Chapter Summaries

Ying Yue convinced the Night Elf elders that submitting to the Tree God and moving to Divine Wood Forest could offer better resources and a chance to gain influence. The story then shifted to the Mountain Elves, whose elders debated the ancestor’s command to submit as they faced the Tree God’s overwhelming power.

• Ying Yue argued that Divine Wood Forest’s living shadows, rich Spirit Energy, and resources would benefit the Night Elves, and the elders agreed to submit.
• Ying Yue ordered a vanguard to find a suitable, shadowy territory and negotiate with the Wood Elves.
• Night Elves across Shadow Abyss Canyon heard the news, discussed the promised cultivation method and better living conditions, and cheered for the move to Divine Wood Forest.
• The chapter described the Mountain Elves’ history of escaping enslavement by the Dwarves and their continued weakness compared with them.
• Rock Peak reminded the Mountain Elf elders of the ancestor’s command, while Yan Beng rejected submission and Yan Xin warned that resistance could bring the destruction of Bedrock Mountain Range.

The Mountain Elf elders decided to submit to the Wood Elves and migrate to Divine Wood Forest, seeking safety from the Dwarves and access to richer resources and cultivation methods. As the Mountain Elves set out eagerly for their new home, Dwarf scouts saw them leave and chose to report rather than pursue them.

• Rock Peak persuaded the elders that moving to Divine Wood Forest would protect the Mountain Elves from the Dwarves and give them a chance to grow stronger.
• Rock Peak ordered the Mountain Elves to pack and migrate, and the people welcomed the move with excitement.
• Tens of thousands of Mountain Elves marched from Bedrock Mountain Range toward Divine Wood Forest, while Rock Peak and the elders followed behind.
• Dwarf scouts spotted the migration and decided not to pursue the Mountain Elves because they were heading to Divine Wood Forest.
• The Dwarf scouts left to report to their chieftain that the Mountain Elves had submitted to Divine Wood Forest.

The Frost Elves accepted that they had to migrate to the Divine Wood Forest and planned to ask the Tree God for a frost domain where they could survive. The Wind Elves also prepared to migrate, eager to settle in the World Tree’s windy crown and offer their scouting skills.

• Shuang Yue and the Frost Elf elders discussed the danger migration posed to their people and decided to send envoys to request a frost domain from the Tree God.
• Frost Elves across the Permafrost Glacier worried about leaving their homeland but accepted that they had to obey the migration order to survive.
• Shuang Yue reaffirmed the migration order and told the elders to fight for living space in the Divine Wood Forest.
• Wind Elves reacted to the migration order with curiosity and discussed the powerful Gang Wind around the World Tree’s crown.
• Feng Ren, Feng Xin, and the other Wind Elf elders agreed to seek a place in the crown, where their people could cultivate and assist the Divine Wood Forest as scouts.

Feng Ling led the Wind Elves to migrate from the Eye of the Storm to the Divine Wood Forest, while news of the World Tree’s power and the elves’ unification spread across Jiquan Star. In the Heavenly Saint Dynasty, Sheng Tian and his court discussed the upheaval and the possibility of obtaining the Twelve-Petal Lotus Platform cultivation method.

• Feng Ling ordered envoys to seek the Tree God’s permission for the Wind Elves to live in the canopy and instructed the tribe to prepare to migrate.
• The Wind Elves welcomed the move, packed their few belongings, and flew from Storm Peak toward the Divine Wood Forest under Feng Ling’s command.
• News spread across Jiquan Star that the World Tree had reached the Twelve-Petal Lotus Platform and that the Fire, Night, Mountain, Frost, and Wind Elves had submitted to the Wood Elves and joined the High Elf clan.
• In Taihe Hall, Sheng Tian asked his officials about the news, and Li Xuanji confirmed the World Tree’s victory over the five elf progenitors and the elves’ merger.
• Zhao Yunlong and other officials reacted to the World Tree’s strength, and Zhao Yunlong said the Human Race should obtain the Twelve-Petal Lotus Platform cultivation method.

The Heavenly Saint Dynasty debated how to respond to the World Tree’s Twelve-Petal Lotus Platform and chose diplomacy and intelligence gathering over force. Three days later, Zhang Qian, Sima Qianxi, and Huo Wubing set out for the Divine Wood Forest, while Sheng Tian remained concerned about how other ancient races might react.

