Chapter Summaries

Nokron and Li Qing confronted the limits of human souls and considered artifacts as a way to increase their power, while Li Qing continued researching cultivation methods for vastly higher authorities. As Xu Li neared the end of her life, the Abyss Realm grew stronger, and she prepared to open a path to the Origin Continent and begin the Two-Realm War.

• Sylvie and Xierfu chose to cultivate the Five Elements Spell rather than develop their own method.
• Nokron concluded that a human soul could not bear more than nine authorities, and Li Qing considered using artifacts to boost combat power.
• Li Qing noted that the Ancient Tree and Ancient Dragon had grown to the 187th and 175th levels and were wielding artifacts with 1,500 authorities.
• Minis organized the Abyss Realm, established cultivation ranks and grades, and circulated some lower-grade methods.
• Xu Li received books and artifact embryos from Atabia, strengthening the Abyss Realm with the delivered resources.
• With fewer than two hundred years left to live, Xu Li prepared to open a path to the Origin Continent and begin the Two-Realm War.

Li Qing observed how the lower-realm Myriad Worlds had become a battlefield between the Ancient Tree World and the Abyss, and imagined how future cross-realm wars might develop. As Xu Li’s advance brought the threat close, the Ancient Tree and Ancient Dragon grew stronger, and a Celestial descended to the mortal world.

• The Ancient Gods of the Origin Continent tried to trap Xu Li by moving worlds into her tunnel, while the Abyss forces reinforced the route and fought to keep it open.
• Li Qing watched the cosmic war and envisioned future armies digging winding tunnels to raid and trap each other.
• Over a hundred years passed, and the Ancient Tree reached the 281st layer while the Ancient Dragon reached the 253rd layer.
• With Xu Li nearly visible through the translucent worlds, the Ancient Tree’s generations began cultivating in earnest and condemned Xu Li and the Demon Emperor.
• A Celestial descended to the mortal world.

The Ancient God of Light reincarnated from the Heavenly Dao, founded the Church of Light, and led the Myriad Worlds in a counterattack against Empress Xu Li. As he became the leader of the Celestial Human lineage, he privately recalled killing the young man whose path and glory he had taken.

• The Ancient God of Light descended into the Lower Realm, routed Abyss forces, and explained that he had devised a way for the Heavenly Dao to reincarnate as a human and escape its cage.
• The newborn Origin Ancient Tree learned the reincarnation method, and the Ancient God of Light established the Celestial Human lineage as guardians of the tree.
• The Ancient God of Light declared that Heavenly Dao incarnations could descend as angels through the Church of Light, with its Holy Sons serving as vessels.
• Minis, Fat Dragon, and Professor Wales recognized the arrival of the prophesied Ancient God of Light and feared the coming age of calamity.
• The Ancient God of Light led the Lower Realm’s forces against Empress Xu Li, while the Origin Ancient Tree planned to reincarnate after half its lifespan.
• The Ancient God of Light privately admitted that he had killed a young man, taken his path and glory, and become the leader of the Heavenly Dao.

Li Qing decided to mislead future geniuses away from researching natural cosmic membranes and continued fighting as the Light Ancient God. As the Church of Light’s summoned warriors turned the war around, the Abyss captured one of them and began exploiting its aptitude, provoking the Church’s fury.

• Li Qing realized a former Heavenly Dao Consciousness could have risen to power and threatened his control, so he decided to claim that role himself and steer future Heavenly Daos toward reincarnating as mortals.
• The Light Ancient God fought across the battlefields, easing pressure on the Light faction, while Atabia and the Son of Heaven accepted that the Supreme Realm would belong to him.
• Black Star saw the heavenly beings as a chance to improve his aptitude, and the Church of Light’s ceremonies began summoning dozens of powerful heavenly beings and battle angels.
• The Abyss captured a heavenly being and delivered it to Minis, who planned to test Black Star’s technique and gain aptitude from it.
• The Light Ancient God condemned the Abyss for capturing the Church’s warrior, and the Church named the humiliating day the Day of Suffering.

