Chapter Summaries

Shen Ye exposed Ji Ning’s borrowed power, destroyed the World Realm remnant soul Black Flood Dragon, and offered the Three Realms’ immortals and gods freedom if they found a Supreme God Crystal within one Chaos Era. The Desolate Era crisis ended temporarily, leaving them to search the Chaos under Shen Ye’s shadow.

• Three Pure Daoist asked Shen Ye to honor his promise, but Shen Ye said the Three Realms had relied on power from outside their world.
• Black Flood Dragon emerged from Ji Ning and admitted he had helped Ji Ning defeat Elder Yuan, then claimed Shen Ye must be weakened from past battles.
• Shen Ye captured and destroyed Black Flood Dragon, dispelling the immortals’ hopes that he was injured.
• Bodhi proposed that the immortals search the Chaos for other Supreme God Crystals, and Shen Ye offered to lift their restrictions if they found one within a Chaos Era.
• After Shen Ye vanished, Bodhi explained that Shen Ye had not asked for a Life Oath because the immortals were too weak to threaten him.

Jing Tian and his companions returned to Mount Shu to learn that City of Flowing Moon had repelled the demon invasion while the Divine Realm remained silent. Shen Ye arrived at Mount Shu to borrow the Three Sovereigns' Divine Artifacts and seal the remaining rifts, as Sect Master Qingwei and the elders awaited him.

• Jing Tian, Xue Jian, Xu Changqing, and Chang Yin returned from the Divine Realm after half a month away and learned that demons had invaded the Human Realm.
• A Mount Shu disciple told Xu Changqing that City of Flowing Moon, led by Ziwei High Priest Shen Ye, had driven the demons back without aid from the Divine Realm.
• Chang Yin told Xu Changqing that Shen Ye planned to borrow the Three Sovereigns' Divine Artifacts to seal the remaining Demon Realm rifts, but Sect Master Qingwei and the elders had refused.
• Xu Changqing led Jing Tian, Xue Jian, and Chang Yin toward Wuji Pavilion to meet Qingwei and Shen Ye.
• City of Flowing Moon arrived above Mount Shu, and Shen Ye greeted Qingwei alongside his high-ranking priests.

Shen Ye asked Mount Shu to lend him the Three Sovereigns' Divine Artifacts and revealed that he intended to sever the Heaven-Earth Connection after closing the Well of Gods and Demons. He argued that the God Realm had suppressed humanity's potential, and the chapter ended with Chonglou appearing at Mount Shu.

• Qingwei explained that Mount Shu's Three Sovereigns' Divine Artifacts were suppressing the Well of Gods and Demons, so the sect needed the God Realm's permission to lend them.
• Xu Changqing revealed that Chong Lou had opened the Well of Gods and Demons to send their group to the God Realm, and Shen Ye closed the Well with a sword strike.
• Shen Ye said he planned to sever the Heaven-Earth Connection and close all passages between the God Realm and Demon Realm.
• Shen Ye argued that the God Realm had deliberately suppressed humanity's path to godhood, shaking the Five Elders of Mount Shu.
• Chonglou appeared in the Void and confirmed that gods and demons were merely powerful beings, then Jing Tian greeted him excitedly.

Shen Ye proposed that he and Chong Lou storm the Divine Realm in a hundred years, then revealed he planned to use the Shennong Cauldron to absorb the Divine Tree’s spiritual energy and advance his cultivation. He also warned Jing Tian and Xue Jian that Xi Yao faced Eternal Death, and offered to take them back to the Divine Realm to save her.

• Chong Lou challenged Shen Ye to a fight, but Shen Ye declined and proposed they join forces to storm the Divine Realm and take the Heavenly Emperor’s head in a hundred years.
• Shen Ye explained that the hundred-year delay would give him time to break through while preventing the Heavenly Emperor from interfering, and Chong Lou vowed to cultivate as well.
• Sect Master Qingwei objected to Shen Ye’s plans, so Shen Ye suppressed him and Mount Shu’s Four Elders without harming them.
• Shen Ye told Jing Tian and Xue Jian that Xi Yao could suffer Eternal Death for stealing Divine Tree fruit and helping them escape the Divine Realm.
• Xue Jian asked to return to the Divine Realm, and Shen Ye offered to take her and Jing Tian to save Xi Yao.
• Chong Lou recognized that Shen Ye wanted the Divine Tree’s roots, and Shen Ye admitted he planned to use the Shennong Cauldron to absorb its spiritual energy and aid his breakthrough.

Jing Tian and his companions rescued Xi Yao from the Divine Realm, where Shen Ye severed the connection between heaven and earth and cut off the six realms. The Heavenly Emperor ordered Ao Xu to attack the barrier, while recognizing the power behind the upheaval.

