Chapter Summaries

Di Chu-Yu explained that his powerful elder brother Di Chuxiong’s rise had weakened their neutral branch and asked Luo Shen for help. He revealed that a known inheritance opportunity might let him surpass Di Chuxiong, leaving Luo Shen surprised by the prospect.

• Di Chu-Yu privately told Luo Shen that Di Chuxiong had gained enormous strength and political support, leaving him far behind.
• Di Chu-Yu explained that Yan Feng Ancient Kingdom’s thirteen branches were divided over merging, while neutral branches faced hostility from both sides.
• Luo Shen doubted that he could help Di Chu-Yu alter the political struggle or surpass Di Chuxiong.
• Di Chu-Yu admitted that he needed to become stronger than Di Chuxiong to win ministers’ support.
• Di Chu-Yu revealed that powerful experts, including members of Shi Kingdom, knew of an inheritance opportunity that could help Chaos Rulers reach the God King Realm, and Luo Shen recalled hearing about it from Flowing Sand Marquis.

Di Chu-Yu recruited Luo Shen as a guest retainer of the Yan Feng Ancient Kingdom’s Di Chu lineage and asked him to help explore a secret realm. Luo Shen remained wary of Di Chu-Yu’s motives but heard his offer of merit points and resources, leaving the decision to help unresolved.

• Di Chu-Yu revealed that he wanted Luo Shen’s help exploring a secret realm where his ancestor had discovered hidden secrets.
• Luo Shen questioned why Di Chu-Yu would rely on a newly advanced Chaos Ruler, and Di Chu-Yu explained that his previous guest retainers were barred from entering again.
• Di Chu-Yu told Luo Shen that his application had been approved and explained that the imperial capital detected Alien Races, while a prince’s guarantee made retainer status easy to obtain.
• Di Chu-Yu described the guest retainer’s token, residence, inheritances, and starting allowance of one hundred thousand merit points.
• Di Chu-Yu offered Luo Shen another one hundred thousand merit points and easy merit-earning missions if he helped explore the secret realm.
• Luo Shen asked why Di Chu-Yu had chosen him, and Di Chu-Yu cited Luo Shen’s conduct in Huyang City and his refusal to betray the Yu Kingdom.

Luo Shen settled into his new residence after Di Chu-Yu recruited him as a retainer, while rival princes and their allies discussed the looming struggle for the Ancient Emperor’s position. Di Chu-Yu defended his choice of Luo Shen to his wife, leaving the Fengye City Lord’s bid to join his faction unsettled.

• Luo Shen asked for time to consider Di Chu-Yu’s offer, and Di Chu-Yu arranged a cave residence and servants for him.
• Chao Yong settled his Cold Current Spirits in a lake at Luo Shen’s estate, while Ju Mang cultivated in seclusion.
• Di Chuxiong dismissed Luo Shen as a threat and asked Di Chu-Luo about Abyss Mansion Lord Yuan Xiu’s expected arrival.
• Di Chu-Yu’s wife questioned why he had chosen Luo Shen instead of her father, the Fengye City Lord, as his first retainer.
• Di Chu-Yu told his wife that her father’s potential had peaked, while Luo Shen was young, talented, and free of any master or lineage.

Di Chu-Yu took Luo Shen to the Di Chu lineage’s Inheritance Hall, hoping to win his support by offering access to an inheritance and resources. After passing the hall’s dangerous statue guards, Luo Shen met its Artifact Spirit and learned he had an exchange quota of one hundred thousand merit points.

• Di Chu-Yu dismissed a woman’s objections, considered how to secure Luo Shen’s help, and went to fetch him.
• Luo Shen interrupted his stalled cultivation and joined Di Chu-Yu on a trip to the Di Chu lineage’s ancestral palace.
• Di Chu-Yu explained the lineage’s inheritance and the harsh miniature universes where its descendants lived as they approached the Inheritance Hall.
• The statue guards threatened Luo Shen as he entered the hall, but they let him pass after scrutinizing him.
• The Artifact Spirit greeted Luo Shen and told him that, as a new guest retainer, he could exchange for items worth one hundred thousand merit points.

