Chapter Summaries

Zhao Xing’s newly mastered Great Void Straw Man caused straw men across the Primordial Beginning Realm to explode, prompting an Enforcement Hall response and revealing growing tensions over the Si Yue Desolate Territory. He then used the spell to cross a million li of the Primordial Beginning Ocean, endured its trial for ten breaths, and was promoted to Coral Grade.

• Zhao Xing’s Great Void Straw Man disrupted straw men throughout the realm, and cultivators including Han Chiba, Mystic Pine True Person, and Tuo Sen recognized the spell’s power.
• Gong Fa and Carlos Yang arrived with the Enforcement Hall, but Zuo Qiyu took responsibility for Zhao Xing, Guluo He dismissed the matter, and the Five Poisons Emperor Lord agreed to cover the losses.
• The Five Poisons Emperor Lord told Zhao Xing that the Source Origin Heavenly Palace, Wildlands Ancient Kingdoms Alliance, and Reincarnation Divine Palace would soon join the Desolate Territory development, so Zhao Xing hurried to earn Coral Grade.
• Zhao Xing traveled through the Primordial Beginning Ocean inside his Great Void Straw Man and reached the million-li boundary, where the ocean’s power knocked him unconscious.
• Lans certified that Zhao Xing had endured ten breaths at the million-li point, and Zhao Xing’s Star Mirror changed his rank from Kelp to Coral.

After becoming a Coral Grade member, Zhao Xing used his points to cure the lingering damage in his soul and began sweeping through the Primordial Beginning Realm’s missions with his Great Void Straw Man. He broke the Wind Thunder Canyon record, drew the attention of challengers, and moved on to the Mountain-Moving Mission at Layered World Mountain.

• Zhao Xing reached Coral Grade, received access to Coral City and the Empire’s critical departments, and bought treasures to treat his soul’s side effects.
• Zhao Xing used Soul Cleansing Jade and Rice Soul Worms to remove the parasites and damage left by consuming five hundred Soul Spirit Pills.
• Zhao Xing sent out the Great Void Straw Man and accepted over a thousand point missions, then broke the first-place Wind Thunder Canyon record and earned ten million points.
• Han Chiba, Pu Tianrui, Wu Yanlin, and other cultivators rushed to challenge Zhao Xing, but he had already left the canyon.
• Zhao Xing arrived at Layered World Mountain and entered the Threefold World Mountain to begin the Mountain-Moving Mission.

Zhao Xing used the Great Void Straw Man to sweep through Primordial Beginning Realm checkpoints, rising to first place among Ministers of Agriculture with 3.7 billion points before abandoning the incarnation after failing World Star Annihilation's third checkpoint. He refused challenges seeking to see the Straw Man, while Du Yun and Zhan Ze discussed negotiations over the development of the Si Yue Desolate Territory.

• Zhao Xing excavated mountain corners at Threefold World Mountain, first earning 12.54 million points without making the leaderboard, then reaching seventh place and gaining another 25.08 million points.
• Zhao Xing left Layered World Mountain, and Han Chiba and Mystic Pine True Person discussed his Great Void Straw Man and how his persistence had earned him the art.
• Zhao Xing rapidly advanced through Primordial Beginning Realm checkpoints, reaching first-level Coral Grade within days and becoming the top Minister of Agriculture with more than 500 million points beyond Tuo Sen.
• Zhao Xing's Great Void Straw Man failed its forty-eighth attempt at the third World Star Annihilation checkpoint, so he ended his sweep and declined the many challenges sent to him.
• Du Yun read Zhao Xing's blanket refusal to accept challenges, then discussed with Zhan Ze the factions gathering to negotiate development of the Si Yue Desolate Territory.

Zhao Xing completed his cultivation in Guluo He's Inner World, spent two hundred years in seclusion, and strengthened his Dao Field and mystical powers before mastering the first layer of Extreme Land. As a gathering in Thousand Star City debated a contest to distribute resources, Five Poisons Emperor Lord proposed sending Zhao Xing to fight Du Yun with Zuo Qiyu secretly controlling his Great Void Straw Man.