• Ma Mengqi and other generals urged the Heavenly Saint Dynasty to respond to the World Tree, while Li Xuanji and other officials warned against confronting it by force.
• Yue Wumu argued that the dynasty had ample military strength, but Li Xuanji cautioned that the World Tree’s cultivation breakthrough might not be attainable by humans.
• Sun Wenwu proposed sending envoys to congratulate the World Tree, establish contact, and investigate whether its cultivation method could benefit the Human Race.
• Sheng Tian approved Zhang Qian as chief envoy, Sima Qianxi as deputy envoy, and Huo Wubing as guard commander, ordering them to depart with gifts in three days.
• Sheng Tian worried that the Dragon Race, Phoenix Clan, Qilin Clan, and Kun Peng Clan might seek the World Tree’s cultivation method and put the Human Race at a disadvantage.
• Three days later, Zhang Qian, Sima Qianxi, and Huo Wubing led five hundred imperial guards out of Heavenly Saint City toward the Divine Wood Forest.

Zhang Qian’s convoy crossed the abandoned Fire Elf lands on its way to the Divine Wood Forest, while Iron Forge Castle’s rulers discussed the World Tree’s growing power. News that the Mountain Elves had vacated the Bedrock Mountain Range excited Copper Hammer, who saw an opportunity to mine a rich deposit of adamantine and mithril.

• Zhang Qian ordered the convoy to pass through the empty Blazing Mountain Range, and explained that the Fire Elves had left because they could not resist the Tree God.
• At Iron Forge Castle, Copper Hammer and the elders debated the World Tree’s strength and the risk it posed to the Dwarf Race.
• A scout reported that the Mountain Elves had migrated from the Bedrock Mountain Range with their entire population and that the region was empty.
• Copper Hammer revealed that a vast deposit of adamantine and mithril lay near the Mountain Elves’ former territory, and Furnace noted that the Dwarves had avoided mining it because of the Mountain Elves’ guerrilla tactics.

The Dwarf King Copper Hammer approved a plan to seize the abandoned Mountain Elf mine using Goblin King Gold Tooth’s Divine Sense-shielding Giant God Soldiers. The Dwarf army reached the Bedrock Mountain Range and cleared the mine entrance, where Gold Tooth ordered the machines inside to begin mining.

• Copper Hammer’s elders debated whether claiming the mine would provoke the Tree God, and Copper Hammer called for a plan that avoided direct confrontation.
• Gold Tooth presented the Giant God Soldier, a rune-powered mining and combat machine whose shielding Array Formation could block Divine Sense, and persuaded Copper Hammer to use it.
• Copper Hammer ordered Iron Hammer to lead fifty thousand troops to the mine, assigned Gold Tooth to deploy the Giant God Soldiers, and promised the Goblins thirty percent of the profits.
• Iron Hammer led the army and fifty Giant God Soldiers to the Bedrock Mountain Range, while Copper Hammer dismissed Anvil’s concerns that the Tree God might intervene.
• Iron Hammer ordered his warriors to clear the rubble blocking the mine, and Gold Tooth sent the Giant God Soldiers inside to mine.

Iron Hammer and Gold Tooth oversaw Giant God Soldiers mining Adamantine and Mithril Ore, while the Dragon Race debated how to respond to the World Tree’s rise. Ao Lie challenged the elders’ traditions and argued that the Dragon Race needed to learn from other races, leaving the council divided as he revealed his cultivation and skills.

• Fifty Giant God Soldiers used transformation runes to shrink and mine ore, earning Iron Hammer and Gold Tooth’s approval.
• Ao Tian and the four elders discussed the World Tree’s Twelve-Petal Lotus Platform and decided to send an envoy to Divine Wood Forest with gifts to observe its strength.
• Ao Lie entered the Dragon Hall in human form and volunteered to serve as the Dragon Race’s envoy.
• Ao Huo and the other elders criticized Ao Lie for abandoning dragon form and learning foreign cultivation methods, while Ao Lie defended his choices.
• Ao Lie argued that the Dragon Race was declining because it clung to an ancient cultivation method despite changing conditions, then revealed he had reached the Third-Grade Lotus Platform Realm and mastered Human Race sword techniques and Elf Race archery.

