Chapter Summaries

Shen Hao deepened his understanding of the Longevity Dao Rhyme as he explained its balance of change and permanence to Zi Xuan. He warned that ancient forces seeking to control the Great Dao threatened the universe, but found reassurance in Zi Xuan and Hongmeng's unity.

• Zi Xuan brought Shen Hao Origin Lotus Seed Soup while he meditated in the Hongmeng Sacred Hall.
• After tasting the soup, Shen Hao explained that the Longevity Dao Rhyme balanced change with what remained unchanging.
• Shen Hao demonstrated the cycle of life and death by making a sprout grow into a tree that withered into dust.
• Shen Hao warned Zi Xuan that the Dark Universe and other ancient forces sought to control the Great Dao and would ultimately fail.
• Zi Xuan comforted Shen Hao by affirming that he and the united races of Hongmeng would protect their foundations.

Shen Hao visited the Library Pavilion to guide the academy’s young disciples on the Path of Longevity and answer their cultivation questions. After he left, Zi Chen and the others resolved to keep advancing along the Great Dao and protect Hongmeng Origin and all races.

• Shen Hao arrived at the Library Pavilion and told the disciples he would discuss the Path of Longevity.
• Zi Chen asked how to meet the soul-strength requirement of the Universe Evolution Art, and Shen Hao explained that soul strength and understanding of the Great Dao strengthened each other.
• A Flame Mo youth asked how to resolve the clash between his race’s domineering cultivation art and the Chaos Unity Great Dao, and Shen Hao guided him to combine their strengths.
• Shen Hao answered the disciples’ questions and urged them to cultivate diligently and become protectors of all races.
• Shen Hao vanished from the Library Pavilion, while Zi Chen vowed to follow the Great Dao and protect Hongmeng Origin and all races.

Shen Hao visited the Chaos Great Wall and strengthened its defenses with his Longevity Dao Rhyme while reminding Lei Meng that the soldiers’ resolve was its truest protection. He left the garrison prepared for the Dark Universe’s eventual attack, knowing the main enemy force remained hidden among the stars.

• Shen Hao met Lei Meng during his nighttime patrol of the Chaos Great Wall and warned that the Dark Universe remnants were waiting for an opportunity to strike.
• Lei Meng described the heightened defenses, training, and patrols he had ordered along the Great Wall.
• Shen Hao infused the Great Wall’s runes with Longevity Dao Rhyme, then told Lei Meng that the soldiers’ determination mattered more than the runes.
• Shen Hao strengthened the soldiers with his Dao Rhyme, and they thanked him as Lei Meng vowed to defend Hongmeng’s first line of defense.
• Shen Hao helped Lei Meng rise and said the Dark Universe’s main force remained hidden and that war would eventually come.

Shen Hao and Zi Xuan returned to Origin Secluded Valley and met the Wood Elves born from the Tree of Life. Shen Hao strengthened the valley with his Longevity Dao Rhyme and resolved to spread peace throughout the universe.

• Shen Hao and Zi Xuan followed the spirit fox into the valley and found Wood Elves dancing beside the Tree of Life.
• Shen Hao identified the Wood Elves and learned that the Longevity Dao Rhyme had helped the Tree of Life give birth to them.
• The Wood Elves thanked Shen Hao, and he infused them with Longevity Dao Rhyme to strengthen their Great Dao of Wood.
• Shen Hao sat by the lake and poured Longevity Dao Rhyme into the Tree of Life as Zi Xuan watched the valley's creatures flourish.
• Shen Hao resolved to spread peace and vitality throughout the universe.

Shen Hao convened Hongmeng elders and envoys to discuss the Dark Universe’s hidden main force and coordinated preparations for war. He vowed to lead the ten thousand races against the invasion, leaving the hall united as a decisive battle approached.

• Shen Hao arrived at the Hongmeng Sacred Hall and asked Lei Meng to report on the Dark Universe’s main force.
• Lei Meng reported that millions of Dark Universe forces, including Chaos Origin Realm and Longevity Realm experts, were hiding in black holes and absorbing yin energy.
• Shen Hao presented the Chaos Great Wall and Longevity Guardian Formation as defenses, while the Star River Race elder reported that the universe’s races had assembled tens of millions of troops at major passages.
• Shen Hao swore to annihilate the Dark Universe’s main force, and the elders and envoys pledged to fight alongside him.
• Shen Hao vowed to protect the universe as the gathered leaders bowed to him, with a great war drawing near.