Luo Shen examined the Inheritance Hall’s offerings and spent all one hundred thousand Merit Points on three cultivation resources to strengthen his body and advance his comprehension of the Great Dao of Life Origin. He left with the treasures and declined Di Chu-Yu’s invitation to drink so he could focus on cultivating.

• The Artifact Spirit showed Luo Shen inheritances and resources worth up to ten times his Merit Points, and Luo Shen browsed their descriptions and prices.
• Luo Shen reviewed the costly inheritances and resources, including methods with the potential for transcendence and opportunities to observe complete Origin Laws.
• Luo Shen chose the Heart of Life, the Moro Fruit, and the Golden Leaf, spending all one hundred thousand Merit Points on cultivation resources.
• The Artifact Spirit delivered the three treasures to Luo Shen and sent him out of the Inheritance Hall.
• Di Chu-Yu welcomed Luo Shen and invited him to drink, but Luo Shen declined so he could turn his new resources into greater strength.

Luo Shen reflected on the Supreme Rule, transcendence, and the threats posed by the Yan Feng Ancient Kingdom’s political struggle before beginning to study the Heart of Life. He drew out its Life Spirituality and realized that ordinary lifeforms could deepen his understanding of the Great Dao of Life Origin, leaving him determined to study stronger lifeforms next.

• Di Chu-Yu warned Luo Shen that leaving the Imperial Capital could make them targets of rival First-rank Marquises, especially Di Chuxiong.
• Luo Shen considered how his system and cultivation methods let him break divine-body limits imposed by the Supreme Rule, and assessed the dangers posed by Shi Kingdom Lord.
• Luo Shen took out the Heart of Life and drew out its Life Spirituality instead of forcibly refining it.
• Luo Shen studied the spirituality and derived simple lifeforms up to Void True Gods, then recognized that he needed to study Eternal True God life essence.
• Luo Shen decided to obtain blood from stronger experts for his research and considered asking Di Chu-Yu for help.

Luo Shen accepted a well-paid assignment as an inspector in Chu City and spent more than an era serving there while cultivating. After a relatively quiet tenure, he received a greeting from Di Chu-Yu.

• Di Chu-Yu offered Luo Shen an inspector mission in Chu City, promising one thousand Merit Points per era for up to one hundred eras.
• Luo Shen accepted the assignment and told Ju Mang and Chao Yong to contact Chu Yuhou if trouble arose while he was away.
• Luo Shen served as an inspector for more than an era, with his subordinates handling most duties.
• Luo Shen stopped two Top Eternal True Gods who had destroyed part of Chu City's northern district, and they were sentenced to one hundred eras in Ice Prison.
• Luo Shen spent much of his time cultivating, but made little progress in his techniques or Origin Laws.
• Di Chu-Yu messaged Luo Shen to ask how he had been.

Luo Shen accepted an assignment to investigate the mysterious lockdown and declining Flowing Silver Stone Essence production in Flowing Silver City, then secretly left Chu City to investigate. After arriving, he sensed the city and overheard miners discussing repeated deaths in the mining tunnels, but the cause remained unknown.

• Di Chu-Yu offered Luo Shen an assignment to uncover who had sealed off Flowing Silver City, and Luo Shen accepted it for ten thousand Merit Points.
• Di Chu-Yu told Luo Shen that he had gathered corpses of powerful Chaos Layer Creatures for Luo Shen’s Life Spirituality research.
• A messenger delivered the collected corpses to Luo Shen, who pretended to enter seclusion and secretly left Chu City for Yuyin Chaos Province.
• Luo Shen reached Flowing Silver City in under three hours and sensed that its miners were still working despite the city’s troubles.
• Luo Shen listened in on miners underground, who discussed a third group of miners’ corpses found that era and the deaths of several Eternal True God guards.

Luo Shen discovered and captured a strange beast stealing Flowing Silver Stone Essence in the Tianyou Mine Area, then learned it had an unknown master who identified him as Chu Yuhou’s retainer. When the master threatened him and unleashed an attack, Luo Shen resisted and sent his Frost Cage toward the source of the disturbance.

