Chapter Summaries

Shi Yan discovered that the stone door could not be opened by brute force and used the Ziwei Heavenly Fire to reach its stellar cores, but his Spiritual Power was too weak to control them. He spent Martial Virtue Points to upgrade his cultivation method and began the first tribulation of a technique that could forge a Primordial Spirit.

• Shi Yan examined the stone door and realized that its nine stellar cores and magnetic field made brute force ineffective.
• Shi Yan explained the door was locked, then used the Ziwei Heavenly Fire to connect with its stellar cores and halt their movement.
• Shi Yan found his Spiritual Power was insufficient to move a core and decided to spend Martial Virtue Points to strengthen it.
• Shi Yan upgraded the Demonic Flame Refining Spirit Great Law into the Nine Tribulations God-Sealing Technique, a Saint-Class method for forging a Primordial Spirit.
• Shi Yan spent more Martial Virtue Points to begin the technique's first tribulation.

Shi Yan passed the first five tribulations of the Nine Tribulations God-Sealing Technique, formed an embryonic Primordial Spirit, and opened the enormous stone door. He and Yates were pulled into the vortex beyond it, and the doorway vanished behind them.

• Shi Yan endured the Thunder, Fire, Ice, Wind, and Poison Tribulations, using his divine fires to withstand their assaults on his soul.
• After the fifth tribulation, Shi Yan's mental world transformed and produced an embryonic Primordial Spirit, greatly strengthening his perception and comprehension.
• Shi Yan and his Primordial Spirit guided the Ziwei Heavenly Fire to align the nine Star Cores and open the stone door.
• Yates appeared and marveled at Shi Yan's breakthrough, then began to suggest they investigate what lay beyond the door.
• The vortex sucked Shi Yan and Yates inside, and the doorframe and vortex disappeared.

Shi Yan and Yates found themselves trapped in a palace filled with the remains of twenty-seven powerful people, including Saint Kings. After Shi Yan failed to escape or damage the palace, he searched the corpses and found a Jade Token warning that the place was a trap.

• Shi Yan and Yates appeared in a palace where the remains of twenty-seven people, all at least Saint Lords, lay scattered around.
• Yates tried to force open the main door, but it returned twice the force and injured him.
• Shi Yan discovered that the palace blocked his Spiritual Power, prevented him from entering the Void Realm, and resisted his divine flames.
• Shi Yan investigated the remains, but the first ten skeletons crumbled to dust without leaving anything behind.
• Shi Yan disturbed an eleventh skeleton, which fell apart and dropped a Jade Token carved with the words, “This is a trap! This is a trap...”

Shi Yan discovered that the palace was a trap that stripped visitors of their possessions and trapped them with deadly time-flow light, but he pierced its door with the Five Elements Ring Remnant and removed the force sealing it. Just as he and Yates prepared to escape, azure light flared from the throne and a terrifying presence announced it had waited five million years.

• Shi Yan read the last words left by several dead Saint Kings and learned that the throne's green light took valuables, while its divine light carried an Illusion Realm and accelerated time.
• Shi Yan found the throne's inscription, which said to exchange a supreme treasure for a supreme treasure, and reported the clues to Yates.
• Yates admitted he had no information or supreme treasure and despaired over their chances of survival.
• Shi Yan used the Five Elements Ring Remnant to pierce the palace doors, causing the force enveloping the palace to disappear.
• Shi Yan and Yates rejoiced and moved to leave, but azure light erupted from the throne as a powerful presence declared it had waited five million years.

Shi Yan used the Five Elements Ring Remnant to resist the hunched phantom, then threw the Dragon and Phoenix Green Stone at him. The stone transformed into two powerful women whom the phantom identified as the Black Dragon and Fire Phoenix, leaving Shi Yan to wonder whether they were the forbidden creatures he had seen before.

• The hunched phantom attacked Shi Yan and tried to seize the Five Elements Ring Remnant, but Shi Yan used it to destroy the phantom’s hand.
• Shi Yan replenished his energy with ten million Martial Virtue Points and learned that activating the remnant had drained him completely.
• The phantom attacked Shi Yan again, so Shi Yan hurled the Dragon and Phoenix Green Stone toward him.
• The green stone exploded without a shockwave, and its light formed a black-dressed woman and a fiery-red woman.
• The phantom recognized the women as the Black Dragon and Fire Phoenix, and Shi Yan connected them to the creatures from the battle scene he had witnessed.

Shi Yan survived the attack of a God-Class remnant soul when Xuan Shuang appeared and erased it, then Yan Li and Xuan Shuang began fighting over him as their husband. After healing Yates and sending him away, the two powerful women told Shi Yan that they wanted to survive and that he was their hope.