• Jing Tian and his companions reached the divine tree and rescued Xi Yao from the Giant Spirit God, then fled toward Spring Nourishment.
• Ao Xu blocked their path, but Shen Ye’s sword light blasted him aside before the group escaped into the roots of the divine tree.
• Shen Ye used the Three Sovereigns’ Divine Artifacts and two Supreme God Crystals to create an eternal barrier that severed the six realms.
• The Heavenly Emperor summoned Ao Xu, who admitted that the unknown attacker was at least as strong as Fei Peng.
• The Heavenly Emperor ordered Ao Xu to gather men and break the barrier, while deciding not to reclaim the Fuxi Sword.

Shen Ye reached the final stage of his breakthrough into Legend, but Jieyin revealed himself through the inner demon Li Ying and blocked his path. Shen Ye uncovered how Jieyin had followed him between worlds and learned that Jieyin was pursuing the Dao Fruit too obsessively to withdraw.

• Shen Ye gathered power from countless worlds and opened the Legendary Gate after enduring tribulations, while heavenly phenomena astonished powerful beings across the realms.
• As Shen Ye reached the final step of his breakthrough, Li Ying emerged from his shadow and fused with his ascending true spirit on Jieyin’s behalf.
• Shen Ye recognized Jieyin as the Heavenly Lord of Other-Self Manifestation and explained that he had suspected Jieyin’s involvement since returning from his world.
• Jieyin confirmed that a fragment of his soul had followed Shen Ye into another universe and that his true body had been waiting for an opportunity to act.
• Shen Ye deduced how Jieyin had used Fu Huang’s remnant will as cover and risked exposing his control over a being of the Other Shore to pursue the Dao Fruit.
• Jieyin admitted that his obsession with the Dao Fruit had become a demonic obstruction, but said he could not abandon his pursuit.

Shen Ye learned from Jieyin how Fuxi and Fu Huang fought over the Destiny Orb and how Jieyin’s true body ambushed them. He then proposed staking both their true spirits on the Destiny Orb, beginning again in a new universe for a final contest, and Jieyin admitted his true body would accept the wager for the chance to attain the Dao Fruit.

• Shen Ye concluded that Fuxi had been the Destiny Orb’s previous controller and had sent Shennong and Nuwa to other universes to protect them from Jieyin.
• Jieyin explained that Fuxi turned other Fuxis into Other Selves, but Fu Huang’s Beyond Shore uniqueness made them rivals for survival.
• Jieyin revealed that his true body had watched Fu Huang, ambushed him and Fuxi after their battle, and taken control of a Beyond Shore.
• Shen Ye proposed sacrificing both his and Jieyin’s bound true spirits to the Destiny Orb and restarting in a new universe, where the victor would gain everything.
• Jieyin warned that he could kill himself and trap Shen Ye, but Shen Ye said he would cultivate without the Destiny Orb if necessary.
• Jieyin acknowledged that his true body would accept the gamble because attaining the Dao Fruit mattered more than avoiding Shen Ye’s future revenge.

Shen Ye chose the Coiling Dragon Universe to exploit his knowledge of its future and set a plan in motion to attract Beirut’s attention. He subdued the Golden Dragon Ymir and headed for Ernst Institute, intending to use Ymir to draw Linley toward him.

• Shen Ye reasoned that the universe’s Supreme Rules prevented Jieyin from overcoming the Main God’s advantage over Highgods.
• Shen Ye found the peak Saint-domain Golden Dragon Ymir and blasted it with fireballs disguised as a Fireball Spell.
• Ymir surrendered to Shen Ye and formed a Soul Contract with him.
• Shen Ye’s spiritual pressure made Ymir realize it could not resist its new master.
• Shen Ye ordered Ymir to shrink and ride on his shoulder as they set off for Ernst Institute, where he planned to attract Linley’s attention.

At Ernst Institute, Linley watched Shen Ye defeat Dixie with a simple Fireball Spell, revealing the gap between the institute’s two celebrated geniuses. De Lin Kewote then told Linley that Ymir, the lizard on Shen Ye’s shoulder, had nearly sensed his presence.

• Linley defeated Rand in the first-year arena tournament and heard upperclassmen compare him with Dixie and Shen Ye.
• Linley learned from Delia that Shen Ye had ordinary magical talent but could master spells after seeing them once.
• Dixie challenged Shen Ye and combined fire and wind magic into an attack comparable to a fifth-rank spell.
• Shen Ye extinguished Dixie’s combination spell with a Fireball Spell, and Dixie conceded defeat.
• De Lin Kewote told Linley that Ymir had nearly discovered him, despite being a lizard on Shen Ye’s shoulder.

Linley asked Shen Ye for Ymir's blood to help awaken his family's Dragonblood Warrior lineage, and Shen Ye agreed in exchange for some of the power hidden in Linley's ring. After learning that De Lin's ring contained Profound God Power, Shen Ye said he would return for one-third of it once he reached the Saint Domain.

