Chapter Summaries

Atabia warned Aurora that the Ancient God of Light controlled the universe’s light-based communication network and could delay their messages during battle. Aurora and Minis realized that the history of the war between the Elf World and the Abyss World—and the Thunder Ancient God’s name—held the answer to resisting him.

• Aurora established a secure connection with Atabia and heard that he had become the chief archangel of the Ancient God of Light.
• Atabia explained that the Ancient God of Light controlled light’s propagation and could throttle communications even though he could not decipher their encrypted messages.
• Aurora recognized that relying on the Ancient God of Light’s network left their forces vulnerable to delays during battle.
• Atabia pointed Aurora toward the history of the war between the Elf World and the Abyss World for a solution.
• Aurora and Minis concluded that thunder could oppose light, and Minis pointed to the Thunder Ancient God Crown.

Professor Wales realized that the conflict between light and thunder was a struggle between the universe’s laws for spreading information. Atabia urged the group to establish a counter-network under the Ancient God of Thunder, and they began considering who could fulfill that role.

• Professor Wales explained that light and thunder represented competing information systems and that their conflict was a war between heavenly laws.
• Atabia told the group to create a Dao canon based on electrical signals to oppose the Great Bible of Light.
• After Atabia’s transmission ended, the group concluded they needed the Six-Thorned Crown of Thorns and an Ancient God of Thunder to build their own network.
• Minis suggested that the future Ancient God of Thunder might be a reincarnated extraordinary being or Nokron, while Professor Wales cautioned that Dreamfly had changed history.
• Minis urged the group to seize the opportunity themselves, and Aurora and the others began trying to become the Ancient God of Thunder and establish their network.

Minis, Professor Wales, and Atabia struggled to adapt the Ancient God of Light’s cultivation method, while Li Qing pushed the war forward before his lifespan ran out. He descended into the Lower Realm and created a moon, marking the start of a new era.

• Minis and Professor Wales failed to develop a Thunder Dao Scripture, while Atabia secretly researched the Ancient God of Light’s method.
• Li Qing ordered Atabia to accelerate the war, and in Ancient Tree Calendar year 3231 the armies of the stellar lodges and constellations clashed as the Abyss World avoided direct combat.
• The Star Cult Faction expanded in the Lower Realm, urging beings to rebel against the two Supreme Realms and refuse to ascend as servants.
• Li Qing decided to lead an expedition against the rebels and descended into the Lower Realm through a core tunnel.
• The Ancient God of Light appeared in golden radiance, and within three thousand years a vast moon rose in the universe.

After the Ancient God of Light began advancing toward the Abyss World, Minis persuaded Aurora and the other Demonic Emperors to retreat into hidden Cave Mansions. Their flight shattered the Abyss World’s morale, and its celestials scattered before the Ancient God of Light had even arrived.

• Minis proposed retreating into a secret Cave Mansion and waiting for the Ancient God of Light to die of old age, and Aurora agreed to flee south to the Summer Resort.
• Minis used a formation that concealed their Cave Mansion from the surrounding worlds as the Demonic Emperors hid in a tunnel.
• News of the Demonic Emperors’ flight enraged the Gods of Light, and Li Qing ordered his angels to develop astrologers to locate the hidden sanctums.
• Three years later, the Abyss World’s celestials condemned Aurora and the other Emperors, then fled and hid in Cave Mansions themselves.
• The Abyss World scattered before the Ancient God of Light arrived, and the universe regarded him as the sole god of the Cosmic Era.

Li Qing, the Ancient God of Light, learned that Aurora and Minis had founded the Future Cult and promoted Paradise and Divine Origin as ways for the Indestructible Level to survive until a future age. He ordered his archangels to reclaim the Abyss World and hunt the Abyssal Ancient Dragon before his own lifespan ran out.

• People across the universe feared the Ancient God of Light’s short lifespan, and many decided to avoid becoming Ancient Gods so they could live into the future.
• Aurora, Minis, and their allies established the Future Cult and promoted Divine Origin, a method for sealing Indestructible Level beings in hidden paradises until a later age.
• Li Qing received a report that Aurora was hiding and had gained support by presenting her flight as part of the Paradise and Divine Origin laws.
• Li Qing considered imposing lifespan limits on Above God Level beings but hesitated because he lacked the Life Authority needed to verify the universe’s parameters.
• Li Qing told his archangels to break through the Abyss World and attack the Abyssal Ancient Dragon, trusting that their forces could hunt down his scattered bodies.

The Star Lord and the Star Cult entered the Abyss World, where the rulers’ flight had left an opening for new powers to rise. The Star Lord planned to build a force that could challenge upper-realm Ancient Gods, while Li Qing’s safeguards prevented the Star Lord from uncovering the Crystal Wall’s deepest secret.

