Chapter Summaries

Mingyue Ye Hui and the other Origin Cultivator leaders realized the Source Devouring Beasts had lured them into wasting their forces, while seven Origin World Lords speculated about the beasts’ delay as their wager grew. Han Yuan secretly approached the gathering, stole the accumulated stakes, and escaped, leaving the Origin World Lords furious and suspicious of one another.

• Mingyue Ye Hui learned that the seven armies had each sacrificed peak Origin Dao Realm cultivators to defeat Lord-class Source Devouring Beasts, only for reinforcements to arrive.
• Mingyue Ye Hui slowed his attack and watched for danger as the seven Origin World Lords discussed what had delayed the Source Devouring Beasts and continued adding treasures to their wager.
• Han Yuan concealed his Jianmu True Body and observed the Origin World Lords, deciding to wait until their pool of stakes grew before stealing it.
• Han Yuan wrapped the treasures in Mysterious Black Mist and the Emperor's Belt, then fled several thousand hongfang away.
• The seven Origin World Lords realized their stakes had been stolen, grew furious, and suspected one of their number had summoned the thief.

Han Yuan used his control over the Jianmu Origin Realm to forge and multiply powerful treasures, then began crafting a weapon of his own. Meanwhile, the seven armies intensified their siege of Source Beast Town, where Mingyue Ye Hui faced many more qualified contenders.

• Han Yuan modified the Origin World's rules so he could sacrifice Rule Creations to enhance treasures, then raised the Mysterious Black Mist cloak to six-hundred-star mental power after the Dice multiplied its effectiveness.
• Han Yuan sacrificed seventy Mid-grade Rule Creations to enhance the Emperor's Belt to six-hundred-star power, then decided to forge an offensive weapon using Jianmu rules.
• Han Yuan cut a branch from Jianmu and began inscribing rules into it to create a wooden sword while the battle outside continued.
• The seven Creation Dao Realm beings ordered their armies to send unrestricted reinforcements, greatly intensifying the siege of Source Beast Town.
• Mingyue Ye Hui learned that the number of qualified contenders had risen from seven to seventy, leaving him with nine rivals in Bright Moon Town.

Han Yuan realized the missing ultimate treasure might be Dice, refined and sacrificed the Seven Star Sword, and sent out seven disguised Jianmu Clones. Meanwhile, Mingyue Ye Hui drove the assault on Source Beast Town, but his unease grew when Bright Moon Realm Lord did not answer his warning.

• Tai Yi told Zhongxing Realm Lord and Bright Moon Realm Lord that the unknown Origin World Lord was not among those he knew and that the Liu family’s fall appeared connected to a lost ultimate treasure.
• Han Yuan recalled that Yuanhou had passed through Liu Family Town and feared that whoever was hunting Dice would eventually trace it back to him.
• Han Yuan refined a Jianmu wooden sword, named it the Seven Star Sword, sacrificed it to six hundred stars, and prepared to act with three high-star Mid-grade Rule Creations.
• Mingyue Ye Hui promised his ten million troops compensation and future breakthroughs, leading them to smash through the Source Devouring Beasts’ defenses as other candidates made similar offers.
• Mingyue Ye Hui stayed outside the great hall after the candidates rushed in, contacted Bright Moon Realm Lord about his unease, and panicked when no reply came.

Mingyue Ye Hui surrendered to Han Yuan, who appointed him deputy commander of an army of Origin Cultivators. As Han Yuan’s seven avatars fought the town mayors, the battle ended with one mayor dead and six suppressed.

• Mingyue Ye Hui killed himself, revived where he stood, recognized the Origin World Lord’s power, and entered the great hall.
• Han Yuan weakened Mingyue Ye Hui’s Origin Dao, accepted his submission, and appointed him deputy commander of one hundred million Origin Cultivators.
• Mingyue Ye Hui saw seven vortices showing Han Yuan’s avatars fighting the mayors of seven towns, including the Bright Moon Realm Lord.
• Han Yuan’s seven avatars defeated the seven Creation Dao Realm cultivators after three hundred yan epochs, killing one and suppressing six.

