Chapter Summaries

The Starry Sky God Emperor persuaded the God Emperors of Xinmeng Cosmic Realm to submit together to Quasi-Saint Xinyuan, then led fourteen of them to proclaim him common lord across the realm. Their public declaration shocked cultivators throughout Xinmeng Cosmic Realm and left Li Yuan close to unifying it.

• The Starry Sky God Emperor argued that the God Emperors would eventually have to submit to Quasi-Saint Xinyuan and that joining together early would secure their standing.
• Wandao God Emperor and God Emperor Bailong agreed to the proposal, and the other assembled God Emperors followed; God Emperor Fangdao then revealed that he had helped the Starry Sky God Emperor secure their agreement.
• The Starry Sky God Emperor explained to Wandao God Emperor that the gathering would create prestige for their future Alliance Leader, since the God Emperors could offer little practical help.
• The Starry Sky God Emperor and thirteen other God Emperors appeared over Chaos Continent, alarming its defenders before they bowed and proclaimed Quasi-Saint Xinyuan common lord of the Cosmic Realm.
• Their declarations echoed throughout Xinmeng Cosmic Realm, astonishing its cultivators and God Monarchs, while God Emperor Juexing returned to headquarters and summoned Li Yuan and Senior Xinmeng.

Li Yuan met fourteen God Emperors who had come to submit and established a new alliance with himself as its leader. After the alliance united against the Abyss Divine Court and Supreme Hanxing Star City, Li Yuan discovered that Starry Sky God Emperor had gifted him three rare drops of Abyss Spirit Blood; more than 160 years then passed.

• Heart Dream God Emperor identified Starry Sky God Emperor’s breakthrough as the Space-Time Dao, and Li Yuan agreed to meet the God Emperors who had come to submit.
• Li Yuan and God Emperor Juexing established a new alliance, with Li Yuan as its common master and the various Divine Courts as equal members.
• Li Yuan ordered the alliance to destroy the Abyss Divine Court, remain wary of God Emperor Yunjing, oppose Supreme Hanxing Star City, and seek a way to avoid Cosmic Realm Reincarnation.
• The fourteen God Emperors gave Li Yuan valuable gifts, then returned to their forces and began joining the new alliance.
• Li Yuan discovered that Starry Sky God Emperor had given him three drops of Abyss Spirit Blood, which Starry Sky said could help Li Yuan deduce his Eternal Dao.
• The alliance’s formation became known across the Eighth Dark Domain, and more than 160 years passed.

Li Yuan returned from a Soul Pillar with his will still short of Immortal Mind, but the experience helped him complete the first-level Heart Seal of Burning Heart. After testing his newfound power and defense, he prepared to travel to the River Ancient Ruins and invited God Emperor Juexing and the Starry Sky God Emperor to join him.

• Li Yuan awakened after nearly a billion years inside a Soul Pillar and reflected on the Demon Emperor whose memories he had experienced.
• Li Yuan concluded that he still needed to strengthen his will to reach Immortal Mind, then discovered that the intertwined consciousnesses of his true bodies had helped him condense the Heart Seal.
• Li Yuan activated Burning Heart and tested its power against Yun Yu, whose attacks he endured without injury and whose defenses his spear technique damaged.
• Xiao Mu judged that Li Yuan could now fight peak Emperor Realm experts, and Li Yuan decided that all three of his true bodies should go to the River Ancient Ruins.
• Li Yuan returned to the Mohe Star Domain and asked God Emperor Juexing and the Starry Sky God Emperor whether they would accompany him.

Li Yuan prepared three true bodies for the dangerous journey to the River Ancient Ruins and entered the ruins with God Emperor Juexing and the Starry Sky God Emperor. After learning how the river world was structured, the three were suddenly attacked by a powerful force.

• Li Yuan kept his Main Body in his homeland and equipped his three traveling true bodies with weapons and defensive treasures for the expedition.
• Li Yuan met God Emperor Juexing and the Starry Sky God Emperor in the Eighth Dark Domain, and the three set out for the River Ancient Ruins.
• The Starry Sky God Emperor guided Li Yuan and God Emperor Juexing through the chaotic entrance, trying to bring them as close to Demon Heart Lake as possible.
• Li Yuan arrived in the River Ancient Ruins and learned that it consisted of ninety-nine branch rivers and the Ancient Ruins Sea.
• A terrifying force surged from the river toward Li Yuan, God Emperor Juexing, and the Starry Sky God Emperor, and the Starry Sky God Emperor recognized it as an ambush.