• The Abyss World’s Mortal Ancient Gods stayed behind, expecting to develop under its new rulers as lower-realm ascenders continued to arrive in great numbers.
• The Star Lord entered the Abyss World with the Star Cult, whose agents had already infiltrated its forces.
• The Star Lord described his ambition to make the Myriad Worlds a realm where descending Ancient Gods could be hunted and feared.
• The Star Lord revealed that he had taken two Celestial Beings’ aptitudes and developed a way to recast the Crystal Wall as a natural Celestial Being Crystal Wall.
• Li Qing’s modification erased the Crystal Wall’s imprint information when it was dismantled, and he prepared to shut down the universe and rebuild the Crystal Wall Version.

Li Qing led the angels and research corps into the Abyss World to help the Ancient Tree fight the Abyss army. The battle left the ancient dragon battered, and when his lifespan ran out, the Ancient Tree agreed to let him reincarnate in the Lower Realm.

• Li Qing reflected on his rule and achievements before learning that the Abyss World had opened up.
• Li Qing crossed into the Abyss World with his angels and heavenly researchers and ordered them to assist the Ancient Tree.
• The angels joined the Ancient Tree in attacking the ancient dragon, who learned that his predecessors had left him behind to delay the enemy.
• The ancient dragon tried to flee but was overwhelmed by the Ancient Tree and its allies.
• The ancient dragon announced that his lifespan had ended and that he would descend to the Lower Realm, and the Ancient Tree agreed not to interfere.

As the Ancient Dragon and Ancient Tree Heavenly Daos repeatedly reincarnated mid-battle, each new generation tried to curry favor with Li Qing and the angels to secure a safer future. Li Qing held back and let the two sides weaken themselves, preparing to reveal himself as the universe’s mastermind.

• The newborn Ancient Tree Heavenly Dao condemned the abyssal demons and pledged loyalty to the Ancient God of Light, while Li Qing recognized its flattery.
• The angels speculated that the Heavenly Dao was seeking protection and a place among their ranks after the battle, as the two sides continued fighting.
• Atabia explained Li Qing’s plan to seize control of the Heavenly Dao and pursue a second life, while Li Qing considered the story he would present to the universe.
• A new Ancient Tree Heavenly Dao awakened, judged its predecessor’s flattery, then decided to flatter the angels even more to avoid being drafted into their army.
• Li Qing refused Atabia’s suggestion to act, choosing to let the Ancient Dragon and Ancient Tree weaken each other before he intervened.

Li Qing destroyed the Ancient Dragon and Ancient Tree, unified the cosmos, and ordered the Ancient Gods enslaved to rebuild the Heavenly Dao and the World Tree. As the Ancient God of Light’s rule became a prison for all living beings, the Prison Epoch began in 3491.

• The Ancient Dragon was blasted apart and scattered into countless clones, while the Ancient Tree Heavenly Dao surrendered to the Ancient God of Light’s attacks and was destroyed across successive generations.
• Li Qing’s forces completed their calculations, and the Ancient God of Light ordered the angels to replace the Ancient Tree Heavenly Dao with a new one.
• The Ancient Tree fell, and proclamations across the Myriad Worlds announced the conquest of the Abyss and the unification of the cosmos.
• The Ancient God of Light ordered the Ancient Gods conscripted to rebuild Yggdrasil, and angels forced them into labor throughout the cosmos.
• The Ancient God of Light declared that the Ancient Dragon and Ancient Tree would merge to establish three thousand Heavenly Daos, using all living beings to perfect the cosmos.
• In 3491, Heaven and Earth were reshaped, and the Prison Epoch began.

The Ancient God of Light forced the universe’s celestial beings to build the Heavenly Dao Ancient Tree, sparking widespread rebellion. Star Lord Pegasus led an uprising against him, but the Ancient God of Light killed her, and the Dark Age continued.

• The Ancient God of Light ordered seven million Eternal Celestial Beings to descend and build the Heavenly Dao Ancient Tree, and crushed their attempt to resist forced labor.
• The Ancient God of Light conscripted both the ancient-tree celestial beings and the Abyss Celestial Beings, while Minis and Aurora continued hiding.
• The Elise Church and Star Cult expanded as forced labor fueled resentment, and the Star Expeditionary Force organized to overthrow the Ancient God of Light.
• Star Lord Pegasus led thirty thousand members of the Star Expeditionary Force across the rainbow bridge to attack the Origin Continent.
• In the year 3501, the Ancient God of Light killed Pegasus in the Origin Divine Realm, and the Dark Age continued.

