Chapter Summaries

Li Qingyun confronted the Demon Buddha Alliance leaders who opposed his disciples attaining the Dao, then killed Jia Cang and Pan Honghuang to demonstrate his strength. The remaining Quasi-Saints retreated, while Jia You, Pan Xiong, and Old Gray remained enraged.

• Li Qingyun left the Immortal Slaying Great Formation and trapped Jia You and Jia Cang in the Chaos Banner’s domain.
• Li Qingyun killed Jia Cang with a single finger, provoking Jia You to break free and summon the Demon Buddha Alliance against him.
• Pan Xiong, Old Gray, Pan Honghuang, and other Quasi-Saints joined Jia You in attacking and denouncing Li Qingyun.
• Li Qingyun blocked Pan Honghuang’s axe and killed him with the Exquisite Pagoda before returning to the Immortal Slaying Great Formation.
• Li Qingyun warned the alliance to retreat, and the lesser Quasi-Saints withdrew in fear while Jia You, Pan Xiong, and Old Gray remained.

After killing two Quasi-Saints and driving off Jia You, Pan Xiong, and Old Gray, Li Qingyun helped Cheng Tangyin, A'li, and Houtu advance to the Second Ring Quasi-Saint realm. With the women establishing grotto-heavens to reinforce the Immortal Slaying Great Formation, Li Qingyun reunited with Cheng Tangyin at Qingya.

• Li Qingyun used the Immortal Slaying Great Formation to fend off Jia You, Pan Xiong, and Old Gray after killing Jia Cang and Pan Honghuang, and the three retreated, leaving the corpses behind.
• Cheng Tangyin, A'li, and Houtu emerged from the Three Pure Ones Great Cosmos and advanced toward the Quasi-Saint realm.
• Li Qingyun gave each woman Cosmic Fire Qi, helping them reach the Second Ring Land.
• Outer Void Saints watched the Three Pure Ones and Human Race gain strength, and some sought permission for their juniors to enter the Remnant Ruins to counterbalance Li Qingyun's faction.
• A'li and Houtu left to build grotto-heavens at the formation gates, strengthening the Immortal Slaying Great Formation.
• Li Qingyun and Cheng Tangyin reunited at Qingya, and Cheng Tangyin established Tangya Grotto-heaven opposite Qingya.

Li Qingyun sent his disciples to ancient relic fields, where they gained artifacts, cultivation, and new territory for the Qingyun lineage. Later, he helped Yuan Gumo choose Abyss Clan candidates to prove Dao Quasi-Saint, leaving the clan dependent on his approval and protection.

• Li Qingyun sent Cheng Tangyin, A'li, Houtu, and the others to seek opportunities in ancient relic fields.
• Akshobhya Daoist returned with an ancient Buddhist artifact, while Cheng Tangyin, A'li, and Houtu absorbed the Medicine King Temple, Fire God Shrine, and Iron Crown Peak fields and gained new powers.
• The Qingyun lineage grew stronger, and Jia You and Pan Xiong refrained from attacking its disciples while Li Qingyun remained alive.
• Yuan Gumo told Li Qingyun that the Abyss Clan saints wanted young disciples sent to the Ruined Ruins to compete for opportunities and asked him to choose candidates.
• Li Qingyun rejected Yuan Henli as a candidate and approved Yuan Wangchen and Yuan Yiping, while also naming Wu Yujun and Li Ye as promising prospects.
• Yuan Gumo met A'li, saw her strength, and left reflecting that the Abyss Clan now depended on Li Qingyun's favor.

Six descendants of the superior clans sought to prove Dao as Quasi-Saints at the Ruin, but Li Qingyun intervened against the Western Heavens’ plans. After defying Shi Ji Buddha, he struck Veda Heaven and declared that the Vajra descendant would not attain Dao.

• Six descendants, including Veda Heaven, Yuboti, He Lihuo, Yuan Henli, and Yuan Lang, emerged to prove Dao as Quasi-Saints, while Peng Fu tried to proceed quietly.
• Li Qingyun watched the newcomers and suspected that Yuan Henli’s defiance showed an Abyss Clan Saint would reject his advice.
• Shi Ji Buddha warned Li Qingyun not to interfere, but Li Qingyun dismissed the warning and accused him of acting only when convenient.
• Shi Ji Buddha attacked Li Qingyun and shielded Veda Heaven and Yuboti with layers of Golden Light Buddha Realms.
• Li Qingyun blocked Shi Ji Buddha’s palm and pierced the Buddha Realms with the Human Dao Lamp’s power, striking Veda Heaven and declaring that he would not attain Dao.

