Chapter Summaries

Lin Yuan discovered that he could refine Demonic Qi with his Chaos Yin Yang Taiji Diagram and absorb the pure power it yielded, giving him a new source of resources for opening particle worlds. He began quietly hunting demons beyond the Azure Cloud Holy Mountain, while avoiding Source Demons that might attract the Demon God’s attention.

• Lin Yuan realized that sustaining ever more particle worlds required vast resources and rejected relying on the Azure Cloud Holy Sect or spending World Breaking Source Power to import resources.
• Lin Yuan used the Chaos Yin Yang Taiji Diagram to grind a wisp of Demonic Qi into pure power that he could absorb and use to open particle worlds.
• Lin Yuan left the Azure Cloud Holy Mountain, suppressed a million-li demon spirit, and refined it into enough energy to open more than three hundred particle worlds.
• Lin Yuan began periodically hunting demons and refining them for cultivation, while avoiding Source Demons because they might draw the Demon God’s gaze.
• A thousand years passed as Lin Yuan continued opening particle worlds with the energy obtained from demons.

Lin Yuan continued cultivating in the Second Source World, using demons to expand his particle worlds while remaining wary of the world’s hidden powers. As demons vanished around Azure Cloud Holy Mountain, the sect’s elders feared a powerful Demonic Path Cultivator might be hiding among them.

• Lin Yuan told Ouyang that demons could only be completely destroyed by erasing the source of Demonic Qi, which he identified as the demon god.
• Lin Yuan reflected on the dangers of the Second Source World, his progress in cultivation, and the ten billion particle worlds he had opened by hunting demons.
• Lin Yuan decided he would need to expand his hunting range to find more demons and resources, while delaying a search for deeper rune inheritances until he had finished opening Ganges Sand Particle World.
• Lin Yuan continued studying the Path of Runes in the Chaos Void after leaving the Milky Way Chaos Continent, while keeping an avatar there to protect it.
• The Azure Cloud Holy Sect Master warned the elders that the decline in nearby demons could mean a stronger demon had driven them away or a Demonic Path Cultivator had devoured them.

Lin Yuan studied the Golden Mist’s ability to reveal glimpses of the future and planned to trade it for resources to open more particle worlds. When a colossal demon nearing the level of a Source Demon approached, Lin Yuan headed toward it, while the Azure Cloud Holy Sect’s elders watched in alarm.

• Lin Yuan concluded that Golden Mist could show other Heavenly Venerates vague scenes of their futures, and he planned to trade it for particle-world resources.
• Lin Yuan considered the strength of the Eternal Sects’ rune inheritances and resolved to seek them out after opening the Infinite Ganges Sand Particle World.
• A gigantic demon absorbed Demonic Qi as it moved toward a region where the energy was denser.
• The Azure Cloud Holy Sect’s runes warned of the approaching demon, and the Holy Sect Master and elders saw it in their images.
• Lin Yuan sensed the demon’s overwhelming aura, recognized it as close to a Source Demon, and vanished toward it.
• The Holy Sect Master judged that the demon would not pass the holy mountain, but several elders spotted an unbelievable scene in the images.

Lin Yuan defeated a Giant Demon approaching Source Demon strength in four steps, then refined it for energy to open particle worlds. After witnessing his power through the Rune Mapping Method, the Azure Cloud Holy Sect Master and elders gathered at Azure Cloud Institute to pay their respects.

• The Azure Cloud Holy Sect Master and elders saw Chen Tong, whom they recognized as Lin Yuan, appear before a Giant Demon in the Rune Mapping Method’s image.
• Lin Yuan stomped the Giant Demon into the ground four times, leaving it gravely injured and unable to resist.
• Lin Yuan sensed the Holy Sect’s rune-based observation, moved the Giant Demon into a particle world, and refined it into energy.
• The Azure Cloud Holy Sect Master concluded Lin Yuan meant the Holy Sect no harm and decided to pay their respects to him.
• The Holy Sect Master and 456 elders cleared Azure Cloud Institute and bowed to Lin Yuan, introducing themselves as the 2,638th generation leadership.

