Chapter Summaries

Zhou Ming learned from Pangu that outsiders had infiltrated the Nine Great Chaos to cultivate Great Dao-realm beings, whose purpose and whereabouts remained unknown. As he and Pangu traveled through the Chaos Sea, they could only conclude that the outsiders were trapped there by a mission, while the Great Dao-realm beings they nurtured had vanished without a trace.

• Zhou Ming asked Pangu why outsiders cultivated Great Dao-realm beings instead of directly conquering the Chaos Sea, and Pangu said their purpose was unknown.
• Pangu explained that the outsiders had sealed their origins and revealed little, though they had confirmed that leaving the Chaos Sea was required to break through to the Great Dao realm.
• Pangu told Zhou Ming that every Great Dao-realm being cultivated by the systems had vanished after proving the Dao and had never appeared in the Chaos Sea.
• Zhou Ming suggested those beings had left the Chaos Sea, but Pangu explained that the outsiders themselves could not leave, and neither had their cultivated Great Dao-realm beings.
• Pangu said the outsiders had likely been sent into the Chaos Sea to complete a mission related to cultivating Great Dao-realm beings, but he and Zhou Ming still did not know where those beings had gone.

Zhou Ming learned that the system that brought him to the Ninth Chaos had only carried his true spirit, while Pangu had spared him because of an intuition that he was important. Pangu led him to the Eternal Dao Realm, where Zhou Ming would meet the other Great Dao Realm powerhouses.

• Zhou Ming asked Pangu why he had spared him despite his system, and Pangu explained that he had not yet regained his memories or understood what systems were.
• Pangu said his intuition from the Origin of the Great Dao had made Zhou Ming seem important, and that the system had only served as a vessel to bring him to the Ninth Chaos.
• Pangu confirmed that Zhou Ming had no connection to the outsider Great Daos and told him to seek the answers about his origins himself.
• Pangu and Zhou Ming reached the Eternal Dao Realm, the Chaos Sea's stronghold for native Great Dao Realm powerhouses.
• Pangu entered the Eternal Dao Realm with Zhou Ming following, and said that a little over a hundred Daoist Friends lived there.

Pangu brought Zhou Ming to the Eternal Dao Realm, where he met its resident Great Dao Realm cultivators and learned that their divine mountains embodied their Dao fields and law comprehension. Zhou Ming condensed his own Law Divine Mountain, and Pangu explained that the realm would help him deepen his understanding of the Great Dao.

• Pangu guided Zhou Ming into the Eternal Dao Realm and explained that just over a hundred Daoist Friends lived there.
• Pangu showed Zhou Ming the divine mountains that served as the Dao fields of the realm’s cultivators, including those of Taiyi, Taichu, Taishi, Taisu, Taiji, and Pangu.
• Cangxuan, Hongchu, Ganling, Cangwu, and the other cultivators greeted Zhou Ming and welcomed him as a newly advanced Daoist Friend.
• Zhou Ming condensed a dark-gold Law Divine Mountain, using the Great Dao of Strength as its core and the three thousand laws as branches.
• The gathered cultivators praised Zhou Ming’s solid foundation, congratulated him, and returned to their own Dao fields.
• Pangu told Zhou Ming that the Eternal Dao Realm held the clearest and most complete laws in the Chaos Sea, offering a place to improve his comprehension.

Zhou Ming learned about the dangers and resources of the Chaos Sea from Pangu, who revealed that five ancient powerhouses had failed to break through beyond the Great Dao Realm and fallen into slumber. Pangu gave Zhou Ming cultivation guidance and information about the Chaos Sea before Zhou Ming began cultivating in his own Dao Field.

