Chapter Summaries

After Su Ye used Dao Discussion Wine to explain how the True Self imprint could reflect and deepen other imprints, Xiao Yuan defeated the Eight Great Prodigies by using his Six Paths to evolve all things and demonstrate the Way of Combination. Xiao Yuan then invited Su Ye to share a jar of wine as an equal, and the world recognized the meeting as “King vs King.”

• Su Ye finished expounding his understanding of True Self as Mirror, restoring the imprints of Li Aoxue, Jun Wuxie, Jun Qingwu, Zhang Yongheng, and Luo Li, while the Eight Great Prodigies listened without claiming the remaining wine.
• Xiao Yuan challenged the Eight Great Prodigies together to prove himself worthy of drinking with Su Ye, and Lin Wudi stepped forward to confront him.
• Xiao Yuan unleashed his Six Paths against the eight prodigies and revealed that they could evolve and imitate all kinds of imprints.
• Xiao Yuan explained that his Six Paths embodied the Way of Combination, using different things to create new forms of emergence, and crushed the Eight Great Prodigies in an imprint contest.
• Xiao Yuan sat opposite Su Ye, brought out a jar of wine named Yuan Ye, and invited him to drink together as equals.

The Drinking and Dao Discussion narrowed to Su Ye and Xiao Yuan, whose opposing imagery paths and mutual respect drew the attention of powerful martial artists. Xiao Yuan prepared to use a Divine Artifact to treat Su Ye’s injuries, declaring that Su Ye was worthy of it.

• Online discussion surged as spectators recognized Su Ye and Xiao Yuan as the only contestants qualified for the final round.
• Many observers predicted Su Ye would lose because of his worsening injuries, limited background, and the advantage they believed Xiao Yuan’s path held.
• Xiao Yuan poured Su Ye wine called Yuan Ye, explaining that it contained his imagery insights from every stage.
• Xiao Yuan revealed the Tip of the Eight Fiends Divine Blood Leaf, shocking the venue and prompting Jingkong Supreme to demand that he stop.
• Xiao Yuan defied Jingkong Supreme, added the Divine Artifact to the wine to treat Su Ye, and said, "He is Worthy."

Su Ye used his Special-Class Merit and Myriad Law University rewards to trade for Xiao Yuan’s chance to study the Myriad Laws Inscription Dao Stone. Principal Jiang Dingxu approved and invited them both to Myriad Laws, where he would open the stone himself.

• Su Ye drank five jars of Yuan Ye Wine infused with the Eight Fiends Divine Blood Leaf, rapidly healing the injuries he suffered in Uneven Forest.
• Su Ye asked Vice Principal Liu Gan to honor Principal Jiang’s promise and let him use the Myriad Laws Inscription Dao Stone for a Dao Discussion.
• Su Ye offered his Demon-Slaying Special-Class Merit, honorary Contribution Points, and special recruitment terms in exchange for a chance for Xiao Yuan to use the stone.
• Jiang Dingxu approved Su Ye’s offer and invited both Su Ye and Xiao Yuan to Myriad Laws, promising to open the stone for them himself.

Su Ye and Xiao Yuan arrived at Myriad Laws Academy to test their Imprints against the academy’s historic paths. Principal Jiang Dingxu and Zhou Wujing inscribed their latest insights, setting the stage for the youths to take their turn.

• Su Ye and Xiao Yuan left the Dao Discussion Restaurant and headed to Myriad Laws Academy as crowds rushed to witness their Imprint contest.
• More than thirty Martial Dao Supremes, the Eight Great Historical-level Monsters, and Principal Jiang Dingxu gathered before the Inscription Dao Stone to await them.
• Jiang Dingxu inscribed his new insight, [Order], which rose from fourth place to first.
• Zhou Wujing added his insight, [Boundless], and its manifestation tied with Jiang Dingxu’s for first place.
• Jiang Dingxu and Zhou Wujing withdrew from the stone and invited Su Ye and Xiao Yuan to take their turn as a photograph of the scene went viral under the trending topic [Legacy].