Li Yuan, the Starry Sky God Emperor, and God Emperor Juexing fought off six White Ancient Spirits soon after entering the River Ancient Ruins, while Li Yuan wondered why the creatures seemed drawn to him. A Black Ancient Spirit learned that Li Yuan had attracted the attackers and sent a force to track the group as they traveled toward the Ancient Ruins Sea.

• Six White Ancient Spirits ambushed Li Yuan and the two God Emperors, and the Starry Sky God Emperor shattered their bodies with a giant palm.
• Li Yuan stopped his World Domain from pursuing the fleeing spirits after God Emperor Juexing warned that killing them could provoke the Ancient Spirit race.
• The Starry Sky God Emperor identified their route as Void River Number 39 and led the group toward the Ancient Ruins Sea and Demon Heart Lake.
• A Black Ancient Spirit learned that the White Ancient Spirits had been irresistibly drawn to Li Yuan and ordered Mojiu and more than thirty White Ancient Spirits to test the group.
• Li Yuan and the two God Emperors encountered three more White Ancient Spirit ambushes within one day.

Li Yuan and his companions were pursued by a Black Ancient Spirit’s forces after repeated ambushes, and the Starry Sky God Emperor and God Emperor Juexing struggled against more than fifty Emperor Realm White Ancient Spirits. When the Black Ancient Spirit joined the battle, Li Yuan revealed his second true body and unleashed the Dark Annihilation Realm with Star Dream, incapacitating many of the attackers before a terrifying spear ray appeared.

• The Starry Sky God Emperor suspected the attackers belonged to an Ancient Spirit Tribe or were responding to a Supreme Ancient Spirit’s patrol, so Li Yuan ordered the group to flee at full speed.
• A peak Emperor Realm Black Ancient Spirit tracked Li Yuan’s group in its Water Mansion and led more than fifty Emperor Realm White Ancient Spirits in another ambush.
• The Starry Sky God Emperor and God Emperor Juexing fought the White Ancient Spirits, while the Starry Sky God Emperor’s time domain slowed many of them until their formation broke it.
• The Black Ancient Spirit entered the battle, and the two God Emperors prepared to hold the enemies back so Li Yuan could escape.
• Li Yuan revealed his second true body and used the Dark Annihilation Realm and Star Dream to overwhelm the minds of more than a third of the White Ancient Spirits and weaken the rest.
• The Black Ancient Spirit was stunned by Li Yuan’s soul attack, then noticed a terrifying spear ray tearing across the battlefield.

Li Yuan unleashed his full power, killing many White Ancient Spirits and forcing their leader, Huoluo, to negotiate. The chapter ended with Li Yuan agreeing to accept treasures worth fifteen billion Eternal Crystals in exchange for sparing the survivors, while demanding to know why Huoluo had repeatedly attacked them.

• Li Yuan used his spear to annihilate four White Ancient Spirits and nearly kill another, while Starry Sky God Emperor restrained the survivors with his Time Domain.
• Li Yuan combined his World Domain with Cold Flame Lake to suppress the White Ancient Spirits, then killed six with his supreme art, Universe Destruction.
• Huoluo stopped fighting and offered to negotiate, and Li Yuan agreed to halt the attack while keeping the survivors suppressed.
• Huoluo identified Li Yuan as Quasi-Saint Xinyuan and offered treasures to spare the White Ancient Spirits.
• Li Yuan rejected Huoluo's initial offer, then accepted treasures worth fifteen billion Eternal Crystals and demanded an explanation for the repeated attacks.

Li Yuan learned that Ancient Spirits felt compelled to devour him, but Huoluo accepted his treasures and withdrew. Heart Dream God Emperor promised to keep the secret from spreading, and after more than two months of safe travel, Li Yuan’s group sensed an ancient ruin emerging nearby.

• Huoluo explained that Ancient Spirits were irresistibly drawn to Li Yuan, then exchanged treasures worth nearly fifteen billion Eternal Crystals for Li Yuan’s promise to let him and his White Ancient Spirits go.
• Xiao Mu advised Li Yuan that Huoluo’s Water Mansion and defenses made him difficult to kill, so Li Yuan kept his nine Emperor Realm Puppets hidden.
• Li Yuan told Heart Dream God Emperor about the attraction, and she promised to prevent Huoluo from spreading the news.
• Supreme Huokun ordered Huoluo to forget the encounter and keep it secret from cultivators and other Ancient Spirits.
• Li Yuan, God Emperor Juexing, and the Starry Sky God Emperor traveled safely toward the Ancient Ruins Sea for more than two months.
• Li Yuan and his companions sensed special fluctuations and learned that an ancient ruin had appeared nearby.

