Chapter Summaries

True Lord Qingmu and True Lord Xuanshui were captured by the Slaughter Alliance, which demanded the True Saint's insights from True Lord Jiemie. Jiemie arrived with his allies but faced a Linked Array that could devastate even Unity Realm cultivators, leaving the standoff unresolved.

• True Lord Red Fire and five Fusion Dao Realm cultivators captured True Lord Qingmu, while seven others later captured True Lord Xuanshui.
• The Slaughter Alliance trapped Qingmu and Xuanshui in formations and began extracting their laws to force them to reveal the True Saint's insights.
• True Lord Blood Butcher arrived with companions, but Red Fire revealed hundreds of Slaughter Alliance members, forcing Blood Butcher to hold back.
• True Lord Jiemie arrived with Kongxuan, Wuwang, and Xu Yuan and denied that his group possessed the insights.
• True Lord Red Fire activated a Linked Array connected to the laws of hundreds of cultivators and threatened to detonate it unless Jiemie handed over the insights.

True Lord Jiemie agreed to trade a share of the True Saints’ insights for Qingmu and Xuanshui, but the five Unity Realm experts used the exchange to rescue the captives. The Slaughter Alliance activated its Linked Death Formation as Blood Butcher escaped with them, and Jiemie, Kongxuan, Wuwang, and Xu Yuan formed a barrier against the attack.

• True Lord Red Fire demanded a share of the True Saints’ insights in exchange for releasing Qingmu and Xuanshui, and True Lord Jiemie agreed.
• True Lord Jiemie revealed a gray orb of True Saint insights, and Kongxuan proposed that both sides move the captives and treasure to the battlefield’s center for a simultaneous exchange.
• True Lord Red Fire brought Qingmu and Xuanshui to the center while True Lord Jiemie led his companions a hundred million li away.
• As the orb flew toward True Lord Red Fire, Blood Butcher suddenly seized Qingmu and Xuanshui and tried to retreat with them.
• True Lord Red Fire exposed the deception and activated the Linked Death Formation, while Jiemie, Kongxuan, Wuwang, and Xu Yuan advanced and raised a four-Law barrier behind Blood Butcher.

Jiemie and the other Unity Realm experts survived the Slaughter Alliance’s ambush, captured True Lord Red Fire, and erased his Great Dao to establish their power. The surviving alliance cultivators fled, while Jiemie recognized that the conflict had only temporarily subsided.

• Blood Butcher rescued Qingmu and Xuanshui after Jiemie’s fake True Saint insight was exposed, and True Lord Red Fire ordered Fusion Dao Realm cultivators to self-detonate.
• Jiemie, Kongxuan, Wuwang, Xu Yuan, and Blood Butcher withstood the explosions, captured True Lord Red Fire, and escaped through a spatial rift.
• Jiemie and Kongxuan began grinding away True Lord Red Fire’s Great Dao origin while Blood Butcher, Wuwang, and Xu Yuan held off the pursuing Slaughter Alliance cultivators.
• After several kalpas, True Lord Red Fire vanished as his Great Dao fell silent, and the surviving Slaughter Alliance cultivators fled in terror.
• Jiemie stopped Blood Butcher from pursuing the fleeing cultivators, leaving the conflict temporarily quiet but unresolved.

After Jiemie and his companions annihilated True Lord Red Fire’s Great Dao, they sealed themselves inside their sanctuary to recover and grow stronger. Meanwhile, Heavenly River True Lord rallied the former Rebel-Suppression Alliance to spread rumors about their True Saint legacies and draw hidden Unity Realm cultivators into the conflict.

• News of True Lord Red Fire’s Great Dao annihilation spread across the Hongmeng Universe, and the cultivators hunting the Abyssal Sea Divine Hub’s fugitives halted their attacks.
• Kongxuan warned Jiemie that the group’s retaliation had turned the Hongmeng Universe against them, and Jiemie ordered everyone to remain in the sanctuary until they strengthened their cultivation.
• Heavenly River True Lord met with Chaotic Ancient True Lord, the Lord of Ten Thousand Buddhas, the Nine Netherworlds Manor Lord, and other former Rebel-Suppression Alliance members.
• Heavenly River True Lord proposed publicizing that Jiemie and his companions held six True Saint legacies, including the secret of reaching the True Saint Realm, to lure hidden Unity Realm cultivators into action.
• Chaotic Ancient True Lord and the other gathered cultivators agreed to spread the news, setting a greater conflict in motion.

Dozens of long-secluded Unity Realm experts awakened after hearing that Jiemie and his companions had obtained True Saint Inheritances, then surrounded Jiemie’s Daoist grounds to demand them. Jiemie denied possessing complete inheritances, but the newcomers threatened to seize them, leaving both sides on the verge of battle.

• Heavenly River True Lord and the others agreed to spread news of the supposed True Saint Inheritances to Unity Realm experts across the Hongmeng Universe.
• Chaotic Ancient True Lord’s message awakened a secluded expert in the Far West Land, while True Lord Xuanming and True Lord Baleful Intent also emerged from seclusion after learning the news.
• More than a dozen awakened Unity Realm experts gathered in the Central Province Sacred Domain and set out for Jiemie’s Daoist grounds in the Southern Wasteland Star Domain.
• Jiemie sensed the approaching experts and met them with Kongxuan, Wuwang, Xu Yuan, and Blood Butcher.
• True Lord Cang Lan demanded that Jiemie reveal the items bestowed by the six True Saints, while Jiemie denied having complete inheritances.
• The newcomers released their auras and threatened to take the inheritances by force, and Jiemie prepared to fight.

