Chapter Summaries

Zhou Ming slaughtered the attacking Demon Gods, but the hidden systems forced their Hosts to self-detonate in a last attempt to harm him. After surviving the blast, he began opening the heavens, splitting Chaos with his axe.

• Zhou Ming cut down the Demon Gods who charged at him, while the systems realized their Hosts could not meaningfully weaken him.
• The Karma System ordered all Hosts to self-detonate, and the systems took control of their bodies and ignited their Dao origins.
• Thousands of Demon Gods exploded; Zhou Ming shielded himself with the Thirty-Six Grade Green Lotus of Creation and the Jade Disc of Creation, leaving him unharmed though the lotus was badly damaged.
• The hidden systems concealed their auras and ordered one another to wait for Zhou Ming to exhaust himself opening the heavens.
• Zhou Ming raised the Heaven-Opening Divine Axe and split Chaos apart with a single strike.

Zhou Ming opened heaven and earth and held the newborn world apart with his body while comprehending the Dao. Hidden systems and Yang Mei watched, each waiting for him to weaken so they could seize the chance to claim the Dao Fruit.

• Zhou Ming repeatedly swung the Heaven-Opening Divine Axe, splitting Chaos and forming a newborn world, though the axe cracked and the world began to collapse.
• Zhou Ming grew into a pillar between heaven and earth, enduring the world’s pressure as his Primordial Spirit comprehended the principles of creation.
• The systems agreed to wait until Zhou Ming’s strength was drained before attacking, while monitoring him for any sign that he might prove the Dao.
• The systems planned to divide their forces between Zhou Ming and Yang Mei, whom they expected to target them after they fought.
• Yang Mei watched Zhou Ming and the systems from hiding, waiting for both sides to weaken before claiming the Dao Fruit.

As Zhou Ming’s strength seemed to fade while he held up the newborn world, he gained profound insight into the Great Dao. The systems attacked when they sensed he was about to prove the Dao, but Zhou Ming revealed that an avatar had been bearing the burden and confronted them at full strength.

• Zhou Ming’s aura weakened as his comprehension of World Creation deepened, and a fleeting aura of impending Dao attainment appeared within his Primordial Spirit.
• The Karma System ordered the systems to attack Zhou Ming, sending the Punch-in System and a third of their forces to keep Yang Mei from interfering.
• The systems rushed toward Zhou Ming with tools meant to harvest his body and Dao Fruit, while Zhou Ming searched for Yang Mei and found no trace of him.
• Zhou Ming stepped out of the newborn world, revealing that an identical, cracked avatar still held up heaven and earth in his place.
• The systems realized Zhou Ming had deceived them, but his overwhelming aura suppressed them as he summoned the Heaven-Opening Divine Axe.
• Zhou Ming challenged the systems over the Dao-attainers they had killed and swung the axe at them.

The systems combined their origins into a shared defense to stop Zhou Ming from killing them before he proved the Dao. Zhou Ming’s relentless axe strikes broke through their formation, leaving the systems in a desperate collapse.

• The Karma System convinced the systems that retreat meant certain death and called on the Punch-in System to bring its forces to the main battle.
• Several thousand systems joined their rules into a defensive net and blocked Zhou Ming’s first axe strike.
• Zhou Ming struck again, cracking the shield, but the Karma System burned its source power to hold the formation together.
• Zhou Ming unleashed a relentless barrage, forcing the systems to abandon counterattacks and struggle to repair their defense.
• Zhou Ming found a flaw at a node guarded by more than a dozen small systems and destroyed them, opening a breach in the defensive line.
• Zhou Ming followed the breach into the formation.

Zhou Ming relentlessly destroyed the systems’ defensive line while Yang Mei stayed hidden, waiting for the systems to weaken. Just as Zhou Ming’s axe was about to finish off the survivors, Yang Mei intervened and faced him.

• Zhou Ming’s repeated axe strikes shattered the systems’ defenses and killed dozens more, while the Karma System called on Yang Mei to help.
• Yang Mei heard the Karma System’s plea but chose to wait, planning to act only after the systems had been reduced enough for him to defeat them.
• Zhou Ming searched Chaos for Yang Mei, then resumed his attacks when he found no trace of him.
• Zhou Ming’s axe-light killed more than thirty systems and left the survivors protected only by the Karma System’s dwindling power.
• Yang Mei emerged and used a spatial barrier to stop Zhou Ming’s axe-light, then greeted him.

Yang Mei emerged to join the surviving systems against Zhou Ming, but their combined defenses could barely withstand his attacks. The Karma System proposed becoming Yang Mei’s host so he could reach the peak of Hunyuan Grand Ultimate Golden Immortal, leaving Yang Mei weighing the offer and questioning its motives.