• Pangu advised Zhou Ming to cultivate in seclusion until the Eternal Dao Realm’s laws could no longer advance him, then travel the Chaos Sea for Law Secret Realms and Chaos Dao-Devouring Beasts.
• Zhou Ming asked about the absent senior Daoists, and Pangu explained that Taiyi, Taichu, Taishi, Taisu, and Taiji were asleep after failing to break through beyond the Great Dao Realm.
• Pangu said he and the five others had let their Great Daos fall into extinction in pursuit of a higher realm, and Zhou Ming understood why they had risked everything to seek the Dao.
• Pangu gave Zhou Ming a Divine Sense containing cultivation methods and information about Law Secret Realms and Chaos Dao-Devouring Beasts.
• Pangu returned to his divine mountain, and Zhou Ming went to the summit of his own mountain and began cultivating.

Zhou Ming learned from Pangu’s lingering will how Great Dao Realm cultivators advanced through the Extreme Dao Stage and cultivated in the Eternal Dao Realm or Chaos Sea. He decided to make use of the Eternal Dao Realm’s resources before venturing into the Chaos Sea.

• Pangu explained that the Eternal Dao Realm contained 109 Law Divine Mountains whose laws Great Dao Realm cultivators could study.
• Zhou Ming briefly examined Cangxuan’s cyan divine mountain, then withdrew his perception to avoid taking on too much at once.
• Pangu explained that Extreme Dao Stage cultivators had to perfect all Three Thousand Great Daos and could study Law Divine Mountains or seek naturally occurring Law Secret Realms.
• Pangu described Chaos Dao-Devouring Beasts, which contained Great Dao Crystals that could improve laws, replenish origin, and support law fusion.
• Pangu warned Zhou Ming not to rush into the Chaos Sea, and Zhou Ming resolved to first benefit from the Eternal Dao Realm.

Zhou Ming learned about the stages beyond the Great Dao Realm, the dangers of the Abyssal Sea Divine Pivot, and the rare Source Realm of Myriad Daos. He began studying the Law Divine Mountains to deepen his comprehension.

• Pangu's remaining information explained that Zhou Ming would need to fuse perfected Laws to advance through the Dao Fusion Stage, then unite all Three Thousand Laws to reach the Unity Realm.
• Zhou Ming learned that Pangu and the Five Primordial States had failed to break through beyond the Unity Realm, and he resolved to seek more information before attempting that path.
• Zhou Ming saw that the Abyssal Sea Divine Pivot's symbol shared a broken pattern with the system imprint that had brought him across.
• Pangu revealed that the Source Realm of Myriad Daos could aid cultivators in both the Extreme Dao and Dao Fusion stages, and that he had reached the Unity Realm after entering it.
• Zhou Ming extended his will to a nearby Law Divine Mountain and began studying another Great Dao Realm cultivator's understanding of its Law.

Zhou Ming reached a bottleneck in his Extreme Dao Stage cultivation and decided to leave the Eternal Dao Realm to seek opportunities in the Chaos Sea. He joined Cangxuan and Hongchu, whose goals aligned with his, and the three set out together.

• Zhou Ming found that studying the Law Divine Mountains no longer advanced his Three Thousand Great Daos and recognized that he had reached a bottleneck.
• Zhou Ming told Pangu he planned to explore the Chaos Sea, and Pangu advised him to find companions for safety.
• Zhou Ming invited others to travel with him, and Cangxuan and Hongchu agreed to join.
• Pangu endorsed the pair as suitable companions and told Zhou Ming to seek help from the Eternal Dao Realm if he encountered trouble.
• Cangxuan described his search for a Law Secret Realm, while Hongchu sought Thunder or Destruction Chaos Dao-Devouring Beasts and their Great Dao Crystals.
• Zhou Ming, Cangxuan, and Hongchu agreed to pursue their goals while exploring the Chaos Sea and departed together.

After leaving the Eternal Dao Realm, Zhou Ming traveled through the Chaos Sea with Cangxuan and Hongchu, who explained how Law Secret Realms and Chaos Dao-Devouring Beasts worked. The group continued searching for opportunities, hoping to encounter a beast soon.

