Vol. 5The Road to Calamity

Tiandao survived Longevity Island, uncovered and destroyed an Abyss Organization conspiracy, and advanced to the Calamity realm while preparing for the crisis surrounding Enit. The volume left Tiandao and Yun Meng racing to help the wounded Caroline as Jing Liuli hacked the Backup Factory.

  • The Otter Administrator sent the trainees to Longevity Island, where Wilfred attacked and Tiandao stayed behind to fight him while Caroline led survivors to safety.
  • Chen Kong survived the Rotten Vine Corpses with Mi Yao’s help, and Tiandao and his companions uncovered the island’s time loop before Tiandao broke Libra Palace’s domain and split its ancient tree.
  • Chen Kong’s group and Tiandao discovered that Memory Shards and Life Energy sustained Chang Sheng County’s repeating cycle, then fought the monsters tied to the Golden Chrysanthemum.
  • Tiandao rejected Libra Palace’s offer, reached half-step Calamity, and split its ancient tree as the pyramid and Longevity Island began to collapse.
  • Tiandao and Jing Liuli destroyed the Parasitic Star Beast, then joined An Qin in exposing and breaking up the Abyss Organization’s operations.
  • Tiandao destroyed the Abyss headquarters, completed his breakthrough, struck Pisces’s true body, and established a permanent protective formation around Martial Arts Heavenly Capital.
  • Tiandao and his allies prepared for Enit’s coming crisis and uncovered the Iron Dome Family’s Mechanoid Legion project while tracing Tie Jin to a hidden Backup Factory.
  • Jing Liuli entered the Backup Factory to hack its controls as Tie Jin wounded Caroline, and Tiandao and Yun Meng rushed to help.
Chapters 404–503 Read from ch. 404

Arc 17The Longevity Island Trial

Tiandao and his companions secured the Dawn team and led the trainees into Longevity Island, where Wilfred attacked them and most of the students died or fled. Tiandao defeated Wilfred, while Chen Kong survived an encounter with Rotten Vine Corpses after Mi Yao revived him and took him to a cave.

  • Yagami Rin and Huan Qianyin passed the Eternal Nightmare assessment, and Tiandao defeated the Raccoon Administrator after it transformed into Shadow Nightmare.
  • Tiandao and Caroline passed the Explorer exam, recruited Jing Liuli and Jeremiah, and cleared Boneyard Canyon to qualify for the Dawn team inheritance.
  • The Otter Administrator announced Longevity Island as the trainees’ trial site and required participants to earn Explorer Qualification Certificates before setting out.
  • On the island’s beach, Wilfred killed a student and trapped the group with vines, then overwhelmed the trainees’ attacks as the students suffered heavy casualties.
  • Tiandao ordered Caroline to lead the survivors into the jungle, then stayed behind to fight Wilfred and learned about the island’s ancient cycles and Wilfred’s connection to the Ancient God.
  • Tiandao unleashed Myriad Phenomena Repulsion · Conquest, devastating the beach and reducing Wilfred to a head and vine before Wilfred vanished in petals.
  • Chen Kong, poisoned and injured, was cornered by Rotten Vine Corpses until Mi Yao appeared and brought him to a cave after his Revival Coin revived him.
  • Mi Yao explained how his Game Console mapped explored areas and hostile creatures, and described Longevity Island as a survival game.
Chapters 404–428 Summaries Read

Arc 18The Fall of Longevity Island

Chen Kong’s group and Tiandao uncovered the time loop and the Golden Chrysanthemum’s role in Chang Sheng County, then reached the island’s center as Tiandao confronted Libra Palace. Tiandao broke Libra Palace’s domain and split the ancient tree, leaving the pyramid and Longevity Island collapsing.