Li Qingyun interrupted Veda Heaven’s attempt to prove Dao, despite intervention from Saint Pure Vajra and Shi Ji Buddha, then withdrew when Shi Ji Buddha unleashed Buddha’s Wrath. He warned Yuboti that her own attempt to prove Dao could be a trap and suspected the Western Heavens had prepared the Vajra and Jade Cicada Clans as sacrifices for the Great Tribulation of Annihilation.

• Saint Pure Vajra’s manifested will tried to shield Veda Heaven, but Li Qingyun pierced it with his finger.
• Shi Ji Buddha threw an ancient Buddha Pagoda to protect Veda Heaven, but Li Qingyun swept it aside with the Chaos Banner and shattered Veda Heaven’s divine body, forcing him to retreat to the Vajra Clan Territory.
• Li Qingyun exchanged blows with Shi Ji Buddha and moved toward Yuboti, but Shi Ji Buddha erupted into Buddha’s Wrath and blocked him from reaching her.
• Li Qingyun retreated after his attempt to study the mysteries of Buddha’s Wrath yielded only superficial insight.
• Li Qingyun warned Yuboti that proving Dao could be fatal and cautioned her about Shi Ji Buddha and Pujushe.
• Li Qingyun suspected that the Western Heavens had long divided their power among the Vajra and Jade Cicada Clans to use them as sacrifices in the Great Tribulation of Annihilation.

Li Qingyun disrupted several clans’ Quasi-Saint ascensions and warned the Abyss Clan about Third Master Yuan Guǐ, strengthening the Qingyun lineage’s position in the Ruins. Five or six years later, a Human Race remnant entered the Nine-Ring Environment with five Primordial Marks, alarming a Saint beyond the void.

• Shi Ji Buddha urged Yuboti to ignore Li Qingyun’s warning and focus on her ascension, while Yuboti wondered how Senior Chan Bailian had died.
• Li Qingyun forced Peng Fu, He Lihuo, and Yuan Henli to abandon their ascensions, while Yuboti and Yuan Lang successfully became Quasi-Saints.
• Li Qingyun warned Yuan Gumo that Third Master Yuan Guǐ was a weapon of the River Mother Clan and offered to protect Yuan Gumo and Yuan Lang three times.
• Li Qingyun returned to A'li and Houtu, warned them of the coming Great Tribulation of Annihilation, and urged them to prepare for chaos.
• Five or six years later, a jade-green radiance revealed that a Human Race remnant had entered the Nine-Ring Environment and obtained five Primordial Marks, prompting a Saint beyond the void to react with alarm.

Li Qingyun reached the Nine Rings and surveyed the shifting balance of power across the desolate ruins. He entered the Mirror Field to rescue A'li from Third Master Yuan Guǐ, after spotting the mysterious Nameless Daoist inside.

• Li Qingyun achieved the Nine Rings, reflected on his progress with the Primordial Marks, and concluded that completing all nine could lead to a higher realm.
• Li Qingyun surveyed the central region and found that around sixteen ancient relic fields had vanished, with several now held by his lineage.
• Li Qingyun sensed A'li was trapped in the Mirror Field and hurried there to help her.
• Li Qingyun spotted the Nameless Daoist inside the Mirror Field, exchanged words with him across the barrier, and watched him disappear from view.
• Li Qingyun entered the Mirror Field and followed A'li's fading aura as Third Master Yuan Guǐ pursued her toward the field's edge.

A'li was chased through the Mirror Worlds by Third Master Yuan Guǐ, who sought to devour her and learn Li Qingyun’s Dao. The Nameless Daoist rescued her, and Li Qingyun appeared to restrain the monster, leaving its fate in his hands.

• Third Master Yuan Guǐ repeatedly battered the Exquisite Pagoda phantom while pursuing A'li through the Mirror Worlds, revealing that he wanted to devour her and seize Li Qingyun’s Dao Fruits.
• A'li used tricolored divine fire to ignite Third Master Yuan Guǐ’s waterweed arm, then escaped into another Mirror World as the Exquisite Pagoda weakened.
• With her escape cut off, A'li prepared to fight Third Master Yuan Guǐ to the death, but the Nameless Daoist appeared and blasted the monster into a nearby Mirror World.
• The Nameless Daoist and Third Master Yuan Guǐ exchanged words before the Nameless Daoist vanished after Li Qingyun appeared and thanked him.
• Li Qingyun restrained Third Master Yuan Guǐ with his Dao pressure, leaving the monster unable to move despite its trace of a Saint’s Will.

