Chapter Summaries

Lin Changqing and the Human Ancestral Court group learned that Cangwu inspector Wang Liang was trapped in Daoist Chenkong’s newly emerged hidden treasury, so they traveled to its entrance. Lin Changqing recognized the treasury as Chenkong’s divine kingdom and considered whether devouring it could strengthen his Inner Universe.

• Gu Zhenyue’s Communication Talisman eventually delivered Wang Liang’s plea for help from inside Daoist Chenkong’s hidden treasury.
• Lin Changqing agreed to investigate the treasury, and the group set out together after learning that foreign races and powerful natives had also entered it.
• Gu Zhenyue led them through the Dark Universe to a vast starry-sky storm, where Wang Liang’s information placed the entrance.
• Lin Changqing used the Eye of Spiritual Perception to see a gate at the storm’s center, beyond which lay Daoist Chenkong’s divine kingdom.
• Lin Changqing considered devouring the divine kingdom to advance his Inner Universe and potentially raise his cultivation.

Lin Changqing discovered that Daoist Chenkong's Secret Realm was a Divine Kingdom containing thousands of Half-step Divine Saints, and he entered it alone after the others agreed to wait outside. He resolved to reach its core and seize Daoist Chenkong's Divine Saint Position, which would help him understand and eventually devour the Divine Kingdom.

• Lin Changqing saw that Daoist Chenkong's Divine Kingdom held countless inhabitants and thousands of Half-step Divine Saints, making the Secret Realm extremely dangerous for outsiders.
• Lin Changqing warned Gu Zhenyue and the others that he could not guarantee their safety, and Xu Zixuan suggested they wait outside while asking for a share of any gains.
• Gu Zhenyue and the others agreed to stay behind, and Lin Changqing promised to share any opportunity he obtained.
• Lin Changqing crossed the storm with the Great Protection Technique and entered Daoist Chenkong's Divine Kingdom Universe.
• Lin Changqing sensed the universe's incomplete Great Dao and decided to seek its core and Daoist Chenkong's Divine Saint Position.

Lin Changqing rushed to the divine kingdom’s core, where its factions had gathered, and killed tens of thousands of alien-race experts after they insulted him. He then defeated and killed Ancestor Chen Mo, leaving the gathered forces to face his strength firsthand.

• Lin Changqing concealed his presence as he flew to the divine kingdom’s core and found thousands of Half-step Divine Saint experts gathered outside a sealed parallel space-time.
• Alien-race experts mocked Lin Changqing and ordered him to leave, so he killed more than ten thousand of them with his Primordial Chaos Divine Sense and flames.
• Ancestor Chen Mo of the Demon Clan attacked Lin Changqing with a formation of ten thousand demon dragons, but Lin Changqing destroyed them with his Fist Epoch technique.
• Lin Changqing used the Wings of Time to appear behind Ancestor Chen Mo and struck with a river of sabers empowered by his Saber Dao Civilization Chapter.
• Lin Changqing overwhelmed Ancestor Chen Mo, destroying his body, divine soul, and final wisp of will.

Lin Changqing killed Ancestor Chen Mo, then fought the Demon Race and redirected attacks from the demons and Divine Kingdom natives into the core area's spatial barrier. The natives launched an even stronger assault, and Lin Changqing faced their incoming Space-time War Spear.

• Lin Changqing killed Ancestor Chen Mo and challenged the assembled experts to attack him.
• After learning the demons planned to kill him, Lin Changqing struck first with the Book of Primordial Chaos, and his attack clashed with those of more than a thousand demon experts.
• The Divine Kingdom natives plotted to kill Lin Changqing and attacked him with a Space-time War Spear.
• Lin Changqing used the Square Inch Pagoda to transfer the natives' attack and the demons' attacks onto the core area's spatial barrier, testing its strength.
• The natives burned their Essence Blood and lifespans to form a stronger Space-time War Spear and launched it at Lin Changqing.