After Han Yuan’s human body broke through into the Creation Dao Realm, the Taiyi Small Primordial advanced into an Origin World and bestowed immense power on its inhabitants. As his followers celebrated their breakthroughs and the battlefield factions learned their connection, Han Yuan’s human body devoured the revived heart force of the Tai Yi Origin World Lord, reaching twenty-nine stars.

• Han Yuan’s human body broke through into the Creation Dao Realm, transforming the Taiyi Small Primordial into an Origin World and expanding Hongfang to ten thousand times its size.
• The Ancient Language Village villagers received the rules’ bestowal, and the Ancient Language Village Chief and other villagers advanced in the Origin Dao Realm.
• Ninety-nine Dao Ancestors in the Taiyi Small Primordial, along with Dao Ancestors from Yuanhou, Original, and Primordial Beginning, broke through into the Origin Dao Realm.
• A message revealed that Primordial Beginning had advanced to Taiyi and that the three battlefield factions were its subordinates, prompting the Grand Elder of Yuji’s side to order a retreat.
• Lin Yu and Mo Wuhui discussed Han Yuan’s strength, while Wangcai left to seek benefits from him.
• Han Yuan revived the Tai Yi Origin World Lord’s heart force and gave it to his human body to devour, raising its origin heart force to twenty-nine stars.

After breaking through, Han Yuan chose to join the struggle between Primordial and the Origin Beasts rather than remain a passive observer. He began preparing Jinbao and Wangcai as his agents, sending them out to grow stronger and eventually break through to the Creation Dao Realm.

• Han Yuan considered whether to watch or join the game between Primordial and the Origin Beasts, then chose to become a player while keeping his existence hidden.
• Han Yuan summoned Jinbao and Wangcai, praised their evolved potential, and told them to cultivate properly as his right- and left-hand aides.
• Han Yuan expounded the Dao to Jinbao and Wangcai for five hundred evolution eras, helping both reach Origin Dao Realm Perfection.
• Han Yuan told Jinbao and Wangcai to seek experience and break through to the Creation Dao Realm through hardship rather than relying on resources.
• Han Yuan promised Wangcai a set of mid-grade Rule Creations if he reached the Creation Dao Realm, then sent both beasts beyond Hongfang to fend for themselves.

Han Yuan finished absorbing the spoils from the seven Origin Worlds, expanded and altered the Jianmu Origin World, and strengthened his Jianmu Dao Body and mind power. He forced the surviving Creation Dao Realm cultivators to choose between submission and death, then learned that Zhongxing Realm Lord had already sent out a distress signal.

• Han Yuan assigned Source Devouring Beasts to train Lin Yu's group and sent his human body out to gather intelligence.
• Han Yuan absorbed the seven Origin Worlds into the Jianmu Origin World, expanded it to around thirty thousand hongfang, and removed its restrictions on breakthroughs to the Creation Dao Realm.
• Jianmu refined the six captured Creation Dao Realm cultivators, raising Han Yuan's mind power to 757 stars and growing the Jianmu Dao Body to 0.1 hongfang.
• Zhongxing Realm Lord, Yu Ji Origin Realm Lord, and Mingyue Origin World Lord submitted to Han Yuan, while Abyss Origin World Lord and Xianniu Origin World Lord were devoured and Eternal Origin World Lord destroyed himself.
• Zhongxing Realm Lord warned Han Yuan that the calls for aid he had left elsewhere should already have been sent.

Han Yuan fought the advancing Qing Hua Origin World Lord, repeatedly overpowering his attacks and learning that Qing Hua sought a supreme treasure. The chapter ended with Han Yuan using Dice to amplify the Seven Star Sword, defeating Qing Hua’s mid-grade Rule Creation attack and leaving him suspicious.

• Han Yuan and the Qing Hua Origin World Lord clashed across the void, and Han Yuan’s Jianmu Rule narrowly won their first exchange.
• Han Yuan told Zhong Xing, Ming Yue, and Yu Ji to guard the Jianmu Origin World, then went out to meet the advancing enemy.
• Qing Hua continued attacking while secretly relying on his unused mid-grade Rule Creation and other combat enhancements.
• Qing Hua launched a stronger attack using mid-grade Rule Creation, and Han Yuan used Dice to amplify the Seven Star Sword’s power sevenfold.
• Han Yuan swiftly defeated Qing Hua’s attack and weakened his will and mind-force, making Qing Hua suspect something was wrong.