• Yang Mei appeared before Zhou Ming and coordinated with the surviving systems to block his axe strike.
• Zhou Ming’s second strike forced Yang Mei to rely on the Hunyuan Divine Shuttle and the systems, several of which were lost in each exchange.
• The Karma System privately told Yang Mei that the systems could become stronger by joining with a host.
• The Karma System offered to acknowledge Yang Mei as its master and accept a restraining spell in exchange for being taken out of Chaos after Zhou Ming’s defeat.
• Yang Mei questioned why the Karma System trusted him not to destroy the systems after killing Zhou Ming.

Yang Mei learned that the systems' backer was holding this Chaos's Great Dao in check, then bound the Karma System to himself and broke through to peak Hunyuan Wuji. With the surviving systems empowering him, he began exchanging blows with Zhou Ming, who still vowed to take him seriously.

• The Karma System told Yang Mei that both Great Daos would target him if he killed Zhou Ming and the systems, leaving cooperation as his only hope.
• Yang Mei agreed to bind the Karma System, which accepted a Restraining Spell on its Origin and merged with him.
• The surviving systems burned their Origins to hold off Zhou Ming while Yang Mei completed the union.
• Yang Mei broke through to peak Hunyuan Wuji and shattered a strike from Zhou Ming's Heaven-Opening Divine Axe.
• The systems lent Yang Mei their power, allowing him to gain the upper hand briefly as Zhou Ming prepared to attack again.

Zhou Ming and Yang Mei continued their fierce battle as their supreme treasures and the systems supporting Yang Mei were worn down. The Karma System proposed sacrificing the weakest systems to destroy Zhou Ming’s Chaos Green Lotus.

• Yang Mei withstood Zhou Ming’s axe strike and counterattacked, but Zhou Ming blocked him with the Thirty-Six Grade Green Lotus of Creation.
• Yang Mei warned that Zhou Ming’s damaged supreme treasures would eventually shatter, while Zhou Ming continued attacking to end the battle quickly.
• Zhou Ming directed the axe-light’s aftershocks toward the systems supporting Yang Mei, destroying several of them.
• The Karma System warned Yang Mei that the systems were being wiped out faster than Zhou Ming’s treasures were failing.
• The Karma System urged the remaining systems to have their weakest members self-detonate against Zhou Ming’s Chaos Green Lotus.

Yang Mei and the Karma System destroyed the Green Lotus of Creation by forcing ten weak systems to self-destruct, stripping Zhou Ming of his strongest defense. Zhou Ming revealed his pure Law of Strength as Yang Mei prepared to press his advantage.

• The Karma System sent Yang Mei the weak points of the systems, and Yang Mei used Space Law to seize control of ten and force them to self-destruct.
• Zhou Ming cut down three of the ten systems, but the other seven struck the Green Lotus of Creation and shattered it.
• The surviving systems cursed Yang Mei and the Karma System for sacrificing their companions, then set aside their anger to focus on defeating Zhou Ming.
• Yang Mei taunted Zhou Ming over losing the Green Lotus of Creation and the cracks in his Heaven-Opening Divine Axe.
• Zhou Ming unleashed the Dao of Strength, freezing Yang Mei's smile and warning him to experience the Law of Strength again.

Zhou Ming shattered the Heaven-Opening Divine Axe but revealed that his true strength lay in the Law of Strength, not the weapon. He destroyed Yang Mei's Hunyuan Divine Shuttle with his bare fists, leaving Yang Mei and the surviving systems facing his full power.

• Yang Mei clashed with Zhou Ming's increasingly powerful axe strikes, while the surviving systems cheered and Zhou Ming's attacks also destroyed several of them.
• The Heaven-Opening Divine Axe broke apart after a final collision, and Yang Mei's Hunyuan Divine Shuttle developed a crack.
• Yang Mei and the systems celebrated the axe's destruction, but Zhou Ming refused to use the Jade Disc of Creation and said he could defeat them without a Chaos Supreme Treasure.
• Zhou Ming stopped the Hunyuan Divine Shuttle with his fist, battered it with a barrage of punches, and killed a system with a single strike.
• Zhou Ming explained that he relied on the Law of Strength itself, then shattered the Hunyuan Divine Shuttle with his final punch.

Zhou Ming overwhelmed Yang Mei and the systems, surviving their coordinated self-destruction with only minor injuries. With the systems gone and defeat certain, Yang Mei unleashed a final, more powerful self-destruction to strike Zhou Ming.

• Yang Mei destroyed the Hunyuan Divine Shuttle and chose to fight Zhou Ming to the death rather than retreat.
• The Karma System rallied the surviving systems to burn their origins and attack alongside Yang Mei.
• Zhou Ming killed the systems one by one while fighting Yang Mei, until the remaining systems self-detonated to trap him.
• Yang Mei held Zhou Ming in place with Space Law and Karma Law as dozens of systems detonated, but Zhou Ming emerged with only minor injuries.
• After the systems were annihilated, Yang Mei resisted Zhou Ming's attempt to cage him and self-destructed with his remaining power.

