Chapter Summaries

Chu He continued cultivating while the Barbarian Domain grew stronger, and Xia Yuan struggled with feeling left behind by the era. The chapter ended with Meng Yi trying to reassure his teacher that an unnoticed survivor might still rise to become the master of the age.

• Over twenty years, Chu He reached the fourth level of the Eighth Turn, Yu Mo Bai broke through to the Origin Dao Master Realm in the Myriad Worlds Tower, and several Barbarian Domain experts reached the Heaven Treading Realm.
• Yu Mo Bai left the Myriad Worlds Tower to return to Vast Wilderness Mountain, while Chu He continued letting the Barbarian Domain stir up trouble across the opened worlds.
• Xia Yuan lamented that, despite reaching the Sacred Venerable Realm, younger prodigies and even his disciple Meng Yi had surpassed him.
• Meng Yi told Xia Yuan that the great battle had yet to come and that a hidden survivor might eventually rise to rule the era.
• Xia Yuan looked at Meng Yi with a complicated expression, finding his earnest reassurance increasingly unconvincing.

Xia Yuan stopped seeking to become the master of the era and came to believe that the Human Clan as a whole would rise to rule the world. After Zhao Yuling broke through, she could sense a little of Chu He's strength and celebrated her progress beneath the Willow Tree.

• Xia Yuan reflected on his past and accepted that he could witness the Xia Clan's rise without becoming its strongest figure.
• Xia Yuan concluded that the era belonged to the Human Clan and that the Barbarian Domain and Heavenly Court were helping its younger generations grow.
• Meng Yi saw that Xia Yuan had recovered his composure and felt relieved.
• Zhao Yuling told Chu He she could finally sense some of his strength after her breakthrough, and Chu He encouraged her to keep improving.
• Zhao Yuling teased the Little Turtle while Lin Xueling helped Chu He roast sheep as they relaxed after consolidating their realms.

Chu He reflected on his long life as he spent time with Zhao Yuling, Lin Xueling, and Little Turtle, then expanded Old Master Academy into a hidden Human Clan inheritance. Lin Teng’s family, Wang Tengfei, and the talented siblings Lin Tian and Lin Lingxue later visited him.

• Chu He reflected on more than six hundred years of life and resolved to cultivate harder because the realms had grown increasingly chaotic.
• Zhao Yuling scolded Little Turtle for being lazy, while Lin Xueling pointed out that it had reached the Dao Venerable Realm despite lying flat.
• Lin Xueling concluded that staying near Chu He had helped Zhao Yuling, Little Turtle, and Lin Teng advance, and Zhao Yuling accepted that Little Turtle was not weak.
• Chu He served tea that strengthened Zhao Yuling and Lin Xueling, then spent time listening to their stories.
• Chu He taught at Old Master Academy, rewarded outstanding students, and renovated it into a hidden academy meant to become a Human Clan inheritance.
• Lin Teng’s family and Wang Tengfei visited Chu He, followed by Lin Tian and Lin Lingxue, who had reached the peak of the Dao Realm.

Chu He watched the Abyss’s forces gathered near Nine Realms Mountain and recognized the Devil Master who had escaped him. Demon Lord Guang Lian grew frustrated by the region’s unexplained calm, while Guang Lin urged patience and wished nothing would change.

• Chu He observed the demonic aura burning on an asteroid near Nine Realms Mountain and identified it as belonging to the Devil Master who had escaped him.
• Demon Lord Guang Lian complained to Guang Lin that Nine Realms Mountain had remained calm despite the upheaval elsewhere.
• Guang Lin told Guang Lian to wait and watch, saying it would be best if nothing changed.
• Guang Lian reflected that Guang Lin was an unusually unambitious senior whose standing among the Abyss’s Devil Masters had steadily declined.

Guang Lin sensed danger near Nine Realms Mountain and decided to flee while concealing his absence with a shell. Chu He continued watching the devils from hiding as Guang Lin prepared to disappear into secluded cultivation.

• Guang Lian suspected Guang Lin was cowardly and had few accomplishments, while Guang Lin dismissed him as foolish.
• Guang Lin sensed a faint danger around Nine Realms Mountain and recalled that powerful beings had died there in the past.
• Guang Lin decided to flee because he did not want to risk his life for the Abyss, but he still hoped to obtain an important item later.
• Guang Lin left behind a shell carrying his origin aura and warned Guang Lian not to disturb his secluded cultivation.
• Guang Lin entered the meteorite, relying on restrictions and staged traces of cultivation to make his absence harder to notice.
• Chu He remained hidden outside Nine Realms Mountain, and the devils failed to detect him.