While dozens of Unity Realm experts faced off against Jiemie, Zhou Ming led fourteen Eternal Dao Realm cultivators in secretly harvesting fortune across the Hongmeng Universe to break their rule shackles. After a thousand years of plundering, Taishi, Taiji, and Taisu began recovering their strength, and Zhou Ming sensed that Dijiang was fleeing for his life.

• True Lord Cang Lan and dozens of Unity Realm experts confronted Jiemie and his companions, but Zhou Ming predicted that neither side would risk starting a war.
• Zhou Ming organized the fourteen cultivators into seven pairs to collect fortune across separate star domains while avoiding conflict and damage to the worlds.
• Zhou Ming and Houtu quietly extracted thirty percent of the Heavenly Pivot World's fortune, and the other pairs carried out similar raids throughout the Hongmeng Universe.
• After a thousand years, the group gathered a vast sea of fortune, which Taishi, Taiji, and Taisu used to break more of their rule shackles.
• Zhou Ming sensed an unstable Space Law fluctuation and recognized it as Dijiang fleeing for his life.

Zhou Ming rescued the badly injured Dijiang from seven Fusion Dao Realm cultivators and brought him back to the cave abode. After Dijiang entered the fortune golden sea to recover, he and Taishi, Taisu, and Taiji broke through more of their rule shackles, greatly strengthening the group’s core fighting force.

• Zhou Ming sensed Dijiang’s Space Law fluctuations and learned that seven Fusion Dao Realm cultivators were hunting him in the Eastern Pole Star Domain.
• Zhou Ming left the others to guard the cave abode and traveled alone to rescue Dijiang.
• Zhou Ming nullified the attackers’ strikes and sent all seven into a spatial black hole before bringing Dijiang back.
• Dijiang reunited with Hongchu, Cang Xuan, Houtu, Taichu, and the others, then entered the fortune golden sea to heal his damaged origin.
• A thousand years later, Taishi, Taisu, Taiji, and Dijiang broke more of their rule shackles and recovered over seventy percent of their peak strength.
• The four thanked Zhou Ming, who told them they were comrades and had no need for formalities.

Zhou Ming and his companions continued gathering strength while worrying about their missing allies. At Jiemie's Daoist Grounds, Ancestor Xuanhuang and True Lord Tianxing gave Jiemie ten thousand years to surrender the True Saint insights or face an attack, leaving him and his companions trapped in an impasse.

• Zhou Ming told Houtu that he feared Pangu and the others were missing or in trouble, and decided the group should refine their fortune to grow stronger.
• Ancestor Xuanhuang and True Lord Tianxing confronted Jiemie outside his Daoist Grounds and demanded he share the True Saint insights within ten thousand years.
• Blood Butcher challenged the demand, but Jiemie ordered him to stand down when True Lord Tianxing threatened him with the Tianxing Chains.
• Ancestor Xuanhuang and True Lord Tianxing threatened to raze Jiemie's grounds and annihilate the five companions' Great Daos if they refused to hand over the insights.
• Blood Butcher urged the group to fight, while Kongxuan warned that detonating their law origins could destroy their cultivation.
• Jiemie remained silent as his companions looked to him for a way out of the deadlock.

Zhou Ming and his companions decided to avoid the standoff at Jiemie’s Daoist Grounds until they were stronger, then learned that True Lord Duobao had found Pangu and Taiyi. After Pangu and Taiyi arrived at the cave abode, Pangu began explaining another way to break the rule shackles.

• Hongchu suggested raiding Jiemie’s Daoist Grounds for True Saint insights, but Zhou Ming and the others agreed they were too weak to risk confronting dozens of Unity Realm cultivators.
• Zhou Ming relayed True Lord Duobao’s news that Ancestor Xuanhuang and True Lord Tianxing had given Jiemie ten thousand years to hand over the True Saint insights, and that Duobao had found Pangu and Taiyi.
• Zhou Ming’s companions scattered across the Hongmeng Universe to gather fortune while Zhou Ming stayed behind to guard the cave abode and await Pangu and Taiyi.
• A thousand years later, Pangu and Taiyi arrived at the Desolate Star Sea cave abode and reunited with Zhou Ming.
• Pangu told Zhou Ming that he had discovered a way to break rule shackles besides washing them away with fortune, then began to explain it.

Zhou Ming reunited with Pangu and Taiyi, learned how they had dealt with the Hongmeng Universe’s rule shackles, and led the group to keep gathering fortune and searching for missing Eternal Dao Realm cultivators. Taiyi fully recovered his cultivation, but Zhou Ming concluded they still needed more allies and strength before they could contend for the True Saint’s insights.

• Pangu explained that he had assimilated his laws into the rule shackles to break them, while Taiyi had gradually worn his shackles down over time.
• Hongchu, Cang Xuan, Houtu, and the others returned to the cave abode and reunited with Pangu and Taiyi; Zhou Ming said that more than eighty of their fellow Daoists were still missing.
• The group agreed to keep gathering fortune and searching for their missing companions, while Zhou Ming reviewed True Lord Duobao’s intelligence about rising tensions among Hongmeng Universe powers.
• Hongchu and Cang Xuan brought back fortune from three star domains, and Taiyi used the group’s accumulated fortune to break the remaining shackles and recover his cultivation completely.
• Zhou Ming urged everyone to find at least twenty more fellow Daoists and strengthen their forces before challenging their enemies or competing for the True Saint’s insights.