After Yang Mei sacrificed himself in a final explosion, Zhou Ming suffered severe injuries and had to hold up his collapsing newborn world when his Dao Body Avatar shattered. Bearing the world’s weight for countless Kalpas, he comprehended the Dao and reached a state of unity with heaven and earth.

• Yang Mei self-detonated, destroying his body and Primordial Spirit while wounding Zhou Ming with the blast.
• The explosion’s aftermath shattered Zhou Ming’s Dao Body Avatar, causing the newborn world to begin collapsing.
• Zhou Ming crossed to the failing world and used his own body to hold up the sky and keep heaven and earth apart.
• As he endured the world’s weight, Zhou Ming resumed his interrupted comprehension of the Dao of opening heaven and splitting earth.
• After countless Kalpas, Zhou Ming comprehended the Dao as a whole and became one with the newborn heaven and earth.
• Zhou Ming opened his eyes, smiled, and said, “So that's how it is... I understand.”

Zhou Ming merged his body into the newborn world, leaving gifts for Houtu and the Twelve Ancestor Witches before sealing his Primordial Spirit in Pangu Hall. His True Spirit then began to transcend beyond Chaos, while Pangu watched and declared that he would wait for the enemy’s next battlefield.

• Zhou Ming merged the Pangu Realm into the newborn world and placed the Jade Disc of Creation beside the sleeping Houtu.
• Zhou Ming transformed his body into the world’s terrain and sent twelve drops of Essence Blood to Dijiang, Zhurong, Houtu, and the other Twelve Ancestor Witches.
• Zhou Ming’s heart fused with Pangu Hall to make it the world’s foundation, and his Primordial Spirit sealed itself inside the hall.
• After Zhou Ming’s aura vanished, a speck of his True Spirit formed in the Great Dao origin and rose beyond Chaos.
• Pangu told the blurred figure that Zhou Ming had Attained Hunyuan and that its plan had failed; the figure vowed to fight again on the next battlefield.
• Pangu watched Zhou Ming’s True Spirit approach and told the vanished figure, “I’ll wait.”

Zhou Ming re-formed his body from the Great Dao after proving the Dao, and Pangu urged him to settle the promises and karma tied to his path. Zhou Ming revived his departed friends and released the sleepers into his new world, then Pangu told him to leave a Dao body behind to watch over Chaos.

• Zhou Ming thanked Pangu for his protection, and Pangu told him they were now fellow Daoists of equal standing.
• Zhou Ming reached into the River of Time and retrieved the True Spirits of Hongyun, Minghe, Candle Dragon, Taiyi, Haotian, and Wu.
• Zhou Ming sent the True Spirits except Wu into his new Primordial World to be nurtured and reborn.
• Zhou Ming freed Di Jun, East Prince Gong, Taiqing, Yuanshi, Jieyin, Zhunti, and Nuwa from their seals in Pangu Hall and scattered them throughout the new world.
• Zhou Ming merged Wu's True Spirit with his sealed Primordial Spirit, beginning a new life within Pangu Hall and completing his karma.
• Pangu told Zhou Ming that he should leave a Dao body behind to watch over Chaos.

After attaining the Dao, Zhou Ming learned that he had become the Great Dao responsible for guarding his chaos and created a Dao Body so he could leave and continue cultivating. Pangu took him toward the Eternal Dao Realm and explained that the systems in Zhou Ming’s tribulation came from beyond the Chaos Sea and had been drawn in while Pangu faced a rival.

• Pangu explained that Zhou Ming had become the Great Dao of his chaos and was responsible for protecting its order.
• Pangu said Dao-proven beings left Dao Bodies to guard their chaos while their true bodies traveled and cultivated.
• Zhou Ming created a Dao Body, which merged into the void to watch over the chaos.
• Pangu invited Zhou Ming to the Eternal Dao Realm, and they set off beyond the chaos.
• Zhou Ming asked about the systems, and Pangu said they came from beyond the Chaos Sea and that he had deliberately drawn them into Zhou Ming’s Dao tribulation.
• Pangu revealed that a Great Dao-level powerhouse had held him in a standoff, preventing him from directly intervening against the systems.

Pangu explained the Chaos Sea’s origins to Zhou Ming, describing its five primordial stages and revealing that he was born after Chaos had taken shape. He left Zhou Ming with a history of how Pangu’s world grew into the Eternal Dao Realm, where they were heading.