Chu He spotted Abyss’s encampment and weighed capturing its devils, but one fled before he could strike. After deciding to let the escapee go and remember its aura, Chu He attacked the remaining devil, Guang Lian, whose lingering injury came from their previous encounter.

• Chu He recognized a devil in Abyss’s encampment and considered giving it another chance, but hesitated because another devil was concealing its strength.
• One devil secretly left a substitute and fled, and Chu He wondered how it had detected him before deciding it might simply have panicked.
• Chu He memorized the fleeing devil’s aura, resolved to let it go this time, and struck at the devil that remained.
• Guang Lian watched Guang Lin return to secluded cultivation, dismissed its behavior as laziness, and began recovering from its injury.
• Guang Lian recalled that Chu He’s strange power had fused with the backlash inside its body and could not be removed without severe losses.

Guang Lian sensed Chu He approaching and realized he had silently trapped the meteorite in a golden palm. When Guang Lin failed to respond to its call for help, Guang Lian prepared to face Chu He alone.

• Guang Lian recognized Chu He's powerful aura and realized the human had arrived.
• Chu He silently enclosed the meteorite and its inhabitants in a golden palm, catching Guang Lian by surprise.
• Guang Lian shattered the meteorite and called for Senior Guang Lin to come out and fight.
• Guang Lin did not respond, and Guang Lian suspected he was hiding and leaving it to take the front.
• As Chu He's palm pressed closer, Guang Lian gritted its teeth and prepared to fight head-on.

Guang Lian fought to withstand Chu He's giant palm while calling on Guang Lin to help, but the restrictions revealed that Guang Lin had left behind a fake body and fled. Guang Lian was left trapped and despairing as the attack continued.

• Guang Lian used its descendants' military formation to strengthen itself, but Chu He's palm continued tightening around the meteor.
• Guang Lian pierced the restrictions around Guang Lin's hiding place with Word as Spear after receiving no response.
• The restrictions broke and revealed a sleeping demonic body that Guang Lian recognized as a fake, not Guang Lin.
• Guang Lian called for Guang Lin to return and fight Chu He, but its repeated searches found no sign of him.
• Guang Lian realized Guang Lin had fled and sank into despair while Chu He's attack pressed on.

Chu He continued crushing Guang Lian’s defenses while concealing his true strength, as Guang Lian realized Guang Lin had abandoned it and tried to escape by sacrificing its descendants. Chu He intervened to save the demons being consumed.

• Guang Lian concluded that Guang Lin had sensed danger and fled without warning, filling it with hatred toward its former companion.
• Chu He remained composed as his palm’s restrictions tightened around Guang Lian, estimating that he could defeat it quickly but choosing not to reveal his full strength.
• As the seal neared collapse, Guang Lian burned its origin and sacrificed its descendants, absorbing them to strengthen itself and seek a chance to escape.
• The sacrificed demons begged Guang Lian for mercy, but it ignored them and treated their deaths as a final contribution.
• Chu He felt distressed by the demons’ suffering and extended a helping hand to stop Guang Lian from sacrificing them.

Chu He protected Guang Lian’s devils from being devoured while continuing to fight Guang Lian, leaving the Devil Master convinced that Chu He’s distraction gave it a chance to escape. The devils were bewildered by their sudden safety and wondered why their enemy had protected them.

• Chu He shattered the final seals, and the collapsed Abyss army formation left Guang Lian’s devils vulnerable to suppression from both Chu He and Guang Lian.
• Guang Lian burned some of its bloodline power to overcome the devils’ resistance and began devouring them.
• Chu He diverted power from his attack to sever Guang Lian’s suppression, shield the devils with a golden barrier, and collect the Demon Crystals.
• Guang Lian mistook Chu He’s reduced pressure as a sign of weakness, then realized he had diverted his strength to protect its juniors.
• Guang Lian calmed itself and secretly gathered strength to make an escape attempt while the devils wondered whether it had spared them.

Chu He protected the demon lords inside a shield while facing the Demon Lord Guang Lian, leaving them confused and fearful about his motives. The demon lords considered breaking out if the two experts fought, but Chu He remained confident he could control both Guang Lian and the demons.