Ao Lie persuaded the Dragon Emperor to let him join an envoy to the Divine Wood Forest, while the Phoenix Emperor decided to lead her own delegation there to seek the Twelve-Petal Lotus Platform cultivation method. Both delegations prepared to depart in three days, with Feng Xi planning to offer the Phoenix Clan’s Immortal Divine Stone in exchange for the method.

• Ao Lie argued that the Dragon Race could grow stronger by learning other races’ techniques, and Ao Tian allowed him to join the envoy to the Divine Wood Forest.
• Ao Lie departed with ten dragons, and Ao Tian and Ao Feng watched their delegation fly away from Longyuan Peak.
• Phoenix Emperor Feng Xi and her elders discussed the World Tree’s power and the possibility of learning its Twelve-Petal Lotus Platform method.
• Feng Xi proposed offering the Phoenix Clan’s Immortal Divine Stone in exchange for the cultivation method, and the elders agreed to the plan.
• Feng Xi ordered a Phoenix Clan envoy to depart in three days and announced that she would lead it herself.
• The Phoenix Clan grew excited about the trip, and its members began asking to join the delegation.

Feng Xi led a Phoenix Clan diplomatic mission toward the Divine Wood Forest as tensions rose among the races, while Lu Jun began recultivating atop the World Tree. He swiftly completed the Channel Opening Realm and drew in immense Spirit Energy and Star Power to begin forming an enormous Qi Sea.

• Feng Ling persuaded Feng Xi to let her join the Phoenix Clan's visit to the Divine Wood Forest.
• Feng Xi departed with a hundred Phoenix Clan members, carrying gifts that included Immortal Divine Stone, while the clan's elders hoped the Tree God would negotiate with them.
• Orcs and Trolls mobilized their armies after learning what had happened in the Divine Wood Forest, while other races prepared their own responses.
• Lu Jun decided to begin recultivating and completed the Channel Opening Realm in less than the time it took to burn an incense stick, astonishing the imprisoned Elf progenitors.
• Lu Jun began opening his Qi Sea, creating a vast Spirit Energy vortex as Spirit Energy and Star Power poured into him and merged.

Lu Jun refused to follow the usual cultivation sequence, expanding his Star Power-infused Qi Sea before opening the Bitter Sea directly and planning to use it to nurture his divine pill. The Bitter Sea formed and unleashed a massive spiritual energy vortex across Jiquan Star.

• The Five Great Ancestors watched as Lu Jun merged Star Power with Spirit Energy, creating purer energy while his Qi Sea expanded to an unprecedented size.
• Lu Jun stopped expanding his Qi Sea and chose to open the Bitter Sea before condensing a divine pill, intending to use the Bitter Sea as a furnace to nurture it.
• Lu Jun sent Star Spirit Energy against the Yinjiao, Shimen, and Guanyuan Acupoints, forcing all three open and connecting them with the Qi Sea.
• Lu Jun formed a vast silver Bitter Sea filled with liquid Star Spirit Energy.
• The newly formed Bitter Sea devoured spiritual energy from across Jiquan Star, creating a huge vortex that shook the Divine Wood Forest and reached across half the planet.

Lu Jun’s vast Bitter Sea drew spiritual energy from a million li, turning it into Spirit Rain that sparked breakthroughs throughout the Divine Wood Forest. As the Dragon Race chose to wait, the Heavenly Saint Dynasty debated whether to attack the Tree God during its apparent breakthrough.

• Yan Huang and the Five Great Ancestors sensed Lu Jun’s Bitter Sea devouring spiritual energy across a million li, while the energy condensed into liquid Spirit Rain over the Divine Wood Forest.
• Zhen Lanyue ordered the Wood Elves to cultivate, and many broke through their bottlenecks as the Tree God’s phantom grew clearer and its life force recovered.
• Gou Sen opened his Second Divine Treasury, Jian Wuhen advanced into the Four Poles Realm, and Lei Potian also broke through while Lu Jun warned Yan Wushuang not to rush.
• Dragon Emperor Ao Tian rejected Ao Huo’s proposal to interrupt the Tree God and decided the Dragon Race would wait for its envoy’s return before choosing a side.
• At the Heavenly Saint Dynasty’s imperial capital, Sheng Tian and his officials discussed the million-li vortex, and Wei Wenchang and other military officers urged an attack on the Tree God.

As Lu Jun underwent a breakthrough in the Divine Wood Forest, the Orc King Zhan Chui and Troll King Ju Li led their experts toward the World Tree to seize its treasures and demand the Twelve-Petal Lotus Platform cultivation method. The Five Great Ancestors emerged to block the Orcs, leaving them facing Zhan Chui’s attack.