Lin Changqing redirected the native powerhouses’ attack to annihilate the demon race, then turned the foreign races’ alliance against the core region’s spatial barrier. He left the Star Chart destroyed and its master wounded, with the barrier struck by the treasure’s explosive force.

• Lin Changqing used the Square Inch Pagoda to transfer the natives’ Space-time War Spear onto the demon race, wiping them out.
• The native and foreign powerhouses recoiled from Lin Changqing, then secretly agreed to combine their strength and kill him.
• Lin Changqing overheard the foreign races’ plans and decided to redirect their combined attack into the core region’s spatial barrier.
• The foreign races and natives unleashed the Star Chart against Lin Changqing, who trapped it with the Square Inch Pagoda and severed its connection to its master.
• Lin Changqing redirected and detonated the Star Chart against the spatial barrier, while its master suffered a wounded divine soul and raged over losing his treasure.

Lin Changqing broke through the barrier to Daoist Chenkong’s core region, seized the Divine Saint Position, and fused it into his Book of Primordial Chaos as a new Space-Time Civilization Chapter. He left the other leaders terrified and fleeing after he killed one who tried to stop him.

• Lin Changqing focused the Star Chart’s self-destruction on the spatial barrier, shattered it, and entered the core region despite the native leaders’ attacks.
• Lin Changqing used the Square Inch Pagoda to break the Divine Saint Position’s sacred radiance, swallowed the position, and struck down a native leader with the Jingzhe Saber.
• Lin Changqing refined the Divine Saint Position with the Book of Primordial Chaos while preserving his own Primordial Martial Dao rather than adopting Daoist Chenkong’s Way of Space-Time.
• Lin Changqing burned a King-grade Origin Vein to speed time inside his Inner Universe and formed the Space-Time Civilization Chapter after a thousand years of refinement.
• Lin Changqing’s blade qi annihilated the leader who had attacked him, and the remaining leaders fled, fearing his strength and planning to warn their races.

Lin Changqing used the divine kingdom’s power to annihilate the foreign races who had attacked him, then forced the kingdom’s native experts to submit. He promised his new followers a chance to enter the outside world, but unsettled them by revealing that he planned to devour the divine kingdom.

• Lin Changqing drew on the divine kingdom’s rules and killed the fleeing foreign races with space-time divine thunderbolts.
• Lin Changqing absorbed the foreign races’ essence, strengthening his Primordial Martial Dao after fusing with Daoist Chenkong’s Divine Saint Position.
• Lin Changqing demanded that the native experts submit or die, and they knelt before him, including the Half-step Divine Saints.
• Lin Changqing offered loyal natives limited opportunities to leave the divine kingdom and explore the outside world.
• Lin Changqing told the natives he was about to devour the divine kingdom, leaving them frightened and uncertain about their fate.

Lin Changqing devoured and refined an entire divine kingdom into his Inner Universe, greatly expanding it and strengthening himself without breaking through to Ancestor Saint. After sensing that his actions had attracted attention, he gathered Gu Zhenyue and the others and fled into the Dark Universe aboard the Great Evolution Aurora Ship.

• Lin Changqing dismissed the native beings, then meditated for three days to restore himself to peak condition.
• Lin Changqing used the Great Devouring Technique to pull the divine kingdom from the void and absorb it into his Inner Universe, forcing Gu Zhenyue and the others to flee the resulting storm.
• Lin Changqing used the Book of Primordial Chaos and the fused Divine Saint Position to refine the divine kingdom, expanding his Inner Universe and evolving its starfields, worlds, and living beings.
• Lin Changqing accelerated time with the Square Inch Pagoda and King-grade Origin Veins, completing the refinement after seven hours outside and seven thousand years inside.
• Lin Changqing found that his Primordial Spiritual Light had grown to a thousand zhang and his strength had increased greatly, though he remained at the Origin Saint, Half-step Ancestor Saint level.
• Lin Changqing brought Gu Zhenyue and the others aboard the Great Evolution Aurora Ship and escaped into the Dark Universe because people were approaching.