Li Qingyun had A'li slay Third Master Yuan Guǐ's Saintly will, then searched the Mirror Field for the opportunity the Nameless Daoist pursued. After half a month without success, Li Qingyun sensed a mysterious pulse from the field's depths that stirred an intense hunger within him.

• Li Qingyun summoned A'li to slay Third Master Yuan Guǐ, and A'li overcame the Saintly will's pressure to strike it down with repeated slashes.
• Third Master Yuan Guǐ's will collapsed into black river water, which Li Qingyun ground to ashes before sending A'li away with the Exquisite Pagoda to cultivate her Fire Saint Dao.
• Li Qingyun traveled deeper into the Mirror Field and found markers left by the Nameless Daoist, who feared Li Qingyun would claim the opportunity he sought.
• Li Qingyun searched deeper while the Nameless Daoist ranged across the Mirror Field, but neither found the opportunity for half a month.
• Li Qingyun felt a mysterious pulse from the depths of the Mirror Field, and an intense hunger-fire suddenly surged through his body and mind.

Li Qingyun found the Eternal Spiritual Energy that the Nameless Daoist had sought and fought him for the chance to claim it. After failing to touch it with his own Dao intent, Li Qingyun stirred the Eternal Vacuum meaning within himself, and it responded at his fingertips.

• The Nameless Daoist discovered a massive crystal-skull-shaped trace of Eternal Spiritual Energy but could not draw it into himself.
• Li Qingyun arrived and demanded a chance at the eternal encounter, so the Nameless Daoist attacked him from a realm Above the Nine Rings.
• Li Qingyun fought back with Jade-Azure Great Power, and their clashes shook the coffin-shaped mirror world and threatened to collapse it.
• The Nameless Daoist let Li Qingyun try to touch the Eternal Spiritual Energy, but Li Qingyun's Dao intent and divine sense could not reach it.
• Li Qingyun urged the Eternal Vacuum meaning within his body, which surged to his fingertips and gave him the realization that he could reach the energy.

Li Qingyun touched the eternal spiritual energy and felt his Great Dao Universe begin to evolve, but the nameless Daoist tried to stop him. Shi Ji Buddha broke into the mirror world and revealed a terrifying true form as the three fought over the energy.

• Li Qingyun absorbed a stream of eternal spiritual energy, causing his Great Dao Universe and its ancient manifestations to grow.
• The nameless Daoist attacked Li Qingyun, who stood his ground and fought back rather than release the energy.
• Shi Ji Buddha smashed into the mirror world and rushed toward the eternal spiritual energy.
• Li Qingyun and the nameless Daoist joined forces to attack Shi Ji Buddha.
• Shi Ji Buddha revealed his dark true visage, displayed power beyond the ordinary realm above the nine rings, and demanded that Li Qingyun and the nameless Daoist submit.

Li Qingyun, Daoist Lu Ya, and Shi Ji Buddha fought over Eternal Spiritual Energy until the Mirror World collapsed and scattered it across countless fragments. As Quasi-Saints gathered outside, some obeyed warnings to stay away while Jia You, Pan Xiong, and Old Gray chose to enter and compete for the opportunity.

• Nameless Daoist revealed the Nail-Head Seven Arrows Book and attacked Shi Ji Buddha, while Li Qingyun guarded himself with the Human Dao Lamp and Chaos Banner.
• Shi Ji Buddha retaliated with black sarira, forcing Li Qingyun back and helping trigger the collapse of the Mirror World.
• The scattered Eternal Spiritual Energy separated Li Qingyun, Daoist Lu Ya, and Shi Ji Buddha into different Mirror Worlds, where Li Qingyun absorbed one strand and pursued the others.
• Jia You, Pan Xiong, Old Gray, and other Quasi-Saints arrived outside the Mirror Field as Shi Ji Buddha, Nameless Daoist, and Li Qingyun warned them not to enter.
• Akshobhya and Houtu withdrew, but Jia You, Pan Xiong, and Old Gray joined forces and forced their way into the Mirror Field.

