Chapter Summaries

Bai Yu reflected on how strength and the Heavenly Dao shaped the Primordial Wilderness’s tribulations, then settled into cultivation on Penglai Immortal Island. Using the Profound Light Pearl, he found that Fangzhang Island and Yingzhou Island lay nearby and learned their exact locations.

• Bai Yu concluded that the Witch-Demon struggle had been controlled by the Sages and the Heavenly Dao, and that only strength could overturn the greater trend.
• Bai Yu judged the Investiture of the Gods Tribulation to be the Primordial World’s third calamity and believed he could master a Source Great Dao before the Ferocious Beast Calamity ended.
• Bai Yu carved a cave dwelling near the Yellow Zhongli Plum and planted his collected Innate Spiritual Roots around Penglai Immortal Island.
• Bai Yu used the Profound Light Pearl to trace the Karma and Destiny connections linking Penglai Island to Fangzhang Island and Yingzhou Island.
• Bai Yu located Fangzhang Island nine hundred million li northwest of Penglai and Yingzhou Island eight hundred million li northeast, and wondered what treasures they held.

Bai Yu searched Fangzhang Island for Jianmu and rare treasures but found only trees aboveground. After claiming the island, he discovered an underground store of three lights divine water, a Heavenly Water Divine Pearl that produced it, and a strange piece of wood balanced between life and death.

• Bai Yu arrived on Fangzhang Island and searched its forests for Jianmu, but found no Jianmu or top-grade innate treasures.
• Bai Yu surveyed the island, confirmed its apparent lack of treasures, and refined the central stele to take control of Fangzhang Island.
• Bai Yu discovered a hidden underground space containing an enormous pool of three lights divine water.
• Bai Yu refined the Heavenly Water Divine Pearl and learned that it condensed three lights divine water, then collected the pearl and the entire pool.
• Bai Yu uncovered a short piece of wood at the bottom of the hidden space, its vitality and death held in balance.

Bai Yu discovered that a piece of wood on Fangzhang Immortal Island contained Primordial Chaos Source Qi and transformed it into the Primordial Chaos Life-Death Divine Tree. After assessing its powers, he put it away and headed to Yingzhou Island.

• Bai Yu recognized that the wood held rare Primordial Chaos Source Qi, which sustained its balanced Life-Death Qi and produced the Chaos Qi on Fangzhang Island.
• Bai Yu refined the wood into a Primordial Chaos Spiritual Root, which grew into the Primordial Chaos Life-Death Divine Tree.
• Bai Yu learned that the tree produced Chaos Qi and Primordial Chaos Divine Water, which could reverse life and death for beings beneath the Great Dao realm.
• Bai Yu stored the tree and traveled from Fangzhang Island to Yingzhou Island.

Bai Yu discovered that Yingzhou Island had become a barren, deadly wasteland because it contained a Chaos Godsfiend’s corpse remnant, still suppressed by Pangu’s axe light. He tried to investigate with Multiverse City’s Great Dao power, but the Primordial World’s Great Dao annihilated the power, Yingzhou Island, and everything on it.

• Bai Yu crossed Yingzhou Island’s baleful qi and death qi under the Profound Light Pearl’s protection and headed toward its center.
• Bai Yu found half of a Chaos Godsfiend’s corpse, whose lingering power had devastated the island while Pangu’s axe light suppressed it.
• Bai Yu reasoned that the Chaos Godsfiends might know the path to Transcendence and sent Multiverse City’s Great Dao power into the Primordial World.
• Hongjun sensed a brief upheaval in the Great Dao but could not determine its cause before the disturbance passed.
• The Primordial World’s Great Dao suppressed and annihilated Multiverse City’s power, destroying Yingzhou Island, Pangu’s axe light, and the Demon God Corpse Remnant.

Bai Yu’s use of Multiverse City’s Great Dao power triggered the Primordial World’s defenses, destroying Yingzhou Island and the Demon God Corpse Remnant. After reaching Penglai Island, he discovered that the remaining immortal islands were connected and considered whether Penglai and Fangzhang could merge.

• Bai Yu’s summoned trace of Multiverse City’s Great Dao power provoked the Primordial World’s passive defenses, which suppressed the foreign power and destroyed Yingzhou Island.
• Bai Yu watched the Demon God Corpse Remnant be annihilated and decided he had been fortunate not to be caught in the clash.
• Bai Yu returned to Penglai Immortal Island and sensed a problem with its Island Defense Array.
• Bai Yu realized the three immortal islands had once been one and that Fangzhang’s Primordial Chaos Source Qi had sustained their connected formations.
• Bai Yu considered that the damaged origins of Penglai and Fangzhang might let them merge without exceeding the Primordial World’s limits.