• Linley approached Shen Ye and asked to buy blood from Ymir, whom De Lin had identified as a peak Saint-level Golden Dragon.
• Ymir unleashed Dragon Might at Linley, but Shen Ye stopped him with a snort, and Ymir quickly withdrew his power.
• Shen Ye asked for the power hidden inside Linley's Coiling Dragon Ring, and Linley initially guarded it because he thought Shen Ye wanted De Lin.
• De Lin appeared from the ring, and Shen Ye clarified that he wanted its hidden power rather than De Lin's soul.
• Linley offered Shen Ye the ring's power in exchange for Ymir's blood, and Shen Ye said he needed only one-third and would return for it after reaching the Saint Domain.

Shen Ye’s extraordinary rise to ninth-level mage drew Saint Domain factions’ attention, and he accepted a visiting professorship at Ernst Institute. As Linley considered graduating, assassin king Hisse accepted a Dark Church mission to kill Shen Ye, suspecting he had absorbed a divine spark.

• Linley took Ymir’s dragonblood with Blueheart Grass to activate his Dragonblood Warrior bloodline.
• Linley’s strengthened physique helped him advance rapidly in magic, while Shen Ye continued breaking through one level each year and reached ninth-level mage at eighteen.
• Saint Domain factions invited Shen Ye to join them, but he accepted only Ernst Institute’s offer to become a visiting professor.
• Linley asked Shen Ye about applying for graduation, and Shen Ye observed that Linley was close to reaching eighth-level mage.
• At Proulx Guild Hall, Hisse admired Linley’s stone sculpture and told a Sabre elder that he suspected Shen Ye had absorbed a divine spark.
• Hisse said he might kill Shen Ye and try to extract the divine spark, while his decision to carry out the Dark Church’s mission depended on his mood.

Olivia arrived at Ernst Institute and revealed that he had become a Saint-level expert, then challenged Tylon, the Starry Sky Sword Saint. Olivia defeated Tylon in three strikes, leaving the crowd celebrating him and Tylon unconscious with rage.

• A noble tried to recruit Shen Ye for the O'Brien Empire, while Tylon predicted Shen Ye could reach the Saint-level within thirty years.
• Olivia arrived at Ernst Institute and declared that Tylon, not Shen Ye, was his true target.
• Olivia revealed he had reached the Saint-level ten days earlier and challenged Tylon to a duel.
• Tylon attacked Olivia with his Starry Sky Sword Art, but Olivia judged his techniques flawed and countered with the Light-Shadow Sword.
• Olivia disarmed Tylon and sent him flying with three strikes, and Tylon fainted after hearing the crowd praise Olivia.

Olivia defeated the Starry Sky Sword Saint and challenged Shen Ye, only to battle Shen Ye’s peak Saint-Level Golden Dragon, Ymir, instead. As Olivia and Ymir prepared powerful attacks that threatened the Ernst Institute, Shen Ye stopped them and revealed overwhelming control of magic and space.

• Olivia defeated the Starry Sky Sword Saint in three strikes and advised Shen Ye that reaching the Saint-Level mattered more than empty fame.
• Ymir revealed himself as a peak Saint-Level Golden Dragon, shocking the gathered nobles and Ernst Institute students.
• Olivia challenged Shen Ye, who sent Ymir to fight in his place.
• Olivia and Ymir exchanged powerful attacks, then began preparing stronger moves that threatened to destroy the Ernst Institute.
• Tylon fled from the gathering power, and Shen Ye halted the battle by drawing away the magical elements and solidifying space.
• Olivia asked whether Shen Ye was a Saint-Level expert, and Ymir mocked him for treating the Saint-Level as a great achievement.

After Shen Ye displayed a domain that seemed close to Deity Domain, Hisse received a private order from Lord Beirut to test his strength. Hisse challenged Shen Ye, who accepted, leaving the two Saint Domain experts poised to fight.

• Olivia asked Shen Ye whether he was Saint Domain or Deity Domain, and Shen Ye said he was Saint Domain with a powerful imitation of a Deity Domain.
• Hisse concluded that Shen Ye had not absorbed a divine spark and decided he would not accept the Dark Church's old assassination terms.
• Lord Beirut secretly told Hisse to test Shen Ye's strength, and Hisse seized the chance to win Beirut's favor.
• Hisse introduced himself as the King of Assassins, and Tylon declared that even ten Hedersons could not match him.
• Shen Ye agreed to fight Hisse and warned him to be careful, while Hisse trusted his five thousand years of combat experience to secure victory.

The narrator described severe diarrhea, fever, and exhaustion that kept them in bed for nearly twenty hours. They hoped to recover by the next day but were unsure because of their recent overtime and lack of sleep.