Li Qingyun realized that Eternal Spiritual Energy could help him form a Dao foundation above the Saint foundation, while other entrants began claiming the energy and drawing the attention of powers beyond the Void. The chapter left Jia You’s shell under the control of three external wills, who summoned more descendants to seek the opportunity.

• Yuan Gumo refused to let Yuan Wangchen and Yuan Lang enter the Mirror Field, warning them that they would be outmatched by stronger cultivators.
• Li Qingyun gathered more wisps of Eternal Spiritual Energy and realized they could help him forge an Eternal Supreme Being’s Dao foundation.
• Shen Kongyi absorbed a wisp of Eternal Spiritual Energy, broke through from the Six-Ring Realm to the Seven-Ring Realm, and rushed to find more.
• Jia You failed to grasp a wisp until he prayed to the Ancestral Saints, allowing three wills from beyond the Void to seize control and consume it.
• The three wills in Jia You called for Jia Zhou, Jia Yuxu, and Rui Hu to enter and seek more Eternal Spiritual Energy.

The Outer Void factions rushed into the mirror field to seize Eternal Spiritual Energy, despite the dangers and the warnings from Li Qingyun, Lu Ya, and Shi Ji Buddha. The three began killing the intruders to protect the energy, and Li Qingyun’s attack left Shen Kongyi gravely wounded.

• Hua Chenzi swallowed Eternal Spiritual Energy, but an Outer Void Saint took control of his body and gathered more wisps.
• Shi Ji Buddha attacked Shi Wan, who unleashed a forcefully boosted power and fled before Shi Ji Buddha killed him and absorbed his Saint’s intent.
• Lu Ya killed the possessed Hua Chenzi after the female voice inside him tried to invoke their past acquaintance.
• Li Qingyun began suppressing quasi-saints who had collected large amounts of Eternal Spiritual Energy and struck Shen Kongyi, exploding half of his divine body.

Li Qingyun killed Shen Kongyi, though a trace of eternal mystery carried away a fragment of Shen Kongyi’s consciousness. As the clearing of the Remnant Ruins layer neared its end, Li Qingyun and the Nameless Daoist confronted Yuan Wangchen, who was possessed by Yuan Zhe.

• Shen Kongyi fled through a Mirror World and offered Li Qingyun half his future Eternal Spiritual Energy, but Li Qingyun sealed the world and attacked him.
• Shen Kongyi revealed an ancient giant eye, but Li Qingyun collapsed the fragmented world and destroyed his body, then collected the remaining Eternal Spiritual Energy.
• Li Qingyun realized Shen Kongyi’s missing spiritual energy might have carried away a trace of his consciousness and continued through the Mirror Worlds as the three powerful cultivators cleared the field.
• Li Qingyun and the Nameless Daoist encountered Yuan Wangchen, whose body was controlled by Yuan Zhe, who proposed that they join forces against Lu Ya and Shi Ji Buddha.
• Li Qingyun rejected Yuan Zhe’s offer and attacked him with Great Dao’s Power.

Li Qingyun defeated the Outside Void Will possessing Yuan Wangchen, then freed Yuan Lang from Saint Yuanhe and protected him from Shi Ji Buddha. After half a year of gathering Eternal Spiritual Energy, Li Qingyun reached the Nine-Ring Peak and neared a Supreme Being Foundation, awaiting the Great Calamity to ascend to sainthood.

• Yuan Wangchen overloaded his fragile vessel with Nine-Ring Peak power, but Li Qingyun shattered the Mirror World and preserved a remnant of Yuan Wangchen's soul in the Human Dao Lamp.
• Li Qingyun confronted Saint Yuanhe inside Yuan Lang and sent the saint away, leaving Yuan Lang's foundation intact enough to recover.
• Shi Ji Buddha tried to seize Yuan Lang, but Li Qingyun drove him back and helped Yuan Lang escape the field.
• Shi Ji Buddha killed Pan Xiong and consumed him, while the nameless Daoist reduced Old Gray to ashes; most Quasi-Saints on the Ruins fell, with Jia You, Yuan Lang, and Yuboti surviving outside the Qingyun lineage.
• Li Qingyun gathered Eternal Spiritual Energy for half a year, reached the Nine-Ring Peak, and developed a foundation nearing the Supreme Being Foundation.