Su Ye and Xiao Yuan began a joint Dao contest at the Myriad Laws Inscription Dao Stone, revealing manifestations that could absorb the strengths of past supreme experts. Their techniques transformed their manifestations into worlds as the crowd watched in shock.

• Su Ye and Xiao Yuan bowed to Jiang Dingxu, Zhou Wujing, and the past supreme experts before agreeing to inscribe their Dao together.
• Su Ye and Xiao Yuan placed their hands on the Myriad Laws Inscription Dao Stone and began engaging with the points of light at its base.
• Tong Ruoxian explained that the two were trying to encompass the strengths of every supreme expert represented on the stone.
• Jiang Dingxu and Zhou Wujing recognized that Su Ye and Xiao Yuan intended to absorb and surpass the ancient sages' manifestations.
• Su Ye used True Self Reflects World to reflect the manifestations into nourishment, while Xiao Yuan used Six Paths Evolves World to absorb them into an inner ecosystem.

Xiao Yuan and Su Ye revealed opposing ways to build inner worlds by conquering the imagery on the Myriad Laws Inscription Dao Stone. Though they advanced at first at nearly the same pace, observers expected Xiao Yuan to reach the strongest imagery first because of his greater knowledge and his more efficient path.

• Xiao Yuan used Six Paths Samsara to replicate an entire world, while Su Ye absorbed powerful experts' imagery to open a world of the True Self.
• The crowd marveled as both men rapidly conquered points of light and grew stronger through their distinct methods.
• Observers recognized that Su Ye had offered the Dao Discussion despite knowing it would help Xiao Yuan advance his Blood Nourishing imagery.
• People debated who would reach the top of the Dao Stone first and judged Xiao Yuan's Replication Emergence more efficient than Su Ye's Abstracting the Self.
• An expert said the difference would show when the two confronted the strongest imagery, and the crowd predicted Xiao Yuan would win.

Su Ye and Xiao Yuan raced up the Myriad Laws Inscription Dao Stone, absorbing and surpassing Imprints at nearly the same pace. They reached the final two Light Spots, setting up a contest between their Imprints and the legendary Boundless and Order.

• Su Ye surpassed Liu Gan’s Vast Thunder Imprint as he and Xiao Yuan climbed through the Light Spots at nearly identical speeds.
• The crowd and online viewers watched Su Ye keep pace with Xiao Yuan, while Qin Hanxin and Zhang Tan took pride in Su Ye’s showing and Lin Qingyue hoped Xiao Yuan would win.
• Tong Ruo struggled to keep up with the two youths as they absorbed the increasingly powerful Imprints.
• Su Ye and Xiao Yuan reached the final two Light Spots, named Boundless and Order.
• The Inscription Dao Stone presented the matchups [True Self] versus [Boundless] and [Six Paths] versus [Order].

Su Ye confronted Zhou Wujing’s boundless imagery and struggled to see how his finite True Self could overcome the infinite. He found his answer by accepting that he did not need to resolve infinity now, only to keep walking the path of seeking it.

• Zhou Wujing explained that his boundless imagery was a difficult challenge for the True Self Path, while Jiang Dingxu watched Su Ye and Xiao Yuan face it.
• Su Ye perceived Zhou Wujing’s imagery as infinite threads connecting everything, while Xiao Yuan confronted the all-encompassing imagery of Order.
• Su Ye and Xiao Yuan both stopped to contemplate, as the observers realized neither imagery had an obvious answer at their current realms.
• Su Ye drew on the perspectives of his two lives and rejected denying infinity, but his attempts to reason it out left him trapped in confusion.
• Su Ye cleared his mind, stepped onto an infinite thread, and resolved to use his finite self to seek the path of infinity.
• Zhou Wujing laughed as Infinite descended from its highest position.