• Xuan Shuang destroyed the hunched phantom, and Yan Li reduced the throne to dust and took two streams of light from beneath it.
• Xuan Shuang and Yan Li each claimed Shi Yan as her husband and clashed, their power destroying the palace around them.
• Xuan Shuang healed Yates and sent him through the stone gate so that he would not disturb them.
• Xuan Shuang and Yan Li created a wooden house, seated Shi Yan, and told him they wanted to survive with his help.
• Shi Yan questioned why beings so powerful would need the help of someone at his level.

Shi Yan learned that the Five Elements Ring was an Emperor Weapon tied to the coming calamity, and that he alone could use it. Yan Li and Xuan Shuang revealed that they wanted him to father their children so their descendants could revive them in the next era, leaving Shi Yan stunned.

• Yan Li explained that the Five Elements Ring belonged to the vanished Five Elements Great Emperor, and Xuan Shuang said Shi Yan was its fated wielder.
• Yan Li and Xuan Shuang argued over Shi Yan and each grabbed one of his arms before he stopped them.
• Shi Yan joined two Five Elements Ring Remnants together, restoring the weapon further, and Yan Li told him to refine it and seek the remaining three fragments as his strength grew.
• Yan Li warned that the world faced a final calamity within one hundred thousand years and that no new Great Emperor could be born under the weakening Dao laws.
• Xuan Shuang proposed that she and Yan Li bear children with Shi Yan so their descendants could revive them in the next era, leaving him to ask if they were serious.

Shi Yan learned that Xuan Shuang and Yan Li planned to use him to preserve their bloodlines through an approaching universal calamity, while Xuan Shuang revealed the God-Class realms and gave him a cultivation technique. After recognizing Shi Yan’s account of the Illusion Realm as a warning that the calamity had already begun, Xuan Shuang hurried to proceed with their plan to have offspring.

• Xuan Shuang and Yan Li explained that recurring calamities threatened powerful beings and that they intended to use Shi Yan and the Five Elements Ring to preserve their races.
• Yan Li sent Shi Yan and Xuan Shuang into Xuan Shuang’s Divine Kingdom, where Shi Yan learned she was a dragon and that both women had agreed to share him.
• Xuan Shuang explained the True God, Main God, and God King realms, then showed Shi Yan the effects of his Jade Bone Immaculate Body and gave him the Jade Bone Dragon Phoenix Technique.
• Xuan Shuang said she and Yan Li would help Shi Yan cultivate toward God-Class, and Shi Yan described the black seawater and altar he had encountered in the Illusion Realm.
• Xuan Shuang identified the Illusion Realm as pollution and a warning from the Virtual Sky Tree that the calamity had begun, then hurried to continue their plan with Shi Yan.

Shi Yan discovered that he could not earn Martial Virtue Points from Xuan Shuang because fully conquering her required a divine soul, then learned she had given him the priceless Dragon Soul Bone. After hearing about the coming calamity and Shi Yan’s encounter with the strange Illusion Realm, Yan Li decided to gamble on him too and began giving him her Nirvana Wings.

• Shi Yan repeatedly tried to conquer Xuan Shuang but earned no Martial Virtue Points, and she explained that he needed a divine soul to achieve spiritual union with her.
• After a month with Xuan Shuang, Shi Yan was sent to Yan Li, and Xuan Shuang gave him a Dragon Soul Bone that greatly strengthened his soul and warned him to keep it secret.
• Yan Li brought Shi Yan to her divine kingdom, gave him a sealed storage ring containing the palace master’s fortune, and explained the Dragon Soul Bone’s immense value.
• Shi Yan told Yan Li about the black seawater and altar he had encountered in an Illusion Realm, and Yan Li connected the event to the approaching calamity and Xuan Shuang’s decision to gamble on him.
• Yan Li led Shi Yan to a prepared wedding chamber and began transferring her Nirvana Wings to him, declaring that she would not lose to Xuan Shuang.

Shi Yan gained the Nirvana Wings, which greatly strengthened his body and vitality, then used Ancestral Dragon True Fire to conquer Xuan Shuang and earn 200 million Martial Virtue Points. Xuan Shuang revealed that his white flame was an embryonic Chaos Fire and suggested he use it to overcome Yan Li next.

• Yan Li explained that the calamity polluted the Great Dao and could not be escaped, then Shi Yan received the Nirvana Wings and reached the peak of the thirteenth realm.
• After a month with Yan Li, Shi Yan learned from her how to use Ancestral Dragon True Fire against Xuan Shuang and returned to the Divine Kingdom.
• Shi Yan used Ancestral Dragon True Fire on Xuan Shuang for a month, overcoming her and earning 200 million Martial Virtue Points.
• Xuan Shuang identified the white liquid in Shi Yan's Inner World as an embryonic form of Chaos Fire and explained that stronger flames could help it develop.
• Xuan Shuang urged Shi Yan to use the embryonic Chaos Fire against Yan Li, whose Nirvana True Fire could benefit from it.

