Recaps

Li Zhishi and his companions discovered that Qi Yuan had killed the Specter God Dark Pupil, while Qi Yuan returned home and casually admitted what he had done. Hong Mei reunited with Zhao Yan and told him she had joined the Academy, as the Academy Master learned of the slain god and celebrated the chance to record the deed in history.

• Li Zhishi, Wu Xiang, and the rebel informant learned that a mysterious fighter had killed Thorns of Blood's elders and hurried toward the Inner City to warn him.
• At the Inner City entrance, Li Zhishi and the others found the dead Specter God Dark Pupil propped up with a warning carved into its body.
• Qi Yuan returned to Zhao Yan, said he had forgotten about the Blood Tiger Gang, and casually revealed that he had killed a Specter God.
• Hong Mei reunited with Zhao Yan, explained that she had joined the Academy, and invited him to come with her, but he refused to leave his master.
• The Academy Master learned of the Specter God's death and rejoiced that the deed could be recorded in his Outline of World History.

Qi Huang learned that Qi Yuan, who had killed Dark Tong, was a withered Myth and gathered the Malevolent Gods to attack him, relying on Malevolent Source and a trapping treasure. Meanwhile, the Academy Master visited Qi Yuan, who asked about the Divine Wood Abyss and Black Heaven before discovering that Black Earth warriors revived after death.

• Qi Huang identified Qi Yuan as a Chosen One and a withered Myth, then decided to attack him personally with the Malevolent Gods and use Malevolent Source to revive them if needed.
• Qi Yuan spent a quiet few days with Zhao Yan and Hong Mei before the Academy Master arrived at his courtyard.
• The Academy Master asked why Qi Yuan had killed Dark Tong, and Qi Yuan explained that he wanted to be left in peace while undergoing Mortal Transformation.
• Qi Yuan asked the Academy Master about the Divine Wood Abyss and Black Heaven, learning that Black Heaven's origins could not be remembered and that Black Earth warriors could revive after being killed.
• Qi Yuan welcomed the news of Black Earth warriors' revivals, viewing them as a source of experience and White Moonlight.

Qi Yuan let the Malevolent Gods trap him in a treasure and repeatedly attack him, using their revivals to gain experience while concealing his strength. Three years later, with the Malevolent Gods gone and the Kui Jin Realm in turmoil, a blue-clad challenger arrived to confront him.

• Qi Yuan eagerly welcomed the ninety-nine Malevolent Gods, then let Qi Huang draw him and the others into a treasure that could be escaped only if he or they died.
• Qi Yuan refused Mortal Transformation and killed Kai Chi with one slash, then pretended to suffer as the Malevolent Gods repeatedly self-destructed and revived, causing his experience to surge.
• The Academy Master contacted Yuan and asked him to help protect Qi Yuan, whom he described as a highly talented Chosen One in danger; afterward, the Academy Master and Hong Mei prepared to leave the Kui Jin Realm.
• Three years passed, the Malevolent Gods disappeared, and the rebel army captured cities across the Kui Jin Realm while Cloud Blood City remained quiet.
• A blue-clad man appeared outside the Kui Jin Realm, saying he had found Qi Yuan and challenging him to prove who was the strongest fifth-step Treader of Heaven.

Qi Yuan continued killing the ninety-nine malevolent gods, reached the Realm Lord realm within the Divine Wood Universe, and effortlessly killed Wu Dong when he came to challenge him. Years World Lord later revealed that Wu Dong’s true spirit was missing from the Universe Mother River, possibly because the Black Sky had devoured it.

• Qi Yuan repeatedly killed the ninety-nine malevolent gods and realized his supreme principles had become laws without him merging with the Divine Wood Universe’s laws.
• After failing to comprehend a time law, Qi Yuan told Immortal Spirit Ying Jun that he had become a Realm Lord, but Ying Jun explained that Realm Lords automatically comprehended time laws.
• Immortal Spirit Ying Jun remembered that Wu Dong was seeking Qi Yuan, while Wu Dong publicly challenged Qi Yuan in the Kui Jin Realm.
• Qi Yuan casually spat and instantly killed Wu Dong, extinguishing his true spirit and shattering his Creation Treasure.
• Sanmu World Lord asked Years World Lord to investigate Wu Dong’s death, and Years World Lord said Wu Dong’s true spirit was not in the Universe Mother River and might have been devoured by the Black Sky.