Xiao Yuan and Su Ye both answered the Dao challenge of [Order], with Xiao Yuan explaining that his Six Paths world could include Order rather than oppose it. Their near-simultaneous answers stunned the audience, and the final comparison between their remaining Dao concepts began.

• Xiao Yuan perceived [Order] as a complete system of rules and asked who he was, where he stood, and what he was doing.
• Xiao Yuan said he did not need to defy Order because it emerged from all things and could become part of the world he evolved through the Six Paths Samsara.
• The [Order] light spot descended as the crowd marveled that Xiao Yuan and Su Ye had answered almost simultaneously.
• The Eight Great Prodigies, especially Zeng Luantian and Lin Wudi, were shaken by the pair’s ability to transcend their path of [Conquest].
• The light spots switched to [Six Paths] against [Boundless] and [True Self] against [Order], leaving the crowd waiting to see who would reach the highest point.

Xiao Yuan and Su Ye faced the final challenges of Zhou Wujing’s Boundless and Jiang Dingxu’s Order manifestations, using each other’s insights to complete their own paths. Both reached the summit, but the chapter ended with the crowd awaiting the verdict on who had won.

• Xiao Yuan realized he could answer Zhou Wujing’s infinite spread by establishing its starting point and direction, but he still needed to discover the singularity’s essence.
• Su Ye concluded that he could coexist with objective order while breaking laws that violated his principles, though he still needed a way to unite knowledge and action.
• Xiao Yuan used the Heaven and Earth Mirror and the idea of reflection to find the starting point of Boundless and complete the Six Paths.
• Su Ye used the structure of his actions and his present identity to determine who he was and what he must do, completing the True Self Path.
• Xiao Yuan and Su Ye each took a step as Boundless and Order descended, and both reached the summit, leaving the crowd to wonder who had won.

Su Ye and Xiao Yuan reached the summit of the Myriad Laws Inscription Dao Stone, leaving their strength apparently even. Xiao Yuan gave up his lead in the ranking, choosing to seek the Dao rather than victory, and declared that Su Ye alone among their peers deserved that gesture.

• The crowd watched as Su Ye and Xiao Yuan's light spots stabilized at the peak, apparently neck and neck.
• Xiao Yuan laughed, then lowered his [Six Paths] light spot by half a position, astonishing the spectators and Martial Dao Supremes.
• Xiao Yuan told Su Ye that he had noticed Su Ye's injuries had not fully healed, while Su Ye replied that they did not matter and acknowledged Xiao Yuan's imagery.
• Xiao Yuan caught Su Ye's forearm and declared that he sought the Dao, not victory; Su Ye understood and lowered his hand.
• Xiao Yuan praised the Drinking and Dao Discussion and said that, among Long Hua's peers, only Su Ye was worthy of his gesture.

After their Dao discussion, Xiao Yuan and Su Ye agreed to meet again as Martial Gods and compete together for entry to the Eight Fiends Secret Realm. Lan Yao announced that Longhua’s top eight Heavenly Chosen under twenty-two would represent the country in a global contest eight months later.

• Xiao Yuan proposed that he and Su Ye return to the Myriad Laws Inscription Dao Stone after reaching the Martial God realm to settle their contests, and Su Ye agreed.
• Xiao Yuan invited Su Ye to compete with him for Mystic Realm entry slots in eight months and explained the SS-class Eight Fiends Secret Realm’s limited entry and global stakes.
• Lan Yao announced that the top eight on the Dragon Phoenix Ascending God Ranking would represent Longhua in the international contest for entry slots.
• Xiao Yuan asked Su Ye to join him in the contest, and Su Ye agreed despite concerns about Longhua’s disadvantage against other countries’ cultivation systems.

Su Ye and Xiao Yuan announced their intention to reach the top eight of the Dragon Phoenix Ascending God Ranking, stirring nationwide debate and excitement. As Su Ye’s achievements brought pride to Shenyun First High School, Lin Qingyue collapsed after seeing him take first place again, insisting through tears that she would never regret her choices.

