Chapter Summaries

Liu Yuan used a dark-gold talisman to annihilate the Ten Great Dao Realms’ patrol, though Xuan Cang escaped with an ancient token and vowed that the realms would hunt Liu Yuan and whoever stood behind him. Exhausted but elated by the Origin Essence left behind, Liu Yuan prepared to claim his enormous windfall.

• Liu Yuan’s dark-gold finger shattered the Myriad Laws Return-to-Origin Formation and killed nearly all of the more than sixty Hunyuan Infinite experts.
• Liu Yuan revealed another dark-gold talisman and prepared to kill the surviving Xuan Cang, You Mu, and Buddha Fan Hai.
• Xuan Cang crushed an ancient black token, escaped through a spatial ripple, and warned Liu Yuan that the Ten Great Dao Realms would find him.
• Liu Yuan used the talisman to kill You Mu and Buddha Fan Hai, leaving Xuan Cang as the patrol’s sole survivor.
• Liu Yuan surveyed the Origin Essence of the fallen experts and celebrated the fortune he had gained.

Liu Yuan collected the Origin Essence orbs after the battle at the Skywind Realm and hurried back to report to Senior Zhou. In Qianyuan Dao Realm, Xuan Cang told the Dao Realm Lords that Liu Yuan’s talismans had annihilated their elite team, leaving them shaken by the power behind them.

• Liu Yuan collected the Origin Essence of more than sixty Hunyuan Infinite cultivators and found that the ten peak Saint cultivators accompanying him had died in the battle’s shockwaves.
• Liu Yuan worried about Xuan Cang’s escape and the mysterious black token, then used a Teleportation Token to return and report to Senior Zhou.
• Gan Tian and the other Dao Realm Lords discovered that fifteen Life-Soul Lamps had shattered, including the lamps of their Hunyuan Infinite cultivators.
• Xuan Cang emerged injured in the Divine Hall and recounted how Liu Yuan’s talismans had destroyed their formation and killed the entire team.
• Jun Wuhen concluded that the talisman’s sealed power exceeded what any of the Dao Realm Lords could create, and Xuan Cang lost consciousness.

The lords of the Ten Great Dao Realms concluded that a force backed by another great domain had attacked the Flowing Light Domain while probing the Divine Luo Domain ahead of the Domain War. They withdrew their patrols and contacted the Divine Luo Domain to report the attack, where their account drew a slight reaction from the figure receiving it.

• You Xuan suggested that cultivators serving Great Luo-backed domains had used a powerful talisman to seize Fortune, and Gan Tian reasoned that the Flowing Light Domain had been caught in an attack aimed at the Divine Luo Domain.
• Gan Tian ordered all patrols to return to their Dao Realms and decided that the realm lords should report the events to the Divine Luo Domain.
• Gan Tian led the other nine realm lords to the Divine Connection Hall and activated the cross-domain altar with his Law Power.
• A figure appeared through the silver pillar and asked what they wanted, and Gan Tian recounted the mysterious Fortune harvesting and the deaths of the investigating cultivators.
• Gan Tian described how two talismans had destroyed Xuan Cang's elite patrol, and the figure seemed to stir when he heard the talisman had shattered a formation of more than sixty Hunyuan Infinite cultivators.

The Divine Luo Domain accepted Gan Tian’s report and ordered the ten realm lords to hold their territories and avoid further conflict while it investigated. Meanwhile, Liu Yuan returned to Zhou Ming with the spoils from his battle, and Zhou Ming judged the talisman he spent a worthwhile trade.

• Gan Tian persuaded the Divine Luo Domain that an outside force might be probing the Flowing Light Domain, and its lord ordered an investigation and urged the ten realm lords to avoid direct conflict.
• Gan Tian proposed that the ten realms open their cross-realm formations and share resources so they could aid one another under attack.
• The ten realm lords agreed to follow the Divine Luo Domain’s orders and returned to their Dao Realms, leaving Gan Tian uneasy about the mysterious talisman and hidden enemy.
• Liu Yuan returned to the Azure Spirit Realm and presented Zhou Ming with the Fortune and Origin Essence he had gathered.
• Liu Yuan recounted killing more than sixty Hunyuan Infinite cultivators with a talisman, while Xuan Cang escaped using a mysterious black token.
• Zhou Ming told Liu Yuan that trading one talisman for the Origin Essence of over sixty Hunyuan Infinite cultivators and the Fortune of a great world was no bad bargain.