Qi Yuan finished eliminating the Malevolent Source Gods and helped Immortal Spirit Ying Jun’s group locate Guan Ku, only for their mission to lead them into a trap set by a second-level Yang Spirit of Black Earth. Qi Yuan arrived in time, transformed the Yang Spirit into a turtle, and left his companions stunned by his power.

• Qi Yuan completed his slaughter of Qi Huang and the other ninety-eight Malevolent Source Gods, then reassured Immortal Spirit Ying Jun that the Kui Jin Realm was safe.
• Immortal Spirit Ying Jun, Wu Chun, and Tong Chang met Qi Yuan and asked for help finding Guan Ku, a rebel army leader carrying Malevolent Source.
• Qi Yuan located Guan Ku immediately, and the three traveled to him with Swift Travel Talismans to record his Malevolent Source aura.
• Guan Ku revealed that Qi Yuan’s voice had warned him they were coming, and a Black Earth Yang Spirit appeared, sealed the area, and exposed its plan to smuggle Malevolent Source into Void Paradise.
• Wu Chun’s hidden Yang Spirit soul failed to break the confinement, and the Black Earth Yang Spirit prepared to capture the group.
• Qi Yuan appeared, stopped the Yang Spirit from escaping, and used Thousand Transformations to turn it into an overturned turtle.

Qi Yuan subdued a second-layer Yang Spirit and learned that Black Heaven and Black Earth were using Malevolent Source to infiltrate the Zhou Universe. As Shangguan Qing Teng and Shangguan Qing Miao rushed to rescue him from the approaching Yang Spirits, they found Qi Yuan in the Kui Jin Realm, where he refused to leave because he was a Realm Lord and was focused on Mortal Transformation.

• Qi Yuan turned a powerful Yang Spirit into a helpless turtle, and Immortal Spirit Ying Jun asked him for guidance in exchange for the favors Qi Yuan owed him.
• Qi Yuan extracted Malevolent Source from the Yang Spirit and learned that Black Heaven and Black Earth were planting it in Void Walkers to spread contamination into the Zhou Universe.
• Shangguan Qing Teng and Shangguan Qing Miao mourned the loss of seventeen Great Star Region armies and prepared to take Qi Yuan to safety after hearing that more than a dozen Yang Spirits were heading for the Kui Jin Realm.
• Shangguan Qing Teng and Shangguan Qing Miao fought through Malevolent Gods and rushed toward the teleportation array to reach Qi Yuan.
• Qi Yuan said his Mortal Transformation had reached ten percent and considered killing all the Malevolent Gods in the Chaotic Star Region so he could complete it undisturbed.
• Shangguan Qing Teng and Shangguan Qing Miao reached Qi Yuan and urged him to flee, but he refused, claiming he was a Realm Lord and had no time to leave.

Qi Yuan became a World Lord and claimed control of the Chaotic Star Region, destroying its invading Malevolent Spirits and Gods across more than ten thousand worlds. After he searched the Divine Wood Abyss and remained unable to understand its mysteries, news of his breakthrough spread, prompting outside powers to flee and leaving Feng Ti warned that the Divine Wood Universe’s destruction had already been fixed.

• Qi Yuan told Shangguan Qing Teng and Shangguan Qing Miao that he could be both a World Lord and a Purple Mansion, then killed the fifteen invading Yang Spirits with his Kitchen Knife.
• Qi Yuan declared that he called the shots in the Chaotic Star Region and used giant hands to suppress and kill Malevolent Spirits and Malevolent Gods across more than ten thousand worlds, including the Green Mountain Realm.
• Qi Yuan contacted Shen Lingfeng, confirmed that Ling Xuan was safe, and told him to inform Madam Shen that he was no longer her live-in son-in-law or bathwater carrier.
• Qi Yuan entered the Divine Wood Abyss, failed to see through its chaotic mysteries, and heard the sounds of clouds, rain, and thunderless sound before studying the Heavenly Origin leaf.
• The Radiant Light Society learned from its local palace lord that Qi Yuan was a World Lord and began withdrawing from the Chaotic Star Region; Feng Ti also learned of Qi Yuan’s breakthrough.
• An ethereal voice told Feng Ti that he was fixed at the second layer of the Yang Spirit and that the Divine Wood Universe’s destruction had already been fixed, urging him to leave Radiant Light.