• Su Ye and Xiao Yuan said they aimed for the top eight of the Dragon Phoenix Ascending God Ranking, prompting widespread disbelief and anticipation.
• Su Su and Wang Yuerong felt proud and worried, while Shenyun First High School students celebrated Su Ye and Principal Sun Rui ordered more banners honoring his achievements.
• The other three high schools in Shenyun City envied Shenyun First High School but hoped Su Ye’s fame would also attract students to their schools.
• Zhou Wujing celebrated Su Ye’s success, while Lin Qingyue, Su Li, Lin Yue, and others reacted with anger and distress.
• Lin Qingyue coughed up blood, collapsed, and wept as she repeatedly insisted that she would never regret her choices.

Lin Wudi challenged Su Ye and Xiao Yuan, then used the Nine Nether Black Coffin as his Dao Foundation Artifact to break through into the Origin Fusion Realm. He formed ten paths of Nether Origin Power before the Myriad Laws Inscription Dao Stone and declared that he would not accept the title of Twin Kings of a Generation.

• Lin Wudi declared that he would not accept Su Ye and Xiao Yuan being called the Twin Kings of a Generation.
• Lin Wudi set down the Nine Nether Black Coffin, and Zhou Wujing recognized that he had formed a Tenth Extreme Bone with powerful backing.
• Lin Wudi poured his Blood Qi Power and Spiritual Power into the coffin to begin breaking through into the Origin Fusion Realm.
• The Nine Nether Black Coffin compressed Lin Wudi's powers and drew down a ray of black light from the heavens and earth.
• Lin Wudi formed ten paths of Nether Origin Power, astonishing the crowd and challenging Su Ye and Xiao Yuan to stop looking down on him.

Lin Wudi stunned the crowd by becoming the first publicly known high school senior in Longhua Kingdom to reach Origin Fusion and condense ten dao of origin power. When he grabbed Xiao Yuan, Xiao Yuan ordered him to let go and unleashed the aura of his Six Paths eyes, leaving the confrontation on the brink of violence.

• Tong Ruoxian, Liu Haitao, and Lan Yao were astonished by Lin Wudi's ten dao of origin power and his exceptional talents.
• The crowd focused on Lin Wudi, who felt his achievements had finally drawn attention after being overshadowed all day.
• Xiao Yuan and Su Ye ignored Lin Wudi as they left the area, infuriating him.
• Lin Wudi grabbed Xiao Yuan by the shoulder, and Xiao Yuan called him a loser dog and told him to let go.
• Xiao Yuan turned his Six Paths eyes on Lin Wudi, releasing a terrifying aura as the crowd watched their confrontation escalate.

Xiao Yuan challenged Lin Wudi at the Drinking and Dao Discussion, but Jiang Dingxu stopped their fight and directed them to the Dragon Phoenix Ascending God Ranking. Later, Su Ye revealed that the Nine Extremes Yin-Yang Breathing Meditation Technique was also his chosen Essence Condensation Technique and said he had already prepared a Dao Foundation Artifact.

• Xiao Yuan used the Six Paths Evolves World to break Lin Wudi's grip, and Lin Wudi challenged him to fight at the Blood Nourishing Extreme Realm.
• Xiao Yuan claimed he could defeat Lin Wudi in five moves, but Jiang Dingxu ended the discussion and told them to compete on the Dragon Phoenix Ascending God Ranking.
• Lin Wudi left after declaring he would reach the ranking's top eight, while the other Historical-level Monsters departed with their resolve intact.
• Zhou Wujing offered Su Ye his Virtual Truth Origin Condensing Technique, but Su Ye explained that the Nine Extremes Yin-Yang Breathing Meditation Technique could also condense essence and suited his potential.
• Jiang Dingxu invited Su Ye to choose a Dao Foundation Artifact from the Academy Treasury, but Su Ye said he had already formed an idea and made preparations.