The Azure Cloud Holy Sect Master met Lin Yuan and gave him rune secret methods inherited from the Eternal Sect, which deepened Lin Yuan’s understanding of the Path of Runes. As Lin Yuan continued exploring for demon-breached sect ruins and opening Particle Worlds, one of his incarnations found an unusually powerful ruin.

• The Azure Cloud Holy Sect Master and 456 elders entered Lin Yuan’s isolated spacetime and thanked him for protecting their sect.
• Lin Yuan learned that the Holy Sect’s rune-spying techniques came from the Eternal Sect, and the Holy Sect Master gave him a jade slip containing its secret methods.
• Lin Yuan studied the methods, recognized the influence of a Thirteenth Order being, and realized his understanding of the Path of Runes was incomplete.
• Lin Yuan continued opening Particle Worlds while his two great primordial spirits explored for demons and sect ruins that might preserve rune inheritances.
• One of Lin Yuan’s incarnations discovered a demon-breached sect ruin whose chaotic spacetime and reviving arrays suggested it was unusually powerful.

Lin Yuan entered the ruins of Li Hong Holy Sect and received Li Hong’s rune inheritance, learning that the Lord of Heavenly Light pursued omnipotence through the Great Dao of Runes. After Li Hong’s imprint vanished, Lin Yuan began studying the inheritances left in the stone statue and wondered whether the Lord of Heavenly Light was a Time Lord.

• Lin Yuan examined the damaged sect-protecting array and found traces suggesting a Source Demon had nearly pierced it.
• Lin Yuan activated the runes beneath a stone statue, summoning Li Hong’s imprint.
• Li Hong described being hunted by a powerful Source Demon and left behind his rune inheritance, including the Light of Li Hong, the Path of Li Cauldron, and the Blood Rainbow Immortality Art.
• Li Hong explained that the Lord of Heavenly Light pursued omnipotence through the Great Dao of Runes, and his imprint vanished after questioning why the Lord had not stopped the Demon Calamity.
• Lin Yuan found that six cultivators had previously studied the statue’s inheritances and began comprehending the runes passed down by the Lords of Eternity.
• Lin Yuan was astonished by the Lord of Heavenly Light’s profound rune understanding and wondered whether he was a Time Lord.

Lin Yuan studied the rune inheritances left by the Lord of Heavenly Light and other Lords of Eternity, then guided his disciples in the First Source World. While exploring farther across the Second Source World, he found a powerful sect ruin whose trial could not move him.

• Lin Yuan comprehended the stone statue’s rune inheritances and decided to search for more sect ruins, especially those of Supreme Holy Sect-level forces.
• Meng Shi and Lin Yuan’s other disciples visited him for cultivation guidance, and Lin Yuan answered their questions by manifesting runes that expressed the rules and great paths.
• Lin Yuan’s Sun Primordial Spirit set out to explore farther in the Second Source World after suppressing thirty-six great demons and finding lesser sect ruins.
• Lin Yuan approached a valley with strong rune fluctuations and recognized that its ruins were at least at the Supreme Holy Sect level.
• A golden figure summoned Lin Yuan to begin the sect’s trial and tried to pull him into its space, but it failed to move him.

Lin Yuan entered the trial space created by Lord of Wu Mountain, who had prepared it to cultivate a successor against the demon calamity. He learned that passing meant reaching a central entrance beyond three painted experts, and he left facing the challenge of fully transcending the Time-Space Fusion Rule.

• The golden figure failed to drag Lin Yuan into the trial space and explained that it belonged to Lord of Wu Mountain, not a Holy Sect.
• The golden figure told Lin Yuan that Lord of Wu Mountain had prepared trials to cultivate a new Lord of Eternity, and promised the trial posed no danger.
• Lin Yuan agreed to enter and was transported to a vast world containing three enormous paintings of powerful experts.
• The golden figure explained that Lin Yuan had to pass the three painted experts and reach the central entrance to earn the inheritance.
• The golden figure advised Lin Yuan to fully transcend the Time-Space Fusion Rule, while Lin Yuan recognized how difficult that goal would be.