Shi Yan alternated between Xuan Shuang and Yan Li for a year, earning Martial Virtue Points while they secretly established the foundation of the Jade Bone Dragon Phoenix Technique. They revealed their pregnancies and sent him to pursue the Virtual God Tower, hoping he would find a way to improve their chances of survival.

• Xuan Shuang used a feather to observe scenes of herself with Shi Yan after he left.
• Shi Yan reunited with Yan Li and used the embryonic Chaos Fire to cultivate with her according to Xuan Shuang's method.
• A month later, Shi Yan earned 200 million Martial Virtue Points after defeating Main God-level Fire Phoenix Yan Li, then continued moving between the two women for a year.
• Xuan Shuang and Yan Li revealed that they had conceived twins six months earlier and had spent the following months solidifying Shi Yan's foundation.
• The foundation activated the God-Class Mid-Grade Jade Bone Dragon Phoenix Technique on Shi Yan's panel.
• Xuan Shuang and Yan Li told Shi Yan to climb the Virtual God Tower, seek the Virtual Sky Tree's help, and obtain a quota for the Primal Secret Realm before they parted.

Yan Li gave Shi Yan her Nirvana True Fire, and Xuan Shuang left him her Reverse Scale before they both departed. Shi Yan reached Extreme King Realm but postponed his Saint tribulation so he could enter the Green Lotus Secret Realm, then headed for the Virtual God Realm to compete in the Elimination Match.

• Shi Yan parted from Yan Li and received the Five Elements Ring Remnant back from her.
• Yan Li severed her connection to the Nirvana True Fire and gave it to Shi Yan, who used Ninefold Collapse to absorb it.
• Yan Li coldly ended their relationship and vanished, though her reddened eyes and trembling hands betrayed her feelings.
• Xuan Shuang embedded her Reverse Scale in Shi Yan's chest to protect him, then disappeared after saying she hoped he would revive them if a miracle occurred.
• Shi Yan discovered that he had reached Extreme King Realm and chose not to undergo Saint tribulation so he could enter the Green Lotus Secret Realm for Liya's sake.
• Shi Yan resolved to compete in the third round of the Elimination Match and set off for the Virtual God Realm.

As Shi Yan remained missing before the third round, Saint King Qixia invited Qi Ziyue and the others to join Void God Academy and revealed that Xin Na's eldest sister was still alive. Shi Yan returned just as Qi Ziyue was about to answer the invitation, agreeing on their behalf.

• Liya worried that Shi Yan had vanished, while Xin Na reassured her and said their connection suggested he was safe.
• Saint Lord Chi Guang suggested Shi Yan might be trapped in a Divine Kingdom and said the competition was not his only path to advancement.
• Saint King Qixia arrived to meet Qi Ziyue and the others, but Qi Ziyue said they wanted to wait for Shi Yan before leaving.
• Saint King Qixia told Xin Na that her eldest sister was alive at Void God Academy, and Xin Na broke down in tears at the news.
• Saint King Qixia invited Qi Ziyue and the others to enter Void God Academy, and Shi Yan returned and accepted the invitation on their behalf.

Shi Yan returned and reunited with Qi Ziyue and the others, then headed with Liya to Canggan Starfield for the third round of the Elimination Match. He joined Tianbao Starfield’s contestants, where Shi Ye and Dongfang Yiqiang noted how much stronger he had become.

• Shi Yan greeted Saint King Qixia and Saint Lord Chi Guang, reassured Qi Ziyue and the others, and asked Xin Na to explain his disappearance to them.
• Saint Lord Chi Guang took Shi Yan and Liya to Canggan Virtual God Tower, where contestants gathered before the third round.
• Shi Yan and Liya found Tianbao Starfield’s team aboard its flying ship, and the contestants cleared a path for Shi Yan.
• Hua Ni Chang reproached Shi Yan for making everyone worry, while Liya warned her off with a sharp exchange of looks.
• Shi Ye welcomed Shi Yan and remarked that he had grown stronger, while Dongfang Yiqiang watched him warily.

Contestants entered the Virtual God Tower’s teleportation passages while tower masters discussed the Heavenly Seeds and the likely fight for third place behind Canggan Starfield’s two leading prodigies. Saint King Qixia insisted Shi Yan could reach the top two and pressed Qian Qing to promise him Extreme Wood Thunder Slurry, leaving Qian Qing bargaining over how much he could provide.

• Shi Ye and the other contestants entered their starfields’ teleportation passages to begin the competition.
• Tower masters and elders gathered, congratulated Qian Qing on becoming a Saint King, and compared how many Heavenly Seeds their starfields had produced.
• The gathered leaders agreed that Canggan Starfield’s two prodigies made everyone else contenders for third place, while Qian Qing considered Shi Yan’s chances.
• Qian Qing visited Saint King Qixia and asked to take Dongfang Yiqiang as his disciple, but Qixia told him to ask Void God Academy himself.
• Saint King Qixia said Shi Yan could place in the top two and demanded that Qian Qing give him ten jin of Extreme Wood Thunder Slurry before the finals.
• Qian Qing balked at the amount, and Qixia successively lowered her demand to nine jin and then eight jin.