Qi Yuan pursued Mortal Transformation by recovering memories of the many things his blood had become, while the Great Star Region prepared to confront Black Heaven and Black Earth. The chapter ended with Qi Yuan appearing as Xiao Qi, a palace cleaner who wondered about the nature of ordinary things.

• Qi Yuan asked Shangguan Qing Teng about the Divine Wood Abyss and said he would visit the Great Star Region after completing his Mortal Transformation.
• Qi Yuan caught a grain of sand and absorbed its memories, then recovered the memories of a fragment of the Hong Xing Region battle flag.
• Yuan decided to lead an expedition to the Void Sea and asked six people to accompany him; a Heavenly Race man and Sheng Nv volunteered.
• Shangguan Qing Miao said Qi Yuan would be especially suited to wield Human Enlightenment Radiance, but the Great Star Region could not locate him.
• Xiao Qi, one of three palace cleaners, asked what mountains, shoes, insects, and wine were as he tried to understand the world.

Xiao Qi revealed himself as Realm Lord Qi Yuan by claiming all four Human Enlightenment Radiances, then volunteered to face Black Heaven and Black Earth. Yuan gave him the remaining three treasures, and Qi Yuan questioned Sheng Nv about the Blind Woman and a possible missing water attribute.

• Xiao Qi flew through the formation, surpassed Huang Li Mei, and drew the four Human Enlightenment Radiances to himself, revealing that he was Qi Yuan.
• The people of Emperor Star celebrated Qi Yuan’s return as Realm Lord, and Yuan and the Ancestor Gods paid him their respects.
• Qi Yuan asked about Black Heaven and Black Earth’s invasion and offered to take all seven Light Wonder Treasures to the Void Sea.
• Yuan agreed and handed Qi Yuan the remaining three treasures despite the hot-tempered bearded man’s protest.
• Qi Yuan recognized seven attributes in the treasures and asked Sheng Nv whether she had met the Blind Woman in the Divine Wood Abyss; Sheng Nv said she had never met her but had learned an artifact-refining method there.

Qi Yuan examined the ancient Origin Secret Key, found a faded inscription that might relate to the Blind Woman’s artifact-refining methods, and prepared to enter the Void Sea with seven Human Enlightenment Radiances. As Black Heaven and Black Earth’s fleet awaited him, the Flame Realm Master pledged to risk his life to kill Qi Yuan, and Qi Yuan asked whether he could strike first.

• Qi Yuan asked Yuan to show him the original Origin Secret Key and requested Immortal Brew for Old Man Liu and Long Qi.
• Qi Yuan read the Origin Secret Key, found that its early myths resembled stories he had told the Soundless Voice, and recognized a faded inscription as matching the writing from the stone stele before Sunset Cliff.
• Sheng Nv and the ancestor gods discussed trusting Qi Yuan with the seven Human Enlightenment Radiances as Black Heaven and Black Earth prepared a stronger invasion.
• Old Man Liu, Long Qi, and Ancestor God Qin drank together before Qi Yuan’s departure for the front lines.
• The Flame Realm Master agreed to risk his life to kill Qi Yuan, offering the Void Realm Master a chance to comprehend the Flame Rule in exchange for help.
• Qi Yuan entered the Void Sea alone with the seven Human Enlightenment Radiances, then asked Yuan whether he could make the first move against the approaching fleet.

Qi Yuan confronted the Flame Realm Master in the Void Sea and survived repeated rule dissolutions while Yuan sought help from the Radiant Light Dao Lord. They discovered that the Dao Lord’s warning line had vanished, meaning Black Heaven could awaken at any moment, and Qi Yuan returned to alert the Human Enlightenment Society.