Lin Yuan tested the first giant painting’s guardian and was driven back, concluding that his Sun Primordial Spirit lacked the strength to pass by force. He then revealed that he had another method and began tearing into the trial space from Azure Cloud Holy Mountain.

• The golden figure explained the trial’s rules, and Lin Yuan flew toward the entrance to face the painted guardians.
• At ten million li from the entrance, the Golden-Armored Youth emerged from the first painting and attacked Lin Yuan with powerful runes.
• Lin Yuan dodged and countered with his Sun Primordial Spirit, the divine ability “World,” and Chaos Sun Power, but the Golden-Armored Youth overwhelmed him and forced him beyond the ten-million-li range.
• The golden figure urged Lin Yuan to transcend the Time-Space Fusion Rule, but Lin Yuan said that method would take too long and that he had other methods to try.
• At Azure Cloud Holy Mountain, Lin Yuan rose and tore through space-time with his physical strength and Inner Universe, causing the trial space to tremble as its runes resisted his intrusion.

Lin Yuan brought his true body into the trial space, revealing that he had caused its near-collapse, then challenged the three guardians of the giant paintings. His Yin Yang sword strike defeated the first two guardians and continued toward the White-Robed Man.

• The golden figure mistook the trial space’s shaking for a demon attack and urged Lin Yuan to destroy his body, but Lin Yuan explained that his true body was outside.
• The golden figure confirmed Lin Yuan was a cultivator, brought his true body into the trial space, and learned that he was not a Child of Eternity.
• Lin Yuan reentered the trial with his true body and faced the Golden-Armored Youth, who sensed danger and raised a barrier.
• Lin Yuan formed the Chaos Yin Yang Taiji Sword and cut through the Golden-Armored Youth and the woman in the second painting with one strike.
• The White-Robed Man stepped out of the third painting, but Lin Yuan’s heaven-opening sword light was already slashing toward him.

Lin Yuan defeated the White-Robed Man with one sword and passed the test, earning access to the Lord of Wu Mountain’s inheritance. The golden figure revealed that all Lords of Eternity had chosen to be trapped after the Demon Calamity began, while Lin Yuan entered the Eternal Painting to receive the inheritance.

• Lin Yuan’s sword shattered the White-Robed Man, who re-formed using the giant painting’s power and acknowledged Lin Yuan’s overwhelming strength.
• The White-Robed Man returned to the painting after urging Lin Yuan to sweep away the Demon Calamity.
• Lin Yuan considered why he was cautious about reaching the Thirteenth Order, then went to the entrance door and was congratulated by the golden figure for passing the test.
• The golden figure told Lin Yuan that the Lord of Wu Mountain and the other Lords of Eternity had chosen to be trapped when the Demon Calamity descended, and that they could only influence events through earlier arrangements.
• The golden figure opened the way to the Lord of Wu Mountain’s inheritance, and Lin Yuan entered a vision of an Eternal Painting encompassing all existence.

Lin Yuan studied the Lord of Wu Mountain’s unfinished Eternal Painting, then received an Original Inheritance from the Lord of Heavenly Light that explained how runes could remain usable inside a Time Loop. After comprehending it, Lin Yuan returned to Chaos Void with a dramatically expanded understanding of runes and demonstrated their power by creating a formidable avatar.

• Lin Yuan observed the Eternal Painting and improved his understanding of the Path of Runes.
• The golden figure revealed that the Lord of Wu Mountain’s trial space held an Original Inheritance created by the Lord of Heavenly Light for breaking through to the thirteenth order.
• Lin Yuan opened the green-jade booklet and encountered the Lord of Heavenly Light’s imprint, which explained that runes were the foundation of all things rather than merely a method.
• The Lord of Heavenly Light taught Lin Yuan that Time Loops sealed the powers used to activate runes but did not erase the runes themselves.
• Lin Yuan returned to Chaos Void, gathered runes into an avatar with strength close to Abyss Dragon, and gained an even greater boost to his own power.