• Luo Shen overheard miners describe Eternal True God corpses and found a phantom ore thief among their excavation site.
• The phantom attacked the miners, but Luo Shen arrived in Black Battle Armor and blocked its power, prompting it to vanish.
• Luo Shen used Great Desolate Cage to trap the fleeing fluctuations and captured a crocodile-like strange beast.
• The beast pleaded for mercy, and its hidden master revealed that the beast had stolen ore under his command and asked Luo Shen to release it.
• Luo Shen refused to abandon his mission and Merit Points, then countered the master's invisible attack and extended the Frost Cage toward him.
• The master targeted the crocodile beast, which cried for help before the passage ended.

Luo Shen completed his investigation in Flowing Silver City, drawing the hostility of the hidden Ancient God King behind the crocodile beast. After returning to Chu City, he learned that the Original Ancestor was trapped in a secret realm by a domineering sect and agreed to help him.

• A mysterious ripple destroyed the crocodile beast despite Luo Shen's protection, and Luo Shen collected its remaining belongings after confirming his mission was complete.
• Luo Shen told Flowing Silver City's Chaos Ruler that the investigation was finished and left, while the city’s guardian admitted to himself that he had deliberately ignored the beast’s illegal mining.
• An armored man in Mist Heart Kingdom recognized Luo Shen as Abyss and decided to wait for a chance to endanger him rather than confront him directly.
• The Original Ancestor explained that a powerful sect was forcing secret-realm visitors to submit to soul searches or face execution, and asked Luo Shen and Luo Feng for help.
• Luo Shen promised to rescue the Original Ancestor, and Luo Feng warned him that the sect’s backer might lead to several Chaos Rulers besieging him.

Luo Shen arranged for Number One and Di Chu-Yu’s personal guards to retrieve the Original Ancestor from a secret realm controlled by Tianyi Sect. As the group traveled to Lingguan City, the city’s lord suddenly rode out toward the gates.

• Luo Feng worried that Luo Shen might be in danger, but Luo Shen reassured him and heard about his teacher’s plans to take him to the Yan Feng Ancient Kingdom’s capital.
• Luo Shen asked Di Chu-Yu to help rescue the Original Ancestor from the Ling Guan Secret Realm, and Di Chu-Yu offered his token and a squad of personal guards instead of issuing a direct order.
• Luo Shen summoned Number One, a Peak Chaos Ruler, and sent him with Di Chu-Yu’s guards toward Lingguan Chaos Province while keeping the Abyss Clone concealed inside Number One.
• Tianyi Sect’s leaders discussed their blockade of the Ling Guan Secret Realm and warned their subordinates to keep anyone from leaving it.
• The City Lord of Lingguan City rode out toward the city gates with his personal guards, startling Tianyi Sect’s experts watching from a tavern.

Number One and Lie Ya joined forces to approach the occupied Ling Guan Secret Realm and free the people trapped inside. Their enemies prepared a hidden countermeasure, and the chapter ended as Lie Ya launched the assault and Snake Woman targeted Number One’s true body.

• Lie Ya identified Number One at Lingguan City’s gates and proved his allegiance to Di Chu-Yu by showing the matching token.
• Number One agreed to let Lie Ya handle the plan while he held off the Chaos Rulers guarding the secret realm.
• A tavern leader learned that Lie Ya had met an unfamiliar Chaos Ruler and ordered his forces to attack anyone who threatened their claim to the secret realm.
• Lie Ya sensed an ambush near the secret realm but transformed into flames and attacked alongside his guards as Number One moved in.
• The assault erupted into a clash, and Snake Woman redirected her attack toward Number One’s true body while the fat young man struck at Luo Shen.

Number One fought the Snake Woman and her allies, killing the injured obese young man before facing their leader, Boss. After Boss wounded him, Number One concealed himself in mist and unleashed Dual Reincarnation—Endless Destruction.