• Qi Yuan met the Black Heaven Black Earth warship, where the Flame Realm Master attacked him and the Void Realm Master blocked his escape.
• The Flame Realm Master repeatedly dissolved his rules to kill Qi Yuan, but Qi Yuan endured the blasts and gained experience through Absolute Adaptation.
• Yi urged Yuan to seek help from the Radiant Light Dao Lord, and Yuan used a Light Space Talisman to reach the world of light with her.
• No Light World Lord showed Yuan and Yi that the line drawn by the Dao Lord had nearly vanished, warning that Black Heaven could awaken at any moment.
• Qi Yuan asked Yi to send him back to the Great Star Region, then reappeared in the battle as the Flame Realm Master accused him of toying with him.

Qi Yuan killed the Flame Realm Master, but the Divine Wood Universe’s line vanished and Black Heaven awakened ahead of schedule. He charged into Black Heaven with the seven Human Enlightenment Radiances and found himself surrounded by countless creatures, including a figure who called himself Wu Kong and invited him to join them.

• Qi Yuan used his mastery of the Flame Rule to kill the Flame Realm Master, while the Void Realm Master refused to intervene.
• The ancestral gods celebrated Qi Yuan’s victory until Yuan revealed that the line had disappeared, signaling Black Heaven’s imminent invasion.
• Black Heaven awakened and began swallowing the Void Sea, while Qi Yuan discovered that his eyes could not reveal any information about it.
• Despite warnings that advancing meant certain death, Qi Yuan took the seven Human Enlightenment Radiances and charged into Black Heaven.
• Qi Yuan’s strongest attack had no effect, and he realized he was inside Black Heaven, where countless creatures watched him.
• A figure resembling the Void Realm Master introduced himself as Wu Kong, said he was not Wu Kong, and invited Qi Yuan to join them.

Qi Yuan fought through Black Heaven’s Yang Spirits as Absolute Adaptation and Devouring Origin Body dissolved his consciousness, while the Divine Wood Universe struggled to forge its eighth Human Enlightenment Radiance. The Void Realm Master revealed that water was the missing primordial rule, and the chapter ended with Qi Yuan nearing world creation beneath the three thrones.

• Qi Yuan rejected the Void Realm Master’s offer and charged into the ranks of Black Heaven’s Yang Spirits, killing and devouring them while their attacks battered him.
• Absolute Adaptation and Devouring Origin Body began dissolving Qi Yuan’s consciousness, and he accepted the change so his injuries would no longer impede his slaughter.
• Three months after Qi Yuan entered Black Heaven, the Divine Wood Universe’s repeated attempts to forge its eighth Human Enlightenment Radiance failed despite the sacrifices of countless artifact refiners.
• The Void Realm Master explained that the eight Human Enlightenment Radiances corresponded to Divine Wood’s primordial rules and that water was missing from the seven already forged.
• The Void Realm Master warned that Qi Yuan’s true spirit had dimmed to less than one ten-thousandth and offered to evacuate the living beings of three worlds.
• In Black Heaven, Qi Yuan became a blood-red devouring mass surrounded by seven rule halos, and the three thrones observed that he was about to create a world.

Qi Yuan devoured the Yang Spirits and Realm Masters in Black Heaven, then used the Great Forgetfulness Sutra to forget his identity and enter the fourth level of the Yang Spirit in an attempt to stop it. Ten thousand years later, Wang Ku read a book about Qi Yuan and unknowingly sent him a voice from beyond the story.

• Qi Yuan learned from the three Thrones that Black Heaven existed outside the present timeline and that stopping it required reaching the fourth level of the Yang Spirit, a transformation that would erase his true spirit.
• Qi Yuan used the Great Forgetfulness Sutra to forget that he was Qi Yuan and convince himself that he was at the fourth level of the Yang Spirit, then disappeared.
• The Void Realm Master reported that Qi Yuan's true spirit had vanished and Black Heaven's devouring had slowed, while Yuan asked the Void Realm Master to evacuate the Three Realms' living beings.
• Ten thousand years later, Wang Ku read Chun Yu, a book depicting Qi Yuan's struggle against Black Heaven, and dreamed of urging its protagonist to meet the female lead.
• Wang Ku dismissed talk of the apocalypse and an offer from his neighbor, then read that Qi Yuan had heard his urging voice while resisting Black Heaven.