Lin Yuan found that his newly strengthened incarnation approached the power of Abyss Dragon, while his growing mastery of the Path of Runes raised his confidence in breaking through the Time Loop. He agreed to help the Myriad Laws Eye retrieve a Law Source Fruit from a dangerous Dimensional Gap, sending only an incarnation as the rift began to close.

• Lin Yuan realized that his Path of Runes-enhanced incarnation rivaled a Child of Eternity, though he still fell far short of Thirteenth Order Time Lifeforms.
• The Myriad Laws Eye learned that a Dimensional Tide would close the rift to the Law Source Fruit in three days, and Great Saint Fengzhu said he could not retrieve it in time.
• The Myriad Laws Eye asked Lin Yuan to use the favor he owed him to obtain the Law Source Fruit, and Lin Yuan agreed after confirming that no Thirteenth Order existences were nearby.
• Lin Yuan told the Myriad Laws Eye that he would send an incarnation into the Dimensional Gap, assuring him that one incarnation would be enough.

Lin Yuan halted the Fourth Layer transformation of Infinite Void, fused insights from two Source Worlds into his Inner Universe, and modified the inheritance as he advanced to the Fifth Layer. Meanwhile, Great Saint Fengzhu revealed that Myriad Laws Eye had invited Milky Way Great Saint to help retrieve the Law Source Fruit before the dimensional rift closed.

• Lin Yuan sent an avatar to investigate a Dimensional Crack while keeping his true self safe.
• Lin Yuan changed the direction of his Inner Universe, integrating the fundamental operations of the First Source World and the Second Source World instead of pursuing the Chaos Void as its ultimate model.
• Lin Yuan completed the Fifth Layer of Infinite Void, modified its cultivation method, and raised his avatar's strength to Abyss Dragon's level.
• The Red-Clothed Girl sensed that Lin Yuan's Fifth Layer differed from the original inheritance and learned that he had modified it.
• Peerless Great Saints trapped beyond the shrinking dimensional rift worried that their main combat bodies would be stranded when it closed in three days.
• Great Saint Fengzhu told the gathered Great Saints that Myriad Laws Eye had invited Milky Way Great Saint to support their attempt to retrieve the Law Source Fruit.

Milky Way Great Saint Lin Yuan arrived at the dimensional rift with only an avatar to retrieve the Law Source Fruit. He effortlessly annihilated the native Dimensional Creatures and seized the fruit tree, leaving the Peerless Great Saints stunned by the avatar’s power.

• Great Saint Fengzhu told the Peerless Great Saints that Lin Yuan would send an avatar to retrieve the Law Source Fruit, and they speculated that his true body would follow.
• Lin Yuan’s avatar arrived, and Great Saint Fengzhu explained the dimensional rift and the Dimensional Creatures guarding the fruit.
• Lin Yuan entered the rift and joined the Peerless Great Saints on the small continent where the Law Source Fruit grew.
• When Great Saint Fengzhu asked when Lin Yuan’s true body would descend, Lin Yuan said it was unnecessary and reached for the fruit tree.
• Lin Yuan’s palm annihilated the attacking Dimensional Creatures and seized the Law Source Fruit Tree, leaving the Peerless Great Saints wondering whether he was truly using an avatar.

Lin Yuan’s avatar effortlessly seized the Law Source Fruit Tree from the Dimensional Gap, then brought a fruit back to the Myriad Laws Eye. He placed the tree in his Inner Universe, which astonished it with its perfection beyond even the Chaos Void.

• Lin Yuan’s avatar seized the entire Law Source Fruit Tree, stunning Great Saint Fengzhu, the other Peerless Great Saints, and the Myriad Laws Eye.
• The Law Source Fruit Tree revealed its spirit, agreed to give Lin Yuan a Law Source Fruit, and produced several more.
• Lin Yuan found that killing the Dimensional Creatures had not improved his Heart and Will, then returned with the tree and gave the Myriad Laws Eye a fruit.
• The Myriad Laws Eye thanked Lin Yuan and promised to keep spreading his evolutionary path branch even if he fell into a Time Loop.
• Lin Yuan placed the Law Source Fruit Tree in his Inner Universe, where it sensed that the universe was more perfect than the Chaos Void.

