Chapter Summaries

Lin Yuan fought off four legendary Ninth Order beings and forced the alien experts to flee deeper into the Mystic Yellow Secret Realm rather than surrender their treasures to Human Civilization. He recognized that they would rather be annihilated when the realm closed than let humans claim their gains.

• The major Peak Races summoned the Child of the Tree Realm, the Dragon Scale King, and two other powerful Ninth Order beings to challenge Lin Yuan and assess his strength.
• Lin Yuan arrived above the canyon and attacked the gathered alien experts while concealing his true spatial power and strengthening his strikes with Mystic Yellow Strike.
• The four special Ninth Order beings joined forces against Lin Yuan, but he steadily overwhelmed them and killed their avatars.
• The Ninth Order Insect Race urged the trapped aliens to flee into the inner and core regions, where Human Civilization could not blockade them.
• The alien experts fled deeper into the secret realm, and Lin Yuan realized they would rather lose their treasures when the realm closed than let humans take them.

Lin Yuan let the fleeing Ninth Order foreign races escape into the Mystic Yellow Secret Realm’s inner region, where he planned to collect their resources when the realm closed. As he neared mastery of the secret realm core, the Mother of the Tree Realm and the Heaven Feather Race learned more about his strength and potential threat.

• Lin Yuan declined to pursue the foreign races into the inner region, and Duo Ke agreed to prevent them from returning to the outer region.
• The Mother of the Tree Realm learned that her child’s avatar had died at Galaxy Star Lord’s hands and advised the small ancient tree not to worry about Lin Yuan.
• Heaven Feather Race experts assessed Lin Yuan’s battle and predicted that he could reach a Grade B threat level within a thousand years and might reach Grade A within five thousand years.
• Lin Yuan used his control of the Mystic Yellow Secret Realm to locate 8,792 Ninth Order foreign races and planned to turn their abandoned treasures into nourishment for his Mystic Yellow Body.
• Lin Yuan continued refining the secret realm core, and a year later the refinement reached its final moment.

Lin Yuan fully refined the Mystic Yellow Secret Realm’s core while attending his sister Lin Yi’s wedding to Xia KeRan, keeping his new authority hidden from the wider universe. The secret realm’s native lifeforms sensed their new ruler and bowed to him as the volume ended.

• Lin Yuan learned that the Mystic Yellow Secret Realm was fused with the Main Universe and sensed other Mystic Yellow Secret Realms in distant universes.
• Lin Yuan continued cultivating the Mystic Yellow Body, increasing his physical strength and gaining the Protective Mystic Emperor Light.
• Lin Yuan met Lin Yi’s fiancé, Xia KeRan, and warned him to treat her well before their wedding in the Virtual World.
• Lin Yuan’s guests discussed his potential, while his senior brothers said Crimson Kun Star Lord was secluded to break through to the Ninth Order.
• Lin Yuan sensed that his Sun Primordial Spirit had refined the secret realm core and gained complete awareness of the Mystic Yellow Secret Realm.
• The secret realm’s native lifeforms knelt in reverence to Lin Yuan as their new ruler.

Lin Yuan mastered the Mystic Yellow Secret Realm, considered his path toward the Tenth Order, and learned about Human Civilization’s Secluded Land from powerful evolvers. After returning to Galaxy Main Star, he finished absorbing the gourd’s blue liquid and began drawing out its purple liquid as his Inner World reached nearly 200 million li in radius.

• Lin Yuan decided to preserve the Mystic Yellow Secret Realm’s native lifeforms and learned he could use the realm as a refuge that concealed karma from those outside it.
• The Six-Armed Figure advised Lin Yuan that fusing more rules and comprehending the Chaos Rule could aid his future attempt to become ultimate.
• At Lin Yi and Xia KeRan’s wedding gathering, Lin Yuan met prominent Tenth Order evolvers, including Black Star Lord and Lapis Lazuli Star Lord, and heard about the time-dilated Secluded Land.
• Lin Yuan considered entering the Secluded Land after reaching the Tenth Order and planned to use the Chaos Crystal and Micro Universe to offset its vague rules.
• Lin Yuan’s Inner World stopped expanding at a radius of 199.8 million li after absorbing the gourd’s blue liquid, and he drew out a drop of purple liquid.

Lin Yuan absorbed the Mysterious Gourd’s purple liquid, gathered World Breaking Source Power, and continued developing his cultivation while planning to reach the Tenth Order. After hitting a bottleneck in his study of the Time Rules, he asked Supreme Expert Xia Qin for guidance and surprised him by asking about an Eleventh Order concept.