Li Qingyun seized the final cluster of Eternal Spiritual Energy in the Mirror Field and escaped to the Immortal Slaying Great Formation while Lu Ya and Shi Ji Buddha pursued him. Shi Ji Buddha attacked the formation, but Li Qingyun dispersed his Buddha's Might as Lu Ya abandoned the chase.

• Li Qingyun disrupted Lu Ya and Shi Ji Buddha's contest for the last cluster of Eternal Spiritual Energy and chased it through the Mirror Field.
• Li Qingyun caught the cluster, endured their joint attack, and fled toward the Mirror Field's exit with the spiritual energy.
• Li Qingyun escaped the Mirror Field and entered the Immortal Slaying Great Formation, while Shi Ji Buddha pursued him and Lu Ya stopped, deciding to seek another source of Eternal Spiritual Energy.
• Shi Ji Buddha attacked the formation, and Li Qingyun dissipated the Buddha's Might that broke through its defenses.

Li Qingyun discovered that the ruins layer was shrinking and witnessed three Outer Void Saints devour six exposed universes. Afterward, he sent Yuan Wangchen’s remnant thought into reincarnation and considered what it would take to ascend to sainthood.

• Shi Ji Buddha threatened Li Qingyun from beyond the formation and then withdrew, while Cheng Tangyin and the others asked Li Qingyun about the calamity and the shrinking ruins.
• Li Qingyun sensed that the ruins layer had lost nearly one percent of its area and realized that its protective barrier was exposing the universes below.
• A breach opened at the ruins’ northeast edge, allowing three Outer Void Saints to descend and devour six Land of the Universe and their inhabitants.
• River Mother Saint recognized Li Qingyun and pointed at him before the Outer Void Saints departed, leaving Li Qingyun to conclude that the universes ranked further back were being targeted first.
• Li Qingyun used the Human Dao Lamp to send Yuan Wangchen’s remnant thought into reincarnation, then reflected on the requirements for ascending to sainthood.

After witnessing Saints outside the Void devour entire Lands of the Universe, Li Qingyun warned his followers and revealed the paths to becoming a Void Saint and a true Saint. He set his contingency plans in motion, then secluded himself as Kasyapa Buddha and Naga Xi ascended from their respective universes.

• Li Qingyun returned to Qingya Grotto-heaven and taught A'li, Akshobhya Daoist, Cheng Tangyin, and Houtu about Primordial Marks, Void Sainthood, and the Great Dao Universe.
• Li Qingyun distributed Cosmic Fire Furnace ash to remove Blackwater contamination from Li Zuo, Zhenhui, Zhu Yuyan, Quan Lei's clone, and Li Xuanji, preparing the last two to attain Quasi-Sainthood.
• Li Qingyun resolved to gather all nine Primordial Great Dao Marks, yield Old Cliff Peak's Dao-enlightenment singularity to Quan Lei and Li Xuanji, and remain in seclusion unless Eternal Spiritual Energy appeared.
• Two days later, Pujushe ascended from Western Heaven Clan territory, announced themself as Kasyapa Buddha, and declared their intention to transcend completely.
• A three-headed, eight-armed Vajra figure ascended from Vajra Clan territory, and Li Qingyun's will incarnation, Naga Xi, welcomed the undercover agent's success.

Li Qingyun watched descendants from the great clans ascend beyond the universe to prove Dao, while recognizing that many were being prepared as food for powerful beings. Li Xuanji received an extravagant blessing from the River Mother Saint and entered the Quasi-Saint realm alongside Kasyapa Buddha and the others.

• Shi Ji Buddha sheltered Kasyapa Buddha, Naga Xi, and Chan Qiuxian as they ascended, while Yuboti warned them to flee from the Western Heavens leaders.
• Yuan Yiping and two Abyss Clan elites ascended, and Yuan Lang reflected on his own helpless place in the clan’s fate.
• Li Zuo, Zhen Hui, Zhu Yuyan, Jia Zhou, Jia Yuxu, and descendants of other clans stepped beyond the universe to prove Dao.
• Li Xuanji ascended quietly, but the River Mother Saint sent holy light and Dao lotuses that elevated his ceremony and supplied him with power.
• Kasyapa Buddha, Naga Xi, Jia Zhou, Jia Yuxu, Li Xuanji, and the others completed their ascension and entered the Quasi-Saint realm.