Li Yuan, God Emperor Juexing, and Starry Sky God Emperor discovered a vast, previously unknown ancient ruin emerging in the Void River and chose to explore it. After the ruin’s passages appeared, Starry Sky God Emperor entered one, which sealed behind him and left him trapped inside under its special rules.

• Li Yuan agreed with God Emperor Juexing and Starry Sky God Emperor to investigate the ancient ruin, while Weiqing, Yan, and Taifeng led their Water Mansion toward it as well.
• Li Yuan’s group reached an enormous golden sphere, judged it to be a dangerous new ancient ruin, and decided to explore it despite the risks.
• The sphere opened hundreds of passages, and an invisible force stopped Starry Sky God Emperor’s Emperor Realm Puppet from approaching them.
• Starry Sky God Emperor entered a passage to test it, but it closed after he had flown several million kilometers inside, trapping him.
• Li Yuan failed to break through the sphere’s surface, while Starry Sky God Emperor sent word that he was alive and believed each passage admitted only one powerhouse.

Li Yuan, the Starry Sky God Emperor, and God Emperor Juexing entered ancient ruins that tested cultivators and guided their Dao insights. After Juexing and the Starry Sky God Emperor were sealed in separate passages, Li Yuan entered with his third true body and defeated six mysterious attackers, earning access to the core area.

• The Starry Sky God Emperor told Li Yuan and God Emperor Juexing that the ruins tested him and guided his cultivation, so Li Yuan urged Juexing to enter while he continued toward Demon Heart Lake.
• God Emperor Juexing entered another passage and was sealed inside, leaving Li Yuan to send his third true body into the ruins with three Mid-grade Emperor Weapons.
• Li Yuan's passage sealed behind him, and an invisible influence compelled him to advance through the narrowing corridor.
• Six figures resembling Ancient Spirits attacked Li Yuan, who annihilated them with one full-strength sword strike.
• A voice evaluated Li Yuan as First Class, recognized his Saint Dao potential, and qualified him to enter the core area.

Li Yuan qualified for the core zone of a mysterious ruin, which the Starry Sky God Emperor suspected was meant to cultivate beings capable of surpassing Supreme Beings. Inside, Li Yuan discovered perfect Eternal Dao Diagrams that appeared to exceed the fourth step, while his other true body waited outside for news.

• Li Yuan learned that his potential and strength had qualified him to enter the ruin’s core zone, then sent the news to the Starry Sky God Emperor and God Emperor Juexing.
• The Starry Sky God Emperor urged Li Yuan to seize the chance, while God Emperor Juexing warned him to prioritize safety and Heart Dream God Emperor told his other two Main Combat True Bodies to come to Demon Heart Lake.
• Li Yuan’s Main Combat True Body waited outside the golden sphere as he wondered whether the ruin’s appearance and the Ancient Spirits’ attack were connected.
• Inside the ruin, Li Yuan arrived in a sealed spherical space filled with nine enormous upper-row Dao Diagrams representing different Top-tier Eternal Daos.
• Li Yuan recognized several of his own Daos and realized the diagrams depicted single, seemingly flawless Eternal Daos that might surpass the fourth step.

Li Yuan discovered that the Ancient Ruin held nine flawless diagrams depicting single Eternal Daos beyond the fourth step, then received a thousand-year task to copy them into crude diagrams below. A Gold Robe figure monitoring the Huntian Nine Districts noticed Li Yuan and another cultivator had qualified for the core area, but was baffled that Li Yuan’s three Eternal Daos were only at the first or second step.

• Li Yuan questioned whether the nine upper Dao Diagrams were real and stopped observing them to guard against a possible trap.
• Li Yuan told Xiao Mu what he had seen, but Xiao Mu insisted that the fourth step was the limit of an Eternal Dao.
• A mysterious voice instructed Li Yuan to copy the nine upper diagrams into the lower ones within a thousand years, and the Ancient Ruin’s pressure on him disappeared.
• Li Yuan concluded that he could use the thousand years to display and improve his Eternal Dao mastery, then began preparing to imprint what he had comprehended.
• A Gold Robe figure reviewing cultivators across ninety-four Universe Spheres saw two cultivators qualify for the core area and recognized one as a high-order Quasi-Saint with four top-tier Eternal Daos.
• The Gold Robe figure was stunned to find that Li Yuan’s World Dao was at the second step and his Great Destruction Dao and Myriad Spirits Dao were at the first step, and wondered whether the array had malfunctioned.