Su Ye revealed that he planned to use his Domain Prototype to make Heaven and Earth the furnace of his Dao Foundation. He fused Heaven and Earth, the Yin-Yang Profound Strange Fire, Return to the World, and Nine Extremes Origin Condensation, then entered the Origin Fusion Realm.

• Su Ye rejected the assumption that he would use only his Destiny Sword or exotic fire and sat down to try his own idea.
• Su Ye released a Domain Prototype, astonishing the elders, who realized the reports of his earlier feats were true.
• Su Ye declared that he would link his Domain Prototype with Heaven and Earth and make it the furnace of his Dao Foundation.
• Su Ye combined Heaven and Earth, the Yin-Yang Profound Strange Fire, Return to the World, and Nine Extremes Origin Condensation to form his Dao Foundation Artifact.
• Thunder rolled and the stars blazed as Su Ye entered the Origin Fusion Realm, prompting the arena to ask how many paths he had formed.

After the Drinking and Dao Discussion spurred the young prodigies to act, He Xinghai and Tan Yiyang each entered the Origin Fusion Realm with ten paths of Yuan Power, using mysterious artifacts as their foundations. As strange breakthroughs spread across Long Hua, six people at Myriad Laws were stunned by what they saw behind Su Ye.

• He Xinghai chose the nameless ancient book over his family’s Martial God weapon and entered the Origin Fusion Realm with ten paths of Yuan Power and the Rune Speech trait.
• He Xinghai demonstrated that Rune Speech let his spoken commands make a flower bloom, wither, and turn to dust, then declared he would contend for the Dragon Phoenix Ascending God title.
• Tan Yiyang used the Universe Seal as his Dao Foundation Artifact and entered the Origin Fusion Realm with ten paths of Yuan Power and the Heaven and Earth trait, having also comprehended a Domain Prototype.
• Tan Yiyang vowed to face his rivals on the Dragon Phoenix Ascending God Ranking, while strange phenomena and reports of breakthroughs spread across Long Hua.
• At Myriad Laws, Jiang Dingxu, Zhou Wujing, Liu Gan, Qin Hanxing, Zhang Tan, and Xu Yong stared in disbelief at the Yuan Power behind Su Ye.

Su Ye broke through to the Origin Fusion Realm and appeared to have condensed only one Path of Origin Power, shocking the elders. He revealed that he had opened a path, while Senior Brother Luo sensed an ancient gate move and wondered what Su Ye had awakened.

• Su Ye’s breakthrough produced a brief, unprecedented celestial phenomenon before heaven and earth fell silent.
• The elders saw a single strand of chaotic Origin Power around Su Ye and feared his talent had been ruined.
• Su Ye smiled and told the elders that he had opened the path and that it was more astonishing than he had expected.
• Su Ye changed his Origin Power, leaving the six elders horrified and asking how it was possible.
• In the Sea of Thorns Secret Realm, Senior Brother Luo suppressed a celestial phenomenon and sensed an ancient gate move.
• Senior Brother Luo questioned whether Su Ye’s techniques had triggered the gate and concluded that his junior brother might be an unprecedented monster.

Su Ye demonstrated that his origin power could transform from one path into myriad paths within his Domain, overturning the accepted limits of the Origin Fusion Realm. The others were left stunned as Zhou Wujing asked what trait Su Ye’s origin power possessed.

• Su Ye transformed chaotic origin power into Yin Yang, then into nine paths.
• Su Ye expanded his origin power through ten, twenty, forty, eighty, and thousands of paths, reaching myriad paths throughout his Domain Prototype.
• Su Ye explained that the quantity of his origin power no longer mattered because his Heaven and Earth Domain could supply it without limit as his cultivation grew.
• Liu Gan concluded that Su Ye’s path required a Domain Prototype formed in the Blood Nourishing Realm, an invincible Foundation, True Self Intent, a Lifebound Spirit Sword, and a Heaven and Earth exotic flame.
• Zhou Wujing asked Su Ye what trait his origin power possessed.