Bai Yu merged Fangzhang Immortal Island into Penglai Immortal Island, strengthened its defenses, and began renovating it as his home. Elsewhere, Lin Daiyu reached the Golden Immortal realm while the Chat Group remained quiet.

• Bai Yu reunited the origins of Fangzhang Immortal Island and Penglai Immortal Island, making Penglai the sole remaining island.
• Bai Yu planted the Primordial Chaos Life-Death Divine Tree beside the Yellow Zhongli Plum and created the Heavenly Water Pool to store Three Lights Divine Water.
• Bai Yu used the Primordial Measuring Sky Ruler as the core of Penglai's enhanced Island Defense Array and placed the Azure Lotus Treasured Banner on the Yellow Zhongli Plum.
• Bai Yu stopped searching the East Sea and began renovating Penglai Immortal Island as his long-term home.
• Lin Daiyu reached the Eleventh Tier and became a Golden Immortal, though her shop in Multiverse City still could not match the Chat Group members' core-district shops.

Lin Daiyu became certain that the Red Chamber World was hiding a serious secret: its Heavenly Court seemed far too weak to belong to a world containing the Twentieth Tier Great Heavenly Worthy. She returned to the Heavenly Court to meet him and uncover the truth, but the immortals and gods ignored her completely.

• Lin Daiyu reached the Eleventh Tier as a Loose Immortal and learned that the Jade Emperor was Bai Yu's Law Avatar, who would not meet her without Bai Yu's orders.
• After studying the Heavenly Court, Lin Daiyu was stunned that its Four Heavenly Kings were seventh tier, its marshals eighth tier, and its Four Imperial Sovereigns ninth tier.
• In Multiverse City, Lin Daiyu drew on what Shi Yueyao had told her about the myriad worlds and concluded that the Great Heavenly Worthy's Twentieth Tier power could not belong to the Lesser Red Chamber World.
• Lin Daiyu left Multiverse City and returned to the Heavenly Court to meet the Great Heavenly Worthy and resolve her suspicions.
• With the Nethercloud Umbrella above her head, Lin Daiyu entered the Heavenly Court, where its immortals and gods acted as though they could not see her.

Lin Daiyu visited the Jade Emperor and learned that the Great Heavenly Worthy had left behind only a Law Avatar, though he remained Multiverse City's city lord. She left the Hall of Universal Radiance reassured that she might see him again, and began wondering about Shi Yueyao's connection to him.

• Lin Daiyu entered the Hall of Universal Radiance carrying the Nethercloud Umbrella, a Sixteenth Tier Supreme Treasure the Great Heavenly Worthy had given her.
• Lin Daiyu asked the Jade Emperor whether the Great Heavenly Worthy had left, and Bai Yu's Law Avatar confirmed that he had.
• Lin Daiyu asked whether she would see the Great Heavenly Worthy again, and the Law Avatar said she would.
• Lin Daiyu asked whether the Great Heavenly Worthy was Multiverse City's city lord, and the Law Avatar confirmed it.
• Lin Daiyu left the hall and wondered whether Shi Yueyao and the core-district shopkeepers had connections to the Great Heavenly Worthy.

Lin Daiyu pieced together that the Great Heavenly Worthy had taken over Multiverse City through a powerful faction and realized she had helped him investigate its former ruler. Shi Yueyao then took her to explore a Lesser World, and Lin Daiyu asked how she had met the City Lord.

• Lin Daiyu concluded that the Great Heavenly Worthy and the core-district shop owners belonged to the faction that seized Multiverse City, and realized she had been a collaborator.
• Lin Daiyu recalled that Shi Yueyao had feelings for the City Lord and blushed when Shi Yueyao interrupted her thoughts.
• Shi Yueyao invited Lin Daiyu to use a World Token to explore a Lesser World before claiming its World Source.
• Lin Daiyu asked Shi Yueyao how she had met the City Lord, and Shi Yueyao explained that the City Lord she knew was only an avatar while the real one rarely concerned himself with Multiverse City.

Shi Yueyao spread embellished rumors about her relationship with Bai Yu to Lin Daiyu, unaware that Bai Yu could hear her. After he sent her a cold snort through the Great Dao, she panicked that he had heard everything, but he never appeared, leaving her unable to explain herself to an eager Lin Daiyu.

• Lin Daiyu listened as Shi Yueyao embellished stories about her relationship with Bai Yu and concluded that they had an ambiguous relationship.
• Bai Yu sensed Shi Yueyao spreading rumors in a Lesser World and sent a cold snort into her mind.
• Shi Yueyao froze, realizing Bai Yu might have heard her, and feared that she had ruined her image in his eyes.
• Shi Yueyao waited for Bai Yu to appear and scold or punish her, but he never showed up.
• Lin Daiyu pressed Shi Yueyao for an explanation, but Shi Yueyao refused to reveal what had happened.