Li Yuan reached the first promotion standard in the ancient ruin and began comprehending its nine Eternal Dao Diagrams to advance his Daos. Jin Jiu discovered that Li Yuan had opened four Top-tier Eternal Daos and summoned Zijing and Yan to examine him.

• Li Yuan constructed diagrams for his World, Great Destruction, Myriad Spirits, and Heart-Artifact Daos, triggering the first promotion standard and a thousand-year period to comprehend the Eternal Dao Diagrams.
• Li Yuan assigned his six true bodies to study the diagrams, aiming to advance the World Dao to the third step and his other Daos to the second step.
• Li Yuan's two main battle true bodies could not enter the ancient ruin, so one left for the Ancient Ruins Sea while the others remained outside.
• Jin Jiu noticed Li Yuan's four Top-tier Eternal Daos and summoned Zijing and Yan to review the information about him.

Jin Jiu, Zijing, and Yan investigated how Li Yuan had cultivated four Top-tier Eternal Daos and attained peak Emperor Realm strength, then learned that his home in the Saint Fall Domain prevented them from offering their usual help. Jin Jiu met Li Yuan inside the Universe Sphere, granted him two thousand years in the Dao Diagram Space, and offered him the chance to choose any Sub-Saint Ultimate Art if he met the second promotion standard.

• Jin Jiu, Zijing, and Yan discussed Li Yuan’s extraordinary cultivation and considered whether he had integrated his Daos or possessed exceptional divine power.
• Jin Jiu discovered that Li Yuan came from the Saint Fall Domain, so Zijing and Yan advised recording him and giving him whatever benefits the Universe Sphere allowed.
• Li Yuan continued studying the nine Eternal Dao Diagrams until Jin Jiu appeared and required him to swear an Eternal Oath not to reveal their conversation.
• Jin Jiu explained that Li Yuan’s birthplace restricted the benefits he could receive, but extended his Dao Diagram Space access to two thousand years because the Saint Sea Spacetime Layer had fractured.
• Jin Jiu offered Li Yuan a Sub-Saint Ultimate Art and promised that he could choose any one if he reached the second promotion standard.

Li Yuan received the Huntian Saint Order and was promised the chance to choose a complete Sub-Saint Ultimate Art after two thousand years of cultivation in the Dao Diagram Space. As his true bodies headed toward Demon Heart Lake at the Heart Dream God Emperor’s request, three powerful Black Ancient Spirits appeared before him.

• Jin Jiu told Li Yuan that he could choose a powerful, complete Sub-Saint Ultimate Art after two thousand years, though Jin Jiu did not know what Li Yuan needed to do to meet his second advancement standard.
• Jin Jiu transformed into golden mist and formed a sword-shaped Huntian Saint Order within Li Yuan’s soul, then said it might prove useful if Li Yuan became a Sub-Saint and transcended the Eternal River.
• Jin Jiu told Zijing and Yan that Li Yuan’s Universe Sphere had remained unopened for more than one Saint Sea Era, and they considered the significance of its sudden activation and Li Yuan’s arrival.
• Li Yuan continued comprehending the Eternal Dao Diagrams while his other true bodies cultivated or traveled, then received the Heart Dream God Emperor’s order to send his two Main Combat True Bodies to Demon Heart Lake.
• Li Yuan followed the order and encountered a vast Water Mansion accompanied by many Emperor Realm Ancient Spirits and three powerful Black Ancient Spirits, two of them stronger than Huoluo.

Li Yuan was ambushed by three Black Ancient Spirits and nearly a hundred Emperor Realm Ancient Spirits while traveling through the River Ancient Ruins. He fought back with his second true body and a devastating soul attack, but an unfamiliar Dominator aura appeared just as the battle continued.

• Li Yuan fled from Weiqing, Taifeng, and Yan, then used his knowledge of a Supreme Ancient Spirit's order to make Yan abandon the pursuit.
• Weiqing and Taifeng pursued Li Yuan and trapped him in the Water Mansion's domain, sending nearly a hundred Emperor Realm Ancient Spirits to attack.
• Li Yuan summoned his second true body, countered the domain with World Domain, and fought off the Ancient Spirits with powerful spear arts.
• Li Yuan used Dark Realm and Star Dream to incapacitate many attackers, then killed more than twenty Emperor Realm Ancient Spirits as the rest tried to flee.
• Weiqing attacked Li Yuan directly, but Li Yuan blocked him in a clash that sent both fighters flying backward.
• A vast, unfamiliar Dominator aura rose from the distant waters, alarming Weiqing and Taifeng and drawing Li Yuan's attention.