After returning to the Cangwu Great World, Lin Changqing rewarded Gu Zhenyue and the others for keeping faith with him, then released Wang Liang, the Cangwu Star Domain inspector. Wang Liang opened a passage back to the Origin Realm, where Lin Changqing planned to refine the Divine Kingdom and Daoist Chenkong's Divine Saint Position.

• Lin Changqing gave Gu Zhenyue, Xu Zixuan, and the others Mid-grade Innate Spirit Treasures, Heaven-grade Dao Pills, and rare materials, and they accepted the gifts.
• Lin Changqing told the group to keep his devouring of the Divine Kingdom secret, and they promised not to reveal it.
• Lin Changqing released Wang Liang from his Inner Universe after the Divine Kingdom's collapse had freed him from its forbidden area.
• Gu Zhenyue asked Wang Liang to send the group back to the Origin Realm, and Lin Changqing urged him to do so promptly.
• Wang Liang used his Identity Token to open a spatial passage connecting the Cangwu Great World to the Origin Realm.

After returning from the Cangwu Star Domain, Lin Changqing secluded himself to prepare for the Seed Trial, which he intended to win for access to greater resources. As the trial began, his friends learned that the leading favorites included three Innate Divine Saints, making his path to first place more difficult than expected.

• Lin Changqing returned to the Origin Realm with Gu Zhenyue and the others, gave Gu Zhenyue the Mysterious Sky Divine Turtle's corpse to refine into compasses, and parted ways with them.
• Lin Changqing returned to Thousand Mountain Academy and entered seclusion to digest his gains and strengthen himself before the Seed Trial.
• Several months later, a bell summoned the disciples of the Three Thousand Academy to the teleportation platform for the trial.
• Lin Changqing arrived at the platform as disciples gathered and discussed the trial, its rankings, and the few candidates who might become Seed Core Disciples.
• Gu Zhenyue told Xu Zixuan, Xu Kang, and the others that Lin Changqing was absent from the betting pool's projected rankings.
• Xu Zixuan showed them a list of favorites that included three Innate Divine Saints and other Half-step Divine Saints, prompting the group to worry that Lin Changqing would face a difficult contest.

Lin Changqing surveyed the Seed Trial competitors on Buzhou Mountain and discovered that many powerful Half-step Divine Saints had gathered, including three Innate Divine Saints. As the contestants’ auras divided the teleportation platform into tiers, he stayed concealed at the edge while assessing the rivals standing between him and the championship.

• Lin Changqing examined the contestants with his Primordial Chaos Divine Sense and sensed more than thirty Half-step Divine Saints, several of whom threatened him.
• Yuan Xingyu arrived, and onlookers identified him as one of the three Innate Divine Saints and a leading championship candidate.
• Li Chengfeng and Su Yi arrived, followed by other elite competitors including Jiang Wuyin, Nangong Wentian, and Wu Wudi.
• The Half-step Divine Saints released their auras in a silent contest, forcing weaker contestants back and dividing the platform into four tiers.
• Lin Changqing remained among the contestants at the edge while studying the first echelon and vowing to suppress anyone who obstructed his championship bid.

Lin Changqing entered the Seed Trial, where contestants had to collect Heaven and Earth Bloodstones to become Core Disciples and compete for rank. After arriving on a perilous ice field, he raced toward a newly emerged Bloodstone but was confronted by a strange energy lifeform that attacked him.

• A sacred phantom announced the Seed Trial’s rules: contestants had one month to find Heaven and Earth Bloodstones, with more stones earning a higher rank.
• The contestants were randomly teleported into different regions, and Lin Changqing arrived on an ice field whose freezing chill could even seal his Primordial Chaos Divine Sense.
• Lin Changqing prepared to leave the deadly ice field, but a Heaven and Earth Bloodstone burst from beneath the ice and drew contestants from across the region.
• Lin Changqing used the Wings of Time to reach the Bloodstone first and reached out to seize it.
• A mercury-like energy lifeform emerged from the void, shattered Lin Changqing’s attack, declared that outsiders must die, and slashed at him.