• Zhou Ming asked Cangxuan and Hongchu whether Law Secret Realms gave any warning before appearing.
• Cangxuan and Hongchu explained that a secret realm caused nearby laws to fluctuate, but the signs were difficult to detect across the vast Chaos Sea.
• Cangxuan told Zhou Ming that each secret realm held at most ten Great Dao Realm experts and lasted only one hundred thousand chaos years.
• Hongchu explained that Chaos Dao-Devouring Beasts gathered where Great Dao laws were dense, while Cangxuan warned that their law-infused bodies made them extremely difficult to kill.
• Cangxuan and Hongchu described how companions could take turns wearing down a beast's laws, and Hongchu said he hoped they would soon find one.

Zhou Ming, Cangxuan, and Hongchu hunted down a Chaos Dao-Devouring Beast and claimed its Destruction Crystal. After agreeing that Hongchu could keep the crystal, they decided to wait in the area for another beast to arrive.

• Cangxuan, Hongchu, and Zhou Ming sensed a violent law fluctuation and followed it to a Chaos Dao-Devouring Beast feeding on the Law of Destruction.
• Hongchu attacked the beast with the Great Dao of Thunder while Cangxuan bound it and Zhou Ming suppressed it with the Great Dao of Strength.
• The three took turns attacking and holding the beast in place until Zhou Ming shattered its remaining body and a Destruction Crystal emerged.
• Hongchu took the crystal, thanking Zhou Ming and Cangxuan and promising to leave future crystals to them.
• The three decided to remain in the area and wait for another Dao-Devouring Beast to appear.

Zhou Ming, Cangxuan, and Hongchu claimed an Earth-Element Dao-Devouring Beast after Hongchu defeated two outsiders in a contest of laws. After the group destroyed the beast, Cangxuan gave Zhou Ming its top-grade Great Dao Crystal.

• A massive Earth-Element Dao-Devouring Beast appeared, followed by two gray-robed outsiders who demanded it for themselves.
• Hongchu and one gray-robed man contested their laws, and Hongchu defeated him, sending both outsiders away.
• Zhou Ming suppressed the beast while Cangxuan restrained it and Hongchu attacked its shell.
• The three destroyed the Earth-Element Dao-Devouring Beast and found a top-grade Great Dao Crystal.
• Cangxuan gave the crystal to Zhou Ming, who accepted it and stored it inside his body.

Zhou Ming, Cangxuan, and Hongchu hunted a Wither-Flourish Dao-Devouring Beast in the Chaos Sea and claimed its Great Dao Crystal. As they traveled deeper, they discovered a Law Secret Realm and raced toward it.

• Cangxuan sensed a Wither-Flourish Dao-Devouring Beast feeding on laws and led the group to attack it.
• Zhou Ming suppressed the beast, Hongchu split its shell with thunder, and Cangxuan drained its origin until it died.
• Cangxuan took the Great Dao Crystal, and the three continued deeper into the Chaos Sea.
• Zhou Ming sensed the chaotic currents stagnate as a powerful force repelled them from a distant region.
• Cangxuan recognized the signs of a Law Secret Realm, and Zhou Ming, Cangxuan, and Hongchu hurried toward it.

Zhou Ming and four Eternal Dao Realm cultivators reached a Law Secret Realm that was still forming, where four foreign Great Dao Realm cultivators arrived to claim it. Cangxuan prevented a battle by pointing out that the nine cultivators present could all enter the realm, and both sides waited for it to open.

• Zhou Ming, Cangxuan, and Hongchu reached the Law Light Cocoon, and Chiyan and Moyuan soon joined them.
• Cangxuan introduced Zhou Ming to Chiyan and Moyuan, who greeted him after learning Pangu had guided him to the Eternal Dao Realm.
• Jueying and three other foreign cultivators appeared and claimed the secret realm, prompting Chiyan, Hongchu, and Moyuan to clash laws with them.
• Cangxuan stopped the confrontation and noted that the realm could admit ten people, while only nine cultivators were present.
• Jueying and Cangxuan agreed that neither side would interfere before the realm opened, but they would clear the field if more than ten people arrived.