Zhou Ming reassured Liu Yuan that losing a talisman was no concern and rewarded him with three powerful origins. He ordered Liu Yuan to expand their fortune-gathering campaign across the Flowing Light Domain’s minor worlds, leaving Liu Yuan eager to carry out his plans.

• Zhou Ming told Liu Yuan that the escaped enemy’s treasure was unsurprising and praised him for his actions.
• Zhou Ming gave Liu Yuan three origins from Xuan Cang’s patrol squad as a reward for refining them.
• Liu Yuan thanked Zhou Ming and pledged to serve him, while Zhou Ming told him to kill any forces sent by the Ten Great Dao Realms.
• Zhou Ming ordered Liu Yuan to send Saints to subdue or plunder minor worlds around the Flowing Light Domain and use the gains to expand their forces.
• Zhou Ming offered to refine more Cross-Realm Tokens and talismans, and Liu Yuan left the hall determined to carry out his orders.

Liu Yuan rallied the Azure Spirit Realm’s cultivators to carry out Zhou Ming’s order to gather fortune from every world in the Flowing Light Domain. After showing them the immense origins Zhou Ming had bestowed on him, he divided the regions among them, while Zhou Ming continued breaking through the shackles on his origin.

• Liu Yuan summoned Gu Chen and the other cultivators of the Azure Spirit Realm and announced Zhou Ming’s expanded order to gather fortune from even the smallest worlds.
• Liu Yuan displayed three masses of Hunyuan Infinite origin and promised rewards to those who contributed the most, winning the cultivators’ eager loyalty.
• Liu Yuan assigned Gu Chen, Zhang Xuan, Li Mo, and the other Hunyuan Grand Unity cultivators territories and distributed Zhou Ming’s transmission tokens.
• Gu Chen and the others departed to begin plundering worlds across the outskirts of the Flowing Light Domain.
• Liu Yuan left to refine the origins, while Zhou Ming continued directing the fortune he had absorbed against the shackles binding his origin.

Luo Tian and the Divine Luo Domain envoys arrived in the Flowing Light Domain, armed with the Heaven-Inspecting Mirror and ordering a massive search for their enemies. Meanwhile, Gu Chen’s team began its assault on Blackwood Realm as it continued seizing worlds for Liu Yuan.

• Luo Tian arrived with the blue-robed man, the woman in red, and six other Hunyuan Infinite Peak experts, and Gan Tian recounted the enemy’s actions.
• Luo Tian revealed the Heaven-Inspecting Mirror and ordered each of the Ten Great Dao Realms to send fifty experts to search the Flowing Light Domain.
• The realm lords agreed to cooperate, and the Divine Luo Domain mobilized a vast force to hunt down the raiders.
• Gu Chen and fifteen peak Saints surrounded Blackwood Realm after taking three great worlds and demanded its Fortune, resources, and allegiance.
• Gu Chen ordered his team to attack Blackwood Realm’s Dao Field, hoping to finish the conquest and earn a reward from Liu Yuan.

Luo Tian and more than fifty Hunyuan Infinite experts cornered Gu Chen and his companions, demanding their talisman and the fortune they had gathered. Luo Tian used the Heaven-Inspecting Mirror to block the talisman, but Gu Chen escaped with everyone using a Cross-Realm Token, and Luo Tian tracked them down and gave chase.

• Luo Tian and the others appeared around Gu Chen's group, and the man in green demanded to know where Gu Chen's senior was.
• Luo Tian offered to spare Gu Chen's group if they surrendered the talisman and their fortune and led him to their senior.
• Gu Chen activated the talisman, but Luo Tian used the Heaven-Inspecting Mirror to block its attack until it went dark.
• Gu Chen activated the Cross-Realm Token and fled with his companions while Luo Tian's group was still encircling them.
• Luo Tian used a black compass to locate the fugitives and led his forces in pursuit.

