Chapter Summaries

Pangu explained the Chaos Sea’s resources and revealed that Taiyi, Taichu, Taishi, Taisu, and Taiji had failed to break through beyond the Great Dao Realm and were asleep after their Great Daos fell into extinction. He gave Zhou Ming cultivation guidance and information about law mystic realms and Chaos Dao-Devouring Beasts, then Zhou Ming went to his divine mountain to cultivate.

• Pangu advised Zhou Ming to cultivate in his Dao Field before traveling through the Chaos Sea for law secret realms and Chaos Dao-Devouring Beasts.
• Zhou Ming asked about the absent ancient cultivators, and Pangu explained that Taiyi, Taichu, Taishi, Taisu, and Taiji were asleep after their Great Daos fell into extinction in failed breakthrough attempts.
• Pangu told Zhou Ming that cultivators who reached the limit of the Great Dao Realm still chose to seek the realm beyond it, despite the risk of failure.
• Pangu gave Zhou Ming a strand of Divine Thought containing post-Great Dao Realm cultivation methods and information about the Chaos Sea.
• Pangu returned to his divine mountain, and Zhou Ming went to the summit of his own mountain and began cultivating.

Zhou Ming learned from Pangu how Great Dao Realm cultivators cultivate in the Eternal Dao Realm and the Chaos Sea. He resolved to make use of the Eternal Dao Realm before venturing into the Chaos Sea.

• Pangu explained that the Eternal Dao Realm's 109 Law God Mountains let Great Dao Realm cultivators study one another's laws without needing formal instruction.
• Zhou Ming briefly examined Cang Xuan's Divine Mountain, then pulled back his perception to focus on understanding his own path.
• Pangu told Zhou Ming that he had entered the Extreme Dao Period and needed to perfect the laws of all Three Thousand Great Daos.
• Pangu described Law Secret Realms and Chaos Dao-Devouring Beasts as ways to advance laws, explaining that the beasts contained valuable Great Dao Crystals.
• Pangu warned Zhou Ming not to rush into the Chaos Sea, and Zhou Ming agreed to first take advantage of the Eternal Dao Realm.

Zhou Ming learned Pangu’s account of the Great Dao Realm’s later stages, the distant Abyssal Sea Divine Hub, and the rare Origin Realm of Ten Thousand Daos. He began studying the Law God Mountains to deepen his understanding of the laws.

• Zhou Ming tested combining the Dao of Strength with Space Law, sensed their rejection, and returned both laws to his body separately.
• Pangu explained that the Fusion Dao Period required steadily merging laws and that Great Dao Crystals could help stabilize the process.
• Zhou Ming learned that Pangu and the five Fellow Daoists Taiyi, Taichu, Taishi, Taisu, and Taiji reached the Unity Realm but failed to break beyond the Great Dao Realm.
• Zhou Ming saw that the Abyssal Sea Divine Hub bore a symbol sharing a source with the imprint of the system that had brought him across.
• Pangu revealed that the Origin Realm of Ten Thousand Daos had appeared only three times and had helped him reach the Unity Realm.
• Zhou Ming extended his will to the nearest Law God Mountain and began absorbing new insight into its law patterns.

After reaching a bottleneck in his cultivation, Zhou Ming left the Eternal Dao Realm to seek opportunities in the Chaos Sea. He set out with Cang Xuan and Hongchu, agreeing to explore for Law Secret Realms and Chaos Dao-Devouring Beasts.

• Zhou Ming realized that studying the Law God Mountains no longer advanced his Three Thousand Great Daos and decided to leave seclusion.
• Zhou Ming told Pangu he planned to travel through the Chaos Sea, and Pangu advised him to find companions for safety.
• Cang Xuan and Hongchu answered Zhou Ming’s invitation to travel with him.
• Pangu endorsed the companions and warned Zhou Ming to contact the Eternal Dao Realm if they encountered trouble.
• Cang Xuan sought Creation or Withered and Flourishing secret realms, while Hongchu sought Lightning Element or destruction-attribute Chaos Dao-Devouring Beasts.
• Zhou Ming, Cang Xuan, and Hongchu agreed to explore the Chaos Sea together and take whatever opportunities they found.