The Ancient God of Light rebuilt the universe’s central tree and created its sun and moon, establishing the cycle of day and night across the Myriad Worlds. His display of power left his enemies awed, while Li Qing secretly departed after his reincarnation.

• People recognized the Ancient God of Light as the source of the Dark Universe era and hoped Meng Yi’s contingencies, including Elise and Nokron, would help defeat him.
• The Ancient God of Light appeared at Midgard, where the enslaved Ancient Gods knelt as he prepared the Origin Ancient Tree’s central nexus.
• The Ancient God of Light declared that there would be light, illuminating Midgard and the universe’s main trunk.
• The Ancient God of Light created the sun and moon as branches of the tree, setting them in motion to establish day and night across the Myriad Worlds.
• The Star Lord of the Star Cult recognized that the new sun and moon had reshaped the order of the Great Dao, while Aurora, Minis, and Light Fat Dragon marveled at the Ancient God of Light’s power.
• Atabia confirmed the construction had succeeded, and Li Qing left Midgard after his reincarnation, privately comparing the cosmic structure to a watch.

Li Qing completed the universe-wide sun-and-moon surveillance system and continued building the Origin Ancient Tree while the Ancient Gods labored under his rule. The tree gave birth to a new Celestial, whom Li Qing helped reincarnate before immediately sending him to work on the tree.

• Li Qing used the sun and moon in his eyes to create a surveillance system that monitored the universe and left no blind spots.
• The seven million Celestials became Ninth Level Ancient Gods and supervised the other laborers, hoping Li Qing would find a way to grant them immortality.
• Over the following decades, the Origin Ancient Tree took shape as ascending Ancient Gods were conscripted, while secret warnings against ascending were swiftly suppressed.
• The Ancient Tree developed a will and called the Ancient God of Light its father; he taught it how to reincarnate as a Celestial and attain immortality.
• The tree's will reincarnated as a new Celestial, and the Ancient God of Light told him to help build the tree.

As the Ancient Tree neared completion, the Ancient God of Light prepared to cultivate in seclusion while rival factions plotted to seize the coming Heavenly Dao. Twenty years before the tree was finished, their plans erupted into an assault on the aged Light atop the tree.

• The Ancient Tree’s wills reincarnated despite their brief lifespans, and Atabia reported that the Ancient Dragon and Ancient Tree had each completed 1,500-layer Dao scriptures.
• Li Qing resolved to cultivate for another hundred years until the Ancient Tree was complete, while Atabia observed that rival forces intended to seize control of the Heavenly Dao.
• During the final twenty years, Star Lord argued that civilization’s advancement required dark and bloody stages, then ordered his followers to begin their plan.
• Aurora’s faction awakened Elise’s remnant soul, and a powerful new Thunder Ancient God emerged as unrest spread across the universe.
• An armed procession climbed the Ancient Tree toward the Origin Continent and threatened to butcher the aged Ancient God of Light.

Across the universe, restored Ancient Gods gathered to confront the Ancient God of Light, whom they believed would bring a Dark Age. He argued that the Great Tribulation came from the Heavenly Dao’s inevitable course, leaving the army shaken as he rose to face them.

• The Black Star Revolving Heaven Pills restored ancient beings across the universe, and giant gods prepared to join the fight against a Great Cosmic Tribulation.
• Trillions of Mortal Ancient Gods gathered on the Rainbow Bridge, while the Thunder Ancient God and the Ancient God of Light addressed the assembled forces.
• The Thunder Ancient God accused the Ancient God of Light of causing the Dream Robe Prophecy’s darkness, and the Ancient God of Light asked why they resisted fate.
• The Ancient God of Light argued that someone else would bring the Dark Age if he fell, prompting doubt and unrest among the army.
• Li Qing’s words about the Great Dao and Heaven’s Mandate led the gods to realize that the Heavenly Dao, rather than the Ancient God of Light alone, drove the tribulation.
• The Ancient God of Light rose and warned the gods to beware of one another as well as him.

The universe-wide war began as Ancient God of Light’s forces and their rivals battled across the Origin Continent and the Myriad Worlds. Ancient God of Light left the main battlefield, where Thunder Ancient God, Star Lord, and Elise confronted him in a tunnel and declared their intent to kill him.

• Thunder Ancient God and Star Lord launched their armies against Ancient God of Light’s forces, beginning a chaotic battle across the Origin Continent.
• Ancient God of Light left the Light Throne with Atabia, while Ninth Level Ancient Gods across the battlefields dug tunnels to fight in narrow passages.
• Li Qing estimated that the war involving 1.7 billion Ancient Gods could last three years, then used his authority over light to delay enemy communications as rival forces coordinated through their own networks.
• Ancient God of Light sent the Ten Throne Angels to intercept enemy experts across the Myriad Worlds.
• Thunder Ancient God emerged from a tunnel with Star Lord and Elise, and they confronted Ancient God of Light, intending to kill him and bring down the angel network.