Han Yuan killed Qing Hua Origin World Lord, but Dong Hao Lord immediately descended and attacked him. Han Yuan fled into the Jianmu Origin World and cut it off from the outside, weakening Dong Hao and greatly strengthening himself as their battle continued.

• Han Yuan copied and multiplied Qing Hua Origin World Lord’s techniques, overwhelmed him, and absorbed his rule power through Jianmu’s roots.
• A speck of will summoned Dong Hao Lord, who arrived and struck Han Yuan with his spear, devastating several Hongfang and punching a hole through Jianmu’s body.
• Dong Hao recognized the supreme treasure’s power and pursued Han Yuan as he retreated into the Jianmu Origin World.
• Han Yuan severed the Jianmu Origin World’s connections to the outside, cutting off Dong Hao’s external enhancements and amplifying his own strength.
• Dong Hao’s next spear thrust made only a small hole in Jianmu, and he realized the enormous Origin World was enhancing Han Yuan in every aspect.

Han Yuan used the Jianmu Origin Realm to wound Dong Hao and prevent him from escaping, leaving Dong Hao convinced that continuing the battle would end in his defeat. The two paused their fight, and Dong Hao explained his long history and why he had come searching for a supreme treasure.

• Han Yuan sensed that the Jianmu Origin Realm’s power could overcome Dong Hao’s greater rule limit and struck back with the Seven Star Sword.
• Han Yuan’s sword inflicted a small but genuine wound, and Dong Hao realized Han Yuan could keep damaging him faster than he could escape or win.
• Dong Hao discovered that the Origin Realm’s boundary was absolute nothingness and understood that he could not leave without a Primordial Controller’s power.
• Han Yuan saw that Dong Hao was seeking an escape and stayed calm, absorbing Gang Qinghua’s gift while studying Dong Hao’s Rule Skill.
• After three Epochs of silence, Dong Hao introduced himself, described his vast territory and centuries of service, and apologized for searching for the lost supreme treasure.
• Dong Hao lamented that he had spent more than seven hundred Hong Wheels as a Primordial Lord without reaching Celestial Venerablehood.

Han Yuan improved his rule-wielding skill by sparring with Dong Hao, then compelled him to relinquish his Primordial Lord position and become a City Lord. The Void Celestial Venerable discovered Dong Hao had vanished and suspected the lost supreme treasure was involved.

• Han Yuan fought Dong Hao for ninety million epochs, greatly improving his Rule Skill and Dao Body while injuring Dong Hao.
• Han Yuan demanded that Dong Hao relinquish his Primordial Lord position and become a City Lord under him, and Dong Hao agreed.
• Dong Hao erased his Primordial Lord position, causing Dong Hao City’s Heavenly Heart to become ownerless and its people to believe their lord had fallen.
• The Void Celestial Venerable failed to revive Dong Hao and found that all traces of him had been erased from Primordial Spacetime.
• The Void Celestial Venerable suspected Dong Hao had encountered the lost supreme treasure and began narrowing his search for it.

Han Yuan moved the Jianmu Origin Realm toward the Jifang Empire to evade whoever might investigate Dong Hao’s disappearance, while his Tai Yi Incarnation traveled to Dong Hao City to compete for its vacant City Lord position. After arriving with Lin Yu and Mo Wuhui, Han Yuan learned that contenders had to earn qualifications through deadly arena fights, and Xun Zhen Hui began monitoring him.

• Han Yuan learned from Dong Hao that the Jifang Empire had few Celestial Venerables and ordered the Jianmu Origin Realm to relocate there, while his Tai Yi Incarnation headed for Dong Hao City.
• Han Yuan taught Lin Yu and Mo Wuhui about Primordial’s vast spaces and brought them toward Dong Hao City, where they reached Origin Dao Realm Perfection during the journey.
• Han Yuan and his disciples entered Dong Hao City, where the city’s rules compressed their bodies without weakening them, and they met the guide Du Heng.
• Du Heng described ways to break through to the Creation Dao Realm and explained that contenders for City Lord qualifications had to defeat one hundred same-realm Creation Dao Realm experts in succession in the Deathmatch Arena.
• Han Yuan had Du Heng arrange lodging before they entered the arena, while Du Heng reported him to Xun Zhen Hui, whose elders ordered him monitored and considered recruiting him.