As Black Heaven eroded Qi Yuan, he realized that Ruan Yixi was the consciousness of the Ancient Qixun Camphor Tree and the master he had been trying to reach. Ruan Yixi wore the eight Human Enlightenment Radiances to destroy Black Heaven, while Qi Yuan’s fate remained unresolved.

• Wang Ku read that Qi Yuan would lose everything resisting Black Heaven and tried to urge him to see the female lead, but Qi Yuan could not hear him.
• Qi Yuan’s blood allowed him to sense the world through other versions of himself, and he realized that Ruan Yixi had repeatedly tried to warn him away while seeking to see him.
• Qi Yuan remembered moments he had shared with Ruan Yixi and Little Bride, then chose to protect Little Bride by burying himself underground.
• Ruan Yixi’s memories revealed that she had become conscious through Qi Yuan’s words, had lived as his wife, and had sacrificed her eyes and ears to him.
• Shen Lingxuan and Sheng Nv revealed that Qi Yuan was the eighth Human Enlightenment Radiance, and that his blood robe would let Ruan Yixi carry all eight to defeat Black Heaven.
• Three years later, Ruan Yixi appeared in blood-red armor bearing the eight Radiances and dissolved Black Heaven, as the Divine Wood Universe celebrated its return to light.

After returning to the Azure Wave World, Qi Yuan became a Yin Spirit and discovered that his new ability let him merge with anything. He reunited with Jiang Lingsu, Ning Tao, and Canary, then set out to refine the stars into Golden Cores and create a world.

• Qi Yuan awoke in the Shinguang Sect and realized that his master, Ruan Yixi, had been searching for him through countless reincarnations while he fought Black Heaven.
• Qi Yuan became a Yin Spirit, comprehended the three thousand Great Dao laws, and gained the ability to merge into all things.
• Qi Yuan merged into the Myriad Paths Gate and discovered that it was a fourth-layer Yang Spirit existing in the present world.
• Qi Yuan reunited with Jiang Lingsu, who told him that 127 years, four months, and six days had passed during his seclusion.
• Qi Yuan visited Ning Tao and Canary, promised they could stay in his universe, and declared that he would turn every star there into a Golden Core and create a world.

Qi Yuan expanded his devouring Star Golden Cores, gave distant planets the chance to develop life, and returned to the Immortal Realm. After learning that Purple Fate Ancestor had been summoned into the Immortal Palace, Qi Yuan set off to enter it himself, while the Supreme Truth Association discussed whether to help him evade the Lin Ya Transformation.

• Qi Yuan made his Star Golden Cores devour stars and granted life-bearing potential to planets, then returned to Seven Colors Peak with Canary and Ning Tao.
• Purple Fate Great Snow broke through into the Yang Spirit Realm despite warnings about the dangerous Lin Ya Transformation.
• Qi Yuan appeared at Purple Fate Heaven, congratulated Purple Fate Great Snow, and learned that Purple Fate Ancestor had left a message before being summoned to the Immortal Palace.
• Qi Yuan listened for Grand Brilliance Palace's fugitives in Unique Hall and decided to go to the Immortal Palace rather than wait for it to reopen.
• Members of the Supreme Truth Association discussed Qi Yuan's return and whether he was worth helping against the Lin Ya Transformation.

Qi Yuan reunited with Shen Wushen at Qi Mountain Market, then forced his way into the Immortal Palace by ordering its gates to open. Inside, Purple Fate Ancestor and White Dragon Abyss Master escaped a dangerous wave of Eternal Tribulation Radiance and discussed Purple Fate Ancestor’s mysterious recovery from the Root Demon Tribulation.