• Zhao Xing mastered the second step of the Life Great Dao in Guluo He's sixth cultivation ground, then struggled to understand the Seven-Colored Flowers in the seventh.
• Zhao Xing spent 3.7 billion points on a two-hundred-year closed cultivation plan, with Emperor Chen Jiu protecting him as he cultivated on a Sun Star.
• After seclusion, Zhao Xing reviewed his improved Dao Field and mystical powers, then formed his first Extreme Veins by mastering the first layer of Extreme Land.
• Emperor Tianwu argued for a genius contest to decide the distribution of benefits, while representatives from other factions debated the eligible age limit and whether Du Yun could compete.
• Five Poisons Emperor Lord supported Emperor Tianwu's proposal and told Zuo Qiyu to send Zhao Xing, suggesting that Zuo Qiyu control Zhao Xing's Great Void Straw Man during the fight.
• Zuo Qiyu recognized that Five Poisons Emperor Lord was proposing to cheat and called him shameless.

The factions arranged a martial contest to determine how they would divide the Primordial Beginning Realm’s exploration benefits, and Du Yun prepared to break through during his match. Meanwhile, Zhao Xing sparred with Young Lotus Fairy, but Five Poisons Emperor Lord abruptly ended the fight and summoned him to meet Emperor Hongshan.

• Emperor Tianwu told Du Yun to represent Source Origin Heavenly Palace in the contest, and Du Yun agreed to break through into the Dao Domain Realm for his debut.
• Emperor Hongshan sensed that Zhao Xing had cultivated the first level of Extreme Land and went to meet him, while Five Poisons Emperor Lord resisted letting Zhao Xing visit Ancient Hill of Antiquity.
• Zhao Xing and Young Lotus Fairy fought on the Realm Star Arena, where Young Lotus Fairy used the Profound Spirit Seed Borrowing Art to seize his Plant Soldiers.
• Zhao Xing countered with Stem Fighting Immortal, Giant Yang Revival, and Great Dream Marsh, disrupting Young Lotus Fairy’s control and blocking her mental influence.
• Five Poisons Emperor Lord, Zuo Qiyu, and Emperor Hongshan appeared, and Five Poisons Emperor Lord kicked Xu Youling from the Primordial Dao Field before asking Zhao Xing whether he had kicked her well.

Zhao Xing learned that the Red Star Empire had chosen him to fight Du Yun in a contest over exploration rights, so he spent five years building a stronger Great Void Straw Man with rare materials. He then studied Emperor Hongshan’s Extreme Land and Demon God Earth Palace methods for forty-five years before Ai Miaomiao summoned him to the Primordial Dao Field to watch Du Yun battle You Beixuan.

• Five Poisons Emperor Lord explained the Empire’s exploration of the Si Yue Desolate Territory and told Zhao Xing he would fight Du Yun in the coming contests between factions.
• Zuo Qiyu supplied Zhao Xing with precious materials, and Zhao Xing spent five years crafting a Great Void Straw Man whose awakening shook Coral City.
• Five Poisons Emperor Lord arranged for Emperor Hongshan to teach Zhao Xing, who became his registered disciple and learned the Demon God Earth Palace and Extreme Land Mustard Seed Mountain.
• After forty-five years, Zhao Xing emerged from cultivation having entered the doorway of the methods, and Emperor Hongshan returned to Ancient Hill of Antiquity.
• Ai Miaomiao arrived and relayed Five Poisons Emperor Lord’s order for Zhao Xing to go to the Primordial Dao Field and watch Du Yun face You Beixuan.

Zhao Xing challenged Du Yun after Du Yun defeated You Beixuan, and secretly received Zuo Qiyu’s help through the Great Void Straw Man. The duel continued as Zhao Xing kept the Star Luck Coin aloft and asked Du Yun whether he had ever been defeated.

• Ai Miaomiao and Zhao Xing arrived at Mushroom Island, where they found Wei Lan’s Five Viscera Sprout Art had nearly killed him before Ai Miaomiao revived him.
• Du Yun endured You Beixuan’s sword attacks with his Golden Body, transformed into a massive Reincarnation Golden Body, and defeated him with only a wound to his right eye.
• Du Yun broke through to the Life and Death Dao Domain Realm with a Golden Body of 996 extremes, then prepared to leave the Dao Field.
• Zhao Xing challenged Du Yun and revealed a Great Void Straw Man built from source-origin divine weapon materials, drawing the attention of the watching factions.
• Zuo Qiyu secretly took control of the Great Void Straw Man while Zhao Xing continued attacking, and Zhao Xing knocked the Star Luck Coin back into the air before asking Du Yun if he had ever been defeated.