Han Yuan sought to accelerate his cultivation by acquiring Heart Crystals, so he had Lin Yu and Mo Wuhui sell his forged Rule Creations. Mo Wuhui returned with a batch that Han Yuan multiplied and improved, then sent him out to trade again.

• Han Yuan told Lin Yu and Mo Wuhui he intended to contend for City Lord and urged them to focus on themselves.
• Han Yuan decided to seek Heart Crystals and gave Lin Yu and Mo Wuhui several hundred low-star mid-grade Rule Creations to sell.
• Mo Wuhui met Du Heng, who led him to Dao Rule Residence, where Mo exchanged three hundred low-star Rule Creations for one hundred better ones.
• Han Yuan refined and multiplied the hundred Rule Creations, improving some to higher star qualities.
• Han Yuan handed the enhanced Rule Creations back to Mo Wuhui and told him to sell them elsewhere for Heart Crystals.

Han Yuan spent his Heart Crystals to raise his mind power, then took Lin Yu and Mo Wuhui to the Deathmatch Arena. Lin Yu entered his first match and quickly injured Flying Dragon, while Han Yuan watched the arena’s contestants and sensed three dangerous figures among them.

• Han Yuan exchanged refined Rule Creations for fifteen thousand portions of Heart Crystals, absorbed them, and raised his mind power to sixty-seven thousand stars.
• Han Yuan brought Lin Yu and Mo Wuhui to the Deathmatch Arena, where Du Heng explained its matches and arranged for Lin Yu to compete.
• Saint Hand King defeated Gasser in the Origin Dao section, but regretted that the victory had brought him no breakthrough opportunity.
• While Lin Yu prepared for his match, Han Yuan noticed Creation Dao Realm cultivators watching him and sensed that three of them could threaten him.
• Lin Yu entered the arena against Flying Dragon, revealed five mid-grade Rule Creations, and pierced Flying Dragon’s Origin Core with a spear thrust.

Lin Yu discovered that the Deathmatch Arena’s slaughter feedback could advance his cultivation, then chose to take on the Ten Consecutive Challenge. He won his first challenge match in one move as Han Yuan watched the opponents ahead and considered entering the Creation Dao area.

• Lin Yu killed Flying Dragon, received a boost from slaughter feedback, and saw the beginnings of a possible breakthrough before the heart power dissipated.
• Lin Yu asked Du Heng to arrange another match and killed a seven-win opponent in a single move, drawing attention from the spectators.
• When arranging a third match took too long, Lin Yu applied for the Ten Consecutive Challenge.
• The arena announced Lin Yu’s challenge, and Han Yuan noticed that the final listed opponents had streaks of thirty and ninety-nine victories.
• Han Yuan told Mo Wuhui to bet ten Heart Crystals on Lin Yu, while Du Heng also bet on Lin Yu’s success.
• Lin Yu began the challenge and killed his first opponent with an opening spear attack.

Lin Yu killed Black Spider in the Deathmatch Arena and discovered that fully committing to slaughter helped him condense a Heart Power Prototype. Han Yuan then helped Mo Wuhui condense one through assimilating Great Chaoses, before heading to fight in the arena himself.

• Lin Yu fought Black Spider, who had ninety-nine consecutive victories, and used his Heart Power Prototype to empower his spear and kill her.
• After Black Spider’s death, Lin Yu’s Heart Power Prototype reappeared more clearly, and he realized that using it in battle had helped him follow the Slaughter Dao.
• Lin Yu returned to Han Yuan, who told him to consolidate his gains and return to the arena until he achieved a Hundred Consecutive Victories.
• Han Yuan advised Mo Wuhui to buy Great Chaoses and assimilate them, then took him and Lin Yu to purchase four thousand Great Chaoses.
• After cultivating, Mo Wuhui emerged with an advanced Abyssal Dao and a condensed Heart Power Prototype.
• Han Yuan said he would fight in the Deathmatch Arena, reassuring Lin Yu that he would use only an avatar.