Zhou Ming traveled through the Chaos Sea with Cang Xuan and Hongchu, who explained how to find Law Secret Realms and why Chaos Dao-Devouring Beasts were difficult to kill. The three continued their journey hoping to encounter a Dao-Devouring Beast.

• Zhou Ming asked Cang Xuan and Hongchu about signs that a Law Secret Realm was about to appear, and Cang Xuan explained that nearby laws became greatly disturbed.
• Cang Xuan explained that Law Secret Realms admitted at most ten Great Dao Realm experts and lasted only a hundred thousand Chaos years before expelling everyone inside.
• Hongchu told Zhou Ming that Chaos Dao-Devouring Beasts gathered where Great Dao laws were abundant, but Cang Xuan warned that their law-filled bodies made them extremely hard to kill.
• Cang Xuan and Hongchu explained that hunters had to grind away a beast’s laws without stopping, and that companions could divide the work and block its escape.
• Hongchu hoped the group would soon find a Dao-Devouring Beast so Zhou Ming could gain experience and he could obtain a Great Dao Crystal.

Cang Xuan, Hongchu, and Zhou Ming hunted down a Destruction-attribute Chaos Dao-Devouring Beast and claimed its Great Dao Crystal for Hongchu. Afterward, they decided to wait in the same area for another beast to arrive.

• Cang Xuan, Hongchu, and Zhou Ming sensed a feeding Dao-Devouring Beast and traveled through the Chaos Sea to find it.
• Hongchu attacked the beast with the Lightning Great Dao while Cang Xuan bound it with Law Chains and Zhou Ming suppressed it with the Dao of Strength.
• The three rotated between attacking and restraining the beast until Zhou Ming's final strike destroyed it and revealed a purple-black Destruction crystal.
• Hongchu accepted the crystal and promised that future crystals would belong to Cang Xuan and Zhou Ming.
• Zhou Ming suggested another Dao-Devouring Beast might be drawn to the area, so the three settled down to wait for one.

Zhou Ming, Cang Xuan, and Hongchu encountered outsiders claiming an Earth-Element Dao-Devouring Beast, and Hongchu won their contest of laws. After the outsiders left, the three killed the beast, and Cang Xuan gave its supreme-grade Great Dao Crystal to Zhou Ming.

• A huge Earth-Element Dao-Devouring Beast emerged from the Chaos Sea, followed by two gray-robed outsiders who claimed it as theirs.
• Hongchu agreed to settle the dispute with a contest of laws and defeated one outsider's Law of Heavy Water with his Law of Thunder.
• The outsiders withdrew, and Cang Xuan explained to Zhou Ming that cultivators settled resource disputes by pitting their laws against each other.
• Zhou Ming, Cang Xuan, and Hongchu worked together to suppress and destroy the Earth-Element Dao-Devouring Beast after a long battle.
• Cang Xuan identified the beast's crystal as a supreme-grade Great Dao Crystal and gave it to Zhou Ming.

Zhou Ming, Cang Xuan, and Hongchu hunted down a Withered and Flourishing Dao-Devouring Beast, then continued deeper into the Chaos Sea. They discovered a Law Secret Realm and raced toward it.

• Cang Xuan sensed a Withered and Flourishing Dao-Devouring Beast feeding on laws, and the three agreed on a plan to defeat it.
• Zhou Ming suppressed the beast, Hongchu opened its shell with thunder, and Cang Xuan drained its origin until it collapsed.
• Cang Xuan took the Great Dao Crystal, and the three continued deeper into the Chaos Sea.
• Zhou Ming, Cang Xuan, and Hongchu encountered reversed laws and a powerful force repelling the Chaos airflow.
• Cang Xuan identified the phenomenon as a Law Secret Realm, and all three accelerated toward its source.