Lin Changqing killed the alien guarding the Heaven and Earth Bloodstone and discovered that its origin could help his Inner Universe advance. When arriving trial-takers tried to claim the stone, he killed their Half-step Divine Saint attacker and left the rest stunned and wary.

• Lin Changqing used the Boundless Star Realm Great Origin Technique to expose and badly wound the alien, then seized the Heaven and Earth Bloodstone.
• The alien attacked Lin Changqing as a mercury-like net, but he shattered it with the Jingzhe Saber and devoured the burning alien into his Inner Universe.
• Lin Changqing sensed that the alien's origin contained Dao Rhyme that could advance his Inner Universe, and resolved to hunt more aliens.
• Other trial-takers arrived, and one Half-step Divine Saint attacked Lin Changqing to seize the Heaven and Earth Bloodstone.
• Lin Changqing killed the attacker with one slash, leaving the other trial-takers frightened and reluctant to approach.

Lin Changqing discovered that three hidden natives had used a Heaven and Earth Bloodstone as bait to trap trial takers, and he drew them out by attacking the stone. He unleashed the Cosmos Reincarnation Great Origin Technique against their combined strike, leaving the battle unresolved.

• Lin Changqing warned the gathered trial takers not to provoke him, revealed his name, and left after killing a Half-step Divine Saint expert.
• Lin Changqing searched the vast ice plain for more Heaven and Earth Bloodstones and detected three concealed natives around a newly appeared stone.
• Trial takers arrived, but many fled when they saw Lin Changqing, while others watched from a distance.
• Lin Changqing struck at the Heaven and Earth Bloodstone, forcing the three natives to reveal themselves and block his slash with their Three Powers Great Array.
• The three natives launched a deathly combined attack at Lin Changqing, who countered with the Cosmos Reincarnation Great Origin Technique and a Reincarnation Millstone.

Lin Changqing used Cosmos Reincarnation to kill three alien beings and chose to focus on finding Heaven and Earth Bloodstones for the Seed Trial. Studying two stones, he comprehended the true meaning of Ancestor, advanced to the Ancestor Saint Realm, and began forging a Yin Yang Taiji Compass.

• Lin Changqing erased the Mental Will of three alien beings with Cosmos Reincarnation, preserved their bodies, and devoured their origins in his Inner Universe.
• Lin Changqing decided that gathering enough alien origins to advance his Inner Universe was impractical, so he prioritized finding Heaven and Earth Bloodstones and winning the Seed Trial.
• Lin Changqing left the ice plain aboard the Great Evolution Aurora Ship and used deduction on his two Heaven and Earth Bloodstones to study their origins.
• Lin Changqing comprehended the true meaning of Ancestor, formed the Ancestor Saint Law, and broke through to the Ancestor Saint Realm.
• Lin Changqing combined the two Heaven and Earth Bloodstones with treasures from his Inner Universe to begin forging a Yin Yang Taiji Compass.

Lin Changqing refined a compass that could detect Heaven and Earth Bloodstones across vast distances, and it led him to ten newly emerged stones guarded by powerful native aliens. As Yang Bantian attacked the stones, the aliens struck back by sweeping their blade light toward the watching crowd.

• Lin Changqing completed a tracking compass that could sense Heaven and Earth Bloodstones across nearly half the world.
• The compass detected ten Heaven and Earth Bloodstones emerging at once, and Lin Changqing raced toward their location.
• Lin Changqing arrived and sensed thousands of native aliens, including ten powerful beings hidden within the stones, so he stayed concealed.
• Yang Bantian arrived aboard a huge warship and reached out to seize all ten Heaven and Earth Bloodstones.
• A squad of aliens shattered Yang Bantian's giant hand with a formation attack, then turned its blade light on the surrounding onlookers.

Lin Changqing seized all ten Heaven and Earth Bloodstones and used the Cosmos Reincarnation Great Origin Technique to kill more than a thousand native aliens. After escaping, he was ambushed by a blue-haired top trial-taker from Three Thousand Academy, who revealed himself to Lin Changqing.