• Number One absorbed the Snake Woman's attack and shattered the obese young man's divine body with a punch.
• Number One killed the injured young man while the Snake Woman and another beast attacked him, then turned to fight the Snake Woman.
• The Snake Woman called for Boss, who emerged with the others while Shadow and another Chaos Ruler kept the Lord of Lingguan City occupied.
• Boss and his allies attacked Number One, but Number One broke through their techniques and clashed head-on with Boss using Reincarnation Destruction.
• Boss wounded Number One, who remained in control of himself, spread mist across the battlefield, and unleashed Dual Reincarnation—Endless Destruction.

Number One and the Abyss Clone destroyed the forces guarding the Ling Guan Secret Realm, but they could not reach Original Ancestor inside it. As the Human Race worried over Original Ancestor’s isolation, Chaos City Lord announced that he wanted to attempt reincarnation.

• Number One attacked the forces before the Ling Guan Secret Realm while the Abyss Clone used the Lie Yuan Technique to incapacitate them; he swallowed the leader and the other Chaos Rulers, leaving only the Lingguan City Lord alive.
• Number One warned that entering the secret realm at Chaos Ruler strength could destroy it, so he and the Lingguan City Lord sent Eternal True God-level World Beast Warriors and city forces inside to search for Original Ancestor.
• Luo Shen learned that the searchers could not advance far enough to find Original Ancestor, and that no one could contact him through his Miniature Universe, though it remained intact and its inhabitants seemed safe.
• Dark True God, Chaos City Lord, and the other disciples asked Luo Shen for help, but he explained that entering the secret realm could collapse it and endanger Original Ancestor; he promised to keep watch.
• After the others departed, Chaos City Lord told Luo Shen that he wanted to attempt reincarnation.

Luo Shen agreed to help Chaos City Lord reach the Origin Continent safely, and Chaos City Lord chose to join Luo Feng’s sect rather than enter Luo Shen’s dangerous political situation. Meanwhile, Di Chu-Yu secured Lord Lianhuo’s help in obtaining Chaos Layer Creature materials for Abyss and hoped the move would strengthen his position against Di Chuxiong.

• Chaos City Lord insisted that he had reached his limit for cultivation in the Original Universe region and decided to cross the Reincarnation.
• Luo Feng offered to take Chaos City Lord to his sect, and Chaos City Lord accepted; Luo Shen said he would personally guide him there with an avatar.
• Di Chu-Yu met Lord Lianhuo, who received a royal mission to oversee the North Sea Beast Forest for ten thousand epochs.
• Lord Lianhuo promised Di Chu-Yu that he would receive the Chaos Layer Creature materials he wanted within three days.
• Di Chu-Yu planned to give the materials to Abyss, hoping Abyss would reach Chaos Ruler Transcendence and help him contend with Di Chuxiong.

Di Chu-Yu refused Marquis Chu Yuan’s demand for a King-level Mission, and the two clashed before Chu Yuan left the Imperial Capital. Di Chu-Yu then visited Luo Shen, who recognized that the dispute had been connected to him, while news from the Ling Guan Secret Realm remained uncertain.

• Marquis Chu Yuan confronted Di Chu-Yu for taking a mission he wanted and warned him against opposing Di Chuxiong.
• Di Chu-Yu refused to give up the mission, and Chu Yuan’s aura blasted away Di Chu-Yu’s two Chaos Ruler subordinates.
• Di Chu-Yu and Chu Yuan exchanged threats but did not fight further because they were inside the Imperial Capital.
• Di Chu-Yu visited Luo Shen and explained that he had clashed with Chu Yuan over a King-level Mission.
• Luo Shen realized Chu Yuan had targeted Di Chu-Yu because of him, then told Di Chu-Yu that no one had yet been found in the Ling Guan Secret Realm.

Luo Shen received Chaos Layer Creature body materials from Di Chu-Yu and learned that Di Chu-Yu might need his help with a secret realm. As Di Chu-Yu prepared for conflict with Marquis Chu Yuan, he realized Abyss could be targeted when leaving Chu City.