• Lin Yuan found that he could not comprehend the purple liquid, then swallowed it and endured its flames destroying his body before he recondensed.
• Lin Yuan’s Taiyin Primordial Spirit accumulated World Breaking Source Power beneath a Permanent Space Rift, while he considered gathering more on a large-scale Alien Race Battlefield after reaching the Tenth Order.
• Duo Ke told Lin Yuan that some Ninth Order aliens offered their secret-realm gains in exchange for letting their avatars leave, but Lin Yuan refused to compromise with them.
• Lin Yuan estimated that his Ninth Order-to-Tenth Order transformation would take a hundred years and decided not to transmigrate during that period.
• Lin Yuan reached a bottleneck in comprehending the Time Rules and contacted Supreme Expert Xia Qin for guidance.
• Lin Yuan asked Supreme Expert Xia Qin about the Three Nether Time Index from the Eleventh Order section of the Xia You Evolution Path, leaving Xia Qin stunned.

Lin Yuan received guidance from Supreme Expert Xia Qin and quickly comprehended the Three Nether Time Index and another Time Model. He approved a trade route with the Shadow Race, strengthened his Mystic Yellow techniques, and continued cultivating as twenty years passed.

• Supreme Expert Xia Qin explained the Three Nether Time Index, and Lin Yuan comprehended the one thousand eight hundred and twenty-third Time Model during the explanation.
• Supreme Expert Xia Qin urged Lin Yuan to return after comprehending all Time Models, and Nalan Deputy Tower Master arrived to pay his respects.
• Lin Yuan approved the Shadow Race's request to establish a trade route with the Galaxy Star Region.
• Lin Yuan learned that the Galaxy Star Region was developing rapidly and had earned eight thousand cubes of Cosmic Crystal in tax revenue over two years.
• Lin Yuan reached Lesser Mastery in the Mystic Yellow Body, gained the Protective Mystic Emperor Light, and cultivated Mystic Yellow Strike to its second stage.
• Lin Yuan continued cultivating while undercurrents surged among the Myriad Races, and twenty years passed.

After twenty years of cultivation, Lin Yuan mastered nearly all known Time Rules models and used the Demon Jade Space to complete his study of the final model. Supreme Expert Xia Qin summoned Nalan Deputy Tower Master to assess Lin Yuan’s progress, leaving Nalan wondering whether he had been asked to temper the Galaxy Star Lord.

• Lin Yuan advanced his Mystic Yellow techniques, expanded his Inner World, and reflected on how comprehending the Time Rules could strengthen its future transformations.
• Lin Yuan challenged the black tower’s Fifth Layer and comprehended the 2,173rd and final known time-rule model before withdrawing.
• A burly human genius entered the Demon Jade Space, mistook Lin Yuan for an Eleventh Order expert, and respectfully greeted him.
• Lin Yuan met Supreme Expert Xia Qin, who confirmed that Lin Yuan had comprehended all the known time-rule models and arranged a test of his progress.
• Nalan Deputy Tower Master appeared and was told to spar with Lin Yuan using only his Time Rules comprehension, leaving him to suspect Xia Qin wanted him to temper the Galaxy Star Lord.

Lin Yuan defeated Nalan Deputy Tower Master with his Time Cage, revealing that his mastery of Time Rules surpassed that of a veteran Grade A Tenth Order. Supreme Expert Xia Qin explained how an independent Inner World could receive the Chaos Void’s origin and offered to show Lin Yuan the full view of the Time River to help him advance.

• Supreme Expert Xia Qin ordered Nalan Deputy Tower Master to spar with Lin Yuan using only Time Rules.
• Lin Yuan trapped Nalan Deputy Tower Master in a Time Cage woven from 1,337 time models, and Nalan could not escape through Time Rules alone.
• Supreme Expert Xia Qin ended the spar, and Nalan admitted Lin Yuan’s mastery of Time Rules was greater than his own.
• Supreme Expert Xia Qin explained that an independent Inner World could receive the Chaos Void’s origin when advancing through a major realm, strengthening it toward an Inner Universe.
• Supreme Expert Xia Qin told Lin Yuan he had wanted to give him a push and offered to show him the full view of the Time River.

Supreme Expert Xia Qin brought Lin Yuan to the River Bank to observe the full view of the Time River, greatly advancing his understanding of the Time Rules. Lin Yuan returned to his cultivation with the goal of comprehending the rules within thirty years, then sensed someone looking for him through the Virtual World.