• Lin Changqing waited for all the native aliens to emerge, then secretly seized the ten Heaven and Earth Bloodstones while the trial-takers and aliens fought.
• Lin Changqing escaped through Parallel Space-time planes and unleashed the Cosmos Reincarnation Great Origin Technique on the thousand-plus native aliens, killing them and devouring their origins.
• Lin Changqing fled far away, reflected that his risky plan had succeeded, and concluded that he could suppress the aliens unless a true Divine Saint appeared.
• A sword attack struck Lin Changqing from the heavens, and he countered it with a punch that destroyed the peak beneath him.
• Lin Changqing challenged his hidden attacker, and a blue-haired young man from among the top trial-takers of Three Thousand Academy stepped out of the void.

Lin Changqing defeated Liu Yunfei in a clash over Heaven and Earth Bloodstones, but Liu Yunfei escaped using a Divine Saint's method and plotted revenge. As Lin Changqing continued searching for bloodstones, news of his strength spread across the trial world, while Liu Yunfei's attempts to reveal his moving location failed.

• Liu Yunfei confronted Lin Changqing, demanded his Heaven and Earth Bloodstones, and threatened to enslave him.
• Lin Changqing countered Liu Yunfei's ice and sword attacks with the Book of Primordial Chaos and its Civilization Chapters, overwhelming him within two moves.
• Liu Yunfei used a rune carrying a Divine Saint's method to escape, then sent Communication Talismans to spread Lin Changqing's location and rally others against him.
• Lin Changqing left the exposed area and traveled onward with a Yin Yang Compass and the Walker Without Borders Great Origin Technique to search for Heaven and Earth Bloodstones.
• News of Lin Changqing's feat and identity spread among the trial-takers, while Liu Yunfei's published coordinates proved useless because Lin Changqing kept moving.
• Liu Yunfei abandoned his deductions to conserve power and continue searching for bloodstones, but vowed to make Lin Changqing pay.

Lin Changqing collected 991 Heaven and Earth Bloodstones and, with seven days left in the Seed Trial, used his compass to seek out the strongest participants and rob them. He found an injured Half-step Divine Saint prodigy, but killed him after the man refused to surrender his Bloodstones.

• Lin Changqing seized another Heaven and Earth Bloodstone and killed a nearby native alien before escaping, continuing his collection across the world.
• With seven days remaining, Lin Changqing counted 991 Bloodstones and decided to hunt participants carrying large concentrations rather than search for newly emerging stones.
• Lin Changqing used his Yin Yang Compass to map the Bloodstones and traveled to the nearest location with a dense concentration.
• Lin Changqing entered the injured Half-step Divine Saint prodigy's hidden Grotto-Heaven and demanded all his Bloodstones.
• The prodigy attacked Lin Changqing, who crushed him with a palm strike and burned away his body.

Lin Changqing exploited the compass to ambush and plunder powerful trial participants until the Seed Trial ended, accumulating more than ten thousand Heaven and Earth Bloodstones. Back at the Human Ancestral Court, he injured Liu Yunfei with spiritual pressure and awaited the results, wary that the delayed rankings might be manipulated.

• Lin Changqing used his compass and Wings of Time to ambush trial participants, taking their Heaven and Earth Bloodstones and resources while killing those who resisted.
• As the trial world descended into widespread robbery and violence, Lin Changqing continued targeting strong participants and amassed more than ten thousand Heaven and Earth Bloodstones.
• The trial ended, and Lin Changqing returned to the Human Ancestral Court teleportation platform, where he saw that roughly thirty percent of the participants had died.
• Lin Changqing struck Liu Yunfei's divine soul with spiritual pressure after spotting his hostile stare, leaving Liu Yunfei injured and afraid to meet his eyes.
• The Human Ancestral Court announced that results would be tallied and rankings revealed in three days, while Lin Changqing wondered whether the delay allowed room for manipulation.