• Di Chu-Yu gave Luo Shen a ring of Chaos Layer Creature body materials and asked him to strengthen himself during the twenty-five eras of protection.
• Di Chu-Yu said he might ask Luo Shen to guard him when a secret realm opened in fifty-six eras if he had not reached Chaos Ruler Transcendence by then.
• Luo Shen sensed that more eyes were watching him and suspected Di Chu-Yu had begun clashing with other First-rank Marquises.
• Di Chu-Yu assessed Marquis Chu Yuan and Chu Luo Hou's forces and concluded that he could not afford to yield resources, despite being outnumbered.
• Di Chu-Yu reasoned that Marquis Chu Yuan could target Abyss outside Chu City, especially when Abyss left to complete missions.

Di Chu-Yu considered how to rally neutral branches against Di Chuxiong’s pressure while Luo Shen used new Chaos Layer Creature samples to advance his study of spirituality. Luo Shen created a lifeform from spiritual essence and began examining a golden feather, hoping to push his research further.

• Di Chu-Yu decided he needed help from experts in neutral branches because he could not leave the Imperial Capital or rely on watched members of his own lineage.
• Luo Shen studied the new Chaos Layer Creature material and advanced the Dao of Spirituality to the Micro-level, bringing him closer to God King level.
• Luo Shen used spiritual essence and ownerless divine power to create a Rift-Sky Tiger King, but found it had only peak Eternal True God strength and lacked useful secret arts.
• Luo Shen took out a golden feather from a Peak Chaos Ruler-level divine bird and cut off a tiny strand of down using eighty percent of his divine body strength.
• Luo Shen pulverized the strand of down with power surpassing Chaos Ruler Transcendence level as he continued his research into Life Spirituality.

Luo Shen studied a golden feather’s unusual life particles and discovered a powerful yin-yang fusion that opened a new path in his Dao of Spirituality research. Meanwhile, Di Chu-Yu accepted a valuable King-level Mission, drawing the attention of Marquis Chu Yuan and the other First-rank Marquises as tensions gathered.

• Luo Shen dissected the golden feather’s particles, discovered their fused yin-yang structure, and began trying to reproduce it with divine power.
• After countless experiments spanning ten epochs under time acceleration, Luo Shen created a yin-yang fusion that strengthened Life Spirituality more than tenfold and gave him hope of approaching God Kinghood.
• Several epochs passed without an attempt against Luo Shen, while the First-rank Marquises waited for a chance to compete over valuable missions.
• Di Chu-Yu used his priority as a newly promoted First-rank Marquis to accept a newly issued King-level Mission.
• Di Chuxiong dismissed Di Chu-Yu’s choice, while Chu Luo Hou worried Marquis Chu Yuan might retaliate and decided to watch the situation.
• The other First-rank Marquises anticipated trouble after Di Chu-Yu’s thirty-epoch protection period ended, especially for his guest elders.

Di Chu-Yu provoked Marquis Chu Yuan after claiming another King-level Mission, so Chu Yuan’s retainers urged him to target Di Chu-Yu’s powerful retainer, Abyss, instead. Chu Yuan and five other Peak Chaos Rulers prepared to ambush Abyss outside Chu City, while Di Chu-Yu warned Luo Shen to seek refuge in the Patrol Division if danger arose.

• Di Chu-Yu taunted Marquis Chu Yuan through a transmission token, vowed to stay inside his residence during the protection period, and announced he would claim every mission he could.
• Marquis Chu Yuan nearly lost control in anger, but his retainers calmed him and reminded him that attacking Di Chu-Yu would violate the ancestor’s laws.
• Chu Yuan’s retainers proposed attacking Abyss, since the laws did not protect retainers, and Chu Yuan agreed to target him and seize his treasures.
• Di Chu-Yu warned Luo Shen that Chu Yuan would likely act soon and told him to hide in the Patrol Division if the situation turned dangerous.
• Outside Chu City, an elderly woman failed to learn much about Abyss with her Karma Compass, while Chu Luo Hou and the others discussed Abyss’s possible hidden abilities.
• Marquis Chu Yuan and five other Peak Chaos Rulers prepared to attack Abyss together, confident they could kill him unless he had reached Chaos Ruler Transcendence.