Shen Hao deepened his understanding of the Longevity Dao Rhyme as the endless continuation of the Great Dao through change and unchanging cycles. After explaining his insight to Zi Xuan, he warned that the Dark Universe’s suppressed yin energy could trigger a frenzied counterattack, and remained determined to protect the universe with the Ten Thousand Races united.

• Shen Hao meditated in the Hongmeng Sacred Hall, seeking to master the Longevity Dao Rhyme and prepare for the Dark Universe’s threat.
• Zi Xuan brought Shen Hao Origin Lotus Seed Soup and waited until he finished his enlightenment.
• Shen Hao realized that longevity lay in the balance between change and unchanging cycles, then demonstrated it by making a tree grow, wither, and give rise to a new sprout.
• Shen Hao told Zi Xuan that the Dark Universe sought eternity by reversing the Great Dao and warned its forces might launch a frenzied attack when their suppression of yin energy failed.
• Zi Xuan reassured Shen Hao that the united Ten Thousand Races could withstand the Dark Universe, and the two stood together as the sun set.

Shen Hao taught the young disciples of Shen Hao Dao Academy how Dao and cultivation arts complemented one another, answering their questions and helping them understand how to integrate different Dao Rhymes. He left them determined to cultivate and defend Hongmeng and the universe when the Dark Universe’s main force broke free.

• Shen Hao arrived at the Training Ground and began a lecture on the relationship between Dao and art.
• Zi Chen asked why some exquisite arts could unleash power beyond a cultivator’s Dao realm, and Shen Hao explained their mutual dependence with the image of a tree.
• Qing Yu asked how to reconcile the Feather Race’s lightness with the Chaos Unity Great Dao’s steadiness, and Shen Hao helped him find balance between them.
• Shen Hao patiently answered the young disciples’ cultivation questions and urged them to prepare to defend their homes from the Dark Universe.
• After Shen Hao departed, Zi Chen vowed to become powerful enough to protect Hongmeng and the universe and defeat the Dark Universe.

Shen Hao inspected the allied forces’ training at the Chaos Great Wall and guided them in strengthening their combined offensive and defensive formations. The soldiers vowed to defend Primordial Chaos and destroy the Dark Universe as its main forces prepared to strike.

• Shen Hao arrived at the training ground with Lei Meng and White Dragon to inspect the allied soldiers’ drills.
• Lei Meng led the soldiers in demonstrating the Ten Thousand Races United Formation’s coordinated attack.
• Shen Hao infused the formation with Longevity Dao Rhyme and tested its defensive barrier with two attacks.
• Shen Hao taught the soldiers to dissolve enemy attacks and absorb their force into the formation.
• Shen Hao warned that the Dark Universe’s main forces could attack at any time, and the allied soldiers vowed to protect Primordial Chaos.

Shen Hao and Zi Xuan discovered that the Tree of Life had grown powerful enough to nourish the creatures of Origin Secluded Valley and found a Life Fruit hidden in an ancient cave. Shen Hao took the fruit to aid the coming battle against the Dark Universe, while an unknown ancient aura remained awakening in the valley’s depths.

• Shen Hao and Zi Xuan followed the Spirit Fox to the lake, where the Tree of Life was nourishing tens of thousands of creatures with life origin power.
• The Wood Elves thanked Shen Hao for spreading the Longevity Dao Rhyme, and he strengthened the Tree of Life with more Dao Rhyme.
• Shen Hao sensed an ancient life aura linked to the Tree of Life and followed it with Zi Xuan to a sealed cave abode.
• Shen Hao opened the cave and found a Life Fruit, which he identified as a powerful source of healing and cultivation.
• A Life Python confronted Shen Hao over the fruit, then withdrew after he promised to replant its seed beside the Tree of Life.
• Shen Hao took the Life Fruit with him, believing it would help defeat the Dark Universe’s main forces.

Shen Hao presented the Life Fruit to the Hongmeng Sacred Hall council and set the ten thousand races’ strategy for the coming war against the Dark Universe. The council united behind his plan as the allied armies prepared to defend the Chaos Great Wall.

• Shen Hao entered the council hall with Zi Xuan and Chaos Child, and Chaos Child revealed the Life Fruit to the gathered envoys and elders.
• Shen Hao explained the fruit’s healing power and its importance to the coming war, prompting Lei Meng and representatives of several races to pledge troops and support.
• Shen Hao ordered the allied armies to defend the Chaos Great Wall, send scouts to monitor the black hole, and strike after the wall weakened the Dark Universe’s main force.
• Shen Hao said he would refine the Life Fruit into Life Pills for commanders and keep the remaining pills in reserve.
• The ten thousand races pledged to follow Shen Hao, who vowed to defeat the Dark Universe’s main force and restore peace.