• The Grand Assembly Master sent Hong Yun to invite Ten Thousand Suns Supreme Venerate to the Supreme Truth Association for a talk.
• Qi Yuan reunited with Shen Wushen and Lian Mei, promised to bring Shen Wushen streams of light, and said he intended to enter the Immortal Palace.
• Qi Yuan ordered the Immortal Palace to open, then forced his way inside as Yang Spirits across the heavens watched in astonishment.
• Purple Fate Ancestor and White Dragon Abyss Master fled a wave of Eternal Tribulation Radiance, which Purple Fate Ancestor said had grown more dangerous within the Immortal Palace.
• White Dragon Abyss Master questioned how Purple Fate Ancestor had survived the Root Demon Tribulation and become stronger, but he kept Qi Yuan’s involvement secret.

Qi Yuan entered the Immortal Palace, where a divine fruit grievously injured Purple Fate Ancestor and revealed itself as a possible Divergent Dao Fruit. After opening the gates so the others could leave, Qi Yuan questioned a phantom about Unique Hall and demanded that it come to him.

• White Dragon Abyss Master and Purple Fate Ancestor chased a divine fruit that emerged from Eternal Tribulation Radiance, but the fruit shattered Purple Fate Ancestor's Supreme Truth when he touched it.
• Immortal Vault confronted Purple Fate Ancestor, who refused to explain the fruit and later suffered worsening injuries.
• Qi Yuan appeared in the Immortal Palace, stopped the fruit's flames from further harming Purple Fate Ancestor, and opened the gates so Yang Spirits could leave.
• Qi Yuan examined Eternal Tribulation Radiance and spoke with a phantom disciple of Five Mountains Hermit, who explained that Divergent Dao Fruits could help cultivators reach the Rule Realm.
• Qi Yuan slapped and suppressed the phantom, learned that only aberrant spirits or those under contract could enter Unique Hall, and demanded that Unique Hall come see him.

Qi Yuan learned from Sword Keeper Wuming that a Dao Lord’s ascension traps its Dao lineage in an endless cycle, and that Supreme Radiance severed the Immortal Realm’s future to prevent that fate. Still despairing over cultivation, Qi Yuan returned to Qi Mountain Market, where he killed Young Master Qi Tan and challenged the Qi Family patriarch to rename the market in his honor.

• Qi Yuan used a bizarre creation technique to awaken Sword Keeper Wuming of the Unique Hall, who gave him a Ming Venerate Decree.
• Wuming explained that Dao Lords cause time in their Dao lineage to cycle endlessly after their ascension, and that Supreme Radiance cut off the Immortal Realm’s future to prevent its cycle from continuing.
• Wuming said the Lin Ya Transformation would rebuild the Immortal Realm’s Nine Heavens and might release the Dao Fruit of its vanished Dao Lord.
• Qi Yuan returned to Qi Mountain Market lamenting the despair of cultivation, then confronted Young Master Qi Tan when he tried to grope him.
• Qi Yuan summoned and slapped the Qi Family’s Yang Spirit patriarch, killed Qi Tan, and suggested renaming Qi Mountain Market after the killing.

Qi Yuan met with the Supreme Truth Association after securing Flowing Light for Shen Wushen and learned about the One Epoch Assembly, which could strengthen cultivators and connect their true spirits with other universes. The Grand Assembly Master considered offering Qi Yuan entry to represent the Immortal Realm at the Ten Thousand Worlds Grand Meet, but the Second Association Master proposed Azure Sky Supreme Venerate instead.

• Qi Yuan revived Qi Tan only to kill him again, warned the Qi Family’s Yang Spirit to discipline its juniors, and gave Shen Wushen the source of Flowing Light.
• Hong Yun invited Qi Yuan to the Supreme Truth Association, where she revealed that the Nanke Universe also had no future.
• The Dragon Turtle Grand Assembly Master explained that the One Epoch Assembly could temper true spirits and offered Qi Yuan entry in exchange for representing the Immortal Realm at the Ten Thousand Worlds Grand Meet.
• The Second Association Master argued that Azure Sky Supreme Venerate deserved entry because he had obtained a Divergent Dao Fruit and might reach the third layer of the Yang Spirit.