• Supreme Expert Xia Qin took Lin Yuan’s Heart and Will outside the Time River, where Lin Yuan observed its currents, past, future, and the towering figures of numerous Supreme Experts.
• Lin Yuan saw a dark-mist-shrouded Supreme Expert react with hostility, and Supreme Expert Xia Qin shielded him from the attack while bearing a severe cost for bringing him to the River Bank.
• Back on Galaxy Main Star, Lin Yuan realized the experience had brought him close to comprehending the Time Rules and estimated that he could master them within thirty years.
• Lin Yuan divided his cultivation between studying the Time Rules and practicing secret arts, while the Six-Armed Figure marveled at his progress in Time-Space Step.
• Lin Yuan studied the Time Rules within the Micro Universe, then connected to the Virtual World after sensing that someone was looking for him.

Lin Yuan learned that Tuoba Ancient God had taken Fang Qing’s Heart and Will, then met with Tuoba to negotiate its return. Tuoba demanded a treasure that could improve his odds of reaching the ultimate realm, leaving Lin Yuan facing an immense price.

• Fang Qing’s Intelligent Life told Lin Yuan that Fang Qing had collapsed and lost his Heart and Will, though his vital signs and soul remained normal.
• Lin Yuan traced Fang Qing’s Heart and Will to Tuoba Ancient God’s territory and learned that Fang Qing had cultivated Tuoba’s Ancient God Evolution Path.
• Ma Duo Walker arranged for Lin Yuan to meet Si Zhong Ancient God, who explained that Tuoba had likely taken Fang Qing’s Heart and Will to experience a weak life and temper his own Heart and Will.
• Si Zhong Ancient God introduced Lin Yuan to Tuoba Ancient God and asked him to return Fang Qing’s Heart and Will.
• Tuoba Ancient God demanded a treasure that could increase his chances of successfully attempting the ultimate in exchange for Fang Qing’s Heart and Will.

Lin Yuan refused Tuoba Ancient God’s demand for a treasure, then secretly curse-killed Fang Qing to prevent Tuoba from exploiting his Heart and Will. After returning to the Galaxy Main Star, Lin Yuan waited for the Mystic Yellow Secret Realm to close, with many trapped Ninth Order foreign races gathered inside.

• Tuoba Ancient God demanded a treasure that could increase the odds of reaching the ultimate realm in exchange for Fang Qing’s Heart and Will, while Si Zhong Ancient God failed to persuade him to lower the condition.
• Lin Yuan returned to Crimson Kun Main Star and used Fang Qing’s body as a medium to curse-kill Fang Qing’s Heart and Will, preserving the possibility of a future revival.
• Tuoba Ancient God realized Lin Yuan had killed Fang Qing rather than accept a threat, and understood that Lin Yuan would not yield even if a closer loved one were held hostage.
• Lin Yuan returned to the Galaxy Main Star and planned to ask a Supreme Expert to revive Fang Qing during the next resurrection in roughly two thousand years.
• Twenty years later, Lin Yuan saw the Mystic Yellow Secret Realm nearing its closure and smiled at the trapped Ninth Order foreign races in its inner region.

After the Mystic Yellow Secret Realm closed, Lin Yuan collected the remains and treasures of thousands of alien Ninth Orders and set out for the Galaxy Main Star. On the way, he discovered an indestructible black planet, while Nalan Deputy Tower Master broke through a bottleneck after comparing himself with Lin Yuan.

• Lin Yuan and the other Human Civilization Ninth Order evolvers were expelled from the Mystic Yellow Secret Realm as it closed.
• Lin Yuan descended into the realm through the Mystic Yellow Mark, and the Six-Armed Figure reported that no outsiders remained and presented more than eight thousand corpses, nearly twenty thousand weapons and secret treasures, and other treasures.
• Lin Yuan planned to use the recovered resources to cultivate the Mystic Yellow Body in his true body and primordial spirits.
• During his journey, Lin Yuan found a black planet that affected Space Layers and resisted his palm strike without damage.
• Nalan Deputy Tower Master reflected on Lin Yuan's superior Time Rules comprehension, then broke through his bottleneck and realized he could attempt to reach the Eleventh Order.

Lin Yuan discovered a mysterious Black Star that resisted his strongest probing and contained twelve gates requiring the comprehension of powerful fusion rules, so he rented the surrounding star region to claim and monitor it. Back in the Virtual World, he learned Nalan Deputy Tower Master had stepped down while preparing to advance to Eleventh Order, and Lin Yuan’s study of the Time Rules gained momentum.