Cangxuan explained how Dao Fusion cultivators used single-law secret realms to fuse laws and refine their main law. As the realm neared opening, two newcomers arrived, leaving eleven contenders for ten places and reigniting the standoff.

• Cangxuan explained that Dao Fusion cultivators chose a main law and fused other laws into it, while single-law secret realms helped advance those fusions and refine the main law.
• Zhou Ming understood the secret realm’s benefits for both Extreme Dao and Dao Fusion cultivators as the law light cocoon began to crack open.
• Ling Feng arrived and joined Cangxuan’s group, while Blood Butcher arrived and joined Jueying’s group.
• The two groups counted eleven contenders for the secret realm’s ten slots, and Jueying pointed out the surplus as both sides raised their killing intent.

Cangxuan and Jueying agreed to settle their dispute over the Law Secret Realm through a best-of-five contest, with the losing side forced to remove one person. The first four bouts ended in a tie, leaving Zhou Ming and Moyuan to face a tall gray-robed cultivator whose Law of Wind surged as the final match began.

• Cangxuan set the contest rules, and Jueying accepted despite having one fewer fighter.
• Hongchu defeated Blood Butcher in the first bout with his Law of Thunder, putting Cangxuan's side ahead.
• Ming Luo overcame Chiyan's Law of Fire with his Law of Decay, tying the score.
• Ling Feng defeated a gray-robed cultivator using the Law of Gravity, but Jueying then beat Cangxuan, bringing the score to two wins each.
• Zhou Ming and Moyuan stepped forward for the deciding bout against a tall gray-robed man, who unleashed his Law of Wind and mocked them.

Zhou Ming helped Moyuan defeat Jueying’s side in the best-of-five contest, securing their place among the ten who could enter the secret realm. The Law Light Cocoon then opened to reveal a secret realm of pure Law of Strength, and Zhou Ming entered with the others to begin comprehending it.

• Zhou Ming suppressed the gray-robed man’s tornado for an instant, allowing Moyuan to freeze and shatter it and win their match.
• Jueying’s side accepted the loss, and the gray-robed man withdrew, leaving exactly ten people eligible to enter the secret realm.
• The Law Light Cocoon shattered and revealed a passage radiating the pure Law of Strength, delighting Zhou Ming and surprising the others.
• Jueying led his group into the passage first, then Cangxuan urged Zhou Ming and the others to enter before the secret realm’s hundred-thousand-chaos-year opening ended.

Zhou Ming and his companions left the Law Secret Realm after a hundred thousand Chaos Years of cultivation, and Zhou Ming came close to perfecting his Great Dao of Strength. He continued through the Chaos Sea with Cangxuan and Hongchu, fought several Dao-Devouring Beasts, and returned with them to the Eternal Dao Realm.

• Jueying and the others left to cultivate separately in the Law Secret Realm, while Zhou Ming absorbed the Primal Law of Strength and brought his understanding close to perfection.
• The secret realm expelled Zhou Ming and the others after a hundred thousand Chaos Years, and Chiyan, Moyuan, and Ling Feng returned to the Eternal Dao Realm to cultivate their gains.
• Zhou Ming, Cangxuan, and Hongchu chose to keep traveling through the Chaos Sea and hunted a Metal-Element Dao-Devouring Beast, dividing its Great Dao Crystal to Hongchu.
• The three defeated a Water-Element Dao-Devouring Beast with Zhou Ming using his improved Law of Strength, and Cangxuan claimed its crystal.
• Zhou Ming, Cangxuan, and Hongchu slew Fire-Element and Wood-Element Dao-Devouring Beasts, then agreed to return to the Eternal Dao Realm.