As the two-realm war intensified, the Ancient God of Light’s faction prepared for the arrival of the Abyss while Li Qing secretly planned to upgrade the Crystal Wall. Empress Xu Li finally began breaking through to the Origin Continent, where her followers welcomed her descent.

• The Ancient God of Light encouraged the celestial beings to research reincarnation and strengthen their ranks, while Li Qing marked those who proposed researching the Crystal Wall.
• In 2231, Empress Xu Li’s advance stalled as the light faction tried to stop her, but growing celestial losses gave Minis and the others a surge in aptitude.
• A free Ancient Dragon will descended as the first Thunder Ancient God, and Li Qing predicted that his mediocre abilities would make his position unstable.
• The Abyss gained support from the celestial beings, and Empress Xu Li neared the Two-Realm Gate as the Ancient Gods prepared for open conflict.
• The Ancient God of Light let Xu Li open the way, and Sylvie and Holy Maiden welcomed the Abyss Emperor as her enormous hands tore open a passage onto the Origin Continent.

Xu Li’s arrival began the Two-Realm War as the newly ascended Ancient God of Light transformed into the universe’s sun and faced her. The Ancient Tree and Ancient Dragon clashed while the Abyssal forces invaded, and Li Qing revealed that he had replaced a slain genius to impersonate the Ancient God of Light.

• Xu Li emerged in the Origin Continent and declared the start of the Two-Realm War, prompting the angels of light to ascend from the Lower Realm.
• The Ancient God of Light rose atop the Origin Ancient Tree, created a sun, and confronted the approaching threat as Tangxia Divine King died.
• The Ancient Dragon attacked the Ancient Tree to keep it from striking Xu Li, while Abyssal Ancient Gods and the defenders began fighting across the land.
• The Ancient God of Light judged that Xu Li was near death, and she sensed the danger posed by his unprecedented aptitude and Ninth Level strength.
• Li Qing revealed that he had replaced the genius who should have become the Ancient God of Light, then prepared to test his Ninth-Level combat power.

Xu Li and the Thunder Ancient God confronted the Ancient God of Light, who revealed his overwhelming strength and used his light to convert the Thunder Ancient God into a believer. The battle turned against the Abyss forces as the Thunder Ancient God submitted to the being he had come to help.

• Xu Li fought the Ancient God of Light despite having less than a tenth of her strength, while the ancient dragon and ancient tree remained locked in combat.
• The Thunder Ancient God emerged from the cosmic pit to help Xu Li, raising the Abyss Ancient Gods' hopes.
• The Ancient God of Light dismissed the Thunder Ancient God and boasted of opening reincarnation in three months and reaching the Ninth Level Ancient God realm in 172 breaths.
• The Thunder Ancient God charged at the Ancient God of Light after rejecting his offer of surrender.
• The Ancient God of Light cast a beam of golden radiance over the Thunder Ancient God, changing his consciousness and making him a believer who called him the Great Holy Father.

Xu Li unleashed the souls of the Abyss to challenge the Ancient God of Light, but after a seven-day battle she fell and the first war between the realms ended with the Abyss retreating. As Li Qing established the Creator Gods’ new era, he learned that mysterious inheritors had leaped into the past and altered the Timeline, but he dismissed them as unable to change the outcome.

• Xu Li opened the Gate of Truth, fused with countless souls, and attacked the Ancient God of Light with her life’s final strength.
• Minis ordered the Abyss army to retreat and refill the Cosmic Bridge as Xu Li continued fighting for seven days before collapsing.
• The Ancient God of Light ordered a monument erected for Xu Li, and the Abyss sealed the passage between the two realms.
• Li Qing took his place as the Ancient God of Light and declared that his followers would become the lineage of the Creator Gods.
• An Ancient God reported that mysterious inheritors of the White Shuttle and Dark Fan had leaped into the past and shifted the Timeline.
• Li Qing said the Timeline changes would not save the weak from inevitable defeat.