Zhao Xing defeated Du Yun with Zuo Qiyu controlling the Great Void Straw Man, and the victory made him famous across the star systems. The chapter then followed Cloud Heaven Dao’s concerns for his recovering companions and ended with Wang Tianzhi witnessing black rain destroy Ji Hong’s Realm Boat beyond the Profound Yellow Yin Star.

• Du Yun’s Void Severance failed against Zuo Qiyu’s perfected Yin Yang Boundary, and Zuo Qiyu counterattacked with Zhao Xing’s techniques.
• Zuo Qiyu combined Five Finger Mountain with Demon God Earth Palace to trap and refine Du Yun, prompting Five Poisons Emperor Lord to stop the fight before Du Yun died.
• Bowei inspected the Great Void Straw Man and certified that the Primordial Beginning Realm had not cheated, after which Zhao Xing’s victory spread widely.
• Five Poisons Emperor Lord ordered Zhao Xing to stay in Five Elements City and cultivate the Sprout Art under Ai Miaomiao and Wei Lan’s guidance.
• Cloud Heaven Dao learned that his Dao companion had recovered some memories while his friend remained unchanged, and he considered seeking help in the Primordial Beginning Realm.
• Wang Tianzhi watched black rain destroy Ji Hong’s Realm Boat beyond the Profound Yellow Yin Star and begin swallowing the surrounding universe.

Zhao Xing completed the first stage of the Five Elements Sprout Art, then received a sweeping appointment for the Red Star Empire’s expedition into the Si Yue Desolate Territory and spent thirty years preparing. At Jiachen Fourteenth Pass, the five leading figures of the Profound Yellow World reunited, and Ji Si confirmed that he had created the new spell Zhao Xing had asked about.

• Zhao Xing completed the Five Elements Sprout Art’s first stage after enduring years of painful cultivation and repeated Vine Juice doses from Ai Miaomiao and Wei Lan.
• Zhao Xing received appointments and permissions for the Desolate Territory expedition, including posts as a First-Rank Sea Trade Envoy and Third-Rank Star Annihilation Envoy, and learned that he had thirty years to prepare.
• The Five Poisons Emperor Lord gave Zhao Xing, Ai Miaomiao, and Wei Lan a solemn farewell before Zhao Xing departed the Primordial Beginning Realm.
• Zhao Xing bowed farewell to Zuo Qiyu, attempted to reach Gu Luo River, and began planning spells, supplies, and allies for the expedition.
• Zhao Xing hosted fellow prodigies in Coral City, where Tuo Sen defeated them in a brawl and agreed to challenge Young Lotus Fairy in the Food Supplement Art.
• After thirty years of preparation, Zhao Xing, Liu Tianning, Yun Tian Dao, Ji Che, and Ji Si reunited at Jiachen Fourteenth Pass, where Ji Si told Zhao Xing he had created the new spell.

Ji Si demonstrated the Time Dream Recall Technique, and Zhao Xing dreamed of Qing Yuzi, who warned him against returning to the Profound Yellow World and gave him a divine ability. Ji Si later tried to send a message to Wang Tianzhi, while Great Zhou developed the Luck Golden Pill and Zhao Xing prepared for an expedition; the chapter ended with Zhao Xing and Ai Miaomiao arriving at Ice Star Prison to visit the talent market.

• Ji Si used the Time Dream Recall Technique to contact Cloud Heaven Dao and Liu Tianning in dreams from their pasts, then Zhao Xing dreamed of Qing Yuzi.
• Qing Yuzi warned Zhao Xing that Ancient Physician Tianchen was dangerous, gave him the follow-up to the Reincarnation secret art, and told him not to return to the Profound Yellow World yet.
• Zhao Xing, Ji Si, Ji Che, and Cloud Heaven Dao agreed to have Ji Si attempt to contact Wang Tianzhi through dreams, then sealed their memories of the matter.
• Ji Che revealed Great Zhou's Luck Golden Pill, and Zhao Xing used his Grand Agriculture Official authority to order Liu Tianning to receive it.
• Zhao Xing delivered a speech urging participation in the Empire's exploration, while Scholar Bowei told Beins that he controlled the Omniscience Mirror and was nearing the eighth level of the Scholar's Realm.
• Zhao Xing and Ai Miaomiao arrived at Ice Star Prison to browse the talent market.