Han Yuan entered the Deathmatch Arena’s Creation Dao Zone and launched a Hundred-Battle Challenge, drawing the attention of the arena’s cultivators. As the arena prepared to begin, Du Heng bet on Han Yuan to win all one hundred matches.

• Du Heng revealed that his cultivation had reached Origin Dao Realm Perfection after spending Heart Crystals to train in a sanctuary.
• Han Yuan paid for the group’s entry into the Creation Dao Zone and used heart-force to unsettle a Xun Zhen Hui higher-up.
• Han Yuan ordered Du Heng to apply for a Hundred-Battle Challenge, despite Du Heng warning him about the dangers and the opponents’ strength.
• Han Yuan signed the Book of Deathmatch Rules, and the arena announced his challenge and began recruiting opponents.
• Han Yuan told Du Heng to bet on him winning one hundred consecutive battles, while declining to place a bet himself.

Han Yuan entered the Hundred-Battle Challenge and defeated Ji Lin with a single sword strike, shocking the arena with his overwhelming strength. He began refining Ji Lin’s Rule Creations as the spectators realized he was a formidable powerhouse.

• Du Heng bet all one hundred Heart Crystals on Han Yuan achieving a Hundred Consecutive Victories, and Elder Mi Zhen questioned him about Han Yuan.
• Han Yuan entered the arena to face Ji Lin of the Ji Family from Void Main City, while spectators mostly expected Ji Lin to win.
• Ji Lin formed a Black Serpent Domain, but Han Yuan assessed that his opponent’s combat power was vastly inferior.
• Han Yuan’s Tai Yi Sword shattered Ji Lin’s attack and erased him with one strike.
• Han Yuan collected Ji Lin’s mid-grade Rule Creations and began refining them as the spectators fell silent.

The Void Celestial Venerable searched Dong Hao City for what he sought but overlooked the Origin World where Han Yuan’s secret lay. Han Yuan continued his hundred-match streak with overwhelming strength, prompting rival factions to pool their funds to send an Ultimate Deathmatch Fighter against him.

• The Void Celestial Venerable searched Dong Hao City and its surrounding Primordial Spaces but failed to notice Tai Yi Origin World or discover anything unusual about Han Yuan.
• Han Yuan sensed something was wrong during his seventh battle, then killed his opponent by rewriting the laws of an incoming arrow and turning it back on him.
• After the Void Celestial Venerable departed, Han Yuan fought three more opponents at full strength and quickly overwhelmed them, shocking the arena crowd.
• Representatives of several factions decided Han Yuan could threaten their struggle for City Lord and agreed to hire the Deathmatch Arena’s Ultimate Deathmatch Fighter to stop him.
• The factions ordered the Deathmatch Arena’s person in charge to send an Ultimate Deathmatch Fighter into the arena, and he confirmed the arrangement.

Han Yuan faced the undefeated Ultimate Deathmatch Fighter Heavenly Net in his hundredth match, with the title of Deathmatch Fighter and the right to compete for Dong Hao City's lordship at stake. Heavenly Net's rule domain concealed Han Yuan, but Han Yuan countered with his overlapping Tai Yi Rule Domain and Devour Rule Power as the battle intensified.

• Han Yuan reached ninety-nine consecutive victories, earning fame in Dong Hao City while Du Heng anticipated a huge Heart Crystal payout.
• An Ultimate Deathmatch Fighter named Heavenly Net arrived as Han Yuan's final opponent, alarming Du Heng and drawing bets from spectators who expected Heavenly Net to win.
• The arena announcer revealed that Heavenly Net had won 1,898 consecutive battles and explained that Han Yuan's victory would earn him the Deathmatch Fighter title and city-lord candidacy.
• When the match began, Heavenly Net's rule domain erased Han Yuan from view, but Han Yuan used Great Yi Dao to overlay his Tai Yi Rule Domain on it.
• Heavenly Net burned Han Yuan's domain with rule flames, and Han Yuan countered by using Devour Rule Power to absorb and refine them.
• Heavenly Net grew serious and shaped his flames into a vast rule-fire net that spread across Han Yuan's domain and targeted its core.