Jiang Yuyan had made Multiverse City her home and had steadily advanced her cultivation with the Chat Group’s resources. The chapter also described how scarce World Tokens and Sacred Spirit Stones were, leaving Chonglou bricklaying to keep up with Yang Jian.

• Jiang Yuyan stayed in Multiverse City because the Jiang Residence and her former acquaintances did not care that she was gone, and she considered Chat Group members her family.
• Jiang Yuyan cultivated diligently, using plentiful resources to advance rapidly through the early realms.
• Chat Group members could obtain World Tokens to plunder worlds for World Source and exchange it for Sacred Spirit Stones, while other Multiverse City residents struggled to acquire them.
• Yang Jian had comprehended ninety percent of the Source Laws, while Chonglou had comprehended eighty percent and was running short of Sacred Spirit Stones.
• Shi Yueyao oversaw the distribution of the limited World Tokens as group owner, and members accepted her authority under Bai Yu’s protection.
• Chonglou worked hard at bricklaying to earn money for cultivation and try to catch up with Yang Jian.

Jiang Yuyan and Li Yunrui reached the Eighth-Tier Great Ascension Stage and prepared to conquer their worlds, while Yue Qiluo became a true Immortal. Li Yunrui built a faction to serve her plans and set her sights on making Emperor of Qing feel like a piece in his own political game.

• Jiang Yuyan reached the 8th Order Great Ascension Stage, bought several Ninth-Order Celestial Artifacts, and decided to conquer a Lesser World rather than return to her martial arts world.
• Yue Qiluo became an Immortal at the Ninth-Tier Innate Stage of the Lotus Lantern World, while Yuanshi Tianzun changed to cultivation techniques from Bai Yu's Primordial World.
• Li Yunrui reached the Eighth-Tier Great Ascension Stage, bought celestial artifacts, and grew increasingly determined to escape the world filled with Contamination Energy.
• Li Yunrui established a faction and tasked Bai Lan, Yan Xiaoyi, and other trusted subordinates with managing it and her Multiverse City shop.
• Li Yunrui's subordinates unsettled Emperor of Qing and disrupted his control, while she planned to make him experience life as a piece rather than directly overturning the game.

Li Yunrui learned that the Crown Prince and Second Prince had joined forces to rebel, while Emperor of Qing remained fixated on finding the Temple and gaining immortality. She ordered the Border Army to move, intending to let the princes’ uprising become part of a larger upheaval.

• Emperor of Qing sought immortality through the Temple because he believed Wu Zhu had gained eternal youth there.
• Bai Lan reported that the Crown Prince and Second Prince had joined forces to rebel, and Li Yunrui said she had expected them to rise up.
• Bai Lan explained that the Surveillance Bureau had already taken control of the Second Prince’s army, and Li Yunrui revealed her forces controlled it too.
• Li Yunrui told Bai Lan to let the princes make a spectacle of their rebellion so Emperor of Qing could witness the result of his own actions.
• Li Yunrui ordered the Border Army to move, and Bai Lan realized all three Border Armies were under the Eldest Princess’s control.

Li Yunrui prepared to use a hundred-thousand-man Border Army to support the Crown Prince and Second Prince’s rebellion, forcing the Emperor of Qing to intervene. The Crown Prince learned of the army’s involvement but chose to conceal it and reconsidered whether he still needed the Second Prince as an ally.

• Li Yunrui planned to have one of the three Border Armies join the rebellion, counting on Ye Liuyun’s absence to force the Emperor of Qing to act.
• The Crown Prince read Li Yunrui’s secret letter and was horrified to learn she could mobilize a hundred thousand Border Army troops.
• The Crown Prince considered telling the Emperor of Qing about the Border Army, but decided to keep the news secret so he could use it to win the throne.
• The Crown Prince decided he no longer wanted to bring the Second Prince into the rebellion, since he now believed the Border Army gave him a decisive advantage.
• The Emperor of Qing remained calm about the princes’ planned rebellion but was angered that the Crown Prince’s actions had slipped beyond his control.

The Crown Prince took the Second Prince to a secluded gorge and announced that their rebellion had begun, while secretly relying on the Border Army to seize Kyoto. The Second Prince realized the Crown Prince had brought Border Army cavalry and was left in shock.

• The Crown Prince and the Second Prince left Kyoto under the pretext of hunting, while Emperor of Qing, Director Chen, and Supervisor Fan wondered about their plans.
• Supervisor Fan reflected on his dangerous past, his friend’s death in the Niulan Street Assassination, and his marriage to Chicken Leg Girl.
• At a secluded gorge, the Crown Prince told the Second Prince to contact his private army because the rebellion had begun.
• The Second Prince angrily protested that he was unprepared and had not agreed to attack Kyoto this way.
• More than a hundred heavily armored Border Army cavalrymen appeared, and the Second Prince recognized them in terror.