• Zhou Ming asked Pangu whether anyone had investigated the beings behind the systems or tried to leave the Chaos Sea, and Pangu said all such attempts had failed.
• Pangu told Zhou Ming that the Chaos Sea’s birth had six stages: Taiyi, Taichu, Taishi, Taisu, Taiji, and Pangu.
• Pangu used the Great Dao to show Zhou Ming how the first five stages shaped Chaos, from a formless possibility into a realm with substance and the foundations of its laws.
• Pangu explained that he was born in settled Chaos, performed World Creation, and carved out the first world, the embryonic form of the Eternal Dao Realm.
• Pangu said that later Dao-ascenders opened more worlds, which merged over time to become the Eternal Dao Realm.

Pangu explained the structure of the Chaos Sea and the conflict between its native Great Dao cultivators and outsiders who sent systems into the Nine Great Chaos. He revealed that his Three Thousand Great Daos had been extinguished by the backlash from a failed attempt to break beyond the Great Dao Realm, forcing him to prove his Dao again in the Ninth Chaos.

• Pangu told Zhou Ming that the Chaos Sea had split into the Nine Great Chaos and that Dao proving could only happen within them.
• Pangu explained that outsiders had sent systems into the Nine Great Chaos to cultivate their own Great Dao Realm beings, prompting the native cultivators to oppose them.
• Zhou Ming asked why Pangu had proved his Dao again, and Pangu explained that losing all Three Thousand Great Daos left him existing but lost until he proved his Dao anew.
• Pangu said he had attempted to break beyond the Great Dao Realm to escape the Chaos Sea, but the backlash extinguished all his Great Daos.
• Pangu regained awareness as a newly formed being in the Ninth Chaos and proved his Dao again.

Zhou Ming learned that outsiders had been sent into the Chaos Sea to cultivate Great Dao Realm cultivators, though their purpose remained unknown. Pangu revealed that the cultivators who proved the Dao had neither left the Chaos Sea nor appeared within it, leaving their fate a mystery.

• Zhou Ming asked Pangu why the outsiders cultivated Great Dao Realm cultivators instead of conquering the Chaos Sea, and Pangu said their purpose was unknown.
• Pangu explained that captured outsiders had sealed their origins and that they had revealed only that breaking through the Great Dao Realm required leaving the Chaos Sea.
• Pangu told Zhou Ming that every system-raised cultivator had vanished after proving the Dao and had never appeared in the Chaos Sea.
• Zhou Ming suggested those cultivators had left the Chaos Sea, but Pangu said the foreign Great Dao Realm cultivators could not return to where they came from.
• Pangu deduced that the outsiders had been sent to complete a task involving the cultivation of Great Dao Realm powerhouses, whose whereabouts remained unknown.

Zhou Ming learned that Pangu spared him because an intuition from the Great Dao Origin made him seem important, and that his system had merely carried his True Spirit to the Ninth Chaos. Pangu brought Zhou Ming to the Eternal Dao Realm, where they prepared to meet the Chaos Sea’s native Great Dao Realm experts.

• Zhou Ming asked Pangu why he had spared him despite the system’s connection to Outsiders, and Pangu explained that he had not understood systems before validating his Dao.
• Pangu said his intuition had told him Zhou Ming was important, and that after regaining his memories he confirmed Zhou Ming had no connection to foreign Great Daos.
• Pangu explained that Zhou Ming’s system had only carried his True Spirit to the Ninth Chaos, leaving him uncertain who had sent Zhou Ming or why.
• Pangu told Zhou Ming to seek answers himself, and the two traveled through the Chaos Sea toward a vast world of Great Dao laws.
• Pangu identified the world as the Eternal Dao Realm and led Zhou Ming inside to meet other Great Dao Realm experts, saying a little over a hundred had appeared across endless epochs.

Zhou Ming entered the Eternal Dao Realm with Pangu and learned that its divine mountains embodied the laws and cultivation of its Great Dao Realm residents. He condensed his own Law God Mountain, impressing the gathered cultivators with its firm foundation, and remained with Pangu to begin his life in the realm.

• Pangu explained that each cultivator in the Eternal Dao Realm condensed their comprehension of the Three Thousand Laws into a divine mountain, and identified the six tallest mountains as belonging to Taiyi, Taichu, Taishi, Taisu, Taiji, and himself.
• Cang Xuan, Hongchu, Ganling, Cangwu, and other cultivators arrived to greet Zhou Ming, who introduced himself as a cultivator who had proven the Dao in the Ninth Chaos.
• With the others watching, Zhou Ming chose an open area and condensed a dark golden Law God Mountain, using the Dao of Strength as its core and the Three Thousand Laws as its branches.
• Ganling and Cangwu praised Zhou Ming's stable law imprints and solid foundation, and the cultivators congratulated him before returning to their own Daoist grounds.
• After the others left, Pangu told Zhou Ming that Great Dao Realm cultivators spent most of their time in seclusion or traveling through the Chaos Sea, and that the Eternal Dao Realm offered the clearest, most complete laws for his continued cultivation.