• Prime Minister Li Xuanji and Sheng Tian chose to send Huo Wubing with gifts while monitoring the Orcs and Trolls, and Phoenix elders awaited their queen’s decision.
• Dwarf King Copper Hammer ordered faster mining in the Bedrock Mountain Range, while Orc King Zhan Chui and Troll King Ju Li decided to exploit Lu Jun’s breakthrough and marched toward the Divine Wood Forest.
• Zhan Chui and Ju Li reached the forest, agreed to divide its treasures, and demanded the cultivation method for the Twelve-Petal Lotus Platform from the silent Zhen Ershisan Zi.
• The Five Great Ancestors sensed the approaching armies from inside the Grotto-Heaven, and a crack in the barrier released them to defend the World Tree.
• The Five Great Ancestors blocked Zhan Chui’s charge, and Yan Huang warned the Orc and Troll kings to withdraw, but Zhan Chui mocked him.

Lu Jun interrupted his breakthrough to face the Orc and Troll forces threatening Divine Wood Forest, while the Tree God revealed that Lu Jun—not he—had caused the vast spiritual-energy vortex. The attackers charged Lu Jun, whose strength remained uncertain even to his disciple Gou Sen.

• Feng Xi arrived with Phoenix Clan experts and declared that they had come to support the Tree God, prompting Zhan Chui and Ju Li to reconsider their attack.
• Zhen Ershisan Zi revealed that Lu Jun was the one breaking through and used his peak Twelve-Petal Lotus Platform pressure to warn the Orcs and Trolls not to leave.
• The Tree God ordered Zhan Chui, Ju Li, and their forces to stay and fought back as nine Heaven Ascension Realm experts attacked him.
• Lu Jun rose from the World Tree, halted the clash, and said he would personally deal with the attackers despite his unstable realm.
• Zhan Chui ordered four Orcs to attack Lu Jun, while Zhen Lanyue asked Gou Sen how strong his master was and Gou Sen admitted he did not know.

Lu Jun effortlessly caught Zhan Chui’s full-power axe strike and defeated him with one punch, shocking the warriors and rulers watching. When Zhan Chui and three Orc elders attacked him together, Lu Jun stayed calm and prepared to respond.

• Jian Wuhen, Yan Wushuang, and Lei Potian recalled how Lu Jun had overwhelmed them in the past, while Zhen Lanyue wondered about his true strength.
• Lu Jun caught Zhan Chui’s full-power axe strike in his bare hand without being injured.
• Lu Jun shattered Zhan Chui’s axe with one punch and sent him crashing through ancient trees, leaving him badly wounded.
• Zhan Chui ordered the three Orc elders to attack with him, and all four charged Lu Jun from different directions.
• Gou Sen tried to rush to Lu Jun’s aid, but Jian Wuhen stopped him and urged him to trust their master.
• Lu Jun remained in place and swept his right hand through the air as the four Heaven Ascension Realm attackers closed in.

Lu Jun defeated the Orc and Troll experts who challenged Divine Wood Forest, overpowering their attacks with Star Power and leaving them unable to fight. After he ordered the distant spies and scouts to leave, he entrusted the captured enemies to the Tree God.

• Lu Jun bound four Orc Race experts in his Star Luo Net, prompting Ju Li and four Troll Race elders to attack with their Demonization Domain.
• Lu Jun shattered the Troll Race's demonic domain with Star Power and sent the five Troll Race experts crashing to the ground.
• Lu Jun broke Ju Li's bone club and battered him into a deep pit, while the captured Zhan Chui gave up struggling.
• Feng Xi ordered the Phoenix Clan alliance with Divine Wood Forest raised to its highest level, and the Five Great Ancestors and Elf Kings recognized how completely Lu Jun had overwhelmed the enemy.
• Lu Jun ordered the Dragon Race scouts, human spies, Dwarf Race agents, and other onlookers to leave, then asked the Tree God to deal with the captives.

After Lu Jun suppressed nine Heaven Ascension Realm experts, the Orc and Troll Races retreated while the other powers of Jiquan Star reconsidered their plans and prepared generous gifts for Divine Wood Forest. Lu Jun stabilized his vast Bitter Sea and faced the challenge of condensing its immense Spirit Energy into a Divine Pill.