• The narrator developed diarrhea the previous night and made frequent trips to the bathroom.
• The narrator returned home, mistook an accident for a fart, and developed cold hands and feet with a burning forehead.
• The narrator took the day off and spent nearly twenty hours in bed, going to the bathroom around twenty or thirty times and eating nothing.
• The narrator took Baoji pills but no fever medicine, and worried that their exhaustion and poor resistance would delay recovery.

Shen Ye defeated Hisse with a single fireball and was declared a Demigod. After learning the Dark Church had ordered his assassination, Shen Ye ordered Hisse to kill every Saint Domain expert in the Church.

• Shen Ye's fireball pursued Hisse through a spatial gap and left him badly burned.
• Beirut recognized Shen Ye's spell as a fusion of two Profound Mysteries and considered cultivating him as a collaborator.
• Tylon called Shen Ye a Demigod, and Olivia agreed that the title suited him.
• Hisse thanked Shen Ye for showing mercy and revealed the Dark Church had hired him to assassinate Shen Ye.
• Shen Ye ordered Hisse to kill every Saint Domain expert in the Dark Church, and Hisse agreed.

After Shen Ye defeated Hisse with a single Fireball Spell, the War God and the Dark Church reacted to the young genius’s power and potential to become a god. The War God chose to send him congratulations, while the Dark Church considered bringing an angel down to capture and convert him.

• Ranko told the War God that Shen Ye had defeated Hisse with a single Fireball Spell after Olivia’s challenge in Fenlai.
• The War God realized Shen Ye might soon become a god, suppressed his urge to kill him, and ordered Fain to bring him gifts.
• Major powers across the Yulan Plane sent envoys to congratulate Shen Ye after the news spread.
• Pope Affleck and the Dark Church leaders discussed killing Shen Ye before he became a god.
• Affleck proposed inviting an expert from the Dark God Plane to descend and using Divine Pet Descent to cleanse Shen Ye’s soul and convert him.

Shen Ye met the Yulan Continent’s Saint Domain Limits and revealed that he had fused two Profound Mysteries. He accepted Linley’s offer of golden blood in exchange for strengthening Linley and granting him three requests, including the power to kill Clyde.

• Hisse introduced the six Saint Domain Limits to Shen Ye, and Larissa asked why he had defeated another expert so easily.
• Shen Ye explained that he had fused two Profound Mysteries, shocking the assembled experts.
• Linley gave Shen Ye the Coiling Dragon Ring, and Shen Ye extracted an azure water drop while assuring him that De Lin would remain unharmed.
• Linley offered another drop of the azure water to ask Shen Ye to help him kill King Clyde, but Shen Ye said he could instead give Linley the power to do it himself.
• Shen Ye revealed golden blood in the ring and offered to use it to raise Linley to a ninth-rank warrior, keeping the remainder as payment and granting three additional requests; Linley accepted.

A Ten-Winged Fallen Angel arrived to pursue the Pure Soul, while Delia sought Linley after he killed the king and learned the Radiant Church was hunting him. The Radiant Church’s attempt to enter Shen Ye’s residence was stopped by Ymir and Usenno, until a Beast Tide surged toward the royal capital.

• Hodan watched as Affleck welcomed a Ten-Winged Fallen Angel, who ordered Affleck to take him to the Pure Soul.
• Delia told George, Yale, and Reno that Linley had killed the king, revealed Saint Domain strength, and was being pursued by the Radiant Church’s Divine Knights.
• Ymir blocked the temple knights from entering Shen Ye’s residence and attacked them with dragon breath.
• Usenno arrived, stopped Ymir’s attack, and apologized for his subordinate’s attempt to enter the residence.
• A Beast Tide surged from the Magical Beast Mountain Range toward the royal capital.

As the Beast Tide devastated Fenlai, Ymir defended the capital and defeated several Saint Domain magical beasts before three Six-Eyed Golden Kirins overwhelmed him. Shen Ye launched a colossal fireball at the Kirins, who cried out for their father as it approached.

• Fain, Hisse, Desli, Usenno, and the other Saint Domain Limit experts speculated that a powerful magical beast might be directing the Beast Tide sweeping across the alliances.
• A Purple-Eyed Golden-Furred Ape attacked the royal capital, but Ymir killed it with dragonfire after warning it not to disturb Shen Ye's cultivation.
• Five more Saint Domain magical beasts attacked Ymir, but he defeated them, earning the residents' cheers and drawing the attention of three Six-Eyed Golden Kirins.
• One Six-Eyed Golden Kirin swallowed Ymir's breath attack and used an invisible force to drag him toward its jaws, so Ymir shouted for Shen Ye to save him.
• Shen Ye sent a huge fireball toward the three Kirins, suppressing the other magical elements and leaving them unable to flee; the brothers shouted for their father to save them.