After Empress Xu Li’s death, the Ancient God of Light held off an immediate counterattack, citing the Abyss Realm’s stronger mid-tier forces and its Ninth Level Demon Gods. In the Abyss, Minis, Fat Dragon, and Wales prepared their four divine artifacts to protect themselves and chose Aurora to wear the Abyss Monarch Set.

• An angel urged the Ancient God of Light to reopen the tunnel, but he ordered the angels to rest and rebuild their strength before attacking.
• Minis and the others mourned Empress Xu Li and discussed the danger they faced now that she was gone.
• The trio revealed four ninth-level divine artifacts that could make their wearer immortal and powerful, though the set could not defeat a Ninth Level Ancient God who used an Earth-grade cultivation method.
• Minis proposed that Aurora wear the Abyss Monarch Set because her status could convince others and her 124 Combat Aptitude Pill made her the strongest fighter among them.

Li Qing ruled the Church of Light during a new era of competition with the Abyss, where both sides developed weapons and equipment. After Aurora became the Abyss Demon Emperor and the celestials rose, Li Qing led the angels in inventing set attributes, then set out to improve their equipment and defeat the Abyss.

• Aurora ascended as the Second-Generation Abyss Demon Emperor, while Wales warned that the coming celestials would eventually force the armor-clad fighters to flee.
• Li Qing embraced his role as the Current Emperor and decided to guide the era’s development while preserving the eventual Two-Realm War and Great Black Heaven.
• By Ancient Tree Era, Year 2903, tens of millions of celestials had risen, and the Church of Light began developing equipment sets to compete with the Abyss.
• The angels developed Set Attribute, allowing ten ninth-level pieces of equipment to rival a seventy-level Ancient God when worn together.
• Li Qing recognized that limited Mana kept ordinary people from making full use of equipment sets, and he began researching stronger technology to crush the Abyss World.

Li Qing descended to the Lower Realm in search of an artifact-refinement genius to overcome his research bottleneck. While he secretly visited Yun Rou Realm and approached the Artifact Pavilion with a large payment, the Light gods detected another Timeline change but chose not to intervene.

• Li Qing refused an angel escort and traveled alone to recruit a talented artifact refiner.
• The Light gods sensed that Dark Fan and White Shuttle's successor had altered the Timeline, but decided Li Qing could handle any threat himself.
• Li Qing visited Yun Rou Realm, where Black Star and his associates ran the Umbrella Corporation disguised as women.
• After exploring the realm, Li Qing entered the Artifact Pavilion and asked to meet its finest artifact-refinement master.
• Li Qing offered the manager a large bag of Divine Stones, leading her to suspect he was a powerful heavenly being in plainclothes.

Li Qing, revealed as the Ancient God of Light, recruited the Origin Continent’s strongest artifact refiner to help build power against the Celestials and seek immortality. The refiner agreed and introduced the alchemist Black Star, whom Li Qing also accepted for the plan.

• Li Qing tested the red-haired artifact refiner with a scroll, and the man returned an improved design after a dozen days.
• Li Qing revealed himself as the Ancient God of Light and offered to make the refiner a Celestial; the man accepted, fearing the consequences of refusal.
• The refiner inferred that Li Qing was secretly gathering skilled mortals to strengthen his forces, and Li Qing confirmed that he needed artifact refiners to forge stronger Acquired Dao Artifacts.
• Li Qing promised to help the refiner and a recommended alchemist become Celestials by taking the places of newly ascended Celestials.
• The refiner brought the alchemist Black Star to Li Qing, who approved of her skills and learned the refiner’s name was Ata.