After Luo Tian and his allies pursued Gu Chen’s group through repeated teleportations, Gu Chen decided to lead them back to the Azure Spirit Realm and seek protection from Senior Zhou. Luo Tian followed at a calculated distance, hoping the fugitives would guide him to their base.

• Gu Chen and the Saints escaped through a spatial rift, then prepared to return to the Azure Spirit Realm and report to Lord Liu Yuan.
• Luo Tian and his allies tracked Gu Chen’s group with the Soulchaser after they teleported away again.
• Luo Tian ordered his companions to follow without attacking so the group would lead them to its base.
• Over several days, Gu Chen and the Saints exhausted their Law Power as their pursuers repeatedly caught up with them.
• Gu Chen decided to lead the pursuers back to the Azure Spirit Realm, and the Saints agreed that it was their only chance.
• Gu Chen used the last of his Law Power to activate his Teleportation Token and head for Senior Zhou.

Gu Chen and his group returned to the Azure Spirit Realm with powerful pursuers on their trail, including three Hunyuan Infinite peak experts and a treasure that could block Zhou Ming’s talismans. Liu Yuan and the others sought Zhou Ming’s help, and he calmly told them he already knew and would handle the matter.

• Gu Chen and his group escaped through a spatial rift to the Azure Spirit Realm while enemies pursued them.
• Gu Chen called for Liu Yuan’s help and warned that the attackers had a supreme treasure capable of countering Zhou Ming’s talismans.
• Liu Yuan, Cang Yu, Qin Jue, and other cultivators gathered as Gu Chen described the ambush and the enemy force approaching the realm.
• Liu Yuan and the others knelt before Zhou Ming and reported that the pursuers had reached the Azure Spirit Realm.
• Zhou Ming said he already knew what had happened and told them to withdraw, leaving Liu Yuan and Cang Yu uncertain about his response.

Luo Tian and more than fifty Hunyuan Infinite experts invaded the Azure Spirit Realm, searching for the force that had led them there. Zhou Ming emerged from the Realm Lord’s Hall, warned them to leave, and faced their ridicule.

• Liu Yuan and the others saw dozens of figures surround the Azure Spirit Realm as the invading force arrived.
• Luo Tian, the man in green, and the woman in red discussed whether the Realm Lord’s Hall might conceal a trap before Luo Tian ordered the experts to attack.
• The Ten Great Dao Realms’ Hunyuan Infinite experts tore through the realm’s boundary, and Luo Tian searched the Azure Spirit Realm but found no powerful presence beyond those in the square.
• Zhou Ming appeared at the Realm Lord’s Hall and walked into the square, startling Luo Tian and his companions, who had not sensed him.
• Zhou Ming offered the invaders a chance to leave, but they laughed at him and mocked his apparent lack of Law Power.

Zhou Ming effortlessly suppressed Luo Tian and the Hunyuan Infinite experts, revealing power from the Great Luo True Realm. Luo Tian and his companions begged for mercy and offered the Flowing Light Domain, invoking a True Lord of the Divine Luo Domain, while Liu Yuan and the others realized Zhou Ming’s true realm.

• Zhou Ming silenced Luo Tian by unleashing a conceptual suppression that forced dozens of Hunyuan Infinite experts to their knees.
• Luo Tian recognized that Zhou Ming wielded power above Hunyuan Infinite, while the man in green and the woman in red trembled under his pressure.
• Zhou Ming questioned Luo Tian about the ancient mirror and asked whether he came from the Divine Luo Domain.
• Luo Tian identified himself as a junior of the Divine Luo Domain, dropped the Heaven-Inspecting Mirror, and begged Zhou Ming to forgive him.
• Luo Qingshan and Huo Ling'er knelt and greeted Zhou Ming as Your Excellency, leading Liu Yuan, Cang Yu, and the others to realize he was of the Great Luo True Realm.
• Luo Tian pleaded for his life by invoking a True Lord of the Divine Luo Domain and offered Zhou Ming the Flowing Light Domain as an apology.