Zhou Ming and four Eternal Dao Realm experts reached a Law Secret Realm and faced four Outsider Great Dao Realm experts who claimed a share of it. The two sides halted their clash after Cang Xuan pointed out that the realm had enough slots for all nine of them, and they waited for it to open under a wary truce.

• Zhou Ming, Cang Xuan, and Hongchu traveled through the Chaos Sea toward the disturbance, while Chi Yan and Mo Yuan joined them near the forming secret realm.
• Cang Xuan introduced Zhou Ming to Chi Yan and Mo Yuan, and the five saw the Law Light Cocoon at the center of a vast vacuum zone.
• Jue Ying and three other Outsider Great Dao Realm experts arrived and claimed the secret realm, prompting Chi Yan and Hongchu to challenge them.
• Mo Yuan and Hongchu clashed with the Outsiders, and Cang Xuan stopped the escalation before it could damage the unstable secret realm.
• Cang Xuan noted that the secret realm had ten slots for the nine gathered experts, and Jue Ying agreed that both sides would wait without interfering unless more people arrived.

Zhou Ming learned why Fusion Dao cultivators valued single-law secret realms: they could use a law’s primordial power to advance their fusions and perfect their main law. As the realm neared opening, two more cultivators arrived, leaving eleven contenders for ten places and reigniting the standoff.

• Cang Xuan explained that Fusion Dao cultivators chose one Great Dao law as their main law and fused other laws into it, while changing the main law would destroy their cultivation.
• Cang Xuan told Zhou Ming that a single-law secret realm could help cultivators fuse related laws and study the Chaos Sea’s primordial evolution of their main law.
• As cracks spread across the realm’s light cocoon, Ling Feng joined Cang Xuan’s group and Blood Butcher joined Jue Ying’s group.
• Zhou Ming counted six people on Cang Xuan’s side and five on Jue Ying’s, exceeding the secret realm’s ten-person limit.
• Jue Ying and Cang Xuan’s groups released their law auras as the renewed killing intent made clear that one contender would have to be eliminated.

Cang Xuan and Jue Ying agreed to settle their dispute over the secret realm with a best-of-five contest in laws, allowing Cang Xuan's side to pair two fighters against one. After four rounds, the score stood at two to two, leaving Zhou Ming and Mo Yuan to face the tall Grey Robe in the deciding match.

• Cang Xuan set the best-of-five rules, and Jue Ying accepted despite having one fewer fighter.
• Hongchu defeated Blood Butcher with the Law of Thunder, putting Cang Xuan's side ahead.
• Ming Luo overcame Chi Yan's Law of Fire with the Law of Decay, tying the score.
• Ling Feng beat the Grey Robe with his Gengjin Sword Qi, then Jue Ying defeated Cang Xuan with his Space Law to make the score two to two.
• Zhou Ming and Mo Yuan stepped forward to face the tall Grey Robe, who attacked with the Law of Wind.

Zhou Ming helped Mo Yuan defeat Jue Ying’s side in the deciding bout, securing victory in the contest. When the secret realm opened, it revealed the pure Law of Strength, offering Zhou Ming a rare opportunity to deepen his cultivation.

• Mo Yuan struggled against the gray-robed man’s Law of Wind until Zhou Ming halted the tornado with the Dao of Strength, allowing Mo Yuan to freeze and shatter it.
• Mo Yuan conceded the bout, giving Cang Xuan’s side its third victory; Jue Ying’s gray-robed fighter withdrew as the rules required.
• The Law Light Cocoon shattered and revealed a spatial passage filled with the pure Law of Strength, which Cang Xuan and the others recognized as especially suited to Zhou Ming.
• Jue Ying led Ming Luo and the other two into the secret realm first, then Zhou Ming entered with Cang Xuan, Mo Yuan, Hongchu, and Chi Yan.