After returning from the Chaos Sea, Zhou Ming completed the Great Dao of Strength and absorbed Earth and Fire Great Dao Crystals during seclusion. He sensed that Houtu was about to attain the Dao and prepared to oversee her tribulation in the Ninth Chaos.

• Zhou Ming, Cangxuan, and Hongchu returned to the Eternal Dao Realm and parted ways to enter seclusion.
• Zhou Ming shattered the final barrier and completed the Great Dao of Strength.
• Zhou Ming absorbed Earth and Fire Great Dao Crystals, strengthening both Laws but leaving them far from completion.
• Zhou Ming calculated that completing all Three Thousand Great Daos would require vast numbers of crystals and decided to refine the remaining Laws gradually.
• Zhou Ming sensed through his Dao Body that Houtu was about to attain the Dao and resolved to control her Dao Tribulation and protect her.

Zhou Ming learned that Houtu was nearing the final stage of proving the Dao and set out for the Ninth Chaos, where the Abyssal Sea Divine Pivot might attack. As Zhou Ming hurried there, Pangu remained troubled by the enemy’s fixation on the Ninth Chaos, and Houtu continued to mature within her light cocoon.

• Zhou Ming told Pangu that Houtu was about to prove the Dao and decided to return to the Ninth Chaos in person.
• Pangu warned Zhou Ming that the Abyssal Sea Divine Pivot would likely exploit the turbulent laws surrounding Houtu’s Dao-proving and urged him not to act recklessly.
• After Zhou Ming left, Pangu wondered why the Abyssal Sea Divine Pivot had abandoned the other eight Chaoses to focus on the Ninth Chaos.
• Zhou Ming connected with his Dao Body and saw Houtu transformed into a light cocoon covered in patterns of the Great Dao of Earth and the Law of Reincarnation.
• Zhou Ming cut off the connection and raced through the Chaos Sea toward the Ninth Chaos, determined to protect Houtu’s chance to prove the Dao.

Zhou Ming guarded the Ninth Chaos as Houtu neared attaining the Dao, but a Dao Body from the Abyssal Sea Divine Pivot arrived and sent thousands of systems past him into the Ninth Chaos. Zhou Ming turned to destroy the intruder, leaving the systems inside to threaten Houtu.

• Zhou Ming returned to the Ninth Chaos, merged with his guarding Dao Body, and confirmed that Houtu and the three thousand Chaos Demon God embryos were safe.
• After several dozen Chaos Years, Zhou Ming sensed the Grey-Robed Man approaching and learned that he was a Dao Body from the Abyssal Sea Divine Pivot.
• Zhou Ming and the Grey-Robed Man clashed, and Zhou Ming broke apart the Grey-Robed Man's Law of Devour attack.
• The Grey-Robed Man released several thousand systems and ordered them to enter the Ninth Chaos while he held Zhou Ming back.
• The systems bypassed the Ninth Chaos's barrier and entered, and Zhou Ming vowed that the Grey-Robed Man's Dao Body would not leave.

Zhou Ming battled the Grey-Robed Man outside the Ninth Chaos while warning Houtu that systems had invaded and were targeting her. After Houtu destroyed the system-controlled Demon Gods but failed to find most of the hidden systems, she chose to open the heavens rather than risk missing her chance to prove the Dao.

• Zhou Ming sent Houtu information about the systems and their possession methods while fighting the Grey-Robed Man.
• Zhou Ming redirected the Ninth Chaos’s source power from the gestating Demon God embryos into Houtu’s light cocoon.
• Zhou Ming and the Grey-Robed Man exchanged attacks, and Zhou Ming cracked the Grey-Robed Man’s Dao Body but could not defeat him.
• Houtu slaughtered all the Demon Gods controlled by systems and destroyed three systems she found, while the rest remained hidden.
• Houtu decided to proceed with opening the heavens despite the hidden systems and swung the Sky-Opening Axe.