Zhou Ming learned that the Divine Luo Domain’s secluded True Lord had reached the peak of the Extreme Dao Stage and that Luo Tian’s small party had come because the Domain War was approaching. After Zhou Ming said he would take the Flowing Light Domain himself, Luo Tian argued that sparing them and accepting the domain through the Divine Luo Domain would avoid needless conflict, leaving everyone waiting for Zhou Ming’s decision.

• Zhou Ming questioned Luo Tian about the Divine Luo Domain’s True Lord and learned he had reached the peak of the Extreme Dao Stage before entering seclusion.
• Luo Tian explained that the coming Domain War had drawn away the Divine Luo Domain’s strongest cultivators, so the Domain Lord sent only three envoys to investigate the Flowing Light Domain.
• Zhou Ming rejected Luo Tian’s offer to hand over the Flowing Light Domain and said he would take it himself.
• Luo Tian pleaded for his life, arguing that Zhou Ming could obtain the Flowing Light Domain without bloodshed by letting the envoys return and arrange its transfer.
• Liu Yuan and the others watched Zhou Ming, wondering whether he would accept Luo Tian’s proposal.

Zhou Ming killed Luo Tian, the man in green, and Huo Ling'er to prevent the Divine Luo Domain from learning about him and his suppression by the Rule Shackles. He enslaved the remaining Hunyuan Infinite cultivators to expand Fortune-gathering across neighboring domains, leaving Liu Yuan to lead them as the hall doors closed.

• Zhou Ming decided that letting Luo Tian and the others return would risk exposing his weakness to the Great Luo True Lord of the Divine Luo Domain.
• Zhou Ming erased Luo Tian, the man in green, and Huo Ling'er, then shattered the Ancient Bronze Mirror.
• The Hunyuan Infinite cultivators begged for mercy, and Zhou Ming planted dark-gold restrictions in their True Spirits.
• Zhou Ming told Liu Yuan and Cang Yu that the new recruits would help them gather Fortune faster across more domains.
• Zhou Ming returned to the hall, and Liu Yuan told the surviving cultivators that they were on the same side.

Liu Yuan explained that the captured Hunyuan Infinite experts would serve the senior by gathering Fortune and could keep the other spoils they earned. He learned that the Ten Great Dao Realms had recalled their patrols and that the Divine Luo Domain had tracked Gu Chen and the others using a rare artifact called the Soulchaser.

• Liu Yuan told the captured experts that the senior's restriction controlled their lives and that they would work for him gathering Fortune.
• Liu Yuan said the senior wanted only Fortune, while the captured experts could divide other spoils according to their contributions.
• Liu Yuan questioned Mo Yun about the Ten Great Dao Realms' patrols, and Mo Yun said they had all been recalled after Liu Yuan destroyed a patrol.
• Liu Yuan asked how the Divine Luo Domain had tracked Gu Chen and the others across realms.
• Mo Yun explained that a rare Divine Luo Domain artifact called the Soulchaser, crafted by a Great Luo True Lord, could track designated targets.

Liu Yuan learned that the Ten Great Dao Realms commanded at least a thousand Hunyuan Infinite experts, then organized his forces to seize Fortune across the Flowing Light Domain before the Divine Luo Domain sent another group. He dispatched teams to major, medium, and small worlds, ordering them to conquer resistance and recruit those who submitted.

• Mo Yun told Liu Yuan that each Dao Realm had at least a hundred Hunyuan Infinite experts and that their combined strength exceeded a thousand.
• Liu Yuan divided the fifty-odd surrendered Hunyuan Infinite experts into ten teams and assigned them to clear the thousand highest-ranked major worlds.
• Liu Yuan gave each team Cross-Realm Tokens and an attack talisman, ordering them to gather Fortune, suppress resistance, and recruit those who submitted.
• Liu Yuan assigned Cang Yu, Qin Jue, and other trusted Hunyuan Grand Unity experts to support and oversee the teams.
• Liu Yuan organized the remaining Hunyuan Grand Unity experts and Saints into groups to seize Fortune from medium and small worlds and expand their forces.