The Crown Prince revealed that he had secured the loyalty of a hundred thousand Border Army troops and prepared to flee toward Kyoto with the Second Prince. In the Imperial Palace, the Emperor of Qing learned the army was marching on the capital and realized the Surveillance Bureau had no warning.

• The Crown Prince met the Border Army cavalry commander, who pledged allegiance, and asked how soon the troops could reach Kyoto.
• The Second Prince learned that a hundred thousand Border Army troops were marching to join them and understood why the Crown Prince had brought him outside Kyoto.
• The cavalry commander said the Border Army could force-march to Kyoto in two days, with a day needed to rest and reorganize.
• Director Chen reported the approaching troops to Emperor of Qing, who was shocked to learn that they had not marched on his orders.
• Emperor of Qing demanded to know why the Surveillance Bureau had missed the movement, and Director Chen reminded him that he had forbidden the bureau from interfering with the Border Army.

Emperor of Qing and Director Chen struggled to explain why a hundred thousand Border Army soldiers had rebelled and marched on Kyoto, suspecting Li Yunrui or Si Gujian. Emperor of Qing ordered Kyoto’s defenses strengthened and Ye Liuyun recalled, while the capital erupted in panic over the approaching army.

• Emperor of Qing and Director Chen suspected Li Yunrui of secretly causing the Border Army’s rebellion, then blamed Si Gujian for the army’s sudden march toward Kyoto.
• Director Chen reported that the Border Army would reach Kyoto’s borders in three days, and Emperor of Qing ordered troops gathered, the city gates sealed, and Ye Liuyun summoned from Jiangnan.
• Emperor of Qing recognized that Kyoto’s forces were poorly prepared to face the battle-hardened Border Army, but told Director Chen to hold out until Ye Liuyun returned.
• Li Yunrui had already sent people to Jiangnan to stop Ye Liuyun from returning to the capital.
• Kyoto’s military forces entered the city and sealed its gates, prompting officials and residents to panic as news of the approaching Border Army spread.
• Chancellor Lin feared Qing Kingdom was finished but took comfort in the belief that its Grand Grandmaster could defeat any army.

With Kyoto under siege by the Crown Prince’s forces, Emperor of Qing prepared to reveal his Grand Grandmaster strength and defend the city himself. The attackers overwhelmed the defenders, and the emperor left the palace as the Crown Prince anticipated taking the throne.

• Emperor of Qing learned that the Crown Prince commanded the hundred thousand Border Army troops, while Director Chen reported that all Surveillance Bureau agents sent to contact Ye Liuyun had been killed or intercepted.
• Emperor of Qing berated Director Chen and the ministers as the rebel army gathered outside Kyoto.
• The Crown Prince ordered his forces to attack the city, and the Second Prince remained submitted to him to preserve his life.
• Emperor of Qing decided to act personally rather than let the rebels breach Kyoto and force him to abdicate.
• The siege wore down Kyoto’s defenders while the Border Army suffered few casualties, and Emperor of Qing left the palace dressed in black as the Crown Prince looked forward to claiming the throne.

Emperor of Qing set out to reveal his hidden Grand Grandmaster strength and arrived at the besieged city walls. He stopped a volley of arrows in midair, leaving the Crown Prince and Second Prince stunned as they realized their rebellion was doomed.

• Emperor of Qing traveled toward the city gates with Director Chen, Chancellor Lin, and other ministers, intending to display his strength publicly.
• Emperor of Qing's aura revealed to General Qin, Supervisor Fan, and the other martial artists that he was the palace's hidden Grand Grandmaster.
• The Crown Prince's Border Army and the Second Prince's private army continued their siege of Kyoto, with the attackers gaining ground.
• Emperor of Qing appeared atop the city wall as arrows flew toward him.
• Emperor of Qing raised a hand and halted the arrows in midair, revealing his Grand Grandmaster power to both armies.
• The Crown Prince realized his rebellion was finished, while the Second Prince feared that his father had left him no path but death.

Emperor of Qing revealed his Grand Grandmaster power, annihilated the Border Army outside the city, and confronted the Crown Prince and the Second Prince. The Second Prince lowered his head in fear, while the Crown Prince remained defiant.

• Director Chen and Supervisor Fan watched in terror as Emperor of Qing turned the arrows fired at the city back against the Border Army.
• Emperor of Qing formed a gigantic hand of True Qi and crushed more than ten thousand soldiers in a single strike.
• The ordinary Border Army soldiers began fleeing as the officers struggled to keep them fighting.
• Emperor of Qing flew toward the Crown Prince and slaughtered the Border Army and its warhorses with his True Qi.
• Emperor of Qing stood before the Crown Prince and the Second Prince; the Second Prince lowered his head, while the Crown Prince glared at him defiantly.