• The demon lords realized Chu He had shielded them, even though they expected him to be their enemy and distrusted his intentions.
• The demon lords reflected that Guang Lian might devour them or abandon them, and that they had no way to escape their predicament.
• Several demon lords touched the shield, were suppressed by its domineering power, and spread panic among the group.
• An anonymous demon proposed waiting for Chu He and Guang Lian to become locked in battle, then attacking the weakened shield together to escape.
• Chu He did not mind their plan because he believed he could suppress Guang Lian while keeping the demon lords in check, using a treasure if needed.

Chu He used the God Suppressing Bowl to trap Demon Lord Guang Lian inside a prison of golden Divine Light. Guang Lian burned its origin and bloodline in a desperate attempt to escape, but the bowl began contracting again as Chu He watched from Nine Realms Mountain.

• Chu He summoned the God Suppressing Bowl and used its Divine Light to confine Demon Lord Guang Lian and the meteorite star.
• Demon Lord Guang Lian unleashed its power, pierced through the star, and tried to flee with its devil pestle.
• The Divine Light sealed around the star, stopping Guang Lian and trapping it inside the strengthened space.
• Demon Lord Guang Lian cursed Guang Lin and burned its origin and bloodline to resist the contracting bowl.
• Guang Lian poured its remaining power into the devil pestle, but only forced the bowl back to its original position before its aura withered.
• Chu He watched as the God Suppressing Bowl began contracting again, leaving Guang Lian with no apparent chance to escape.

Chu He imprisoned Demon Lord Guang Lian in a black statue and walked toward the devils’ encampment through the river of stars. As he played a flute and forged treasures with each step, the devils realized their captor had not left.

• Chu He refined the stars into a black statue and suppressed Demon Lord Guang Lian until his resistance ended.
• The Divine Light withdrew, and the devils searched the river of stars while speculating that the unknown powerhouse had already departed.
• Chu He checked the river of stars, then walked from Nine Realms Mountain toward the Abyss Temporary Encampment.
• Chu He formed a star lotus beneath each step and created a writing brush and jade flute from crystalline dust.
• The devils heard Chu He’s domineering melody and saw him approaching, renewing their despair and terror.

Chu He captured Demon Lord Guang Lian and 320 powerful demons, planning to use them to enrich the Demon Suppressing Pagoda and boost his future check-ins. As he tried to enter Nine Realms Mountain with his captives, the mountain violently rejected him, so he stopped and considered the reason.

• Chu He completed his flute performance, creating Heavenly Books that scattered across the starry sky, while the demons realized he was the taboo-level powerhouse who had captured Demon Lord Guang Lian.
• Chu He shrank the meteorite statue, immobilized the demons with his pressure, and caught all 320 of them in a Golden Fishing Net.
• Chu He celebrated the haul, reasoning that the demons’ high cultivation would bring great fortune to the Barbarian Domain and improve his check-in rewards.
• Chu He decided to keep the Demon Suppressing Pagoda closed and cut off channels that might let the demons’ relatives find them.
• Chu He tried to enter Nine Realms Mountain with the demons and the statue, but the mountain unleashed a hostile force of rejection, making him withdraw his step.

Chu He found that Nine Realms Mountain rejected the Abyss devils he had captured, while its warning alerted Yu Mo Bai to danger beyond the stars. Yu Mo Bai suspected the Abyss sought the Heavenly Court legacy and that the nine great races’ suppression of a hidden threat was failing, leaving him aware that his new Origin Dao strength was not enough.

• Chu He met Nine Realms Mountain’s resistance when he tried to bring the Abyss devils inside, and the devils’ presence triggered a warning from heaven and earth.
• Yu Mo Bai sensed the warning from Realm King Mountain but could not locate its cause, then identified the Abyss devils as the likely threat.
• Yu Mo Bai suspected the Abyss had come for the Heavenly Court legacy and chose not to confront it beyond the stars, where he would be at a disadvantage.
• Yu Mo Bai surveyed Realm King Mountain and saw that the sealed core locations of the nine great races had not responded to the warning.
• Yu Mo Bai realized the races were in dire straits and that the force they had been suppressing might be losing control.
• Yu Mo Bai’s confidence in his new Origin Dao power faded as he recognized that the Abyss threat and the danger within Nine Realms Mountain exceeded his strength.

Yu Mo Bai recognized that attaining Dao Origin was not enough to protect the Heavenly Court and turned his attention to Vast Wilderness Mountain. Meanwhile, Chu He brought a group of demons into Nine Realms Mountain using the Myriad Worlds Tower, though the mountain rumbled in protest as he entered.