Atabia and Black Star plotted to impersonate newly ascended celestials and infiltrate the Light Ancient Tree, while Ancient God of Light secretly recognized Atabia’s scheme. Three days later, the pair ascended safely and began settling among the celestials.

• Atabia revealed that he had used knowledge from the future to seize an artifact refiner’s chance to earn Ancient God of Light’s favor, and he recruited Black Star to help him replace celestials.
• Atabia warned Black Star that Ancient God of Light was a dangerous schemer, then told the Son of Heaven and Herodotus to cultivate quietly and prepare for their departure.
• Li Qing returned to the Light Throne, realized Atabia had impersonated the artifact refiner, and decided to keep acting as though he knew nothing.
• Three days later, Atabia and Black Star ascended from the Origin Ancient Tree and were welcomed by celestials who spoke of the conflict between the Church of Light and the Church of Thunder.

Atabia and Black Star established themselves in the Church of Light, where Black Star developed Dao Pills that temporarily gave Indestructible Level users Ancient God strength. When she proposed shutting off the Ancient God realm so everyone could live forever, the Ancient God of Light rebuked her and insisted that research must advance the future, leaving Atabia worried about her recklessness.

• After six years, Atabia and Black Star became two-winged angels and learned how the Church of Light’s Immortality and Mortal World factions used wings to gain strength.
• Black Star presented her Dao Pill research, explaining that a pill with six layers of patterns temporarily raised an Indestructible Level user to the cultivation realm of a sixth-level Ancient God.
• The Ancient God of Light approved further investment in Dao Pill research but learned that Ancient Gods could not safely consume the pills.
• Black Star proposed modifying the Cosmic Membrane to shut off the Ancient God realm, prompting the celestials to consider a universe where everyone could live forever and use pills for Ancient God strength.
• The Ancient God of Light denounced the proposal as a regression that would stagnate civilization and ordered Black Star to focus her research on opening up the future.
• Atabia concluded that Black Star had failed to understand the Ancient God of Light’s goals and feared that her recklessness would eventually get him killed.

Atabia inspected the Ancient God of Light’s angel legion and learned of a plan to replace the Heavenly Dao with linked artifacts that could be dismantled at will. He left with seven Ninth-Level Ancient Gods, intending to pass the technology and news to Sylvie and the others, while Li Qing knowingly let him continue spying.

• Atabia visited the hundred-thousand-strong angel legion with the Ancient God of Light and saw that its members were cultivating toward ten-winged forms.
• Atabia presented Li Qing with the Artificial Heavenly Dao Remake Plan, which proposed joining Nine-Layered Dao Artifacts into a new Heavenly Dao with a hidden dismantling mechanism.
• Li Qing approved the plan and told Atabia to begin preparing its basic blueprints for use after the army destroyed the Heavenly Dao.
• Atabia realized the plan could explain how a previous Heavenly Dao had been split apart, crippling the universe’s laws and ushering in the Age of Dharma’s End.
• Li Qing ordered seven angels who had reached the Ninth Level Ancient God realm to descend and break through the Abyss World’s gates.
• Atabia took the seven angels down from the Ancient Tree, planning to contact Sylvie and share the technology, while Li Qing revealed to himself that he knew Atabia was a spy.

The second wave of the war began as the Light and Abyss sides launched excavations and sent probing forces through the All Heavens. The first clash killed an Abyss Ancient God, whose corpse became a secret realm in the Lower Realm.

• Atabia named the seven shield tunneling machines Tianshu, Tianxuan, Tianji, Tianquan, Yuheng, Kaiyang, and Yaoguang as they excavated seven passages toward the Abyss World.
• Li Qing observed the war’s opening and reflected on how the tunnels and traveling armies would shape the mythology of the All Heavens.
• In Ancient Tree Calendar year 3003, holy lands across the Lower Realm recalled ancient records of war and prepared to aid their ascended ancestors.
• Aurora ordered the Abyss World’s Ancient Gods to mobilize and begin excavating passages of their own.
• In Ancient Tree Calendar year 3013, seven-person probing forces from each side met in a narrow tunnel and fought; an Abyss Ancient God fell to the God of Light’s forces.
• The fallen Ancient God’s corpse and blood nourished nearby worlds, creating the first primordial secret realm of the war.