The Law Source Fruit Tree suspected Lin Yuan was a Time Lord after discovering that his Inner Universe was more perfect than the Chaos Void. Meanwhile, Lin Yuan advanced through the Lord of Heavenly Light’s rune inheritance, and the Azure Cloud Holy Sect learned that an Eternal Envoy was on the way.

• The Law Source Fruit Tree concluded that Lin Yuan’s Inner Universe surpassed the Chaos Void in the completeness of its rules and wondered whether he was a Time Lord.
• Lin Yuan studied the Lord of Heavenly Light’s rune inheritance and mastered its third level, learning that emotions and desires could serve as rune carriers even in a Time Loop.
• Lin Yuan began comprehending the inheritance’s fourth level, which let anything he saw or sensed become a rune carrier.
• The Azure Cloud Holy Sect’s sect master and elders felt secure because Lin Yuan had nearly eliminated the demons around Azure Cloud Holy Mountain.
• A cyan rune signaled that an Eternal Envoy was coming, and the sect master informed Lin Yuan.

Lin Yuan took control of the Eternal Sect’s azure rune, learning the locations of the surviving Holy Sects and detecting the approaching Eternal Envoys. As the envoys traveled toward Azure Cloud Holy Sect, their leader noticed that the surrounding region had no powerful demons.

• The Holy Sect Master told Lin Yuan that an Eternal Envoy was due to arrive, and Lin Yuan asked to examine the rune used to contact the Eternal Sect.
• Lin Yuan reconstructed the azure rune and seized its authority, gaining the locations of the surviving Holy Sects and Supreme Holy Sects as well as the movements of the Eternal Envoys.
• Lin Yuan told the Holy Sect Master to receive the envoys normally and notify him when they arrived, estimating that they would reach Azure Cloud Holy Sect in about a year.
• In First Source World, Lin Yuan discussed cultivation and the world’s eventual destruction with the Blazing Sun Progenitor.
• In Second Source World, three Eternal Envoys traveled through the Demonic Qi toward Azure Cloud Holy Sect, and their silver-eyed leader grew suspicious when he found no powerful demons nearby.

Three Eternal Envoys investigated the strangely demon-free region and cautiously reached Azure Cloud Holy Mountain to inspect the Azure Cloud Holy Sect. Lin Yuan noticed them and moved the Silver-Eyed Man’s avatar and the other Envoys into an unknown place, leaving their fate uncertain.

• The Silver-Eyed Man and two other Eternal Envoys found unusually few demons in the region and confirmed that the Azure Cloud Holy Sect’s Contact Rune remained intact.
• The Envoys decided to visit the sect, wary that the lack of demons might signal a hidden danger, and traveled for a year or two to Azure Cloud Holy Mountain.
• The Silver-Eyed Man sent an avatar into the holy mountain, inspected its cultivators and sect master, and then approached Azure Cloud Institute after sensing an inexplicable void there.
• Lin Yuan, who had tracked the Envoys through the Contact Rune, shifted the Silver-Eyed Man’s avatar away from the institute entrance.
• The spacetime around the Silver-Eyed Man’s true body and the other two Envoys collapsed and transported them somewhere unknown.

Lin Yuan demanded the Eternal Sects’ rune inheritances in exchange for helping them fight the Source Demons. He demonstrated his power by erasing demons across an entire region with one sword strike, leaving the sect masters to judge whether his offer was enough.

• The Silver-Eyed Man contacted the Eternal Immeasurable Sect’s sect master after Lin Yuan demanded the rune inheritances and intelligence held by the Eternal Sects.
• The sect masters agreed to consider a trade and spoke with Lin Yuan through the Contact Runes.
• Lin Yuan offered to deal with Source Demons and transported the three Eternal Envoys to a region filled with Demonic Qi.
• Lin Yuan swept his Yin-Yang Longsword through the region and destroyed the demons there, including one whose strength had reached the Source Demon level.
• Lin Yuan gathered the purified Demonic Qi and looked toward the sect masters’ image as if asking whether his demonstration was enough.