• Lin Yuan approached the Black Star, discovered its vast scale and altered space-time, and found twelve gates that each required a specific fusion rule to enter.
• Lin Yuan failed to draw the Black Star into his Inner World, rented the unclaimed surrounding star region for ten thousand years, and placed a monitoring method near the planet.
• Lin Yuan’s Sun Primordial Spirit returned to Galaxy Main Star with his treasures, handed them to his true body, and later switched places with the Taiyin Primordial Spirit to cultivate.
• The Black Star Lord and other Grade A Tenth Order experts told Lin Yuan that Nalan Deputy Tower Master had stepped down, likely because he was preparing to advance to Eleventh Order.
• Lin Yuan resumed cultivating and contemplated a new model of the Time Rules, gaining insight into time as a closed loop.

Lin Yuan advanced his understanding of the Time Rules and unexpectedly fused the Space Rules with the Rule of Metal to comprehend the Space Cleavage rule. He learned that the Black Star he had discovered was likely an ancient treasure from Beyond the Universe, then attended Nalan Deputy Tower Master's celebration after Nalan reached the Eleventh Order.

• Lin Yuan studied the Micro Universe and made rapid progress in comprehending the Time Rules and Space Rules.
• Lin Yuan fused the Space Rules and the Rule of Metal, creating the Space Cleavage rule and greatly increasing his combat strength.
• The Goddess of Wisdom informed Lin Yuan that the Black Star was likely a treasure from Beyond the Universe and offered him five hundred million Merit Points for it, but Lin Yuan decided to consider the offer later.
• Lin Yuan learned that Nalan, the former deputy tower master of Xia You Evolution High Tower, had advanced to the Eleventh Order and attended his celebration in the Virtual World.
• Nalan warmly greeted Lin Yuan and said he had especially wanted to see him after his breakthrough, prompting Black Star Lord and Lapis Lazuli Star Lord to notice Nalan's regard for Lin Yuan.

At Nalan Deputy Tower Master's Eleventh Order celebration, Lin Yuan received unusual respect from powerful guests, while keeping the reason for his connection to Nalan Deputy Tower Master private. The Xuanyuan Clan Leader arrived, and Lin Yuan reflected on the challenge of fully comprehending Time Rules as he sat only one step from doing so.

• Nalan Deputy Tower Master thanked Lin Yuan for helping spur his breakthrough and promised him a favor, while Lin Yuan concealed their spar over Time Rules.
• Lin Yuan returned to Black Star Lord and Lapis Lazuli Star Lord, who questioned Nalan Deputy Tower Master's special treatment of him.
• Luo Deputy President praised Lin Yuan and invited him to visit the Azure Fall Association.
• Xuanyuan Clan Leader arrived, and Nalan Deputy Tower Master personally welcomed the Eleventh Order evolver who had fully comprehended Time Rules.
• Black Star Lord and Lapis Lazuli Star Lord discussed how difficult it was to comprehend Time Rules, unaware that Lin Yuan was nearly there.

After Nalan Deputy Tower Master celebrated reaching the Eleventh Order, he told Lin Yuan about Human Civilization’s ancient origins and a mysterious cosmic event that may have brought its founding treasure. Lin Yuan returned to studying the Time Rules, cleared the final gap through the Black Tower Fifth Layer, and fully comprehended the rules.

• Nalan Deputy Tower Master congratulated Lin Yuan and discussed Human Civilization’s long dormancy, its rise to power, and the nine Supreme Experts it produced.
• Nalan Deputy Tower Master connected Human Civilization’s ancient opportunity to a cosmic event in which countless treasures fell and most of the universe’s races went extinct, leading Lin Yuan to wonder whether his mysterious gourd came from it.
• Three years later, Lin Yuan had comprehended 2,040 Time Rules models but struggled with the next, so he entered the Demon Jade Space to challenge the Black Tower Fifth Layer again.
• Lin Yuan narrowly missed clearing the Fifth Layer, and he told Yuan Jin that they were both Ninth Order; Shen Ji confirmed Lin Yuan was the strongest Ninth Order Life he had ever seen.
• After returning to Galaxy Main Star, Lin Yuan rapidly comprehended the remaining Time Rules models and fully mastered the Time Rules.

Lin Yuan comprehended the Time Rules, gaining a view of the Time River and making his Inner World independent of the Main Universe. He visited Supreme Expert Xia Qin, who confirmed his achievement and welcomed the news with excitement.