After the first God Emperor’s fall created the Ancient God Secret Realm, Li Qing turned the war into an opportunity to expand her influence. She ordered mortal factions to fight, dig tunnels, and compete for Star Constellations, while promising powerful techniques through military merit and loans.

• The first God Emperor fell, and his divine body became the dangerous Ancient God Secret Realm, drawing explorers from across the Myriad Worlds.
• Atabia told Li Qing that mortal Ancient God factions wanted to join the war and dig tunnels.
• Li Qing allowed factions to establish their own Star Constellations, turning their celestial pits into recruitment displays across the Lower Realms.
• Atabia warned that the mortal factions lacked strength, so Li Qing let them borrow ninth-level techniques in exchange for military merit and interest-bearing debt.
• Atabia descended from the Ancient Tree and issued the orders, prompting the mortal factions to fear falling behind if they refused to fight.

Across the Myriad Worlds, Ancient Gods and sacred lands drilled tunnels toward the lower realms, ushering in a star-filled era of mining and treasure hunting. After mortals buried an Ancient God alive, the Ancient God of Light welcomed the new age, while Aurora’s side prepared to imitate his star-based rule.

• The Ancient God of Light’s followers and other sacred lands opened passageways through the Supreme Sky, and over ten years their tunnels reached the Myriad Worlds.
• Mortals learned to block the Ancient Gods’ tunnels, and a mass of cultivators trapped and buried one Ancient God alive until he became a fossil.
• The Ancient God of Light praised the coming age of buried treasures and grand adventure, while Atabia judged that he could not yet challenge his rule.
• A galaxy of stars formed and began descending, prompting the Supreme Abyss Realm to imitate the Ancient God of Light’s star-based governance.
• Aurora acknowledged that her side had fallen behind and named its new system the [Star Signs], in response to the Church of Light’s [Constellation].

As the two realms’ stars filled the sky, mortals began studying their patterns, and a scholar founded the universe’s first astronomy. Atabia and the Ancient God of Light then turned the stars’ flickering into a means of communication between realms, with Li Qing planning to improve its speed.

• The stars of both realms lit up and formed constellations, while people across the Myriad Worlds began treating them as gods and studying their movements.
• A determined scholar attracted a holy land’s attention, developed a star chart, and founded astronomy, inspiring diviners and stargazers and planning attacks on the two realms.
• Atabia devised a secret code using the flickering of his stars to communicate with covert agents across the realms.
• The Ancient God of Light proposed a shared Cipherbook and sent one to the Abyss World, establishing star signals for communication between the realms.
• Li Qing promised to increase the speed of light so the two sides could communicate faster.

Aurora struggled to manage the Abyss Gods’ escalating insults toward the Church of Light as the two sides communicated through flashing stars, while mortals mistook their messages for divine teachings. After establishing a coded channel with Atabia, Aurora received a warning that the flashing stars were a plot by the Ancient God of Light to harm the Abyss World.

• Aurora allowed the Abyss Gods to trade insults in the Group Chat after their anger at the Church of Light threatened morale.
• Minis told Aurora that mortals had discovered the Divine Language and worshiped it, though they had not deciphered it.
• Aurora speculated that the legend of Great Black Heaven began when mortals caught the supreme gods trading insults, and she planned to change the communication language regularly.
• Aurora confirmed that the Abyss Gods had received their own Cipherbook for coordinating forces across the worlds.
• A message from Atabia arrived with a Cipherbook, and Aurora began communicating with them through frequency flashes.
• Atabia warned Aurora that the flashing stars were a conspiracy by the Ancient God of Light to bring disaster upon the Abyss World.