Zhou Ming and the others left the Law Secret Realm after one hundred thousand Chaos years of cultivation, and Zhou Ming came close to perfecting his Dao of Strength. He continued traveling with Cang Xuan and Hongchu, fought Chaos Dao-Devouring Beasts with them, and then agreed to return to the Eternal Dao Realm with their gains.

• Zhou Ming entered the deepest part of the Law Secret Realm and cultivated the Dao of Strength until the realm expelled him, leaving him just short of perfection.
• Cang Xuan, Hongchu, Zhou Ming, and the others reunited in the Chaos Sea, where Chi Yan, Mo Yuan, and Ling Feng departed for the Eternal Dao Realm to enter seclusion.
• Zhou Ming and Hongchu chose to keep traveling and fighting, and Cang Xuan joined them.
• The three worked together to kill Metal-Element and Water-Element Dao-Devouring Beasts, with Zhou Ming using his new insights to suppress the Water-Element beast.
• Zhou Ming, Cang Xuan, and Hongchu later killed Fire-Element and Wood-Element Dao-Devouring Beasts, collected their crystals, and set off for the Eternal Dao Realm.

Zhou Ming returned from the Chaos Sea, perfected his Dao of Strength, and absorbed laws from two Great Dao Crystals during seclusion. He sensed that Houtu was about to prove her Dao and prepared to oversee her tribulation in the Ninth Chaos.

• Zhou Ming, Cang Xuan, and Hongchu returned to the Eternal Dao Realm and parted to enter seclusion on their Law God Mountains.
• Zhou Ming broke through the final barrier and perfected the Dao of Strength.
• Zhou Ming absorbed the laws in an Earth Great Dao Crystal and a Fire Great Dao Crystal, strengthening both laws without bringing either close to perfection.
• Zhou Ming calculated how difficult it would be to perfect all Three Thousand Great Daos and decided to temper his remaining laws gradually.
• Zhou Ming sensed through his Dao Body that Houtu was about to prove her Dao and vowed to control her tribulation as overseer of the Ninth Chaos.

After learning that Houtu was nearing proof of the Dao, Zhou Ming set out for the Ninth Chaos, where the Abyssal Sea Divine Hub was expected to interfere. Pangu wondered why the enemy focused only on the Ninth Chaos as Zhou Ming raced to protect Houtu’s opportunity.

• Zhou Ming told Pangu that Houtu was about to prove the Dao and said he would return to the Ninth Chaos.
• Pangu warned Zhou Ming that the Abyssal Sea Divine Hub would likely exploit the turbulent laws during Houtu’s breakthrough, and urged him not to act recklessly.
• Zhou Ming thanked Pangu and left the Eternal Dao Realm for the Ninth Chaos.
• Pangu reflected on why the Abyssal Sea Divine Hub had abandoned the other eight Chaoses to focus on Zhou Ming’s Ninth Chaos, then hoped Taichu and the others would awaken.
• Zhou Ming connected with his Dao Body and saw that Houtu had become a cocoon covered in the patterns of the Dao of Earth and reincarnation.
• Zhou Ming severed the connection and sped through the Chaos Sea, vowing not to let the Abyssal Sea Divine Hub take Houtu’s opportunity.

Zhou Ming guarded the Ninth Chaos while Houtu completed her Dao attainment, but Grey Robe arrived and sent thousands of systems inside to attack the one proving the Dao. Zhou Ming turned to face Grey Robe, vowing to destroy his Dao Body as the systems entered the Ninth Chaos.

• Zhou Ming merged with his Dao Body, confirmed Houtu and the Chaos Demon God embryos were safe, and guarded the Ninth Chaos for several dozen chaos years.
• Grey Robe, a Dao Body from the Abyssal Sea Divine Hub, arrived and challenged Zhou Ming outside the Ninth Chaos.
• Zhou Ming shattered Grey Robe’s first attack with his perfected Dao of Strength, but Grey Robe released thousands of systems and ordered them to enter the Ninth Chaos.
• Grey Robe bound Zhou Ming with chains of the Law of Devouring, preventing him from stopping the systems as they bypassed the barrier and entered the Ninth Chaos.
• Zhou Ming broke free and faced Grey Robe, declaring that Grey Robe’s Dao Body would not leave.