The Ancient God of Light revealed that he had anticipated the Star Lord and Thunder Ancient God’s ambush, but their allies used an ancient dragon and the Son of Heaven to separate him from his guards. He answered their trap by drawing power from the stars and overpowering Thunder, leaving the others’ fate unresolved.

• The Star Lord and Thunder Ancient God explained that they had lured the Ancient God of Light into a battle to seize his power, and he admitted he had expected their attack.
• The Ancient God of Light sent a gigantic sun and moon after the group, but an ancient dragon wrapped around the sun and held it back.
• Elise called for the group to turn back, and the Son of Heaven used spatial teleportation to bring them before the Ancient God of Light while his guards were away.
• The Ancient God of Light drew energy from the stars and star angels, transformed into a more powerful form, and began converting the Thunder Ancient God.
• The Ancient God of Light gently stroked Thunder’s head and demanded that he acknowledge his crime against the Most Benevolent and Most Kind Father.

The Ancient God of Light converted the Thunder Ancient God and overwhelmed the enemy forces, leaving Elise and the Son of Heaven fleeing while the Star Lord stayed behind to fight. Li Qing realized that the timeline should already have been altered, but could not yet explain why events had unfolded this way.

• The Thunder Ancient God submitted to the Ancient God of Light, and Elise told the Star Lord that Thunder was dead and their side had lost.
• Elise explained that Thunder’s death had left the Thunder Pantheon’s gods without control, then left as the Star Lord stayed behind to buy time.
• The Star Lord attacked the converted Thunder Ancient God while Li Qing sent the moon after Elise and the Son of Heaven.
• Li Qing realized that someone should already have crossed through time and changed history, yet the Star Lord and Thunder had still fallen to his ambush.
• The Thunder Ancient God defeated the Star Lord, who fell believing Elise could still kill the Ancient God of Light and save the universe.

The Star Lord absorbed the Thunder Ancient God’s aptitude and memories, learning that the Thunder Ancient God and others had crossed over before and arranged his desperate trial. He completed the Life Blueprint and became the Life Ancient God, leaving the battle against the Ancient God of Light poised to turn.

• The Star Lord saw Elise and the Heavenly Son fail to escape and, driven by despair, awakened a golden life force that let him destroy the Thunder Ancient God.
• The Star Lord turned the Thunder Ancient God into an Aptitude Pill, consumed it, and inherited his memories and ultimate aptitude.
• The Thunder Ancient God’s memories revealed that he had knowingly accepted his death as part of a plan to push the Star Lord into a breakthrough.
• The Star Lord understood that his companions had accepted their fates and entrusted their gifts to him, then declared that he would not lose.
• The Star Lord completed the Life Blueprint as his power ascended, and Li Qing recognized him as the Life Ancient God.

Star Lord became a complete Level One Life God through Elise’s Flower of Life scheme and challenged the Ancient God of Light. As the battle turned against him, he added the Thunder Blueprint and broke through to become a Two-Level Ancient God.

• Elise’s Flower of Life completed the Level One Life Blueprint, linking Star Lord to the lives of beings throughout the universe.
• Star Lord donned the Six-Thorned Crown of Thorns and declared himself both the Thunder Ancient God and the Star Lord, the Human Sovereign.
• The Ancient God of Light dismissed Star Lord’s chances and attacked him while wielding the power of the moon and stars.
• Star Lord and the Ancient God of Light clashed, shattering heavens and Crystal Wall layers, but the moon gave the Ancient God of Light the advantage.
• Star Lord stacked the Thunder Blueprint onto his Life Blueprint, advanced to Two-Level Ancient God, and vowed to break through the heavens and myriad phenomena.

The Star Lord drew power from humanity’s collective will and rapidly rose through the Ancient God layers, overwhelming Li Qing’s expectations. He became the Human Emperor of the Myriad Worlds and prepared to use his Authority Divine Ability, Annihilate Light, against the Ancient God of Light.

• Li Qing realized the Star Lord might recover and grow stronger, so he revised his plans and decided to open a small cheat.
• The Star Lord opened the Gate of Stars and drew strength from the stars and humanity’s shared suffering, dreams, and determination.
• The Star Lord’s power surged from the Second Layer to the Fourth, then the Fifth and Sixth layers, as he fought the Ancient God of Light and the moon.
• The Star Lord knocked the moon away, formed a thunder spear, and donned a flesh-and-blood battle robe and the Six-Thorned Crown of Thorns.
• The Star Lord declared himself the Human Emperor and prepared to unleash Annihilate Light against the Ancient God of Light.