Li Yuan escaped the Black Ancient Spirits and met Dominator Qingqi, who had been sent by Heart Dream God Emperor to escort him to Demon Heart Lake. As they entered the Ancient Ruins Sea, Li Yuan sensed the Myriad Spirits Dao breakthrough, while a vast ice star stirred in the distant Hanxing Cosmic Realm.

• Weiqing and Taifeng used the Water Mansion’s explosive power to suppress Li Yuan, then gathered their Ancient Spirit subordinates and fled.
• Li Yuan stopped running when Dominator Qingqi caught up, and she revealed that Heart Dream God Emperor had asked her to protect and escort him to Demon Heart Lake.
• Li Yuan confirmed Qingqi’s message with Heart Dream God Emperor, then accepted her escort after declining her offer to hunt the fleeing Ancient Spirits for an enormous fee.
• Qingqi guided Li Yuan past threats and explained how advancing two Eternal Daos to the fourth step strengthened her power and perception.
• Li Yuan and Qingqi reached the Ancient Ruins Sea, where Li Yuan sensed that the Myriad Spirits Dao had broken through and that Universe Flower Run had changed.
• In the distant Hanxing Cosmic Realm, an immense ice star trembled, and a powerful will addressed Xinmeng, asking whether Xinmeng was truly so impatient.

Li Yuan broke through to the second step of the Myriad Spirits Dao, transforming the Cosmic Lotus into a powerful domain-type Emperor Weapon and enhancing Myriad Spirits Analysis. Meanwhile, Supreme Hanxing learned that Li Yuan was approaching Demon Heart Lake and ordered dominators to intercept and kill him before he arrived.

• Li Yuan’s Myriad Spirits Dao broke through, allowing his four true bodies to grow beyond ten trillion kilometers while remaining fully agile.
• Li Yuan discovered that the breakthrough had strengthened his soul, will, divine power recovery, and Inner Cosmic Realm.
• Li Yuan’s Cosmic Lotus transformed into a domain-type High-grade Emperor Weapon containing fourth-step profundities of the World Dao and Myriad Spirits Dao.
• Li Yuan found that the transformed Cosmic Lotus greatly improved Myriad Spirits Analysis, including its ability to analyze imperial blood.
• Supreme Hanxing summoned seven dominators and ordered Anlu and Lianfu to intercept Quasi-Saint Xinyuan, while Wutian headed to Demon Heart Lake.
• Supreme Hanxing promised to transmit Li Yuan’s location in real time and insisted that Li Yuan must not reach Demon Heart Lake alive.

Supreme Hanxing sent Dominator Anlu, Overlord Lianfu, and Wutian Dominator to intercept Li Yuan before he reached Demon Heart Lake, while Li Yuan and Dominator Qingqi traveled toward Three Flame Mountain. When Li Yuan observed the mountain’s mysterious Dao patterns, he recognized that their aura came from the same source as the Primal Artistic Conception.

• Supreme Hanxing ordered Dominator Anlu, Overlord Lianfu, and Wutian Dominator to locate Li Yuan and arrange an ambush at Three Flame Mountain.
• Dominator Anlu and Overlord Lianfu agreed to block Li Yuan at Three Flame Mountain because his speed made a direct pursuit difficult.
• Dominator Qingqi explained to Li Yuan that Dominators were rare and that the ancient ruin he had entered was drawing experts to its Dao Diagram Eternity stage.
• Li Yuan and Dominator Qingqi reached Three Flame Mountain, where nearly a thousand cultivators studied its mysterious Dao patterns.
• Li Yuan sensed that Three Flame Mountain’s Dao patterns shared their source with the Primal Artistic Conception.

Li Yuan examined Three Flame Mountain’s Dao patterns and suspected they revealed mysteries of three Daos in Unity, but he could not comprehend them and chose to continue toward River Ancient Ruins. As Dominator Qingqi escorted him through the mountain passage, Dominator Anlu and Overlord Lianfu confronted them and demanded that she surrender Quasi-Saint Xinyuan.

• Li Yuan recognized similarities between Three Flame Mountain’s Dao patterns and his Primal Artistic Conception, but concluded the patterns were too profound for him to understand.
• Li Yuan decided not to probe Three Flame Mountain and told Dominator Qingqi they should continue toward River Ancient Ruins.
• Dominator Qingqi concealed Li Yuan’s presence as they flew through the passage between the three flame mountains.
• Dominator Anlu and Overlord Lianfu revealed their auras and confronted Dominator Qingqi near Three Flame Mountain.
• Dominator Anlu demanded that Dominator Qingqi hand over Quasi-Saint Xinyuan, and she refused.