Shen Hao successfully refined ten Life Pills from the Life Fruit in the Universe Furnace, preparing them for the coming war. He planned to give five to General Lei for the allied army and keep five in the Sacred Hall as reserves.

• Shen Hao entered the alchemy chamber with the Life Fruit and precious Spiritual Medicines.
• Shen Hao used Longevity Dao Rhyme and alchemy seals to refine the ingredients in the Universe Furnace.
• Shen Hao condensed ten Life Pills, each containing dense life origin energy.
• Zi Xuan visited Shen Hao, examined the pills, and brought him tea.
• Shen Hao told Zi Xuan he would give five pills to General Lei for the allied army and keep five as reserves.

A scout discovered that several million Dark Universe troops, including many Longevity Realm experts, were preparing to move and sent a warning to Shen Hao. Shen Hao ordered the allied forces to reinforce the Chaos Great Wall as the great war approached.

• A hidden scout saw a powerful beast and several million Dark Universe troops emerge from the asteroid belt.
• The scout sent a Communication Talisman to the Hongmeng Sacred Hall and quietly fled.
• Shen Hao received the warning and told Lei Meng and the gathered elders that the Dark Universe main force was about to move.
• Shen Hao ordered Lei Meng to lead the Hongmeng allied army to reinforce the Chaos Great Wall and assigned the Star River Race and other races to its defenses.
• The elders and Lei Meng left to carry out their orders, while Shen Hao prepared for the coming war.

Shen Hao and Zi Xuan traveled to the Chaos Great Wall as Lei Meng led the vanguard to reinforce its defenses against the advancing Dark Universe army. With the enemy less than three thousand li away, Shen Hao ordered the Hongmeng forces to prepare to attack and vowed they would win the coming war.

• Lei Meng led thirty thousand cavalry to reinforce the Chaos Great Wall, protected along the way by Shen Hao's Longevity Dao Rhyme.
• Shen Hao and Zi Xuan saw the allied soldiers prepare for battle, and Shen Hao said their unity was Hongmeng's true line of defense.
• A Feather Race scout reported that Lei Meng had reached the Great Wall and that its garrisons were in battle formation.
• Shen Hao and Zi Xuan rode a lotus platform to the Great Wall, where Lei Meng reported that the defenses were ready and the Dark Universe vanguard was less than three thousand li away.
• Shen Hao ordered the army to reinforce the defensive runes, take battle positions, and attack when the Dark Universe forces approached.

Shen Hao studied the Dark Universe's overwhelming army and devised a plan to break its formation by destroying its central command camp. After assigning the allied forces their roles, he set out alone for the enemy camp, carrying Life Pills and a jade pendant from Zi Xuan.

• At the Great Wall's council hall, generals warned Shen Hao that the Dark Universe had nearly a hundred Longevity Realm experts, far more than the allied army.
• Shen Hao used Longevity Dao Rhyme to reveal that the enemy formation relied on yin energy flowing from its central command camp, and proposed a three-pronged attack to destroy it.
• Shen Hao gave Lei Meng the frontal assault, Commander Qing Yu the flank attack, and Shi Jian the reserve force, while declaring that he would lead the strike on the command camp himself.
• Shen Hao showed the generals Life Pills refined from Life Fruits, reassuring them that the pills could restore him to peak condition.
• Zi Xuan gave Shen Hao a jade pendant containing a trace of her divine soul, and he promised to keep it with him as he left for the starry sky beyond the domain.

Shen Hao infiltrated the Dark Universe's central command camp, defeated its commander Ghost Face, and destroyed the altar sustaining the enemy force. With the Dark Universe formation collapsing under attacks led by Lei Meng and Qing Yu, Shen Hao concluded that the war was won.

• Shen Hao used Longevity Dao Rhyme to conceal himself and infiltrate the Dark Universe main force's formation.
• Shen Hao dissolved the runes protecting the central command camp and shattered its black light screen.
• Shen Hao confronted Ghost Face, commander of the Dark Universe, and killed him with a golden longsword.
• Shen Hao destroyed the yin-energy altar, causing the Dark Universe formation to lose its support and fall into disarray.
• Lei Meng's main allied force and Qing Yu's elite flank force attacked, routing the Dark Universe army.