Liu Yuan proposed attacking the Ten Great Dao Realms while they were vulnerable, but Zhou Ming rejected the plan because it could bring the Divine Luo Domain’s powerful experts down on them. Zhou Ming ordered Liu Yuan to finish clearing the outskirts and wait until the Domain War occupied the Divine Luo Domain before striking.

• Liu Yuan watched the teams depart to clear the Flowing Light Domain’s outskirts and considered the Fortune he would gain.
• Liu Yuan went to Zhou Ming and proposed seizing the Ten Great Dao Realms to control the Flowing Light Domain.
• Zhou Ming told Liu Yuan to leave the Ten Great Dao Realms alone because their Cross-Domain Teleportation Array could summon help from the Divine Luo Domain.
• Zhou Ming refused to intervene personally, concerned that doing so would draw the attention of a Great Luo True Realm expert.
• Zhou Ming instructed Liu Yuan to clear the outskirts first and wait until the Domain War kept the Divine Luo Domain occupied before dealing with the Ten Great Dao Realms.

Zhou Ming ruled that Gu Chen’s team would be spared death for leading enemies to headquarters, but would have to surrender all gains while cleansing ten great worlds. Liu Yuan delivered the order, and the team eagerly set out to complete the mission as Liu Yuan went into seclusion to refine the three clusters of Hunyuan Infinite origins.

• Liu Yuan told Zhou Ming that Gu Chen’s team had led Divine Luo Domain enemies to the Azure Spirit Realm and asked how they should be punished.
• Zhou Ming spared Gu Chen’s team the death penalty but ordered them to cleanse ten great worlds and surrender all their gains.
• Liu Yuan announced the order to Gu Chen and the Saints, who were relieved and grateful to Zhou Ming.
• Gu Chen led his team out to cleanse ten great worlds and redeem themselves through merit.
• Liu Yuan withdrew to refine the origins of the three clusters of Hunyuan Infinite.

After Luo Tian, Luo Qingshan, and Huo Ling’er died in the Flowing Light Domain, Xuanji suspected a trap but refused to send more forces before the Domain War. The rulers of the Ten Great Dao Realms received orders to retreat and leave the enemy alone, leaving them worried that the Divine Luo Domain had abandoned them.

• Xuanji learned that Luo Tian, Luo Qingshan, and Huo Ling’er had died and that the Hunyuan Infinite experts sent to assist Luo Tian had vanished.
• Ming Luo suggested that an enemy had used the Flowing Light Domain as bait to weaken the Divine Luo Domain ahead of the Domain War.
• Xuanji ordered the Divine Luo Domain to leave the Flowing Light Domain alone and blamed the Nether Demon Domain for the deaths.
• Xuanji ordered the Ten Great Dao Realms to withdraw into their Dao Realms unless their homes were attacked directly.
• Gan Tian told the gathered rulers about the decree, and Xue Ku protested that they were being told to stand by while enemies ravaged their land.

The Ten Great Dao Realms accepted Divine Luo Domain’s order to seal themselves off, abandoning the outer worlds to the attackers. Mo Yun and other squads plundered the Flowing Light Domain, sending Fortune, resources, and Origin Essence toward the Azure Spirit Realm.

• Gan Tian explained that Divine Luo Domain would not intervene because Luo Tian’s death revealed a powerful force in the Flowing Light Domain, and the realm lords agreed to seal their Dao Realms and abandon the outer worlds.
• Jun Tian Lord said the Ten Great Dao Realms would try to reclaim their territories after the Domain War, while Gan Tian realized their old dominance would never return.
• Mo Yun and his squad broke Blackwood Realm’s defenses, killed its lord, seized its Fortune and Origin Essence, and ordered the realm stripped of its resources.
• Gu Chen led his squad through worlds with frantic zeal, treating their plundering as a test and a chance to atone for their supposed punishment.
• Plundering spread across the Flowing Light Domain as recruited Saints and realm lords attacked weaker worlds, with the stolen wealth flowing toward the Azure Spirit Realm.