wang Yi found a sleeping Naga Demon beneath the sea and realized he needed to awaken her to study the hidden Void Path mysteries on her body.
• The Naga Demon awoke, accepted her status as a prisoner, and asked Wang Yi to release her if he ever had the chance.
• Wang Yi said he could not promise to release her but offered to help if he could, and the Naga Demon began serving him attentively.

Wang Yi discussed his hands-off approach to leading the External Affairs Department with Luo Feng, then visited Deputy Department Master Yudula to challenge the terms of the department’s agreements with Tianmu Kingdom. Yudula agreed to follow his instructions, leaving the kingdom’s arrangements set for renegotiation.

• Wang Yi told Luo Feng that he had no interest in fighting the four Deputy Department Masters for power, though he still needed to attend to some departmental affairs.
• Luo Feng declined Wang Yi’s offer to find him a position in the External Affairs Department because he was focused on cultivation.
• Wang Yi visited Yudula at the Western Garrison Department and asked for her help with an issue involving one of its kingdoms.
• Wang Yi said the agreements with Tianmu Kingdom contained unreasonable provisions that needed renegotiation.
• Yudula agreed that the matter had been mishandled and asked Wang Yi for new instructions.

Purple Wood God King learned that Wujian Tower’s External Affairs Department was demanding renegotiated agreements that would cost Tianmu Kingdom at least thirty percent of its profits. He ordered his subordinates to stall the negotiations and decided to stage a public execution of imprisoned Wu Kingdom loyalists to provoke its remaining followers.

• A Chaos Master told Purple Wood God King that Wujian Tower wanted to renegotiate all its agreements with Tianmu Kingdom, imposing heavy losses.
• Purple Wood God King blamed Master Jiujiang and ordered his subordinate to drag out negotiations rather than accept Wujian Tower’s terms.
• Purple Wood God King reflected that Master Jiujiang had become a dangerous opponent after the failed assassination attempt and decided to retaliate.
• Purple Wood God King summoned his soul slaves Ming Yong and Suo Men, former Chaos Masters of the Wu Kingdom, and discussed the kingdom’s surviving remnants.
• Purple Wood God King ordered Ming Yong and Suo Men to bring imprisoned Wu Kingdom loyalists, including members of its royal family, out for a widely publicized execution.

Ming Yong and Suo Men took Princess Kexin from her prison cell as Tianmu Kingdom prepared to publicly punish Wu Kingdom’s captives. Wang Yi learned that Kexin and the other survivors were being tortured, but warned Xiao Qi that Purple Wood God King was likely baiting them into a trap in his capital.

• Ming Yong and Suo Men urged Princess Kexin to submit to Purple Wood God King, but she refused and remained determined to resist.
• Ming Yong and Suo Men removed Princess Kexin’s restraints and took her from the prison to fulfill Purple Wood God King’s orders.
• Tianmu Kingdom gathered Wu Kingdom prisoners in its capital square and publicized their punishment, drawing a crowd and spreading live footage.
• Wang Yi learned of the public punishment and grew angry when he saw Wu Kingdom’s captives suffering.
• Xiao Qi told Wang Yi that Princess Kexin was among the prisoners and asked what they should do.
• Wang Yi warned Xiao Qi that Purple Wood God King was probably luring them into his capital, where his forces were strongest.

Wang Yi realized he could not safely rescue the prisoners held in Tianmu Kingdom, while Princess Kexin and her subjects endured Purple Wood God King’s torture. A mysterious gray-robed Chaos Master returned to Origin Continent and departed to wander, as Wang Yi watched the prisoners suffer.

• Wang Yi told Xiao Qi that rescuing the captives from Tianmu Kingdom’s capital was nearly impossible, despite considering his strongest weapons.
• Master Suomen whipped Princess Kexin while Tianmu Kingdom tortured the former Wu Kingdom subjects and demanded that Kexin surrender.
• Purple Wood God King watched the punishment and recalled his hatred for the Wu Kingdom Monarch, while a gray-robed Chaos Master recognized their former friendship.
• The gray-robed Chaos Master left the capital, revealed that he had returned to Origin Continent after many years, and decided to let the cultivators and Ancient Clan determine their own fates.
• The gray-robed man wandered across Origin Continent, while Wang Yi could no longer bear seeing the Wu Kingdom subjects suffer.

Angered by Purple Wood God King's attempt to provoke him through the suffering of Wu Kingdom's people, Wang Yi decided to retaliate by placing enormous bounties on Tianmu Kingdom's Chaos Masters. He left the story preparing to hunt some targets himself, while hoping other bounty hunters would also strike.

• Purple Wood God King taunted Wang Yi, hoping he would lose his composure and walk into a trap.
• Wang Yi contacted Wujian Tower's Virtual Space system and ordered bounties on all publicly known Chaos Masters of Tianmu Kingdom.
• Wang Yi reviewed the strength and numbers of Tianmu Kingdom's Chaos Masters and set rewards ranging from one million Chaos Crystals to enormous sums for its strongest experts.
• Wang Yi used precious treasures as collateral to fund the bounties, which totaled billions of Chaos Crystals.
• Wang Yi approved the bounty list and prepared to hunt Tianmu Kingdom's Chaos Masters personally.