Zhao Xing cultivated the Need Seed Method in Ice Star Prison with Fan Daoyou, then set out beyond the pass after completing his preparations. As he traveled, Lord Beihe contacted him to request help with trouble facing the North River Army.

• Zhao Xing and Ai Miaomiao entered Ice Star Prison with a verified warrant and learned they could choose prisoners as cultivation subjects.
• Zhao Xing selected prisoner No. 5241, Fan Daoyou, and spent years cultivating the Need Seed Method with him, eventually realizing the art consumed innate need and damaged Fan Daoyou's lifespan.
• Zhao Xing restored Fan Daoyou's mana runes and left the prison, while Fan Daoyou admitted he still could not find peace.
• Zhao Xing returned to Coral City, completed preparations for his journey, and departed for Jia Chen Fourteenth Pass with Thousand Illusion Tree accompanying him.
• Lord Beihe contacted Zhao Xing and asked him to help with trouble facing the North River Army.

Zhao Xing arranged for the North River Army and Great Zhou’s troops to use the Sea Passage Ancient Road, then reached Jia Chen Fourteenth Pass and met its three lords. At a banquet, Yuan Xin revealed disturbing reports about the Layered World Mountain, leaving Zhao Xing concerned that the excavation had uncovered something dangerous.

• Lord Beihe asked Zhao Xing to secure passage for the North River Army, whose route to Qiao Song and Yang Zhuo’s forces would otherwise take at least fifteen years.
• Zhao Xing persuaded Yuan Qiusheng to take the North River Army under his name, then arranged to add Great Zhou’s exploration team to the supporting forces.
• During the three-year voyage, Zhao Xing cultivated the Great Reincarnation Divine Power and arrived at Jia Chen Fourteenth Pass.
• Peng Ao, Niu Hong, and Yin Er cleared Zhao Xing’s route and welcomed him with a banquet at Crystal Island.
• Yuan Xin told Zhao Xing that the Layered World Mountain had produced corpses, strange weapons, poisonous gases, and a blood rain, and that boundary-stabilizing divine weapons could not be set there.
• Yuan Xin suggested the Sea Passage Ancient Road might be a burial ground for an ancient figure, leaving Zhao Xing wondering what Ancient Hill of Antiquity had uncovered.

Zhao Xing studied Earth Epoch Cataclysms and concluded that the disasters at Layered World Mountain were caused by an Earth change, then arrived at Taoyang Base to find the Sea Passage Ancient Road in crisis. He volunteered to lead the rescue of thousands trapped inside Seventh World Mountain and asked Gu Ming’s Profound Mystery Division for assistance.

• Zhao Xing ordered Great Zhou’s expedition to pursue cautious exploration and trade rather than take on excessive combat missions.
• Zhao Xing and Chen Shijie studied Earthly Advantage Dao books, and Zhao Xing began writing a theory to explain and solve the Layered World Mountain Earth Epoch Cataclysm.
• Zhao Xing reached Taoyang Base, where Miao Song Dao Ren told him that Layered World Mountains were closing rapidly and disasters had trapped tens of thousands inside Seventh World Mountain.
• Zhao Xing rejected Miao Song Dao Ren’s advice to leave and declared that a Minister of Agriculture’s ambition was to reshape heaven and earth.
• Gu Ming challenged Zhao Xing to lead the rescue, and Zhao Xing agreed to enter Seventh World Mountain first and asked Gu Ming to assist.

Zhao Xing took command of Taoyang Star Continent after a collapse of the Layered World Mountain stranded its people, then used his knowledge to stabilize the crisis and explain the World Cliff’s effects. His treatise on overlapping boundary mountains was verified by the Ancient Hill of Change, which recognized it as a new and powerful field of techniques.