  • Mi Yao led Chen Kong past the Rotten Vine Corpses to a town where residents lived by strange rules, and Vivian helped them pay for food and reach the guesthouse.
  • Tiandao guided Caroline and Jing Liuli through Chang Sheng County’s bank, where they discovered that Memory Shards and Life Energy sustained the town and its repeating time cycle.
  • Tiandao fought Enit’s memory incarnation in the vault, then resolved to strengthen his Spirit Power so he could control a Calamity breakthrough.
  • Chen Kong, Mi Yao, and Vivian infiltrated the hospital and bank, awakened a Golden Chrysanthemum, and used it to fight the Rotvine Giant Serpent before Tiandao and Enit destroyed it from another time layer.
  • Chen Kong’s group joined Liu Ma and Isabelle against regenerating monsters, then Yagami Rin rescued them from Libra Palace’s energy-draining vines and identified Libra’s power as the Law of Equivalent Exchange.
  • Tiandao exposed Wilfred as Libra Palace and refused the offer of power in exchange for his eyes, then fought Libra as the god’s vessel accelerated Longevity Island’s time loop.
  • Tiandao adapted to Libra Palace’s domain, disrupted its timelines, and unleashed Domain. Boundless Time and Space, reaching half-step Calamity.
  • Tiandao split Libra Palace’s ancient tree in two, and the pyramid and Longevity Island began to collapse as Chen Kong and the others watched.
Chapters 429–453 Summaries Read

Arc 19The Vector Rule Ascendant

Tiandao uncovered an Abyss Organization conspiracy, destroyed its ritual and headquarters, and used captured abyssal crystals to advance toward the Calamity realm. He completed his breakthrough, struck Pisces’s true body, and established a permanent protective formation around Martial Arts Heavenly Capital.

  • Tiandao stopped Elijah’s transformation, found the hidden Parasitic Star Beast with Jing Liuli, and destroyed its core to free Moonlight Mountain City.
  • Tiandao joined Chen Kong’s team in the Desolate Bone Desert, where An Qin exposed the Abyss Organization’s infiltration and led them to destroy the Brood Nest.
  • An Qin helped expose Night Owl’s ritual, and Tiandao’s team destroyed the three altars as the Abyss Organization opened an Abyss passage in Martial Arts Heavenly Capital.
  • Enit sent Tiandao to destroy the Abyss headquarters in the Meteorite Ruins, where Tiandao’s team defeated the ambush and Tiandao annihilated the Abyss Leader and its projections.
  • Tiandao uncovered Pisces’s coordinates and sent its remnant soul back with a record of his victory before returning to headquarters with the captured supplies.
  • Tiandao refined abyssal energy crystals in his cultivation chamber, expanded his domain, and formed a complete rule loop in his Star Core.
  • Tiandao completed his breakthrough without a Calamity Source, destroyed Pisces’s projection and struck its true body, then created a permanent protective formation around Martial Arts Heavenly Capital.
Chapters 454–478 Summaries Read

Arc 20The Backup Factory Raid

Tiandao and his allies prepared for the conflict surrounding Enit, uncovered the Iron Dome Family’s Mechanoid Legion project, and traced Tie Jin to a hidden Backup Factory. The arc ended with Jing Liuli inside the factory hacking its controls while Tie Jin wounded Caroline and Tiandao and Yun Meng rushed to help.

  • Tiandao defeated the Zodiac avatars, took control of their Subspace relay, and later repelled a devastating Beast Tide in Panshi City with help from Jing Liuli and Caroline.
  • Tiandao, Caroline, and Jing Liuli helped rebuild Panshi City, then returned to Ember Base and recovered childhood keepsakes before reuniting with Yun Meng at Jing Liuli’s charity gala.
  • Yun Meng and Doctor Dragon revealed the history of the Star Project and the coming crisis tied to Enit’s contract with the Star Beast Royal Court, and Tiandao accepted three years to prepare without agreeing to become the Federation’s guardian.
  • Tiandao and his allies trained and prepared Ember Base, then captured three intruders whose control chips led Caroline and Jing Liuli to an Iron Dome Family factory.
  • Tiandao fought Tie Jin and the Dome Mecha while Jing Liuli disabled the factory’s equipment and stole its research data, and the group escaped as the mecha exploded.
  • The group traced Tie Jin to a Backup Factory beneath an abandoned starport, and Jing Liuli used Dream Perception to locate its barrier’s weak point before they launched a raid.
  • As Tie Jin’s forces attacked, Caroline and Jing Liuli broke through the Energy Barrier, and Jing Liuli entered the Backup Factory to hack its controls while Caroline was wounded holding Tie Jin back.
  • Tiandao and Yun Meng broke through the encirclement and rushed toward Caroline as Jing Liuli continued hacking inside the factory.
Chapters 479–503 Summaries Read
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