God King Tang Yu and his fellow disciples learned that Wang Yi had placed bounties on Tianmu Kingdom’s Chaos Masters and worried he might rush into danger. Wang Yi had already launched a coordinated ambush, killing four eighth-level Chaos Masters and leaving Tianmu Kingdom with a devastating loss.

• God King Tang Yu explained that Wang Yi suspected Purple Wood God King had arranged the assassination attempt and that recent events in Tianmu Kingdom had fueled his anger.
• God King Zhongli and the others decided to contact Wang Yi and warn him against seeking revenge, but he had already set out with his True Body, two Clones, and World Beast Avatar.
• Wang Yi selected four eighth-level Yuan Shen Palace Chaos Masters whose wills were below the God King level as his targets.
• Wang Yi’s bodies teleported through the cities’ formations and used the Lie Yuan Technique to incapacitate the four targets before destroying their souls.
• Wang Yi killed Fei Hua Palace Master and the other three Chaos Masters, ensuring their deaths were final.

Wang Yi killed four of Tianmu Kingdom’s powerful Chaos Masters in simultaneous Soul Attacks, and Purple Wood God King identified Master Jiujiang as the likely attacker. She ordered the kingdom’s Chaos Masters to retreat into important cities and remain guarded, leaving Tianmu Kingdom to suspend its other conflicts.

• Wang Yi killed Master You Quan, Fei Hua Master, Master Wu Shuang, and Master Qian Ji with Soul Attacks, then vanished.
• Purple Wood God King inspected the four death sites and concluded that Master Jiujiang had used simultaneous attacks, ultra-long-distance teleportation, and powerful Will Attacks.
• Purple Wood God King recalled Tianmu Kingdom’s Chaos Masters and warned them to stay in cities or conceal their movements, telling them to Self-Destruct if an unfamiliar expert suddenly appeared through Void Teleportation.
• Purple Wood God King ordered the kingdom to withdraw from exposed holdings and said she and Sinking God King would respond to attacks on important cities.
• Purple Wood God King put Tianmu Kingdom’s conflict with Mingxian Archipelago and other factions on hold.

Wang Yi retaliated against Purple Wood God King by killing four of Tianmu Kingdom’s powerful Chaos Masters, then returned to the Wujian Universe and learned that his teacher would not intervene in their feud. Tianmu Kingdom prepared for his next appearance while news of its losses and Wujian Tower’s bounties spread across the Origin Continent.

• Wang Yi left the Wujian Universe, killed four Tianmu Kingdom Yuan Shen Palace eighth-floor experts, and collected the bounties before returning.
• God King Tang Yu and the others visited Wang Yi, learned what he had done, and warned him that Purple Wood God King would target him more fiercely.
• Wang Yi learned that the Wujian Tower Master would not intervene in a feud he had chosen to provoke, though his fellow disciples offered their support.
• News of Tianmu Kingdom’s losses and Wujian Tower’s bounties spread across the Origin Continent, drawing attention from its factions and enemies.
• Purple Wood God King gathered forces and arranged defenses in Tianmu Kingdom’s cities, preparing to kill Wang Yi if he appeared again.

As time passed in the Fourth Reincarnation Era, Naxitan became a Universe Master in the Hunyuan Holy Land Universe, rebuilt her lost home planet, and taught disciples while reflecting on those she could not bring back. She met with longtime friends who helped her earn a chance to receive an inheritance, and they discussed her upcoming opportunity.

• Naxitan looked toward the Hunyuan Heavenly Palace and wondered when she would earn an official seat there.
• Naxitan recalled surviving the Main God Space’s trials, becoming a Universe Master, and recreating her vanished home planet.
• Naxitan began a lesson for her Immortal and Universe Venerable disciples.
• Naxitan met Barrett, Wang Qi, Shalia, and Jia Zhe at an open-air bar in the Inner City.
• Naxitan thanked her friends for helping her obtain a Hunyuan Heavenly Palace inheritance opportunity, while Jia Zhe teased Barrett about the reward he had kept from their ruin expedition.

Naxitan and her companions watched a dispute between Ge Lei and Tobias Hume, then discussed their team’s future and the difficulty of reaching True God. The group ended by sharing the ambition of transcending reincarnation.

• Tobias Hume accused Ge Lei of selling him flawed dangerous-region information and demanded compensation, but Ge Lei denied responsibility and left.
• Wang Qi suggested that the group form a team again after Little Grass finished receiving her inheritance.
• Barrett asked why Wang Qi had not become a True God despite creating a sixth-stage Secret Technique, but Wang Qi avoided answering.
• Wang Qi told the group that the Holy Land Universe had recently gained another Hunyuan Stele, and they discussed the rare honor of creating one.
• Wang Qi praised Jia Zhe for passing the thirty-seventh level of the Tongtian Bridge, and the group toasted to endless treasures and transcending reincarnation.