• Zhao Xing accepted responsibility for the rescue operation, but a blast damaged Taoyang Star Continent’s foundation and teleportation array, leaving its people surrounded without a clear retreat route.
• Zhao Xing suppressed the arguing officials with the Great Void Straw Man, took command, and reassured the group that they could still contact Bi Sui Base and repair the teleportation array.
• Zhao Xing demonstrated that he could identify routes through the ruins and began explaining to Qiu Ziren how to adapt Earthly Advantage techniques to the World Cliff’s changing earth veins.
• Emperor Bisui received Zhao Xing’s report and proposed evacuating Taoyang Star Continent, but Zhao Xing urged him to keep the base operating and requested miniature star continents for research.
• The Five Poisons Emperor Lord and Emperor Bisui discussed the widening crisis, while Cliff Era Lord learned that Zhao Xing’s treatise had been preliminarily verified and received orders from Lu Renjun to meet him.
• Lu Renjun declared that Zhao Xing’s treatise established an entirely new category of techniques and might make wilderness forbidden zones and the Ten Directions Mountains traversable.

Zhao Xing reorganized Taoyang Star Continent’s departments, heard plans for recovery and rescue, and forgave Bi Gang while assigning him a future mission. As Lanji Lord delivered equipment and Lord Jishan sought him out, the Origin Council debated Ancient Hill of Antiquity’s failures, where Five Poisons realized Emperor Lord Lushan was presenting Zhao Xing’s theory as the work of an Ancient Hill disciple.

• Zhao Xing secured approval for personnel reassignments as Gu Ming explained Taoyang Base’s staffing shortages and department heads proposed plans for using Land Mountain Arks and developing medicine.
• Bi Gang apologized to Zhao Xing, who forgave him and ordered him to select a thousand skilled soldiers for an expedition into Seventh World Mountain in three months.
• Lanji Lord emerged from Sixth World Mountain and delivered his goods to Zhao Xing, while Lord Jishan explained that he had personally selected the earth vein samples for him.
• At the Origin Council, Five Poisons berated Emperor Lord Lushan over Ancient Hill of Antiquity’s failures, and Lushan promised to resolve the World Mountain crisis within a hundred years.
• Emperor Lord Lushan presented Zhao Xing’s Mesozoic Triassic World Mountain Origin Theory as evidence, prompting Five Poisons to suspect that Lushan intended to claim Zhao Xing as an Ancient Hill disciple.

Zhao Xing’s treatise on Layered World Mountains earned recognition from Academy City and helped Ancient Hill of Antiquity preserve its standing. He led a massive rescue mission into the mountains, saving those trapped in Seventh and Sixth World Mountains before reaching Fourth World Mountain and rescuing Emperor Hongshan and 120,000 others.

• Lord Lushan presented Zhao Xing’s refined treatise at the Origin Council, where Bowei praised it and requested that its draft be preserved in Academy City’s Nine Classics Pavilion.
• Five Poisons Emperor Lord berated Emperor Bisui for sending Zhao Xing’s treatise to Ancient Hill of Antiquity first, while Lord Jishan met Zhao Xing and began testing the Eight Earth-Change Methods at Taoyang Base.
• Zhao Xing accepted the World Mountain rescue mission and led 210,000 Dao Domain Realm cultivators toward Seventh World Mountain to rescue those trapped inside.
• After years of work, Zhao Xing’s team rescued people from Seventh World Mountain and opened Sixth World Mountain, while Zhao Xing and Jishan went on to Fourth World Mountain to find Emperor Hongshan.
• Zhao Xing and Jishan found Emperor Hongshan and Tao Yangzi in Fourth World Mountain and taught them the Eight Methods of Earth Epoch Cataclysm.
• Emperor Hongshan broke through the mountain barriers and brought Zhao Xing, Tao Yangzi, and 120,000 trapped people out; the rescue’s success spread throughout the Profound Spirit Star Region.

Zhao Xing demonstrated his Eight Earth Transformation Arts at a major Dao discussion assembly, gaining fame across the Profound Spirit Star Region. After Five Poisons Emperor Lord warned him to keep a low profile because his fate was unclear, Ji Si arrived with urgent news from Wang Tianzhi.

• Zhao Xing explained the Eight Earth Transformation Arts at a Dao discussion assembly attended by cultivators from across the region.
• Emperor Yushu asked Zhao Xing about World-Mountain wraiths, and Zhao Xing demonstrated how Disintegration and Boiling Amber could deal with them.
• Zhao Xing demonstrated his remaining arts, and the assembly sparked a frenzy of interest in his teachings and fame.
• Five Poisons Emperor Lord urged Zhao Xing to stop attending assemblies, return to Sea Passage Ancient Road, and stay close to Hong Shan because a divination had found his fate tangled and unclear.
• Ji Si arrived at Dunya Space with urgent news from Zhao Xing's old home, and Zhao Xing eagerly asked to see it.