Sen Liu faced Kong Xiao in the third-round elimination match after Shi Yan and Liya encouraged her, but Kong Xiao used his God-Class spatial ability to torture and kill her. The Tianbao contestants watched in shock and anger as Kong Xiao won.

• The third-round matchups appeared, and Sen Liu was paired against Kong Xiao of Canggan Starfield.
• Shi Yan and Liya encouraged Sen Liu, prompting the Tianbao contestants to join in and cheer her on.
• Sen Liu entered the arena and attacked Kong Xiao with a powerful torrent of water.
• Kong Xiao dismantled Sen Liu’s attack with Space Power, restrained her, and turned the waves into blades that tortured her before killing her.
• Kong Xiao won, while the Tianbao contestants looked on in anger at his cruelty.

Shi Yan reassured his companions that he would challenge Kong Xiao, then was matched against Mo Song of Tieqiong Starfield in the Elimination Match. Mo Song recognized him as the one who had scared Cang Bo away, and Shi Yan asked whether he had heard his story.

• Shi Ye, Dongfang Yiqiang, and Hua Ni Chang discussed how difficult it would be to defeat Kong Xiao, while Shi Yan confidently promised to teach him a lesson if they met.
• Sen Liu returned in a shaken state, accepted help from the contestants, and warned them that Kong Xiao used a powerful Mental Attack as well as spatial abilities.
• Shi Yan was matched against Mo Song of Tieqiong Starfield and was transported to a rune-covered battlefield with ten million spectators.
• Mo Song recognized Shi Yan as the person who had scared Cang Bo away, and Shi Yan asked whether he had heard his story.

Shi Yan entered the Virtual God Tower tournament and overwhelmed Mo Song with a powerful millstone attack, drawing attention from Kong Xiao and contestants across the starfields. After his victory, Shi Ke paused while watching, noting that Shi Yan had not used much strength.

• Mo Song told Shi Yan that Cang Bo had challenged him to meet in the Primal Secret Realm, and Shi Yan summoned a terrifying millstone while looking toward the sky.
• Contestants across the starfields watched Shi Yan's display, and Kong Xiao recognized the millstone's God-Class fire and Dao laws as a provocation.
• Mo Song attacked Shi Yan with a torrent of pine needles, but the millstone erased the attack and crushed Mo Song.
• Shi Yan thanked the spectators and was removed from the battlefield after winning his match.
• Shi Ke paused his sunflower-seed cracking and remarked that Shi Yan seemed strong and had not used much strength.

Shi Yan returned to the contestants' area, learned about the people searching for him and the growing threats around Xue Ji, then left the Virtual God Realm to return to Molong Star and review his gains. As he looked out at the stars, he remembered a warning about the calamity and wondered whether the starry sky itself would survive.

• Liya told Shi Yan that Cang Bo had reached the Domain Source Realm, Xue Ji was waiting for him on Yanguang Star, and the Snow Shadow Clan was watching her.
• Shi Yan explained that Xue Ji wanted the Great Yin True Fire, while the Snow Shadow Clan planned to capture both her and him.
• Shi Yan checked his messages and learned that Yates had become a Saint and Zhuo Xi had advanced to the Domain Source Realm after escaping Cang Bo.
• Hua Ni Chang grew impatient while Shi Yan chatted with Liya, and Dongfang Yiqiang remarked that women only slowed his spear thrusts.
• Shi Yan left the Virtual God Realm to return to Molong Star during the half-month wait before the next match.
• Shi Yan opened his status panel aboard his spaceship and reflected on whether the coming calamity would destroy the starry sky.

Shi Yan upgraded Six-Layered Saber Vibration into Heaven Deriving Saber and raised it to the twelfth layer before Hu Yun'er ambushed him over Hu Mei'er's death. After resisting her strike and seeming to fall for her mental attack, Shi Yan drew his saber to counterattack.

• Shi Yan spent Martial Virtue Points to transform Six-Layered Saber Vibration into Heaven Deriving Saber and advance it to the twelfth layer.
• Hu Yun'er, Hu Mei'er's grandaunt, suddenly ambushed Shi Yan with a powerful punch, but his body barely suffered an injury.
• Shi Yan recognized Hu Yun'er as a Silver Fox Human Race woman and learned she had come to avenge Hu Mei'er.
• Hu Yun'er spread her seductive mental attack and saw Shi Yan appear dazed.
• Shi Yan produced his saber and slashed through Hu Yun'er's pink mental attack.