Shen Hao defeated Ming Luo after using the Life Pill to strengthen his Longevity Dao Rhyme, ending the Dark Universe's resistance. The allied forces celebrated victory, and Shen Hao looked toward Hongmeng, where peace had returned.

• Lei Meng led the allied charge while Qing Yu and the Feather Race elites attacked the Dark Universe's forces from behind.
• Ming Luo emerged and unleashed his devouring power against Shen Hao, whose golden lotus barrier only partially stopped it.
• Shen Hao swallowed the Life Pill, then fused its life origin power with his Longevity Dao Rhyme to form a golden longsword.
• Shen Hao shattered Ming Luo's shield and pierced his chest, dissolving him into black smoke.
• The remaining Dark Universe soldiers surrendered, and the allied forces celebrated their victory.
• Shen Hao looked toward the Hongmeng Great Land and felt relief that peace had arrived.

Shen Hao celebrated the allied victory over the Dark Universe and used his Longevity Dao Rhyme to restore the Hongmeng Great Land. With the ten thousand races pledging to protect the peace, he and Zi Xuan promised to travel together and guard their homeland.

• Lei Meng reported that the Dark Universe's remaining main army had surrendered, leaving over one million captives and vast supplies.
• Shen Hao declared the enemy army annihilated and proclaimed lasting peace across Hongmeng, prompting cheers from the elders, commanders, and soldiers.
• Shen Hao spread his Longevity Dao Rhyme across the Hongmeng Great Land, healing the wounded and restoring corrupted land.
• Elders of the Stone Race, Feather Race, and Flame Mo Race offered resources and service to reinforce the Great Wall, patrol the border, and treat soldiers, but Shen Hao asked everyone to celebrate instead.
• At sunset, Shen Hao promised Zi Xuan they would explore Hongmeng together and protect its peace forever.

Shen Hao began cleansing the Dark Universe captives’ yin-corroded souls with Longevity Dao Rhyme and Life Spring Water, giving the survivors a chance to start new lives. As the camp settled into peaceful work, the chapter ended with Shen Hao and Zi Xuan joining the hopeful community.

• Shen Hao used Longevity Dao Rhyme to cleanse a captive, who regained his clarity and thanked him for sparing and saving his life.
• Shen Hao ordered the Dao Academy disciples to cleanse the captives in batches with Longevity Dao Rhyme and Life Spring Water.
• Hei Yan, a former borderland hunter forcibly conscripted into the Dark Universe army, pledged to serve Hongmeng and atone for his past.
• Shen Hao told Hei Yan to remain at the camp, help settle the captives, and teach them to farm.
• As night fell, Hei Yan and other captives built houses while Shen Hao and Zi Xuan walked through the peaceful camp.

Shen Hao expanded Hongmeng Dao Academy to train youths from every race and opened its entrance examinations, judging character and perseverance alongside talent. Three thousand youths became new disciples, received Longevity Dao Rhyme as an initiation gift, and began their studies as Shen Hao and Zi Xuan looked toward Hongmeng’s future.

• Shen Hao opened the academy’s examinations to youths of every race and declared that character and perseverance mattered more than talent.
• A Stone Race youth resisted the illusion of a mountain of Spirit Stones, while a Feather Race girl used her Dao Rhyme to break free of an illusion.
• After tests of character, perseverance, and talent, three thousand youths passed and joined Hongmeng Dao Academy.
• Shen Hao bestowed Longevity Dao Rhyme on the new disciples, and Zi Chen and Qing Yu assigned them dormitories and cultivation arts.
• Shen Hao and Zi Xuan watched the new disciples study and said that they would help Hongmeng’s peace endure.

Shen Hao and Zi Xuan discovered an intelligent Longevity Lotus growing in Origin Secluded Valley and learned that it would mature in three years. They protected it and planned to give its nine seeds to the children of the myriad races to safeguard Hongmeng’s future.

• Shen Hao and Zi Xuan admired the valley’s thriving flowers and spirit creatures as Shen Hao noted that the collective will of Ten Thousand Races United had hastened the recovery of his Dao Rhyme.
• Zi Xuan spotted a golden Longevity Lotus, and Shen Hao explained its powers and predicted it would bear nine seeds in three years.
• Shen Hao placed a golden barrier around the lotus and promised to nourish it with Longevity Dao Rhyme until it matured.
• A Spirit Fox and its young arrived, and Zi Xuan played with the little foxes while Shen Hao watched over the lotus.
• Shen Hao and Zi Xuan agreed to give the lotus seeds to the children of the myriad races, then left the valley as the lotus awaited its bloom.