Wang Tianzhi reunited with Zhao Xing through Ji Si’s Eye of Destiny and sent him a record of the Profound Yellow World’s changed history, warning him not to return yet. After receiving mission rewards and free cultivation resources from the Ancient Hill of Antiquity, Zhao Xing perfected his Earthly Advantage origin in 352 years.

• Ji Si’s Time Dream Recall Technique connected Wang Tianzhi with Zhao Xing, and Wang Tianzhi sent him the history of the Profound Yellow World while warning him against returning.
• Ji Si’s Eye of Destiny collapsed from the strain, so Zhao Xing sent him to the Jiachen Pass Medical Base and sealed his memories of the exchange.
• Emperor Chen Jiu raised Zhao Xing to Coral Ninth Order and awarded him 550 million merits for the Layered World Mountain rescue mission.
• Zhao Xing exchanged 220 million merits for twenty Life Source Origin Pills and two hundred Earth Core Source Origin Pills.
• Lushan Emperor Lord told Zhao Xing that the Ancient Hill of Antiquity would provide its supreme arts and cultivation resources for free, and Zhao Xing began cultivating at Jia Chen Fourteenth Pass.
• After 352 years of cultivation, Zhao Xing perfected his Earthly Advantage origin, impressing Emperor Lushan.

After the Sea Passage Ancient Road reached a newly discovered Spirit Domain, Zhao Xing warned Emperor Hongshan that its disordered spiritual-energy rain signaled a dangerous Hou Transformation. Fifty years later, the Spirit Void Source Origin Realm was opened to a million explorers, and Zhao Xing’s team entered its Clear River Realm, where they encountered a life-form undergoing tribulation.

• Zhao Xing emerged from 352 years of cultivation having mastered 187 Source Origin Golden Pills, while his clone received Emperor Hongshan’s summons to Hongshan Hall.
• Emperor Hongshan announced that the Sea Passage Ancient Road had crossed the First Boundary Mountain and found the Grain Rain Star Region, but Zhao Xing warned that its rain signaled a dangerous Hou Transformation.
• Zhao Xing reviewed intelligence on the Annihilating Star Corridor and spoke with Ji Che, who reported Great Zhou’s growth and offered him a newly condensed Luck Golden Pill.
• Zhao Xing began secretly cultivating the Reincarnation soul technique while explorers uncovered valuable resources in the Grain Rain Star Region and the Origin Council approved entry to the young Spirit Void Source Origin Realm.
• Zhao Xing assembled an exploration team that included Yuan Qiusheng and Ji Yuan, then led them aboard a Rain of Yore Boat into the Clear River Realm.
• After their Realm Boat endured seven days of violent impact, Zhao Xing’s team saw black water, a moving mountain, and a life-form undergoing tribulation.

Zhao Xing led his team in capturing a Spirit Void Turtle as it completed its tribulation, then claimed merit for its discovery and valuable biological data. A fate reading revealed that someone in the middle realms had watched them, while a green turtle in the upper realms recognized the Human Race’s arrival and hurried to warn the Turtle Race Holy Temple.

• Zhao Xing identified the tribulating Spirit Void Turtle, organized a hunt, and waited until its true moment of weakness before ordering the team to attack and capture it alive.
• Ruan Shuheng imprinted the turtle’s innate power, while Lou Lanxiao and Yuan Qiusheng assessed its medicinal value; Zhao Xing collected specimens to develop a Spirit Void Turtle Transformation Art.
• Zhao Xing’s team received 15.75 million merit for its reports and divided the reward among the fifty members, giving Zhao Xing one million at their insistence.
• Chu Lanxing sensed that someone had watched the team from the direction of the middle realms, and Zhao Xing ordered an investigation along that route.
• In the upper realm of Appearance Star Realm, a green turtle sensed the death of Gui'er, recognized the Human Race as the foretold extraterrestrial threat, and rushed to alert the Turtle Race Holy Temple.