• Yu Mo Bai privately reflected that the Heavenly Court had once been buried despite its power and inheritance, and decided to deal with Vast Wilderness Mountain's problems first.
• Chu He realized that the Barbarian Domain could shelter rejected demons, but chose the Myriad Worlds Tower instead of spending its energy to transport them back.
• Chu He captured Demon Lord Guang Lian with the stellar statue, bound him and the other demons with restrictions, and entered Nine Realms Mountain.
• Chu He returned to the Barbarian Domain, retrieved the Myriad Worlds Tower, loaded the demons into it, and stepped back into Nine Realms Mountain.
• Nine Realms Mountain rumbled at the presence of the powerful demons, but Chu He continued forward cautiously as the mountain made no stronger move to stop him.

Chu He brought a group of demons into Nine Realms Mountain beneath the Myriad Worlds Tower, triggering a brief upheaval that deepened the world's growing alarm over a great calamity. Seeing chaos spread across the myriad worlds, he decided there was nowhere safe to retreat and resolved to build a Pure Land, though he would put safety first.

• Chu He carefully descended into Nine Realms Mountain with the demons sheltered inside the Myriad Worlds Tower, and the mountain's thunder and lightning stopped once they reached the Barbarian Domain.
• Nine Realms Mountain's living beings remained oppressed by the upheaval, while the races' diviners and leaders feared that a great calamity had begun.
• Chu He surveyed part of Nine Realms Mountain and noticed that its inhabitants' emotions and violent impulses had become even more uncontrolled.
• Chu He considered leaving Nine Realms Mountain but concluded that chaos had spread throughout the myriad worlds and that wandering the starry sky would also be dangerous.
• Chu He decided to build a Pure Land, but treated it as a future plan that depended on securing his safety first.

Chu He entered the Demon Suppressing Pagoda’s Iron Comb Prison and found its prisoners divided into three groups: those terrified and resting by the shore, those flattering him in hopes of mercy, and newer prisoners still resisting. He favored the rebellious group for their remaining potential as their futile struggles only intensified their torment.

• Chu He went to the fourth level of the Demon Suppressing Pagoda, where Heaven Treading Realm creatures were imprisoned.
• The East Cang Domain prisoners resting by the shore panicked at Chu He’s arrival and tried to avoid his notice.
• Prisoners who had endured the iron combs for longer praised Chu He and hoped he would release them for a rest.
• Newer prisoners, including several demons, struggled against the copper pillars and cursed Chu He, but the pagoda suppressed them and sped up the iron combs.
• Chu He ignored their insults and favored the rebellious prisoners for their talent, while regarding the obedient groups as lacking vitality.

Chu He revealed a Golden Fishing Net packed with powerful demons, shocking the captured beings with the scale of his strength. Ox Demon Mingzhi and Crow and its brothers recognized a Devil Master-level captive and struggled to explain how Chu He had overcome him, leaving them to consider that the gap in power had been overwhelming.

• Chu He gave the mobile captives their subsidies and left the exhausted beings on the shore undisturbed.
• Chu He brought out the Golden Fishing Net, and the foreign captives saw that it contained hundreds of fearsome demons.
• Ox Demon Mingzhi sensed a Devil Master-level powerhouse among the demons and warned the others.
• Crow and its brothers recognized Flame Left Envoy, Kun Right Envoy, and the likely captive, Demon Lord Guang Lian.
• Crow suggested Demon Lord Guang Lian had been captured while protecting his subordinates, while another demon proposed that Chu He had overwhelmed him too quickly to use his methods.
• The demons fell silent as they considered how terrifying the power gap must have been.

The newly captured demons expected the Abyss and Demon Realm to retaliate against Chu He, while Chu He welcomed their arrival as a source of resources and began planning to strengthen his veteran demons. The new captives were tortured on Iron Comb’s bronze pillars as the older demons watched from shore.

• The demons reasoned that capturing an entire nest, including a Devil Master-level powerhouse, would finally draw the Abyss’s attention and bring their rescue.
• The demons concealed their excitement, ate Chu He’s nourishing supplements, and began digesting them.
• Chu He sensed the demons’ hopes but focused on restoring them so they could continue serving the Demon Suppressing Pagoda.
• Chu He decided to use the new demon resources to strengthen Ha Yong and the other veterans, who had advanced from Saint Venerable to Dao Venerable under his service.
• Iron Comb tortured the newly captured demons on bronze pillars, and their struggles made the itching agony worse.
• The older demons watched the newcomers howl and chose not to warn them that lying still would lessen the pain.