• Zhen Ershisan Zi drew Zhan Chui, Ju Li, and the other seven Heaven Ascension Realm experts into the World Tree's Grotto-Heaven.
• Zhan Feng ordered the Orc army to retreat to the Orc Mountains, and Ju Feng ordered the Troll army to withdraw to Troll Abyss.
• Sheng Tian learned that Lu Jun had suppressed nine experts and ordered Huo Wubing to bring more valuable gifts to Divine Wood Forest.
• Copper Hammer chose to keep mining the Bedrock Mountain Range with ordinary miners, while the Phoenix elders resolved to reinforce their alliance with Divine Wood Forest.
• Ao Tian increased the Dragon Race's gifts and added a Dragon Crystal to its envoy's offerings.
• Lu Jun observed that his Bitter Sea had expanded to an enormous size and realized that condensing its Spirit Energy into a Divine Pill would be difficult.

Lu Jun repeatedly failed to compress the vast, violent Spirit Energy in his Bitter Sea into a Divine Pill while the Tree God’s guests and prisoners watched. The Orc and Troll kings wagered against the Elf Ancestors and Phoenix Clan, and after four days Lu Jun warned that another failed attempt could make his Bitter Sea spiral out of control.

• Lu Jun tried to compress his Bitter Sea’s Spirit Energy, but it erupted and scattered before he could form a Divine Pill.
• Zhen Ershisan Zi explained that Lu Jun was pursuing the ancient path of forming a Divine Pill directly from the Bitter Sea, while Zhan Chui and Ju Li mocked his chances.
• Feng Yu and the Five Elf Ancestors defended Lu Jun and rebuked the captive Orc and Troll leaders.
• Ju Li wagered that the nine Orc and Troll prisoners would submit to Divine Wood Forest if Lu Jun succeeded, while the Elf Ancestors and Phoenix Clan would plead for their release if he failed; the Five Ancestors accepted.
• Lu Jun’s Bitter Sea surged violently, and after four days of repeated attempts he told Zhen Ershisan Zi and Feng Xi that each failure intensified the turbulence and could eventually cause a catastrophic reversal of Spirit Energy.

After months of failed attempts to condense a Divine Pill in his Bitter Sea, Lu Jun realized he needed to let Spirit Energy gather around a core rather than compress it by force. He used Star Power to form a Star Heart, drawing Spirit Energy into a growing mass as everyone watched his ancient cultivation path begin to succeed.

• Zhan Chui and Ju Li mocked Lu Jun's failed attempts, but Lu Jun insisted he would keep searching for a way to condense the Divine Pill.
• For months, Lu Jun tried different ways to compress the Bitter Sea's Spirit Energy, while the Wood Elves and several other cultivators grew stronger from the overflowing energy.
• Lu Jun concluded that Spirit Energy needed an orderly core to gather around and proposed using Star Power as a Seed.
• Lu Jun formed a tiny Star Heart at the center of his Bitter Sea, and the Spirit Energy began gathering around it without being forcibly compressed.
• The Star Heart grew as Spirit Energy converged, and Tree God, Feng Xi, the Five Elf Ancestors, and the captive Heaven Ascension Realm experts watched in astonishment.

Lu Jun explained that he had dispersed his nearly completed Divine Pill because it could not connect to his vast Bitter Sea, then proposed forming five Divine Pills from the five elemental attributes of Star Power. He left the grotto-heaven stunned as he explained that the five pills could sustain one another in a complete cycle.

• Lu Jun dispersed the Divine Pill after sensing that it had become disconnected from his Bitter Sea and could eventually cause it to collapse.
• Zhan Chui, Ju Li, and other prisoners mocked Lu Jun and argued that one Divine Pill could not control his immense Bitter Sea.
• Lu Jun agreed that one Divine Pill could not cover the entire Bitter Sea but rejected Zhan Chui's demand that he admit defeat.
• Lu Jun revealed five streams of elemental Star Power and proposed forming five Divine Pills to cover the Bitter Sea through a five-element cycle.
• Yan Huang, An Ming, Rock Ancestor, and others questioned whether multiple Divine Pills could coexist, while Shuang Yuan and Feng Wuji urged them to hear Lu Jun out.
• Lu Jun explained how the five elements generated and overcame one another, proposing that their five Divine Pills resonate as a complete cycle within his body.