Zhou Ming fought Grey Robe outside the Ninth Chaos while warning Houtu about the systems and redirecting the chaos’s source power to her. After Houtu killed the systems’ controlled Demon Gods but failed to find most of the hidden systems, she chose to open the heavens anyway, beginning her trial with the Sky-Opening Axe.

• Zhou Ming sent Houtu information about the systems and their possession methods while clashing with Grey Robe.
• Zhou Ming cut off the source power nurturing the Demon God embryos and poured it into Houtu’s light cocoon.
• Zhou Ming and Grey Robe fought to a stalemate, with Zhou Ming cracking Grey Robe’s Dao Body and breaking his devouring spear.
• Houtu killed the Demon Gods controlled by the systems and crushed three systems she found, but the rest remained hidden.
• Houtu decided not to delay her chance to Attain Hunyuan and swung the Sky-Opening Axe to begin opening the heavens.

Zhou Ming burned his Great Dao Origin to break free of Grey Robe’s attempt to hold him back while Houtu opened heaven in the Ninth Chaos. He badly injured Grey Robe, but Houtu’s final trial remained unresolved.

• Grey Robe taunted Zhou Ming that Houtu would be vulnerable after opening heaven and that the hidden systems would strike when her strength ran dry.
• Grey Robe bound Zhou Ming with chains of the Law of Devouring, preventing him from reaching Houtu and purging the systems inside the Ninth Chaos.
• Zhou Ming decided he could not let the battle drag on and burned his Great Dao Origin to boost his strength.
• Zhou Ming overwhelmed Grey Robe with a relentless assault, shattered his defenses, and smashed his left arm into nothingness.
• Grey Robe, grievously injured, roared at Zhou Ming for daring to damage his Dao Body.

Zhou Ming drove Grey Robe away, then protected Houtu as she completed her world creation and attained Hunyuan. After Houtu reformed her Dao body, Zhou Ming offered to take her to the Eternal Dao Realm to meet Pangu and the other Fellow Daoists.

• Zhou Ming forced Grey Robe to flee by threatening to destroy his Dao Body, though the fight depleted Zhou Ming's source.
• As Houtu struggled to hold up the newborn heaven and earth, hidden systems gathered to attack her.
• Zhou Ming used his will and the perfected laws of the Dao of Strength to destroy thousands of system light clusters, then urged Houtu to focus on attaining Hunyuan.
• Houtu completed the separation of heaven and earth and attained Hunyuan, then reformed her Dao body in the Chaos Sea.
• Houtu thanked Zhou Ming for protecting her Dao, and he told her they would go to the Eternal Dao Realm and address Pangu as Fellow Daoist Pangu.

Zhou Ming and Houtu traveled through the Chaos Sea toward the Eternal Dao Realm while he explained its dangers and cultivation paths. You Jue pursued them in his true body after his Dao Body was injured, forcing Zhou Ming to summon Pangu’s help and flee with Houtu.

• Houtu left a Dao Body to guard the Ninth Chaos and followed Zhou Ming into the Chaos Sea.
• Zhou Ming explained the Eternal Dao Realm, the cultivation paths beyond the Great Dao Realm, and the hostility between the Abyssal Sea Divine Hub and the Outsiders.
• You Jue awakened in the Abyssal Sea Divine Hub, learned his Dao Body had been badly injured, and set out in his true body to pursue Zhou Ming.
• Shi Gu, Blood Butcher, and other powerful wills discussed You Jue’s defeat and mocked his decision to seek revenge himself.
• Zhou Ming sensed You Jue’s true body approaching and told Houtu they could not defeat him.
• Zhou Ming crushed Pangu’s Jade Talisman to request aid, then took Houtu and fled toward the Eternal Dao Realm.