• Lin Yuan comprehended the Time Rules and sensed the Time River, though his presence within it remained weak and he could not see the shore clearly.
• Lin Yuan realized that the Time Rules and Space Rules made his Inner World complete and independent from the Main Universe, while accelerating his transformation toward the Tenth Order.
• Lin Yuan decided to tell Supreme Expert Xia Qin about his breakthrough and connected to the Virtual World.
• Supreme Expert Xia Qin suspected Lin Yuan had caused a fluctuation he sensed from the shore of the Time River, then asked whether Lin Yuan had comprehended the Time Rules.
• Lin Yuan confirmed that he had, and Supreme Expert Xia Qin excitedly praised him.

Lin Yuan prepared for his Ninth-to-Tenth Order breakthrough while refining the Martial Path of Evolution, which rose in the rankings and earned him Merit Points. Supreme Expert Xia Qin and the Feather Butterfly Supreme Expert prepared to protect Lin Yuan and conceal the breakthrough’s location when it began.

• Supreme Expert Xia Qin learned Lin Yuan would reach the limit of his transformation within twenty years, directed him to break through in a deep Space Layer, and sent an avatar to protect him in the Galaxy Star Region.
• Lin Yuan reviewed and subtly revised the Martial Path of Evolution while his body, soul, Heart and Will, and Inner World continued transforming.
• Lin Yuan uploaded the revised Martial Path of Evolution, raising it from fifty-third to forty-second on the Evolution Chart and earning eight million Merit Points.
• Lin Yuan checked the path’s cultivation figures and income, noting that it had accumulated more than ten million cubic Cosmic Crystals over roughly thirty years.
• Supreme Expert Xia Qin and the Feather Butterfly Supreme Expert agreed to conceal Lin Yuan’s location from alien Supreme Experts when the Chaos Void’s origin infused him during his breakthrough.

Lin Yuan began breaking through from the Ninth Order to the Tenth Order, drawing an unprecedented flood of Chaos Void origin through a rift that grew to twelve light-years wide. His breakthrough attracted the attention of powerful beings across the universe, while Supreme Expert Xia Qin and the Feather Butterfly Supreme Expert watched in shock as he absorbed the origin without apparent limit.

• Supreme Expert Xia Qin and the Feather Butterfly Supreme Expert speculated that Lin Yuan's breakthrough would require an extraordinary amount of Chaos Void origin.
• Lin Yuan reached the limits of his transformation, changed his two Primordial Spirits into soul bodies, and merged them into his physical body before beginning the breakthrough.
• Supreme Expert Xia Qin and the Feather Butterfly Supreme Expert isolated spacetime around the Galaxy Star Region as Lin Yuan entered the deep Space Layers and broke through his bottleneck.
• A rift opened through the Space Layers, and Chaos Void origin poured into Lin Yuan as the gap expanded to more than twelve light-years.
• Eleventh Order Life and Ancient Gods sensed the immense disturbance and speculated that a Tenth Order Life had comprehended the Time Rules and was breaking through to the Eleventh Order.
• Ultimate Existences learned the disturbance was within Human Civilization's territory, while Supreme Expert Xia Qin and the Feather Butterfly Supreme Expert watched Lin Yuan absorb the origin like a black hole.

Lin Yuan broke through from the Ninth Order to the Tenth Order, drawing in an unprecedented amount of Chaos Void origin and alarming Supreme Expert Xia Qin and the Feather Butterfly Supreme Expert. They recognized his strength as comparable to a Grade-A Tenth Order and planned to conceal the truth of his breakthrough, leaving Lin Yuan back at the Star Lord Hall to assess his new power.

• Lin Yuan’s breakthrough tore open a twelve-light-year Cosmic Gap, and Chaos Void origin flooded into him and his two primordial spirit avatars for three hundred and thirty-three seconds.
• Supreme Expert Xia Qin and the Feather Butterfly Supreme Expert realized Lin Yuan’s breakthrough caused the immense commotion and suspected his revealed strength concealed a far greater foundation.
• Lin Yuan met the two Supreme Experts, who judged him comparable to a Grade-A Tenth Order and urged him to pursue the Ultimate while mastering Fusion Rules.
• Supreme Expert Xia Qin advised Lin Yuan to keep his breakthrough secret and planned to tell other races that a hidden human evolver had reached the Eleventh Order after comprehending the Time Rules.
• After the two Supreme Experts departed, Lin Yuan returned to the Star Lord Hall and sat down to examine the changes in his strength.