Qi Yuan accepted the One Epoch Assembly and entered its Universe Spirit Sea to temper his true spirit, hoping to find a way to increase his strength. As he pushed deeper than the other visitors expected, a female Realm Lord became interested in him.

• The Grand Assembly Master agreed to let Ten Thousand Suns Supreme Venerate leave and reconsider joining the One Epoch Assembly, while the treasure slipped onto Qi Yuan's wrist and chose him.
• Back at Shinguang Sect's Seven Colors Peak, Qi Yuan decided to enter the One Epoch Assembly and searched for a way to improve his cultivation and learn about the Divine Wood Universe.
• Qi Yuan entered the Universe Spirit Sea and met the Divine Beauty Realm Lord, who warned him about its dangers and entered the sea unclothed.
• Qi Yuan entered the hundredth layer in his clothes, barely felt its tempering power, and continued deeper while the Divine Beauty Realm Lord lost sight of him.
• Realm Lords in the deeper layers noticed Qi Yuan, and he answered a female Realm Lord who expected him to undress by insisting that he was chaste.

Qi Yuan advanced through the Universe Spirit Sea to the 1,000th layer, astonishing the gathered World Lords and receiving an invitation to the Myriad Transformations Society, which he declined because it was time to eat. Back on Seven Colors Peak, Jiang Lingsu’s worries about her relationship with him gave way to intimacy when Qi Yuan returned for dinner.

• The female Realm Lord teased Qi Yuan about removing his clothes as he advanced through the Universe Spirit Sea, while she and the Boar Realm Lord discussed his chances of joining the Myriad Transformations Society.
• Willow Catkin Realm Lord entered the 500th layer and accepted the Myriad Transformations Society’s invitation, while Qi Yuan continued past the 500th layer without receiving one.
• Qi Yuan reached the 700th and then the 1,000th layer while wearing clothes, prompting a full member of the Myriad Transformations Society to invite him to join.
• Qi Yuan said he wore clothes to uphold masculine virtue and declined to hear about the Society because his junior sister was calling him home for dinner.
• Jiang Lingsu fretted over her relationship with Qi Yuan and prepared dinner, then welcomed him back and became intimate with him.

Qi Yuan joined the Myriad Transformations Society after learning it offered access to knowledge and training opportunities, while the Supreme Truth Association discovered that its One Epoch Assembly had vanished. Qing Feng revealed that the Society sought a way beyond the cycle, and Qi Yuan learned that the Universe Void Realm lay outside the Great Dao.

• Azure Sky Supreme Venerate reached the third Yang Spirit layer, but the Supreme Truth Association found that the One Epoch Assembly had disappeared and planned an expensive alternative to get him into its space.
• Qi Yuan returned to the Universe Spirit Sea, met Qing Feng of the Myriad Transformations Society, and agreed to join in exchange for answers and opportunities.
• Qing Feng gave Qi Yuan a golden jade pendant and persuaded him to visit the Society before continuing to temper his true spirit.
• Qing Feng explained that the Myriad Transformations Society researched a way to escape the cycle beyond the fourth and fifth Yang Spirit layers.
• Qing Feng told Qi Yuan that the Universe Void Realm lay beyond the outer boundaries, outside the Great Dao.

Qi Yuan joined the Myriad Transformations Society, received the Devouring Scripture, and selected two research projects connected to finding his master, Ruan Yixi. He left the Universe Void Realm to cultivate the scripture before registering for the projects.

• Qingfeng Realm Lord explained the Universe Void Realm and told Qi Yuan that research breakthroughs could earn him merit and a chance to meet the Witch Dao Lord.
• Qi Yuan asked Nine Cauldrons Flower about beings beyond Dao Lords and how to find Ruan Yixi, but it could not answer either question and suggested he join the Spirit Summoning project.
• Qi Yuan asked how to devour stars faster, and Nine Cauldrons Flower gave him the Devouring Scripture, which had been created by Black Heaven Dao Lord.
• Qi Yuan chose to join the Spirit Summoning and Time Machine research projects.
• Qi Yuan left the Universe Void Realm to cultivate the Devouring Scripture, while Nine Cauldrons Flower posted a sensational account of his supposed romance with his master.